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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15
FREE BLOOD TEST.

=. AS rheumatism and kidney diseases are botf
diseases OF the blood, the only accurate way :
tell ones true condition is TO examine the blood
You can have an expert bacteriologist analyxs
your blood free of charge, by sending YOU
name TO the Louis Daudelin Co., Worcester
Mass. for full particulars
Blood Wine" costs fifty cents bottle
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
HOMEMADE CORN MARKER.

stand, thus leaving clear vision be-
tween his horses and straight ahead. G
shows where the wheel spindies are Sc
cured to the marker plank with yoke,
secured on the underside of the plank
by burs. At B is an upright pin. This
is to receive B of No. 2. This poke is
just eight feet long, and r is runner
made rounding at each end. This is
2 feet lang, s inches wide and l inch
thick. 1t is made. of hard wood and is
wedge shaped on the bottom. G Is q
wire attached with ring on it. To
the ring is attached good stout string,
and to this string Is fastened COM
mon snap, Fl. Place B No. 2 on B No. /,
snap II on same ring, and your highest
ideal of a perfect corn marker will be
realized. use z for handles when
turning at the end of the ieId.-Cor.
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
- the observatory.

Every one has right to know what
he eats and no one has any moral
right to prevent his knowing. The
time is not far distant when there will
be no legal right to deceive people as
to what they are eating.
Every Office building on earth is con-
gested with hollow eyed prisoners who
are planning to be gentlemen farmers.
about next year or year after, away
from the hurly hnriy and nothing to do
except raise chickens.
TO be a good cattle feeder means that
one must have an Unborn love for the
work, and combined with this must
be high form Of intelligence.
One of the most unfortunate of mem
tai habits is persistent and chronic
disposition to perceive only the dis
agreeable things Of life.
Farmers viii wake up some day and
pull together.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09

BRACKET FOR SCAFFoLD AND SPLICE FOR
& LADDER TO HANG, OVER RIDGE OF
BUILDING. ...
"a, B, 2 by scantling, framed fiatwise and
further strengthened by narrow strips,
C and d, nailed to each side; E, stud or
pole inserted in bracket to raise and sus-
tain.l Ez5~
able scaffold twelve feet long, consist
ing of two brackets and four inch
boards twelve feet long, would answer
for the whole barn. Brackets like that
shown can be taken down and moved
in very short time and require no
mailing to the building, although a nail
in the bottom helps a little in keeping
it plumb and steady. Whatever Is
used to hold the bracket in place
should be given base enough-say ten
feet out from building-so there wiz
be no danger of it's pushing away. The
bracket should extend about eighteen
or twenty inches above the scaffold
next the building, SO it can be thrust
up under the roof, and the bottom OF
the prop should be on solid ground and
securely held from slipping by a stake
outside. A sixteen foot 2 by 4 scan
Ting with a few bits Of sound fencing
will make two brackets, and they can
be kept for a lifetime, storing them
between two tie girts in the upper part
of the barn. The props of 2 by 4
must be fourteen feet and upward in
length, according to the height OF the
caves where the scaffold is to be used.
At the renailing job commenced by
getting up scaffold on which, by
stretching pretty well, I nailed twelve
courses. In doing this it suddenly &C.
Cured to me that 1t was not neces-
sary to work in horizontal lines as in
Fshingling, but that l could work up
and down. This simplifad the mat
ter at once, and then could use
ladder. All that was wanted was
some way Of hooking the ladder to the
ridge. Had the ladder been long
enough I could have bolted on some
brackets, but it was three feet short,
SO made two pieces like the second
figure, boiling one to each side OF the
ladder with three quarter-inch bolts,
the hooks or brackets having two bolts
each. With such an arrangement
could nail about two. feet wide from
caves to ridge and then, perched astride
the ridge, could move the ladder over
two feet and work down. A common
market basket with stout wire hook
|protruding from the bottom OF one
end made good receptacle for what
shingles needed each trip, hooking
the basket to rung of the ladder just
above me.
found the hemlock shingles after
ten years OF service in pretty good con-
dition and likely, II could keep them
from blowing away, good for perhaps
seven or eight years more. Wnen l
used them, was told that they would
not last to exceed eleven years In
conclusion might say that the job OF
renailfng should be done when the
shingles are soft and dattened by
long rain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
. PUNCHING ASPARAGUS.
The Green aud the White Kinds.
How to Cut--Rubber Bands.

