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The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
Salt Water -Inlhs.

For a hand bath Ia bath given to the
body by use of the hands only or by
sponge or cloth place ii handful of salt
In a basin as ordinarily filled for wash
ing. Allow the salt to dissolve or has
ten the action by stirring it with the
hand. The water should be as cold as
you have vitality 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 celebrating infiu-
ence, tones the entire system and gives
to the skin Il healthful condition that
amply repays for the time and trouble
involved. If used in the winter, 1t
will be an excellent preventive of
colds, besides being a substitute for
face cosmetics. No chapping, no
roughness of the skin and no clogging
of the pores will trouble the person
who systematically and regularly
takes a bath of this sort
Ordinary table salt or rock salt will
do, but will not do so we'll The sea
salt contains medicinal properties not
found In the others Whether one eX-
ercises or not the body should receive
a daily hand bath of cold or cool wa
ter, especially in the summer, either
upon rising or before retiring. Ed
ward Il. Warman in Ladies' Home
Journal
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

Odd that thar sharp what give a
show in the opry house last night
ketch bullets in his teeth as he said he
would on his placardsY asked Porcu-
pine Pete
He ketched few" said Lariat
Lem, but not exactly as he allowed
he was a-goin to-"
"'Nother one of them tenderfoot
swindlers, | s'pose."
"Mebby. | dunno. He didn't git fur
enough SO we could tell whether it was
swindle or not. You see he begin
his pufformance by askin fer some
gentlemanly member of the audience
to lend him a hat"
"Wot happened them
well, Dog Faced Dick handed his
hat up, and the professor started off
by brcakin II passed. of eggs into it..
The bullet ketchin part of the pro-
gramme happened right thar. The
coroner's waitin to hear from his
friends in the east If he has any
Chicago Times Herald
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
Thackeray and the Cnbmnn.

Thackeray loved to relate jokes on
himself. and one he especially enjoyed
was about u Reading hackman. The
author was unacquainted with the
town, and the moment he emerged
from the railway station he told a
hackney coachman to drive him to the
nearest hotel. The driver closed the
door tremendously, mounted his box
cab was at a standstill and Thackeray
saw the cabman at the door, bowling
to him to come out. He did 50 with
out a word. and found that he was at
the portico of the station hotel, which
he had failed to see was not n dozen
yards off
But he handed the man shilling and
was entering the hotel, rather pleased
with his OWN sang froid. when he was
amazed to see the cabman taking off
his coat and offering to fight him
for the other siXpense." 1t appears
that on that day a resolution of the
Reading town council had come into
operation empowering hackney coach
men to charge eighteenpence for any
distance within the township. This
was its first fruits! 1t is unnecessary
to add that the cabman got his money
and Thackeray good story to tell at
the clubs
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

Mary Is one of the Oldest names in
use today. Women of all classes chris
ten their children with the virgins
name, and its universal use will never
detract from its dignity. Marie is the
French version of the name, and those
bearing II look forward to Aug. II. the
festival of the assumption. the fete
day, when all Maries receive floral
offerings in honor of their patron
saint. There Is no name more favored
throughout France than the name Of
Marie. 1t is borne by the peasants
and by the young women of the house
of Orleans. Notable among the MarieS
is the Princess Waldemar of Den
mark. In some provinces of France.
almost every woman is chriStened Ma
RE, with an after namc-fOr example,
Marie Antoinette. Many of the ancient
houses of both France and England
value the Inheritance Of Marie. with
their heirlooms and lands. Tie No
allies, BOisgclnS, d'Andgnes. La
neutrality-suspicious. all include one or more
Maries in each generation. Even men
In France bear the prenOm of Marie
which Is used in legal documents
though seldom. if ever, used il speak
ing Chicago Times Herald.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

4 young woman In Southern Pines,
y. C., has entered n novel field of in
dustry and Gs making 1t pay. Miss
Jane l.. Buchan is the name of this
pioneer grape packer, and she has been
in the business for several years.
As the grape season lasts only few
weeks. in order to make it pay size con
tracts with different vineyards, and
has a corps of experienced girl work
ers, trained by herself. The careful
selecting of the fruit and the trimming
and lining Of baskets with paper lace
are particularly adapted to the deft
fingers of woman and one has II record
of 1l3 baskets packed in six hours.
The picking is done only when the
grapes are thoroughly dried from pre-
vious showers, as the slightest moist
ure causes them to mildew on their
trip north. Miss Buchan superintendS
the picking. as we'll as the packing and
shipping. Every imperfect grape is
picked from the bunch, and If more
than two or three must be removed
the entire cluster is discarded These
the packers are allowed to take home
with them.
The girls enjoy the work, and regard
the season as IA picnic. Miss Buchan
packs peaches aud other fruits with
equal success.-New York Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

