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The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

In Is experiments with lettuce ut the
Ohio station 1,344 surface watered
plants weighed 2S6 pounds and the
same number of subwatered plants
nearly 376 pounds, a gain of little
over 81 per cent. The subwatered
plants reached marketable size from a
week to ten days earlier than the 9th
ers. All these plants were subwatered
during about one-half their period of
growth-that is, while in flats. In one
ease where plants were carried through
their entire period of growth by the re-
spective methods of watering a gain
of about 100 per cent was shown In IA
vor of subwstering. At the Ohio State
university subwatered lettuce yielded
20 to 80 per cent more than surface
watered lettuce Lettuce rot was very
troublesome on the surface watered
beds, but did not injure subwatered
plants.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

We noted few weeks since that the
San Jose Scale had been discovered in
the state of Vermont. From information
at hand it now appears that this latest
menace to successful fruit gro wing has be-
come pretty well seeded IN the state OF
Connecticut. i; having been discovered in
in thrty-hve separate localities IN that
state. While it has been supposed that
this enemy cou'd not Withstand the
severity of our northern climate. yet our
fears tina, fruit ire es here would not prove
immune from its damages bid fair to be
we'll grounded The scale is supposed to
be dis ributed through the introduction of
nursery stock from infested nurseries 1t
is altogether probable that it has already
been introduced into this state in that way
though still undiscovered. Ne would re.
commend parties who have purchased
nursery stock in the last two or three sea-
sons TO look their uees over sharply for
this scale. Spraying or drenchlrg with
crude petroleum is said to destroy 1t, but
it must be applied before the leaf ge APP
pears. --.H0iHe Farmer
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

Mexico has a clever bird called the
melan arpes. which has discovered new
use for the telegraph pole. At the foot Of
the post this bird makes large hole, in
which it rears its family; somewhat high
er up the post it makes an observatory,
from which bored holes permit it to OBJ
serve the horizon in every direction; still
higher this sagacious bird makes its store
house, and thus the pole serves as its
house, fortress and ware house
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

LIMA BEANS TRAINED TO UPRIGHT WIRES
then fasten to the stake wire, such
as stovemen use for wiring stovepipe,
and fasten the same to the overhead
wire. In windstorm beans receive
less punishment than when poles are
used, and no wire has ever broken a
stem. The soil here is sandy and by
boxing the hills and using water free
ly | can force the growth and have
early beans. Limas have matured here
with me in Michigan as early as the
31st Of July The vertical wires that
| have used for two seasons | expect
to use again, and the cost is much less
than poles and more satisfactory.
think my vines have grown in favora.
BILE weather not less than six inches In
a single day. says correspondent in
Vicks Magazine, who also sends a
picture of the portion of his garden
here described.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

side and open the opposite one. Enough
draft will be formed to draw all the
foul air from below. The cover to the
shaft will further prevent snow COM
ing in and will keep sparrows from
bothering
The best plan of eupola will provide
for windows on all four sides, connect
ed as shown. The shaft should be open
at the bottom. but provided with a
slide to close it in warm weather, and
an opening should be made near the
top Of the stable, which may be opened
In warm weather when the lower one
Is closed
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
Banker Routs a Robber.

j. r. Garrison, cashier of the bank OF
Thornville, Ohio, had been robbed of
hea tn by serious lung trouble until
he tried DR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Then he wrote: at is
the best medicine | ever used for a
severe cold or bad case of lung trouble
always keep bottle on hand" Don't
suffer with coughs, colds or any throat,
chest or lung trouble when you can be
cured so easily. Only SOC and sl00.
Trial bottles free
At +. ii. Wings Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
I have been afflicted with rheumatism

have been afflicted with rheumatism
for fourteen years and nothing seemed to
give me any rcli-f. | was able to be
around all the time, but constantly
suffering. | had tried everything | could
hear of and ut last was told TO try Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, which did, and
WAS Immediately relieved and in short
time cured. am happy TO say that II
has not since return ed.-Josh. Edgar.
Germantown, Cal. For sale by H. w.
Gushing, Skowhegan, and sullivan New.
ton. Jackman.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

