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The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
Silver Hull Buckwhent.

The variety of buckwheat Is com
paratively new, but it is growing in
popularity, as farmers say it is earlier
than the variety commonly grown. 1t
has the great disadvantage. however, of
ripening very unevenly, so that it is
impossible to leave the later blossoms
to perfect their seed without losing
some of the earliest by Smelling. 1t
has a very thin hull. and millers report
that it will make more and better flour
from bushel than the old fashioned
buckwheat usually grown. If any one
Is sowing buckwheat late and fears
that frost will catch it, we would adj
wise him to SOW the silver hull. says
The American Cultiyator A half
bushel of seed per acre is sufficient,
and a good seeding of timothy may be
got with buckwheat sown thus thinly.
The grain is off early and rather helps
the grass during the heat of summer
by shading it from the hot sunshine
and winds.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

When the crop is thinned, all weeds
that are in the rows among the beets
should be removed. The thinning must
be carefully done by hand, but this
and the removal of the weeds in the
rows at the same time is the only
hand work necessary If the other work
is done as it should be. The wheel
hoe and horse cultivator should serve
for the remainder. The cultivation
should he frequent about once a
week. and continued until the growt n
Of a top has been made practically SUI
ficient to cover and shade the soil be
tween the rows. The dirt should be
worked up to the bcets pretty we'll in
the last one or two civilizations in or
der to grow the beet root entirely be
low the surface of tue soil. rs the part
that grows above is deficient in sugar.
A hard soil has the disadvantage Of
pushing the hcats out of the ground
and causing the lower part to branch
and grow irregular in form instead Of
growing straight down and taking a
eonical and compact shape. 1t is on
this account that deep blowing and
subsoilng are beneficial. Subsoiling
should be adopted If practicable. -
Iowa Station.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
Saltwater Baths.

For hand bath Ga bath given to the
body by use of the hands only or by
sponge or cloth) place handful OF salt in
basin as ordinarily filled for washing.
Allow the salt to dissolve, or hasten the
action by stirring it with the hand, The
water should be as cold as you have vital
ity to withstand. Use no soap. Battle
the entire body. Do not neglect the face
and neck in the free use of the salt water
This bath has an exhilarating influence,
tones the entire system, and gives 10 the
skin healthful condition that amply re-
pays for the time and trouble involved II
used in the winter it will be an excellent
preventive of colds, besides being a
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

bear healthy children. The prospective
mother should use every precaution to
preserve and foster her health. Not
alone for the sake of the little one to
come but for her own sake. A perfectly
healthy woman is i'll no danger and in
very little pain at her time of trial.
There must be due preparation for
this time Nature makes the prepare
tory period three-fourths of a year and
women who take the hint from nature
and use the time properly need have no
fears of the outcome. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription is medicine designed
to cure all distinctly feminine ailments
and taken during the period of CESSATION
it renders childbirth easy, safe and COM
paratively painless.
It IS the invention of DIR. r. Y. Pierce,
of Buffalo, y. Y, a regularly graduated
physician and skilled specialist in the
cure of all diseases of woman.
Mrs Orrin stiles of Downing. Dunn Co, Wis,
writes Il cannot praise your Favorite Pre-
scription enough. for have not been well for
FIVE years a HOW am. In July last had baby
boy weight II lbs was only sick short time,
and since got up have not had one sick day
Sick women can consult DIR. Pierce by
letter free OF charge. Every letter is held
strictly private and sacredly confidential.
Designing WeH work on women's
feelings. by advising women to write
to a woman who understands womans
needs" 1t is useless to seek advice about
disease OF any woman who is not ply
stefan. So far as known no qualified
woman physician is connected with any
proprietary medicine establishment.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
THE FALL WE8WORM.

