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The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16

For those who like or who think they
would like the famous Chinese dish,
chop suey. the following recipe, which
any intelligent housewife can follow,
was given by w. e. S. Fales, for sever
al years vice consul at Annoy:
For four persons two chickens llv-
ers, two chickens gizzards. one pound
young, clean pork cut into small pieces,
half an ounce of green root ginger and
two stalks Of celery. Saute this in
frying pan over hot fire, adding four
tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one table
spoonful of vinegar, half a cupful of
boiling water. one teaspoOnful of
worcestershire sauce, half teaspoon
full of salt. black and red pepper to
taste and a dash of cloves and CHINA
mon. When nearly done, add a small
can Of mushrooms, half cupful of eli
Their bean sprouts or French green peas
or string beans chopped fine or aspara-
gus tips. The see-yu sauce which is
eaten with this delectable dish can be
procured at any Chinese grocery"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
To Tell pure silk,

II you wish to purchase by sample
and to test the quality of silk, take ten
fibers Of the filling of any silk and If,
on breaking they show feathery, dry
and lackluster condition and discolor
the fingers In handling you may at
once be sure Of the presence of dye
and of artificial weighing.
Or take a small portion of the fbeTs
between the thumb and forefnger and
gently roll them over and over, and
you will soon detect the gum, mineral.
soap, etc, should their be any, or their
absence.
Another simple but effective way to
test the purity Of silk Is to burn
small quantity Of the fibers. Pure silk
will instantly crisp, leaving only a
pure charcoal Heavily dyed silk will
smolder leaving a greasy yellow ash.
If you cannot break the ten strands
and If they do not discolor the fingers
at the point of contact. you may be
well assured that you have pure silk
that is honest In its make and durable
In the wear
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
My ancestors captured 1t from King

My ancestors captured 1t from King
Priam in the Trojan war"
He handed the package to the blush
ing Miss DENLY and kissed her tiny
hand as she bowed over 1t.
at is one of the gold shoes from the
Trojan horse" he resumed with rare
dignity. Each nail 1t set with "a price
less diamond. and
He was interrupted by little scream
from Sophronia. who had unwrapped
the parcel and found an old, rusty
horseshoe. very dirty, twisted and
worn. But the next moment she had
tapped his wrist with her fan and
laughed:
what wag you are. count; forever
cracking jokes?
Mrs. Gallagher didn't know what to
say or do. She stood there staring at
Count Sardanapalus as If in doubt
whether to hit him with the horseshoe
or run away. Indeed she was siding
toward the door when the bell rang.
She opened it in time to hear the
strange guest shout:
Bar the door or we are lost"
But Mrs. Gallagher opened 1t. A
sandy haired, heavy set man brushed
rudely in, laid hand ON the counts
shoulder and said:
"Come. your grace, the balloon is
ready"
Aha" said the dramatic Greek,
"My country first Forward. gentle
meni To the balloon"
With a grand bow he stalked out of
the room like monarch going to the
block. Miss DENLY collapsed into a
chair The sandy courier followed his
master. Mrs. Gallagher followed the
courier
who is hep whispered the fat wo-
man to the counts attendant.
Hes bug" growled the man
event nutty on balloons; acts all right
till you mention his balloon. Then he
goes home and gets into swing. He
thinks It's war balloon, and he sails
all over the world in it. Good night"
Miss DENLY did move on the LIST OF
eptember.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
Washing Woolens,

Nearly all wooden goods will wash
well If the work is done rapidly, but
no soap should be rubbed over the fab
ric, nor should it be rubbed on the
washboard. Have the suds well mixed
and the soap well beaten to a lather.
Then wash the material by rubbing be-
tween the hands; then rinse in very
while damp with hot irons.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16

kitchen, see that the cupboards and
dresser drawers are kept tidy day by
day. Never let them get into such a
state that they need a good turning
out. Have all your tins labeled clearly.
so that no time is lost In taking of and
putting on lids, and give each tin and
Jar its own shelf and place. Never let
the -four dredger salt jar, etc, remain
untitled Refill them as soon as they
are emptied. Have sufficient but not
more than necessary cloths in use and
wash them out when they are done
with for the day. Always have a sup
ply of herbs, raspings and spices ready
at hand.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
The TOUCH DOES IT

