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The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
"a Wicked AdllIteration.'

Through the Kindness of the Ameri-
can Grocer. the Board of gricuture has
recently had its attention ca led to what
appears to be one of The most wicked
adulterations # food materials that has
ever been brought to its attention. 1t is
in relation TO the use OF a substance
known as Mineralne for the purpose of
adulterating wheat flour. The company
advertising these goods does so in the
most barefaced manner. The use OF in
furious adulterating substances in wheat
flour has been in the past very rare.
There has been some agitation recently
10 relation to the use OF corn meal, bui
but this material is a food product and is
not injurious 1t simply cheaprns the
flour in which it is used But i has been
found by chemical analysis that Minera-
line is simply ground soapstone. This,
oil course, may be injurious as well as
absolutely vaueleSs as food. The circu-
lar reads as follows;
Greensboro, N G., May 7, 1898
Gentlemen:
I'VE invite your attention to our Min
eraline. which is without doubt, the
greatest existing discovery
"There is no flour mill man who can
afford not to use it, fer several reasons.
Your flour will be much whittier and
nicer; it does not irjure the flour in any
way, is not at all injurious to the health,
and by using Mine,aline you realize a
margin of from $500 to 81 600 on each
carload you use.
ITO secure low freight rate, we mark
it as ship stuff
1--WE can furnish you Mineraine f o. b.
cars your station, for high grade flour. at
$50 per ton; for medium grade flour $40
per ton; for bread meal, SIP per ton, and
for feed meal at So per ton.
For a high grade flour use Is per
cent. Mineraline for medium, grade flour
use IL per cent. Mineralipe, and for feed
meal use rs per cent. Mineraline.
I'VE furnish all our customers with
mixer, free of charge; this machine will
distribute completely any proportion de-
sired and costs nothing to attach.
"All you have to do is to bore hole
in your elevator pipe, clamp on the ma
chine. attach cord to run it, fill up the
hopper, and set the feed to the proper
ton desired.
Enclosed find sample of Mineralne
for medium grade -four.
You cannot afford to let your COM
petitor beat you in both quality and mar
gin. We would be glad to hear from
you. Very truly yours,
The York Manufacturing Company "
We desire to call the atten ion of the
people to This matter for various reasons.
In the first place, its use may become
common in -four that is sold in our State,
and, again it is believed that our laws
regulating the adul;eration of foods are
very lax and should be emedled.
This is a matter whUh interests all
classes of our people in fact, every citi-
zen Of the State is DESTROYS of obtaining
pure food materials. and we trust that
all who purchase flour will endeavor to
get only that from well known and reli-
able manufacturers, and that the demand
for pure goods may be such that it will
be impossible to sell any of the aduter-
ated ones.
B. WALKER MCkEEN, Secretary.
Augusta, June IS, 1898.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
TWO ACRES.
VIII They Yield a Living For -Four Foiksf
What Some People Think About 1t.

What Some People Think About 1t.
"Can family of four make living
on two acres just outside Of city of
over l50, 900, with plenty of water for
irrigation, and greenhouse 20 by 100
feet: And what can be produced to best
advantage for family support
This query was submitted by Rural
New Yorker to number of practical
gardeners and florists, and among an
twers received We're these:
Jerry Outer of Indiana says that he
would not be afraid to take the green
house alone and a half acre garden and
support family of fnnr by raising early
vegetable plants for market. He would
also grow carnations and such other
flowers as will sell in the market.
Strawberries and other fruits that bring
the best prices are advised as are goose
berries and currants Some of the tree
fruits, such as plums, peaches and pears,
set among the small fruits, would be
source of profit, and he would also keep
a good COW, few chickens and a pig
to eat the refuse and waste from the
garden Many other little things would
suggest themselves to a thinking man
from study of the markets he intends
to supply. A few swarms of bees are
also suggested, which would be help
to the fertilization of the flowers,
Professor Bailey of Cornell university
SAYS that the family can make living
upon two acres, but would need to
grow specialties, and these specialties
would depend upon the adaptability OF
the grower. As rule. the greatest
amounts Of profit can be made from spe-
cialties in winter fruits in vegetables
and in flowers, but there is also more
risk in the growing Of these.
T. c. HEWITT of New Jersey says that
the inquirer might set one acre to straw
berries, 30 by 81 inches, let only four
runners grow to each plant and let only
one plant grow to each runner. He adj
vises Glen Mary, Ridgeway and Parker
Earle as the varieties best adapted for
this method of culture. He figures out
that the acre would yield, at the low
price of cents per quart, $3.50, which,
after taking out all expenses of growing
and marketing, would leave profit of
1898. The other acre might be set to cur
rants, raspberries, blackberries, plums
and peaches, but nothing else would pay
as we'll as strawberries He would set
both acres to strawberries and would
not bother with "a greenhouse.
f. c. Tice, who is located in the
strawberry section near Oswego, N. y,
says that the thing can be done with a
favorable market and intensive crop
ping III the best manner
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
FASTENING noops on A sIIo.

