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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-08
The Somerset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

30. SMITH L. L. moN fhLih'
I n SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
.,ow.rEa STREET, SKOWHEGAN, ME.
GOVERNMENTS; business ana legal adver-
.,aements inserted at reasonable rates, adjusted
" fhe space used, and the position given.
p D. quoted on application.
cards of Thanks and Resolutions of Respect
,nserted at cents per line.
vvrrRED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-08

ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-08

The State assessors have assessed
the Savings Bank tax for six months,
aggregating sl9S, 574.s3. The tax on
the banks in Somerset are As follows /:
Fairfield, s1,30o35, Skowhegan, ST.
03a 66 The State tax on the loan and
building associations amount to STAG 81
and ON telegraph and telephone eompa-
mics. Sl5, 605.52.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30

"Patron," in the Las Animas
Leader last week, in giving an ac-
count of the Horse Creek festivities,
pays the following compliment to
the La Junta band:
&C. w. Wonderly furnished re-
freshments and music without ex-
tortion from the people. Charley
is leader Of the La Junta band and
had them with him sixteen strong,
and it has never been my lot to
hear any finer music. They are in
training for the Denver festival
and if their competitors are not on
the alert the La Junta band will
bring back first prize with them"
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
Brave Men Fail

Victims to stomach, liver and
kidney troubles as we'll as women,
and all feel the results in loss OF
appetite; poisons in the blood,
backache, nervousness, headache
and tired, listless, rundown feel
ing. But there's no need to feel
like that. ]. w. Gardner, of Ida
vile, Indiana, says: Electric Bit
ters are just the thing for a man
when he is all run down, and don't
care whether he lives or dies. 1t
did more to give me new strength
and good appetite than anything l
could take. can now eat any
thing and have new lease on life.
Only so cents at Joys drug store.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30

the man who turns to Nature and lets her
help him may yet save himself Medical
science knows this, and Its highest authori-
ties affirm that the utmost medical skill
can do is TO help Nature.
The great success of DR.. Pierce's Golden
weak lungs, and obstinate and lingering
coughs. is based on the recognition Of
this fundamental scientific truth. Golden
Medical Discovery" supplies Nature with
body building, tissue repairing, muscle
making materials, IN condensed and CON-
centrated form. With this help Nature
supplies the strength to throw off diseases
of the lungs, heal the sick stomach, re-
establish the digestive and nutritive organs
blood, and nourish the nerves.
II your dealer offers something Just as
good" il is probably better for him. 1t
pays better. But you are thinking of the
cure not the profit, so there's nothing just
a. good for you. Say so.
In letter received from A. d. Weller Esq.
of Pensacola, Escambia Co.. Fla (Box. ,s.4). he
states " I have. since receiving your diagnosis
of my case as stomach trouble and liver com
piaint, taken eight bottles OF the Golden Mcdi-
cal Discovery and must say that am trans-
formed from walking shadow tas my friends
called mel to rsis asa Take psasr Ss.ss y0as II
recommending them to any and all who suffer
as did. Four months ago did not think to be
In shape to assist our Uncle Samuel In case Of
hostilities, but thanks to you, am now ready
for the Donsl"
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser In Plain English; or, Medicine SIM
piifed, 1908 pages, over 700 illustrations,
bound, sent for 2r one-ceut stamps,
to cover cost of mailing only Cloth-bound
ten stamps more Address DIR. r. ",
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
hlgbee News.

