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The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
USING BrsULPHIDE OF CARBON.

USING BISULPHIDE OF CAkBON.
method for applying the liquid to kill
such pests as the cabbage root maggot
and our experiments indicated that 1t
was one of the best methods of fight
ing this serious cabbage pest says M.
" Slingerland in Rural New Yorker.
Recently fruit trees have been treat
ed with the liquid for the woolly aphis
and the peach tree borer. We were I'M
successful In our experiments against
the peach tree borer. and large quaint
ties of the liquid were used In Califor
MIA in peach orchards with the result
killed. and some also killed hundreds
Of their trees. In Missouri apple trees
were treated for the woolly aphis with
successful results when the liquid was
properly applied. 1t was found that
when the liquid was injected into the
soil near the trunk or base of the tree
1t usually killed the tree, but when in
jected away from the tree foot or
two, taking care not to strike main
or large root. that no injury resulted to
the trees.
Thus experiments show that If the
substance is injected into the soil so
that none of the liquid touches the
roots the fumes may penetrate all
through and around the roots and kill
all animal life in the soil without injur-
ing the roots. In the case of small
plants like cabbages, Strawberries and
the like one should inject the liquid
in the manner shown in the figure. be.
ginning several inches away from the
base Of the plant, making slanting
hole extending underneath the root
system of the plant and arrange with
the injector or by means of a tin tube
or funnel inserted In the bole) to apply
the liquid at the bottom of the hole.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
In Memory of Mrs. Mary A.
Bowman.
[By MRS. W. J. HIGGINS.


Gone sayest thouY Can 1t be SO:
That we shall no more meet below.
No more behold the pleasant face.
And quiet ways of winning gracef
We feel 1t was an early day,
Our precious friend was called away.
Why, Obi our Father. why so soon.
Why did her sun set while twas noon.
Alas we poor blind mortals know
Not why the Father wills it So
All we can do is humbly bow
And ask His blessings on US now.
Our Father bless the kindred near
And kindly sooth each flowing tear.
Sustain their heart, twas Thy command,
Help them to see Thy guiding hand.
Until the lone ones in that home
From which the dear loved one has gone.
Grant ape cial aid unto them now,
AS meath Affections rod they bow
Comfort each Borrowing Patrons heart,
Today, as we are called to part
With one whom we held very dear.
And whose sweet memory we'll revere.
Help us In word and deed, each day
To walk like her in VISIONS way,
And on us patrons. one and all.
Obi let her precious mantle fall.
The following resolutions of respec'
were adopted by Victor Grange, p. of II
Whereas, Our all Father in his infiLite
wisdom, which we with our finite minds,
cannot understand, has seen fit TO take
10 fuller life our dearly loved sister,
Mary A. Bowman, therefore
Resolved, That as God has opened to
her eyes that paradise, not made with
hands, eternal In the Heavens and left
her place empty on earth, We, the mem.
bers of Victor Grange No. 40. tender our
heartfelt sympathy to those who were
more closely bound to her by the ties of
nature, especially the husband, whose
home she bad gladdened many years by
her sweet presence and those who realize
most acutely the vacant place.
Resolved, That we, as brothers and
sisters of our great order, have met in
losing the influence of this true, pure
life, q loss that can never be made up to
US.
"He giveth his beloved sleep"
And yet the tears that downward creep
We cannot stay.
BY us the cross Is borne,
BY her the crown is worn
OF living day.
Her crown is wrought OF purest gold,
It's gems are loving deeds untold,
Bright beams of light.
Her weaving OF life's web is Ger
And we who see the pattern left forever
more,
See colors bright.
The warp, in lines of duty straightly set
The filing, loving kndpess none forget,
The whole well wrought.
And tho of presence sweet bereft,
We feel her kindly influence left,
In lessons taught.
KATE B. ELLIS, Committee
HELEN NJ. JONES, on
j. K. ALLEN. Resolutions.
Fairfield Center, Nov. 3, 1900.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
Candied Honey,

At the approach of winter extracted
honey will candy or crystalline unless
kept In a temperature above so de-
grees, and even then with some kinds
of honey it is difficult to prevent II
from candying This is regarded by
most beekeepers as test of its purity.
Honey that has been adulterated with
glucose or other foreign matter as a
rule will not granulate or crystalline
when kept In a moderately cool place.
Honey that has granulated may be re-
stored to its liquid form by placing the
bottle or jar in a pan and setting on
the kitchen stove or range. The pan
should be partly filled with water and
heated slowly until the honey is melt
ed. If melted gradually and only heat
ed enough to restore it to Its liquid
state. 1t does not injure or impair the
flavor in the least.-American Garden
ing.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
From New Zealand.