pense of having this made would be 50
great as to make it impracticable in
many cases. Fig. , shows the ends of
the hoops drawn through block of /
by / oak. Many silos are fastened in
this way, and it is effective and cheap.
The cheapest of these modes of cou-
pling the hoops is the one shown in Fig.
3. This consists of an eye turned at the
end of the hoop and welded down. y
three-quarter inch bolt passes through
these eyes and by loosening or tighten
ing the nut, the hoop may be given the
proper t,YSion. These hoops, of five
eighths inch steel, with eyes turned and
welded, can be purchased for 23s cents
per linear foot
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
Duties for "Stay-at-Homes

Since only an inconsiderable fraction
of the American people is needed for
military service few suggestions are in
order tor the vast majority to whom the
privilege has not been given of serving in
the field.
They can refrain from hasty and i'll
tempered criticism OF the government.
Such criticism is not only unjust and un-
generous, but it sometimes throws seri-
Gus embarrassments in the way oil the
government in carrying out its plans
They can pay their additional taxes
cheerfully, and help in other ways to
supply the needed sinews OF war.
They can attend more strictly than ever
to their own occup atoms; they can be
prudent, vigilant, and energetic in these
lines, and thus keep the business inter
ests of the country vigorous and healthy.
They can attend more scrupulously
than ever to their civic and political du-
ties, and thus prevent the country from
suffering not only from the inevitable mis-
fortunes of war, but also from the still
greater misfortune of the rule of corrupt
and inefficient men in Legislatures, and
other places of power.
They can contribute promptly and gen.
erously, as opportunity offers, of time
and means to the various funds used for
the care of sick and wounded soldiers.
They can see that the families of those
who have been called to the front do moi
suffer from want or neglect.
They can be patriotic, patient and
prayerful -LeSkie'S Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
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A MODERN HAY BARN.
An Open Center Barn Frame Illustrated
and Described.

An Open Center Barn Frame Illustrated
and Described.
Inventions change conditions. Once
any high barn was white elephant.
Next the harpoon fork running up to a
track under the roof peak made height
an essential of the model barn. Then
came the invention of the hay sling,
thas anal perfection in unloading of
hay. With the sling came the problem
of wasse of power, of time, in hosting
the drafts over the great beam or tie
that in all old barns connects the tops
of the posts at the upper ends. Not only
was there prodigious waste of energy
and time in hoisting these great drafts
Of hay to the peak before running in,
bot when it was dropped from the
height, if at all green, 1t might pack so
solidly as to "mowburn at that place.
Next followed the "open center" barn,
and today there is no barn built by up
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