Saxon makers of needles drove England
out of Brazil by wrapping their goods in
pink paper instead of black. Other Ger
mans are catering to the fondness Of
Russians for red in their dress. France
recently learned how distasteful green is
to Chinaman, but it cost good deal Of
money to make the discovery
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

A frequent cause of he oiIness on the
outside of lamps is that the wick is kept
too high when unlighted 1t should be
that the wick draws the oil 10
the surface, and il it projects too far above
the burner. it will soon accumulate oil
there, which will find its way slowly over
the outside.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
The Way to Beautify Home

Is to do as they all are doing. Ask
your grocer, who knows all about it,
has something for you in the way of a
coupon book which enables you to get
one large 10c package of "Red Cross"
starch, one large 10c package of Club
inger's Best" starch, with the premiums,
two Shakespeare panels or one Twenti-
eth Century Girl calendar, all for &c.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
He Fooled the Surgeons

All doctors told Renick Hamilton of
West Jefferson, o., after suffering Is
months from rectal fistula, he would die
unless costly operation was performed,
but he cured himself with Bucklen's
Arnica salve, the best in the world.
Surest pile cure on earth. Csc box
At F. Fl. Wings Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

The stoves of the Bolivian Indians are
curious things. A hole is dug in the
ground about eighteen inches deep and a
foot square. and over this is built roof
of clay, with holes of different sizes TO re-
ceive the various cooking pots. Roasting
is done on splits passed through the holes.
so that the meat comes out very much
smoked unless great care is taken to have
only live Goals at the bottom of the oven.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
New Notion In Growing Lima Benns.

New Notion I'm Growing Lima henhs.
For the past nine years | have raised
lima beans in my garden and for two
years past have used wire in place Of
bean poles. and wish to say that any
one having once used wire will never
go back to the old system. On the
south side of an old building | have
set some cedar posts ten feet or more
above the ground and about 80 feet
from the building. On these posts have
been spiked some 2 by 4 scantling.
Some heavy screw hooks are fastened
to the building, and to the hooks
fasten a heavy single wire Tor double If
preferred and run the same to the 2
by for an overhead wire. | have my
hills all boxed in with six inch strips
of lumber and drive a plug or short
stake in the center of each hill and
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
r4;i8312..1 ! !:
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A STABLE VENTILATOR.
Designed to be snow. Rain, Wind
and Sparrow Proof.

Designed TO be snow, RAIN Nihu
and Sparrow Proof.
When MAN goes into his stable anu
finds a bushel or two of snow under
the ventilator shaft. he wonders If it
wouldn't he fully rs conducive TO the
comfort of his cows if he had less ven
tilation and ii is not essential that we
have snow 10 have ventilation, accord
ing to The Farmers Institute Bulletin,
which says the plan here shown will
solve the difficulty. \ a are windows
hung on easy working hinges. Il Is an
iron rod. not too heavy, connecting the
two windows and long enough so that
when one is closed the other will be
open, as shown in the large cut.
When there is no wind, the windows
will hang. as shown in small cut.
When the wind is in the west, the
pressure will close the window on that
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
More Agricultural Poetry.