The country is very much in
need of rain. Both irrigating ca
nal and river are almost dry.
John Goodpastor left last week
for La Junta, where he intends to
return to his work after a few
weeks vacation.
Mrs. ]. c. Johnston went to La
Junta Friday to meet friend from
Salt Lake City, who is to visit
her at the J. ranch.
Mrs. Oliver and brother, Martin
Hire, have been sick the past week
with malarial fever, but both are
reported better now.
Mrs. Ebarro's sister, from Ohio,
is visiting her now. She is in
very poor health and hopes this
climate will benefit her.
John Nelson and family returned
last week from two months trip
to Oklahoma. His Oldest daughter,
Mosten, is reported quite sick with
the fever.
The J. outfits came in last week
bringing 1900 head of beef steers.
One outfit took the cattle to La
Junta to ship, while the other one
went south again.
The second crop of alfalfa was
almost total failure here. A
species of insect ate the leaves off,
leaving the stalks bare, and what
is left will make very poor feed for
cattle. ONE OF Us.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30

NH . d ID
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea was remedy recommend
ed and sent and got a bottle at
once. 1t proved to be one of the
very best medicines we ever had in
the house. 1t saved my little
daughters life. l am anxious for
every mother to know what an ex-
cellent medicine it is. Had l
known it at first it would have
saved me great deal Of anxiety.
Yours tVly, Mrs. George F. Bur
dick, Liberty, r. l. For sale by
Arcade Pharmacy.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
4 nsssss rsl.s isoys

She saved her little daughtefa
life. l am the mother Of eight
children and have had 4 great deal
af experiepce with medicines. Lass
sdmnssf w 1itds,d d6ishtes had ldys.
entery in It's worst form. We
thought she wquld die. tried 81
erysbine feodid think 81. but noths
ing seemed 10 do any good. ! 50
By an advertisement in paper thet
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
Piano. and Organs
At TENNIS 70
SUIT EVERYBODY.

We meet any OUTSIDE price shil
give, sas the Magazine says. -
years free tria1. Come in ard
a1kt hs how " do Il. ~ We se11f
Washburn Guitars and Mando1i1E
Sheet Music At haH tte Ese rsiqe.
GUY :. 01G1TH.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
Redemption ofsehoo, Warrant. Mo.le.

OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER,
OrERO COUNTY, COLORADO.
LA JuNTA, COLO.. August 8. 1859. J
Notice is hereby:gIven that will redeem At
my once In La Junta. Otero county. all war
rants numbered ~ follows:
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
Band Contest certlne.te.

LA uNTA, COLORADO, August as,
1901 hereby certify that during
the week commencing August 9th
and ending August 26th that the
La unta Cornet Band gave seven
free public concerts of not less
than one hours duration each.
FRED A. SABIN.
Mayokof the Town of La Junta.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
L. Junt. s.na Hard to Beat.

Mayor of the Town OF La Jun
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30

Watermelon day one week from
to- morrow.
Thompson's general line of car
pets not excelled in town.
Buckley & Hart have plenty of
money to loan on good farms.
For fresh bread, pies or cakes go
to Fishers postoffice news stand.
Money for city or farm loans on
easy terms. Inquire w. r. Gibson.
The Home Bakery is the place
to get the finest OF bread, cakes
and pies.
Denver's fifth annual festival Of
mountain and plain will commence
September 25th and close Septem-
Der goth.
Porter ]. Preston, superintendent
of the Fort Lyon canal, and Miss
Annie James, Of Lamar, will be
married in St. Andrews chapel at
Manitou today.
George w. Phillips returned
Saturday from Independence,
Kan, where he had been for sew
eral weeks on a visit which COM
bined both business and pleasure.
A pair of gold-rimmed spectacles,
picked up on the street Wednesday
night, have been left at this Office.
The owner may procure the same
by proving property and paying
for this advertisement.
The soothing and healing prop
critics of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, its pleasant taste and
prompt and permanent cures have
made it a great favorite of the
people everywhere. For sale by
Arcade Pharmacy.
The Garden City fair association
offers purse of Saoo to the two
base ball teams playing the best
ball on their grounds during the
four. days fair, September Iath to
18th, inclusive. Here is an oppor-
tunity for the La Junta team to
cop Of some easy money.
During the civil war, as well as
in the late war with Spain, diar-
Erhoea was one of the most trouble
some diseases the army had to
contend with In many instances
IL became chronic and the old sol
diers still suffer from il. Mr..
David Taylor Of Wind Ridge,
Greene Co., Pa, il one Of these.
sIEs ases y c chainbeflain's EdlM,
ECholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
and says he never found anything
that would give him such quick re-
lief. 1t is for sale by the Arcade
Pharmacy.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
To Cure . Gold In one Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure. a5c. The
genuine has L. b. @. on each tablet.
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
The cut is after a old p.insirE q saaa /,