ReeftOn, New ZEALAND, Nov. %, 1896
] am very pleased to state that since |
took the agency of Chamberain's med =
cnes the sale has been very large, moe
especially of the Cough Remedy. In
two years have sold more of this pr
ticular remedy than of all other makes
tor the previous five years. As to its
efficacy, have been Informed by scores
of persons Of the good results they have
received from it, and know its value
from the use of II in my own household.
IL is so pleasant to take that we have TO
place the bottle beyond the reach Of the
children. K. j. SCANTLEBURY.
For sale by H. w. Cushing, Skowhe-
gan, and Sullivan Newton, Jackman.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
Key to the WOrking-Girl's
Success.

Whatever vocation the girl wage
worker settles upon she may as well
accept the fact, first as last, that slip.
shod performance and inadequate equip
ment will win no favor, will not even
secure foothold," writes Margaret E
Sangster In the November Ladies' HON.
Journal "The ranks are everywhere
crowded, and the second-rate work mus'
go to the wall. In most fields the sup
ply is well 10 excess Of the demand, and
only he capable, the efficient, the com
petenr and the Trustworthy may hope H.
find their niche. AS a grain OF satisfsc-
ton let it be added that those possess u
OF desirable qualities, those who aye
ready for service and are responsible IL
their work, are sure to be appreciated
and will never cease TO be wanted"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
NOTICE Of FORECLOSURE.

whereas. Hiram q. Weston Of Madison, in
the county Of Somerset and State Of Maine. by
his mortgage deed dated the twelfth day OF
January, 1885. and recorded In the Somerset
registry Of deeds. book iSs pese y, conveyed
dian Of Carrie n; Weston. one Of the under:
signed. all Of said Madison, . certain PAL Gel OF
real estate. situate in said Madison in the
county Of Somerset. and bounded - follow:
On the north by land occupied b. B. P. ].
Weston on the east by land Of said B. p. J.
Weston on the south BY land Of Mrs. Rebecoa
the vest by the Kennsbec river. containing
two hundred acres more or less. And where's
the said c. D. Morrill,. guardian ~ Aforesaid
duly assigned ell his said interest in said
mortgage to the undersigned, Carrie y. Wes-
ton, BY his deed OF assignment dated October
10 A. D. 1900, and recorded in Somerset regis
try OF deeds. book 2ls, page 6e6; and whereas
the condition Of said mortgage has been
broken, now therefore. by reason OF the breach
OF the condition thereof, we claim q foreclos-
ure Of said mortgage. 3w43
Oct. II, 1900.
MARY A. WE STON,
CARRIE M. WESTON.
By Walton & Walton, their attorneys.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
HOW | GRO'.3 F0TETOtS.
khe Practice of Spec Ia list In the
Famous Aroosf4 uI> district.


A specialist in paiat3 growing in the
famous Aroostook i..eg district has
told in New England Iiom, ;ead how
he grows the crop on three farms
which are deN oled To potato produc-
zion. lie says:
1t would hardly be safe for the form
rr with any Kind of wet, heavy soil
to adopt our me1hod of planting and
cultivation. Any farmer who fe, IS like
putting in p1actice any suggestions |
make shout do so on Il small scale, as
an experiment.. | make 1t point to
have all my potato ground ploWed in
the fall. Our Seasons are too short to
allow mucI spring blowing. II it is
an old polato 6eld. it should have a
second blowing in the spring. We use
spring tooth harrows aud no other
kind. y .seing tooth harrow, with
pair of heavy ho,ses or three light
horses abreast. win pulverize any
Aroostook soil deep enough to give a
perfect seed bed for potatoes.
We plapt wholly with ii potato pant
er and with fertilizer attachment,
which does all lie work opens the fur
row, drops and covers the seed. applies
and covers the fertilizer nj one opera
ton as fast as a pair of horses can
walk. one man with team hauls the
seed POTATOES and fertilizer to the held
and plants four or five acres Il day
The furrow is opened about four inch
es deep. This completes the planting.
If small seed is used, size of hen $
egg or II little smaller. they are cut in
halves; larger potatoes cut one or two
eyes to piece. When the potatoes
begin to break ground. we put on the
horse hoe with coverers and scrape on
from two TO four inches more dirt
This does not iniure the potatoes in the
least, but it kills all the weeds that
have come up in the rows. This saves
many dollars in labor with hand hoes.
For cultivating and hoeing | use the
horse hoe Three men last season with
three pairs of horses performed all the
labor in caring for IS acres of potatoes.
and at harvesting time there was not a
ton of weeds on the whole - acres.
lt odiilt lli''Il 'tHi inv pNhti la Al
work, cutting hay. etc. besides max
ing four applications of bordeaux mix
ture. This WAS applied with one
horse sprayer which covered four rows
at once. One man prepared the mix
ture and covered 20 acres day.
| pillow in all kinds of manure made
on the flrlh. use about four cords per
acre as far as il will 90. This, with
300 to 800 pounds of fertilizer to the
acre W II, give from 300 to 300 bushels
Of potatoes. AS far as possible | prac-
tice three years otation-potatpcS
wheat o. oats and clover. On clover
sod the best results are obtain ~ y
using 300 pounds of fertilizer per acre,
| per cent nitrogen. I per cent phos-
phoric acid and 10 to II per cent pot
ash, Last season my crop was made
up of - seed varieties. planted on 12l
acres. with an average yield of 225
bushels per acre. Potatoes are all dug
with digger and stored in my six po-
tato houses, where the temperature Is
kept as low as possible without injury
by frost.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
Drilling Grain.

