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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
IN STELLAR pEEPs.


In stellar deeps the midnight silence broodsj
Worn with the day, the earth low lying sleeps.
While thought invades the eternal solitudes,
The stellar deeps.
Fleets from a port beyond the explorers ken,
Majestic move, great argosies of light,
Up from the neither voids unknown Of men,
And cross the night.
A pathway sown with thistle down of stars,
A pathway white, as if thereon had trod
One whose winged feet shed luster in their
flight
Mounting TO God,
Bridges the waste from rolling sphere to
sphere,
Spans the blue seas of silence shore to shore,
An arch of triumph DER the. primal dark
Forever more.
l tremble as a child that finds a door
And with swift, curious hand throws open
wide
Into a vast, unpeopled corridor,
Where shadows glide.
Buffet the sense with strong, benumbing
shocks,
Hurting the little wreckage of the mind
Upon the rocks!
Othought returnl The engulfing pillows toss
Thy tiny coekleshell their helpless preyl
o reason, halt Thy chart and compass vain
To find the way
One envoy more. wait upon the strand,
And while my soul her awesome vigil keeps
Faith finds safe anchorage, in sight Of land,
In stellar deeps.
Emma Herrick Weed in Youth 8 Companion.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
A POLE STACKER.

or three years, the pole has become
universal favorite and can be seen in
many fields, corrals and stocllyards.
The material necessary for the pole
stacker consists of two poles 20 and 30
feet or longer, as desired, three pulleys,
two chains and two ropes. The short
pole, usually dry red pine or balsam,
is set three feet in the ground after Stats
have been nailed on, or pins driven in
auger holes every two feet, which makes
ladder for getting up and down when
necessary to fix the top chain or drop
the lifting pole A short chain is fasten-
ed around the standing pole and left to
drop about two feet, where it hooks
around the stacker. This gives the pole
plenty of play and enables the man on
the stack or wagon to swing it around at
will. The long pole is fixed at the butt
end with chain which regulates the
height of the stack and holds it in place
after being swung around for the hay
ON the wagon. The pulleys, ropes and
fork are handled as with other stackers.
Joel Shoemaker in Denver Field and
Farm
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
Weekly Trade Report.

K. G. Dun g. Company in their week
ly trade bulletin, published Saturday say
The destruction of a Spanish feet,
Europe's quick appreciation of the feat,
the wearying flags of truce at Santiago
and at last the surrender have all inHu-
enced some markets dsy by day. But
Americans have grown, and see that not
many outside matters greatly influence
the business which enables them to mar
ket 81 ,2Io, 274,oI5 worth OF domestic
products abroad in year against SOLO,
o52, 844 worth imported. Industries
and business are at the naturally lowest
point for the year, and therefore the re-
cords are more impressive. Just when
stagnation is customary, very many iron
mills are crowded with orders for months
The fall shipments have just begun in
boots and shoes and the works have
smaller orders than they want, though
many works have orders for several
months ahead, but others few because
they refuse contracts at old prices
Leather costs more but yields slightly
for common hemlock sole, while prices
of hides are decidedly weaker at Chicago.
Behind all is a great distribution by
many dealers, greater than in May, and
the extraordinary abundance OF pastur-
age promises cheaper cattle. Shipments
from the East in July have been only
5000 cases less than last year, while de-
liveries in the first half of the year were
100, 900 cases smaller, but shipments are
now greater than in any former year
and II per cent. greater than In 1899.
1t is still between seasons for wool,
but few large purchases indicate some
disposition for business and the demand
for wooden goods is better, though prices
for some have been reduced.
Wheat has been dropping in price
under estimates of $50, 900, 900 to 7oo,-
coo, 900 bushels this year. Corn exports
are decreasing, as is natural, but the
price is nearly cent stronger
Money is coming into New York heavi-
y in July, commercial loans are hard to
find and the interior is paying its debts
in advance. 1t is to New York a revel-
alton, to some bankers inconvenient of
the enormous prosperity attained at the
West, last year. Treasury receipts for
bonds cause no disturbance and the
greatest foreign balances ever known
give certainty that no foreign demand
can disturb the market for long time
to come.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
Literary Notes.

