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The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11
HANDY WAGON Box.

HANp1 NAGoE bbA.
a very handy arrangement on the farm
or on the road for hauling loads of
grain, wood, tile, etc.
The main frame or bottom of wagon
box consists of two scantling 3 by 4
inches and any length, according to
length of box desired. although ~ feet
IHmakes very desirable length. These
are joined together by 2 by 4 cross ties
pinned at the ends into mortises The
iron sockets ON the sides which are
made to hold the 2 by 3 standards on
the side boards can be made by any
blacksmith out of an old wagon tire.
The side boards may be made any
height to suit the purpose and may be
planned and painted or put up in the
rough. There are several styles of end
gates, and any of them can be used to
suit the taste. The end gates may be
fastened in with an end gate rod or
hooks and staples used.
A box like this can be made tight
enough by flooring the frame carefully
SO that any grain or shelled corn may
be hauled ia it. 1t can be built very
cheaply and where a farmer is handy
with tools should not cost over ST.. so,
as nearly all the material may be pro-
duced from the farm excepting the
hardware.
However, if the material be pur-
chased it should not cost over 81. A
very handy feature about this box is
that when not in use it can be folded
together and set aside out of the way.
The kind of ladder represented in the
second cut, from Ohio Farmer, over
comes the difficulty sometimes expe
rienced in finding side pieces Of suffi-
Gent length and also presents other ad.
vantages. You may have one long lad
der or two short ones at your pleasure,
and it can be converted into a high step
ladder. The two rounds, B B, are of
tough wood and small enough so they
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11
A JoINTED LADDER,

can be easily slipped in or out, or they
can be made of iron bolts with nuts.
There are more uses on the farm for
short ladders than long ones. With this
ladder you can splice the two sections,
and then you can have long ladder
when occasion demands one. 1t would
be better to put in small bolts at the
places a A. The lower section should
be so made that used rs two ladders you
will need two extra rounds The rounds
should be placed / ) inches apart
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11
Fire at Fairfield.

The Maine Central Il. L. freight house
was destroyed by fire early Monday
morning, together with three freight
cars, and a store house of Z. roman X
Co, large building owned by Pratt &
Purington, and occupied by Freeman
Emery al machine shop was part y burn
ed. Loss WAS above $4,000, ms follows
Freight house, $1,000, cohtents, $1,000:
+. Tolman & Co., building, 81, 900, STOCK,
$500 f. Emery, 81 800; Pratt * Puring.
ton, $500; Fairfield Furniture Co.,
lumber, $50; Convertible chair Co.,
stock, $500. Nothing is known as 10 the
origin OF the fire. All losers except
Emery were insured. His insurance run
out n few days before the fire. The fire
caught in the freight house.
The cause Of the fire is still unknown.
There was no fire in any part of the
freight house and the electric lights were
not burning The blaze started IN the
south end and worked towards the
office, which was the last 10 60. AL the
books were lost. When the first pei sons
arrived the heat was so great that al
though the Office was not in flames Ii
could not possibly be entered. Many
theories have been advanced as to the
fires origin. The most plausible one
aside from incendiarism, is that bale
of upholstering stuff stored in the
house. caught fire by spontaneous CON-
bustion. Ii is not known definitely that
such stuff was in the house at the time
of the fire, but ii has been received here
often and has been known to catch fire
in this way. AS to the theory of ineen-
diarism there is little to give it force.
There are no suspicious circumstances
and no apparent motive. The safe had
not been tempered with and its contents
have been recovered in a more or less
damaged condition.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11

sg Flag stations; at which trains will .t'
on signal or notice TO Conductor.
tWill hat ston Vreept to leave or take Freight
tMiAed tam between North Auson and Bp4 ham.
STAGE CONNECTIONS
~ Sorridgewock, for Mercer, and Smith
field ana Eleet.n airs to and from Skowbe-
gam
At ,psor '" Sswyer's Mills, (Starks).
20 Arson, for North and West New porllRn
Dead River. Flagstaff and Eu sits. At Blnghac
for FORKS, Moose River, Msyhed. Kingsbur,
and Abbott
W.M. AVER SUPT
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An Enterprising Druggist.

