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The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

The fifteen hundred Cuban teachers
brought from the island to learn some.
thing of American civilization and prog
ress have begun their course of instruc.
ton in the Harvard summer school. The
hope of Cuba is in her schools, and
every friend of the new republic must
view with pleasure the broadening edu'
cation of those who are to teach the
Cuban youths the duties of citizenship.
These Cuban teachers have created a
favorable impression in Cambridge and
vicinity.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12
SkOwhegan Markets.
Corrected Weekly by u. H. BARTLETT
PRICES PAID PRODUCERS.

Corrected Weekly by d. H. BARTLETT.
PRICES PAID pRoureERs.
BUTTER-First quality. stamped, Il to It PER ID
BEEF-ox beef, { TO cts.
BEANs-Hand-picked yellow eyes, s. 90 10 S225
pea beans, s2S
OATS-35cts
GGGs-l3 cts. per doE fresh.
HIDES AND SKISs-hides, 81 cts lamb skins D
TO 81 cts
each calf skins. IS to slo1 each.
foULrRY-Fowls stelo cts. Isr b. chickens
10 l3 cts.
RoUNp Hot cts.
WOOL nwashed, p tts.
TAlLow-RouGh e.. PER u.
lRETAlL MARRyI.
New Marie Nolasses q cts PER ct.
CHEEsE-l4 per 10.
FLorR-SpruE wheat Patent, $50; Winter
wheat pat $500 Winter wheat choice, &4.o0
TO 81 80. extra, $50 to 2.7s.
CoRN-Sl-l5 per bag; meal and cracked corn
Si.04 for ,p lh. bag.
{. :. MEAL--Sl. ~ per bag.
Frrn-M iddhngs slos to 1Sper cwt; Chicago
gluten 30 sack
TEAS 10 20 cents per H..
CoFFEE-l.l, 10 s. cts. per 10
LARp-pomesttc, 10 cts; Pure cts.
MGLAssEs-rure Ponce, IL; Pure Barbados,
50.
CHoIcE COOKING Mo1AssEs 23e.
DRY FlsH-Cod, 10 cts Per b.; pollock.
cts.
ONIONS c, per ID
EGGs-it rs duz fresh.
SCGAR-,iranulated. Sugar best quality IS
pounds for Sl,00
brown, l. pounds for 81
BUTTER-l4 to poets. per M
OATs-Western old, AZ cts
POtatoes-eo TO so CTS s bu
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

From st. JohnsburY Republican =
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cary delightfully."-
entertained a party of about 20 young
people, Friday evening, at their home at
North Danvlle. The parlor and veranda
were utilized for dancing and delicious
refreshments served. The party was
given in honor of Mrs. w. Fl. Smith of
Somerville, Mass, Mrs. A. r. Jewett
and Miss Gertrude Webb Of Skowhegan,
Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12
A Card.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to the
many kind friends who aided US in any
way during the recent illness and death OF
of our loved wife and mother. Also for
the kind expression of sympathy in q
beautiful tribute of floral offerings OF
kind friends and neighbors.
VIM. Adams, Jas. Powell,
w. S. Powell, Matilda Bean,
w. II. Adams, Lizzie Foss,
Della Stewart, Olive Clark,
Caratunk, July 10, 1900.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

Rev. w. F. Berry stated fact when
at mass meeting in Waterville, Sunday
last, he said: 1.-The liquor law is the
only one in the state where sentiment
is considered ia its enforcement. The
others we're enforced NJ matter what
the public sentiment might be. That
expressed in the statutes was enough
for the officers"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

The latest from China IL to the effect
that there is war 70 the knife between
the Dowager Empress and Prince
Tuan, the leader of the Boxers. He
throws off the mask and assumes the
title of Emperor. The uncertainty
about the situation at Pekin remains.
The allies at Tein Tsin appear to be
hard pressed by the Chinese forces
surrounding the city. One position was
retaken by the latter. Interest still
eenters in Pekin.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

