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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
Estimates CheerfuIy Furnished on All
Kinds of Mill Work.
ISLAND AVENUE,
M =
CALL AT THE
Second Store
e MERY & KINDS,
Nearly Opposite The Reporter Office.

Nearly Opposite The Reporter Office.
We have one store filled with new goods of all
kinds. Chamber sets, ChiHoneirs Odd Bureaus
and Commodes Bed Lounges, Couches Exten-
sion Tables, Stands, Rockers, Chairs of all kinds,
Cots, Cribs. Mirrors, Springs, actresses, Pill
lows, etc. The best Couch you ever saw sold for
$500. Better ones for al. 90 SOC, 900 and II co.
We do not wait until after Jan. / to cut prices
We cut them all the time.
Our second hand store is filled with goods of
all kin Is. In fact you could hardly think of
anything you could not find here.
Within the last 10 weeks we have sold over 20
stoves and now have some good bargains in Coal
Stoves, SoapsUone Stoves, Wood Heaters and
Cook Stoves
Secondhand Clothing of all kinds. Coat
Pants and Vest for III. 90. Good warm Overcoats
for 8l.Ci to $500 Fur Coats S4.t0 to $500,
All kinds OF Furniture at prices that would
surprise you. We have a small line of new and
second hand Crockery.
IL you have anything to sell come and see us
and we will make you an offer for it. II you are
about 10 leave town we will buy all Of your
goods as they stand and you will only have to
pack your trunk. Bring in your Old Clothes.
Rags, Rubbers. Lead Iron and Old Junk of all
kinds. We will give you something for 1t.
All goods delivered.
We have Public Carriage ready for calls at
any time day or night. Orders left at our store
promptly attended to- Don't forget the place,
No, 20 Water Street.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
The Retort DIsdainfuI.

Ellen Terry, the famous English ac-
tress, in the kindness of her heart once
took a girl out of the poorhouse to train
as servant. Bat she was altogether
hopeless and was continually breaking
plates, dishes and every thing she laid
hands on. until Miss Terry thought that
in time she might break her, so she dis
missed her But, not wishing the girl
to come to any harm, when she was go
ing away she asked her what she was
going to do for a living oh" she
said disdainfully, "if the wust come to
the wust, | can go on the stage"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
Our Optica! Business

Continues good Our percentage OF
successfully fitted lenses is as great as any
in the profession. We are successful
with OF out of every 100 which speaks
we'll for our good work We have con-
stantly in stock all the latest styles IN
FRAMELESS Eye Glasses ana Spec
,acles in Gold and Gold-filled Mountings
We have more than 1000 lenses in stock,
40 we can ill orders promptly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
MunicinalCOurt.

Ga Monday Judge Bachelor OF the
Municipal Court disposed of three pack
ages of liquor that had been previously
siezed at the Express office and lbelled.
The packages each contained II quart
bottles Of whiskey. They were marked
Elbridge Smith, Peter Sampson and
Peter Jackson. They bad no claimants
and were declared forfeited to the coun-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
We are giving Bargains II
CHINA.
to reduce stock.

If you are contemplating a
purchase of Sterling Silver
NOW is the time, as the
factory price has advanced
ten per cent, and we will
be obliged to advance our
price soon.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03

Farmers remember | am still buying
potatoes and will pay the highest market
price for few more car loads of good
white stock. <. T. GOODRICH.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03

Because of objection to the negro
postmaster of Humphreys Arkansas,
the post Office has been dynamited and
destroyed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
Call and have your
Ewes Tested Free

HUGHES & SON PIANO-We have
one Hughes Piano, perfectly new, which
we will sell at bargain as we are going
out of the piano business. Come early if
you wish bargain.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03

Information has been received from
Washington that some excellent lands,
including II townships on the Red Lake
Indian reservation in northwestern
Minnesota and a part of the Rosebud re-
servation, and about 10000 acres in
Gregory county, South Dakota, will be
opened for settlement in few months
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
DIED.

East Madison,-Feb 10, The infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dennison.
Norridgewock-Feb rs, Jessie Miller, aged ~
years, mos.
Skowhegsn,-Feb rs, Geo Vigue, aged 40
years.
skowhegan,-Feb. "a, Martha NJ. (Hooper)
Morrill,, aged 81 years.
st. Albsns,-Februsry 81, John F. Boynton.
Togus, Me.-Jsn. 81, Albright A. Lombard.
san,-Msrch 2, William Goodwin, aged
IS years.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
BORN

East Madlson-Feb. 1s, to the wife of Harry
Dennison son.
Sanford, Me.-Feb IA, to the wife OF Chss. A.
Jacobs, son.
Monson, Me-Feb. "a, to the wife of Arthur
L. Brown, q daughter
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
..TH
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH,
No tn Ave. and Leavitt St.