gam bfing With
Death with his lie
~ . atake. Behind
the m.ns,t nan s,t.nde BIZ
to save htfza-
This game 1th
life as the eta6e II
the everyday game
of men and V6luen.
Behind the player
stands the good
angel Nature. striv-
ing to preserve the
life. Ewes - b e n
the game - 1fnost
In neathsH a autiz
La Junta tribune., 1899-08-30
COUNTY A,so VALLEY.
The ns~ss e,eansd with Pen and 8cls-
sers from Our Valley Exchanges.

| lhe town council OF Nocky CoIu
denied Ed Descent's application
for saloon license last week.
The pastor of the Fowler Nj. E.
church made 600 pastoral visits
during the past eight months.
The customers of Beatty Bros. ;
department store at Manzanola
are entertained with music while
they wait.
The quality of the melons about
Fowler is exceptionally good. the
proportion of culls being much less
than in previous years.
Will Guthrie, Otero county's
representative at the military acad-
emy al West Point, was visiting his
parents at Rocky Ford last week.
| Geo. Meador returned to Rocky
Ford from New Mexico last week,
bringing 900 head Of sheep with
him to dispose OF for winter feed
ing.
Two carloads is the present esti-
mate of the cucumber crop about
Fowler. The Meeker Pickle Com
pany Of Pueblo have contracted for
the entire crop.
The Lamar M. E. church held a
jubilee social last Friday night to
celebrate the wiping out OF an $500
debt which had been hanging over
the church for several years.
A minstrel entertainment by To-
cal talent was given at Rocky Ford
Monday night. The proceeds will
be used in giving reception to
Rocky Ford's returning soldiers.
Ellingwood g. Hauck sold their
hardware store in Rocky Ford last
week and the purchasers have in
corporated under the name Of the
Rocky Ford Hardware Company,
with P. j. Reifel as manager.
Wetzels first carload shipment
of cantaloupes to New York City
netted the Rocky Ford growers
s7H cents for bothbarge and small
crates, probably rs cents for the
small ones and sI.oo for the large
crates.
The county commissioners have
replaced the old county bonds,
which drew six per cent interest,
with a new issue at FIVE per cent.
Denver parties purchased the new
bonds, which amount to SIS, 500.
Lamar Sparks.
John Biggs and Simeon Boyer
start to Rocky Ford Monday, TAX
ing with them Johns running horse.
.'Dr. Shobe," Geo. Inge's trotter,
"Joe," and Boyer's PAGER, "Lone-
some Charlie" to enter in the races
at the Rocky Ford fair.-Garden
City Sentinel.
Our cantaloupe shippers are all
busy now. About I,2oo crates
have been shipped, two cars going
to Streator, Ill. A car will be ex-
pressed to the far east Saturday.
Rust has injured some patches, but
most of them are in fine condition.
The pony crate is the favorite With
shippers.-Manzanola News.
In Canon City last week the
board of county commissioners
threw out the entire vote in the
maid of honor contest on account
Of irregularity in the printing Of
the ballots. The same thing was
done in Logan county, and like
Otero, those counties will not be
represented by maid of honor.
The front of the new opera house
block in Lamar collapsed last
Thursday and is complete wreck.
The bricklayers had a narrow es-
cape from death and one was
caught in theafailing mass and Ind
his leg broken above the knee. Il
Il supposed the center piers sup
porting the structure gave away
and allowed the front to fall down.
1t was the intention to open the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
The Liquor Trade i'm America.

