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Speaking Of rabies, one of the physi-
clans conns eted with the institution
said:
ct is a fortunate thing for people that
most dogs going mad develcp what we
term dumb rabies The lower jaw of
the animal drops and becomes complete
" paraIyzed. Of course. it is impossible
for the creature TO bite, and he can be
handled with comparative safety, al
though it would be dangerous to fool
around his mouth or to have any open
zore-a cut or anything like that-on
the hands al the time
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the various resting places, but in time
there will doubtless be tiny monuments
OF marble set W
The faithful Woodworking horse is
not to be forgotten, although now he
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Arrival Of a Patient

When a patient arrives at this hospital
his name, illness, and the necessary par
tieulars are set down in the books of TIE
superintendent in the consultation room
Then. as in places for the treatment Of
mankind. the little fellows are taken
20 the reception room. and thorough
bath is next in order on the program.
After he has been rubbed down. the pa
tient is taken 10 his cage, and the bars
securely fastened. He is now an inmate
Of the institution. and his treatment viii
be on the same lines as a score or so Of
his fellows.
Perhaps it Is a surgical case. Fido may
be suffering from q tumor OF some other
trouble that necessftates the use Of the
knife For this purpose an operating
room has been fitted up. with regula-
ton operating table, white and cleaning
in its spotIess enamel. Reflector. catch
the light and throw it down on the table,
so that tbs surgeons view may be of the
clearest, and on a table close by the
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has to be treated in his own stable. IN
the spring stable viii be erected in
the rear OF the hospital proper for the
reception of such cases as require spe-
ciaI treatment or constant observation
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A Washington Institution Devoted to the
Treatment of All the Ills of FOuTfOOted
Creatures-PriVate Quarters for Arist0-
cratic Felines and Canines---A Thor
oughIy Equipped Operating Room. :, :.

cline on the pillows or the cushions that
they nave become accustomed 10 cat
home.
In the general ward the pets occupy
cages arranged in tiers reaching up to
the ceiling. Each receives the same al
tention. whether he be a private-room
patient OF shares a portion of the gen
eraI ward. Laboratory milk Of the
purest kind is used. and the diets are
arranged according TO the illnesses Of
the animals for which they are intended.
Medicine is sklIfuIly administered three
times a day. or oftener. this depending
on the nature of the case. An.attendant
is at all times in the wards, as is proper
in any weIl-governed hospital. be it for
two-footed CT four-footed beings.
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HOSPITAL for household pets,

A HOSPITAL for household pets, a
Il place where tiny sufferers may
\ receive all the care and atten-
ton lavished or human beings IN cases
Of serious i11ness-such is the latest ad-
dition to the many facilities Washing
ton affords No longer need Fido or
Tabby Iangufsh and NOPE in corners OF
Green of to the shelter Of the wood
shed. there to face sickness and perhaps
death for the want of proper treatment.
Science. that has done SO much for the
human species. now. provides a place Of
refuge for the little four footed features
who find homes under the roofs Of men,
and gives them the benefit Of the same
healing -Hn that their masters and
mistresses receive.
Like Other Hospitals.
The hospital for animals occupies an
entire building in the northwest section
of the city and is the result of q large
private veterinary practice among horses
and pets. It's appointments are much
the same as those Of any other hospital
reproduced in miniature. except, Of
course, that here the patients do not
occupy beds. Instead. they are kept in
large, airy cages, lined with fresh straw,
until their course Of treatment is com
pieted.
Have Private Rooms.
Every hospi al has its own favored
patients. who occupy private rooms,
while the less lucky ones are sent TO
the general wards. and the animal hos
pitaI is no exception. There are general
wards. as we'll as private compartments.
In the latter the animals are housed en-
tireIy by themselves. In the place of
straw their cages are carpeted with
blankets furnished by the owners Of the
dumb patient, and the little fellows re
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glistening Instruments of steel. the
sutures and bandages are laid out. so
that they shall be ready at the exact sec
ond they are needed.
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Talk about your up-to-date welding
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Those men who make q business Of
steering strangers through the sights Of
Washington. the city and Capitol guides.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

All Attention Lpfa5 7ab6y No
Are Nou OF andS
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15
Central's Vfndication.