and enterprising than
G. w Folsom,
who spares no pains to secure the best
of everything in his line for their many
customers. He now has the valua
BILE agency for DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, coughs and colds.
This is the wonderful remedy that is
producing such Juror all over the
country by its many startling cures. 1t
absolutely cures asthma, bronchitis,
hoarseness and all affections of the
throat, chest and lungs. Call at above
drug store and get a trial bottle free or
a regular size for so cents and S1.00.
Guaranteed to cure or price refunded.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11
Somerset Railway.
CHANGE OF TIME
Commencing Inna 9th 1908

land with Maine Central Railroad Trains to ar q
from Boston. Portland, Lewiston, Wstervillt
Augusta, Gardiner, Bath Skowhegsn and Ban
gor.
For Boston, Portland, Lewiston, WRterviIl,
Augusta, Skowhegan and Bangor.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11

Some time ago. n little hottle of cham
herlain's Cole. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy fell into my hands, just at a
time when my tu,-Hear.old hoy was
terribly afflicted. His bowels were be-
yond control. We had tried many rem
edies, to no purpose, but the little bottle
of Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
speedily cured him.-WnLIAM F. JONES,
Oglesby, Ga. For sale by Horatio w.
Cushing, Skowhegan and Sullivan New
ton, Jackman, druggists.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11

In China to salute any one by taking
off ones hat is a deliberate insult.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11
Dr.. Thomson's
SarsaparilIa Cures.
Read the Testimony trombone of
Uncle Sans Trusted EMPLOYEES:


Hearing is one thing, but knowing is another
thing. Now am going TO tell you few facts
that l know about DR.. Tbompsons Sarsa-
parilla. was in a terrible condition, my lower
limbs were numb, and had no action at all
stepped on large tobacco tack and went
around all the afternoon with il in my foot as
] did not feel 1t. had terrible heart attacts, il
turned round quick would fall on the floor,
was dizzy headed. IL seemed though my
head would go away off, then come back.
would be Just that way. | could do wash
Ing for year | weighed only 81 pounds /
had doctored by a nu Der of doctors. | wore
an electric belt, and used the battery on my
everything | heard OF for rheumatism and
paralysis, but when commenced to take DR..
Thompson's Sarsaparills l began to grow
better. do not have any heart trouble now.
dance night, and danced, something ] had
never expected to do again My feet have
come to their natural color. Before they
looked as II they were dead. They are now
four OF us. and keep the post office besides.
! now weigh about one hundred pounds.
This 10 all within one year. Now IL any OF my
suffering sisters will write to me will answer
all questions. / am "a years old, and have
been sick for the past nve years. ! shall keep
taking DR.. Thomson's Sarsaparilla another
year at any rate. have sold it to my custom
ers with the best satisfaction. and in fact all
their 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 new woman. and all my
neighbors and patrons for miles around can
walk when go out to neighbours, without
any pain. Nobody knows but God and myself
What suffer ed for three years. DR.. Thomson's
6Arsaparilla has done wonders Tor me.
MRS. P. DUDLEY.
North Guilford, Me-. Nov. 10th, 1897.
For Sale at Patterns Drug Store. Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11