The Minnesota experiment station
tried for several years drilled wheat
by the side of wheat sown broadcast
These were field tests on considerable
areas, and they found as an average
that the drilled wheat yielGed so per
cent more than that which was broad
casted. The results were most marked
in seasons when the soil was dry, as
the seeds were well covered at a uni
form depth by the drill, and thus ger
minated more freely and evenly.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
Notice OF Foreclosure.

Whereas, James Mantor. of Arson, In so ner-
set County, S'a of Maine, by his mortgage
deed dated the 18th day OF September. A. ID.
1873, and recorded in Somerset Registry of
Deeds, Book 720, Page 30. conveyed to Mary u.
Tracy Of said Arson, O certain piece of real
estate situated on School street In North An.
sonNvillage, In said AnsoD, being the brick
bounded on the north by land OF Albert
Moore: on the east by said street on the sou tn
by land OF Penjamin Hilton ard James 3.
Gahan on tn" west by land of VIII mcLain,
containing fry acres, more or less; and
whereas. the conditions of said mortgage have
been broken, now, therefore. by reason of the
breach thereof l claim foreclosure Of said
mortgage. 9w43
Dated October %, A. D. 1900.
MARY e. TRACY.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
TO prevent consumption quickly cure
throat and lung troubles with One Min
ute Cough Cure. Geo. 4. Sampson.

throat and lung troubles with One Min
ute Cough Cure. Geo. 4. Sampson.
Old Lady tseverelyj; "You wicked boy,
stealing your little sisters apple Bo' =
haven't stole it, I'm only Communicating It,"
Diphtheria relieved in twenty minutes. AL
most miraculous Dir. Thomas Eclectric oil.
AT any drug store.
FIR m French Journal we learn that we
are making warn ished paper tiles durable and
better than slate tiles.
Little Colds" negleeta d-thousands of lives
sacrificed ev ny year. Dr. Woods Norway. Pine
Syrnp cures little colds-cures big colds, too,
down to the very verge of consumption
His Presents Desired: Mr.. de Trop (at the
door. "Is Miss Mabel at homer" Maid: mo,
sir; but she rays IL that's box Of candy she
saw in your hand ye might Fave It,"
Years of suffering relieved in night Itching
piles yield at once TO the curative properties of
Doan's Ointment. Never fails At any drug
store, so cents
Sarcasm: The Boston little boy was very
very angry Emerson" he cried, seizins his
com panlon by the hair. ave mind to civilize
you within an inch OF your life"
INDIGESTION, resulting from
] weakness of the stomach, is relieved
by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great stom-
ach tonic and cure for DYSPEPSIA.
Contemplate Weakness-Ethel-"tto le yer
Tommy didn amount 10 much" Adelbert-
II kin see he don't. De idea OF Teller lettin'
his mudder keep him goin' to school an him
over eleven"
For Over Fifty Years.
MRS. WIRsLow SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions Of moth
ers for their children while teethiug, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, ssftens
the ga ms, allsys all pain, cures wind collie and
Is the best remedy for Disrrhoea. 1t will re-
liaye the little aufYerer fmmadfntAlv
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. lv38
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
The Best Plaster.

