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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-26

Shamrock ia most excellent name for a
challenger representing the Royal Ulster yacht
Club. We hope there will be shamrock H.
not IN speak OF additional numerals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-26
>ruvoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. OCTOBER e. 1879

here in Europe or on the ocean. but ne IL Won
derfully silent about his observations IN NEW
York and Washington and Arkansas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-26

Cuba sends MS An invoice OF 800 old Spanish
cannon 10 be sold as junk. They rather
gloomy memorials Of SPANS vanished authority.
and IL Is suitable that they should he converted
into other forms and forgotten They would
melt graciously into a monumental design COM
memorating the deliverance Of the island from
four centuries Of grinding tyranny. Of which
they were some Of the instruments. and that
would be the nttest use to make Of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-26

We haven't heard much about that prosperity
that Senator Jones couldn't ind, now that he Is
back in the country and able - look around for
it lie was sure he hadn't seen any belonging
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
Feeding Value of Rape.

Rape has high feeding value. It makes
an excellent feed for iattening sheep and
swine and for producing an abundant flow
of milk in mich cows. On account Of
danger of tainting the milk many people
do not feed it to the cows until after milk
ing. Rape can be used to good advan-
tage as part of the ration f,r animals
that are being fed in pens for market or
for the show ring. 1t is also valuable
food for young lambs at weaving time. BY
beginning as early as practicable in the
spring, and seeding at intervals OF two or
three weeks, a continuous successor Of
rape can be produced throughout the peri
cd when the permanent pastures are most
likely to be short. Rape will endure quite
severe cold weather, and will thus last a
long time after the ordinary pasture grass
es succumb to the frost. By the use OF
this crop stock can be gotten into good
condition for the holiday markets or for
winter ard there need be no check in
growth fat, and milk production through
insufficient succulent food during the late
summer and autumn months, as is TOO fire.
quently the case.-T. A. Williams.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
STOP WOMEN
from exercising common sense7 You
can't do 1t. Az the old rhyme runs

from exercising common sense7 You
can't do it. Az the old rhyme runs
"The mans fool whs TIE: y force .,; r skin
And If she she WON'T she Won't 90 there's y end ont"
Common sense tells a woman that when
she's sick she needs doctor.
Common sense tells a woman that in
disease the first question is not of man or
woman, but Of recognized medical ability
Common sense applied to advertise ments
which invite women to write to woman
because she is woman and understands
women u will show the women so appealed
to, that it's no use to write to any woman
about disease unless that woman is
physician
Common sense used in the reading of
advertisements will discover that no claim
is made in them to a physician knowl-
edge or diploma. And that is not because
the claim would be morally culpable as
lie but because it would be legally pun
ishable as fraud The law permits you to
masquerade as a doctor in advertise
ment just so long as you don't actually
claim to be a doctor, or put M. d. after
your name. That's why the advertisement
is worded !" write to a woman " instead of
write to a doctor
Common sense has brought more than
half million women, afflicted with some
form of female disease, to DR.. R. V. Pierce
as one OF the most expert physicians IN the
United States in the treatment of female
diseases. Dr. Pierce is a specialist. He
has given more than thirty years of active
practice to the treatment of female dis
eases. Dr.. Pierce is not physician by
courtesy He is physician regularly grad
! uated legally empowered to practice and
with thirty years of experience in the treat
ment of diseases of women, which he has
made his specially.
The offer of free consultation by letter
made by DR. Pierce is a real offer an honest
offer It is an offer backed by medical
institutions with a worldwide reputation,
a stiff of nearly score of regularly grad
uated physicians, practice which reaches
every state in the Union and a record of
more than half-a- million women treated
and ninety eight out of every hundred
perfectly cured
Write to a doctor That's the first thing
Write to the doctor That's the next thing.
The womans doctor is DR.. R V Pierce,
of the Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
How to Kin Witch Grass.

