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FREE DISTRIBUTION.
Blood Wine Can be Sampled at Drug.
Stores Without Cost.
Remarkably Popular Remedy Commends
Itself to Prominent Citizens.
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handed down from generation TO genera
tion-it's in the blood you hear people
say and it's true.
II you don't rid yourself of disease,
you surely do hand it down to your chill
dren and grandchildren. Blood Wine
has a wonderful medicinal characteristic.
When you take it, it seems to pass i'm
mediately from the stomach to the
blood. 1t mingles all through the veins
and into the most remote parts of the
body.
1t searches out diseases and heals a
sore no matter whether outside or in
side. 1t cures coughs, colds and con-
sumption excepting when the latter is in
the most advanced stage.) ltcures Kid
ney troubles 1t puts them in healthy
condition, thus enabling them to do their
work. 1t takes the pains out of your
back, the lameness from your sides and
feet. 1t cures stomach troubles and in
digestion. When person has difficulty
in retaining the food, when he has
nausea and vomiting after meals, when
the bowels become sluggish and move
only spasmodically, then unsatisfactory
ly, and the mouth is sticky, the saliva
thick and the breath bad,-then is the
time to take "Blood Vine" and receive
almost instantaneous results. Women
who need strength, who find difficulty in
doing their Homework, who feel all
dragged out, whose cheeks are colorless
and whose anaemic appearance bespeaks
the absence of the healthy blood, will
find "Blood Wine" positive, never fail
ing cure. Rheumatism, muscular and
articular, and all forms of neuralgia,
shooting, darting pains, dull aches, that
double up the fingers and twist and
bulge the joints will be relieved by the
prompt use of "Blood Wine" When
you take this remedy you get right at
the roots of the evil and become cured
to stay cured Probably no medicine
ever sold has had as many enthusiastic
admirers as "Blood Wine"
We ask you to write to any one of them,
make personal investigation, ascertain
for yourself that all said about BLOOD
Wine is true.
II find Blood Wine most remark
able medicine. 1t has cured me of a
serious attack of nervous prostration
that thought would end my life and it
has made me strong healthy woman. -
Mrs. A. B. Horton, Providence, X. l.
Anyone can take "Blood Wine" It's
just as pleasant and palatable az sum-
mer drink. No one would ever know
from its innocent taste that it was such
powerful aggressive opponent of dis
ease. 1t contains no wine, no injurious
drugs or opiates.
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la, natural size; b. enlarged C. beans
from which beetles have escaped
fall by the next summer. especially if
the beans are kept in warm room
they may practically all be injured. To
prevent this the best method seems to
be the inclosing of the beans in a tight
vessel in which a little bisulphide of
carbon, benzine or gasoline is placed,
taking care, of course, to prevent explo-
sion through contact with fire Simply
keeping the beans in cold place dur
ing the winter will tend to lessen the
multiplication of the pests. Late SOW
ing also appears to lessen the chances
of injury to the crop.
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of small dipper holding about two
tablespoOnfuls and placed in the Jar
bearing the cows name or number. 4
cartridge shell of the proper size, with
wire attached for n handle, makes Il
very convenient dipper for this pur-
pose To prevent the milk from souring
until the end of the week to each glass
jar should be added rs much pulvcr-
lied potassium bichromatc as will lie
on one cent piece. Potassium bichro-
mate, although a rank poison, is one Of
the best preservatives to use for this
purpose for the reason that it imparts
a lemon color to the milk, thus making
1t easy Of detection and obyating the
possible mistake of feeding it to calves
or pigs
At the end Of the week the composite
samples in the Jars are tested with the
Babcock milk test to determine the per
cent of butter fat This gives the aver
age amount of butter fat contained in
each cows milk for the week The to-
tai weight of the milk for the week
multiplied by the per cent Of butter fat
gives the total butter fat produced b.
that cow for the week.
This test should be made every three
months or thirteen weeks, and In com
putting the yield Of the COW for the
three months the six weeks previous
and the six weeks following the t. +
should be taken.-W. J. Fraser Illinoia
Station
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1t DazzIes the World.

No Discovery in medicine has ever
created one quarter of the excitement
that has been caused by DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption. It's sever
est tests have been on fopeless victims
of consumption, pneumonia, hemor-
rhage, pleurisy and bronchitis, thous-
ands of whom it has restored to perfect
health For coughs, colds, asthma, hay
fever, Group, hoarseness, ard whooping
cough it is the quickest, sueest cure in
the world, 1t is sold by f. II. Wing
who guarantees satisfaction or refund
money. Large bottles SOC and 81 CO..
Trial bottles free.
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A Wide Ration and the MIX Flow.