Sir Henry Irving's lecture on The
Theatre in its Relation to the State, de-
livered at the University of Cambridge
June IS. is reproduced in The Living
Age for July 80. No one could be more
competent than the distinguished actor
to treat such a subject.
The August numbers of McClure's
Magazine will be a special fiction num-
Der, with a story of school life by Rud-
yard Kipling; story of liners and ice
bergs by Cutcliffe Hyne; new chapter
in the life of the King of Boyville, show
ing the King in his first experience OF
love, by William Allen White; the story
of love adventure in London fog, by
Hester Caldwell Oakley; railroad story
by John A. Hill; and a characteristic
story of rural life by Rowland E. Robin
son.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

A wreck at sea is not the only place
where a life line is of importance.
There is life line for the sick, as well as
for the drowning man 1t is Dr. Pierce 5
Golden Medical Discovery. II is not a
cure-all but it is scientific medicine that
goes TO the fountain head OF a number OF
serious and fatal diseases. When man
gets seriously sick. he can generally be
cured by the right course of treatment.
The treatment that cures many obstinate
chronic diseases consists of pure air, good
food. rational exercise and the use Of
remedy that will strengthen the weak
stomach, correct the impaired digestion.
invigorate the liver and promote the as
similation of the live giving elements OF
the food The Golden Medical Discov-
cry accomplishes all these things
A Young man lay pa'e and motiouless upon
what ueiRhbors calcd his 1Eiug bed Disease
al the lungs liver compiaiat kiiney trouble and
pleurisy were fast fastening hlm TO the grave
The doctors had given Inn mp TO die. The
neighbors said, he eannat Hee oh / would
not care 10 die he said were II not for leaving
my dear wife and little child hHt know that
must lie A brother had presented him with
three bottles Of medicine hut he had no faith IN
patent medicines but. aiteF the doctors had
gwen him up TO die and BE- hal haushed every
hope Of recovery, he said - Bis viz dear Wis,
am gong 10 die, there can Be no harm now in
taking xat medieipe. I will begin its use at
once He did begin 10 Use 1t aud at first he
grew WORSE but soon the came a change.
slowly but surely he got better. To-day that
man is strong and healthy and he owes his life
TO, that medicine. What W3- the mediclne2 II
was Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. and
/. Luther Martin, am the cured man. Or.
Pierce thank YOU from tho very depth Of my
heart, for rescuing me from the grave The
foregoing is from Luther Martin ESD promi-
uent citizen OF Lubec, Wood Co, W Va
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
When to Pull Flax.

Mr. Eugene Bosse says, in report to
the department of agriculture, regard
ing the growth of flax for fiber in Min
nesota and Wisconsin, that 'the fax in
this part Of the west should be ready to
pull in from SO to 92 days after sowing
when sown between the 18th and Goth
of April, and from IS to So generally
when sown from the LIST to the 10th Of
May, but the capsules must be just
turned yellow, and the lower half of the
plant free from leaves. The richer the
land the earlier the flax may be sown
and the earlier the flax is sown the more
seed it will take to have a coed stand. "
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

"You are daisy, is used by Dick
ems in David Coppertield' in the sense
of calling person a daisy in the way
to express admiration and at the same
time to laugh at ones credulity. Steer
forth says to young Coppertield: "Da-
yid, my daisy, you are so innocent OF
the world. Let me call you my daisy, as
it is so refreshing to find one in these
corrupt days so innocent and unsophis-
ticated, My dear Coppertield, the daisies
Of the field are not fresher than you.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
How Eggs Pay

