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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-10

The Kalamazoo Council has under
consideration the dredging of Kalama-
zoo river from the city of Cooper, a
distance Of several miles, for the deep
ering Of the bed in some places and the
removal Of sandbars in others. Particu-
lar attention Is to be paid to that por-
ton Of the river within the corporation
which has never recovered, even with
times help, from the choking Of the
channel received during the hoopskirt
era Of forty years ago, when every cast
off crir1oIine found its way to as near
the middle of the stream as male
member Of the household could throw
it. Those old hoopskirts are there yet,
save the comparatively few raised out
BY fishermen with hook and lire.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-10

Miss Kate Carl. an English artist
who has been commissioned to paint a
portrait Of Isl An. Empress Of China.
describes her as "a shrewd tempestu-
Gus old lady. with the soul Of tigress
in the skin OF a woman She is up
every morning before o'clock and re-
ceives reports from her ministers an
hour later. BY o'clock she is ready
to give the artist a sitting. Her ma
jesty, now seventy years old, is quite
vain OF her hands. which are really
very pretty.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-10

The Jungfrau boring which may fairly
be said to rival the simplon tunnel, is
approaching completion. IN this case,
however, the boring is up, instead Of
throughout the mountain. A height Of
3.ioo yards has already been reached
and there still remains about 72O yards
to bore. The aim is to get, by funi-
cuiar line, to the Mer de Glace, which
offers one of the finest panoramas Of
scenery in the world. The boring,
which will be the highest in Europe,
win be finished in time for the railway
to be opened at the end of 1905. Con-
trary to medical anticipation, the men
enjoy splendid health working at the
present great elevation.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-10

Records Of the board of health and
Of Bellevue hospital indicate that New
York city is having the healthiest sum
nler season in ten years. Favorable
weather conditions have figured largely
in the returns. There has not been a
single case Of heat prostration in Belle
ylle, excepting four alcoholic patients.
There has been comparatively little
sickness among the babies of the tene-
ments, no epidemics of fevers or conta,-
gious diseases, while cases of smallpox,
scarlet fever, dipththeria and typhoid
have been few and scattered.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-10

THE wEEkLY JOURNAL.
Issued Thursdays. one dollar Year.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

WAGON BED

8 by . inch, allowing an inch differ.
ence for tongue and groove flooring
There should be four crosspieces to Sc
cure the bottom Of the bed. Take an
old buggy tire and have straps made
with a hole in each end Five OF these
should be bolted on each side and two
on each end as shown In cut Stand.
ards which are to slip into these are
made Of Ia by . inch stuff 40 inches
long
For Stats get poplar four inches wide
by quarters inch thick. Bolt these
to the standards four inches apart. The
top railing is made extra strong by
putting on an extra strip which has n
quarter inch groove. y tenon should be
cut in the top of each upright to MT into
this. The corners at the top should be
fixed with ordinary strap door fasten
ings bent aroHd the corner, fastened
at one end a%l with a staple over
which to slip the other. These can be
held in place by small wooden wedges
to fit the staple. BY means of this
strap fastener at the corner the sides
and ends can be quickly unfastened
and taken off and the bottom can then
be removed with case. The wagon will
carry twenty sheep or hogs at load.
| have also found 1t most useful in
farm work. Taking off the sides,
have good bed for holding fodder. to-
bacco and other things Aside from
your own labor it is very inexpensive.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
Some Things They Are Accomplish
inR-Thc Independent Institute.

