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The sun., 1903-12-31
MR. AHEARN ASKS A FAyOR.
The New Borough President Wants Con.
stitucnt hep; In Bellevue.

The Bellevue Hospital telephone rang
early yesterday morning and Night SUPP
McHale answered il This was the Bellevue
end Of the conversation:
Hello, who is this? Mr., Ahearn?
"You want Fleming in Ward l3 kept
from going to the Island? Well, You see
we sometimes have TO transfer cases not
dangerous from crowded wards in order to
max, room Tor more serious cases.
You say you are Mr.. Ahearn?-
"Oh, the new Burrugh President, Well
III notify Assistant Superintendent Rickard
tomorrow that You are Interested in Flem-
ing, and Wen keep him al Bellevue if pos
sihc'
The man in whom MIR, Ahearn was inter-
esied WAS william r.. Fleming. 80 wears
old, Il driver. oi 3S3 Cherry street He
walk ed into The h spla on Dec 70 suffering
from alluitis Of the knee.
The sun., 1903-12-31
st. Andrews Chimes Tonight. .

The following programme has been ar
ranged for tonight by J. Grant Sonia
chimes ringer uf 81. Andrews Protestant,
Episcopal Church. l27'h street and Fifth
avenue:
America. Beautiful Dream Due, from
Pufltana," Abide With Me" "Twcl\. o'Clork :"
Praise God, From Whom All DieSsings Ii,S &"
Red. whit. and Rlns. Minstrel Boy, ,""Dc Bei
Charm" &C ming Through the Ryc Men ~
Holly. lihen! Bell, ,""Homc Sweet Home
The sun., 1903-12-31
GOV. Ode,, pardons John =. Do~ncy.

ALBANY. Dec. 3O.-John s. Downey, who
was convicted in New York Of manslaughter
in 1879 and sentenced TO prison for life for
numbering his wife, was pardoned to-day
by Gov Odell. Under tie present law
tie maximum sentence for manslaughter
is twenty years imprisonment, aud as
Dowuey had already served nearly twenty
five years, and there was n question as to
his guilt in the first instance, the Governor
determined to release him, his family
promising to look after him. Downey's
crime was the outcome OF drunken brawl
and he was the last murderer left in prison
under a life sentence after conviction for
mapslauphtar
The sun., 1903-12-31
DE.tU SHOT tWATTS BIRGL iR.
\ HoSariius after the Alien Who left
Ta,isen's lhaiI Ovid.

Charles Allen, one of the Springfield
H., post Office burglars who escaped from
Ludlow Street Jail, under sheriff Tamsen.
il passenger on lhe steamship Majestic.
due here He is IN the c,ist ody of {. United
States Deputy Marshal Allen has just
a Job he did in England. A. H. Bogardus,
Jr., depury marshal from Illinois. Is
waitin ing Tor him here. Bogardus is a son
Of the wing shot and carries pistol
Il can hii thirteen pennies out of fifteen
IN h" air" hr said yesterday. "and my gun
shoots nine tines
The sun., 1903-12-31
GOV. ODEIL COMING.
says Private Business Necessltates His
visiting This City To-day.

ALBANY, Dec. SO.--Late tonight Gov.
Odeu unexpectedly announced that he
would 90 to New York at 1l10 O'Clock
just before leaving the Capitol, for the
executive mansion the Governor said very
positively TO the newspaper men that he
W uld not go to New York tomorrow
At 10 O'Clock. however, he announced to
them that private business would neces-
state his presence in New York tomorrow
and that he would also see Senator Plat.
The sun., 1903-12-31
Cant. De,anncy Nrinstated.

Police Captain Michael Devanney, who
was dismissed from the force by Commits
sioner Greene more than a year ago, was
reinstate yesterday by decision OF the
Appellate Division of the supreme Court
in Brooklyn
The sun., 1903-12-31
Hank Cashier Kills Himself

MINoTT, n. D., Dec. 3o.-W. c. Putnam.
aged SO years, cashier of the Bank at Lans-
ford, committed suicide to-day by shoot
ing himsel IL the head. The Affairs of the
bank are said to be ia good condition.
The sun., 1903-12-31
SATpvy N TI'<NEI.

