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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

There seems to be decided improve
ment in enforcement of the prohibitory
law in many counties 10 Maine. Somer-
set is not the only county where large
grand iuries at recent terms of courts.
The large sum of $4,000 was recovered
In fines of rumsellers In the Superior
court of Cumberland County, last week.
An officer in Saco notified liquor sellers
to suspend violation of law. Chief
Justice Wiswell is reported to have told
the county attorney of York county that
he would impose any sentence on rum.
sellers he might ask for, and Justice
Emery imposed four jail sentences in
one day in Aroostook County where
Chief Justice Wiswell declined to do so
in former term, because dealers had
not been notified that such sentence was
going to be moved for by the county
attorney. These events indicate that
courts and officers are inclined to be
more consistent with this class of
criminals and use them as they would
other persistent violators of laws enact
ed for the good of che public. We hope
and trust they may continue in the good
work. There is no valid reason why
any class of law breakers should be
shielded. There is greater and better
reasons for vigorous enforcement of the
prohibitory law than most other statutes,
because the damage to people and prop
erty by reason Of rumselling and rum
drinking is so very much greater.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

The wolf in the fable put on sleeps
clothing because if he Travelled in his
own reputation he couldn't accomplish
his purpose. Counterfeiters of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Save couldn't sell their
worthless salves on their merits, so they
put them in boxes and wrappers like
DeWitt's. Look out for them. Take
only DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Il
cures piles and all skin diseases. Gee.
+. sampson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat Admiral
Dewey need be at no pains to defend his
exploit In Manila Bay. 1t makes no
difference whether he sunk the Spanish
ships or induced their commanders to
scuttle them. The victory was COM
plete and historic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04
Stepped into Live Goals.

"When a child | burned my foot
frightfully," writes W. II. Eads Of
Jonesville, Va, (Which caused horrible
leg sores for 30 years, but Bucklen's
Arnica Sslve wholly cured me after
everything else failed" lnfallible for
burns, scalds, cuts, sores, bruises and
piles. Sold for 25c
At F. II. Wings Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

The increase of 100000 In the pop.
ulation of the United States will be
shown by the census and but 1900, 900
of this number is due to immigration.
The American birth rate appears to be
taking care of itself.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

Mildred s, Lar, Annie B, I'd, Aral, Sd,
Rubie, 4tb, Keel Croix, 9th. This prov
ed to be one of the best races that was
ever trotted ON the track Of the five
heats that we're trotted, no horse had
won three heats, aud az il was then
dark the race was declared a. it then
stood, Annie b. winning first money; ,
best time Z275
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

Mr.. Adlai Stevenson, in his letter &C.
cepting the Populist nomination, de-
clares that the Populist platform on the
subject of finance gives out no uncer-
tain sound. That Is so. 1t declares in
favor of free coinage at l6 to l, and in
accepting this platform and agreeing to
stand by 1t Mr.. Stevenson pledges him
self II he becomes the presiding officer of
the Senate, and that body is tied on the
silver question as it very likely may be,
to give his casting vote In favor of de-
stroying the gold standard and opening
our minis to all the deprecated silver OF
the world.-Porttdnd Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

The New York Herald has recently
completed a thorough canvass of
political situation and declares the
result to be decidedly in favor
of the election of Mckinley and Roose-
welt. The figures given as indicated
strongly by this canvass are 25S electo-
raj votes for Mckinley, les for Bryan
with 81 in doubt. The States placed in
the doubtful column are Idaho, 3; Indi-
ana, 10, and Montana, 3. The States
that went for Bryan in 1896 now placed
in the Republican column are Kansas,
South Dakota, Wyoming and Washing
ton, and the States that went for Nc
Kinley in 1896, now placed in the Demo-
cratic column are Kentucky and Mary
land. "Bryan, to win," the Herald
says, must knock the apparently solid
Republican column literally to pieces.
Even should he carry ali the doubtful
States, including Indiana, and add
Illinois, West Virginia and Delaware to
his list, he would have only 222 electoral
votes, or five less than majority of the
electoral college. This indicates that to
be elected Bryan must carry New York"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

DeWitt's Little Early Risers are fa-
nous little pills for liver and bowel
troubles. Never grippe. Geo. K. Sampson
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04
Cattle Show at Embden.