Some Things IheR are
inE-The Independent Institute.
The demand for farmers institutes
is genuine when local communities are
willing to pay all expenses in case the
state is unable TO grant their requests,
saws Alva Agee in National Stockman.
In the first week of January ! attended
two such meetings in Indiana while on
my way to Minnesota. The first one
was at Carthre", and 1t has not been
my privilege to be present at n more
enthusiastic meeting anywhere this
season. There is sufficient number of
the Friends at Carthage to remind one
constantly OF towns in Chester county
Pa. Evidences of prosperity are on eV.
cry hand. The last few years have
been exceptionally profitable ones IL
the corn belt, and the farmers are very
glad that they are on earth.
At this institute we had Mr.. :. r
McMahan and Mrs. Virginia Meredith,
two veteran institute instructors OF the
state. Mr.. McMahan probably knows
as much about corn as Is known, anG
Illul ultHuS Eifbi bfhi. 1t nus ~ -
a revelation to me to learn how thor.
oughly these breeders of corn have
studied and developed this grain. They
are after an ear of corn that is so form,
ed that 1t contains IA high percentage
of grain tn; is rich in protein, high in
vitality and very prolific That means
deep. wedge shaped, thick grains, Will
big germs, all placed ON "A cob that
holds its thickness to the tip and that
Is covered with grain to the very tip
There are states farther east whose
corn growers would he pleased and
prohtcd by he information Mr.. McMa.
han has about our great American &c.
real.
Mrs. Meredith is Il farmer and Il
breeder of Shorthorn cattle Whose rep
utation extends over many states Slit
has been successful because she has
ability and Il love for her work. From
her example we do not infer that WON
en- should r should not turn to farm
management for livelihood. All de
ponds upon the individual We d,
learn, however, that if an individual
has ability and natural inclination thai
person may win in practical farming
whether man or woman.
The other independent institute was
Mt Pittsboro, Ind, in the corn belt
where hogs have been adding to the
wealth of the people. Many ladies at
tended the meeting. and the institute
committee arranged early in the sea
son to secure Mrs, j. W. Bates, one o.
the well known Indiana workers, ID
discuss topics of special interest tc
housekecpcrs. The interest of the PEG
ole in all subjects on the programme
was OF the sort that should cause all
speakers to do their best work
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

4 consignment of 400 tons of mess
beef, the first shipment of mn order for
1000 tons TO 20 to the Russian army
in Manchuria. has left San Francisco
In addition To this an order has been
placed for 4.0O0,000 pounds of Ameri
can flour. The hitter is to be shipped
to supply depots of the Japanese army
In talk before the Minnesota STATE
agricultural convention ut Minneapolis
President j. J. Hill of the Great North
crn railroad dwelt upon the importance
of American farmers holding the orr
entail trade already built up. The rnil
roads arc doing their part. he declared
by making equitable rates WESTWARD
Flour can be shipped 80 cents cheaper
from the northwest TO the Pacific thai
to New York Exchange.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
EGGPLANT.
Its Successful Cultivation - Packing
For Market-GOod Varieties.


For the successful cultivation of egg
plant continual perseverance and eter-
nal vigilance are necessary from the
time the seed is sown until the fruit IS
ready for market, nearly six months.
Seed is sown on March l in hotbeds
or dollhouse in rows three inches apart,
not too deep, as a quick start is neces-
sary on account of the tenderness of
the plant Before sowing the bed is
watered we'll worked up and warmed
After the seed is sown the rows are
covered with sand to insure quick
termination and prevent dampening.
After the plants are up large enough
to handle they are transplanted under
glass into five inch pots or six inch
sods. About June l the plants are
ready to be set out after having been
well aired and toughened to withstand
Land that has been well MANFRED is
then marked off in rows four feet each
way, a hole is dug at each cross line
for sod with plant TO set in and ground
well pressed around the plant and wa
tered. The field is then well cultivated
both ways between the rows with horse
cultivators, after which the plants are
well hoed to keep the ground loose and
kill the weeds.
The fruit should be ready for market
by Aug. 10, provided the bugs and
weather have not discouraged them
too much. The eggs are then cut and
packed in small crates holding from
thirty to thirty-six, according to size.
The best strain | have as yet grown
is Purple Perfection. thornless, an inn
proved strain Of New York and New
Jersey Purple The last two seasons
eggplant culture has not been howl
ing success on account of the wet and
cold weather interfering with the
plants to a great extent, concludes an
Illinois writer in American Agricul-
turist
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

We have never before had so many
questions about fertilizers. They come
from all over the country. a large pro
portion from the west. We can easily
remember the time when he who talked
OF using fertilizers west of the Alissis.
sippi was regarded as wild man. Last
year In the state of Missouri alone near.
ly $20O0,OOO worth of fertilizers were
used by farmers in addition to theif
supplies of stable manure. In states
farther east the use of chemicals is be
coming general. This is one thing in
which the west can learn of the east
There are eastern farms which were
pre- ucing good crops when the west
was Il bowling wilderness. With the
aid Of chemicals properly used these
farms are now producing more than
they ever did says Rural New Yorker.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
rank w. Buchanan.