A piece of flannel dampened wi
Cha m berlsin's Pain Balm and bound 90
70 The affected parts Is superior to any
plaster. When troubled with pain In
the chesr or side, or a lame back, give
trial. You are certain to be mOr,
than pleased with the prompt relief
which il affords. Pain Balm ia also a
certain cure for rheumatism. For sal'
by Fl. w. Gushing, Skowhegan, aid
Sullivan Newton, Jsckman.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08

RACK FOR FODDER

The outside rack will catch the surplus
and stock will pick that over later on
when the supply runs short In the
rack. 1t is built on runners so it can
be moved from place to place with
team. The outside rack should be
made of heavy poles, as the reaching
of the cattle Will break ordinary lum-
no
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
Movable Fodder Rack.

A very good fodder rack for cattle Is
made either of poles or of lumber. A
plank will answer for the bottom Of
the rock proper. and the boards should
be far enough apart to let the cattle
get the fodder freely from the rack.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
Boston Steamers.
kennebec Steamboat Co.

Commencing Sept 30th. 1900, steamer "Della
Collins" will leave Augusta daily Sundays ex
cer ted, at 100 p m, Hallowell 80, connecting
with steamers which leaves Gardiner at 500,
Richmond 4.l5 and Bath at O'Clock on Tues
days. Thursdays and saturdays for Boston.
Returning win leave Lincoln wharf, Boston,
on Monday, ednesday and Friday evening at
O'Clock, arriving In season to connect with early
morning steam and electric cars, also with early
morning boat for Roothbay and tn" 'slsn :.
Fare between Augusta, Hallowell, Gardiner
and Boston way Sl.75, or So 90 for round trip;
Richmond 81 80, round trip $3.50; bath sl.26,
round trip S200
Freights taken at low rates, carefully hand
led and promptly delivered.
JAMES b. DRAKE, Pres.
Allen Partridge, Agent. Augusta.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
4E[4 AHk4|8
Of Trains In Erect
Oct. 9th, 1900

Trains leave Skowhegan fol ows e 30 A. NJ
for all points v est also to Bangor. Nanc, boro
st. Stephen, Houlton, Woodstock, St John
and Halifax Las P, Nj. for Watervile Oakland,
Bingham, Lewiston. Augusta Gardiner and
Brunswick, Portland and Boston, Dexter
Town, Pate and Houlton via & A. K R. &
Mattawamkeag; $40 P. N (mixs d. for Water
Vile enabling passengers t. connect for Oak.
land and to take night Pullman for Portland
and Boston.
ARR1vALS:-7.i5 A. M. mixed from Waite,
vile, daily except Mon iays:-10.30 A. y.
Passenger from Portland, Oakland, W aterville,
Augusta and Bangor;-4.bo r. M. from all
points.
GEO. F. EVANS, Vice Pres, and Gen. Mgr
F. K. BOOTHBY, General Pas'r. agent.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08

Encouraging. Mr.. Prancer: "I'n sorry I'm
such an awkward dancer. Miss Perkins" Miss
Ps.lins-'1h: you're doing fairly well MT
worse than this with other girls"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08

Cure that cough by using SIMPSONS
syrup Of white pine and tar at Samp-
sons drug store.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08

~sFlag stations; At which trains will 'toV
ON signal or notice to Conductor.
iStops only TO take or leave Freight.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgew6ck, for Mercer, and Smith,
field and With Electric Oars TO and iiUn
4kowhsgan. At Arson, fol 6swyer's NILE sn...
letarks). At No. Arson, for North and W." on;
New Portland, Dead River, rlagstan ~.
MAyneld, Kingsbur3 and Abbott.
W. n. Arm 6uPr.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08
ErssDuS-e Blood Invites Disease.