As the city man rides along the country
roads, and observes the farms you will
frequently hear him inquire. why dom,
you kill your witch grass2" This is a
question that puzzles many farmer. With
diligence and industry the mouse gnawed
off the cable mass, and so with diligence
and industry the farmer may kill his witch
grass. Cut your grass early in July, then
break up your ground ana harrow so to
keep the grass out Of sight until late in the
fall. Then again, pillow your land in order
that the grass roots may be killed by
freezing The next soring pillow, harrow,
and horse rake until time for planting, and
your witch grass will be killed. have
practised this for many years and know il
to be true. Many Of my neighbors are
trying this method with pleasing results -
Norway. J. G.. Rowe, In Maine Farmer
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

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, seftens
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. Winslows Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. 1y3S
"Your wife is somewhat strongmind ed9"
"Strong- minded. furniture polish peddler
came here yeste rday, and In five minutes tai k
she sold him some polish she had made her
self"
Builds up the system: puts pure, rich blood in
the veins makes men and women strong and
healthy. Burdock Blood Btters. At any drug
store.
Jack: miss Upton is The most circumspect
young lady / ever met" Tom: How so?"
Jack: "She refused to accompany me on the
piano the other evening without her chap
eron."
81 suffered for months from sore throat.
Eclectric Oil cured me In twenty-four hours"
NJ. S. Gist, Hawesville, Ky.
els there any Inference between sick and
ill?" why, 1t s just like this: The man who
gets sick sends for doctor, while the man
who becomes ill summons physician"
everybody afflicted in one way or another Only
one safe, never failing cure. Doans Ointment.
At any drug store, 80 cents
Clara; ~ see Cynthia has decorated her
rooms with guns, pistols, swords and the like"
Cora: Yes; she always has been q great girl
for having arms around her."
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

According to Statistician Hydes re-
port for June with the exception of
Oklahoma. there is not state or ter
ritory reporting winter wheat the con-
dition of which is not below the 10
year average The number of points
below the June average in the principal
winter wheat states is as follows: Cali
fornia, / Ohio and Texas, 7; Tennes
see and Oregon, II; Pennsylvania, 10;
Kentucky IA Maryland, IS; Virginia.
II; Missouri and Washington, 20;
Kansas, 26; Indiana, 27 Illinois, SO,
and Michigan, 3S.
The total reported acreage in oats is
about 1863, 600 acres, or seyen-tenths of
per cent less than last year. The aver
age condition is S9.7 as compared with
9S on June 1 of last year and 9l.2, the
mean of the June averages for the last
1 3 years
In the | 3 states having 5000, 900 or
more apple trees in bearing at the last
census the condition on June 1, as com
pared with the average June condition
for the last ; years. was as follows
New York, | above; pennsylvania, D
below; Michigan, IA below; Missouri,
above; Illinois, 8 above; Indiana, 8
above; Kansas, above; Kentucky, nc
difference; Tennessee, above; Vir
ginia below; North Carolina, 4 be-
low; Iowa, II below. and Maine, 81
below
The peach crop will probably come
as near being a total failure as it ever
will come in country of such vast ex-
tent and such varied climatic conditions
as the United States. With the excep-
ii IN of California, where the conditions
indicate from 20 to 95 per cent of a
full crop, there is not state that has
the promise of so much as two-thirds
of normal crop Few look for even q
/ half crop
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

GERMTNATING SPORES OF EARLY BLIGHT.
merous sharply outlined. dark brown
spots on the leaves The late blight
manifests itself as progressive wither-
ing or dying of the leaves, spreads more
|. rapidly than the early. and usually pre-
sents a readily seen white, moldlike
growth on the underside of the leaves
Both diseases often appear together,
especially on late varieties. Both of
these diseases are spread by spores
The figure presented by Professor Lam
son Of the New Hampshire station in
his Notes ON Apple and Potato Dis
eases shows the curious shaped spores
of early blight (magnitied) terminating
preparatory to injecting the host plant
The spores of the late blight are egg
shaped
Repeated experiments have shown
that both these diseases may be profit
ably controlled by spraying with Dor
deaux mixture.
For early blight on early potatoes
Professor Lamson advises to spray when
the vines are about twothirds grown
or as soon as the disease makes its ap-
pearance. Repeat the spraying in about
two weeks
For both early and late blight on late
potatoes spray three times-the middle
of July. the LIST of August and the mid
die of August
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20