The Green aud the white Kinds.
How to Cut-Rubber Bands.
Some markets require the green as
paragus, while in others the white is in
good demand. 1t is usually good plan
to have both kinds, advises an Indiana
grower in Rural New Yorker.
BY throwing ridge of earth over
each row the asparagus will become
well bleached before it reaches the tor
of the ground. The other rows will
furnish the green asparagus In cut.
ting use an inch chisei, and the shoots
are cut off just under the ground to
secure the green asparagus. In the
part Of the field that is ridged up the
shoots are cut off, just as they appear
above tile soil. as deep in the ground
as necessary to secure the proper
length As the stalks are cut they are
placed in a basket with the tops all one
way. When the basket is full, il is
carried to hydrant and the asparagus
placed III a long row on a table and well
washed. By keeping the stalks straight
this work is greatly lessened, as the
dirt can be washed from the stalks
easier, Quicker and with less water
Forming the Bunches.
Any enc who has ever punched as
paragus las observed that but few
stalks are perfectly straight. In bunch
lag, the stalks Should be turned so each
head turns toward the center Of the
bunch. This will take time, but it viii
par, as q much neater bunch will be
secured. and it viii sell more readily
after the center is formed each sue
cecdi4g row is slightly lowered so that
the bunch when finished will be conc
shaped and abou4 what an ardinarg
hand can reach around. A rubber
band is now slipped over the bunch
wl.iic still in the left hand, and the
WORK is done. The Rubber bands are
better than strings, as they hold the
lunches neater and save much labor
in using them, and labor is money in
he market garden buainess. All
bunclles are made IS near alike as pos.
sible. After being put up each bunch
is cat off about six inches long and
placed in shallow pan containing wa
ter. Here it remains until the next
morning, when it is placed in boxes
containing wet moss, the boxes covered
with wet sacks. The boxes are placed
in the wagon and taken to market,
where they sell for from 40 to so cents
per dozen punches. L. II -.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
The wife,s Horse.

An imposition that is often practiced
on the womap-the farmers wife espe-
cially-is If there is an old, Hngboned,
spawned, crippled horse that is stove
up generally and good for no earthly
use it is kept for the womeH to drive,
while we argue that In these modern
days woman should demand a horse
that when she starts for a given point
her clothes won't get out of style be-
fore she gets there. Farm journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
The su1tan,s Shooting.

artistic Workmanship" with the re-
volver, by the way, is one Of the sui
tan's accomplishments. He is reputed
to be One Of the finest shots in the
world and practices daily. The reason
Of this is his constant dread of assas-
sination, and he always has his weapon
ready. It is stated that he once killed
a gardener who stepped suddenly from
behind tree in the gardens of the Yil-
dir palace before the man had time to
move q hand.-London News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
Prince WIN visit Us.

Prince Rupert, heir presumptiye to
the throne of Bavaria, and Princess
Marie Gabrielle, his beautiful wife, are
coming to visit America. They are ex.
pected to arrive late this summer.
Otto, the king Of Bavaria, has for q
long time been confined in an asylum
as a hopeless imbecile. The country is
ruled by Luitpoid, prince regent. On
the death Of Otto he will Il still alive
become>ting. There have been stories
to the effect that Ludwig, the next IN
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09

A Marker from an Old Cultivator.
The illustration shows a corn marker
without fault All cultivators are
not alike, as some have straight
tongues, and some have seat attach
ed, but they can all be used by simply
removing the wheels and shovel beams.
No. 1 A shows hole where a clevis
attaches the whiffletrees. This brings
the draft ON the sled instead Of the
frame. D shows a plank spiked on be.
hind, making a place for the driver to
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
one o. the car. .Trusties..

General AleXei Nicholaevitch Kuro-
patkin, the Russian minister of war
whom the GEAR dispatched to Manchu-
ria recently, is the principal military
man of Russia and notable hero of
many campaigns and dangerous under
talSings. Since 1856 Kuropatkin has
served in the Russian army. He is dis
tinguished as a geographer and man
Of science generally and has breast
full of decorations, many of which
were given him by foreign societies.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
1--we stock Conditions.