There will be cattle show and fair at
Embden station, Saturday next, the 9th
inst. II it should happen to be stormy
the show will be held the next fair day.
Ten dollars is offered for the largest and
best herd Of cattle. The Libby herd
will not compete for this premium.
Half fare will be given on all stations on
the Somerset road. Il. Hilton, presi.
dent; S. S. Chase, secretary.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

Mail us % cts. and get the REPORTER
three months, trial trip.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04

The judges were w. r Brown of
Skowhegan, Z. W. Hall of Berlin, y H.,
|. II. Hersom of Oakland. The timers
were f. Withee of Madison L F Fair
brother of Skowhegan. 6. z. Drake of
Lewiston was starter. The above races
closes the dates named by the associa
ton for the season, and upon the whole
they have been most successful and to
the satisfaction OF all parties concerned.
Taking into consideration the fact
that Thursday was the day appointed
for the show, the attendance was large
and the day, Friday, was all that the
management could ask for.
The contest of heavy draft horses, as
usual, was the great attraction of the
afternoon, seven pairs taking part, viz
W Russell of Scion, George Gordon of
Moscow, Stephen NORM of Embden,
Charles Holbrook of New Portland,
Chester Bailey with home team, and
B p j Weston of Madison came with
two pair. The contest was most inter
esting Mr. Holbrooks horses proved
to be the ones ahead OF all the others,
with Stephen NORM close second and
George Gordon, third.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04
GERALDs vs. MADIsoNs.

The game of base ball for purse of
$25 between the Geralds of Fairfield and
the Madisons of Madison was one of the
best that the association has ever had
upon the grounds
The conditions of the weather was so
unfavorable that the Madison team did
not decide to come until it was late in
the afternoon, but when they came a
large support came with them, SO at
the commencing of the game there was
quite fair attendance upon the
grounds. The two mines were at their
best and but for few slight errors on
the part of the Madisons in the eighth
inning, the game would have been very
close. The following is the score:
Gerads % o 2 0 4
Madisons. 0 0 0 0
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04
Ans0n Grange Cattle Show
aud Fair.

Arson Grange held its first cattle
show and fair on the park, North Arson,
Friday of last week. There were up
wards of 1004head of cattle, a good
showing of horses and colts and quite a
smattering of sheep, poultry, etc were
entered for examination. The fair was
held in a large tent on the grounds.
Much credit is due the management for
the effort put forth by them in making
the show and fair success.
The following are the preference Civ
en- by the committee:
CATTLE.
Best pair oxen, Roy Danforth, list; T
II Hilton, I'd.
Best pair steers, Orlando Hooper, LIST
E Hoyt, I'd.
Working oxen, f spaulding, l; r L
Danforth, 2.
" orking steers, T II Hilton, l; f
Hoyt, 2
Stock cows, o E Toser, l; Dan
forth, :.
Mich COWS, o f Toser /; Fred Pull
len, 2; p Moore, 3
Jersey COW, Fred Pullen, /; Cephas
Walker, 2; C p Moore, 3.
Herd Jerseys, Fred Pullen, 1; Cephas
Walker, 2,
Herd Hereford COWS, E Danforth, l.
Herd steers, Herefords, f Hoyt, l.
Jersey heifers, Orlando Hooper, /;
Cephas Walker, 2; c P Moore, 8
Thoroughbred Jersey bulls, C f
Eames, l.
Durham bulls, Cephas Walker, /; C (
Walker, g.
Hereford grades, C E Walker,
Holstein bulls, S Bunker & Son, l; >
Bunker & Son, 2
Holstein, S Bunker took all the pref
erences Grade Hereford calf, S Bun.
ker.
Beef cattle, Fl Hilton, 1; o E Tosier,
| 8. Row Dapforfb o
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-25
PICKING BILLIONS OF FLOWERS
Work OF Women where the Perfume I'm

