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The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
Substitute Fer Quinine.

You think you are bilious. Well. l
should think you would be! What did
you expect yodr stomach and liver
could stand? You ought to be thank
full that you got off with simply being
bilious. The wonder is that you have
any stomach or liver left at all, says
Medical Talk.
What would advise? Well. in Or
der to stir up your liver a little and
give you a slight gymnastic exercise l
would advise you to go and find the
doctor who gave you 100 grains Of
quinine and give him a good licking.
Hit him with your hands. Don't hit
with a club or shoot him. Just use
your open hand. After you have done
this right would quit using tobacco,
II not entirely at least nearly so, say
a little after supper each day. Use no
alcoholic stimulants of any sort. Let
your diet be simple and plain. Avoid
excuses. Avoid everything fried dur
Ing the hot season. Eat much fruit;
drink much water Take long nights
sleep. Behave yourself. Keep away
from the doctors.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

While fair was being held recently
In small town In Belgium the owner
of menagerie announced that one of
the villagers, who was known to pos
sess great courage. would enter that
evening a cage containing two lions
and would remain there fifteen min
utes.
When this was noised abroad, every
one determined TO witness the novel
sight, and as a result there were sew
eral hundred persons In front of the
lions cage when the performance be
gan.
At signal from the owner the cour-
ageous villager entered the cage and
stood watching the lions. They, how
ever, took not the slightest notice of
him, and after the fifteen minutes had
expired he left the cage. AS he did so
a storm of Kisses greeted him, and the
next moment such an uproar arose
that the owner summoned the police
and the entertainment came to an end.
The fact was the people expected
that the lions would attack the vii
lager and they were disappointed be
cause no blood had been shed.
"Yet 1t Is exceedingly probable" says
a French writer that II one of the
lions had escaped from the cage this
bloodthirsty crowd would have been
terrified almost to death"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

Some epigrams have been culied
from the utterances of great men in
British public life. Andrew Carnegie
said, Queen Victoria transformed
Great Britain into a crowned republic,
q nation In which the will of the peo-
pie is the supreme law Prime min
lister Balfour declared that the "educa-
tional system of England is chaotic
and behind the age The bishop of
Manchester said that this is a reading
age, but how many people read the
Bible?" PLENTY of porridge and milk
will do more for the physique Of ma
ton than the most UP to date physical
drill is attributed 10 Professor Laurie
of Edinburgh university.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
SkoNilegau Markets


rRIcFs PAN pRapUefRs-
ONrs-ss fo io Its.
Wool UnwAshed, Is 70 - cts
HIDEs AND SKiSs-hide=, Is cts. lamb skins s.
- SET. calf skins. p 70 - cts, scb
BEAN~-HAua-p picked yellow eyes. SIS IL 3
GO. l'es beans, $3.50
ssht-Ox beef. els to ~ cts
POULTRY Fowls 10 to Is els. Per nj chickens
l. 10 Ia cts.
RoTNp HOG cts.
TALLeW-Rough ct~. pc. d..
Burr EK-tlrst quarry stamped is ;e % per ID
coos 30cts. per dJs fresh
PerAroEs-60 &C. IS cts.
Kr1Att NABkET.
FLoUR--Spnng wheat Patent $50 Winter
wheat pat S4S 20 $500 Nnte. whea' choice
$500
las per hae
4. s, MEAS - per bag.
FEEp-Middhnes, 81 Is erewt ChioAg' glnteE
sack l25 lbs, S2.Oo
CHoIcf HBAN-Sll5 ?er cwt.
MixFu FBEp -S1.2 per cwt.
SALT rOKK- he 10; Nv the ebl.. 10e lbs, s24-0 %
CHEESE-ls per b.
RVTTER-1O IL 2icts, per 10
EGGs-32 cts dpZ fresh
TkAs-41 to IA cents peJ D..
C0FFEE-il 10 Is cents Per .'s
LARp-pomeste. IS cts Pure, IS cts l'm-
pound, y cts.
NoLAssEs-Pure Ponce. sc. cure hsrhadoes,
%: Maple, 25C per at; Choice Cooking, 2ac
SUGAK-tirauu ated Ill ar. best quality Il
pounds TOR Sl.oo Brown, - pounds for Il.
PoTATOEs-7Sc to 500 = DO.
Dry kIsH-Oad, A 10 Cts. per II poll OK c
ONIoNs--Sc. per 10.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
The Holiday Season.