Benson's Plasters are like your other
friends-they hate to see you in pain or
in weakness and are dog-tired hearing you
complain about it. They want to care you
and send you along to your business whole
and happy They can do it and aoW do it.
Try them on. What for2 Why for any
cough or cold you may be troubled with, or
any bothering pain or ache, or worry with
kidneys or liver. Possibly some old clutch
of muscular rheumatism renders an arm or
leg worth only half price just now. For
anything that makes the machine work slow
and stiff, with pain maybe in the motion of
it, clapa Benson s Porous Plaster squarely on
the bad spot. They are the get-0Ut-t0-m0rro1o
plasters-not the sort that go to sleep on
your skin like a cat on cushion. There
is comfort and speedy relief in the touch of
them. No other external remedy, no mat
ter how made or how called, is worthy
to live in the same street with Ben
sons Plasters. Pains and ailments melt
away under them as a sheet of ice does I'M
der the Spring sun. You cannot foretell
the weather but You can always foretell
the effect of Benson's Plasters; it is as
sure as the effect of a hot breakfast in a
hungry mans stomach. But look out for
substitutes. Get the genuine All drug
gists, or we will prepay postage on any
number ordered in the United States on
receipt of 25e. each.
Seabury d. johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
AN OPEN LETTER
to Women by the Treasurer
of the W.C.T.U. of Kansas City,
Mrs. E. g. Smith.

"AfY DEAR SrsrEks:I believe advocating and unfolding
everything that will lift and help and but little APPEARS
all knowledge and learning have tie health enjoy L.
T. Pinklam's
medicine Of virtue and having
Of where suffering sisters have been dragged back to
life and usefulness from nmely simply by tie 81 lew
of should
be doing duty suffering mothers and dag9dont hose
your health poor do you feel and used
especially any the troubles which Reset take
advice the alone Lydia f. Pnkams Vegetable
notnMs T. SMITH, 1912 OAK Treasurer W C. T. L. Kan
City Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
Feeding the Baby.

Very young babies should take their
bath at a time between two feelings.
When the process is we'll over and the
baby is incased in soft. clean change
of dainty garments, he can have his
milk and 90 to sleep, to awaken later
ready to go for the outing that keeps
the little checks ROSY.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
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The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16

Mrs. Jones-NIrs. Robinson is the
greatest woman to stick to Il fad | ever
saw.
Mrs. Brown Why, | never heard
anybody mention that before.
Mrs. Jones-Can't help that. It's so,
all the same. lust see how she has
gone on admiring that husband of hers
these twenty years and more.-Boston
Transcript.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
Taken Seriously Now.

Bunker used to get considerable
amusement out of golf.
Ascum-Ah, then you don't play any
more?
Bunker-Yes, indeed | was referring
to the time before | began to play.
Philadelphia Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
HUMPHREYS
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mediate-cure certain.
1t cures Burns and Scalds. The relief
instant.
1t cures Inflamed or Caked Breasts and
Sore Nipples. Invaluable.
1t cures Salt Rheum, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils. Corns, Bunions'
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings OF insects,
Mosquito Bites and Sunburns.
Three Sizes, 25c., SOC. and $l.Oo
Sold by Druggists or sent prepaid on receipt of price
HUMPHREYS MED. CO.,
Cor. William & John Sts.. NEW YORK.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16
Frank ". Buchanan
DRUCCIS r.
Temperance Selections.
[By skowhegan W. c. T. o..