back is hitched at each end. They drive
along the swath and push or pull the
hay into punches at the side of the
stack, says The Rural New Yorker.
In the article alluded to Mr.. Jami-
son advises in part as follows
As clover hay in stacks or ricks to
be kept from spelling, must be covered
with some other material, the stacks
should be as large as posi- BILE, or the
cost of the covering will approximate
in cost the value of the hay. The risk
in allowing the hay to cure in the cock
makes it necessary to put in the rick
from swath or windrow or, if from the
cock. before it has thoroughly settled.
By the use Of derrick. with arm
swinging 35 feet high a haysling in
stead of horse fork and the hay brought
to the rick with a large rake, it can be
put up very rapidly. This plan will
save the cooking, but it should be drier
to put in rick from the swath than if
put in cock The material for the der
rick illustrated is as follows If the
pole can be secured in the nearby
woods, only the labor in securing it
stands against it. The base is 8 feet
square, built on runners; frame, 10
feet high. The pole for sling use should
be 80 feet long; long boom, Z feet !;
short end, feet; long end, 10 feet
short brace. 2 feet long; brace, a feet.
Top of frame should be 8 feet square.
The whole should he bolted together, so
that it can be taken to pieces and stored
in shelter when not in use. II built to
use sling, the long end of the arm
should be 80 feet high.
The long rake shown is 18 feet long,
with 12 teeth 6 feet long The head
piece is by 8 inch hard pine. The
teeth are heart hickory. ~ by 3
inches and 6 feet long. The teeth
should be sat in the headpiece an inch
in front and onehalf an inch at back
and the teeth sloped for about foot
back from the point ON the lower side.
Set in headpiece as directed. This will
cause tAem to follow the ground close
ly. Over the teeth where set in the
headpiece should be placed a plank
by 8 inch by 1S feet and bolted
through teeth, plank and headpiece.
The teeth should not be set too rigid,
as they will work better with some
play. The rake should have three stand
ards in the headpiece about 3 feet
high A bolt is put through each end
of the headpiece. Two small holes are
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
Making the Lower Grades of Hal

As the hay crop of the New England
states promises not to be large this sea-
son, the following by an American Cul-
tivator correspondent is quite aproros
"As there are many fields of grass that
will not make prime timothy hay, it
is a question sometimes what to do
with it, If there are indications of a
good market, it will pay to give as
much attention to curing this hay as
the best timothy, for the grades APP
proximating prime timothy sell only
for few cents hundredweight less,
A good deal Of the final valuation of
this hay will depend upon the cutting,
curing and packing for market This
more often determines the selling price
of hay than the actual condition of the
grass before cutting But if the hay is
Indifferent and bad in the field it will
pay best to use the land for something
else A run down bayfield, is of little
real value in these days of competition.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
ABOUT BEES.
Number of Timely Hints For. Apia-
rinnE md Farmers.

rians and Farmers.
If the hives are located where they
get the direct rays of the sun during
the middle of the day in the months Of
June. July and August, it will add to
the comfort of the bees if some kind CT
artificial shade is provided. This can
easily be made by using boards fastened
together so as to form wide cover to
extend over the front Of the hives, and
it should be held in place by stones.
bricks or some other weights All hives
should be painted white or some light
color. as dark colors bsorb heat. There
is danger of the combs melting down
in dark colored hives exposed to the di-
rect rays of the sun. Whatever form of
shade is provided it should be so ar
ranged as to admit of free circulation
of air all about the hives.
swarm Of bees in May
Is worth load of hay.
swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon.
Of bees IN July
Is not worth fly.
Thus runs the old adage, and with
the old box hive method of bee keeping
a swarm in July was of but little
value But with the use of movable
frame hives foundation and other mod
ern improvements "a swarm in July
can easily be built up into strong
colony before winter sets in.
No intelligent beekeeper will deny
that bees will at times during a hot,
dry spell, when no honey is to be had
in the fields, turn their attention to
overripe or unsound grapes, peaches,
etc But they are seldom if ever the ag-
qressors or the first to begin the attack.
But. says some one, 81 have seen
bees feeding upon grapes. Very true,
but if You saw lot of dogs feeding
upon the carcass of dead horse would
You come to the conclusion that they
had killed Nae horse? After the skin of
grape has been punctured by bird
or wasp, so that the bees can get their
tongues in the opening, they soon clean
it ont. A careful investigation will
prove that bees do not destroy sound
fruit. They simply gather mp what
would otherwise be lost.
Does spraying fruit trees injure the
bees? | believe it is generally conceded
by both beekeepers and horticulturists
that if fruit trees are sprayed at the
proper time, either before or after they
are in bloom, it cannot possibly injure
the bees, says a writer whose hints. az
given above, occur in American Gar
dening.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