St. Paul Pioneer-Press Bryan
stands for free silver as he stands for
nothing else under the sun. Except
as the very embodiment of the silver
issue he is, as he himself realizes, an
utter nonetity. His election will mean,
just so far as he can accomplish 1t, the
overthrow of the present financial
system of the government, and the
substitution therefor Of one based on
the insane theories Of the repudiationist.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

A. VIE and mother, Z gbbor. friend
ana all Old friends and new:
-LeHsh the foadest meunries
Dear faithful friend o. yo4.
! ben AZ the passing hours m4st s,inv
The Sill increasiug year
1pI'li trast our Father love m, I'll
Dispei al doubts aod fears
zec1fe within HIS shelteriuy csre
You'll walk your future VA
nay mefcies from His tender hard
-foNn every year and day
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

The Agricultural Experiment station
at Orono has recently issued circular
entitled "How to fight cucumber enc
mics" Send and get one. 1t contains
valuable information.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

Boston journal: 1t is well to remem-
Der that what has happened at Pekin
would have happened at Manila If
Aguinaldo and his accomplices had had
their way. Between Tagalogs and
Boxers there is precious little difference.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

For Representatives to the Legislature
EDWARD P. PAGE of Skowhegan.
WILLIAM L. WALKER of Starks.
WILLIAM f. GREENE of Madison.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

For County Commissioner:
MILTON L. MERRILL of St. Albans.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-07-12

For County Treasurer
ROLAND T. PATTEN of Skowhegan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
Government Aid for ROnds.

Representative Graham. in the house
of representatives, and Senator Pen
rose, in the senate, have introduced
bills appropriating $5,o0o,0O0 for the
building of public roads in the several
states of the United States, the appro-
priation to be applied to each state in
proportion to the mileage of roads
within yhe state, to be used exclusively
for the building of permanent roads
under the direction of the department
of agriculture. These bills are fathered
by the League of American Wheelmen.
which has done more to forward the
interests of bicycle riders than all the
other organizations put together. 1t
is not likely that the money will be ap.
propriated at this session of congress.
but the leaven will work, and if the
national government will aid The states
in this matter we may in few years
see the mud paths which nov pass for
roads become magnificent highways
such as every European country pos.
yeSseS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

The farmer who is continually
changing his breeds of stock or his fa q.
Vorite crops is very seldom a money
maker. He is apt to find out that lie
made the change just little too late.
He sees some one making money on
beef cattle, and he abandons dairy
farming to breed fat cattle, only to
learn that he ought to have bred hogs.
He tries hogs, and becomes convinced
that sheep are more profitable. He
gives up crop he knows how to grow
to take up some speciality that his
neighbor has found a profitable one,
and few years experience teaches him
how to grow it, but it also teaches him
that he could have bought his expert
ence much cheaper. We do not mean
that a man should not change his
breeds of stock, his crops or his meth
DDS of farming, but he will do well to
make his changes gradually, and not
part with a good thing every time he
thinks anyone else has better thing.
American Cultivator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
300 Reward 800,

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Caearrh. HalPs
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive, powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. j, Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