TheiranS OF ,he ERIE RAILROAD en- route 10
Buvsio Cleveland, Cincinnati and Cbicayo are
swayt projected by block saf-t, sIgRais. tds
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
G. R. FOGC, THE DRUGGIST.
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors
In the District Court OF the United States
the District of Maine,
IN BANKRUPTCY.
In the matter OF
George F. Weber
BANKRUPT,

In the matter OF
George F. Weber In Bankruptcy,
BANKRUPT,
To the creditors OF George F. Weber, OF
Fairfield In the County of Somerset and District
aforesaid. bankrupt.
Notice Is hereby given that on the 2Sth day
OF November, A d. 900 said George r. Webber
wa duly adjudicated bankrupt. aud that the
first meeting OF his creditors will be held at
Daniel Lewis office, in Skowhegan Maine, on
the 18th day OF December. A d 1908 at 10 o'clock
H. the forenoon, A. which time he said credit.
ors may attend, prove their claims, app int a
trustee, examine the bankrupt, and transact
CD other business as may properly come
beio . said meeting. lw 7
November 30, A, ID. 1909.
DANIEL LEWIS Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
The New Hay.

An old theory is anoat that fresh
hay is not good horse hay On our
farm and those of our neighhors. how
ever, the freshest hay has been fed for
years through the seyerest season for
horses. New hay has life, and the
horses greatly prefer it to that which
has been in the barn for year. There
have been no i'll results. None need be
expected at least from that which has
been in storage from haying time until
after the seyerest rush of harvest Is
over The SO called curing that takes
place in NOW and stack is scarcely a
part of the process of fitting hay for
market. An exception Is made to that
short process period of sweating In
storage that should precede baling.
Unless 1t 80 happens that the general
hay market improves with the prog
ress of the months the price does not
increase with the age of the hay. Sup
ply and demand determine prices rath-
err than the time which hay has been
stored. In fact. it Is the bright ap-
pearing hay that attracts the buyer
not that whose age has Slapped Its life
Cor. Northwestern Agriculturist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
A HANDY GAIT.

according to the purposes for which it
Is intended, the size of the animal to
be mostly used and the size Of the axle
iron. upon which depends its strength
against the side pressure, which comes
almost wholly upon the bend, or elbow,
in the axle.
The box Of the bed is fitted to rest
inside Of and on the axle 1t should
be built OF good. straight, sound lum-
Der, the three erosspieces for the bot
tom of hard wood, the renr crosspiece
long enough to project from eight to
ten inches for heavy brace irons run
ming the entire height of the box. The
crOssbars should be from ! to Ia inch
es thick by inches wide. The box
may be from three to four feet long on
the bottom and foot or more longer
at the top. allowing "A slant forward
at the front. Narrow hardwood boards
are best for the bottom and wide
boards an inch thick for the sides and
front The wider the boards the better.
Shafts of the proper shape you can
buy, or they can be sawed from an
oak plank to proper shape and curve.
These should extend the full length Of
the box, with a | by 2 inch piece in
side of the box to bolt solid, and the
shafts should of course be long enough
to place the animal far enough away
from the box to prevent interfering.
1t Is best to put the whole cart to-
gether with bolts and screws to endure
the rough and tumble usage it will
probably receive. Use hardwood
corner piece inside at the corners of
the front end to screw the sides and
front securely. Allow the side boards
to extend from two to two and n half
inches over to permit a quarter inch
rod, with nut ut one end, to pass
through the boards outside the bed at
the top, center and bottom to hold the
bed by tension from giving way from
the strain at the back. The shafts
must be braced both literally and
horizontally to prevent breakage from
strain in oyerbalance or in pulling
heavy loads
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
FRANK ". BUCHANAN, Druggist
THE MONA TREATMENT.
FIesh-F Forming Food in Tablet Form
That increases Flesh-Cuarante ed
hNE w. Buchanan

The discovery of Mi.0-na, the remark
able flesh forming food that builds up
good, healthy, solid flesh aud makes
thiauess and scrawnlness thing of the
past, has revolutionized medical practice
in certain lines.
Its power to do all that is claimed for
it was so clearly proven 10 f y. Buck
nam that he has sold M-p-na with the
understanding that if it fails the pur-
chase price was TO BIZ refunded
W buchanan certain exhibited
courage in taking up this method of sell
ing Mi-o-na, but the results have fully
proven his judgment that the Milo ma
treatment for stomach troubles, emacia-
ton, general weakness aud run down
condition is the only effacious and reli-
able cure
Ni-o ma possesses healing and soothing
qualities hat make it especially valuable
in cases of chronic Indigestion and dys-
pepsia Two or three tablets taken each
day in connection with the regular food
prove it true flesh former
All that many woman lacks to be
positively pretty is little more flesh on
her face To look haggard or not fat is
not becoming The use of Milo ma will
cure this defect.
With every SOC box of Milo ma that F.
w. Bucknam sells he will give written
promise to refund the money If it does
not give an increa in flesh and restore
strength What trifing cost this is II
1t makes you well; if it fails, the ex-
pense Ia absolutely nothing
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
THE IDEAL CRANBERRY BOG,
Some Essential Points LHid Down by
New Jersey Authority.