ulOOu IL MAKES tllt IcTNtS - I NUN ~
Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, 'er young
man dat hah lot o push makes de mistake
oh spplyin it all ter de bic, Gle OBJ pleasure
Std O. sayn' some for the wheel barrow oh
necessity
Relief In Six Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder disease re.
lieved in SIX hours by "NEw GREAT SOUTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE" 1t is a great
prise on account OF its exceeding promptness
in relieving ain IL n adder, kidneys and back
in male or female Relieves retention OF water
almost Immediately II you want quick relief
and cure thi~ is the remedy. ly5l
Sold by Horatio W. Cushing, Druggist,
l07 Wat, n 81. Skowht gan, Me.
Maiden aunt reading the scriptures aloud
to nephew In heavt n thele is no marriage OF
giving in marriage.
Nephew: This earth must be a perfect
heaven to you isn't II aunty?
For Over Fifty Years.
MRs. WtnsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions of moth
era for their children while teethinH, with
perfect success. II socthes the child, self ems
the gums alays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t viii re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
sold by Druggists in every part of the world
Twenty five cents bottle. Re sure and ak
for Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing syrup" and
take no other kind 1y3S
belle Crying. "Oh, II Harry has to go 70
war, am sure he will die of the fever" Her
father Oh pshaw! Why. there's an even
chance that he will die by a bullet
Distressing stomach Disease
Permanently cured by the mastery powers OF
South American Nervine Tonic Invalids need
suffer no longer because this great remedy
can cure them all. 1t is a cure for the whole
world of stomach weakness and inc igestion
The cure begins with the first dose. The relief
it brings is marvellous and surprising. 1t
makes no failure; never disappOints. Nc
matter how long you have suffered your cure
is certain under the of this great health
giving force, Pleasant and always safe. 1y5l
Sold by Horatio W. Cushing, Druggist
l07 Water st. Skowhegan. Me
Papa said Freddie ''the Spsniards call US
Yankee pigs; why don't we have some horrid
name for themf"
I'VE do, said little Tim. 1--WE call them
Spaniards."
\ Real Catarrh Cure
The 10 cent trial size OF Ely's Cream Balm
which can be had Of the druggist, is sutlicientdC
demonstrate its great merit. send 10 cents, we
will mail ii. Fun size sec.
Ely EROS, 81 Warren ST., y. y. City.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking and to a
great extent loss of hearing. Ky the use of Ely's
Cream Balm dropping of mucous has ceased
voice and hearing have greatly improved.-J
W Davidson, Atty. at Law, Monmouth III.
"well. I've fred the cook" said Mrs. Jones
to her husband.
"Did she go off with bang?" said he jocose-
ly.
mo. she went off with pompadour," added
she, smartly.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11

Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: $40 A
NJ. for all points West-l255 P. NJ for Water
Vile, Oakland North Arson, Lewiston
Augusta, Gardiner and Brunswick, Port
land and Boston, Dexter Dover and Foxcror
Greenville. Bangor, Aroostook County, Bar
Harbor. 81 John and Halifax; 3 P. NJ. (mixed)
for WatervilIe enablipp passengers to take
ARRIVALS:-7.0O A. VI. mixed from Water
Vile, daily except Mon1ays:-10.33 A
Passenger from Portland, Lewiston, winthrop
Waterville, Augusta and Bangor;-5l0 p.
from all points.
GEO. F. EVANS, Vice Pres. and Gen. MRr
F. q. BOOTHBY. General Pss'r Agent
Portland. June. %. 1898
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11

Smith (musing as he reads). II don't see
how the Spanish cavalier sat in his retreat,
unless he retreated On a wheel"
Two variety performers make this play upon
words: president Mckinley wired to
Hobson at -antiago asking how he was"
What did Hobson answer?' Merry Mac"
A lazy liver makes lazy man. Burdock Blood
Bltters is the natural, never failing remedy for
lazy liver.
Mother What was going on in the parlor
last night, Madge?
Madge (shylyJ- Only the engagement ring,
ma.
Ordinary household accidents have no terTors
when there's bottle Of Or. Thomas Ecectric
OH in the medicine chest Heals burns, cuts,
bruises, sprains, Instant relief.
Rev. DR.. Primrose Do you believe in the
unselhshness of human nature? INDECENT
Artisan: Yes, sir, I'm cutlery grinder by
trade and the res no truth in the saying that
every man has an axe TO grind
Itching piles? Never mind If everything else
failed to cure you. Try Doan's Ointment. No
failure there. 80 cents at any drug store.
Lawyer: l hay nv opinion OF You, Citizen:
We'll, on may keep 1t. The last opinion / got
from you cost me $3.50
The Somerset reporter., 1898-08-11
HANDY ARRANGEMENTS.