by oROWueBhu w ~ L. y
Sheriff Pearson is entitled to the
credit of having enforced the prohibit
tory law honestly, impartially and Wig
orously since be took office on the first
day of January, 1901. He has not ban
ished liquor or the liquor shop from our
midst though it is certainly true shat he
has greatly diminished the number OF
the latter and compelled them TO resort
To all sorts OF devices. Ii figures are to
be relied upon he has considerably d.
miDished the arrests for drunkenness
which means that he has diminished
liquor drinking. He has shown that
prohibition can be made to prohibit to
an extent not generally lelieved posi-
Dle before he took hold of the law.
Whether his enforcement has strength
aned prohibition with the ma ority OF
the voters or weakened 1t remains to be
seen.-Portldnd Press
The finishing blow to the movement
in favor of Sunday saloon opening in
New York WAS given by Gov. Odell of
New York IN his annual message to the
legislature. Il am convinced he said,
THAT this attempt to inject into the
policy Of our State u question so at va
dance with the moral convictions of u
vast majority OF the people Is unwise
and uncaled for. Ii open saloons Con
Sunday should be authorized in cosmo-
polilan cities, demands would soon fol.
low for licenses from other branches of
business, and might reach an extent that
would arouse the consciences of every
man and every woman in our common
wealth who believe not only in day of
rest, but in rendering to God, who has
blessed us AS nation, the homage that
is due to Him." The friends of temper
ance aud good order have no occasion to
regret that this last issue was forced
upon them, and that too in our great
American metropolis. How great is the
victory that has been won the bitter
words of Bishop Potter and DR., Rains.
ford very clearly show,-Zion's AdUocdte
Those who are so prompt to cry out
against the loss Of business caused by
shutting up the rum shops evidently
take no account of the saving sure to
follow this policy. The city of Portland
has witnessed All attempt at enforce
ment the past year and no man can tell
how much has been added to the bank
deposits as h result. but the overseer of
the poor states that the saving Of over
81 900 In his department ia largely due
to the reduced sales of liquor. Drop out
al tn" sentiment about home, comfort,
peace of mind, health, etc. etc. and as
business proposition, if he facts could
be gathered, IL wound BIZ found that The
CITY IL rich'i without rum than with IT,
Maine Farmer.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-16

left for
above believe
friends
would
Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound which
for cures? Surely of
all
taking
Read What hrs. Burnham saws:
DEAR Mrs PNKHAA Words fail
for advice
Vegetable Compound sick
would tired and faint
would swell badly
Vegetable Compound and well
alone did it-MRs H. w Russell,
Follow the record of this medicine
brought about by something else Lydia E. Pnkhams
table Compound, the Womans Remedy Womans
medicine that know
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04
Amos Judd

A new edition of an interesting book
is like a friend in a new dress. The
friend is the same, but his costume
gives him additional distinction and
dignity. Amos Judd, by Mr.. j. A.
Mitchell, the editor of Life, was the
success of the year in which 1t was
first issued A book can not make a
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04
OBSERVATIONS
BY SARAH B. HARRIS