zero. The silage was frozen to depth
of IL to IA inches around the outside.
Each day, when throwing out the feed,
the frozen silage around the edge was
mixed with the warm silage from the
center, and at feeding time it was all
in good condition. The silage was
not all fed out until June, and that
which had been frozen around the
outer edge was as good in every way as
the rest. With the stave silo no sills
are necessary. The foundation may be
constructed as follows:
An excavation should be made to a
depth of three or four inches, or to
the bottom of the loose surface soil,
and with diameter at least two feet
greater than the proposed diameter of
the silo, and drainage should be pro-
vided if the conditions seem to war;
rant. Fill in with stones, large ones
being placed at the bottom and small
er ones being worked in and pounded
down toward the top. Gravel, if well
pounded down, may serve as filling be-
tween the stones. 1t is important that
the pounding be thoroughly done, 9TH
erwise settling will take place later on
and the cement finish be made to crack.
The finishing should be done with
cement. First thin mortar made of
one part of Portland or Rosendale ce-
ment and four parts of good sharp sand
should be poured over the entire stone
work. This mortar should be made so
thin that it will run down into the in
terstices between the stones. After
this first coat was thoroughly set a
finishing coat made of one part cement
and three parts of sand should be put
on and worked down with a trowel.
Finish off before thoroughly dry by
busting over the top some clear ce-
ment and working it in with a trowel.
This will give hard finish, and will
secure a foundation that is cheap and
efficient. While the cement is still soft
it is frequently convenient to strike the
circle which will mark the line upon
which the slaves ara to be set. A spike
driven in the center will serve as a
pivot. Attach to this a bit of string
or Irvine, the length of which shall be
one-half that of the proposed diameter
of the silo and to the free end of the
string fasten some pointed instrument
with which to mark the circle Now
strike circle the radius of which shall
be equal to the length of the string,
and there is marked out the circle upon
which the slaves are to be set.
Somewhat full directions for the con.
struction of the round stave silo are
given in Cornell University Bulletin
No. 167. This will be sent on request
to the director of the experiment sta
ton at Ithaca, n. VI. A. Clinton, in
Rural New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
OUTDOOR ROUND SILO.
Neatly and Cheaply Constructed and
So Designed That 1t Can Be
Moved Easily.

We recommend the round stave silo,
because it is easily and cheaply con-
structed. Timbers of the silo will dry
out, the silage will be perfectly pre-
served, and the silo can be taken down
in an hour and moved any distance and
be set up again. 1t is not necessary to
take any extra precaution in this eli
mate to keep silage from freezing. Sill
age is not injured by the frost when
only two-inch stave protects it from
the weather.
A silo constructed in the manner
shown in cut is doing good service on
the bluffs above Cayuga lake, in Tomp-
kins county, n. Y. We visited this silo
during the extremely cold weather of
the winter of 1S9S-1699, after the Their
mometer had been 20 degrees How
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

logue referred to is goth century dictionary
of economy.
The illustration above shows the recent
building added to this great enterprise
The success of this Company seems in.
credible, considering the fact that they have
ness and industry is the secret of this won
derful success. The quantity of goods they
require in some lines enables them to handle
train Loads of merchandise secured at the
lowest possible cost and freight rate.
When goods in the rough are coming from
the mills and factories in the East, the lake
steamers are pressed into service at freight
expense which is but little in advance of the
iron ore rates.
4 Their references are: Any bank or ex-
'tpress company, or any man, woman or child
in Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
CROP THAT PAYS WELL.
when Properly Cultivated Few
Acres of Onions Will Give Excel
lent Money Returns.

When a good yield and quantity can
be secured, there are few crops that
give better return than onions. One
advantage with them is that they can
be marketed as soon as matured, or
they can be stored and kept to be
marketed whenever desired.
In growing onions successfully, it is
essential to have good seed, to SOW
early, to have rich soil, prepared in
fine filth and to give thorough cultiva-
ton in good season. A failure in any
one of these will often so affect the
yield or quality of the crop as to deter
mine the question of profit or loss.
1t is an exceptional case to find a
soil that is naturally rich enough to
make a good crop of onions without
the addition of some manure or fer
tilizer; on the other hand, it is an eX-
ception to find a soil too rich. The
onion is gross feeder. 4 very heavy
dressing of coarse, fresh manure could
be given and Incorporated with the
soil with profit, were it not that in
most cases this kind of fertilizer con-
tains so many weed seeds as greatly to
increase the labor of clean cultivation.
On this account, so far as is possible,
well-rotted manure should be used,
taking care to thoroughly incorporate
it with the soil on the surface. Wood
ashes are one of the best fertilizers for
this crop, and if there is not enough of
well-rotted stable manure available,
commercial fertilizers can often be
used to good advantage.
Onions grow so near the surface that
the manure should be applied anu
worked in the surface, and for that rea-
son top dressing after blowing will
generally be the best plan.
One advantage with onions is that
they may be grown on the same land
for several years without change if
liberal manuring is done, and if clean
cultivation is given the first year this
will be found quite an item
The very first favorable opportunity
in the spring should be taken advan-
tage of to prepare the ground and sow
the seed as earliness is an important
item. The soil should be prepared in
fine filth.
a better termination of the seed and
a more vigorous start to grow will be
secured while the cultivation can be
commenced earlier and clean cultiva-
ton be given with less labor if care is
taken to have the soil thoroughly pre-
pared in a good filth before the seed is
sown. Mark out the rows ten or twelve
inches apart. If the drill is used it will
mark them out. SOW the seed and cover
all at once. One advantage in using
the drill is that the seed will be dis
tributed in the drill rows more evenly
and be covered at a more uniform
depth. 1t is best to use plenty of seed
so as to secure a good stand of plants.
1t is better to thin out than to replant.
Give clean cultivation from the start,
keeping the soil in good filth until the
crop is matured.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