Vanity makes cheap chrome feel like an
oil painting.
Too late to cure a cold after consumption has
fastened its deadly grip on the lungs. Take DIR.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup while yet there is
time.
good many people are down on slippery
sidewa ks.
what's the secret of happy vigorous health?
Simply keeping the bowels, the stomach, the
liver and kidneys strong and active. Burdock
Blood Bitters does it,
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
FIRST STAGES OF
CONSUMPTION

When the lungs go, we go. 1t has
been demonstrated that we can exist
without some parts of our anatomy,
but not without the lungs A few
years ago the doctors would send a
consumptive to Colorado, Florida and
other warm States. Now they get well
anywhere. In Massachusetts, where
the percentage of deaths from lung dis
eases has been larger than in any other
State, the percentage of cures is today
larger than ever, and far advanced
cases are being cured each week that a
few years ago were believed helpless.
The first step required in treating con-
sumption is to get the germs from the
blood. For this purpose physicians
and hospitals quite generally are using
BLOOD Wine" as it quickly collects the
germs and poisons and pass them from
the body. The following show in what
high esteem Blood Wine is held by
hospitals. This is an unsolicited en-
dorsement and given purely on the
strength of BLOOD Wine" being SUI
perior medicine.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
PROBATE NOTICE
STATE OF MAINE.

To THE HONORABLE, TIE JUICE OF TIE
PROBATE COURT, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SOMERSET:
RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS Irene
Merit Of Keafney Buffalo County Nebraska
Phebe 1ibbetts, Of Winfield, Cowley County,
Kansas; and lanes II. Eldridge OF Neponset,
Bureau County, Illinois, that they are the
children and part Of the heirs living in differ
ent States, the remaining heirs being the child
of our deceased brother, Joseph Eldridge, to
wit:-Tcnne Roberts, Josephine Markee,
May /. Lewis Hattie Eldrdge Trew Ed
ridge. all Of Neponset aforesaid, and George
Eldrdge Il Des Moline, Polk County, Iowa,
Of Winthrop Eldridgc late of Scion, Somerset
County, Maine, deceased, who left real estate
in said Somerset County described as follows:
Land and buildings thereon in the town %
Scion aforesaid, on the Easterly side Of the
County road leading from solon Village to
Bingham Village, and beginning on the East
side Of the County road aforesaid, at the North
line Of land formerly owned by J, 5. Mclntre;
thense running East by said McIntre's North
line, and the North line Of land formerly own
ed by J. p. Boswell, thirty rods; thence North
parallel with said road. ten rods and eleven
feet; thence West, thirty rods, to the road
aforesaid thence South by said road to the
frst named bound, with the buildings thereon.
Being the same described in deed from the
trustees of the Methodist Parsonage Of Scion
to said Winthrop Eldridge, dated May 18th,
1862, and recorded in Somerset County Reg
istry Of Deeds in Book Io5, Page SIG. Also
one other piece Of land in said Scion, begin
ming at the Northeast corner of No. 1871,
thence West on the North line Of said lot to
the centre Of the road leading from Scion
Village to Bingham Village, some three or
four rods; thence South on the center of said
road nineteen rods and four or five links;
thence East by an Elm tree, standing on the
Fast side Of said road, to the East side Of said
lot; thence North on said line to the first men,
toned bound. Being the same conveyed to
said Winthrop Eldrdge by Jonah 5. Mclntre
by deed dated March 3Ist, 1863, and record
ed in Somerset County Registry Of Deeds in
Book Is5, Page $40; that the owners Of said
real estate cannot dispose Of their separate in
terests without loss. Wherefore your peti-
ii, ners pray that Ingram {. Pierce OF Bing-
ham in said Somerset County, or some other
suitable person be authorized to sell said real
estate at public sale and distribute the pro
ceeds, after paying expenses among said
heirs, according to their respective rights
therein.
Dated this goth day Of January, A. d. 1904.
JAMES II. ELDRIDGE,
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
day OF January, A. D. 1904.
JAMES II. ELDRIDGE,
PIIEBE TIBBETTS,
IRENE MERRITT.

SOMERSET CoUNrY.-In Court Of Probate,
held at Skowhegan on the second Tuesday Of
February, A. d. 1904,
On the foregoing petition, ORDERED, that
notice thereof be given, three weeks success
lively the first publication to be given thirty
DAYS at least before the time Of hearing in the
Somerset Reporter printed in Skowhegan in
said county, that all persons interested may
attend a Probate Court to be held at Skowhe-
gan on the second Tuesday Of April next, and
show cause, if any they have, why the prayer
Of said petition should not be granted.
EDWARD +. DANFORTH, Judge.
A true copy, Attest;
NATHAN FOWLER, Register
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
boston MASS

Gentlemen, =" We are using larger
and larger quantities of Blood Wine
and we desire to know If it is not pos
sible for you to give us special price
on lots of from five to ten gross
I'VE have treated over 81 900 patients
during the past year and our resources
are always taxed to their limit.
Our favorable opinion of Blood
Wine, as expressed to you last year, is
fully confirmed by the good results we
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
commissioners NOTICE.
SOMERSET IS.

