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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01
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 Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re- sponsible for more sickness and suffering than any other disease, and If permitted to continue much suffering with fatal re- suits are sure to follow. Kidney trouble irritates the nerves makes you dizzy, restless, sleepless and irritable; makes you pass water often during the day and obliges you to get up many times during the night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism. gravel. catarrh of the blad- der, pain or dull ache in the back. joints or muscles; makes your head and back ache, causes indigestion, stomach and liver trouble; you get sallow, yellow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01
Thousands Have Kidn6U Trouble
 And Do Not Even Suspect It
Neglect Kidneys, Because Kidney Trouble Per
 Continue, Fatal Results Sure to Follow.

It used to be considered that only uri- nary and bladder troubles were to be traced to the kidneys. but now modern science proves that nearly all diseases have their beginning in the disorder Of these most important organs.
 Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out of order you can understand how quickly your entire body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to do it's duty.
 If you are sick or feel badly" begin taking the great kidney remedy. Dr. Kil- mers Swamp-Root, because as soon as your kidneys are well they will help all the other organs to health. trial will convince any one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01

All kinds of cuts. Age-Herald En graving Department
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Planting Time. Godden's Seed Store 2Ol8 First Ave.

Invest in a lot at Oak Crest. Jemison Real Estate and In- surance Co.,, ll3 2lst St.
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Prove what the Great Kidney Remedy will do for YOU Reader of "The Sample FREE.

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The Object of the Course Is to Be- come Rapidly and Personally Ac- quainted With the Sick and Ar
 ficted and to Thoroughly introduce the Arno System of Curing Disease.
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CUT OUT THIS COUPON.

CUT OUT THIS COUPON. For we resolve to send for something but forget. Mark the book desired and mall this with your name and address to
 Dr. shoop. Box esO, Racine Wis Book on Dyspepsia. Book for Women. Book on the Heart, Book for Men tsealed) Book on the Kidneys Book on Rheumatism. Mild not chronic. often cured by one or two
 bottles. At all Druggists.
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Vote for Thomas F. Parker for Police Commissioner.
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More Evidence Pouring In Daily Prov ing Its Wonderful Power Over Dis ease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01

Only Two Months Since This New Sys- tenn Was Introduced In Birmingham and Hundreds Already Testify to the Almost Miraculous Cures Wrought by This Remarkable New System.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01
kidney remedy In taking Swamp Root you afford natural help to nature, for Swamp-Root is the most perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that Is known to medical science.
 FIND OUT IF YOU NEED SWAMP FOOT

If there is any doubt in your mind as to your condition. take from your urine on rising about four ounces, place 1t in glass or bottle and let 1t stand twenty four hours. If on examination 1t is milky or cloudy, or if there is a brick-dust set ting, or if small particles float about in 1t. your kidneys are in need of immediate attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01

Rheumatism, Gout, Heart Disease, Ma laria, Blood and Skin Diseases All
 Yield Really ato It's Magic Influence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01
Its Range of Usefulness Is as Great as That of Food and Sunshine.

There is no pain like the pain or a new idea" and to many minds new idea is exceedingly painful, and yet evolution in thought. as in the mate rial. is a law of nature as optimistic as it is inexorable--a portion or na- tures amiabe philosophy that is most conservative, though despoiling, and
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
Claude Nelson
Ed. 1903.

This handsome bay stallion will stand
Tuesday of each week at Norridgewock
Hotel stable; Thursdays at stable Of
Washb g Hotel, Canaan, and all the
rest ofthe time at stable of Ralph b
Hill Elm ST., Skowhegan. Positively
no business done on Sundays.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
SPRAYING POTATOES.
Bordeaux Mixture and Paris Green
For BIIRht md potato bugs.