OF the total number of horses on
farms and ranges on Jan. /, 1893, per
cent are reported as having died from
disease. OF cattle mortality of 2.4
per cent from winter exposure and AZ
per cent from disease is reported.
The losses Of sheep from exposure
amounted to 81 per cent and those
frmA disease tp 2.s Per eent ssaa the
losses of swine aggregated 5.S per cent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09

REPAIRING A ROOF.
A Clever Job OF Replacing and Re-
mailing HemIock Shingles.

a clever Job OF RepIacIng and Re
mailing HemIock Shingles.
Like many others who put on hem
lock roofs ten years ago, have had to
renal. Owing to some cause the nails
wasted away to nothing and permitted
shingles to blow away, says L. B.
Pierce in Ohio Farmer. The largeness
of the job Of scaffolding half pitch
barn roof caused it to be put off from
time to time until hundred shingles
Were blown away. There seemed no
way but to bracket the roof in steps
the same as in shingling.
The scaffold for reaching the caves
was the least of my troubles. A NOV
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
nfshon OF RunaIn.

The news that the pope had decided
to appoint the Rev. Charles III. Cotton.
rector Of st. Stephens church Of New
York city, to the bishopric of Buffalo
was not surprise, as it was known
that Archbishop Farley favored the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09

appointment of Father Cotton, who
is also chancellor of the archdiocese
of New York
Father Cotton has been prominent in
the Catholic church of this city ever
since he was brought from Port Chess
ter to take charge of the then much
disrupted st. Stephens parish as sue
cessor to Father McGlynn.
Bishop Cotton was born in New York
city in lS4S. He was edu&pted at St.
Francis Xavier and st. Joseph's semi
nary and was ordained a priest in 1876
An Accomplished Chinese Minister.
An amusing Illustration of the lin
guistic capability of the educated Chi
naman comes from Berlin. On the kali
SER complimenting the new Chinese
minister ON his excellent German the
man from the orient replied: II can do
better. can speak the Berlin dialect.
One day during the occupation of Pc
king / encountered a number of your
majesty's soldiers, one of whom, think
ing that would not understand him
took the liberty to address me as fol-
lows: Wait, you Chinese baggage; If
ever I catch you in the dark, will
twist your cue for you Shut up, you
Berlin weiss beer pot I replied in his
swn vernacular, or will knock all
your teeth into your bread basket
Your majesty ought to have seen the
soldiers faces" concluded the minis
ter. IF you yourself had addressed
them at that moment without warning.
they couldn't have been more astound-
ed and frightened"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
Generous Host.

Tommy-Ma, can play maxim be-
lieve I'm entertainin' another little
boy?
Mamma Yes, dear. of course.
Z Tommy-All right. Gimme some
cake for him. Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
Accomplished.

Ethel-Isn't Judy newsy?
Mayme-Isn't she, though? She tells
SO much ] don't see how she gets time
to hear anything Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09

son IS nIuSLrdLeu
in Gleanings in
Bee Culture. It
consists of a
small block OF
wood on the top
of which is nail
ed a circular
board which is
suspended from
small branches,
vines or wires
stretched from
one point to an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09

line. will abdicate in favor Of his son,
Prince Rupert. Prince Rupert and his
wife are about to make a tour of the
world They will first go to India, Chi
ma and Japan and will come here by
way Of the Pacific. He is thirty-three
years old, of democratic manner and
now as a married man is sedately dig
nified. A few years ago he had his
fling in the capitals of Europe, sowing
his wild oats widely.
The princess is the daughter of Duke
Theodor of Bavaria, a renowned ocu-
list. She is known as one of the most
beautiful women of her day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
An Easy swarm Catcher.

"A swarm in May is worth q load Of hay;
A swarm in June is worth silver spoon;
a swarm in July. not worth fly.
A swarm catcher whicb. it IS claim
ed, will save a great deal Of worry and
annoyance during the swarming sea-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09

Don't think that every sad eyed wo-
man you meet has loved and lost. She
may have loved and got him. Lyre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09
SWARM CATCHE

SWARM CATCHER. other as OCCdSIUH
requires. The Mississippi bee keeper
who invented this says that the bees
nearly always select these blocks to
swarm on. They are easily taken down.
and the swarm hived.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-09

ssThe ladies' bees is the latest name
for the Carniolaus, which are consid-
cred the greatest Of their kind.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
Iantanenet Monuments.