A DefoIintor of Shade md Fruit
Trees-semedies Advised.
The fall webworm is a typical Ameri-
can species. 1t is found from Canada
10 Georgia and from Montana to Texas.
1t is an almost universal feeder, and
the records of the division Of entomol-
ogy list about l2o species of shade and
ornamental trees. as well is fruit
trees, upon the leaves of which it
feeds
In the District of Columbia and
north to New York city there are two
generations annually. as is the case
with the tussock moth. In more north
ern localities where it is single brood
ed it loses its place as species of
great Importance. 1t hibernates as n
pupa within "A cocoon attached to the
trunk of its food plant or To tree boxes,
neighboring fences or 10 rubbish and
sticks or stones at the surface of tie
either pure white or white spotted
with black, flies at night and deposits
a cluster of HOO or 800 eggs upon either
the upper or the under surface of the
leaf The caterpillars feed gregarious-
ly, and each colony spins a web which
may eventually include all the leaves
of good sized limb. Reaching full
growth, the caterpillars leave the web
and crawl down the trunk of the tree
10 spin their cocoons.
The caterpilars of the second gener-
alton begin to make their appearance
in force in August.
J.. o. Howard, entomologist of the
department OF agriculture, thus briefly
summing up the life history of this
worm. suggests the following remedial
measures. On account of the fact that
the adult female is an active flier, we
can use against the fall webwCrm but
two of the remedies suggested for use
against the tussock moth caterpillars,
namely spraying with arsenical poi
SONS and the collection Of the cocoons.
The gregariouS habit of the larvae,
however. suggests another remedy
which is practical and very efficient if
thoroughly carried out This is the
destruction of the webs and the con
tanned larvae either by cutting off the
tWigs which carry them and burning
Immediately or burning the webs with
out pruning. II this work be done
properly and against the early sum
mer generation. the pruning method is
unnecessary and inadvisable.
BY the use of a proper torch the
webs and the caterpillars which they
contain can be burned off at nightfall
without necessarily destroying the life
of the tWgs, and a second crop of
leaves will be put out little later, so
that the tree does not remain diStig-
ured for any length of time. y bundle
of rags wired to the end of a pole and
saturated with Kerosene makes good
torch for the purpose; or n porous
brick wired to a pole and saturated
with Kerosene answers the purpose
even better Private persons will find
this remedy sufficient. City authori-
ties should apply an arsenical spray.
Collecting the cocoons in winter may
be carried on simultaneously with the
collection of the egg masses of the
white marked tussock moth.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
The Green & Barnard Shoe Co
7 Madison Avenue, Skowhegan
Notice of Foreclosure.

Whereas, Horace B. Packard of Skowhegan
in the County of Somerset and State of Maine,
by his mortgage de ed dated April 29th 1895, and
recorded in Somerset Registry of DEEDS, Book
225, Page 436. conveyed to one r. II. Merrill, a
certain parcel OF real estate sitnate in said
Skowhegan and bounded as follows Begin
ming at stake and stones on the northerly
side of the county road lead ng from
Skowhegan to Canaan Village and about
two hund red and twenty six yards east OF the
centre of Lambert Brook, so called; thence
northerly to a stake and stones in the corner
OF the woods in a line of the old wall and
thence in the same direction to Willis
Malbon's southeasterly corner; thence south
westerly on said Malbon's southerly line to
the aforementioned road; thence easterly on
the line OF said road to the first mentioned
bound, which said mortgage was on the
twenty. eighth day of October A. ID. 1895 assign
ed by the said X. II. Merrill to me, which said
ASST nn4ent is recorded in Somerset Registry
OF De DIS, Book 22e Page 27i; and whereas The
said Horace b. Packard by Is mortgage deed
dated Dec. 2sth 1894 and recorded in Somerset
Registry OF Deeds, Book 229, Page 2o6, convey
ed to me, the undersigned the above described
parcel of land; and whereas the conditions OF
both said mortgages has been broken, now
therefore. by reason of the breach of the con.
ditou thereof claim a foreclosure OF said
mortgages. 3w3l
Dated at skowhegan this End day of August
A. d. 1899.
J. PALMER MERRILL.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
Care of Asparagus Plants.

When the cutting of asparagus Is dis
continued. an American Gardening CO..
respondent recommends to encourage
growth by giving plenty Of cultivation
and protect the plants from insect at
lacks by busting with lime or plaster
with little paris green mixed with it.
II the plants are encouraged to make
healthy. strong growths now, they will
pay for II next year with n heavy cut
ting of thick succulent shoots. Where
the ground is not rich it should be
given dressing of bone dust or a few
good waterings with liquid manure. as
the asparagus is a gross feeder. Should
there he any blanks In the beds mark
them with sticks with ii view of filling
them with plants next spring.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
7szaGGGFAsRNM<H.
FlELna'ND GRRDEN
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THE CABBAGE WORM.
Timely Measures Will Reduce the
IrnmhIesnme EnlI nroOds.