In order TO show how in some sec
tions farmers may check tie potato
blight at small! co~I il may be of inter-
est to briefly reproduce an account Civ
en- in Rural New Yorker of method
used on a New York farm last season.
\ twenty-six acre field of potatoes
was sprayed three times with bor-
deaux mixture at a cost considerably
below the usual estimate. Adjacent to
the potato field is a wood lot through
which runs small brook near the
fence separating the fields. An iron
pipe was laid from the potato field I'M
der the fence into the water To the
upper end was attached an upright
pipe, to which was fastened an Ordi-
nary cistern pump. The water was
pumped into barrels as needed, thus
avoiding the expense of hauling water.
The outfit WAS moved along as the
work progressed.
A stock solution of blue yitriol was
made by dlssolving 100 pounds in fifty
gallons lone barrch of water, so that
each gallon contained two pounds of
the poison. \ stock solution of lime
was also made by stalking enough fresh
lime to fill large tub, care being TAX
en- TO keep the lime covered with water
after it was prepared. BY this method
the blue vitriol and lime were ready
for use Mt any time Two gallons of
the stock solution of blue vitriol were
poured into a barrel which was then
pumped half full Of water. A pailful of
lime was then diluted with about TWEEN
ty-fye gallons of water, so that both
the lime and the blue yitriol were d.
luted before being combined. In this
way n mixture IS made that will stay
in suspension longer than when the
lime is added before being thinned. The
proper amount of lime was determined
by the ferricyande of potassium test.
The mixture was strained into the
sprayer to remove particles likely TO
clog the nozzles.
The accompanying illustration shows
the two horse sprayer. This Is home
made affair. The fifty gallon barrel IS
mounted on platform set on an old
potato digger that had outgrown its
usefulness. The spray pump is fas-
tened to the top Of the barrel and is
connected with the wheel, as shown at
the right so that no hand pumping is
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18

required. From the pump the bor-
deaux mixture is forced through the
horizontal pipe at the rear, discharging
through six Nermorel nozZles. two for
each row of potatoes. The safety valve
is so arranged that when the pressure
becomes too great the discharge is into
the barrel, thus helping to agltate the
mixture. AS there was no pressure
gauge it is impossible to give the exact
pressure used but 1t was estimated to
be from seventy to eighty pounds. Two
men did all the work, one driving the
sprayer while the other made the bor-
deaux mixture With the conyeniences
already described the twenty-six acres
We're sprayed in one and one-half days.
Arsenical poisoning was mixed with
the bordeaux mixture, so that treat
ment for both the potato bugs and the
blight was given at one operation. The
total amount of blue vitriol used in the
three sprayings was $50 pounds. so that
nearly barrel Of the mixture was used
per acre. While the amount of blue
vitriol and the quantity of bordeaux
mixture were slightly less than is usu-
ally recommended, excellent results
We're obtained. The vines remained
green several weeks longer than did the
unsprayed fields near by. Neighboring
unsprayed fields gave yields varying
from twenty-five bushels to hundred
bushels per acre. The sprayed field
yielded 122 bushels per acre. Compar-
ing this yield with the hundred bushel
yield, the gain would be twenty-five
bushels per acre, or 572 bushels for the
entire field. At 80 cents per bushel the
increase would mean 1886 A fairer
comparison, however would be to take
an average of ninety bushels, which
would give a gain of 832 bushels, or
$416. From this sum should be deduct
ed cost of material and labor Early in
August the writer saw the sprayer at
work In the field. If the first and sec
ond sprayngs had been given slightly
earlier there would have been less dam
age done by the potato bugs and the
yield would have been greater, for 1t
was observed that many hills were Sc
verely injured before the poison got In
its work This emphasizes the impor-
lance of promptness and thoroughness.
The poison should be applied as soon as
the eggs begin to hatch. II not before.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
BILLS OF COST.

STATE OF MAINE-SoMERsET COUNTY.
County Treasurers Office, Harmony,
May 1908.
The following bills of cost were allowed at
Dec. adjourned term Of the County Commits
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18