Some Essential Points Laid Down by
New Jersey Authority.
The bog should be Us nearly level as
it can he made. 50 as To require the
least possible amount of water TO flow
it. \ bog that can be completely GOV
cred 10y twelve inch head is better
than one that requires twenty-four
and when the difference In level of an
area is five or six feet or more it is
better to make two boys out of it that
the lower may be rehowed from the
upper and less than half the amount
Of water be required.
Make no ole bog so large that more
than thirty-siX hours are required to
cover completely and no more than
twenty -four hours are required to
draw the ditch level.
Build reservoir or reserve flooded
area above the level of the highest bog
of series sufficient to hold water
enough to flow at least the highest bog
completely. The importance of this
requirement is 50 fully appreciated
that miles of bitches have been dug in
New Jersey 10 tap streams At a higher
level and Hany acres of swamp area
have been created BY raising contour
lines TO deepen natural basins.
Adjust hog levels So that the upper
one Of the series can be completely
cmptlod into the one below and yet
have the gates and outlets so adjusted
that any one bog may be completely
emptied without interfering with eli
ther those above or those below. 1t
happens not infrequently that one bog
needs cleaning or other attention,
while others do not.
There should be broad, deep. mar
gina ditch between the dam and the
bog or between the bog and upland,
and at least partly full of water. Many
kinds of insects can be altogether kept
from the Dogs in this way, while grass
hoppors and other insects are delayed
until they can fly.
The dams and the edges of the up
lands should be kept as free as posi-
bic from vegetation that harbors cram
berry feeding species. Cranberry vines
should not be tolerated for an instant.
Huckleberry bushes are almost as bad,
and these should be cleared back for
some distance where bog and upland
join without an intervening dam. 9th
er heath plants are also undesirable
II follows from what has been said
that the hog itself should be kept ms
free ms possible from all plants other
than vines. certain grasses being es.
pccially Objectionable because they are
used by long horned grasshoppers as
places to lay their eggs.-Dr. John b.
Smith. New Jersey.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
FOR A GOOD STOMACH
Mr.. Rockefeller's Offer Should Be q
Warning To Every Man and Woman.

The newspapers and medical journals
recently have had much To say relative to
John d. Rockefeller's offer of a million
dollars for new stomach.
This great multi-milonaire was too busy
to worry about the condition ofhis stomach.
lie allowed his dyspepsia to run from bad
to worse until in the end it became incurable.
His misfortune serves as a warning to
others.
Everyone who suffers with dyspepsia for
a few years will give everything nc owns
for new stomach.
There are twenty million men and women
suffering with dyspepsla-twenty million
men and women whose stomachs are wear
ing out.
There are no new stomaehs for sale at
any price.
We offer these sufferers the next best
thing. We guarantee to make their old
stomachs almost as good as new.
Dyspepsia is caused b. an abnormal state
of the gastric juices. There is one element
missing. The absence Of this destroys the
function of the gastric fluids. They lose
their power to digest food.
We are now able to supply the missing
element-to restore to the gastric juices
their digestive power, and to make the
stomach strong and we'll
We know that Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets
will positively and permanently cure. We
want you to try them and will return your
money if you are not more than satisfied
with the result.
Price 25 cents. Only at our store, or by
mail.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03

phbbtDKerh.
tStop to take or leave freight.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, and smith
field and with Electric Cars to and from
Skowhegan. At Arson, 10 Sswyer's Mills.
(stsrks). At No. Arson, for North and West
New Portland, Dead River, Flagstaff AnG
Eustis. At Bingham FOR Forks, Moose River,
Msyhsld, RinRshu md Abbott.
NEW TRAIN SERVICE-SomeTset train
No 6 will connect with Maine Central train
leaving Oakland at 2.60 p. Nj. for Wstervlle
where close connections will be made with ex
press trains pullman servic for Bangor and
the east also points via Augusta through t.
Boston.
W. NJ. AVER. suPT.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
FORCING R4UBARB.
Winter Service For the HOtbed and
Profitable Crop For Market.