They had quarreled overnight, but
she had no sooner reached the studio
where she was preparing to threaten
the laurels of the old masters than she
WAS called to the reconcliatory tele-
phone. The conversation began guard
edly with the customary: rs this Miss
E.? oh, good morning. This is Mr.
F." But in few seconds these per
functory words gave place to others.
Helen" he declared, Il was a beast"
Aud she replied contritely: You must
not call yourself names | was horrid
| was perfect little cat, Dick, and
But Mr.. f. could not stand her self
reproachings He told her that he could
not and that he would not bear to hear
her SANDER the dearest, most generous,
most noble woman in the world
Hush, hush-sh, Dick" she entreat-
ed. We're forgetting that n telephone
is not so awfully secret. Suppose Cen
trail should hearT
Whereupon a strident voice took up
the tale. "Central!' it sneered. Gen
trail listening! l like that. Centrars
got something else to do but listen to
the lovemaking of pair of idiots. |
can tell ysu that I've got other fish to
fry besides paying attention to the like
of that truck"-New York Herald.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15
Two Remarkable Epitapha.

The two most remarkable eptaphs In
the United States are those of Daniel
Barrow, formerly of Sacramento. and
of Hank Monk, Horace Greeleys
stage driver The former reads as fol
lows: Here Is laid Daniel Barrow
who was born in Sorrow and Borrow
ed little from nature except his name
and his love to mankind and his hatred
for redskins. Who was nevertheless a
gentleman and dead shot. who
through long life never killed his
man except in self defense or by acct
dent. and who, when he at last went
under beneath the bullets of his cow
ardly enemies in jeff Morris suloOn,
did SO In the sure and certain hope of
a glorious and everlasting morrow"
Hank Monks epitaph reads thus:
Sacred to the memory of Hank Monk,
the whitest biggest hearted and best
known stage driver in the west, who
was kind to all and brought i'll to none
He lived in strange era and was
hero. and the wheels of his coach are
now ringing on the golden streets"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

There are very few people who seem
to realize that nine-teuths of the noise
made about house is unnecessary. Ii
takes no longer to handle things lightly
than ii does to ding them down heller
SHELTER With such an unearthly din as
one often hears in badly regulated
households II takes a little more time
to put on a pair of light shoes, instead
of the heavy and cumbersome Out of
door footwear that some people in
duge in. but il pays a good interest on
the effort and time Especially in Il
sckroom or where there IRE people
who are afflicted with those uncomfort-
able aceompanimont~ called nerves
should this be made study, saNs Wo
mans Life In one household a special
requirement is that the coal Tor the
sitting room CRATE shall always be
wrapped either i'm newspaper or put in
bags In this way much dust is avoid
ed and all the noise that is Very I'M
welcome Ia am invalid Who occupies an
adjoiniue room.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

The China Times relates an extraor-
binary ease of Chinese Justice"
\ Mr. Jen WAS berothed TO Miss
Han and paid his money TO the wo-
mans parents. Then he called ON the
parents 10 have the contract fulfilled
and WAS told that tho promised one
was the bride Of another
Having paid his money he considered
he was entitled 10 the girl and went
to her husbands house to carry her
off. but she was not at home He then
laid his case before the magistrate.
The girl was arrested and sentenced
to be "kua-ed," the magistrate arguing,
'If you are SO wicked at twenty years
of age, at the age of eighty you will
be a menace to the Celestial empire"
The process of kua-ing is very similar
to the ling-chih, or slicing to death
punishment
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

Though 1t is difficult to say where the
decorative value OF pottery and Of
china began to he appreciated, there
Is little doubt that it originated in the
east. Ancient Chinese drawings still
In existence show that the process Of
manufacture has varied but little in the
course of the years and that many con
trivances claimed as modern European
inventions have been known for cen
turtles In the east
In Chinese Official annals. which are
said to be perfectly authentic, the in
vention of porcelain Is dated at about
200 years before the Christian era
although Father Entrecoles, rcsid
ing in China ut the commencement Of
the seventeenth century, dates 1t long
before this and tells us in n most inter
esting manner of the great porcelain
works of King Tie Ching, one of the
most ancient and celebrated of the Chi
nese factories. lie says that In his
time there were no fewer than 5000
ovens at work, which gave to the town
at night the appearance of one vast fur
mace with innumorable chimneys.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