There are many causes for congratul1-
ton at this holiday season that the ap-
proach of the close of the year 1902
brings to us and some causes for regret.
The year has been one Of wide prosper
ity to all the leading industries and man
fold interests Of the country, almost
without parallel in even this famed land
Money has been plentiful and has borne
low rate of interest to the advantage
of those who borrow to carry on bust
ness enterprises. Labor has been well
employed and well p i'd and and at the
same time within few months the cost
of living has been slightly reduced, so
far as the necessaries of life are concern.
ed, aside from fuel.
The one hard, cold problem has been
and is, the fuel supply issue. The un-
necessary suspension OF the production
of anthracite coal for term of Desrly
six months created shortage that can
not be made up within less than a full
year II 1t can in that time, and soft coal
has advanced skyward in price in sympa-
Thy with the price of anthracite. Wood
also is keeping well up in the procession.
The end Of suffering and Inconvenience
is not yet. The long cold winter has its
grip upon us and will make US feel it's
relentless grasp many times before the
April sun shall dissolve the ice and
snow now on the ground and that will
accumulate during the coming months.
This situation makes all the more i'm
perative aid to the poor and unfortunate
In providing fuel of some kind to defend
them from cold. Our people are inclined
to deeds of charity. There are always
opportunities for such and the fuel fam
inc makes more numerous those oppor
tunities. Our we'll to do citizens will
enjoy better their comfortable homes il
they contribute to the comfort of those
not so highly fovored by Dame Fortune.
We extend the compliments of the
Holidays to our many readers, hoping
the coming year may bring to them
prosperity, health, and happiness in full
measure.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
DRESS HINTS.

Thin stockings should be darned with
fine worsted.
Cover an old hat pad with Grape and
use 1t for brushing velvet aud vel
veteen.
Water In which potatoes have been
hoiled is the best thing with which TO
sponge and revive silk dress.
When buttonholing flannel edges,
first run a linen thread about one
eighth of an inch from the edge. It
will hold the buttonhole stitch and
wear much better.
Corsets may be cleaned by serubbing
them with hand brush and warm
soapsuds after removing the steels and
laces. then rinsing When dry, mend
carefully and put the steels and laces
back In place.
To renew lace wells dip them in new
milk. squeeze dry and pin them to a
firm surface to dry. Pick out every
point of the lace and have the edges
perfectly straight, and the lace will
look like new when dried
Pink ciel blue or mauye accessories
often render gray gown becoming to
either fair or dark women, and. again.
a small amount of rich velvet, with the
addition of some handsome deep cream
lace greatly improves a gray toilet
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
The Som erset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.
xNTEREo AS SECOND GLASS MAIL NATTER.

There Is something of a change In
the method of cutting spruce timber
from the old fashioned way of chop
ping the tree down with the ak. Saws
are being used quite extensively max
ing a saving of 10 feet board measure to
the log, on an average in the timber
used, and the same men will do more
work than with the ak. At first chop
pers seriously objected to the saw
method, but they have become &C.
custonied to the change and like it now
The present winter it is certain that
many operators who have never before
seen fit to have saws used i'll the work
of cutting down trees, are now becom.
ing firmly convinced that they made no
mistake as result of using the new
method. 1t has become a custom with
some land owners to stipulate in the
stumpage contracts that the cutting
spruce be done with the saw, thus in
creasing the amount they receive for
stumpage, materially. The cut on the
Kennebec waters the present season,is
variously estimated from 1870 to 140
millions. Sixty per cent of this cut, it
is estimated by good judges, will be
used for manufacture into pulp and
paper, the balance for lumber for
general building purposes. The snow
and recent cold weather have improved
the conditions, freezing up the soft
places and making excellent foundation
for good roads when more snow falls
Early this week but s inches of snow
had fallen In the Moosehead region.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

About everyone who could, seemed
disposed to take advantage of circum
stances to make coal bear the highest
price possible. Coastwise shippers
charge from $1.75 to $500 per ton for
freighting coal from New York to Bos-
ton while steamers freight it from
Wales to New York or Boston for 81 40
to 1882 per ton. When it comes to
squeezing the consumer there appears
to be but little difference between coal
miners, coal operators or coal shippers,
and coal dealers in most cases are not
slow to put on stiff price. There Is
a good supply of human nature in all
who have to do with producing fuel of
any kind or in putting it ON the market
The coal famine has thrown this fact
up into the white light of publicity,
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
Hot MIX For the skin.

