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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
A Noble Convict.
By.FIENRI

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your dodgers has taken it. | insist
on a thorough search and if they are
not found l viii call the %police!"
Charles Bravure remained on the
stairway holding his breath. His Grim.
lnal past swept before him and he be
came almost dazed with fright. Then
he thought of the diamond ring which
Jean had bought for his sweetheart
the night before.
The landlady and her daughter
obeyed the miser, who was shouting
like a mailman. At last one OF the
louis dor vas found in an old vest OF
Jean Marchand.
"Ah, the hyprocrite," cried the mis-.
er, who would have thought it?
would sooner have suspected his
black-bearded comrade."
At these words Charles returned to
his senses. Jean vas just coming up
the stairs. There was no time to be
lost. He rushed into the room, and,
confronting the miser, exclaimed:
Il am the Ia who stole your mon
ey. My conscience burns within me.
l cannot bear to see my young friend
punished for my crime. I took the
money and hid part of it in his old
vest"
At this juncture Jean entered and,
believing that his theft had been dis
covered, was about to break down
and confess all. Then Charles whis-
pered in his ear to be silent.
Call the police" said Charles. Il
am ready to be punished for my
theft, but leave me here for a few
minutes with Jean. Don't fear, you
can lock the room, l will not run
away
There was something irresistible in
the command of Charles, so while the
miser went out to summon the officer
the landlady and her daughter retired.
"Ill have none of this said Jean.
Listen to me-" replied Charles.
"You stole this money to buy the dia-
mond ring for H%enriette. This makes
you liable for a years Imprisonment.
o, my God. l say for a year; 1 mean
for life; for there is no hope for a
convict in France. l will tell you my
secret. I was seven years in the
house Of correction, one year in st.
Pelagie, three years in Toulon. You
could not bear the treatment. Never
mind, it is all fixed. l take it on my
shoulders"
Never" cried Jean.
For your parents sake, for Hen
riette's sake, keep still. I am happy
to be able to do some good in the
world. Promise me that you will
never steal again, and keep on the
straight and narrow road, and l will
be happy in prison. l love both you
and Henriette, and to see you happy
would be my greatest joy. l see you
are repentant, andI know you love
me like a son. So there; kiss me be-
fore l am taken and promise me to
be an honest man."
Just then the heavy tread of the
gerdarmes was heard on the stairway.
Charles drew Jean to his breast, press
ed a kiss on his forehead and COM
manded him to be silent. When the
officers entered the room, the noble
ex-convict offered his hands to be
manacled, and then, half laughing, he
shouted to them:
Forward, march, you ~rascals!"
Charles Bravure is in Cayenne to
this day, where he was SEN for life
as a habitual criminal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
Sheep for Sale.

LOO head of lambs, ewes and year
lings, ranging on Elbow creek. Cal
on or address.
THOMAS COLLINS,
32-tf Joliet, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-13
Fifteenth Day.

Billings, Mont, August 7th. 1901.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment at 9 o'clock a. M, there were
present w. O. Parker, chairman, Pat
Lavelle and S. X. Deverill. :
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The board proceeded with the ex-
animation of the assessment book.
The board adjourned until 2 O'Clock
n. m
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
THE RIGHT THING TO PUT ON.
(Bensons Plaster Is Pains MaSter)

From the natural impulse to put some
thing on" painful spot all applications
for the relief of pain have arisen.
The most successful have ever been poul
tees or plasters, and the best of these In
Benson's Porous Plaster.
No other has anything like the same
power as a curative agent; it is highly and
scientifically medicated, and its standard
is advanced year by year
Use Benson's Plaster for coughs, colds,
chest diseases, rheumatism, grip, neuralgia,
kidney trouble, lame back, and other all
ments that make Winter season Of suffer
ing and danger. 1t relieves and cures
quicker than any other remedy.
Do not accept Capsicum, Strengthening
or Belladonna plasters in place of Bensons,
as they possess none of It's curative power.
Insist on having the genuine.
The people of every civilized land have
testified for years to the superlative merit
of Benson's Plasters; and 5000 physicians
and druggists of this country have declared
them worthy of public confidence.
In official comparisons with others, Ben
sons Plasters have been honored with
dfty.fUe highest awards.
For sale by all druggists, or We will pre-
pay postage on any mber ordered in the
United States on the receipt of Csc. each
Accept no imitation or substitute.
Seabury d johnson, Mfg Chemists. NY.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
A KANSAS PIGPEN.