Eggs are the all year around crop.
Other crops have their harvest, when
they must be sold at once or stored at
an expense. With proper care hens are
like money on interest, work Sundays,
holidays and rainy days
A basket OF eggs carried in one hand
will often bring as much money as a load
of straw.
A neighbor hauled cord of wood to
market for 81; his wife carried ten dozen
eggs the same day which brought s.. SO.
A crate of eggs, which can be taken
to market in light vehicle will fetch as
much as load of produce. The cost
of producing the eggs is nothing com
pared to the hard work and expense OF
producing the other.
Among the impossible things is this
determining just what an egg or pound
of poultry costs. If one purchases all
articles of food he approximates to a
knowledge of cost. and if he keeps an
itemized account of what is fed he is still
near solution, but always are there
factors entering in, as in every other
business, to prevent absolute knowledge.
The merchant can tell what his goods
cost, the freight and truckage, but he
must add a certain per cent. to cover
possible contingencies which cannot be
fully known until years have passed.
Time settles questions with breeders
of all classes, and the poultryman hav-
ing years of experience can figure closely
to cost of production, but never absolute
ly. One thing is certain, that in the
State of Maine, at present prices OF
grain, the farmers may keep flock oil
hens at cash outlay of not more than
Is cents per head, and if mixed grain be
raised to be fed unthreshed, the expense
will be reduced. The contents Of the
egg basket will tell the story of profit
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
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stAW CARDEN
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THE POLE STACKER.
Simple Implement That Is Very Popu-
lar In the Far West.

A Simple Implement That Is Very Popu-
lar In the Far West.
The farmers of Utah live in towns
and have but few barns or sheds on
neir farms, which, in many instances,
are tws OF three miles away They Of
ten stack hay and grain in small, fenced
lots or corrals on an upland spot, where
an artesian well or reservoir furnishes
water, and there feed horses and cattle
during the severest months of the win
ter Numerous devices have been used
in hay stacking. some being too expen-
sive and. Others being patented by in
yentors who occasionally demanded
royalties for the use of their ideas.
The most complete and the cheapest
device yet discovered is what is gener-
ally called the pole stacker. 1t is simple
IN construction easily handled and is
not patented. Although in use but two
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

"Our customers say you manufacture
three of the best remedies on earth, said
the mercantile firm of Haas. Harris
Brim & McLain, of Dawson, Ga, in a
recent letter 70 the Chamberlain Medi
cine Co. This Is the universal verdict
Chamberlain Pain Balm is the finest
preparation in the world for rheumatism
neuralgia. lame back, qunsev. sore
throat, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, pains
and swellings. % cent bottle of this
liniment in the house, will save a great
deal of suffering. Buy it at Horatio w
Cushings, Skowhegan, and Sullivan
Newton's, Jackman, druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

A London curate the other day re-
ceived an astonishing answer to an in
quiry after parishioner's health
"Well, sir, said the parishioner,
sometimes feels anyhow, sometimes
feels nohow and there be times when
feels as stiff as himmidge.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
Dr.. Thomson's
SarsapariIIa Cures.
Read the Testimony from One Of
Uncle Sans Trusted e Employees:


Hearing is one thing. but knowing is another
thing. Now am going to tell you few facts
that | know about Dr. Thompson's Sarsa-
parila was in terrible condition, my lower
limbs were numb. and had no action at ALL
stepped on a large tobacco tack and went
around all the afternoon with II in my foot as
did not feel it. bad terrible heart attacts, IL
turned round quick would fall on the floor,
WAS dizzy headed. 1t seemed as though my
head would go away off, then come back.
would be just that way. | could do no wash.
ing for Q year. / weighed only 81 pounds.
had doctored by nu mber OF doctors. wore
an electric belt, and used the battery on my
feet for about six months, and would take
everything heard of for rheumatism and
paralysis, but when / commenced to take DR.,
Thompson's Sarsaparilla | began to grow
better. | do not have any heart trouble now.
NV heart is all right. | went into the hall OBJ
dance night and danced. something l had
never expected TO do again My feet have
come to their natural color. Before they
looked as IL they were dead. They are now
warm. do my own work and washing for
four OF us. and keep the post office besides.
I now weigh about one hundred pounds.
This is all within one year. Now II any OF my
suffering sisters will write to me l will answer
all questions. l am 81 years old, and have
been sick for the past Ave years. | shall keep
taxing DR.. Thorn sons Sarsapa-illa another
year ct any rate. have sold it to my custom
ers with the best satisfaction, and in fact all
.heir remedies cannot be beat. One bottle is
enough to give relief, but you want to take
more to get your system renovated anew.
know that feel like a new woman. and all my
neighbors and patrons for miles around can
testify that look we'll, and get arourd nicely.
walk when go out to neighbours, without
any pain. Nobody knows but God and myself
what suffered for three years. DR.. Thomson's
ssrsapsrilla has done wonders for me;
North Guilford. Me-, Nov. 10th, 1897
For Sale at Patterns Drug Store. Skow hogan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
AHANDY PIG TROUGH.