Hot milk for the complexion has
proved to be of the greatest benefit,
and many women say they owe an i'm
provement to their complexion to the
constant use of hot milk applied every
morning and night to their faces.
A woman prominent in the literary
world and whose complexion is equal
to young girls declared that OF all
the many precautions she had taken
to keep her skin In good condition none
was so efficacious as hot milk. when
l am frightfully fatigued." she said
"from the rush of the life l lead, get
a gallon of milk for thirty cents and
put it in my bathtub, adding sufficient
hot water to cover the body.
81 lie in this mixture for ten minutes
and come out feeling thoroughly re-
freshed and with new life to the skin
which. previous to the bath. had a dead
look"
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

There is nothing better for a girl
sometimes than a little hearty praise.
Many good people conscientiously act
on the direct opposite and seem to
think nothing better than a little
hearty blame. They are mistaken,
conscientious in their blame as they
may be. There are sore burdens enough
In life, bitterness and pain enough,
hard work enough and little enough
for it-enough to depress us all and
keep us humble, a keen enough sense
Of failure. succeed as one may, and a
word Of hearty commentator now and
then will tighten the load and brighten
the heart and send woman on with
new hope and energy, and II she have
any reasonable amount of brains at all
1t will do her no harm. Children are
sometimes heart starved for little
hearty praise. Boys will act up to
the estimate put upon them, or at least
try to, II they are worth their salt
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

The Lewiston Journal with it's ac-
customed enterprise on Saturday issued
what may with propriety be called "a
legislative edition. 1t contained the
pictures of senator's and representatives
and good ones, and letters received
from a large number of members-elect
in reply to questions propounded in a
circular letter addressed to all the SO
soon to be law makers. OF course
resubmission is one of che propositions
submitted for consideration. The form
of the question is: "Do you think there
is any stronger feeling for resubmission
of the prohibitory amendment at the
coming session than two years ago,
among Republicans The replies to
this proposition must be damper
upon the ardor of the Journal for it's
favorite hobby. They are not at all
assuring.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
Baked Bananas.

To bake bananas deliciously make a
strip of orange and lemon Juice and
sugar. For six bananas two oranges
and one lemon will be required. A lit
tie pineapple juice is an Improvement.
Remove the entire skin of the bananas.
place them with tho strip. in baking
dish. put In the oven and cook until
clear The bananas should be basted
frequently with the sirup. When they
are done and cooled, remove to q glass
dish and pour the contents of the dish
over them. Serve very cold
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

Anxious Daughter-Mother did papa
have his salary increased when he was
married?
Mother-No, my child.
Anxious Daughter don't suppose
he had any money saved up, had he?
Mother-Not n penny. He spent all
he earned.
Anxious Daughter-Did you get along
comfortably?
Mother-We were very happy.
Anxious Daughter-Well, you know,
George hasn't been able to save pen
ny, but
Mother-Now. Maria, II that poverty
stricken fellow dares to show his face
here again I'll get your father to turn
him out!
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

The parlor otherwise the company
or show ROOM" ought to be the one
room in the house that should portray
in its every detail the ideal personality
OF the woman who owns it. It should
contain but few beautiful objects on
which the eyes might rest without dis
traction, some good pictures on the
walls, suggestion of music by the
presence of an unobtrusive instrument,
and, above all and everything, a sense
OF comfort and unity should be appar-
emit In all its furnishings and decora-
tons. The japanese custom of show
ing only one good picture or kakemono
or screen at time and placing the
Towering branch of tree where it will
be seen to greatest advantage In their
guestroom IS unquestionably an excel
lent Idea, one well worth initiating. In
our efforts to have everything pretty
and snowy around us we reduce our
parlors TO % iature curio stores and
palmhOuses and i'll crowding our treas
ures fail TO obtain the effect of artistic
beauty in their arrangement.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
Somerset s. j. Court.