Work OF Women Where the Perfume I'm
dustry Is Carried On in France.
Grasse, in the southern part of
France, is the center of the perfume
industry. There women and girls may
be seen, with broad hats on their heads,
gathering flowers from 5 until II a.. M.
and then returning with their fragrant
burdens to the houses, where they
pluck the leaves from the blossoms
and pass the rest of the day in prepar-
ing them for the work of extracting
the essences Of essential oils, which
contain the perfume itself. In March
they begin plucking violets, from which
violet water is made, and from the be-
ginning of May to the end of June
they gather the jessamine, roses and
orange blossoms, as well as the tube
roses in July, the ~mignonette in Au-
gust and the cassia in September. The
nimble fingers of the women must
move rapidly to pluck the millions and
billions of leaves that go to make up
the 100000 Kilograms Of rose leaves
alone that are used each season. Be-
1890 VI q 11llllUu hIlOSIdulS Vi
Jessamine to be plucked, and violets
n orange blossoms to the extent OF
W million Kilograms a year. To give
an idea of the number of plants that
are raised for this huge result, it is
calculated that each stalk of jessamine
yields two Kilograms of blossoms a
season. SO there must be at least five
hundred thousand stalks to yield the
million Kilograms required. But the
gathering of>tne blossoms Is only the
beginning of the work, for then the
flowers must be picked apart and all
the spoiled leaves thrown aside. Then
the making of the perfume begins. The
leaves are spread one by one. upon lay
ers of pure lard that cover plates of
glass. Three or four times these
1oWer-layers are renewed before the
lard has absorbed all of the perfume
that 1t can hold, for the fat has a Pc
culiar attraction for the essential oils
of the flowers. This perfumed lard is
the pomade of commerce, not the pom
AIDE used for hair or beard, but the
crude material out of which this is
afterwards manufactured. The lard
is then shipped as it is to other manu-
facturers, or put into alcohol, which
draws off the perfume from the fat,
having a stronger attraction therefor
than the lard, and the result is the fin
est eau de cologne. Most of this
pomade is shipped as it stands to all
parts of Europe and America, but some
of it is reserved and the oils are ex-
tracted by distilling processes, making
the purest extracts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-25
OF FALLING.
In a Vacuum All Fall Alike, Not So In
the Atmosphere.

In a Vacuum All Fall Alike, Not So In
the Atmosphere.
The old-time query as to which of
the two, a pound OF lead or a pound of
feathers, dropped from the same
height at the same time, would first
reach the ground, seems ever new.
Someone propounded it to the wise
man of the Scientific American recent
1y, using instead of lead and feathers
an ounce and a ton of iron. And this
is how the wise man responded: "This
matter was put to the test of expert
ment by Calico at the Leaning Tower
of Pisa in the seventeenth century,
with two balls of lead, weighing M
and ten pounds respectively. The fol-
lowers of Aristotle had taught for CEN
turtles that the balls would fall in pro-
portion to their weights, the heavier
one falling the faster. Calico point
ed out the fact that the lighter one
would reach the ground first, because
the air would resist the fall of that of
the larger n more than it would that
of the smaller. He had previously
dlCu l1C law VI IdI1luS DOulGS
that the velocity under the action of
gravity is independent of the mass of
the body. Experiment confirmed his
position. The small ball reached the
earth first. In a vacuum all bodies
fall with the same velocity through
airy distance. AS a practical state
ment, it may be taken as true that
small dense bodies will conform to the
theoretical laws. falling any distance
less than 200 feet, in the atmosphere.
But with an and a ton there
would be a ~perceptible difference. The
ounce ball would fall the faster. Facts
like this are nowadays demonstrated
by even elementary students in almost
every class in physics in the country"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-25
The Religious "SIot-MachIne."