The above illustration shows one of the
mammoth buildings occupied by the great
Mail Order House of the John NJ. Smyth
Company of Chicago.
For one-third of century this Company
has been in business. Beginning in small
way they supplied their neighbors in the
Dear-by towns, each year widening their
Geld. They are now selling merchandise d.
rect to the consumer at wholesale prices
throughout the United States.
Some years ago they began supplying
their customers with an illustrated cata-
logue. As the business expanded they
were obliged to increase the size of this
catalogue, until to-day it exceeds 1000 illus
trated pages, quoting the lowest wholesale
prices on everything to Eat, Wear and Use.
BY superior process of color photography
they illustrate many of their goods in natural
colors, bringing out the rich color value of
curtains, carpets, draperies, and the latest
designs in wall papers, etc, thus enabling
the customer hundreds of miles distant TO
select goods at his own fireside, knowing by
the description, illustration and price the
class of goods he may expect.
This feature of their business is becoming
more and more popular each year, for it not
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
HANDY CONTINUANCE.
An Ohio Farmer Explains How He
Draws Water and Brings 1t
Into the House.

With view to having good water
and plenty of it, the past summer, 1
built two cisterns of about 100 barrels
capacity each-one for general house
use, the other for drinking alone. The
accompanying cut will explain itself.
We have used this plan for about
eight weeks and it has proved very
satisfactory. We use a good suction
pump, so constructed that you can (by
using set screw turn the handle any
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

Imagine receiving ones supply of arti-
fetal light, as solid, one hundred pounds
at a time in little drum from the freight
station. When one realizes that each pack
age will make as much light as $4,000 can
dies for one hour, more light than the ordl-
nary size family will use in three months,
and such package will cost about 81 90, per-
haps the explanation of the increasing pop
ularity is found.
The cost of Carbide has been steadily re-
duced Notwithstanding the early impressions
of the great expense in manufacture. Such
large quantities are now being consumed,
and such material reductions in price have
actually been made, that users can expect
that lighting with Acetylene will be as in
expensive as it has proved to be desirable in
point of excellence and beauty.
Acetylene solves the lighting problem
wherever city gas and electric light is not
available, by the simple process of the Acety-
lene plant. These can be placed in any
dwelling or building by an ordinary mechan-
ic, can be manipulated by any person of or
binary intelligence. They are practical,
simple, safe, economical, and appeal to every
owner or occupant of building, every mer-
chant or manufacturer, and every individ-
ual interested in the artificial light problem
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT.
The Last Addition by Science to
Popular Use.
BRILLIANCY AND SAFETY.
A Revelation in Economical Illumina-
ton for Homes, Hotels and ALI
Glasses of Buildings.