Figures based on experience at the
Geneva (N. " station are thought to
'mean much more in practical way
than some offered 10 the public which
involve the use Of very few animals
during only two or three feeding peri
DDS" They support much of the obser-
walton and experiment of late years in
one important point-viz, that changes
In the quantity Of nutrients has great
~ more influence on the milk yield
than proportionally large changes in
the amount Of protein. If the available
energy Of the ration is sufficient and is
kept at uniform point, there may be
quite a wide range in the nutrtiye ra-
ito without materially affecting the
milk flow
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A connection between thunderstorms
and the moons phases is now claimed by
meterologlsts. Some months ago agreal-
er frequency OF such storms at new moon
than al full moon was noticed at Greenwich
for thirteen years and from other inquiry
it appears that Madrid observations for
twenty years give similar evidence. The
Spanish records show 20 per cent Of the
thunderstorms near new moon. 22.S near
first quarter, ais near full moon, and 10 4
near last quarter.
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In this age of competition it is we'll to
be able to discriminate between the good
and the bad of everything. 1t does not do
to Judge too much by appearances, for
everything that glistens ii not necessa-
rily gold, or even silver, but in great
many instances simply old tin, polished
up. 1t is hard to be mistaken when one
first has an opportunity 10 make
thorough investigation and sample an
article free of charge, before buying
This is the way the Louis Daudelin, Co.,
of Worcester, Mass, have placed upon
the market their celebrated French med
ical compound, "Blood Wlne," and their
earnest request is that everyone in i'll
health to whose case their remedy Is
suited. shall take advantage of the privi-
lege and satisfy himself that there are no
INTERPRETATIONS, no extraVagant
promises, no misleading quotations and
no false testimonials The Daudelin
people enjoy the respect and friendship
of NJ Massachusetts, citizens and wherever
else that they are known, and 1t is their
desire to push this feeling of confidence
and esteem to the four corners of the
globe Consequently "Blood Wine"
bears the imprint of honor throughout.
In order that everyone may know ex-
actly what he is buying and know just
what to expect from every bottle of
"Blood Wine" it is sold to every drug
gist with the understanding that he shall
provide everyone calling, with free
sample. This enables you to test and
investigate right here at home the work.
ings of this remedy.
'tBlood Wine" cures disease by begin
ming at the very foundation of the trouble.
1t undermines disease as readily as dis
ease overcomes the normal conditions of
the system. To cure any kind of disease
it is necessary to commence on the
vital fluid of the body-the blood Any
physician will tell you that the mortal
never lived into whose flesh the germs of
disease could creep when healthy blood
flowed through the veins. Sores on the
body, pimples and blotches are produced
In the same way that sores on the lungs
or in the kidneys or any other part of the
body are brought on. hat is consump
ton? Nothing but sore, apus emitting,
discharging sore, or mass of sores, which
If you could see would remind you of
any kind OF disgusting sore. What
causes it and what will cure il? The
blood.
An impoverished, unhealthy corpuscle-
less blood produces all the Ills that flesh
Ia heir to. A rich, thick, healthy, &C
tive blood will cure them.
THAT disease in the family has been
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Mushroom Growing In the Field.

Mushroom Growing In the Field.
Wet places in woods are not suitable
for mushroom growing, as the spawn
would be apt to rot before sprouting.
Rich old pasture lands, not too dry
and not too wet. are best About the
middle of June with a sharp spade
make V shaped cuts in the sod about
four inches deep and raise one side
enough to allow tie insertion of a piece
Of spawn two or three inches square
under it, so that il shall be about two
inches below the surface then lamp
the sod down. Make these paintings
three or four feet apart, and if the sea
son is favorable good crop should
appear the following August and Sep
TENDER.
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"The way to gain a GOOD reputation is
to endeavor TO be what you desire to. ap-
pear" That is precisely the manner in
which hamberlaln's Cough Remedy
his gained it's reputation az cure for
coughs, coll IS, Group and whooping
cough Every bottle that has ever been
put out by the manufacturers has been
'ly mp 10 the high standard of excel
lence claimed for it. People have found
that it can always be depended upon for
the lief aud cure of these ailments and
that it is pleasant and safe to take. For
sale by & r Fogg, Skowhegan; l.
=. William, Athens; sullivan Newton.
Jackman.
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baking Soda as n Disinfectant.