Winter Service For the HOtbed and
Profitable Crop For Market.
Those who want to make the hot
bed do service during the winter when
snow covers the ground and farming
is nearly at standstill should try
growing rhubarb. says a New York
state correspondent in American Agri-
culturist. Elephant or rhubarb. Is not
considered of much importance by
farmers but in the city out of season
1t Is highly priced for sauce and pies.
Shovel the old manure and soil out of
the hotbed until there is sufficient
plant In the fall the roots are dug
and set In the hotbeds. Trim Off all the
stalks. The safest plan is to allow
the roots to freeze before being trans
ferred. They can then be handled
without fear of damage.
Put two layers of boards over the
hotbeds, making it as tight as posi-
bic to keep out the wet piece Of
tarred or roofing paper between the
boards will help do this. Now heap
manure from one to two feet deep
around tho hotbed and place six or
eight inches ON top. With several hot
beds the date of picking may be va
ricd 10y using different amounts Of
manure The more manure the faster
the roots will be forced. Pile the
manure until it heats before applying.
Before the new year the beds may
be uncovered and the stalks picked.
! They will have very little leaf. Three
stalks are tied together. and twelve of
these lunches are tied into one large
bunch and so shipped to market Il
sold in a small town or city near home
they may be punched most any way.
Sometimes In midwinter a bundle Of
thirty-siX stalks. called by the trade
dozen. will bring from 30 to 80 cents
at wholesale. Any variety of rhubarb
can he used.
1t will pay farmer to raise rhubarb
for his own use in this manner If he
does not care to bother with much of it,
II he has no hotbed he can use an
ordinary box. with the bottom and top
knocked out, TO raise enough for his
own table
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
The wife's Equipment.

The farmer who has good wife
ought to appreciate her enough to fur
nish her the best possible equipment
for her part Of the work. The stove
smokes. the fire is slow. the farmer has
been digging in for dear life out OF
floors, the boys are hungry and dinner
" not ready. What then? Scold about
1t? Not much, Pass a resolution that
the next time the fire goes out you will
clean out the stovepipe and chimney
Farm journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03

"Game laws for 1903, a summary Of
the provisions rela ting to seasons. ship
ment. sale and licenses" is the title Of
farmers bulletin No. 1870. lately issued.
1t contains interesting information de-
signed to be useful not only to sports
men and game wardeus but to ship
pers, dealers. farmers and Others.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
Mr.. CHARLES CLARK
A Cook in One of the Leading
Hotels in New England
DIS CED

1t was a great surprise to his
friends, as we'll as to himself, but there
are hundreds of other cooks who
should be discharged for preparing
indigestible food, which is sure to
cause Dyspepsia an incurable dis
ease until "BLOODINE" WAS
DISCOVERED.
If you are distressed after eating,
have nausea between meals, belching,
Aatulence, fits of nervous headache,
you have Dyspepsia and should com
mence to use "BLOODINE " at once
as it gives the necessary strength to
the digestive organs so that they may
fulfill their functions and bring them
back to healthy condition. 1t gives
STRENGTH, VIM AND VIGOR to
the whole system. Large bottles, soc.
Try it on our guarantee.
BLOODINE LIVER PILLS cure
Constipation, 25c box.
cor " ANN pE|O.a.,HN,Drr> NJ
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
Agricultural Notes

1t is the feeding out of poor cnsilage
that casts dscredit on the feeding Of
ensilagc ut all.
Don't pile onions deeply because the
mass will be quite sure to heat and
decay in a short time
Successful onion growers claim there
is more money in onions than in corn
provided the land is we'll suited to
onion growing
There are said 10 be "a 0an persons
in all IN the government crop report
ing service
Cornmrel and SKINNED milk push
the pics along
PLANT new hrans on Old soil" says
one of tle authorities This is IL point
TO rcmo"lv. la testing new Kinds Of
hpnuS ~ ...-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
WANTED

We would like to ask through the col
umns of your paper If there is any per-
son who has used Green's August Flower
for the cure of Indigestion, p!spe psia,
and Liver troubles that has not been
cured-and we also mean their results,
such as sour stomach, fermentation of
food, habitusl costiveness nervous dys-
pepsia, headaches Respondent feelings,
eeplessness-in fact any trouble con
nected with the stomach or liver? This
medicine has been sold for many years In
all civilized countries. and we wish to
correspond with and send YOU one of our
books free of cost If you never tried
August Flower try 25 cent bottle first
We have never known of its fail ng If
so, something more serious Ia the matter
with you The 25 cent size has just been
introduced this year Regular size Is
cents. At g. r Fogg's Drug tore
g e Green, oodbnry, n.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
Cellar Finished Celery.