Timely Measures VIII Reduce the
TruubIesome FnII Broods.
The adults of that troublesome pest.
the cabbage worm. are little white but
trrllies. which issue from the chrys-
plids during the latter part of
April and May for the first brood. The
females lay their eggs upon any suit
able plants which may be found at
this season. Their eggs are deposited
upon the lower sides of the leaves,
where the worms feed until about half
grown The worms usually become
most troublesome the latter part of
the season. during September and Oc
tober, when they may be found feed
ing not only upon the cabbage, but
also upon cauliilowers, ruta hagas,
mignonette and several other plants.
This pest is most susceptible to
treatment when in the laryal stage.
The larvae may Oe killed either by
poisoning or by materials which pene-
trate the skin. one of the best rene
dies of the first class is the lime-resin
mixture but Ii must be used only upon
young plants, as there is danger of
poisoning the human consumer If APP
piled after the heads are more than
one-third grown. Hellebore may be
used until the plant is nearly fit for
use. as it soon loses its strength upon
exposure TO the air.
OF the contact insecticides, one Of
the emusiors will be found most use
full: but. as With the arsenites, only the
young plants should be treated.
Ii proper precautions are taken TO
destroy the few MEMBERS of the first
brood which appears, whatever RENE
dy is used, the chances of damage
from later broods are greatly diminish
ed All trea; ments should be repeated
as often as necessary.
The resin lime mixture alluded 10 in
the advice given, rs precedes. by the
Rhode Island station, is a preparation
for which the New York station has
published this formula.
Stock solution, pulyerized resin, =
pounds; concentrated I've, / pound; fish
oil or any cheap animal oil except tai.
low. pint; water, > gallons.
1t takes about two hours to prepare
this mixture The oil. resin aud one
gallon of hot water should be placed
in an iron kettle and heated until tn
resin is softencd. after sshich the solu-
ton of concentrated lye or potash
should he carefully added and The miN-
ture thoroughly stirred After adding
the lye, add four more gallons of hot
water and allow the whole mass to
boil until the mixture will unite with
cold water, making a clear. amber col
ored liquid. When through boiling. il
there are not five gallons Of the mix
ture, add water enough to make that
quantity.
solution for use: Resin mixture
stock solution, l gallon; water, Il
gallons; milk of lime, gallons; paris
green, one-qGarter pound.
Resin lime mixture should only be
prepared as used. If milk of lime is
added to the undiluted resin mixture
a heavy precipitate is formed. This
not only settles rapidly, but it also
gums up the valves and plunger of the
pump and clogs the MOBILES.
This is for use upon plants which
have smooth leaf surfaces to which
the common spraying mixtures VIII
not readily adhere.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

There is an increase of | per cent
In the acreage ia potatoes, and the crop
promises well, according To the gov
ernment's July report.
Unless wanted for sale or use. early
potatoes had better remain in the
ground until after Sept 10 and be dug
and stored iu the cool Of the day
(when the tubers are not heated by the
SUM in pits covered with plenty of
straw and a little earth or In cool
cellar, says Ohio Farmer.
John Hobson advises in American
Gardening to make the last sowing of
beets for winter in light, rich soil.
Ground that has been well MANFRED
for the previous crops will do, but if it
Is poor some fertilizer should be APP
piled to encourage free. quick growth
with view of getting tender roots.
Good varieties for this purpose are
Bastian, Half Long Blood and I'M
proved Long Blood.
According to Professor Hunter OF
Kansas. alfalfa honey is a little darker
than white clover The lightest of all
is a mixture of alfalfa and melon
bloom Sweet clover is the darkest
of all except knotweed. Eastwood,
like alfalfa, is darker than white
clover. In other states the comparison
might be different.
Frequent hoeing and heavy manur-
ing are the best protection against
the little green lice which sometimes
appear on cabbage leaves, viii e
pyrethrum or insect powder should be
used for the cabbage worm if il APP
pears.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

substitute for face cosmetics. No chapp-
ing. no roughness of the skin and no
clogging of the pores will trouble the per-
son who systematically and regularly takes
a bath of this sort. Ordinary table salt or
rock salt will do, but will not do so well.
The sea-salt contains medicinal properties
not found in the others. Whether one
exercise or not, the body should receive
daily hand bath of cold or cool water,
especially in the summer, either upon ris-
ing or before retiring B. WAR
Man in the August Ladies' Home JoHrNai.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