In dairy work where there is IA large
number Of cans. buckets and straine :
to wash it requires considerable time
and work to thoroughly scald them all
with boiling water and be sure that all
have been rendered sterile. The or
binary baking soda is often recon-
mcnded for washing purposes 1t is
claimed by many writers to be espe-
cially valuable for cleaning chidren's
nursing bottles after the milk has been
allowed to sour in 1t. 1t is rather hard
to understand just why baking soda
should be considered good cleansing
agent. 1t could not have any of the
properties of soap and very few Of
those of free alkali 1t has the power
of combining with the Tactic acid which
gives dirty bottle its sour odor and
would destroy this odor. This quality
is Objectionable, however, as 1t would
lead one to believe the bottle clean
when 1t was not clean, in much the
same way as perfume makes an un-
washed person less Objectionable. A
small quantity of washing powder
would be more efficient in cleaning the
dirt from the bottle and would thor
oughly sterliZe 1t at the same time
Maryland Station.
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Grand Opportunity for the Breed
ers Of Somerset County.
The TrottIng-bred Stallion,
T0RRESDALE!

Standard bred and registered. Bay
stallion, stands 10 hands high. weighs
1850 lbs. Foaled June 18TH, 1897.
Torresdale is by Red wilkes, the greatest
est sire that ever lived. he lie the greatest
brood mare sire; the greatest living sire OF 2.l5
performers Red Wilkes is the best son of
Geo. Wilkes.
Red Wilkes has 1877 in the 28O list, % in the
2.l5 list, including Ralph Wilkes 2.o6s4, thu
riel 2osl4, Blanche Louise 2.lO and Abbott
Wilkes ali.
REQ Wilkes has IS producing sons and 100
producing daughters.
BIS son Ashland Wilkes is the leading sire
OF 1901
The dam OF Torresdsle, Maggie H.. is in the
great brood mare list. having produced j. G.,
S. 2.2sh. She is by Homer, son OF Msmb tino
Patchen, out OF Lady Sentinel, the dam of
Leiah H., 2.24lo, by Sentinel, 2.293a, sire OF 4
and dams of 10 and an own brother to Volun-
teer.
This horse has breeding. size, color, confor-
nation ana natural speed to recommend him
as sire.
HI lie one OF the very best bred horses ever
brought into New England.
He will not only get race horses, but large
high acting horses that will sell for high
prices uudeyelopea
Torresdale is owned by Gen. Morrill, OF Bar
Harbor, Maine.
He will make the season of 1902 at the
following places: Monday and Monday
night at the Park House, Hartlaud ;
Tuesday and Tuesday night at the Elm
House, Harmony; Wednesday and Wed.
nesday night, Athens House, Athens;
Thursday and Thursday night at SHOW
hogan House, Skowhegan; the rest of
the week at the W ash burne Inn, Canaan.
Season to &C mmence May l. ending Sept.
Terms: SIS to warrant.
Careful management and fair treat
ment. All accidents at owners risks
All correspondence should be directed
to Geo. Foster, canaan, Me who has
charge of Torresdale, or F. H. Leonard,
Bar Harbor, Me-. manager.
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Agricultural Notes.

In seeding sour acid land to timothy
lime should be thoroughly worked into
the soil before the seed is sown.
Muskmelon blight has become trou-
blesome in some localities.
For late strawberry crops a northern
exposure, clay soil and late varieties
are recommended by the New Jerse.
station.
In cultivating onions care should be
taken not to work the soil to the bulbs
or to hill them.
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EAR%AlY:s| 15s -
9@ssS5'cER2BgN
PROFITABLE DAlRYING.
Have a Standard and Keep "A Record
of Individual Cows.