A French naturalist asserts that if the
world were to become birdless, man could
not inhabit 1t after nine years time, in
spite of all the sprays and poisons tina,
could be manufactured for the destruction
of insects. The bugs and slugs would
simply eat up our orchards and crops.
Indeed, the more we study the various
adjustments and arrangements by which
the business of the natural world about us
is carried on, the better disposed we
should be to distrust our ability to improve
upon the present executive management
of this great terrestrial plant.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
CORN CULTURE.
The Modern Idea IL TO Kill Weeds
and Keep the Soil Well Stirred.


The culture of corn in general sense
consists of doing two things-killing
weeds and stirring the soil Weeds are
injurious because they consume the
plant food and to that extent tpey rob
crops They also take large quantities
of water from the soil. Stirring the soil
aids in the formation of plant food,
aerates or yentlates the soil. influences
soil temperature, improves filth. and
in a measure controls the supply OF
moisture. With these Two leading
thoughts in mind we will let them gov
ern us throughout the corn growing
season. says a writer in The New Eng
land Homestead, in preface to more
minute directions in which the follow
ing items occur
After the soil is we'll plowed thorough
pulverization is necessary The disk
harrow. the spring tooth and smoothing
barrow. and a drag. or roller, make a
good combination for this work. A few
days after planting, just before the corn
plants begin to come through, go over
the field with a harrow This helps
with the further pulverization CT the
soil and kills all the little weeds
In a week. when the corn is two
inches above the ground. go over the
field second time with the harrow
This leaves the soil fine and mellow,
the field clean and active, and the corn
plants not hurt particle. Begin cult
walton at this stage for an additional
reason viz. stirring the soil to control
the moisture supply. Water comes up
in the soil just as oil in a lamp wick II
has capillary how-that is, little tubes
are found in the soil and water rises
from soil particle to soil particle, and
when it gets up to the top of the ground
it vaporizes. In stirring the soil we
simply break off the top of these tubes,
and the fine dirt acts as mulch, there
by keeping this water in the soil
Abont two inches, all things consid
cred, is the best depth for cultivation.
Cultivating in clods or to an unusual
depth destroys the roots and Injuries the
plant Neither does it furnish 10 effect
i've mulch.
Summing mp, the following should be
borne in mind Begin the cultivation
of the corn before planting time, har-
row the ground at least twice after
planting. cultivate after every rain to
break the crust-cnltivatio is needed
as much to conserve moisture as to kill
the weeds-keep cultivators away from
the corn roots, never plant corn in
clods, have the cultivator leave the soil
level and even, but not in ridges. Fight
the weeds they are the worst enemies
Of corn
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

Mr.. C. B. Bush, president of the Gil
mer county court, tells briefly his ex-
perience with an epidemic of bloody flax
in his family. He writes under date OF
October s, 1896, at Auburn, w. Va.
During the past summer we had three
cases of bloody flux in our family which
we cured in less than one week with
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. In some instances there
were twenty hemorrhages day" This
remedy never fails to cure the worst
cases of bloody flux and all bowel CON-
plants and every family should keep II
at hard. For sale by Horatio, W. Cush-
ing, Skowhegan, and Sullivan Newton,
Jackman, druggists.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

An Auburn man has a hog which he
has kept several years. All that time he
has been buying pork. One of his neigh
bors asked him the other day why he
didn't kill the hog. well, have got tc
keep a hog anyway" he replied, land
have got SO used to this one that hate to
make any change. You see | know just
how much this one will eat and just how
to take cafe of him. If get new one
should have to go to work and learn the
whole business over again, and guess il
amt worth while"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