"Our customers say you manufacture
three Of the hest remedies on earth. said
the mercantile firm of Haas. Harris,
Brim & McI.ain, of Dawson, Ga, in a
recent letter To tho Chamberlain Medi
cine Co. This Is the universal verdict.
Chamherlain's Pain Balm is the finest
preparation in the world for rheumatism,
neuralgia, lame back, quinsev. sore
throat, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds. pains
and swellings. A % cent bottle of this
liniment In the house, will save great
deal of suffering. Buy it at Horatio w.
Cushing's, Skowhegan, and sullivan
Newton's, Jackman, druggists.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

to date builders with tie across the
center of it, says an Ohio Farmer CORE.
spondent in illustrating and describing
as follows a common and generally APP
plicable sort Of frame, possessing the
advantages of open center, simplicity
and great strength:
| have said that the modern barn has
no tie across it. This is true, yet not
lust an accurate way Ct stating the
facts. The barn must Of course have a
tie TO hold the thrust of the rafters, else
it would spread and the roof sag. Real
", the tie is at the level of the NOW
floor at t, as shown in the cut. From
here the strain is taken by the standing
brace, b, to the short ties, c. With
this arrangement the building is quite
as solid as though the ties, c c, We're
continuous. Perhaps should have stat
ed that the modern hay carrier has the
faculty of gripping the rope at any de-
sired height and taking the load in
whenever it is high enough to clear the
NOW floor or height of hay in the NOV.
Thus it is readily seen how convenient
it is not to have the tie, C, cross the
path of the travelling draft Of hay that
may perhaps be quite below its level.
When we built our barn, our carpen-
ter was quite anxious for fear some
thing would give way and the thing
wreck itself | had no fears, yet
watched it curiously when first we be-
gan to lift the hay Our barn takes in
hay at the end, from outside, so that it
is not tied together above at this end.
We often hauled up as much rs 1000
pounds of hay at draft, and not the
least fraction of an inch of giving was
anywhere noted, although watched
it very closely.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

The cut, from The Rural New York
er, gives Il view of a tub silo as looked
down upon and shows three ways by
which the hoops may be coupled The
slaves are shown as they will appear if
set up without beyeling. The joint at
the inner edge is perfectly tight. Fig.
/ shows what is described as an ideal
way of making the coupling. The ex-
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
Dr.. Thomson'S
SarsapariIIa Cures.
Read the Testimony from One OF
Uncle Sans trusted EmpIoyees

Hearing is one thing. but knowing is another
thing. Now am going to tell you few facts
that j know about Or Thompsons Sarsa-
pariIla | was in terrible opdition, my lower
limbs were numb and had no action at all.
stepped on large tobacco tack and went
around all the afternoon with 1t in my foot as
did not feel it. bad terrible heart attacts, II
turned round quick would TAN on the floor
WAS izzy heaoed. 1t seemed as though my
head would go away off. then come back
Every time would turn over in the night it
would be just that way. could 90 no wash
Ing for a year. | weighed only 81 pounds' J
had doctored by "A nj mber of doctors. | wore
an electric belt and used the battery on my
feet for about six months, and would take
every thing | heard OF for rheumatism and
paralysis, but when commenced to take Dr.
Thompson's Sarsaparila | began to grow
better. | do not have any heart trouble now.
MY heart is all right. | went into the hall one
dance night, and danced, something had
never expected 10 do again My feet have
come to their natural color. Before they
locke 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.
now weigh about one hundred pounds
suffering sisters will write to me will answer
all questions. I am 81 years old, and have
been sick for the past i've years. J shall keep
taking DR.. Thorn sons Sarsaparilla another
year at any rate. I 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 l feel like new woman, and all my
neig h bors and patrons for miles around can
testify thatI look well. and get aroul nicely.
I walk when | go out to a neighbours, without
any pain. Mob 'dy knows but God aud my self
what suffe, ed for three years. DR.. fhomson's
6arsapaIila has done wonders Tor me.
MRS. P. F. DUDLEY.
North Guilford. Me-, Nov. 10th, 1897.
For Sale at Patterns Drug Store. Sko~ hogan
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

IF you have variety Of peas you
want to grow late in the season and are
afraid of the effect of the summer heat
on them, put heavy mulch of some
sort, a foot or more wide on each side
of row. Light marsh hay is best |
learned this last summer, says Farm
Journal correspondent
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

Saturday, the Maine delegates left
Washington. Senator Frye went i'm
mediately to Restigouche River, Canada.
Representative Burleigh has arrived at
Augusta. Speaker Reed will probably
go direct to grand Beach. Senator Hale
will be In Maine, this week.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