make the bottom of 21a inch plank, as
shown in the cross section. From side to
side, every Is inches, put iron rods
across There will thus be no sharp
angle in the bottom for food to sour in,
while the rods keep the pigs feet ont of
the trough and prevent crowding and
fighting
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

The chaffinch is a favorite bird in
Germany. 1t is beautiful and fine
singer. Its various colors are gray OF
deep blue on the neck, a reddish brown
on the breast, white on the wing coverts
and hlueish black on the tail.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
BraYing a Risk.

81 told you | would not marry you
Why do you keep on asking me?'
II want you to understand that I'm
not afraid of your changing your mind. "
Chicago Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

aS-tFlag Nations; At which trains will stoI
on signal or notice 20 Conductor.
tWil! not stop except To leave OF take Freight.
MIXED tram between North Arson and Bin ham
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, and Smith
field land Electri, Cars to and from Skowhe'
GAM
At Arson 70 Sswyer's Mills, (Starks).
No Anson for North and West New Portlan
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Binghan
Tor Forks, Moose River. Mayfeld, Kingsbury
and Abbott.
W. M. AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

An English bishop, as he was going
about his diocese, asked the porter of a
lunatic asylum how chaplain whom
he, the bishop, had lately appointed,
was getting on.
"Oh, my lord" said the man, "his
preaching is most successful. The hid
lots henjoys it partickler. =
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

Two pigs in the ordinary V shaped
trough will crowd and fight each other,
each trying to get his feet into the
trough to run his nose along the narrow
bottom. The Farm Journal advises to
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

Persons bitten by the tiger snake of
Australia die almost instantly, there
being no known antidote for the bite of
this reptile.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
Somerset Railway,
CHANGE OF TIME
Commencing June eth, 1898

Trains will run as follows, connecting at OAk
land with Maine Central Railroad Trains to and
from Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Wstervillt
Augusta, Gardiner, Bath Skowhegan and Bar
gor.
For Boston, Portland, Lewiston, WRtervtlle
Augusta, SkowheRsn and Bangor
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

Were you guest at the hotel while you
were away, Blodgettf' "GuestY Not much.
/ paid cash.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
The seasonabIe features in the MN s.

The seasonable features in the July St.
Nicholas are "Some Ships of Our Navy,
with fifteen pictures reproduced from
photographs. 1.-The Stamp-Act Box "a
Great Republican at Court, Captain
Crackers and the Moniter", THE Vanes
of the Nantucket, THE Buccaneers and
Pirates of Our Coast, and "Tim A Par
rot Story.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21

Builds up the system; puts pure, rich blood in
your veins makes men and women strong and
healthy. Burdock Blood Bitters. AT any drug
store.
She: "And would you go to the end OF the
world with me?" He: (Which end?" Now
she treats him as a stranger
81 suffered for months with sore throat. Ec-
lectric Oil cured me in twentyfour hours -
NJ. S. Gist, Hawesville, Ky.
When a man asserts that he is just as good
as anybody else do you think he really be-
lieves it," Certainly not. He believes he is
better.
Irchiness of the skin. horrible plague. Most
everybody afflicted one way or another. Only
one safe, never failing cure. Doan's Ointment
At any drug store, 90 cents.
Mrs Angel; "How do you like the new
ministers" Mrs. Goodwill: II don't know
vet. | haven't met his wife"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
LOTS OF PEOPLE
Can't find rent.
Can't secure good house girl.
Can't sell their farms.
Can't find employment.
capft 6pd l0ct artiClAs