under her guidance the Maine organi-
cation soon became conspicuous in the
national union and its president no less
conspicuous among the ladies at work
In the temperance cause. Mrs. Stevens
advance In the union was rapid. She
was elected vice president during the
life of Miss Willard and succeeded that
great reformer as president when Miss
Willard died.
In addition to her temperance work
Mrs. Stevens is connected with a large
number of charitable organizations.
For years she has been the Maine rep
resentative In the national conference
of charities and correction. In 1892
she was one of the women managers Of
the Worlds Columbian exposition and
had entire charge of the charities and
correction exhibits, including homes
hospitals. asylums, etc For three
years she was treasurer of the National
Council of Women, and when she re
signed that position was placed in the
cabinet of the council and given the
portfolio of moral reform.
She has always been pronounced
woman suffragist and stood by Miss
Willard stanchly when she introduced
the question of the ballot for women
as an aid to temperance reform into the
conventions of the W. c. T. L. against
the protests of so many of the mem
haru
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15
W'F WOmsGs<
yg y@d.e,g
MRS. LILLIAN M. NJ. STEVENS
The Popular President of the Nation


The Popular PresideBt of the Nation
al w. c. r. L.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. y. Stevens the popu-
lar president Of the National ". {. r.
T., has been at the head Of that organ
izatlon since the death Of Miss Frances
E. Willard in 1898 Mrs Stevens was
born In Dover Me. in 1911 Her IA
ther, Nathaniel Ames, was a teacher
of considerable reputation. and her
mother, Nancy Fowler Parsons Ames.
was of Scotch descent and woman of
strong character. Mrs. Stevens inherit
ed her fathers teaching ability and
her mothers executive power When a
child, she loved the woods quiet
haunts free life and plenty of books.
She was educated at Westbrook sem
mary and Foxcroft academy and after
leaving school was for several years
engaged in teaching in the vicinity Of
Portland. At twenty-One she married
Mr.. Stevens and went with her hus-
band % his home near Portland. Mrs.
Stevens first met Miss Willard AT Old
Orchard in the summer Of 1879 and
there assisted in the organization Of
the Maine ". c. T. L. Her first office
was thai Of treasurer of the state
union. She next became president, and
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

ing tossed in the air danced on the
knee, having a rattle shaken in its ear
or surrounded constantly with all sorts
of plaYthings in a state Of un-
healthy excitement. 1t grows bored. 1t
wants something new all the time and
frets and cries If ii doesn't get il The
average healthy baby can find its own
amusements. 1t plays With its toes
stretches its legs. bites its fists expert
mentally. watches its mother as she
walks around the room, and all this is
fun, besides being just what baby
needs
There is a hint for mothers in the low
tables and chairs used in the kinder
gartens. children are very uncomfort-
able If seated any length of time on
chairs so high that their feet dangle
and do not reach the floor Low tables
bring so much pleasure and comfort to
the little ones that once provided the
mother will wonder how they were ever
allowed to be wanting
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

Policeman CONTEMPORARY.
The magistrate motioned him to be
quiet as he said more kindly:
George suppose you show me what
sort of dance this was"
The negros face broke into sudden
smiles. Like so many of his race, he
had childish smile and beautiful
teeth. He stepped forth willingly, and
1t WIS pleasure to watch the postur-
ing and gestures so absolutely African
and yet dramatic.
The magistrate watched him intent.
". When he had finished and leaned
painting against the desk, his honor
shot n sarcastic look at the policeman
and raped out, Case dismissed"
George lost no time in putting the
police station behind him. He was
hustling along toward home when
sharp faced. theatrical looking man
overlook 20 and briefly explained
that he had seen him dance and want
ed to engage him for his company of
MINISTRIES.
George had been in New York too
iouS 10 iuhhe du edSA Ddfsdln, ana at
last the theatrical manager reluctantly
came to his terms. George even got
an advance on the strict promise that
he would report that night for orders
Then he flew over the ground to the
Custls fiat
lie fell up the steps and burst into
the kitchen, where Mrs Gusts was
cooking meager supper.
Law. little mistiss," he calculated.
not forgetting to pull off his hat,
deed de Lawd has fiummuxed dat
brack cloud over. an dar's some O. de
silver linin' right a. And he tri-
umphantly gave her So.
Then he told how he got the money.
The poor old ladys tears were stream
ing and he himself was sobbing like a
child.
George she said brokenly. "the
ways of Providence are past finding
out"
And he answered humbly:
Oats SO, little mlstiss; dat's So"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15
The Population of the Moon,