Tonight said Mr.. Perkins at the
table, "as | came up on the car the
fellow next to me had nickel out and
was handling ii. The conductor came
along and, thinking it was a quarter
gave him back four nickels. The fell
low took them and then said to me,
That was pretty slick, wasn't it?
We'll. it would be- | said, If you We're
beating big company like the street
car company. which could stand it.
But that conductor will have to pay
that out of his own pocket. He only
gets SO much an hour, and 20 cents is
quite per cent of his days wages.
It's tough on him
what did the awful man do?" ask
ed Mrs. Perkins sympathetically
LEANED up against me and went
sound asleep and then woke up when
got off and cursed me for letting him
go past his street" said Mr. Perkins -
Rochester Democrat.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
A CuIpabIe Neglect.

A writer in The Popular Science
Monthly gives the following good ad-
vice on a practical theme:
A parents neglect in teaching his
child about monetary affairs is cnl
pable, almost amounting to a crime
There is nothing SO costly "a iEno-
rance. This very fortune which you
have taken pains to accumulate Will
be perhaps diSsipated, owing To Your
want of forcthought in imparting lie
requisite knowledge To your child.
This information she will In after
years buy for herself mt n heavy pre-
MUM If knowledge is power in other
matters j, is Lore than over true in
monetary affairs Power to keep your
fortune is ~ power worth having, and
more difficult tu acquire than 10 make
a fortune Let a Sirl try to earn s.
ana She w''l ~re the task Is not an
easy ole Ia"u. unless she he fool
She will roa. 20, that what is SO difficult
Ia obta.a = ...li mot he wasted. Lastly.
but ue lra-. in saving our money, il
ueed not be from miSerly spirit. The
more W. taNr tla mare We can give
away WAat pleasure equals thai Of
relieving real distress and Of helping
others
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
Old Dundee.

Where docks now line the river front
and merchantmen float shaggy natives
padded their little craft and fished
They were hardy and adventurous, and
content neither with gathering shellish
on the shore nor with hooking the
salmon and sperling they attacked and
captured the larger visitors to the firth.
notably the porpoise. They hunted. too
and, with venison from the forests and
beyond the law and fish from the river,
no doubt Jared sumptuously every day
These hunters and fishermen lived on
Tayside at IA period so remote that the
most cautions guess concerning it takes
on shade of recklessness Less than 20
years ago they were found to have left
a record of themselves II rubbish
heap known in scientific nomenclature
as "a Kitchen hidden " Raking through
the debris of the life primeval disclosed,
says Mr.. Lamb, "shells of edible mol
lusks mixed with a quantity of burned
wood. pieces of bone artitioially split
porpoise bones, deers' horns and stone
implements No doubt was thus left
of the occupation and mode OF life of
the settlers
Now comes the remarkable part OF
the story. The hidden was covered
with earth - feet deep, "either detritus
or the result of "a landslip, and eight
feet above it the excavators found IL
stone collins of the Roman era ages
must have elapsed, > says the antiquary
between the time when the Stanner-
gate was inhabited by these early fisher
men and the stone period, when the in
terments took place. "-Guod Words.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
What PaDer Costs.

Ladies' who go shopping have little
idea of the cost of their trip, even in
such a minor detail as the cost of pa
per for the packages they have sent
home. Baltimorean has recently
compared the weight of paper with
the food supplied to the purchaser. In
one days purchases 1t is said that the
paper wrapping amounted to about 10
per cent of the total In list of sup
plies costing about $1.40 he found that
the paper which was weighed with the
provisions cost l4& cents.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
Making the Most of an Opportunity