PrOKrnmme For Fighting Horn Fly.
Brief and to the point are the Iowa
HomeStead's directions for Kidding cat
tie and pastures of the horn fly. Kero-
sene emulsion used to spray the cattle
peated Fish oil to which two table
spoonfuls Of carbolic acid to the quart
has been added, applied to the backs
of the cattle with a broad. flat paint
brush, furnishes a protection that lasts
about six days. The droppings of the
cattle should be broken open as soon
as they become somewhat dry and
Rprinkled with lime. 1t is here that the
eggs are deposited and the new broods
hatch whic keep mp the succession
during the horn fly season.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
TRY ALIENS FooT-EAsE,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. Al
this season your feet swollen and hot, and get
tired easily. II you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents
swollen and sweating feet, blisters aud callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions OF all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try It to-day, Sold
by ali druggists and shoe stores for 25o. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmstead,
lie Roy, N. Y.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

Arrangements OF Tram Effect
June 25th, 1898
TT iDs leave Skowhegan as follows: $40 A
NJ. for all points West also to Bangor, Vance
boro. st. stephen, Houlton, Woodstock, St
John and Halifax-12.50 p. NJ. for Watervll.
Oakland, North Arson, Lewiston. Augusta
Gardiner and Brunswick, Portland and Boz
ton, Dexter. Dover and Foxcroft, Greenvill
Bangor, Old Town, Patten and Houlton via b
& A. r. r. x Mattawamkeag $40 P. NJ
mike d. for Waterville enabling passengers d
connect for Oakland and to take night Pull
man TO- Portland and Boston.
ARR1VALS:-700 A. NJ. mixed from WtN1
Vile, daily except Mon1ays:-l0.30 A. "
Passenger from Portland, Lewiston, winthrop
Waterville, Augusta and Bangor;-5.l 0P n
from all points.
GEO. F. EVANS, Vice Pres, and Gen. Ms't
F. u. BOOTHBY. General Pas'r Agent
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

Prison Visitor-"Tell me, my poor man, how
came you to such place as thisY" Inmate
well, marin, suspects 1t was all owing o. thu
copper bein' a Splinter"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

60 Flag stations; at which trains Will "
on signal or notice to Conductor.
win r"t stop except to leave or take rIelgO'
tNi.l not stop
STAGE CONNECTIONS,
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, ard Sm..
field land Electric Cars to and from sEo"a'
gam =,
At Arson TO Sswyer's Mills, STARS
No. Arson, for North and West New PorI,1l
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis AZ BlhSa11
for Forks, Moose River, Msyfeld, hing'0-
and Abbott.
WI AVER suP1'
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

sc anu hSoAeh
should go to-
gether, and as
a result the
Greeks of that
III e h a V e
ever ST nc e
been looked
upon as types
, OF physical
perfection.
Sickly moth
erS { a II II o [
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, q powder for the feet. II
instantly takes the sting out Of corns and bun.
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight fitting
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet.
Try II to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail for 25c in stamps. Trial pack
&c FREE. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, lie Roy,
m. Y.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

Time, the crucial test,
proves the
"Jenness Miller" Shoes
to be the best fitting, the best
wearing, and the most salts
factory shoe yet devised for
women's wear.
Thousands of women are
now enjoying perfect freedom
from foot troubles for the first
time in their lives.
They appreciate the advan-
tage OF always being able to
secure a perfect fitting shoe
"a shoe that does not vary
in shape.
"Jenness Miller" Shoes are
always of the highest standard
of quality. They are stylish
and graceful as well as COM
Portable.
We are sole agents.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