Acetylene, the new artificial light, three
years ago known only to Scientists, is to-
day coming so rapidly into popular use that
it promises to replace all the older means of
lighting. The new light has been christened
Artificial Sunlight as by its rays coIors
can be distinguished as by day and in soft
resemblance is most marked.
The great economy and convenience in
producing the new illuminant, and the
beauty and excellence of the light itself ex-
plain in measure its marvellous growth in
popularity.
Calcium Carbide, the material from which
each individual user produces his own Acct
ylene, is a solid substance, hard as granite
and is ordinarily crushed, like broken stone,
to pieces about the size of eggs. This mate
rial is compact, clean, convenient and even
safer to handle than coal. Its marvellous
afhnlty tor water makes it of value and the
moment 1t comes in contact with water the
generation of Aeetylene begins. Carbide, as
1t Is generally called, is usually packed, in
air and water tight drums, holding one hun
bred pounds of this material, each.
Enough Acetylene gas can be made to light
a large room for several hours by merely
throwing a piece of carbide the size of ones
thumb into a tumbler of water. In that case,
however, the gas is not controlled-the gas
IS all made IN a few moments and lost. Ma
chimes called generators are made, which
cause the Carbide and water to be brought
together Just in proportion as the gas is
needed for lighting.
Most of these machines are simply con-
structed and they do this automatically. If
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
like top. For Grain-O does not stimulate;
it nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink Made from pure grains.
Get package from your grocer to-day. Try
it in place of coffee. Is and 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
DRAWING WATER FROM CIsTERNs.

way you want. By means of turn
cock in the nozzle of the pump you
can stop the dripping Immediately,
when you stop pumping, which is very
essential where you have a pump in the
kitchen, as it saves the use of jar or
waste pipe.
When you want to draw water from
one cistern, all you have to do is to open
the brass globe valve that is on line of
pipe leading to that cistern and close
the other one, and vice versa. We used
1A-inch galvanized iron pipe. BY this
system you can locate your cisterns
anywhere you wish, then bring the
pipes underground, as shown in cut ESQ
as to be out of reach of frost) to point
under the kitchen floor, then up, and
connect to pump.-O. G. Cross, in Ohio
Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

"Now, boys" said the Sunday school.
teacher, "our lesson to-day teaches us that
if we are good wtle here on earth, when
we die we will go 20 a place of everlasting
bliss. But, suppose we are bad, then what
becomes of u.s." We'll go to place of
everlasting blister" replied small boy at
the foot of the class-Yonkers Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

Miss Pepprey-"Why, she doesn't look
as if she knew her own name" Miss hewitt
-"She doesn't, half the time" Miss Pep.
prey" Really Miss Newitt-"Yes; you
know she married Polish nobleman. p
Philadelphia Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price 25 and Soc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

Stage Manager-"You say you have had
some stage experience" Miss Gush-"O,
yes, indeed! i took the leading part in our
church cantata at home once, and-well, to
tell you the truth, everybody said | just
played my part too lovely for anything
Ohio State journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

Some of the scientific men are hoist
ing danger signals regarding green
manure" Don't be alarmed The
''greener" it goes to the fields this win
ter the greener will grow the grass and
corn next spring.-W. F. McSparran,
in National Stockman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

We cannot generalize in dairying.
From the bull down to the latest calf
the herd must be recognized as indi-
viduals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

1t is a wonder that a man doesn't appre-
slate to a higher degree seat at his own
freside, considering how much the fuel Is
costing him.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE.

Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy,
N. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes New or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bun
ions. All druggists and shoestores sell it. 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

She-"We discussed the greenback at our
study club to-day" He-"Well, what did
you decide?" She-"That the government
should either Issue currency in all the going
tints or else not at alll''-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

Take the COW for better or worse.
If better, love, feed and cherish her; if
worse, fatten her,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

"Never despise physical deformities, D." says
the Manayunk Pa.) philosopher. "The
dog with his tail cut off has no fear of tin
cans"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-05

I cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure
for Consumption.-Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 2l5
w. I'D St, New York, Oct. %. 1894.