Have a Standard and Keep a Record
of Individual Cows.
A prominent dairy authority has re.
Gently said, IF the death angel should
sweep over the state and in one night
destroy the poorest third Of all the
cows in Illinois, the dairymen would
awake the next morning financially
better Of Frequently dairymen are
keeping one-half of their herd at an
actual loss. They are perhaps making
a little profit on the whole herd and
are thus apparently satisfied, whereas
II they would dispose of their unprOtit-
able cows they would make more mon
ey and also save labor. Generally
speaking, COWS cannot be kept at
profit In Illinois that do not produce
the equivalent of $50 pounds of butter
annually.
To determine exactly what a cow
produces in year every milking must
be weighed and sampled, but If the
herd Is given a one week test every
three months 1t will be sufficient to
yield valuable results. All the appara
luS ueCtSSuTg loI thls puIpose 10
spring balance. as many common glass
fruit Jars as there are COWS in the herd
and a four bottle Babcock milk tester.
The milk may be weighed on any scale,
but n spring balance is most conven-
lent. The scale should be so adjusted
that it will balance the empty milk
pail with the hand ut zero, as shown in
the cut The weight of the milk may
then be read directly from the scale
without subtracting the weight of the
pail and may be quickly recorded oppo-
site the cows name on the milk sheet
provided for the purpose and placed on
the wall convenient to the scale. A
sample should then be taken by means
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Farm for Sale,

Situated in Coz AWHILE. six miles from Skowhe-
gan. ON stage Dad leading from Skowhegan to
Athens, OPP lsite Town, GTlrye ball and church.
near po7toffice, store and schc bis. Farm of
thirty acre, viii keep two cows and horse
Good fences, VIC ID enough for houe use, some
timber, orchard. two we.ls ore never dry Nice
shade trees in iiont and ator" Ire roaa. Good
reighborhood and the X It &C ton in town.
House has eleven finished rooms. ell wood shed
and BAH all connected. Buildiu insured for
$1,000 with three " .rs to idn. buildings nearly
new have lately be en p.intc insife and out and
are very convenient. l fit, thiS place up for
home and think it would suit me I anyone who
wants to live in the county With the place
Will sell all the 4H ituIe. bedding aud every
thing for housekeeping Every ICON is carpet
ed, two yeve. car pets laid this spring. Fufni-
ture, pictures, shades. draperieT mostly new.
viii also sell one good driving horse two riding
wagons, sleigh, two driving harness.
work harness, one dump cant for one two
horses, good horse sled and many things
that takes too much space to mention here.
This property can be bought right and on easy
terms.
27tf c. W. FROST, Cornyille, Me.
Or If ! am away enquire of Walter Morrill,
aero the road
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What we need in our civilization now is the
man who has the parts to smass million
without wearing HIS whiskers in such way
as to render his wife and daughters socially
impossible.
For forty years DR. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawberry has been curing summer complaint,
dysentery diarrhpa. bloody fiux, pain in the
stomach. and 1t has mt YER yet failed TO do every
thing claimed for il.
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Time of CnttInR Hay.

The results of experiments conduct
ed by different stations show that the
degree of maturity AT which hay is
cut influences very largely the shrink
age during curing. At the Pennsylva-
mia station early cut hay lost on an
average 30 per cent in weight, while
late cut hay lost only 21.5 per cent.
Timothy, cut. when just beginning TO
head, LOST per cent of water in cur
ing; whe Iat the beginning of the
blossomlfll lfiod, GG per cent, and
when cut little later, or about the
usual time, 81 per cent. The Michigan
station found a shrinkage of about 60
per cent in curing clover. At the New
York station meadow fescue mixed
with n little red clover lost in one lot
62.6S per cent and In another 5S.25 per
cent during curing. The moisture re-
tanned In cured fodder varies with diff
ferent kinds Atwater states that for
New England timothy hay retains on
an average 10 per cent of moisture,
clover hay II per cent and corn fodder
% per cent.
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The bean weeyl does considerable
injury in many sections of the country.
that these pests will develop brood
after brood in stored beans, so that
while only few beans may be affected
when the crop is stored away in the
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passengers.
stop to take or leave freight.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Eorridgewock, for Mercer, and smith
field and with Electri, Cars to and from
Skowhegan. At Arson, 70, 5awyer's Mills.
(Starks) At No. Arson, for North and West
New Portland, Dead River, Flsgstan anu
Eustis. At Bingham Tor Forks Moose River,
Mayfeld, KinVsbu' and Abbott.
NEW TRAIN SERVICE-Somerset train
No. will connect with Maine Central train
leaving Oaklsnd at 2.5O p. NJ. for Waterville
where close connections will be made with ex
press trains pullman service for Bangor and
the east also points via Augusta through to
Boston.
W. NJ. AVER, SuPT
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For 30 Years a Malnstay.