Though there are doubtless many en-
ployers oflabor onthis side, SAYS the Lon
don (England) Hospital, who are affected
in their choice OF workmen by the fact that
these are or are not abstainers, we do not
think that the question has ever been made
the subject OF Government inquiry here.
Not so in the United States, where the
commission appointed by the Government
schedules the replies made by no less than
6901 establishments, detailing their prac-
tice In regard to the taking on OF the /, 745,-
92S employees In their service. The en-
ployers include individuals or companies
engaged In agriculture, manufactures,
mining and quarrylng, transportation and
retail trade. The habits and opinions OF
these different employers are naturally
varied. With 1913 the report Is that the
habits OF the prospective employees regard
ing drinking are not taken into considera-
tion, but the large majority, VIZ, 1868,
takes means to discover what mans
habits are. Besides those who object to
their employees taking intoxicants at any
time, whether on or of duty, there are
number Of employers who insist merely
that while actually at work they should
abstain from liquor, and also those who,
while they dc 1ot lay restraint ON the ma
jority Of their employees, insist on those In
responsible positions refraining from
drink. Thus In all departments OF Industry
there are good many firms who demand
abstinence from engineers, managers and
watchmen. In agriculture stress is laid on
teamsters being non-drinkers, for fear OF
carelessness and cruelty in the handling OF
cattle on the part Of intoxicated men. In
mining and quarrying the restriction Is ap.
piled chiefly to handlers OF explosives and
to electricians and the like, any blunder
on whose part might lead to great injury
to their fellow workers, not to speak OF
damage to property. In transportation
almost all branches OF tho service are, In
some companies, forbidden to have any
thing to do with alcohol; trainmen, motor
men, conductors, telegraph operators.
electricians, swltehmen and pilots.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
Bright Men who Are veretarian..

The Vegetarian Society now has
hundreds of members and associates.
The full members pledge themselves
to abstain from the use of flesh, fish
and fowl as food, though the vege-
table diet may be supplemented by
such animal products as eggs, cheese,
butter and milk.
Among the members and associates
of the society are many of the bright
est men in London. The late DIR.
Spurgeon was a vegetarian, as also
Sir Isaac Pitman. They also point
with pride to the name of George
Bernard Shaw, the journalist and
playwright. Shaw said, IN giving his
reasons for being a vegetarian and a
teetotaler, that, in his opinion, "a
man could not do the best work there
was in him on a diet of dead animals
and whisky"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
Notes of the Crusade.

A saloon Is the DEVILS recruiting station.
1t Is true that every instance OF excess
began with moderate use, and that II is i'm
possible to predict which person will stay
within moderate" limits and which one
will 20 on to "excess" 1t Is also true that
what is generally termed moderate use"
is itself excess.
At the National Vegetarian Congress,
held In London last month, the importance
OF total abstinence In dietetic reform was
discussed. 1t was generally claimed In the
papers presented that the absence OF meat
diet materially assisted the drlnker to over
come his appetite for alcohol.
There are 7,OOO,O 900 total abstainers in
Great Britain.
"Watch and Be Sober" Is the motto oil
the Army Temperance Association, which
has membership OF over %, 900 men In the
service In India.
The Temperance women Of Lexington
KY, are prosecuting not only law-breakine
liquor-sellers, but as we'll faithless publi'
officers who have been conniylng with thu
vlolators OF the law. The Mayor and Polio
Commissioners, together with 10l saloon
keepers, are under indictment.
The Roumanlan Minister OF Education
has sent a circular to the police authorities
of Jassy and Bucharest, instructing then
arrest aud punish all students aud pupils
OF universities, colleges and schools VIII
frequent cafes, inns or other public place
where Intoxicating liquors are sold,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
The Notes in a ST. beam.