in that line: I'VE have tried everything,
from a tight barn with little window
in the south side and a stove in the
north side through 'wigwams' and open
SIZED to a bunch OF grass in the field.
AS to the merits of the pen shown, the
most important is the large hinged door
on the south side that admits sun to
the whole of the pen and keeps 1t sweet
and warm. We never have wet nor Ill
pens. Have the roof slanting
at least 40 degrees. This makes the
north side SO high that the north winds
do not blow In the pens when doors are
open. Then. again. when the roof Is
high at the center you can get into the
pen without humping your head. A
farmer gets enough bumps in life with
out going to pigpen for them. The
figure will show how the pens are con-
structed. Twelve foot roofing boards
are cut SO that 41a feet are on the south
side and IA on the north; width of
pens, 8 feet; height on sides. 80 inches,
and each SOW has seven feet in length.
Cost of materials Is about 50 per pen.
We raised $50 pigs with six pens last
spring At month old we put the lit
tiers In open sheds. We found it did
not pay, so have built six more pens"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
POPULAR soILING CROPS.
Canada Field Pea and Southern Cow
pen Far md Awny In the Lead.


pea Far and Away In the Lead.
There has seldom if ever been such
general and widespread interest mani
fest in regard to soiling crops as there
is this spring among all classes of
farmers in all parts of the land, and In
This the Canada field pea and the south
ern cowpea seem to be far and away in
the lead. The shortage in the hay crop
for a number of years has led many
farmers to consider the practicaGility
of making use of one or more Of these
rapid growing legumes as dry hay for
use during the winter months as a sub
stitute for the regular roughage of the
farm, says an Ohio Farmer writer, who
gives the following information:
The question most generally asked is
in regard to the particular kind of pea
best adapted to the latitude on which
the farmer Is located This relates
principally to the two main varieties or
types, the Canada field pea and the
cowpea. As a matter of fact, they can
not be regarded as of the same type or
even family except in this respect, that
they are both of them leguminous
plants, for the Canada field pea is pea
proper and of the hardest variety of
that particular family, while the cow
pea is not a pea at all, but a bean of
the most radical type, of tropical origin
and in many ways even more sensitive
to frost and the like than amy of the
garden beans even the more delicate
of the wax varieties.
However, 1t is thought that careful
and intelligent selection may so accli-
Matte the cowpea as TO make 1t prof
liable crop much farther north than its
natural home. Until this end Is at
tanned the northern farmer will contin-
ue to use the Canada field pea as the
more profitable crop. But the cowpea
Tor beam has lately been grown much
north of the line generally accepted as
the limit of its successful culture
The proper home of the Canada field
pea is from 80 degrees 80 minutes to 43
degrees 10 minutes of latitude and
from longitude So degrees to 70 de-
grees 40 minutes west or about 275
miles north and south and 600 miles
east and west, or about 165,000 square
miles There Is no definite dividing
line where the Canada field pea should
leave off, and the cowpea begin. The
individual grower located near that
line should make a limited and expert
mental sowing of both crops to begin
with. If a crop season of unusual
drought should occur, he will find that
the Canada field pea will suffer much
and the cowpea very little. If the sea-
son should be wet, with cool nights. or
many damp, chilly days, the Canada
pea will thrive best, while the cowpea
may be partial failure.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
WATERING BEES.
One Dee In Early Spring Worth Halt
Hundred Later On.