In the Adirondack mountains, at a
place of popular resort, there is a
chapel where the contributions are
often liberal In the summer season.
but where the contributions still
chiefly consist, as far as bulk goes. OF
small coins. The rector of this church
who is a man of dignifed and minis
terial appearance, is accustomed to go
with the Sunday offerings to one of
the hotels and receive a check for the
amount Of it. One Monday morning
he was counting the money at the desk
of the hotel cashier, and was at that
moment scraping together the nickels
and coppers, which were in abund-
ant supply. Just then a bell-boy came
up who seemed to have something on
his mind. What is it, my little MANI
asked the rector, in his most honeyed
tone. BEG pardon, sir" said the boy.
but are you the man what runs the
slot-machine downstairs? ?" The boy
could never understand why all the
people, including the rector, laughed
at him. The laugh was really on the
Sunday contributors to the church
funds. Many clergymen, we have no
doubt, will synpathize with this sup
posed proprietor of the sTot-machine.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-25
woMENFAILUREs AT SHOPPING
1t Is Rare That They Know What They
Want to Buy.

1t Is Rare That They Know What They
Want to Buy.
"It is a singular thing that with the
amount of shopping done by women
they should continue to shop so. badly
badly, I mean, in the sense of shop
ping with an absolute lack of system"
writes Edward Box in the November
Ladies' Home Journal. "Here and
there we meet a woman to whom God
seems to have given a logical mind
which she applies to her shopping. But
as a general thing the assertion that
women shop with an utter lack of sys-
tenn is unfortunately all too easy of
proof. And c%uriously enough, it is not
alone those behind the counter who
suffer, for the women themselves make
their shopping doubly hard by their
lack of system. The percentages of
m who love to shop and those
who hate shopping seem about equal,
so far as I al make out. The methods
which both employ, however, are pref
ty much the same,the only marked diff
ference apparently being the entire alb
sence of all method in the one case and
the existence of only a very poor meth
cd in the other. Take a hundred Wom-
en- who go for a days shopping and
1t is perfectly safe to say that ninety
of them will have not the slightest idea
of what they want"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-25

In Gen. Skaters quarters at San
Francisco is a fine, glossy, "black
Spanish" pullet which, if it had the
power of speech, could tell a thrilling
and pathetic story. Early in July,
1893, when the American army in Cuba
was supplying food to the starving
reconcentrados in Ell Caney, a terrific
storm wrought such havoc to the roads
That it became impossible to convey
further supplies to the town. Gen.
Smarter therefore issued an order that
all who were able might walk to his
camp, six miles away, and draw ra-
tons. The order set in motion n Of
the saddest professions that ever fol-
lowed in the wake of war. Ragged,
hungry, weak, emaciated, a line Of
specters daily wound its awful length
through swamp and mud and jungle
toward the blessed food. Lieut..
Brooke and an interpreter were return
ing to camp from Ell Caney one day,
when they saw a little band of the
rec~oncentrados ahead of them. Be-
hind the men and ONE Jagged a six
year-old boy. He was evidently sick
and weary unto death, but still he tot
tered persistently on. At length, his
last ounce of strength gone, he fell,
and lay there in the mud, unable to
rise. His father and mother glanced
back at him stolidly, and went on.
Their own strength would be hardly
sufficient to carry them to camp, and
suffering had dulled their sensibilities.
If he could not keep up he must die
where he fell. Lieut.. Brooke dropped
from his horse, picked the little fell
low up, and galloped into camp with
aim. There he fed him till he could
eat no more, wrapped him in warm
blankets, and left him to the long
dreamless sleep of exhausted child
hood. An old Cuban woman washed
his little cotton shirt and trousers,
and after a few days rest, he was sent
back to El Caney with a generous sup
ply of provisions. Two days later the
little fellow, still weak and pale, again
appeared in camp. Going straight to
Lieut.. Brooke, he took a small chicken
from inside his little shirt, and with
tears in his eyes, presented it. 1t was
the only thing he could give him, he
said, to show his appreciation of the
senor's kindness. He had walked all
the way from Ell Caney through the
deep mud, and after he had made his
humble present, he walked back.
Lieut.. Brooke took the chicken to Gen.
Shafter and told it's story. The gen.
eral tethered it to his tent-pole. When
he entered Santiago, he took the bird
with him. There her nightly roost
was a gilded chandelier in the gov
ernor's palace. When the army moved
out to camp again, the chicken went,
too. Later, she journeyed to Montauk
Point, thence to Governors Island,
and now she struts and scratches and
cackles ~contentedly in San Francisco,
a living reminder of a deed Of mercy,
a pathetic acknowledgment, and the
gratitude with which at least one little
reconcentrado will always recall los
Americanos.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-25
Would Ward OF Water.