Lent. What may we do? What ought
we to refrain from doing? These are the
common queries at this season. Think
) soberly; not sadly; especially, think
deeply. What one does during the com
ing month may make or break life's
randeur. Think, therefore, and do.
But remember that neither the spirit nor
the purpose of Lent Is kept In doing or
refraining; not in the doing Of one act or
series of acts, nor in emitting other acts,
bat both spirit and purpose are in being
in the spirit of the ord whether we la
Dor, OF rest, or seek amusement, or pray.
4.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03

We send the REPORTER tor trial trip
three months for 25 cents
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
Hang Your Grand
fathers Watch in
the Curiosity Cab
met with the Hour
Glass

And get an absolutely re-
liable timer; Hamilton, Ell
gin or Waltham.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-03
M AR RED.

Athens-Feb. ~, By Rev. J. F. Taylor, Mr..
Herbert F. Lincoln and Miss Anne B. Chaplin
both OF Athens.
skowhegan-Feb 81, Mr.. Alton J. r. Horne
and Miss Mary J. Miller, both OF Norridgewock
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
Road Drag.

feet long. The sketch shows its con-
struction. Use short sections of oak to
hold the two planks about % inches
apart. Shoe the lower front edges.
Two three-fourths inch rods "a inches
long, with rings at the front ends and
threads cut on the opposite ends, should
be used to bolt the drag solidly togeth-
er. Nail the cross pieces into position
with No. 40 wire spikes. Put heavy
washers on the rods next to the hitching
rings, also back of the burrs.
Put detachable seat or platform on
top for the driver. Use chain, hooked
into each ring, and make the hitch so
that the dirt may be worked toward the
center of the track as required.
Use a two or three-horse team, as
may be needed. AS soon as the road
begins to get dry enough. go over a
short piece of track, giving it good
dragging. This treatment will fill the
ruts, distribute the moist earth evenly
over the track and slightly elevate the
center 1t will pound, plaster and
cement the dirt solidly together and
leave a smooth, hard surface that will
shed water readily, unless 1t be very
sandy.
After every rain, when the road be-
gins to dry out, repeat this treatment
1t will produce results on any road that
will both surprise and please everyone
who drives over the track. There will
be no ruts, but hard, cemented surface
as long as this frequent treatme IL
maintained.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
SKUNK FARMS.
A New Industry Which Is Now .He1ng
Developed in the United
States.

The United States holds many novel
farms. One industry that perhaps the
average farmer would hesitate to en-
gage in is the growing of skunks. Yet
we have some skunk farms that are said
to be a success. For certain good rea-
sons the industry is one that is not ike
" to be overdone in the near future.
1t is of interest to note, however, what
Missouri enthusiast recently had to
say regarding the enterprise.
That skunk farm is no joke" he is
quoted as saying. Several of us have
put up 500 apiece and bought ten
acre piece of scrub land, which We are
now having fenced in. The Enclosure is
such that no skunk once in there will
ever be able to get out. We are digging
holes in the ground, and underbrush
heaps for the protection of the skunks.
I'VE have offered rewards for all the
skunks in the neighboring country. we
| pay $125 for a short or narrow striped
skunk and $3.50 for black one, the
| latter being by far the most valuable
| Already one young fellow has caught
| is, another II, and others lesser mum
bers. We shall probably start in with
about so. We will gradually develop
the breed by cutting out all of the
scrubs so that we can have black breed
| in the end.
"a man up in Michigan gave US thu
| idea. He has a ten-acre lot full o.
skunks and is clearing from $4,000 tt
$4,000 a year from them without
stroke of work, you might say.
"The skunks become domesticate'
and are not troublesome We expec
to furnish enough fur tn supply all o
Missouri within a comparatively shor
time. There have been several request
for stock in our concern, but We thin
we have good thing and are holding OF
| to ii J."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
Killing Rats and Mice.