Counting the dancing notes in bar
of sunlight sounds like one of those
hopeless, never ending tasks with
which malignant fairies delight tc
break the spirits of little heroines in
the German folk stories. Something
more than this, however, has been
achieved by modern science, which is
now able to count the particles float
ing in any given portion of the atmos
phere, and determine what portion oil
these are dangerous germs and what
are mere dust.
DIR. Frankland's experiments have
shown us how to count the micro
organisms, and now Scotch scien
tist, by totally different method, has
been enabled to take stock of the more
harmless, but hardly less interesting,
dust notes. Thirty thousand such
PARTICLES have been detected by him in
the thousandth of cubic inch of the
air of room. In the outside atmos
phere in dry weather the same meas.
urement of air yielded 2119, whereas
after heavy rainfall the number was
only 521.
That this power of prying into at
mospheric secrets will eventually yield
very important results must be OBJ.
vious to all. Among the most curious
discoveries already made is the direct
and constant relation which exists be
tween dust particles and fcgs, mist
and rain. n.-Pearson's
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
The Mental Eye.

Thousands upon thousands of per.
sons handle our silver dollar, but few
happen to observe the lions head
which lies concealed in the repre- sent.
alton Of the familiar head of Liberty;
frequently even careful examination
fails to detect this hidden emblem Of
British rule; but, as before, when
once found it is quite obvious. For
similar reasons it is a great aid in
looking for an object to know what to
look for; to be readily found. the OBJ
ject, though lost to sight, should be to
memory clear. Searching :s meutal
process similar to the matching of
piece of fabric in texture or color,
when one has forgotten the sample
and must rely upon the remembrance
of its appearance. If the recollection
is clear and distinct, recognition takes
place when the Judgment decides that
what the physical eye sees corresponds
to the image in the minds eyes; with
an indistinct mental image the recog.
milton becomes doubtful or faulty.
For correct and accurate vision it is
necessary to acquire an alert mental
eye that observes all that is effectively
visible, but does not permit the sub.
jective to add to or modify what is
really present. nt.-Professor Joseph
Jastrow, in Appleton's Popular Science
Monthly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15

The dreariest thing is wasted love.
A man doesn't begin to love till his
passion becomes of age.
The more a woman studies finance
the surer she is that nothing makes q
thing so clear as pattern.
Probably Cupid's success is due to
the fact that he has only one string to
his bow.
If there were no such thing as love.
there would be no such thing as music
in the world.
Whenever you see self-made man
you can be pretty sure it's more than
half some woman's fault.
No man achieves success as long as
he is contradiction to himself, or as
long as he is not a contradiction to q
woman.
There are two women in the average
mans life-the woman he wants to
marry and the woman he wishes he
wanted to marry.
When a woman resolves to spread
sunshine and happiness around her
she begins by carrying a sad, wistful
look in her eyes and talking in low,
mournful voice. New York Press.
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+
food and warmth; not artificial heat.
but warmth that is produced by
natural conditions, and in this condi'
tion we should remember that food
produces warmth. The hungry
chicken will puff its feathers out in a
loose, shaky sort of way, and show
very plainly by its looks and actions
that it suffers from its condition. But
ON the other hand. the bird that has
crop full of feed, draws its feathers
down closely about it, moves and
pecks about in satisfied, happy con-
dition, indicating by its actions that
its system is in natural, healthy
condition.
Provide for the hens place to
roost, where the wind cannot strike
them, nor the rain or snow reach
them, and fortify them with a crop
full of grain before they so to roost,
and they will be warm and happy,
even in freezing temperature. Food
offsets cold, hence we should feed
very literally in cold weather, and
never permit our fowls to go to roost
at night with an empty crop; for if we
do they will lose vitality during the
night, and will certainly not be in a
condition to lay the next day.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-02-15
Long Life and Los. of Limbs.

A manufacturer of artificial limbs
is credited with the statement that
amputations tend to enhance vitality,
those who have lost an arm or leg
frequently having their lives pro-
longed and their health improved as a
result Of the loss. Even the mental
forces are represented as being
strengthened in cases of amputation.
The alleged explanation is that the
removal of an important part of the
body decreases the demand on the
vital forces, and enables them to con.
centrate more effectually upon what
remains. 1t is not likely, however,
that anybody will ever voluntarily
sacrifice leg or an arm for the sake
Of Frightening the wit. or adding :
year or two to the length Of life