A Wagon BOX For Hauling Grain. Wood,
Tile. Etc.-A Strong Jointed Ladder.
The style of wagon box represented
in the accompanying plan is said by an
Ohio Farmer correspondent to be COM
ing quite extensively into use and to be
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-06-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The action of the massmeeting last
night in renominating City Treasurer
G. j. Crandall, was just recognition
Of worthy and faithful public official,
and will be ratified by the voters of
The Dalles next Monday. Mr.. Gran
dali has been a careful custodian of
the city's funds in the past, and will
prove an efficient and obliging officer
in the future.
A number of the Oregon papers, in
cluding the Oregonian, are fighting
over the political campaign that closed
on the 9th, which seems to be a per-
feet waste of time. By the vote cast
on the 9Th ult. a certain policy was en-
dorsed, so why not give the readers a
rest, and let the systems endorsed have
fair trial. If these systems are bene-
fetal to the masses, experience will
show it; if not, like all other wrong
systems, they must fall despite any ar
gument that may be submitted by the
papers to bolster them up. If the
gold standard and high protective tar
ifs are good things, then will their
merits become prominent by expert
ence: if not. other systems will be en-
dorsed, regardless of what papers
may say.
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the war, they will register an objection
that will be heard from one end OF the
country to the other, but it will avail
little.
Like all indirect taxation. that is,
taxation on consumption, it will not be
felt Immediately, but its effects will be
realized eventually. When the con-
sumer learns that everything he uses
has advanced in price, he will come to
a realization of the fact that he is pay
ing more than his ist proportion of
the war expenses. The earnings of
the wage worker will be reduced by
this tax thr y an II" lnce in the
price of eyeryrhl Ig he consumes, and
then the advance agent" of prosper
ity will be looked for in vain.
There are, however. some commend
able features in the war tax, that force
those who have most to protect to pay
their just burden of the expenses.
Such as the inheritance tax and the
taxes levied upon the Standard Oil
Company. sugar trust and other like
monopolies, compel those who are best
able to pay and those who will be
most benefited by the war to bear
a portion of the burden. But the
greater portion falls upon the
poor, as all indirect taxes do, hence
there will be needless extravaganza In
conducting the war, and more money
will be collected than is absolutely
necessary, be cause those who foot the
bills are in no position to register a
kick
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THE NEW BOND ISSUE.

The war loan which is now being
offered will be sold to subscribers at
par during the period of subscription,
which ends July IA, 1898. The method
of subscription has been made as simple
as possible. Blank forms may be OBJ
tained at every money-or der post. office
and at most of the banks and express
offices, and .on these is clearly in
dicated all that it is necessary for the
subscriber to fill out. The subscriber
may himself mail to the treasury de-
partment at Washington the blank
form filled out, together with his re-
mittance covering the par value of the
amount of bonds for which he wishes
to subscribe. That remittance may be
in whatever form best suits the sub
scriber's convenience-in currency,
bank draft, check, postofice money
order, or express money order. The
day the currency is received or the
day the proceeds are received from
the checks, drafts, or money or
ders, the subscription will be entered
and will Immediately begin drawing
interest. When the bonds are de.
livered, a check will accompany each
delivery covering the interest at per
cent from the day the subscription is
entered to the 1st of August, the date
of the bonds, and from which date the
bonds will carry their own interest.
A coupon bond is payable to the
bearer. 1t may be bought aud sold
without formality as freely as any kind
of property and without Endorsements
of any kind. Owing TO the freedom Of
of transfer, coupon bonds are usually
preferred by persons who expect to
hold them but short time. Their dis
advantage for the person who wishes
to make permanent investment lies
in the danger that they might be lost
or stolen, in which case the loss to the
owner would be as complete as would
be the loss of bank note. The cupon
bonds take their name from the
method by which interest is collected
by the holder.
Printed on the same sheet with the
bond is series of coupons,o small GER
tificates of interest due, which are so
designed that one is cut off at each in
terest period. Each coupon bears the
number of the bond and shows the
date of the coupons maturity. The
holder of coupon bond, at each inter-
est period, detaches the coupon due
that day and collects it. The coupons
are payable at any sub-treasury, and
nav be collected through any bank,
and will usually be accepted by any
merchant having bank account, with
whom the holder of the bond has deal
ings. The holder of coupon bond
NAV at any time have it converted in
to registered bond free of charge.
A registered bond is payable to the
order of the owner, and can only be
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-06-25
CHILDKIKE WARFARE.