Skowhegsn, Me-, Feb. 8, A. d. 1904.
We, the unders gned. baving been duly APP
pointed by the Honorable Edward F. Danforth
Judge OF Probate within and for ssid County.
Commissioners to receive and decide upon the
claims of the creditors of John r. Viles late OF
Flagstaff In said COUNT, deceased, whose es-
tate has been represented insolyent. hereby
give public notice sgreeably to the order OF
the said Judge of Probate, that six months
from and after the second Tuesday of January,
1904 have been allowed to said creditors to pre-
sent and prove their claims. and that we will
attend to the duty assigned us at the office OF
Butler & Butler in Skowhegan on March lat
and July 18th at ten OF the clock in the fore
noon OF each of said days.
LEVY 6 R B ssSsssEEEllAs oonn''''9sss;sg'.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
j. r. HOLMAN
ATTORNEY at Law.
insurance Agent. Athens Maine
BanlIuptS Petition for Discharge.
In the matter of

In the matter OF Orville d. Hall,
Bankrupt, in bank Tuptcy.
To the Hon. Clarence Hale, Judge of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the District
of Maine.
Orville d. Hall of Scion in the County
of Somerset, and State of Maine, in said
District respectfully represents, that on the 5th
ed bankrupt under the Acts of Congress re-
lating Bankruptcy: that he has duly sur
rendered all his property and rights of property,
of said Acts and of the orders of Court touching
his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, that he may be decreed
by the Court to have a full discharge from ali
debts provable against his estate under sale
bankruptcy Acts, except such debts as are ex
cepted by iaw from such discharge.
Dated this 10th day of Fl bruary A. d. 1904
Orville d Hal, Bankrupt.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
.<s8.,s
CARDEk
leE f-ISs -.
EN}HkSsTTs -
A WAGON BED.

JSefuI For Carrying stock and In
other Farm work.
Some Of his neighbors built a wagon
for carrying sheep and hogs which
proved so convenient that a correspond.
cnt gives its dimensions and plan in
New England Homestead The frame
for the bed is II feet long and , feet 5
inches wide. The sidepieces are of
I by inch stun and the end pieces of
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

Follies of life are the smusements we don't
care for.
Scald head is an eczema of the scap-yery Sc
we're sometimes, but II can be cured Doau's
Ointment quick and permanent in its results
AT any drug store, 90 cents.
Usually when a man pro poses it's in a back
parlor, with the gas turned so low that he
doesn't realize what he's up against until it's
everlasti bgly too late. Poor Innocent.
Diptheria relieved In twenty minutes. Almost
miraculous. Dr. Thomas Electric Oil At any
drug store.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
News and Notes.

A shortage of cucumber seeds is re-
ported.
Fertilizer and feed inspection work
by the New Jersey experiment station
Z steadily increasing.
An authority on the goat claims that
the milk tastes better than cows milk,
is richer and is the ideal milk for in
valids and infants.
Interest in cotton growing In parts OF
Nicaragua Is now reported.
There Is prophecy TINT in the course
of few years Georgia will again pro-
duce one-sixth OF the cotton crop.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

DISTRICT or MAINE, 81.
On this 10Th day of February, A. ID. 1904 Oh
reading the foregoing petition, it IS
Ordered by the Court, That hearing be had up
on the same on the 18th day of March, A, D.
1904, before said Court at Portland, in said Dis
trict, at IL o'clock In the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published in The Somerset Re
porter a newspaper printed in said District, and
that all known creditors and other persons In
interest, may appear at the said time and place,
and show cause If any they have, why the
prayer of said petitioner should not be granted
And 1t Is further Ordered by the Court That
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known credi-
tors copies of said petition and this order, ad-
dressed to them at their places Of residence as
stated.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale, Judge
of the said Court. and the seal thereof at Port
land, in said District on the 10th day of Febru-
AIRY A. ID 1901.
Isl JAMES f. HEWEY, Clerk.
A true copy of petition and order thereon.
lw8 Attest: JAMES f.. HEWEY, Clerk
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
- an % =
Relief In One Minute.