DECRMBER TERM, iJuz.
STRoUT, j., Presiding.
WM. T. SERKIHs, Clerk.
GEORGE w. COVER, County Attorney.
A. H. WHITMAN, Stenographer.
+. T. PRNNRLL, Sheriff.
HIRAM THING, Messenger.
DEPUTIES: F. L. Harding, Madison; c. B.
Haskell, Pitt sfeld F. s. Parsons, Me- Arson
R. S. Williams. Hartland; C. F. Ham, Bingham
+. F. Caswell, East New Portland; Walter
Cross. Scion; c. 4. Duren, Fairfield; c. W.
Farran |, N orridgewock; W. Guy Pennell, Show
hogan; C. II Jones. Athens; 8, W. Herrick,
Harmony; H. NJ. Waugh, Starks.
The December term of the Supreme
Judicial Court for Somerset county
opened at the court house, Tuesday,
the 23d instant, at 1890 o'clock. a. M,
Hon. Sewall c. Strout, associate justice,
presiding.
Rev. Il. F. Huse, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, made the opening
prayer and Sheriff Pennell made the
usual proclamations, after which the
grand jury was called as follows:
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
ABERDEEN ANGUS, ADVANCE

champion steer of international Live
Stock exposition of 1900
early maturity enables them to attain
marketable weights In an extremely
short time.
The milking qualities of Angus cows
have been much neglected. All the
powers of the breed have been directed
to the production of prime beef How
well this has been accomplished the
markets and fat stock shows of both
England and America will witness.
There are at present about 10000 reg
istered animals of this breed in North
America. one-tifth on the range, the
other four-ffths in the hands of the
small farmer and feeder. Their foot
ing on the range has always been Sc
cure, but the popularity of the breed
for the production of baby beef keeps
most of them east of the Missouri. The
outlook is bright for Angus cattle In
America Bulletin OF Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
Death of Mrs Tuttle.

Mrs. Eva Jane, wife of John futile.
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. ). Cobb, No. Northern Aveuuei
Sunday, the 2lst instant, sged 20 wears,
mouths and II days. She mad been
in delicate health for some years bur the
death came suddenly and WAS q great
shock 10 her family aud friends She
was confined to the bed but 3 DAYS.
The former home of Mr. and Mrs. Tut.
tie WAS Stoughton, Mass. where her
remains were taken by Mr. Futile
on Wednesday accompanied by Mr..
Cobb. Funeral services were held Al
the home, Tuesday afternoon conducted
by Rev. Daniel Onstott, She had
resided in Skowhegan three and one
half years. Mr.. futile aud Mr.. and
Mrs. Cobb 'ender thanks to heir
friends and neighbors for kind attentions
shown during the illness of the beloved
wife and mother, and for ADwers at the
funeral; also to the shop-mates of Mr.
futile in the shoe factory for sympathy
and assistance and for an elegant floral
wreath contributed by them for the
occasion.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
A BEEFMAkER.

The Good Little Aberdeen Angus, the
Small Farmers Favorite.
Examining an Angus bull for the
black color. He is all black, the only
white allowed being little on the un-
derlne behind the naval. Occasionally
red calves are dropped. We note an
entire absence of horns. Not even scurs
are allowed.
The form is very typical of the breed.
While the requirements of first class
beef animal demand a rounded form
here we find this carried to an ex-
IRENE, and the barrel shape" is a
characteristic that the Angus claims
peculiar to itself. Viewed from any d.
rection, this marked rotundity Is
prominent and one notices, too, how
low set the animal is, his great style,
quality, compactness and symmetry.
In the feeder we find all the indica-
tons of good beefmaking machine
and in the finished animal every re-
quirement of market topper. We
see short legs and neat, fine bone and
most particularly the wonderful
smoothness which even the most ex-
IRENE forcing is hardly able to mar.
The head is very characteristic -
short. wide, clean cut, with a muzzle
whose capacious mouth and large nos
trils denote excellent feeding qualities
and strong powers of constitution, sur
mounted with tufted poll that is
sharp and higher in the female than
in the male and ornamented with eyes
of rare beauty and large, hairy ears,
elegantly carried the whole sci - the
body with a neck almost as slutt as
that of a Hereford. The Angus head is
an index of the excellence that we are
to find behind it.
Note the tremendous width of chest,
with legs set well outside the body,
the spring of rib and deep, heavy
flesh. Observe the compactness, how
closely the ribs are joined to the hind
quarters In the hind quarters we fail
to find the hooks bones, though thev
are there.
Mature bulls rarely weigh over 1900
pounds, and cows average perhaps
1000 pounds in show condition. But
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