canic river there is the problem of
maintaining a channel of uniform
width and depth. Nature does not like
% regular depth and width in a river bed.
The water digs into the bed of a great
river almost soundless depths and wild
ems itself here and there according to
unknown but surely wise laws.
Ships of the largest ocean size. of
great length, and slow maneuvering
ability are very hard to steer in shall
low waters. The currents destroy the
normal action of the helm, hence
curves should be as infrequent as pos
sible, and where they exist, they
should have the largest possible ra-
dius. The engineer said: In examining
the two proposed canals on this basis,
we find the most extraordinary differ
ence; for while the Panama route has
twenty-five curves in total length
of curvature of 1875 miles, the Nicar-
ague route has eighty-two curves of
total length of curvature of 53.5 miles.
AS regards the most vital question of
in the Panama Canal, with the excep-
ton of three curves of $500 feet ra-
dius, all are of 10000 feet radius, or
more, while on the contrary there are
siXty-nine curves in the Nicaragua
Canal below 5000 feet radius, of which
no less than fifty are of 1900 and 1900
feet radius
Regarding this feature, the author
of the paper says: 1T must be borne
in mind that in that part of the canal
which lies in the San Juan River itself,
there will be nearly % miles eXcavated
into the bottom of the river to a depth
of 16 feet for the larger part, and that
in this portion of the route there are
forty three curves of between 5000 and
1000 feet radius" He maintains that
this sharply curving channel, opened
be extremely difficult to maintain,
since it will necessitate constant
dredging in river which carries dur
ing fiood-time 1OO, 600 cubic feet of wa
goes over Niagara Falls. obviously"
says Mr.. Bunau-Varilla, ships will
meet there an accumulation of extreme
difficulties in the way of sharp curves,
heavy river currents, constant strong
winds and impediments either from
the dredges themselves or from the
sand and silt they will have to remove.
In Panama the large and easy curves,
absence of winds, scarcity of currents
and the rarity of floods give quite
reverse impression as to the eventual
facilities offered for navigation" With
regard to harbors, the advantage is
generally admitted to be with Panama,
since two excellent harborS exist, one
at each terminus. At Nicaragua, on
the other hand, the Atlantic terminal
is unsatisfactory, because of the enor-
nous quantities of sand emptied into
the sea by the San Juan River and
carried across the proposed mouth of
the canal by the trade winds The har-
Dor on the Pacific will also have to be
artificially constructed. Furthermore,
two additional harbors will be neces-
sary at the entrance and exit of the
canal at the great inland sea of Lake
Nicaragua. Were the two canals both
finished and open to traffic, the time
of transit by the 45-mile Panama Ca
nal would be only twelve hours, where
as by the 1S3-mile Nicaragua. Canal the
time of transit will be thirty-three
hours.
4. q q
Aono~ LII
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04
Nicaragua or Panama

included a survey of other routes be-
sides Panama and Nicaragua, but it
is well understood that no other routes
will be considered by congress.
The former engineer-in-ch chief of the
Panama route, Mr.. Philippe Bunau
Varilla, recently delivered an address
To the chamber of commerce of New
York on the relative merits of the Mic
aragua and Panama routes. His ad-
dress is based on the preliminary re-
port Of the Isthmian canal COM
mission of 1900 and the report of
the Nicaraguan canal commission, 1897
To 1899. The figures in his address
which are not taken from these two
American reports are compiled from
the report OF the Technical commission
of the new Panama canal company,
which contains the names of some of
our most distinguished American by
draulic engineers.
In regard to the respective lengths
of the two canals: total length of
Nicaragua canal navigation, 12O.53
miles plus &C miles in free, deep wa
ter in river and lake, making a total
length of 1868 miles from ocean TO
ocean. OF the 120.53 miles of canal,
1886 miles will consist of an artific-
ial channel dug below the bottom of
Nicaragua lake, and 27.96 miles will
consist OF an artificial channel dug
through the sand and silt below the
bottom of the upper San Juan river, 16
miles below the bed of the river. At
Panama there are only 3S miles of
canal navigation proper and seven
miles of deep water navigation through
the artificial lake which will be formed
by the Bohio dam.
The deepest cut in the Panama route
will be only ITO feet. On the Nicarag-
ua route there is one cut 297 feet deep
and two other deep ones, 2IS and 10
feet deep respectively.
As to the relative difficulty of con-
structing the dams, which are a char
acteristic feature of both canals, Mr.
Bunau-Varilla quotes the IsthmIan
Canal Commission as stating that the
Bohio dam can be built of earth as
well as of masonry, whereas the great
dam across the San Juan river at
Boca San Carlos would be the most
difficult engineering work in connec-
ton with the project, since it would
necessitate compressed air foundations
level of the river, and would have a
total height of $50 feet from crest to
foundation.
At Nicaragua nine locks must be
built in the neighborhood of volcanoes
where seismic disturbances are con-
slant. At Panama only five are neces-
sary. At Nicaragua ships viii have to
be lifted by the complicated, heavy,
locks ITO feet. The Panama locks
must lift the ocean liners only 80
feet. And the Panama locks can be
built on solid rock. Only five of the
nine Nicaragua locks can have this
advantage.
The San Juan river whose waters
will be poured into the Nicaragua
canal, has a much larger water-she
than the Chagres river, which will
flow into the Panama canal From
two to one-half times more rain falls
in the Nicaragua district. Conse-
quently the water that must pass off is
much greater and generates stronger
currents.
The Nicaragua canal will receive the
waters of the tributary rivers Frio
and Pnco Sol whose sources are ON The
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04
TIL f COU RI E. r