Members OF SkoWhegan Grange
trying to enliven their meetings W
bits of poetry, just for cham
A few weeks since, A. r. Smiley came
the front with poem on "The man "
milks the cow" AT the last meet
the following original poem on N
man who builds the fire. was int
duced:
THE MAN WHO BUILDS THE FIRE
We've heard OF the man behind the gun,
And Of the man behind the pillow,
The brilliant work that each has done,
With the man that milks the COW.
But above them all, beyond them ALL
From son TO aged sire,
Is the man who, at early morning light,
Turns out and builds the fire.
To keep up the kitchen fire
Through summers heat and winters col
From boyhood's ea-ly days
To the time the man is old,
Is feat so far beyond
Either gun, or pillow, or COW,
That we gladly take the pen
And place laurels on his brow.
We give great credit to the gun,
AS tho war deserved our praise,
And we speed the honest pillow
Through spring and autumn days;
And the milk upon the farm
We praise still higher and higher,
But they all go into the shade
Compared with the kitchen fire.
1t is fine thing to live
In this grand old State of ours
When summer broods DER the land,
Crowned with fruit and flowers,
But whep winter takes the lead
What do we the most require
Isn't it sunny and cosy place
Alongside the kitchen fire
All honor to the husbandman,
As he works throughout the day
just for his board and clothing,
Expecting no other pay.
Working through the winter day,
Working for his hearts desire,
Working for that store of wood
That goes to the kitchen fire.
And each succeeding morning,
AS the years 60 passing by,
When cares rest heavily upon him,
AID OLD age comes drawing nigh,
With his wife quietly sle' ping,
1t ne'er diSturbs his ire,
To turn out at early morn
And build the kitchen FIRE.
How could you bake your bread
How would you cook your meat
How supply your table
With anything fit to eat
How would you, when you could
Neither beg, nor buy, nor hire,
Without the aid that comes
BY help Of the kitchen FIRE.
There are heroes on the sea,
Born heroes on the laud
Heroes are in the ranks,
And heroes in command,
But of all the living heroes,
The one we most admire,
Is he who gets up bravely
And builds the kitchen fire.
A man may have wealth,
Or kind and loving heart,
He may possess those gifts
That the world calls right smart
He may be able to detect
A true man from liar,
But greater than all of this
Is the man who builds the FIRE.
1t takes courage to face the guns;
'Tis task to drive the pillow,
Ind all of us will honor
The man who mi'ks the COW.
But when you seek perfection
In boy or man or sire
Just point in the direction
or the man who builds the FIRE.
Now girls, word to you,
just starting out in life,
Each one Of you expecting
Tn some day be wife,
Don't let the thirst of wealth
BE first in your desire,
But prefer above all others
The man who builds the fire.
s. F. EMERso'
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
PAINT Y0llR BllGcY FOR 75c.

with Devoe's Gloss Carriage Paint, ready
for use; 10 colors Gives high gloss
equal to new. Sold by j. D. Rawles &
Co. 4m10
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

A Capitalist: DO you see that dog9" Eyes.
But what is there so wonderful about himf''
"Hes worth filthy thousand dollarsl" "Good
graciousl How did he save the money"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

In Norway the average length of life is
said to be greater than in any other coun-
try on the globe.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
For Women.

DIR. Tolman's Monthly Regulator has brought
happiness TO hundreds of anxious women
There is positively no other remedy known
to medical science, that will so quickly and
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in mind this remedy is absolutely safe under
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The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

R-I-P-A-S.S 10 for cents at druggists, ThaT
Danish pain and proiong life One gives relief. ne
matter what's the matter one win do you good.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29

| scfOlHHl, dyspepsia anu ltleullallsn.
Reportsagreet that HOODS CURES
| Judge: Here, office this man says he was
arrested for merely taking cold. Is that cor
rec?' Officer: lit is, Your homer. He was
stealing ice when nabbed hint"
whats a souvenir, Aunt AnpP"
! ooh, it's anything you ep so long that you
| can't remember where you kot it,
Burdock Blood Bitters gives man clear
! head an active brain, strong vigorous body
makes him III for the battle of life.
One reason for refusing pension to Que en-
| Lii was perhaps a tear that Aguinaldo would
| regard ii as precedent.
Educate Your Bowels With cascarets.
| Candy cathariic. cure constipation forever,
! 10c 25c. II c. c, C fail, druggists refund money
| Doublv Difficult: Haven't YOU read Sir
/ Waiter Scott s novels, Miss Drusilla?' Eyes.
| | once Fad onr aud it WAS horrie d-historlcal
aud dialect, toe"
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 25c.
IL c. c. C. fail to cure druggists refund money.
Claribel do you feel timid about king your
/ husband for money?
No pa but sometimes he seems to feel timid
about giving 1t TO me.
| Don't Tobacco Spit aud Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco EASILY and forever. be mag
netic, full of life nerve aud vigor take MOTTO
| Bac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All drugE lists, SOC or ST. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
A Chicago Dung man broke off the engage
meut because he found his affianced's false
hair on the parlor table. His life was wrecked
by a misplaced switch, so to speak.
For Over Fifty Years.
NRs. wINsLow SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over,fifty years by millions of moth
| ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, seftens
| the gums. allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is he best remedy for Diarrhoea. II will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
sold by Druggists in every part of the world.
Twenty five cents bottle. Be sure and ask
| for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup" and
| take no other kind. lY38
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
CANCER s ss=.s: ss :s @s s1s es7 ::