Can't find lost articles,
Can't do hundred things because they
don't advertise in the Local Paper. 1t
is really wonderful how much can be ac-
complished by the use of these little, low
priced advertisements.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-07-21
a GREAT record of cures, une

.
Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses merit I'M
known to any other M EDICiNE.
"Is YOUR sister at home, Willie?" asked
her say she was engaged this afternoon but
don't be frightened: | don't think it's a
marrying engagement,
Relief In Six Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder disease re-
lieved in six hours by "NEw GREAT SOUTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE" 1t is great sur
prise on account OF it's exceeding promptness
in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back,
almost Immediately. II you want quick relief
and cure this is the remedy. ly6l
Sold by Horatio w. Gushing, Druggist.
l07 Water st. Skowhegan, Me.
Application; II am very much afraid that
our friend Mr., Fritters lacks application"
remarked the business man. mot at ALL"
replied the friend. "He applies to me for a
loan once a week regularly"
For Over Fifty Years.
MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions Of moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, ssftens
the gums. allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
sold by Druggists in every part OF the world
Twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. wnslow's Soothing syrup" and
takeno other kind. ly3S
Presidents Not Lacking: ~ wish you were
not always wanting to go out q riding, Clara.
You ought to pay little more attention to
the serious things OF life. Remember, you
can't go to heaven in carriage" why,
papa, Elijah did.'
Distressing Stomach Disease
Permanently cured by the mastery powers of
South American Nervine Tonic. Invalids neea
suffer no longer. because this great remedy
can cure them all. 1t Is cure for the whole
world of stomach weakness and Indigestion.
The cure begins with the first dose. The relief
it brings is marvellous and surprising. 1t
makes failure; never disappoints. No
matter how long you have suffered, your cure
is certain under the use of this great health
giving force, Pleasant and always safe. ly5l
Sold by Horatio W. Cushing, Druggist,
l07 Water st. Skowhegan, Me
"Paw, can you see farther with a telescope
then with the naked eyer" "Of course you
can, Johnny." How can that be, when 1t
brings everything nearerf"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-08
OHIO.

a Republican majority butsiaim it will be
much closer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-08
CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov This state is
on the eve OF one OF the most hotiy con-
tested elections in its history. The cam
didates for state offices have been trav-
ersdng the commonwealth for weeks past.
and during that time almost every Access
sible town Of any prominence has been Wis
tied. Henry T. Gage. the standard bearer
OF the Republicans. ended his campaign in
this city Saturday and left for h home in
Los Angeles. Mcguire the fusion cand:-
date. will continue his battle until almost
midnight tonight. He is scheduled to ad-
dress five meetings in this city tonight be-
tween and II O'clock During the noon
hour today he addressed the employees Of
the Union Iron Works, and later In the
afternoon he went across the bay TO Sau-
sal.to TO close the campaign In Marin coun-
ty:
There is an air Of joy around the head
quarters OF the respective parties in this
city. Both parties seem phenomenally
sanguine Of success. AT the rooms OF the
Republican state committee a large crowd
OF candidates and orators has been in at
but the shouting" Assistant Secretary
Stephacher said today: I'VE have this
fight won. We will carry the state outside
Of San Francisco by 1900 and will gain
5000 additional votes In San Francisco"
Another prominent Republican declared
that his party would elect six congress-
men, and that the state legislature would
be Overwhelmingly Republican
AT Democratic headquarters the same air
OF confidence was observed on all sides
While the managers OF the campaign ex-
pect 10 carry the stale. they do not predict
anything like the plurality claimed by the