Marconi is bound to succeed in making
his system work 10 sending messages
across the ocean. His latest achieve
ment Is the forwarding a message of many
words which appears to have been dis
tinctly legible in England. Before we
know 1t the wireless system will be in
common use for the transmission of mes
sages which are now sent only by cable.
He is entitled to great credit for his
achievement. He has pursued his expert
ments with the greatest persistency.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

Two good natured little Irish boys
once occupied the same bed. In the
morning one of them said to the other:
Dennis. did you hear it thunder last
night"
NO" said Dennis, "Did it really
thunder
"Yis; 1t Numbered as If hiyen and
airth would come together"
"Well, phoy in the worruld didn't ye
wake me? Ye know | can't slape whin
1t thunders." said Dennis. - Pittsburg
Chronicle.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
Her Recommendation.

Il don't think very much of your
reference"
Il don't wonder. maam. My mis-
tress was too busy to write it. ma am.
an so | got her maid TO write it for
her. ma'am, an she's only been to
night school one winter. ma am. an
the pen was bad one" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

81 gave you shilling the other day
on the plea that your child was serious
ly ill-at deaths door, in fact. And
yesterday | saw him as lively as n
cricket"
Eyes, kind lady He's the most dis
appointin' boy YOU ever see'-Moon-
shine.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
WARDS ~ RANGE
CONTESTS.
The Counting Up was AN Ardu-
Gus Task as the Vote Was
Large in Each Class.

CLASS No. ].
Won by...=.Mrs VIM. Tolman, skowhegan
CLASS No. 2, Western Section.
Won by..'...mrs. W. X. Jordan, Bingham
CLASS No. ,. Eastern Section.
Won by Mrs. stillman BlaisdeIl. CornviIle
The REPORTER QUAKER Range Voting
Contest cIosed al p. m. Monday night
last. The last days Of the "merry
rivalry that WAS waged by the several
contestants made our business office one
OF the busiest places IN skowhegau even
in this holiday season.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

A diyap should never be set across
the corner of a room, as Is occasionally
seen. A divan's place is against the
wall, which, softened by upright cush-
ions, makes the back. Neither should
screen stand irrelevantly, screening
nothing. II should shut off draft, an
ugly view or conceal an awkward
doorway.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

In classes, No. and 3 we are privleg-
ed to publish the picture Of the success
full candidates and are sorry We cannot
add the likeness of Mrs. w. r. Jordan
winner in class No. 2.
We wish to thank all the contestants
for the interest shown throughout the
contest and trust that The regr cts OF
the losers at nor being able to secure
the coveted prize will not prevent of
their having Merry Christmas.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
Poaafh1y TruR.

Mamma Ito friend who is lunching
with heD-I don't know why it is, but
] always eat more when we have com
pany than when were alone.
Tommy (helping himself to the third
piece of cake)-l know why it is;
cause we have better things to eat
Brooklyn Life.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

City Marshall Brien of Augusta has
bottled all of the alleged liquor dealers
in the city to Immediately go out OF
business. No distinction is made be-
tween the leading hotels, drug stores,
the places where only malt liquors are
sold and the common, everyday bar
rooms
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

At the { flee of the Reading Company
today, it wss announced that four of tbe
company's colleres in the SchuylkiIl
region are flooded. The Kinekerbocker,
Elangowan and Maple Hill workings
near Shenandoah and the Good Spring
colliery at Minersvile are idle owing To
the recent heavy rains.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

The annual reunion of the students of
The Shaw Business College will take
place at the College rooms in Portland,
Augusta and Bangor on Saturday even
ing, January 81. All past students are
cordially invited to be present. A very
enjoyable time Is expected.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25
A Timely Tonic.

At this season of coughs and colds it is
we'll to know that Foley's Honey and
Tar is the greatest throat and lung
remedy. 1t cures quickly aud prevents
serious results from a cold. sold by
F. W. Buchanan, Skowhegan; George
Gushing, Madison.
The Somerset reporter., 1902-12-25

She-Some persons claim that they
cannot look from a height without
wishing to cast themselves down. Did
you ever have that feeling Mr.. Yearn-
SO?
He-Once.
Indeed? Where were you?'
az was in an elevated ear, and l saw
you in the street."-New York Weekly