Watering bees is of considerable ben
eft and we would as soon think Of
allowing our other stock To roam the
country in quest of water as the bees
in the apiary. During winter the mois-
ture that eondenses in the hive fur
nishes the colony water. but during the
early spring these CONVERSATIONS cease.
They begin brood rearing early and
In order to prepare food for the young
larva must have water.
The most vigorous bees go forth in
quest of water, find 1t at some brook
or tank where it Is ice cold, fill them
selves and are chilled and do not get
back to the hive. The necessity for
water steadily increasing, other bees
go out to share a like fate until the
colony is emaciated and the brood dies,
says a writer in Orange Judd Farmer.
Every careful beekeeper well knows
that one bee in early spring is of more
value to him than half Il hundred later
on. In order TO prevent spring dwin
ding we take Mason, half gallon fruit
jar remove the screw top, take seven
eighths board four inches square and
with a small gouge or a knife cut a
groove nearly from one extreme corner
TO the other, taking care not to cut
quite to the corner Fill the jar with
water, place the board over the mouth,
inycrt all quickly and stand in a con
venient place in the apiary. When the
sun shines sufficiently SO that bees can
fly, it will also warm the water through
the glass, and we are always able to
give them pure, warm water.
No one until be has given this a
trial will fully realize how much water
a single colony will use during the
height of brood rearing. In order to
draw them from the old watering place
it may be necessary to slightly sweeteD
the water for day or two.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
News and Notes.

Two millions tons Of sugar are annu.
ally imported for the sweet tooth OF
America.
Porto Rico is country of farms, 90
per cent Of them worked by their own
ers.
There are still months to harvest
time. but II present promise holds Cali
fornia will have large cereal crops.
Wholesale tea planting on 5000 acres
of land near Charleston has been be-
gun by company that expects eventu-
ally to put 100000 pounds Of tea year
on the market.
There are at present 30 national for
estry reserves. The largest is the Cas-
cade range reserve In Oregon, consist
ing Of 4492. 800 acres.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
The Best Blood Purifier.

The blood is constantly being purified
~ the lungs, liver and kidneys. Keep
these organs in a healthy condition and
the bowels regular and you will have no
need of blood purifier. For this pur-
pose there is nothing equal to Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, one
dose of them will do you more good
than dollar bottle of the best blood
purifier. Price rs cents. samples free
at the drug store of G. R. Fogg, Show
hogan; L. G. Williams, Athens; Sullivan
Newton, Jackman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
ECZEMA,
ITOH IS TORTURE.

Eczema Is caused by an acid humor in
the blood coming In contact with the
akin and producing great redness and in
hammation little pustular eruptions form
and discharge a thin, sticky fluid, which
dries and scales off sometimes the skin Is
hard, dry and assured. Eczema in any
form is tor1nenting, stubborn disease,
and the itching and burning at times ara
almost unbearable; the acid burning
humor seems to ooze out and set the skin
on fire. Salves, washes nor other exter-
nal applications do any real good, for az
long as the poison remains in the blood
Il will keep the skin irritated.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25

BLACK ROT ON GRAPE LEAF AND STEM.
on over winter. thus carrying the fun
gus from year to year. This disease If
neglected is very destructive, and the
longer the neglect the greater Is the
difficulty In prevention. Because Of
the circumstances stated delay in be-
ginning the treatment increases the diff
ficulty. Ii is apparently essential that
first applications of fungicide for the
black rot be made while the vines are
dormant and that these be very thor
ough, followed by the applications just
before blossoming. just after the fruit
has set and a still later application.
Omission of the spraying just before
the blossoms open may lead to ragged
clusters from dropping of the small
grapes.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
TURN THE RASCALS GUT.

We are speaking of the grip microbes,
which infest the system of every one
The we'll and strong can resist their
poison, but the sickly and weak are their
prey.
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters make you
well and strong, and are natures rem
edy for expelling all grip posons from
the system.
Sold in liquid or tablets, by all drug
gsts, at % cents per bottle or box, and
your money back If not satisfactory
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
A Notion Worth Attention.

Prevention of cat smut by hot air
treatment of the seed is new idea
advanced by the Oregon station. Seed
was heated in laboratory hot air ster-
ilizer. 1t was found that exposure to
heat In wide range (from 100 degrees
TO 200 degrees F. for ten minutes did
not affect termination. 1t Is suggested
that hop and fruit driers could be used
for this purpose. 1t does away with
all the apparatus needed In the hot wa
ter and chemical solution treatment
and obviates trouble Of drying the seed
and the danger of injury to the seed
through termination, mold or decay.
which may occur with the wet method.
In one instance seed so treated pro-
duced but single head affected with
smut, and this might have come from
one kernel Of accidentally untreated
seed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
The Elephant on the Farm.