Indianapolis Journal: The Physi-
cian-You have a coat on your tongue.
The Colonel ~,ircerely hope it Is a
macintosh.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-25
SKATERS CHICKEN.
A LIVING REMINDER OF A DEED
OF MERCY.

Story of the Days of Starvation In
Cuba-A Little Boy who Was Picked
Up by Brooke When Almost Dead
Showed His Gratitude. B
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-01-25
Texas Bees.

Bees raised in Texas are shipped to
all parts Of the world.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-12

be strapped upon the back. When the
Indian mother desires to rest she stands
her cradle against a tree: when she goes
on again she picks up the bed and straps
it to her back; SO she and the papoose
journey along in FAC others company.
until the little one can walk.
In some tribes they nave a very
pretty mourning cradle corresponding to
our little white collins. The cradl is
made of fancy woods n dressed with
grains. When a baby dies it's mother
carries it in this cradle, if she be on the
march, or she tenderly lays it in this
bed and the simple funeral rites are per-
formed over it. leg
The Indians are fertile in the invention
of cradles. In one tribe a fiat head is
considered a mark of beauty; and the
little occupant of the cradle is provided
with a board which comes down over lis
forehead and fattens it. This is not
such a painful operation, if performed, by
degrees, and the Hat headed Indian boys
grow up as strong as their white cousins,
who AVE never been subjected to such q
process. The cocoon cradle is another
indian invention. 1t is made from tough
water-tight skin and is sewed up in such
a way that only the head of the infant
protrudes. The inside is soft and CON-
Portable, and when the baby wishes to
| sleep he can draw in his head and snug
gle down in the depths of his bed.
Some of the cradles are very ingenious.
The Swedes place their babies in little
hammocks suspended above the mothers
bed. At night, if the little one be rest
less, a touch from the mothers arm will
set the cradle swinging. This plan is
adopted in some parts of this country,
and the sight of a pretty grass hammock
swinging gently over a handsome bed is
not an i%nfrequent one in houses of
plenty. The SWedes also have a spring.
ing cradle, which constantly jumps the
child, gently or not.
The Chinese employ a balancing sys-
tenn which is very easily arranged. h
baby is placed in a wicker basket which
is tied to one end of a balancing rod, on
the same plan as a "see-saw." A weight
is attached to the other end Of the rod.
And so the baby see-saws all day long.
If there be two cradle occupants in the
family, both ends of the balancing rod
can be well employed.
The N~orwesians utilize thir abundance
of sheepskin for the making of these lit
tie swinging beds. Taking a skin, they
nit it to a rope hammock. line it with bed
ding, place a pillow in it, and swing the
happy baby off to sleep.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-12
WOMAN IS SURELY
MANS SUPERIOR
By William Dean Howells.

When I began writing fiction twenty
five years ago women were under the ro-
mantle delusion that the hero always had
to do something great and sensational in
order to win the heroine. 1t had to be a
shipWreck or a runaway, or at least the
heroine had to nurse the hero through a
long period of soickness.
Under the impression, I was inspired to
contIive that my first heroine should be
rescued by the hero from the attack of a
ferocious bulldog.
Heroines are becoming less and less the
lay figures they used to be. It is now no
longer their chief business to win some
young man, to be abducted, or to be res
cued from deadly peril.
Nowadays the heroine belongs to clubs
and COLTS and swims and has other ath-
letlc pursuits. In a certain sense the
American woman is more thoroughly de-
Veloped, Intellectually, Thar the Ameri-
can man.
Men cannot talk as we'll as women, Thew
cannot even talk as much. Let the men
read fewer newspapers and more novels.
take longer vacations, more outdoor life.
attend more summer schools of instruc-
ton and makem more trips to Europe. Even
this may not wholly equalize the differ
ence between them and the women, but
something will be done in the wav Of
making the bridegroom of fiction as in
teresting a figure as the bride.