! Half the ills that man is heir to come from
| indigestion. Burdock Blood Btters strengthens
and tones the stomach, makes indigestion inn
possible.
An Unfriendly Move: "Does her father en-
I courage your" ~ don't think so. He's Just
| ,d electric lights put on their piazza"
Accidents come with distressing frequency on
the farm Cuts, bruises, stings, sprains Dr.
Thomas Eclectric Oil relieves the pain instant
| ly. Never safe without it,
| Johnny: "Pa, is there anything moe valu-
| able than diamonds7" His Father: mo, son;
whyP" Johnny: "Oh, was jus. wondering
what they gave Methuselah on his five hun
dredth wedding anniversary"
"Itching hemorrhoids were the plague of my
! lie. Was almost wild. Doans Ointment cured
me quickly and permanently after doctors had
! failed" c. f. Gornwell, Valley street, SAUCER
ties, n. Y
Faith" said the man in clerical garb, will
move mountains" Great mackerel!" ex-
claimed the Kansas man. "1t's worse than
| cyclones, isn't itP"
| Three spectres that threaten bahy's life.
| Cholera infantum, dysentery, diarrhGa. DR..
Fowlers Extract of Wild Strawberry never fails
| to conquer them.
| Tommy Wagg: "Pa, what does NJ. d. after q
doctors name meab9" Mr. Wagg: perhaps
| il refers to his patients, my boy, and stands
| for many dead"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17
Somerset Railway
CHANGE OF TIME
Commencing Monday June 26'9'

Trains will run ss follows, connecting at OH
land with Maine Central Railroad Trains to AZ
from Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Wstervll
Augusta, Gardiner, Bath Skowhegsn and Bil
gor.
For Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Waterila
Augusta. SkowhegAn and Bangor.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

NURE rheumatism by taking
~ Hoods Sarsaparila, which by neu-
Trailing the acid in the blood perma-
nently relieves aches and PAINS.
Terreuce-"Yer not workin', DINNER Are
yez out OF job?" Dennis-"Shure, Oh Tell off
a nine sthory buildin' yesterday an Oh got
mad an quit" Terrence-"Ah go oni Yer
too sinsitiye."
For Over Fifty Years.
MRS. WIrsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions OF moth
ers for their children while teethiug, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child ssftens
the gums, sllays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
sold by Druggists in every part OF the world
Twenty FIVE cents bottle Be sure and ask
for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. ly3S
Mrs. Snaggs: isn't it odd that French
duel Is usually harmless?" Mr.. Snaggs:
Yes they ought to introduce the American
toy pistol into France for duelliug pur-
poses"
The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-17

In the mythology of Ancient Greece
Hymen, the god of marriage, was the half
brother of Esculapius, the god of medi-
cine. The Ancients believed that mar
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-10-28
cEREALsIN GREATER DEr1AND

France is surpassed only by the
United States and Russia in the
quantity of wheat produced, and
yet France imports great amount
of grain, says the Field and Farm.
The reason is because France is
the largest consumer per capita,
each inhabitant consuming about
TOO pounds of wheat year, while
the rate of consumption in Great
Britain and the United States is
only about half as much. Eng
land has to import about two-thirds
of the wheat she requires and she
takes more than half of ii in flour
from our western mills. The world
on an average calls for about 500
100000 more bushels of wheat,
100,000000 more of rye, 100000
600 more of barley, 300,000000
more of oats and 100000 more
of Indian corn than it called for
ten years ago. The estimate of
this years crop points to deficit
in all these grains which cannot
be wholly supplied by the stocks
on hand. AS the largest grower
of cereals our country has lessons
to learn from the rapid increase
in the demand for those grains
which we are pre-eminently able
to produce. 1t is noticeable fact
that the two countries which ex-
port the most wheat raise n good
dead less to the acre than some of
the importing countries. Our av-
erage production TO the acre is
twelve to thirteen bushels, that of
Russia is ten bushels, while Eng
land raises about twenty-eight
bushels on land that is not so fer
tile as ours. We need better
methods of tillage and one indica-
ton that they are coming into use
is the fact that the era of vast
wheat farms is passing away.
With smaller homesteads better
tillage will be possible and more
abundant crops will be harvested
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-10-28
AFTER THE DoRcAs MILL.
The Springs Is Determined But
IL Is Not Yet Settled.

A Colorado Springs special to
the Denver Times says that all the
requests of the Dorcas Mill COM
pany have been granted by the
Chamber of Commerce, and that
that city is now confident that the
mill will be located in that place.
Details are not completed yet as
part of the land which the com
pany demands is owned by the
Anheuser-Busch brewing company
aud those people must be CORES
ponded with.
The Springs people say they are
determined to capture the Dorcas
mill, as they realize that they al
lowed the Milliken mill to pass by
because they were slow to meet the
demands of the promoters,