Surgical operations and flesh destroying plaster
No matter how often cancerous sore Is reno
Does this prove conclusivey that Cancer Is biz
blood trouble by cutting or burning out the sore,
the poison1
Cancer runs in families through many general
time to be stricken with the deadly malady
The Somerset reporter., 1900-03-29
ONLY Blood Diseases can be TT;

further proof that Cancer is disease of the blood
To cure blood disease like this you must cure the entire
Cancer effecualy and permanently but s. S. S.
S. s. the circulation searches out and removes al
or ordinary blood medicine do this S. S. s. down
allowing the heal naturally and permanently s. S. s.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-27

tivcs. They bind their feet, after
the Chinese habit, so that they are
dwarfed and unnatural in size.
The mothers do this to the chill
drcn so when they are grown they
have an excuse to beg all the rest
Of their lives. ! saw II specimen
of this custom before the post of
flee building the other day; II
grown man. He was the most
pitiful looking object | ever looked
upon; his feet stuntcd in size and
his arms and hands all twisted and
bent. And then the expression ON
his face! 1t would almost bring
pity to II heart of stone. Some of
the worst looking specimens Of
humanity here ever saw.
1t is uncomfortabIy cool here
this summer. | wish it were warm
en-. Would like TO send you a
pomcgranitc. You have read III
the Biographies Of the specimens
grown in this country; but You
ought 10 taste one. y squash
shaped vegetable grows here, the
meat of which is very mellow and
| the natives use it to spread on
their bread as butter. The natives
here get drunk on the juice from II
plant they call polko, pronounced
pulkn. The native women carry
/ the men their dinners when the
men are off at work. The entire
family goes along and they dine
together. Am learning to like the
cooking of the natives. They bake
II cake that is tastclcSS. II is thin
and fiat and made of corn meal.
They bake them in II folio shape
and carry Their NlctlInlS 10 the
mouth with them. Knives and
forks are not used.
II has been raining every day
lately. | like the climate Of this
country, but taking this advantage
against that it doesn't come mp
with the States, and give me grand
old Missouri above them all.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-27
From Old Mexico.

Miss MolIic Fletcher, formerly
of Laddonia, this county, Il sister
of Mrs. John BcaI, of this city, is
now located in the City of Mexico,
Mexico, and writes the following
letter to the MESSAGE:
See by the paper you have had
the smallpox in Mexico. Hope
You have stamped it out cffcctuaIIy
ere this. That disease is very
common down here; people do not
seem to fear it, and the disease is
hardly ever mentioned. Judging
by the number Of people you see
with marked faces about half the
people here have been afflicted
with that disease.
In the section Of the city where
| am located YOU can see at least
four or five funeral ears in but II
couple of hours-not dead from
smallpox, however. But people
seem to die here like sheep. II is
because they are so filthy in their
habits of living. Their living hab-
its are horrible, terrible. csti-
mate they have from twenty to
thirty funerals in this city every
day. They keep the poor old
mules trotting. The poor hire II
coffin and when they get to the
grave they take the stiff ont
and dump it into the grave and
bring the coffin back. ! saw an
extraordinary case IL few days ago
the coffin had $500 or 5000
worth of flowers on it. | have
seen women carrying tOmbstoncs,
or rather headboards, out to the
cemeteries. The women buy them
and go and mark the graves them
selves, the men are too busy or
don't care.
You see so many people on the
streets here all warped aud twisted
i'll their bodies-l mean the ma
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-27
Massacre of Chinese.

London, Sept. 21.-"Authentic
accounts have been received here, "
says the Moscow correspondent of
the Standard, "of horrible mas
sacre at Blagovestchensk, which
was undoubtedly carried out under
direct order from the Russian au-
thorities, and which then let loose
the tide of slaughter thruout Am
ur.
"The entire Chinese population
of 5000 souls was escorted out of
town to spot five miles up the
Amur, and then, being led in
patches of few hundred to the
river bank, was ordered to cross
over to the Chinese side.
"NO boats were provided, and
the river is a mile wide. The Chi
nese were flung alive into the
stream and were stabbed or shot at
the least resistance, while Russian
volunteers, who lined the bank,
dubbed or shot any who attempt
ed to land. Not one escaped alive.
The river bank for miles was
streWn with cOrpses.n
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-27
NEW SOURCE OF oUTTAPERcHA
A German says tho Trees That Produce
II WII Grow In the Philippines.