A young lady in Belfast. recently had
the reputation of getting her washing out
earlier than any of her neighbors, and
some were envious of her on account of
her smartness. 1t TRANSFERRED later that
her brother-in-law arose early in the
morning and did most of the washing
while the maiden slumbered and her
reputation as an early riser and smart
worker suffered.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
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CONFINED HAY AND HOG RACK


Fig. 1 shows the bottom or foundation
The stills q by ~ are Ia feet long; the
two outside boards, over wheels, are
foot wide and l2 feet long. Crosspiece:
q by 81, feet long.
Fig. includes the ladder or upright,
Q by stuff any length desired, and
the end gate. Fig 3 is the floor for the
bottom and may be made of any floor
stuff. Fig. is the side for the rack,
the lengthwise pieces of by stuff
and the uprights by 2. Trace chains
with hook on each end are used witt
each end gate.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

~*Flag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
Twin not stop except to leave or take Freight
tWi not stop
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At orriogewock, for Mercer, and Smith
field (snd EIectrn Cars to and from Skowhe.
GAM
At Arson TO Sawyer's Mills, (Stsrks)
No. Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks, Moose River, Msyheld, Kingsbury
and Abbott.
W. M. AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
His Connternnrf.

81 never expected to hear of Wellup
marrying anybody. He was such n
tough old bachelor"
Yes: but the woman he married was
such tender young widow"-Chicago
One of natures remedies; cannot harm the
weakes constitution: never fails to cure sum
mer complaints of young or old. DR. Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry.
After the service. The wife: 1.-THE minister
hit you pretty hard to-day, John" The bus
band; I'm very glad you enjoyed the Sermon
my dear"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
sprinkling Roads With OH.

Supervisors of Los Angeles county,
Cal, recently examined several sections
which had been sprinkled with oil and
found them in excellent condition. A
mile stretch at Alhambra, sprinkled
once. year ago, had no dust and rid
ing over it was like riding on rubber.
Another section had 33 barrels of oil
used on it three weeks ago and was in
perfect condition. Roadbed oil costs
about "a a barrel Rural New Yorker.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

There are two forms of potato blight,
or rust the early and the late There
is usually little difficulty in distinguish
ing between the two The early blight
appears in June or July, the late in
August The early blight presents nu-
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
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HANDLING CLOVER HAY.

Derrick and Rake For Quick Stack
ing From the swain.
"Where clover hay is stacked outside
many farmers use the devices described
by Mr.. Jamison in the following ar.
sicle: The derrick revolves in the frame.
The high arm permits the slingful of
hay to be lifted above the stack. Then
by pulling on the bar shown near the
bottom of the pole the load is swung
over the stack and dropped where il is
wanted. The rake slides on the ground.
A good horse with smart boy on his
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20

The acreage reported as under barley
shows an increase of 81 per cent over
last year. Tie average condition is 81. 4
as compared with 1873 ON June of last
year and so. 6, the mean of June aver
ages for the last 10 years.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
A -, -.
W.T. / /
GROUND RAKE FOR Hay.

uftVU ND -EahE EOIs I'M Il
bored in each end, the narrow way Of
the piece and sufficient wire run
through to make strong loop.
For htching use light chain 8 feet
long at each end, with ring at one end
and grab hook at the other.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-07-20
Arrangements OF Train Effect

TT Inns leave Skowhegan as follows; s;ly a,
N. for all points West also to Bangor. VANCE
boro. st. Stephen, Houlton, WoodstocB ~
John and Hslifax-12.50 P. M for WaterylH!e'
Oakland, North Arson, Lewiston. Augusss'
Gardiner and Brunswick, Portland and SOS 59s
ton, Dexter. Dover and Foxcroft, GreenViipe'
Bangor, Old Town, Patten and Houlton III u
& A. r. r. & Mattawamkeag 800 i. ~
(mixed) for Waterville enabling passeng = ~, "
connect for Oakland and to take night pun
man 70, Portland and Boston. -.
ARRIvALS:-7.00 A. M. mixed from al
vile, daily except Mondays:-lO.8U a IN
Passenger from Portland, Lewiston. Wintnf1R
waterville, Augusta and Bangor;-b1 w
from all points. 49,,
GEO. F. EVANS, Vice Pres. and Gen, N i
F. Il. BOOTHBY. General Pas'r Agent