Deep blowing is generally recommend
ed in sugar beet culture. Except where
the subsoil is very porous it should be
loosened up with the subsoil pillow. The
proper preparation of the soil represents
a most important feature of sugar beet
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

At no distant day the friends of Mrs.
Emma Getchell, who is serving life
sentence for the murder of her husband
in Sidney, will move to have her par
doned by the governor and council.
There are some who believe her guilt
was never proven but that the able argu-
ment of County Attorney Heselton fig
ured largely in her conviction.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
TROTWOOD,
sired bY Messeng er Wilkes. 2.2;

Trotwood has the same lines of breeding on his
sire's side the champions of today and his
dam Fannie Burnham, ttrial 2.2O was sired by
Jack,Shepherd he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian
Q0).
Messenger Wilkes not only is the sire of sew
era colts that have held State championships,
but his popularity steadily increases from the
fact that his get have sold readily and for good
prices even in the recent dull times.
Trotwood is a handsome bay stallion, white
heels behind Is a horse of magnificent individu-
alty, standing fun 10 hands and weighing 1l65
pounds. He has never been trained for speed,
but as a two-year-old stepped a quarter in Al
seconds, and as a three year-old a quarter in 80
seconds, which shows he has an abundance of
speed as well as being an ideal gentleman 5
driver He was one of the herd that won
the prize for his sire at the Boston
Horse Show in SO; and again at Lewiston State
Fair in 90 and ~, both years winning prizes for
himself
The produce of his three seasons in the stud
are bay with one exception and styled and dis
positoned like himself, thus showing his pre-
pot ency to transmit his superior qualities to his
offspring.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet. 1t
cures painful. swollen, smarting feet and
Instantly takes the sting out OF corns ano bun
ious It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight fitting
or new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain cure for
,westing callous and hot, tired aching feet.
FRY to-eay. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores BY mail for 25c, in stamps. Trial pack
v Y
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

IDEAL BEET-UNE LESS DEsIKA BILE
culture. The cut, from report of the
Cornell station shows the ideal form
of sugar beet grown in good soil with
q porous subsoil. 1t also represents a
less desirable form of beet, which may
be due to subsoil so hard or other con
ditions so unfavorable that the root has
grown mostly near or above the surface
of the ground.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
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
the gums allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will re-
ieve 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. Wnslows Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. ly3S
A: "Well, and how did you sleep last
night? Did you follow my advice and begin
countingF" r. Eyes; ] counted up to eight t.
ssletp?" b: And then il was time 10 get
up."
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

Darling, do you think your father is recon
ciled to our engagement" "Yes Arthur; he
asked me last night what your name was"
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
Distressing stomach Disease

Permanently cured by the mastery powers of
south American Nervine Tonic Invalids need
suffer 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 no 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
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
Monthly Bulletin.

The bulletin of the Maine State board
of agriculture for July gives the follow
ing average for Somerset county:
Condition of hay crop, III per cent.
Condition of pastures, III per cent !;
some improvement by way of seeding
with clover. Pastures not depended
upon as much IA formerly. Amount of
soilng crops, III per cent. Condition
of oats, LOG per cent; mixed grain, l07
per cent; barley, % per cent; rye, 100
per cent; sweet corn, 100 per cent; yei-
low corn, 100 per cent; potatoes, 10 per
cent; apples, Sc per cent; plums, 81 per
cent strawberries, 100 per cent; rasp-
berries, 100 per cent; hlackberries, 1l3
per cent; other small fruits, 100 per cent.
The general average for the State is ::
Condition of the hay crop, Ia per cent.
Condition of pastures, lib per cent;
slight Improvement noted in most of the
counties, chiefly through clearing of
bushes. Amount of soiling crops, 9S
per cent. Condition of oats, l02 per
cent; barley, 81 per cent; rye, 9S per
cent; sweet corn, 81 per cent; yellow
corn, 81 per cent; potatoes, l04 per cent !;
apples, 7G per cent; plums, 81 per cent !;
Strawberries, l05 per cent; raSpberrics,
100 per cent blackberries, l07 per cent; ;
other small fruits, 80 per cent
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