Last fall the Michigan upper PENN
sula experiment station took some of
their undeyeloped celery plants from
the field late in October packed them
in four inches of soil and transferred
them to a darkened place in the cellar
whore by the middle of December they
had made twelve to sixteen inches Of
new growth and developed stalks OF
small size. but much better quality
than any grown out of doors.
The humor OF the average man is so dry thai
he has to pay for the drinks in order to get
others to listen to 1t.
Eczema, scald head, hives, itchiness of the
skin of any sort instantly relieved, permanently
cured. Doan's Ointment. At any drug store.
Water is about the last thing that visitors
are looking for at watering place.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03

Exposure to a a sudden climatic change pro-
duces cold in the head and catarih is apt TO fol-
low. Provided with Ely's Cream Balm you are
armed against Nasal Catarrh. Price 90 cents at
Druggists or Ely brothers, Sc Warren Street,
New York, will mail 1t. The Balm cures without
pain, does not irrtate or cause sneezing. II
relieving Immediately the painful inflammation,
cleanses and cures. Cream Balm quickly cures
the cold 2w4S
That old time advice about saving the PEN
MES must be twisted. Save the dollars and
spend only the pennies and you will land in
the capitalists row.
INDIGESTION, resulting from
] weakness of the stomach, is relieved
by Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great stom-
ach tonic and cure for DYSPEPSIA.
A woman may know more than her husband,
but she doesn't attempt to show 1t when she
wants Q new hat.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-03
DR.. Creene'S
NerVura
the worlds greatest tonic, and was
cured. Mrs. JERNlGAN says:

al was so nervous that I would
shake as if I had a chill if | was ex-
cited in the least, and was taken with
hemorrhage of the womb. had doc
tors far and near, but found no relief
took everying, but in vain If l ate
anything it distressed me and | could
not sleep. Everything l ate or drank
vomited up. gave up all hope. l
lost my flesh until weighed only 90 lbs.
Then l took Dr. Greene's Nervura
and the third dose helped me. So
took courage, and in three weeks was
so improved | could be out. Now can
eat what | please and when please,
and what l eat does not hurt me.
There are no words that know OF too
good to say for Or. Greenes Nervura.
1t saved me and it will save others"
DR.. Greene's Nervura is sold anc
recommended by all reliable drug
gists. If you want special free advice
about your ailment, write DR.. Greene
"a Temple Place, Boston, Mass.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-10-17
Important Notice.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
c'hc Ry.-R Rock Island system-an-
nounces an important change in the
schedule OF certain of its passenger
trains, effective October 18th.
With view to making still fur
ther Improvement in its already ex-
cellent service, and accommodating
to a greater extent it's host of friends
IN Colorado and Utah, the following
changes have been made.
Train No. 6, known as 1.-THE
NIGHT EXPRESS, will leave
Peublo at 1905 pm, Colorado
Springs at 1890 p A., and Denver
1875 pm, daily, reaching Omaha
at 5;3o P. M. and Chicago at $50
am.
Train No. 10, which will be known
as THE KANSAS CITY EX-
PHESS," will leave Peublo at 1905
pm, Colorado Springs at 8:45 pm.
ard Denver at 8:45 pm, daily,
reaching Kansas City at 500 .. M,
and making excellent connections for
st. Louis, all points on the Frisco
System. and to Wichita, Fort Worth,
Houston, Galveston and all points
in the South and South East.
Both of these trains will be equip.
ped in a thoroughly frst-class man
ner, and carrying dining cars for all
meals.
Westbound, corresponding service
will be maintained, train No. 5 from
Omaha and Chicago reaching Denver
at 7:l0 am. and Colorado Springs
700 am, daily, and train No. 8
reaching Denver S;15 am, Colorado
Springs 8:l5 am. and Peublo $3.50
am.
No change will be made in the
schedule of the electric lighted one
night train between Colorado and
Chicago, known as eTHE ROCKY
MOUNTAIN LIMITED"
While these changes will prove
popular with the residents OF Denver,
Colorado Springs and Peublo, they
are of vast Importance to travellers
from the interior, In that q sure con
nection is made at Colorado Springs
for Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha,
Chicago and all points South ant
East. and disappointing delays over
come.
| 1t is a commendable fact that will
the tremendous growth of the Rocl
Island System, careful attention ha
been given to the needs of the pub
lie, with the result that its invitation
"No matter where you are going, o
when-ask us, may be accepted
with results of the utmost satisfac
ton.