Fresh air is carried between Joists over
ahead to center Of barn; foul air drawn
out from near floor by four large ven
tilators carried above roof causing a
continuous change of air without ere
atng draft on the COWS. Ventilator
shown at a.
and seen throughout the state. If n barn
Is already built and has insufficient
light more windows can easily be pro-
vided. There should be from three
fourths to one and half square feet
of glass for every linear foot of outside
wall in n dairy barn.
Many barns are not provided with
any system of ventilation whatever, as
but few dairymen realize that pure air
is Just as essential to the economic pro-
ducton of untainted milk as is the feed
a COW consumes. Digestion and assim-
ilation, like the burning of coal in a
stove. are processes of combustion. The
stove may be filled with coal, but If the
drafts are kept tightly closed the coal
will not burn, as sufficient oxygen is
be properly digested and assimilated
without an abundance of oxygen, and
unless this is supplied great waste
of food as well as impaired health of
the COW will result.
Much has been said about the num-
Der of cubic feet of air space that
should be allowed for COW, but this
Is of little consequence in comparison
with the more important question of
ventilation or change Of air. In order
not to get greater degree of impurity
in the air than is permissible with good
results each COW should be supplied
with 3,540 cubic feet of air per hour.
The size of the ventilating tues to be
provided will depend upon the number
of cows in the stable. About four
square feet is a good size for yenti-
lating f1ue. and If so constructed as
to cause the air to travel 800 feet Il
minute this will furnish ventilation for
twenty COWS. Two flues this size
would be sufficient for forty cows, and
FIVE would be required for 100 cows.
To be sanitary n dairy barn should
be whitewashed at least once a year.
overhead at irregular intervals, with
hay hanging through and with the
sides in no better condition cannot be
properly whitewashed. The ceiling
should be tight. excluding all dust and
chaff from above, and sides smooth,
thus affordng a firm surface to which
the whitewash can cling.
1t is not necessary to cell the barn
with surfaced lumber-in fact, the
whitewash will adhere better If the
surface Is not too smooth. The boards
must, however be reasonably clean
before the whitewash is applied; 9th
erwise 1t will be of little use, for it will
soon shell off with the filth, and, be-
sides this, filth simply covered is not
removed.
A cement floor is the most sanitary
for a COW stable, and when put down it
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18

The average condition of meadow
moving lands on May l was 90 g
against 500 on May /. 1902, 92S at
the corresponding date in 1901 and
9o.4, the mean of the May averages of
the last ten years.
Centrifugal separation is not sup
posed to improve the keeping quail
ties of milk to any great extent. Its
chief advantage lies in the removal Of
solid impurities.
The reduction of 2 cents per 100
pounds in rates on grain and grain
products between Chicago and New
York will remain in force until Sept.
80, according to the Crop Reporter.
Forty-one German agriculturists are
on tour of observation through this
country and will doubtless absorb a
number of good ideas.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
j. r. HOLMAN
ATTORNEY at Law.
9Ek IIMRm!g$1
Arrangements of Trains In Effec,
June 18th, 1903.

Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: s@ A.
NJ. for all points " est; also to Bangor and
Bar Harbor.-i260 P. NJ. for Wateryilie Oak.
land, Bingham, Lewiston, Augusta, Gardner
and Brunswick, Portland and Boston, Dexter,
town, Vapceboro, Maritime Provinces, s..
John and Halifax, B. & A. Il R.,-2.4O P N.
(mixed) for Waterville enabling passengers
to connect for Oakland and to take night
Pullman for Portland and Boston and sll
points east.
ARRIVALS:-7.15 A. M mixed from Water.
Vile, daily except Mondsys:--10.30 A. ".
Passenger from Portland, Brunswick, Angus.
ia, Oakland, Waterville and Bangor.-50O P.
NJ. from All points.-900 P. M, Saturdays
only, from Boston, Portlsnd and Lewiston.
GEO. F. EVANS, Vice Pres, and Gen. Mgr
F. E. BOOTHBY. General Pss'r. Agent
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
s54.87

The following bills of cost were allowed at
the March term of the County Commission
ers' Court, 1903:
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
Was Waiting Away.

The following letter from Robert r
Watts of Salem, Mo-, Is instructive. ~
have been troubled with kidney disease
for the last five years. lost flesh and
never felt well and doctored with lead
ing physicians and tried all remedies sug-
gested without relief. Finally / tried
Foley's Kidney Cure and less than two
bottles completely cured me and 1 am
now sound and we'll" Sold by F. w.
Bucknam, Skowhegan; Geo. Cushing
Madison.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
A Good All Around Tomato

One of the very best all around toma-
toes is the Dwarf Champion. 1t is n
smooth, handsome, fairly early and
productive kind but its great merit
from the busy farmers point of view
is that 1t makes stout. compact vine,
holding up the fruit and keeping it
sound and clean without help of a
mulch or trellis. 1t begins shortly aft,
er the earliest kinds and ripens most
of its fruit before frost.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
EAiR ~
11sa2T76cERBgA
THE DAIRY BARN.
Some suggestions For Securing
ThnronghIy sanitary Conditions.