To kill rats and mice, fill any deep,
smooth vessel of considerable ca
pacity to within six inches Of the top
with water, cover the surface with
bran, and set the vessel in a place
most freQuented by the pests. In at
tempting to get at the bran they will
fall in and be drowned. You can get
one or two dozen at a time by this
method when they are thick. They
are so wise one need not sit up again
for some time. Another way is to
sprinkle concentrated I've in theil
runs. The moisture of the ground
will dissolve it, and when they steI
In it it will eat their feet.-Farm ant
Home
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16

ers produced that lovely fabric known
as zenana. 1t is deliciously coy
material with a silky surface and
wooden back. 1t is, of course, fairly
expensive; but it lasts many a sea-
son, and possesses the delightful COM
bination of beauty of coloring, intense
warmth, and lightness. Then 1t cleans
again and again with the greatest
success.
place zenana first end foremost
among fabrics for winter dressing
gowns, for it is really an ideal mate
rial. Blue and pink are charming
colors for bedroom wear, and zenana
is lovely in either. A zenana dressing
gown should be simply cut but full
enough to wrap well round the feet.
It may be lined with soft and in
expensive pongee, and have either Q
big collar Of net or lace, or better still
a pretty and becoming hood which
can be placed over disheveled Golf
fure with excellent results. Such a
gown is ideal for travelling purposes.
For such garments as the saut-de-
lit and the dressing-gow there is a
cashmere-back washing satin. which
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
PROTECTING WATER PIPES.
How Winter Time Annoyances May
Be Overcome by Simple
Device.

I am speaking from actual expe-
rience with a 60-foot stand-pipe under
a tank, and also with another tank
only 80 feet high. Both of these
pipes are one and one-haif inch diam
eter. We tried several methods, and
found the present plan entirely satls-
factory. 1t may seem rather expen-
sive, but such job to be Improperly
done is much more expensive, as we
have found by experience. The dla-
gram will show just how we do 1t,
says the Rural New Yorker. Make
four-inch pipe of heavy galvanized
iron in sections like stovepipe, each
made to slip over the next. Every
second section should have four cop
per wires run through holes in the
pipe on four sides and opposite to each
other, and the wire soldered on the
outside, also solder the holes up
tight. AS you put each section on,
fasten these wires so the water pipe
is in the middle of the galvanized pipe.
| If inconvenient to disconnecr your
water pipe to slip these pipes over the
| top, then crimp and fasten at top and
| bottom with small short stove bolts.
| Screw heads on the outside. Then
put the boards on as shown in dia-
gram. Be sure always to break joints
Do not wrap pipes with anything;
leave them bare; paper and asbestos
get wet in summer and freeze in win
ter Do not try to keep the water
from freezing in the pipes by letting
water run through them; it will not
work under most conditions. Unless
the water is very warm in the tank
It will form ice and freeze quicker run
ming than if not running. II 20,
have a windmill to supply the watel
by letting the water run and also thu
mill, you will be all right, but any
other kind of supply will not b.
satisfactory. l use gasoline engine
and pump every night just before go
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
FARM NOTES.

Last year the country raised $780,
900 bushels of cranberries, but this
year the crop is Is to 20 per cent
smaller.
An Illinois farmer has husked 1913
bushels and AZ pounds, by actual
weight, of corn from one acre. Other
acres are yielding 100 bushels or bet
ter.-Farm and Fireside
Have you gone over the barn lots
and about the old straw stacks for a
last load or two of manure? If not
we are sure that it will pay you to
do so, as there are several places on
the farm that need it.-Farmers Voice
If stable manure is spread with a
manure spreader on the meadow, II
will show very good results for very
thin coat, and what the hay crop does
not use will be in the soil for the sue
ceeding corn crop.-Farmers' Voice.
A good rotation for mixed farming
is wheat, clover, meadow one year
cow pasture for one year, corn, oats
This makes q six-year rotation
Where there are permanent pastures
on the farm, one year can be cut GU
by not pasturing the clover the sec
ond year-Farmers' Voice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16

matches the dress in one of its tones.
Point d'esprit is a suitable and lovely
material, as is also that fine, plain, yell
lowish net seen nowadays on the high
priced waists shown at the stores. But
perhaps best of all is very sheer muslin
or lawn, finished with little tracery OF
hand-work. Whatever is selected, re-
member these white affairs will need
frequent laundering, as all their beauty
depends on their giving an exquisite
finish to the toilet, for this cannot
be done when they are in the least
soiled.
Trimmed sleeves as well as full sleeves
are favored, but be careful not to have
these so elaborate that they will be fussy
and detract from elegance. One shown
in the illustration is comparatively SIM
pie and yet adapted to the caprice of the
moment. The velvet band and lace frill
as well as the design of the sleeve, make
it appropriate only for afternoon OF
evening wear.
Short sleeves are very much the thing
, but generally are an expensive luxury
requiring long gloves. Still, the under
sleeve fashion may help out here the
woman who wants to economic, and by
its addition one can have a waist DE-
double duty; appear with the under
sleeves as suitable for street wear; with
out the sleeves serve for elaborate oc
casions. The three-quarter sleeve Il
making it's way, and is especially prett!
when finished at the hand with double
frill of deep white ruching.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
Charm of Modern Lingerie