A West Virginia man has found a
new source of farm power. He ia
utilizing a small elephant bought of a
stranded circus. He finds 1t gentle.
little more expensive to keep than a
horse. and 1t can do twice the work.
He has used it for hauling logs and
rails and other heavy work.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25

Dr. II. W. Wiley of Washington says
the accumulation of arsenic in a soil
as result OF use OF arsenIcal insecti-
cides is question of considerable by
gienic Importance. He pronounces it
not improbable that the presence OF a
considerable quantity of arsenic in soils
might by absorption of the arsenic In
the growing crop result injuriously to
the consumer of food products.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
BLACK ROT OF GRAPES.

Spray While Vines Are Dormant and
Prevent Ragged Clusters.
Black rot is one of the most trouble
some and destructive of grape diseases.
1t chiefly attacks the fruit and causes
dark spotting and rotting of the green
berries, but it may also attack the
leaves, petIoles and cluster branches,
producing circular or elongated dead
spots In them. The rotted fruits per-
sist upon the branches and may hang
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
Buchanan, Mick. MAY 22.

Genesee Pure Food Co, Leroy, N. Y:
Gentlemen:-My mamma has been a great
coffee drinktr and has found it very injurious.
Having used several packages OF your GRAIN
o, the drink that takes the place OF coffee, she
finds 1t much better for herself and for us
children to drink. She has given up coffee
drinking entirely. We use package of
Grain. o every week. l am ten years old.
Yours respectfully, FANNIE WILLIAMS.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
The Palmer Worm and Another.

The Palmer Worm and Another.
The palmer worm Is one of the in
stances where a pest of years ago sud-
denly becomes prominent on account
of its abundance and extensive inju-
ries. In New York state at least Spray
ing in some instances has not overcome
II.
1t is asserted that the forest tent cat
erpilar can be frozen stiff and will sur
vive when brought into warm room.
Entomologists say 1t may be controlled
by thorough spraying at the time of
the hatch. from the latter part of
March till the last OF April and proba-
bly, into May.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
BAD FORM OF TETTER.

Por three years I
had letter on my
hands, which caused
them to swell to twice
their natural size. Part
Of the time the disease
was In the form of run
ming sores, very pain
full, a nd causing me
much discomfort. Four
doctors said the letter
had progressed too far
to be cured, and they
could do nothing for
me. / took only three
bottles of S. 8. 8. and
was completely cured.
This was fifteen years
ago, and / have never
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
The Early Bee PoIIinstes the Fruit.

Experiments made some time ago
at the Michigan Agricultural college
showed that the bees were altogether
the earliest insects out; that at the
time the average fruit tree is in bloom
it is too early in the spring for other
insects to be of any value for fruit pol
lination.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
A PIG RAlsER's NOTION.

No dumps" For the Farmer In This
Clean, Sweet, Paying PiEpen.
The picture. from Rural New Yorker,
shows the style of pigpen that a firm
Of Kansas farmers claims has given
best results after 20 years experience
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25

Absent Treatment-The oaller-"And 80
you're going abroad. For your healthf"
"Oh. not for my health. For my husbands.
am going to give him absent treatment"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25

AT.Flag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
istops only to takelor leave Freight.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, and Snltn.
field and with Electro Cars to and ron
Skowhegan. At Arson, TO Sawyers Mlhs,
(Starks). At No. Arson, for North and Wea
New Portland, Dead River, Flagstaff sns
Eustis. At Bingham for Forks, Moose River
Msyfeld, Kingsbur, and Abbott.
W. M. AVER 6UPT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25

Diphtheria, sore throat Group. Instant relief,
permanent cure. DIR. Thomas Ecectric OH.
At any drug store.
First Inference. First Politician: Ibid you
see that Weisaker has been announced to dis
cuss a few public questions from a high moral
plane?" Second Politician: ayes, I wonder
what the old greezer is sore aboutf"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
Disposition Of Liquor Cases.