Wallace Staples of Biddeford, Me-.
writes: "As to the True al. F." AT
wood s. l would say of this remedy, we
have used it for 80 years in our family
NV wife has used it since childhood for
indigestion, heartburn and similar
troubles. We find I good at all sea-
sons"
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Vacation time is here and the children
are fairly living out of doors. You need
only to guard against the accidents Incl
dental to most open air sports. No rem.
edy equals DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
for quickly stopping pain or removing
danger from cuts, scalds and wounds
Sure cure for piles and skin diseases
Draws out the inflammation. Beware
of counterfeits Geo Z Sampson
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Fast Friends.


Rushville, Ind,
Messrs. ELY BRos.:-I have been a great
sufferer from catarrh and hay fever and tried
many things, but found no permanent relief
until found II in Ely's Cream Balm about
eight years ago, and we have been fast friends
ever since. (Rev r. NJ Bentley.
Prove its value by investing 10 cents in trial
size of Ely's Cream Balm. Druggists supply
1t and we mail it. Full size so cents.
ELY Bros, Sc wsrren St., New York.
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Convincing Proof. -May-"I had no idea be-
fore last night that Mr.. Pitcher was man of
such lofty ambitions and exalted ideals"
Msud-"How did you come to find II out?"
Msy-"He proposed to me"
Misled. Pond Mother--"WiIie. you should
have known better than to fight with that lit
tie Smith boy" Willie--"I know, mamma but
thought cud lick him."
Years of suffering relieved in night Itching
piles Weld at once to the curative properties of
Doan's Ointment. Never fails At any drug
81 ore, so cents
A Cleansing Process. -"How clean and fresh
the landscape looks to-day" said Mrs Hiland
paper about detectives securing the co1ntry."
explained Mr.. Htand.
Il owe my life to Burdock Blood Btters.
Scrofulous sores covered my body. | seemed
beyond cure. b. b. b. has made me perfectly
well woman" Mrs Charles Hutton, Beryi"e,
Mich.
Sammy's Guess SAMMY SnagRs," said the
Sunday school teacher. what did the Psalmist
mean when he said sill flesh Is grass?" He
meant to call everybody hay-seeds, Isuppose,"
replied Sammy.
INDIGESTION, resulting from
! weakness of the stomach, is relieved
by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great stom-
ach tonic and cure for DYSPEPSIA.
Come Down for Her.--"Did | understand
you to say that she lowered herself when she
married him2" "Yns. She slid down from a
third. story window using rope made OF bed
clothes"
For Over Sixty Years.
Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over sixty years by millions Of mothers
for their children while teething, with perfect
success. II soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is the best
anna la for
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by druggists
In every part of the world twenty-five cents a
bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs. VIII slows
Soothing Syrup and take no other kind
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AEEE MM1a6
Of Trains In Effec,
June 18th, 1902.

Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: 500 4.
M. Mondays only, for Oakland, Lewiston, Au-
gusta. Brunswick, Por land and Boston. s 05
erville Oakland, Bingh am, Lewiston, Augusta,
Gardiner and Brunswick, Portland and Bos-
ton, Dexter Dover and Foxcroft, Greenville
Bangor Bar Harbor, Wash. Co. r. r.. Old
Town. Patten, all points B. & A. r R.. Vance
boro st. Stephen, (Calais), st. Andrews and st.
John. 2.4UP. M (mixtd) for Wateryille enabl-
ing passengers TO COL ne CT for Oakland and to
take night Pullman for Portland and Boston,
Bangor and St. John.
AkRIVALS:-7l5 A. NJ. mixed from Water
Tille, daily except Mondays:-10.30 A. NJ.
Passenger from Portland, Oakland, Wsterville,
Augusta and Bangor;-6.00 p. NJ. from all
points 8.55 p. NJ. Saturdays only from Boston,
Waterville
GEO. F. EVANS, Vice Pres, and Gen. Mgr
F. E. BOOTHBY General Pasr. Agent.
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B. F GAYLORD, Athens, Me.
Claude Nelson

This handsome bay stallion will make
the season of 1902: Mondays and Thurs
days at Washburne's Inn, Canaan
Wednesdays at Hotel Norrdgewock,
Norridgewock; Fridays at Daniel Ho.
bart's, East Nadison; balance of the
week at Ralph Hill S stable, Elm street
Skowhegan
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Mrs. Battles-"How silly Martha acts about
that baby OF hers!" Mrs Waters-"I know il (:
it's perfectly disgusting. She couldn't think
more of the thing IL 1t were a dog"