Lieutenant .Ada Sales of the Ca
madam Salvation Army can pray and
make converts on the most inauSpi-
cious occasions She was arrested u few
days ago for persistently beating her
big bass drum after being warmed 10
stop.
She was placed in the prison van
along with George Black, the veteran
burglar, who had reformed. and. after
number OF Years Of travelling IN the
narrow path. had become a baekSlider
and was again arrested for burglary
Lieutenant Sales lost no time In learn
Ing her aged companions story. after
which she pointed out the errar of his
ways. and. kueelng on the prison Wag
on floor she prayed that the ed man
might be turned from his bad ways
and that he might be saved. Black
was very much impressed and prom.
sed his fair eXhorter to be a better
man in the future.-New York Mail
and Express.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

ones hair on retiring las always beeD
a perpleXing problem To thOs" Who
eschew hot irons. for'eye in the sane
tity of isolation one does not like to
feel herself "a fright With a due
knowledge of feminine caprice, some
enterprising manufacturer has sent
out a curl paper which ties around
the desired curl with dainty bow Of
ribbon so that when the bank or
pompadour is arranged for the night
the head looks as if surrounded by a
halo of pretty ribbons and floating
ends.
She Makes Dolls.
A New Orleans woman who has
turned a taleut for the needle To good
service and unique account is Mrs
Cora S. WNherspoon, whose work
came generally Ia the public notice at
the recent Louisiana state fair. At
her picturesque brick cottage on Ram
part street, not far from the broad Es
planade-verily a dolls house" 1t is
surrounded by her vines and towering
plants Mrs. Witherspoon spends the
day In the manufacture Of indestructi
BILE dollies, composed. though you
never guess it, altogether of cotton ma
terials Her handiwork is SO wholly
unlike the usual adherence of the
child for the commodity known as the
rag doll that its quality OF makeup
would never interfere with its popu-
larity with the most fastidious little
doll mother. The black nanny spec
linen of Mrs. Witherspoons creations
are especially admirable, and no well
regulated family of doll should he
without one The black faces are
painted with large smiles and a CHEEKY
look from the eyes, aud the wisps Of
wool which creep from beneath thu
brilliant bandanna tignons are most
realistic bits of inky worsted. Some
of these mammies are tricked out in
blue guinea. dear to tradition; others
in gayer percale.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
STATE OF MAINE.
TREASrRFRls OFFICF

Augusta, Aug. 3d. 1893.
Pursuant to chap. 6, sec. 3, Of the Revised
Statutes, will at the State Treasurer's Office At
Augusta, on the twenty-eighth day Of September
next, at II o'clock m. sell and convey by deed
TO the highest bidder, all the interest u the
state III the tracts Of land hereinafter described.
lying in unincorporated townships. said tracts
having been forfeited to the State for State
taxes, and county taxes certified to the rressu-
rer OF State for the year l-g1. The sale and
conveyance of each tract will be made subject
TO a right in the owner or part owner whose
rights have been forfeited. To redeem the same
at any time within one year after the sale. by
paying or rendering TO the purchaser his pro-
portion of what the purchaser paid therefor at
the sale, with interest at the rate Of twenty per
cent per annum from the time of sale. and one
dollar for release. or such owner may redeem
his interest by paying aforesaid to the Treas
urer Of state. as provided in chap. {, sec. 10 OF
the Revised Statutes.
10 tract, however. will be sold al price less
than the fun amount due thereon for such I'M
paid State and county taxes. interest aud cost
"a described In the following chednle:
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
Profit. In Breeding ostriches.

Profits In Breeding Ostrichea.
Mrs. Isabel {. Barrows contributes
to the New York Independent an in
teresting paper on the recent interna-
tlonal council of women. She says:
The advantages Of poultry farming,
stock breeding, Bookkeeping and silk
culture were held up by women who
IRE making success in these depart
ments, and the admirable paper on
ostrich farming by Mrs. Hirst AleXan-
der of New Zealand made one wish
that some one would present pair of
these gigantic birds to Booker r.
Washington, who turns everything
into success. for Tuskegee Mrs. Al
eXander believes that in other parts of
our country besides California the
South American ostrich can be domes-
ticated. The profits are something
tremendous when the undertaking is
at all successful, each bird yielding
SO every eight months. 1t was sur
prise also to be told how docle and
gentle the birds are, and that ii is an
employment well adapted to women
on that account. The picture of fierce
men on horseback chasing the ostrich
on hearing that the plumes are now
cut off with shears. and the dead quilts
fall out Of themselves, so the tender
est heart may beat beneath feather
boa "
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