Following is the disposition, at the March
Term of the Supreme Judicial Court in Som
erset County, 1901, of appealed cases and in
dictments for violation of the laws relating to
intoxicating liquors.
State vs. James Head, appt single sale,
mol pressed.
:" -" Frank c. Kendall, nuisance,
fine $50,
" Frank c. Kendall, common seller,
fine 5000.
" d" Martin P. Goliath, common seller,
fine SI2o.
" " Viyaldo Reynolds, common seller,
sentence Imprisonment 80 days in
county jail.
" c. NJ. Hilton and Harry Roadway,
appts., fine and costs sra
q" " Harry b. Hilton and Henry Wash
burn, appts.,hne and costs SIII.o7.
Cephas NJ. Hilton, nuisance, fine 500.
" William &. Heselton, nuisance,
fine SI2o.
Edward F. Cote, nuisance, fine S275
3" John ID. Symons, nuisance, fine $40.
=" -" James A. Merrill, nuisance, fine SI2o.
" Selden {. Scammon, nuisance,
fine sI7o
" Henry f. Armstrong, nuisance,
fine SI2o.
/" Thomas w. BARLEY, nuisance,
fine sII5.
" Charles II. Simpson, nuisance,
fine SI7o.
3" George f. Washburn, nuisance,
fine and costs SI45.
Robert W. Haines, nuisance, fine 81 20.
+" " Walter Pierce, nuisance, fine SI7o.
" =" Edward f. Pomlow. nuisance,
fine SI7o.
d" Harry B. Hilton, nuisance, fine 500.
Harry L. Williams, nuisance,
fine SI2o.
Trueman A. Witham, nuisance,
fine SI7o.
William Howard, nuisance,
fine and costs S27o.
George B. Fairgrieves, nuisance,
fine $40.
" " Charles f. Horne, nuisance,
fine Size.
Rufus Burns, nuisance, fine SI2o.
Huryey w. Romer, nuisance,
fine SI2oA
" Patrick J. Haggarty, nuisance,
mol pressed.
" Amidee f. Bison, nuisance, fine SI7o.
il" Joel II. Gray, nuisance,
fine and costs ST2o.
Attest; w. T, SEEKINs, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25

If troubled by weak digestion, loss
of appetite, or constipation, try few
doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Every box warranted.
For sale by q. R. Fogg, Skowhegan; L.
G. Williams, Athens; Sullivan Newton,
Jaekman.
Another Trinmph.-"How did your charity
ball turn out?" "Oh, it was a splendid sus-
Gers. Our expenses were only 1927. and we
had s433 left over for charity"
Cure the cough and save the life" Dr.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs aud
colds, down to the very verge of consumption
Mistress. Nv hat want is an active girl
Applicant: Then think I'll just suit you
I've moved about a good deal OF late--been
in no less than twelve different places in six
months
IL had a running, itching sore on my leg.
Suffered tortures. Doan's Ointment took away
the burning and itching instantly, and quickly
effected permanent cure" c. W. Lenhart,
Bowling Green ..
Mother: Tommy, I'm sorry that you and
your little sister quarreled about that ORANGE,
and that James had to interfere. Whose part
did he take?" Tommy; Whose part! He
took the whole orange"
DE SURE that your blood is rich
- and pure. The best blood purifier,
ellflcnet anu Vlta1Zef IS liOOu s SarSa-
parilla. BE sure to GET HOODS.
Nell: so she's twenty. seven, chr How
did you find out?' Belle; II asked her."
You ont mean to say she told your" Eyes;
asked her at what age she thought girl
should marry"
For Over Fifty Years.
MRS. 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 the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
sold by Druggists in every part OF the world.
Twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. 1Y38
Skill Required. zone must be very expert
In fencing to engage In a duel, must he notP"
"Of COURSE" answered the Partisan. "a little
clumsiness might easily lead to someone's
being seriously hurt"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25
of Trains In Effecr
Oct. 9th, 1900.
RAILWAY,

Winter Arrangement OF Trains
Effective Monday, Oct. 8. 1900.
Trains will run as follows, connecting at OAK.
land with Maine Central Railroad Trains to and
from Boston, Portland, Lewiston, WsterviIe
Augusta, Gardiner. Bath ,Skowhegsn and Ban
gor.
For Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Waterville
Augusta. SkowhesRn and Bangor.