Thoroughly sanitary Conditions.
Two things almost universally lack
Ing or 1T lea>t inadequately supplied
in dairy barns are light and pure air.
These are easily obtained. and. al
though absolutely essential 10 the best
health Of the herd and the economic
production of clean milk. they are rare
ly appreciated. The second cut shows
a dairy barn containing enough win
dows These are in striking contrast
with others Which have been printed
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18

A COMPARATIVELY CHEAP DAIRY BARN.
This is one of the best lighted. best ven
tilated and most sanitary dairy barns in
Illinois. Silos in portion on left, cow
stable on right
should be left rough under the float to
prevent the cows from slipping. An
objection often made to cement floors
is that they are cold in winter, but as
the temperature in dairy barn should
never get below 40 degrees f. this OBJ
lection is largely overcome If the COWS
are properly bedded. When a plank
floor is used it must be renewed as fast
as 1t wears or rots out.-W. ]. Fraser.
Illinois Experiment Station.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18

81 understand that 1t is no longer fashion
able to believe in the orthodox conception o
future punishment" SWELL" answered tn,
minister, perhaps 1t is all for the best.
sincerely trust that we may be able to max,
the place so unfashionable that nobody will
go there
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18
Claude Nelson by Nelson, the
Northern King,

Merrill, 2,l0. p, Silver Street, 2.19. T, Ed
monds, 2.l7, P, Newmsrch, 1871, P, susietta
L.l6 p. and many others in the thirty list
Claude Nelson should be seen tobe appreciate
ed. He is besutful bay in color, stand
10 ga hands and weighs ll60 pounds. He has
fine style about him and In general appear
ance much resembles his sire. In breeding
he cannot be excelled. His sire WAS Nelson
209, he BY Young Rolie. he by Tom Rofe
On the maternal side OF the house is equally
as strong blood. His dam was Eela by
Gideon out OF a daughter OF Witherells Mes.
known. He was sired by Hambletonian 10
that whose blood lines are found in SO many
we'll bred ones.
Terms $40 to warrant
Shall not be responsible for any acct
dents.
RALPH q. HILL, Prop,
Skowhegan, M Q.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-18

, Inc kn .a,d th ts get sAwSaymTnat little
got big opinion OF himself all of g sudden
Eyes," replied the other, "he managed to
wriggle OF hook this morning, and then
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-12
MARkSMEN TO MEET.
Trophies of Value for Best in Two
Glasses.

SidooSSs
Ell Reno, o. T., April 1.-THE fourth an
nual tournament of the Oklahoma Terri
torial Sportsmen's Association will be
given under the auspices of the FL Reno
Gun club at FL Reno, o. T., on May Z,
8 and 9, 1903 The annual meeting OF the
Territorial association will be held on the
evening of Thursday. May a. Following
are the officers of the association:
E. F. Gallup, president; H. e. Bonnie
brake vice president: T. j. Abbott. sec
rotary, and E. c. Young. treasurer.
The FL Reno Gun club win give two
handsome goId-lined trophy cups. one for
the best live bird shoot and one for the
best clay bird shoot. These trophies are
on exhibition now at the H. c. Rise
jewelry store; each is valued at $50. and
will certainly be an elegant gift to the
marksman who wins IT,
The following rules Will be enforced
during the tournament:
Shooting to begin at $50, sharp.
Interstate rules will govern
Referees decision Is final.
Blackboard is the official score.
Ten-gsIaee guns and black powder bar
red
Division of moneys-Rose system.
15 target events. .r......-........7+5-3
20 target events 1882
25 target events. ................. 1882
Live birds
10 bird events.
10 bird events --.f-o-5
The club here is making extensive pre-
parations for the grand event and viii
also show the association royal good
time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-12

s., 900 per annum. Another is to assist in
the organiza ton Of the farmers insd-
tutes in various parts of the territory
The secretary might also assist in the
preparation of an agricultural exhibit for
st. Louis at the suggestion of the Okla
homa commission. Aside from these
things there is little for Secretary Tho
burn to do owing to the fact that there is
no law requiring township assessors TO
secure information for the secretary's Of
fee. If the assessors were inclined TO GO
the work there is no compensation for
their services. Without the statistics
from the various counties the secretary
is handicapped and instead of providing
for the salary and expenses of this OFF,
ciaI the last legislature might as well
have ordered him to shut up shop and
wait until legislature appropriated for
the gathering of statistics.
The new secretary is man well posted
in his line of work. With opportunity nc
will undoubtedly be of much service 10
the territory, but without means with
which to work 1t can hardly be seen what
the Office can do in the next two years
outside of farmer institutes and world $
fair work
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-12
SUIT FOR 1853, $40.
Sumner Board Of County Commission
ers Sues the Santa Ee.