or one thing there can be very little
doubt, and that In the greater readl-
ness OF women In conversation than
men, woman can create converse
ton. which is a very useful thing and
is frequently found great social difi-
Guilty.
lf we give a man subject Of which
he knows anything at all, unless he be
fool or morbidly retlcent he can talk
about 1t 80 as to make himself fairly
Ineligible and perhaps interesting to
those for whom the subject has any in
terest at all. Men. when their feeling
of enthusiasm Is excited, throw off the
slowness and hesitation which fire.
quently cramp their power in society.
just as they throw off the physical
infirlnity Of suffering under the Infu-
ence Of some awakening theme or
some strong sympathy.
But the power of conversation In
some women, and not always those Of
remarkable ability. is the very art Of
making bricks without straw. They
will talk to one by the hour about
nottingham is, no particular subject
and with no particular object and talk
| coherently and not foollshly and
withal very pleasantly all the time
1t would be somewhat difficult, how
ever, for the listener to carry away
with him any mental notes Of what
has been said. He may not be con
scious Of having gained any new ideas
or of having had his old ones enlarged
but he will rise and go his way. as
one does after a light and wholesome
meal, sensibly cheered and refreshed.
but retaining no troublesome memo
ries of the ingredients which have
composed it.-Cincinnati Enquirer
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

Little Edwin-Mamma, what is liq-
uid air?
Mamma don't know. Ask your
papa He's always going out between
the acts ITO get little ir."-Chicago
Times Herald
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
DOES COFFEE AGREE WITH YOU d?

If not, drink Grain. O-msde from pure
grains, lady writes: THE first time
made Grain-O did not like it but after US
ing it for one week nothing would induce me TO
go back TO coffee" 1t nourishes and feeds the
system. The children can drink 1t freely with
great benefit 1t is the strengthening sub
from your grocer, follow the directions in
making 1t and yeu will have a delicious and
heathful table beverage for old and young
l5c. and Csc.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
FOR SALE CHEAP
FOR CASH.

A ( horse power PET" engine, made
by Penny OF Mechanic Falls and an s
horse power steel boiler in good running
order Singer buuonhole machines,
Nsrney pressing machines and lot of
Singer sewing machines Full particulars
on application ST
p $. WATTS. So Norrjigewock.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
Mrs. Barnard Thanks
MRS. PINKHAM FOR HEALTH.
[LsrrxR TO INNS. prxrHAx NO. rs,oosl

I|'@@ TO @'tSE 7f"@HHH Ho' fo1Vy]1
"DEAs FRIEND-I feel 1t my duty to
express my gratitude and thanks TO
you for what your medicine has done
for me. was very miserable and los
ing flesh very fast, had bladder trouble,
fluttering pains about the heart and
would get so dizzy and suffered with
painful menstruation. was reading
in a paper about Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, SO wrote to you
and after taking two bottles felt like a
new person. Your Vegetable Compound
has entirely cured me and l cannot
praise 1t enough. "-MBs.J ]. o. BARNARD,
MLLrowN, WASHINGTON Co., NE.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
An Iowa woman's Convincing statemen.

81 tried three doctors, and the last
one said nothing but an operation
would help me. Ny trouble was pro-
fuse flowing; sometimes would think
l would flow to death. was so weak
that the least work would tire me.
Reading of so many being cured by
your medicine, made up my mind to
write to you for advice, and I am so
glad that did. took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and Liver
Pills and followed your directions, and
am now well and strong. Ishall recon-
mend your medicine to all, for 1t saved
my lifs."-MIss A p, Box 81 ABBOTT,
InwA
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

Hope Is hatterer. but the most up
right of all parasites. for she frequents
the poor mans hut as we'll as the pal
ace of his superiors. -Shenstone.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

Woman has ut last found way Oft
of the difficulty of making a fright OF
herself with curl papers. Doing up
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
NoTICE.