There is plenty of authority for be
lieving that there is a man in the moon.
In fact, there is authority for believing
that there are women and other ami
mails there. Dante declares that Cain
was banished to the moon and that he
can be seen there at any time. Chaucer
declares that the man in the moon was
guilty of larceny and that he carries a
thorn bush. Shakespeare loads him
with thorns and gives him a dog. Ac-
cording to the general version, he was
banished there for gathering sticks on
Sunday, and the Germans have ampli-
fed this theory by giving him wom-
an who had been caught churning but
ter on Sunday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

Who Invented the steam Engines
The Marquis of Worcester, while i'm
prisoned in the Tower of London in
1886. invented and constructed per
feet steam engine and had 1t publicly
exhibited the same year at VauXhall
In successful operation. Thirtyfour
years later. in 1890. Dennis Papin add
ed the piston to the marquis discovery.
In 1893 Captain Savary devised and
built steam engine different in many
details from these made by Worcester
and Papin, and in 1705 Newcomb, Cav
ley and Savary constructed their cele
brated atmospheric engine. which was
complete in every detail
The above array of historical facts
Notwithstanding, James Watt, who
was not born until sixty years after
these great men had given the steam
engine to the world, enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the yeritable inventor
originator and author of the most use
full contrivance of the present day.
Fulton. who lived and worked in the
early part Of the century, is given the
credit of being the man who demon
strated that steam could be applied to
nayigation; this, too in face of the
we'll known historical fact that De
Gary propelled vessel by steam in
the harbor of Barcelona in 1913.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

Philip Stubbes wrote in 1888 in his
book on THE Anatomie of Abuses"
For as concerning football | pro-
test unto you it may rather be called
a FRIENDLY kinde OF fight than play
of recreation; bloody and numbering
practice than felowly sporte of pas
tyne. For dooth not every one I've in
waight for his Adverserie seeking to
overthrow him and to pickle him on his
nose, though it be on hard stones. so
that by this mcHnes sometimes their
necks are broken. sometimes their
backs, sometimes their legs, sometimes
their arms. sometimes one part thrust
out of joynt. sometimes another; some
times the noses guSh out With blood.
sometimes their eyes start ont fight
ing, brawlins. contention, quarrel pick,
ing. murther. homicide and great plIu-
sion Of blood. as experience dayly
teacheth"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

A little girls hair should never be
washed in ammonia nor should it have
a chemical of any kind put upon it.
Even boraeic acid is bad. and baking so
da, which is so necessary for the grown
up head. is positively injurious 10 The
hair of the little maid, The hair should
be shampooed not oftener than once In
two weeks and the best shampoo Is
that of soap jelly and hot water. Make
the soap jelly by shaving "A cake Of
pure soap into pint of hot water. Let
It stand upon the back of the stove
until the soap meltS. Remove and put
into wide mouthed bottle until want
ed Add a tablespoonful to the hot wa
ter In which the child's head is to be
washed. DO not use water that is too
warm BE sure upon this matter and
test II by thrusting not your hand, but
your arm, in the water, 1t should be
only warm enough To he comfortable.
Hot water Injuries the young roots.
Rinse the hair well in warm water. MS
ing spray for the purpose. and do not
dry in the sun. but dry by shaking the
hair out and tanning it, This will keep
the scalp clean and healthy.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

The transcendent power and fame
with which great genius has mt diff
ferent periods endowed various men
do not always insure them from after
misery and shame.
This was strikingly exempliiied in
the cases of the four greatest of mill
tary conquerors Alexander. Hannibal,
Caesar and Napoleon The general
judgment of mankind has conceded
them the first place in the lines of
action for which they were severally
distinguished. Yet they all met with
melancholy and tragic deaths.
Two of them suffered for years the
keenest humiliations which total de
struction of their hopes could bring
Two persisted at the zenith of their
power. just as they might have expect
ed long enjoyment of the fruits OF
their tremendous achievements
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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Humphreys Medicine Co., Cor. William and
John sts. New York.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

4 trick is like cheap hreeracker-
an6A st its vitality ii is apt TO explode
and naf1 the man who set il off Sat
urday Evening Post
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

If this free people, if this government
itself, is ever utterly demoralized, it
struggle for otiice-that is, way to
live without work Lincoln
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

What shSuld l popr' the hunter said
As he streilsd along with her,
And shs responded, blushing red
Perhaps the question, sar!'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

"He has a will Of his own, they say"
Yes Ii came to him with his wife"
Chicago Post.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15

A baby should haN" few toHs and
these Of thu simplest Mind The infant
with lot of amusemcuts always be
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-15
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