Trotwood will make the season of 1898
at the low fee of $40 90 with return priv
ilege, at my stable, North st. plains, Il
miles frpm town, on the Frost farm, so
called, two houses south of A. K Per-
kn's residence Breeders should see
this horse before booking their mares
Mares at owners risk.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

She: And are you sure. you want me for
your wife," He; mo, dear; | want you for
myself"
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
LOTS OF PEOPLE
Can't find rent.
Can't secure a good house girl.
Can't sell their farms.
Can't find employment,
Can't find lost articles.

N-dII I Thu IOot III tINIVS'
Can't do a hundred things because they
don't advertise in the Local Paper. II
is really wonderful how much can be &C
complshed by the use of these little, low
priced advertisements.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
KeliefIn SIX Hours.

Distressing Kioney and Bladder disease re-
lieved in SIX hours by "Ng~ GREAT SouTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE" IL is "A great sur
prise on account OF its exceeding promptness
in relieving pain in bladder. kidneys and back
in male or female. Relieves retention of wal er
almost Immediately. II you want quick relief
and cure thiS is the remedy. 1y51
Sold by Horatio w. Cushing, Druggist.
107 Water st. Skowhegan, Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

She: "There are people who use religion as
a cloak. He ~ know it, what will they
do in The next world, do you think?" "Oh,
they won't need any cloak there"
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

lie: "Wele YOU ever in the New York
Stock Exchange?" She NO; never. The
price they ask for a seat is something awful.
I'd never pay it. I'd stand up first"
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14
THINK about your health. Do not
allow scrotua taints to develop in
your blood. Take Hoods Sarsapa-
rila now and keep yourself WELL.

The Correct Thing to Dor eedick: Young
Browne added e to his name after he inherit
ed his unclt's big fortune Fosdick THAT
is quite right. Rich people are entitled to
more ease than poor people.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

He: ~ only pay fifty cents an hour for this
boat she: That's why like it, It's
regular bargain sail"
81 refuse to give you money with which to
purchase Wheel said the stern parent
"You are a thorn III my flesh" and you, ,
replied the disappointed youth, care tack
in my path"
Years of suffering relieved in might. itching
piles yield at once to the curative properties OF
Doan's Ointment. Never fails At any drug
store 80 cents,
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

| A household necessity. DIR. Thomas Eelec-
! tric Oil Heals burns. cuts, wounds of any snrt :,
cures sore throat, Group, catatrh asthma; never
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

A woman's Watch Miss Hiborn: at seems
to run very well for about day and half,
and then it will not go at all Matchmaker
Eyes; it should be wound occasiouly.'
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

"Puffins answered advertisement in which
some body offered to sell him the secret for
preventing trouses from getting fringes
round the bottom. what lid they tell him?
ITO wear knickerbockers."
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

After using 10 cent trial size of Ely's Cream
Balm YOU will be sure to buy the so cent size.
Cream Balm has no equal IN curing catarrh and
cold IN the head Ask your druggist for it or
send 10 cents to us.
ELY BROS, SIS Warren ST., n. Y. City.
suffered from catarrh three years; it got so
bad | could not work. used two bottles of Ely
Cream Balm and am entirely well: would not
he without it-A. {. Clark, 341 Shawmut Ave,
Boston,
The Somerset reporter., 1898-07-14

For forty years, DR. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawberry has been curing summer complaint,
dysentery, diarrhGa, bloody tiux, pain in the
stomach, and it has never yet failed to do every
thing clai ned for 1t.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-11
No Make-BelieveS.

We are not going to We going have
fire SALE We will deceive the public with false pretences
Butwe will knock the stuing of all competition Look
at goods everywhere ese get posted thoroughly, then
Pine Hall and get and better goods for your money
than you possibly get elsewhere. We demonstrating
this statement every day We will allow any house in the
United States to undersel us-beeve it.