Wellington, Kan, April n.-Through its
attorneys, Haughey g. Mcbride and w.
W. Schwinn, the board of county COM
missioners fled a suit in the district court
this afternoon against the Santa Fe
Railway company to recover $16S,950.
When the Santa Fe first built through
Sumner county the branch was built by
a corporation known as the Cowley,
Sumner and Fort Smith Railroad COM
pany. Afterward it was known as the
Wichita and Southwestern. The county
voted bonds to the amount Of $172.60o, and
with money realized from the sale OF the
bonds bought stock OF the railroad COM
pany. This stock has laid IN the vaults
at the court house for many years. The
original company leased the road bed and
property to the Santa Fee for ninety-nine
years. Last year the Santa Fe took
deed to all of the property in this county
and afterwards paid to the county $3.50
and asked the county commissioners to
transfer to the railroad the stock held by
the county. The commissioners refused
to accept the money except as dividend
on the stock, and the suit Is to recover
the balance claimed to be due. On ac-
count of the amount involved it will be
a very interesting case
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-12
JUG SEEMS LOST.
~ History Of Beaver Is Sealed, 10 May
Remain So.

Guthrie. o. T. April 1.-The Courfsr
prints the following:
The old settlers OF Alva will all recol-
lee. Ben schollenberger. He was an ola
time printer and newspaper man and
worked more or less on every paper In
AIya and founded the Lahoma Sun in
this county.
Ben at enc time had a claim in this
county about sixteen or eighteen miles
southeast OF Aiva and lived there with
hts mother till her death. Afterwards
he got into a legal difficulty here and
some OF his advisers got mixed Up IN some
sensational matters that were within
Ben's knowledge. On this account Pen
feared the motives Of some Of the mon
whom he had trusted and he gradually
driftcd away from Aiva into woodward
county. Beaver county. Texas and prob
ably Is still drifting.
He has started number Of papers ard
is probably stu starting new ones. lie
has been in the west for years. ana has a
most remarkable history and expsrienos.
His knowledge of tho early days In Beaver
county was probably not eqsalsd BY any
hviug man. and the latest Information
we have from Ben Is that white living
with his mother or his claim IN this
county that he compiled and wrote a com
plete history Of the early days Of Beaver
county. placed the finished manuscript in
earthen jug. sealed Il Up and buTist q
somewhere on that homestead. Ills TSs-
son for this strange deposition ot ths
manuscript was that Re would no. uys
long and that hs wanted the word %
know the true iagide story % dramatic
Beaver and her early heroes. And. inst
some OF the characters IN his history are
sti!i living who would probably MAKE lfs
OF utrs value 90 him should Re naks
the whole story public during BIS lfe.
Ben was a forelbIe and vitrioiie writer
and there ~ 10 doubt bot that a series =
facts could be connected ~ him into =
story OF thrilling interest and excite
meut.
The question now CONES where e thas
hidden jag wit hfhe sensational ard saf-
ter history Of Beaver county. ara = %
possible 20 ind =.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-12
FoRTUNATUs' CUP FOUND.
Affinity Found, but Not In the
Grounds. =.

Guthrie, o. T.. April 1.-THE Lawton
News has proven without doubt that
a mans fate lies in the coffee cup.
After an acquaintance of two weeks
the wedding of Mrs. Emma Thompson
and Mr.. Henry Grass took place at No.
IA Avenue z. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Job Ingram last night
The story OF this wedding is a tribe out
OF the ordinary. Mrs. Thompson has
been working in a local hotel for several
months as cook She had once known
the advantage and companionship OF a
husband. but she had been deprived OF
such company for many months Daily
she went faithfully about her work AM
those who knew her best could not but
suspect that she was satisfied with her
lot
Mr.. Grass IS n widower with six child
rem He has been on his farm for two
years and he grew mighty tired OF single
existence-and went day boy day keep
ing a lookout for breakers.
Two weeks ago he visited LsSion.
stopping az the hotel whose cooking WAS
into the dinirg roo-n- The supper vas
brought I; vas all highly palatsbis but
the oo1se-oh. that coffee was the cause
OF IL all Il was Tich. exquisite would
the landlord please tell him who maze
that coffee Yes" said the landlord. a
widow made that coffee Grass wanted
an Introduction and his wish was graf
fed lie hegzn BIZ eonp1srnenting the 60.
Zee and wound % - proposing nnarrfage.
He ~zs aoeep:-d and yesterday evening
The words which bind Ve-e spoken