81 prone JuUICIal IOUrt-I
Somerset County.
Clerks ONCE, Skowhegsu, :
August 9Th, 1893. /
Pursuant to Chapter -, Sec a Of the Revis-
ed statutes and acts smendatory thereof and
additional thereto hereby give notice that
Frank L. Ames, of Norridgewock in the Conn
ty of Somerset. intends to make application to
the September Term, 1899, of the sup. Jud.
Court, Somerset County, for admission to
practice law in the Courts OF the State. 6wS2
Attest; y. W, BRAINERD. Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14

RI.PAN,S 10 for 5 cents at druggists, They
Danish pain and proIouR life, One YEA relief Ne
IA liter what's the matter one will do you good.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
WaterviIle Business
College,
50 Main ST., WatervIlle. Me.
Fall ODening Sent. 18th,

Complete Modern equipment and Up
to Date in Every Particular.
Full Commercial and Shorthand and Type
writing Courses Bookkeeping fought by the
Actual Business Practice Method and not By
dry theory.
We teach many essentials Of a business edu-
cation not fought in other Main Colleges.
CASH RATES OF TUITION.
Three months, s35.
Six months, SO.
AS we plan TO establish student Home"
and board and room students at -. per week.
We desire good number to enter on or near
the opening. BY entering on or before Sept
20 you will receive ten per cent of the tuition
rates IL notice of entering is sent in by Aug 81
Visitors always welcome. Write for partic-
ulars. 3mos34
T. Il. ELLIOTT, Principal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-12-14

How q Weak, Nervous Girl Became
An Atlaaln.

AS strong woman- Hiss Charlotte
Dunphy. the seyeutesu-y ear-old daugh-
ter OF West E.9d avsaue millionaire,
is the latest marvel II Is only last
June that Miss DdHphy was graduated
from the Institution OF Holy Angels at
Fort Lee. a physical wreck, as so
many young girls who aim for high
honors find themselves at the close OF
their school days. 1t was thought
that she was going into decline. and
many specialists were consulted, but
there seemed no organic disease
simply a strong tendency toward nerv-
Gus prostration. Drugs were ineffec-
tive, walking was exhausting. Ordin-
airy gymnastics, such as are usually
practiced In schools for girls did not
seem to do any good.
More In a joke than anything else,
Miss Dunphy called at the studio OF q
professional athlete just three months
ago and informed him that she want
ed to be a strong woman" II did
not look very promising. as she was
slight. weighing less than ninety-five
pounds, and was weak and i'll. But
there is nothing this athlete will not
try, and so he put her through his
twenty-five different sets of dumbbell
exercises with the lightest bells. add
ing to their weight as her strength in
creased. until she couldaswing 5-pound
bells with perfeetaease.
Taking a setE Of bells home. Miss
Dunphy began exercising before break
fast, and soon found the work delight
full and easy. her appetite increased.
and she began to long to do greater
feats. For variety's sake her instruc-
tor allowed her to learn several weight
lifting exercises. and found TO his
establishment that she could actually
do them. and do them gracefully and
firmly. From one feat to another she
went, until now she mastered every
sort of strong woman feat and her
teacher himself gazes on her with as.
constituent
Miss Dunphy has a most wonderful
back. and the muscular development
of the entire body comes TO It's sup
port, so that she does tricks One OF
these is the lifting of big bar bell
from the floor in one hand. and turning
1t high above the head without Il tre-
NOR. This same bar. bell she then
places upon the floor and lies down
on her back with the ball at the head,
and raises II with both hands until it
is straight above her head: then, hold
ing 1t with one hand only. she rises
to a sitting and then a standing posi-
ton, with the bell high above her head
still.
Another feat Miss Dunphy does with
the same bell in connection with the
Roman chair" This chair has a
strap across the seat. into which she
slips her feet; then she leans over the
back until her head rests on the flooss
reaches over her head for the bar and
rises wit it to standing position on
the seat of the chair. with the bell high
above her head: then descends in the
same manner and lays 1t on the floor
above her head again. These feats re
quire enormous strength. as any one
can easily ascertain by trying them
San Francisco Call
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-12-14
The Omen Door.

On the whole. in spite of the weight
of contrary opinion. it may be safely
predicted that the opening of China to
the trade of the world will not be fol.
lowed by the results which are so con.
fidently expected by people who have
surplus products that they are anxious
to dispose of at profit. Instead, the
effect of the opening and awakening
will probably be to bring disaster upon
Western industrialism. unless a bar
rier can be interposed to the compe-
tition of race whose most striking
characteristic is the entire absence of
those desires and aspirations which
Americans and Europeans strive to
crafty. This notable popularity, at
this stage of the worlds development.
may give the Chinese an overwhelm-
Ing advantage in the struggle for ex-
istence. and compel the Western work.
ing classes to abandon their ideals
John p. Young. in the Forum.