second debut. The surprised delight
Of its first appearance can not be dupli-
Gated. If it were otherwise 1 do not
know of a book which deserves a
second debut more than the one named
Amos Judd.
The author has an exquisite sense of
form. The first chapter is devoted to
a deposed little Indian prince, eight
years old, his arrival in this country,
and his adoption by Josiah Judd, a
Connecticut farmer. The second chap
ter, because the book is not a juvenile,
begins twenty years after when the
hero has been graduated from college
and has entered upon his career of
gentleman farmer. Mr.. Mitchell tells
all the necessary details and even orna-
ments his story with a fancy which
if allowed free growth would riot all
over the place, in two hundred and
fifty-one small pages with an average
of one hundred and forty words to the
page. To tell so complete a story in
80, 140 words is a feat worth recording
in these days of Mrs. Humphrey Ward
and the longer English novelists,"
Black and Hardy, for instance. Mr..
Cables new story, The Cavalier, con-
tains 91,745 words.
Mr.. Mitchell has the genuine edi-
tors talent for conveying information,
suggestion, and stimulating the imag-
ination in few words. He refrains from
expatiating. He leaves out all the
moraliZing on sin and suffering, all
wealth, the Immortality of the soul,
the theories of religion and the other
hundred and one subjects that essayists
have chosen to discuss in books they
call novels. For all these omissions the
people who are still fascinated by a
good story and restlessly seek it in
the essays which their authors call
novels are truly thankful.
A fancy as rich as the ornament of
an Indian temple, and an imagery fam
tastic and mystic is temperately used
by Mr.. Mitchell The result is a story
which fascinates by it's perfect form
and rapid action. The exiled prince
walks to his fate with the certainty
Of the hero in the Greek tragedy. The
chorus is always audible even in the
days of his graceful courtship. He
dies as the chorus has said he would
die, and the consciousness of the per-
feet form of the narrative and of the
inevitableness of his death is complete.
The edition is published by Charles
Scribners Sons with illustrations in
color by A. L. Keller.
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The Cavalier
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-04
The Cavalier

guard were just ABOUT TO hang me LOT
saying 1 thought We had a right to
make soldiers of the darkies, when
your friend came galloping along, saw
the thing and rushed in and cut the
halter with his sword
oh, SIR" cried Estelle, whose eyes,
brows, lashes and hair were all of the
same luminous redbrown, and in whose
cheeks the rose seemed always to burn
through the olive, how can you and
your people seek to kill such men as
that?"
Such as which," asked the Yankee,
with a twinkle. There We're two
kinds"
No American writer has conveyed the
creole character with so much charm
and accuracy as Mr.. George w. Cable.
The soft gliding vowels and the ignored
consonants of the creole patois, the
graceful, frank manners and the en-
gaging personal appearance Of the
Louisiana creole suggested in ''Old
Creole Days." in DIR. SEWER" and in
all of Mr.. Cables southern stories is a
unique contribution to literature. Their
charm, their languishing ingenious
creole charm is truly a discovery. The
very name creole suggests, to northern
minds, at least, Cables men and women
whose compilations seem to be made of
two textures. the upper one a trans
parent olive and the under one a scar
let that glows and changes in the
changing lights and emotions of the
volatile, passionate sons and daughters
Of southern France married to the sons
and daughters of the southern states of