The renewed attempt which is being
o>en this side of the straits of Do
maae Nsouse attention to the neglect
esi " al Plantagenet monuments
ea state OF tSASrench abbey of Fon-
In the famous ~ Westminster Ga
fffsFralh15aga fecf, eh155dgf yfig pe6s
who take no particular interest IN
them, may have as decided an oblec-
ton to their being removed to West
minister abbey now as they showed
when that step was last suggested
some 40 years ago. These monuments
are 1ecumbent effigies. dressed in their
royal robes, of our Henry II and his
vie. Eleanor of Guic1ne, their S'5
Richard Occur de Lion and their
daughter-in-law, Isabel d'Angouleme,
widow of John. What was once an abb
bey has since become a prison, and
more than one endeavor has been made
to secure that these most interesting
relics-which are also fine specimens
of the art work Of their time-should
either be fittingly preserved in the
Mace where they so long have lain
or be brought to Westminster. But
although during the revolutionary Pc
Rod they were in almost as great dan
oer of desecration and even destruc-
tion as the tombs of the French kings
themselves in st. Denis, and despite
the fact that they have since been lett,
and are still being left to moulder and
decay, there seems little chance OF theiT
reclamation. And thus 1t is that they
remain, as an English ex-foreisn secre-
tary A.. years since sold the then 10y.
eign mister of France, neglected
exploited " a jailer, seen by few in
ttcir allotted place, interesting France
but little, al. unhappily unknown by
and lost to En- land" Is there nothing
in the present ,tente cordiale which
will remedy this?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
Babies Don't Get Seasick.

Rabies never get sessick. have
carried thousands OF them in my time,
said ar American Line steward, ac-
cording to The Philadelphia Record
land in rough weather | have seen
their fathers, mothers, brothers and
sisters keel over like soldiers before
cannon ball, hut not so with the ba-
bies. Whether it be rough or smooth
at sea, a baby is always an excellent
sa;lor-rosy, jolly, and with the appe-
tito O. a horse. Do you know the ex-
plantation of this singular fact? 1t is
as simple as the fact is strange. Ba-
bies don't get seasick because they
are accustomed 10 the rocking of-the
cradle. That movement is much like
the rocking of ship. A baby aboard
shin. therefore, is merely baby in an
unusually his cradle, and there is moth
ing odd to him about the rocking, for
If is what ho has been accustomed TO
all his life"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

that human being could have reaches
the age Of 157.
At the time Del Vale. was born
George Washington was only thirteen
years old. This living man was ten
years old when the French and Indian
war began.
He was grown man of twenty
when the battle of Bunker Hill was
fought.
He was already an old man when
Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo,
being then sixty-fve years ola
Del Vale was 101 years old at the
beginning of the Mexican war.
He retired from active business nine
teen years before that, having then
reached the age Of eighty-eight.
He was twenty ,ars Il customs Off
cial at Ensenada, Lower California.
From 1914 to 1915 he acted as super
uumerary in the Franciscan mission at
San Quentin, Lower California, the
first mission building to be established
on the Pacific coast, and which Is now
in ruins.
In 1915, when he was just 100 years
old, Del Vale came with relatives to
what is now San Francisco in a vessel
that sailed around Cape Horn. He
has lived in Menlo Park since then
and has occupied the same room. his
rreat-crandnepnew, Jose del Vale,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
The Hewitt Lamp in England.

The remarkable mercury vapor lamps
devised by Mr.. Peter Cooper Hewitt
are now being exhibited at the offices
of the Westinghouse Company. These
lamps can be run off any ordinary con-
tinuous-current electric light supply
system, and show an efficiency Of two
to three candles per watt, or for the
same lighting require. only about one
ninth the current taken by ordinary
glow lamps. The sole drawback to the
light lies in its extraordinary color
There Is total absence of all red rays,
and consequently all tints red by ordi'
nary light are curiously perverted. a
lady's lips look purple; so that at pres
cnt no attempt is being made to utilize
the light for domestic purposes, as
feminine opposition would be too
strong. In other cases, however, the
light has very strong advantages. II
is stated that 1t is an excellent light to
work by, and this we can we'll believe
London Engineering.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

before the discovery of America these
ruins were in existence. 1t Is not be-
lieved that CorteZ or those with him
knew OF the Palcnke ruins, though
that coEqueror must have been CLOSE
to them ut one time. Europeans first
heard OF them in 1850, but 1t was not
until 1857 that they were explored.
The key unlocking the mysteries hid
den in the hieroglyphics which are
carved on hundreds Of tablets may
some time be discovered, and the his
tory of great race Of people and their
origin be known. but their successors
who now lnhabit the region have no
traditions that can aid#tha inquirer.
The ruins of Palenke should be pre-
served. and the Mexican Government
owe that much to the world. If 1t were
possible to clear the timber away and
destroy the growth Of vines which is
rapidly overwhelming them, these in
teresting relics might be saved for the
future. They have so far resisted the
effects of time and physical convulsion,
but must eventually succumb to the
ceaseless. persistent and silent assaults
of an overwhelming tropical growth
Scientific American. ,ss e4;A ssE