In a monograph. Just published in
Germany, it is shown that the Philip
pines are among the few places on
earth In which the trees from which
guttapercha Is procured will flourish.
The value OF this statement Is not to
be undcrratcd for two reasons One
Is that guttapercha Is an Indispensable
material for the making OF submarine
cables and golf balls the other Is that
the trees In Sumatra and Borneo. from
which the chief supply has hitherto
been drawn are almost entirely er-
hausted. The cause OF this exhaus-
tion lies in the primitive and destruc-
tive methods which were formerly en-
ployed for gathering this valuable
commodity. The natives who never
have any thought for the morrow have
ruthlessly cut down whole forests OF
trees, so that they might scrape tho
guttapercha. which Is nothing but tho
sap from inside the bark. This whole
sale destruction carried on for years
has greatly diminished tho annual
| crop, but the discovery that these trees
grow and can be successfully cult
waited In the Philippines offers hope
that a new mine Of wealth has been
found for American enterprise as soon
as the Islands are paciRed. While the
chief use OF guttapercha is, OF course,
for the isolatIng covering of electric
wires. n large quantity Is used for the
manufacture Of golf balls, for which
no other material seems so well adapt
cd. Its hardness after having been
submitted to the proper pressure, and
It's toughness make 1t the only golf ball
material yet discovered. The amount
OF cable laid since 1856 Is some 4l,S53
knots, representing cost for the
cables alone OF millions OF pounds
sterling, and as the prospects are that
during the next fifty years many more
cables will be required and laid, the
demand for guttapercha is almost un-
limited. The wealth which gutta-
percha in the Philippines holds out to
American enterprise Is in proportion
to this demand.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-27
Didn't Believe Anything.

A skeptical young man confront
ed an old Quaker with the state
ment that he did not believe in the
Bible. The Quaker said:
"Dost thou believe in France!"
"Yes, tho have not seen it !
have seen others who have; besides
there is plenty of corroborative
proof that such a country does ex-
ist."
"Then thee will not believe any
thing thee or others have not
SEEM"
Mo, to be sure / won't"
"Did thee ever see thine own
brains!"
"No."
Ever see anybody that did,"
mo"
docs thee believe thee has any!"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-27

happy, Ovcrty-strickcn wife. lie
had to show his SmartncSS even if
it were only to himself, and make
IL contract with me which was so
closely arranged that was swim
died.
"Nlcn like O'Day can get all the
money they want, but they are
blind, since they see only money
in their lives. They miss all the
sweetness of human existence.
Their triumphs are summed up in
the list Of people they have done,
and do not contain the name of i
single person whom they have
made happy.
Poor wretch, Poor O'Day! He
has bundles Of money, but not ;
fricnd-not ii woman or child that
loves him"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-27
Republicans Nominate.

The Republicans held Il mass
meeting in Mexico last Thursday
andnominated the following county
ticket:
Representative, w. A. Boyd.
Collector, Y. W. Hughlctt.
Sheriff, Finley johnson.
Assessor, NJ. w. Syler.
Treasurer, Ed. Kunkel.
Prosecuting Attorney, c. a,
Barnes.
Coroner, DR.. Owens.
Public Administrator, Henry
Schrieffer.
Judge Western District, w. p.
Reed.
Judge Eastern District, VIM.
WeStenhalf.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-09-27
She "Fixed" Him.

Purcell, /. T., Sept. 2O.-Joe
Nemeshek, who is 80 years old,
was in the habit of getting on
weekly drunks, much to the dis
gust of his young Indian wife. He
came to Purcell, bringing his wife
along. While in town he got glo-
riously drunk, and upon starting
home quarreled with his wife. She
threw him from the buggy, tied a
rope around his neck and dragged
him nearly mile. Then she east
him in the creek bottom and COW
cred the body over with sand. Of
ficers arrested her today, and she
will be sent to jail at Ardmore.
Nemeshek was white.