The Deacon: "Do you know what happens
to boys who tells lies?" Small YOUTH Eyes,
sir. They gifts off. sometimes. II they tells
good ones"
What's the secret of ha py, vigorous health?
liver and kidneys strong and active. Burdoek
Blood Bitters does it,
The first Photographic portrait taken from
life was produced by Professor Draper at the
University of New York In 1889.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-02-10

provided for in the same manner as
other city institutions.
A great interest attaches to the be-
ginning OF things have thought, now
that library matters are on the carpet,
perhaps you might like to make upa
little story embodyiEg some OF the facts
OF those early days, and 50 i shall mail
to you the copies Of the Journal before
referred to for your information.
1t is perhaps doubtful il any one has
preserved copies OF these papers, and as
they have historical value. should
like to have you either return them to
me or send them to Miss Dennis. with
Il . suggestion that they be preserved in
the archives OF the library-and | guess
this latter course would be preferable.
In November. 1898, wrote and sent
to Miss Dennis. for preservation, brief
history Of "the beginning Of things"
accompanied by duplicate copies OF the
same papers which / send to you. and /
think the missing one also, but they
were probably all destroyed in the fire.
1 think it quite likely that MIR. Carnegie
would be interested to see the old papers.
and possibly he may when. next year,
he shall visit Lincoln to inspect the
beautiful library building at the inter-
section Of Eleventh and streets" Very
truly yours, T. II. LEAvITT.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-02-10
The Library.
ISL FREMONT BUILDING,

OIL i REMONT DUlLDING,
BosToN, Mass, February 3, 1900.
Editor Courier:
have just read in The Courier Of last
week, with great deal Of interest, some
observations on "Tbe Library Site"
and am delighted with the idea. 1t
seems to me that it must commend itself
to the good sense of the library board
and to the citizens generally. and hope
it may be adop.ed for l hardly think
anything better-or so good-can be
suggested.
don't expect ever to see the com
pIeted library building. but it will be
personal qualification to me to know
that such building is erected 10 suit
ably commanding location, beautiful in
style and architecture, we'll stocked and
conducted, and in a healthy, growing
condition.
doubt il you know, what am sure
it will be Of interest to you to know,
that the Lincoln public library had it's
inception or origin in Your mothers
house.
1t was on a morning in November,
1875, that, sitting at the breakfast table,
the conversation turned upon books,
good reading, libraries, ETC., when Mrs.
Parks remarked, why can't We have a
library here in Lincoln ?" to which
made reply. We can and, what is more,
we will"
The words were spoken without FORE
thought, on the impulse of the Eoment,
but We had walked up the subjsct. I
went down town directly and called on
Mr.. Gere. talked library, reading room,
books, periodicals, papers, ETC., and as
result in the next issue of the Journal
appeared call for meeting Of citizens
to consider proposition to establish
public library and reca:ug room.
The meeting was held on the evening
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-02-10


Toms, no man who has wavered In
his allegiance, to the party that nOmi-
mates him can be elected. He may be
nominated and defeated, as Toms
and heretical republicans have been
nominated and defeated Lefore.
1t is very doubtful il republican
legislature can be elected. Two Unit.
ed States senators are to be chosen.
If the republican candinates are han
dicapped by the suspicion Of a pledge
to the most corrupt of politicians, the
pOpnlists can elect almost any one.
The observations in regard to the
only sort of governor the republicans
can elect apply with the same force to
the legislators and to all the state
officers. Only republicans Of excep-
tional ability, and unquestiOnable
Identification wish the republican
party can be elected. The convention
should exclude every one from con-
sideratiOn who has not fought the
battles of the republicans, who has
not represented the party in cOnven-
tions. and whose counsel has not been
proved wise. Not for fraction Of a
moment should any candidate for any
Office be considered who has even
been charged with an attempt to Sc
cure an Office by promises, either writ
ten or verbal, to support the prin-
ciples or measures Of the pOpulists or
any combination Of parties opposed
to the republican party. The repub-
lican party can stand defeat, but it
cannot and it never will make a
standard bearer of any man whose de-
sire for Office was so irresistible that it
induced him to go into combination
with the fusionists when defeated by
republican votes. A man who agrees
to deny every principle Of the party
from whom he has been seeking an
election, in consideration of receiv-
ing the Office from the hands of the
opposite party is not the man who
should ever again receive favOrs from
the republican party.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-02-10
Kipling to Julia Narrow.

Rudyard Kipling sent as Christmas
present 70 Julia Marlowe copy of his
latest book, The Days Work." with
this verse in autograph on the fiyleaf:
When skies arc gray instead OF blue,
With clouds that come to dishearten;
When things 60 wrong as they sometimes DO,
In LIES little kindergarten;
l beg you, my child, don't weep and wall,
And don't, don't take to tippling;
Bot cheer your soul with little tale
Bv Neighbor Rudyard Kipling.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-02-10

"Darn progress, anyhow" growled
Father Time; Pm doing my level best,
same as usual, to leave my traces on the
faces Of humanity, but between COM
plexion experts and deru,atologists
haven't a ghost of a show Town
Topics.