One Minute Cough Cure strengthens
the lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a
harmless and never falling cure in all
durable cases of Coughs, Colds and
Group. One Minute Cough Cure is
pleasant to take, harmless and good
alike for young and old. Sold by Geo.
E. Sampson.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

Mr.. Geo. T. Corey, of Lowell, Mass,
says: MY brother, who lives in Akron,
o., wrote me that he was taking Blood
Wine that it was doing him world Of
good, and advised me to try it. had
been very i'll with lung trouble for sew
eral weeks, and was failing rapidly. My
brother was so confident that would re-
coverif tried Blood Wine that finally
decided to get bottle. The very first
dose could feel all through my body,
and from that moment | began to over
come the disease. lcuntinued takingit
and continued to improve until / was
able to say was well. have no trouble
now with my lungs, and ave gained in
weight. Blood Wine is an exception
ally meritorious medicine. 1t seems TO
supply something in the way of nourish-
ment besides being healing and sooth-
ing. am glad to recommend it,"
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

poet says: Her face WAS passing fair,
but sor ow anne and left Its traces there"
Where sorrow lett the rest of the harness the
deponent esyeth not.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

THE BEST medicine you can take
! to rid yourself of humors and
clear your complexion, is Hoods Sar-
also THE CHEAPEST
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
LAST STAGES OF
CONSU SUMPTION

have noted from it in later practice,
and we now REGARD 1t as one Of the
most valuable remedies we have at our
command.
Thanking you in advance for an
immediate reply, we are
Yours truly,
ALBERT c. SMITH.
President and Treasurer Of Suffolk Hos
pitdl and UispenSdry.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
EMINENT DOCTORS
PRAISE MUCU-TONE

DIV can we measure the importance
to mankind of the discovery of an
absolute cure for catarrh, that dreaded
malady which attacks the mucous
membrane or delicate undermining Of
the skin of the body.
The disease which for years has
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

J0G~e discouraged scientists the disease
which numbers 100000 men and women sufferers in
the United States alone.
The heads of great hospitals where of ca
tarha patients treated each year. perhaps in the
best position appreciate the value of remedy which
working along scientific intelligent lines brings perma-
nent cure to even the chronic sufferer.
The staff of physicians of the Suffolk Hospital and
Dispensary in Boston, where in less than two years
1921 patients have registered do not hesitate to pro-
Rexall MucuTone the best for caarrh they
have ever used.
Albert G. Smith is the president and treasurer and
the Hon. Chas ]. Noyes and the Hon. James Stevens
presidents The secretary is F. H Wallace, M D.,
and the superintendent is w. c. Clarke, NJ D.
President Smiths letter should be read by every
catarrh sufferer We print it in full
report
compound
stomach kidneys bladder catarrhal troubles
Mucu- Immediately upon
We shall continue this valuable for nothing
A G. SMITH, President"
Certainly such testimony this must convince
ing catarrh sufferers give Rexal Mucu-Tone trial;
to give it chance to speak for itself you will do this
we know you will continue taking it until cured
Rexal Mucu-Tone is unlike all other catarrh
edes 1t works through the boodvesses going direct
to the affected part whether in head throat stomach
kidneys bladder driving out the posons and healing
all nf1ammatons of the membranes. From the
very first dose its Strengthening influence will be felt
and from four to six bottles will effect complete
of the worst Your money back if not more than
satisfied.
Sold only at our store Large bottle, SO cents
RIIckMhM'H nRIIG HT0RF
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-12
Presente a Mr.. GOmpers
SoIicftase con el que gestione ell
deslfnde de los terreneS
publicoS

Los obreros de Ia Federation Libre
' en- su representation los sefores don
Miguel Casado, don Engenio Sanchez
Lopez el sefior Castro entregaran al
leader de los obreros norteamericanos
Mr.. Samuel Gompers I'm hermoso al
bum conteniendo doce fotograffas de
las festas celebradas en- San Juan en-
Mayo del 1897, cuando fue acordado
el derribo de las murrallas de La puer-
ia de Santiago por Ell Gobierno es
pafiol.
Sc ha insertado ademas en- Ell refe-
rido album una instancia de los obre-
ros solicitando que Mr.. Gompers ges-
tone de la administrator americana
que Sc resuelva la question de los
terrenos pdblicos para ei ensanehe de
la ciudad de San Juan, y una copia
del discurso pronunciado por ell sefior
Casado en- la fiesta obrera celebrada
el 1897.