If one examines the map of Cuba, he
cannot but wonder why it is that the
American army is being concentrated
at Santiago, when the real object to
attain is the capture of Havana, the
seat of Spanish domination in Cuba,
and it is difficult to understand what
is to be gained by taking Santiago,
while Spain holds Havana, or how, af-
ter having reduced the city in the ex.
treme southeastern province of Cuba,
this government is to achieve any
thing of consequence. Santiago is a
comparative unimportant port and is
garrisoned by only handful of Span
ish soldiers when compared with
Blanco's army at Havana. 1t is some
500 miles from Havana, and to reach
the latter place from there would en-
tail great expense and terrible hard
ship. Then why is it that the govern
ment should want to take the place,
when it can avail little toward driving
the Spaniards out of Cuba? To the
novice in warfare it looks like child's
play to send vast army and the flow
er OF our navy to Santiago, while hard
ly gun has been turned on Havana
the real object that this government
must attain before it can end the war
with Spain.
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the finding of an old mlser starving
while grasping bag of gold in his
hand. His fate ought TO serve as
warning to those who are so avari-
cious that they deny themselves com
forts of life in order to accumulate
wealth. The miser who prizes money
more than he does his life, is unworthy
of sympathy, and ought to starve.
Wheat begins to go tumbling down
until it is quoted at 6S cents in Chi
cago and 80 cents on this coast. An
other crop is about to be harvested,
which TO some extent. explains the
fall. AS soon as soeculators get hold
of the bulk of the 1898 crop, wheat will
begin going up again, for under pres
ent conditions of gam bling in bread
stuffs, it is the speculator who nearly
always gets the highest price.
No good reason has ever been ad-
vanced why the Hawaiian islands
should not be annexed, and there is no
reason why the West Indies should
not become part of the United States;
but it does not necessarily follow that
we should gobble up the Philippines.
While they are rich in resources, they
would become an expensive luxury to
this government. The Philippines
should be allowed to govern them.
selves.
Those who expect the war with
Spain to close within few weeks, had
as we'll disabuSe their minds. There
is little doubt but every Soanish SOL
der could be driven out of Cuba in a
month, but they will not be. Congress
has authorized the issuance of $780,
000,000 bonds and all the money aris.
ing from this issue will be expended
before the war is closed. The specu-
lators have something to say about
conducting this war.
President Mckinley contemplates
making another call for volunteers,
but before doing so will make prepara-
tions for equipping the men and caring
for them. He will not rush a lot of
men down South to blister and sweat
for month, without any provision for
their comfort. They will probably be
modified somewhere in a more con-
genial cline.
1t is rather difficult to understand
how the Oregonian can praise Hon.
T. j. Black as champion of the gold
standard and hold him up as an apostle
of all that is good and holy while it
denounces John 81. Mitchell as rene
gade and an apostate, an object too
loathesome to be recognized by decent
and patriotic beings because he once
voted for the free and unlimited coin
age of silver In the legislature OF
1885 Mr.. Black was one of the so-called
democrats in the legislature, who
helped elect Mitchell to the United
States senate. Had it not been for
Mr.. Black and his associates, Mitchell
would have been shelved Is years
ago.
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Probably i6 is unpatriotic to criti-
else the methods adopted by the war
department for crushing out the Span
ish in Cuba, but we cannot but say
that the methods so far adopted seem
more like an attempt to spend a whole
lot of money than like the prosecution
of real warfare. If we had genuine
man at the head of the war depart
ment, it seems as if the war should be
brought to successful termination in
two weeks.
1t is difficult to understand why the
president should be contemplating
making another call for volunteers.
Those who have already enlisted are
not in service, and from present indi-
cations we have all the army we need
to vanquish the Spaniards. But there
is a bond issue authorized, and there
must be some excuse for using the
moneg arising therefrom.