is really coy. This can be tined with
flannel for extra warmth if the wear
er be chilly person. Here again lace
is the only trimming required. The
smart woman at the moment loves
these washing satins, especially for
niSht-gowns. Silk, satin and finest
linens are sparingly trimmed with
lace-in many cases, indeed, no lace
at all is used, the trimming taking
the shape of fine hand work and
broad hemstitchings. There has been
an extraordinary change made of late
in underwear; everything is now very
simple, and white reigns supreme.
Parisians and the best-dressed Eng
lishwomen are particularly addicted
to fine batiste, linen, French lawn and
cambria. Here, too, beautiful hand
stitchery is the chief trimming,
though occasionally entire deux of
very fine Valenciennes lace are used
Then I am told that, in their love of
simplicity, few Parisians are even
wearing pyjamas. Of course, such
garments are practical, but they can
never be pretty, and do not seriously
deserve place among the lingerie of
the really chic woman. Three or four
seasons ago colored underwear was all
the rage-pale yellows, mauves, pinks
and blues, and even black being worn
in preference to white; but now the
craze is for the simplest of white
| lingerie, and this seems to me the
acme of daintiness.
With many women the combination
is a necessary garment, either of silk
silk and wool, or wooden mixtures
but this need no longer be ugly be-
cause it is warm and comfortable
This woven underwear to-day is we'll
shaped and nicely finished, and is OBJ.
tainable at all the leading drapery es.
adjustments.
For ordinary day wear, it is a good
idea to line your brocade petticoa
with a thin pongee, which adds great
ly to it's warmth. The chic dresser
is wearing with her morning, tailor
made costume, petticoats to harmon
ize with her dress instead of tn,
bright contrasts of last season. Thi
is a matter in which every woman
can exercise her individual taste
though quietness of detail in this re
spect is more or less characteristic o
the well-dressed woman.
Then we have recently witnessed
return to the flannel petticoat. Need
less to say, it is very different from tn
old-fashioned red flannel carmen
worn by our grandmothers, being to
: day beautifully cut and shaped an,
trimmed with button-hoie stitching
fine embroidery or coarse Torchol
lace. 1t is mostly made in white, PAL
pink or blue.
ELLEN OSMONDE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
DRAGGING THE ROADS.
The Splendid Results Which May Be
Obtsined with the Proper
Device.

The season for bad roads is now ap-
preaching and it is good time to
mediate owes the matter as we slow
ly wend or way over-or rather
through-some of the muddy thorough
fares of this great commonwealth.
The cost of making and maintaining
a good roadbed has been frequently
quoted at many thousands of dollars per
mile. We do not believe in these ex-
travagant figures. Many of our roads
can be greatly improved and maintained
in excellent condition. at a moderate
cost, if tie work is in the hands OF the
right man or men.
1t is wonderful what good results can
be secured with a good road drag. The
Rural Advocate drag is again illustrated
and briefly described:
1t is made of oak plank two inches
thick, one foot wide, and about eight
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
"C,MLETS" BORED THEM.
Beck Of Conceited Author Lacked
Popularity with the Read
ing Public.

Though Robert w. Chambers il . pop.
ular author, he will rarely talk about
bis books, says literary exchange.
Il hate literary conceit," he said the
other day. IF an architect builds a
good house, his friends, on account of it,
don't regard him as a god, and he doesn't
regard himself as god: The same with
an engineer. If he builds q good bridge
it is in the days work, and that is all
there is about it. But if a man writes
. good book, why, then there must be
genius in him, and before this genius he
himself, as well as all the world, must
bow down. Rot.
Literary conceit is distasteful to me-
Mr.. Chambers said, ''and like to see Il
taken down. 1t was well taken down in
the case of New York man recently;
He has written a novel, 'Gimlets,' and
the public libraries have put this book
on their shelves. The man called at one
of the libraries to find out how his work
was going with the public. He hoped to
have his vanity tickled little.
lis "Gimlets" in!' he said to the Ii
brarian.
1T never was OUT was the reply"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
I1nueKb
HOW THE PIPES ARE PROTECTED.

ing to bed few minutes, and had no
trouble during the past severe winter.
The other tank is supplied by ram
and the water is so cold coming from
the ram that it will often freeze while
the ram is working. With this style
of protection you have an advantage
over any other method, as by setting
a lamp under the box you can thaw
the worst kind of a freeze out in a
very short time.
The heat gets direct at the pipe,
and very quickly lets the ice loose,
and there is no possible danger OF fire.
because the iron pipes are protection.
Before putting up the pipes it is best
to paint them with white lead and oil
which will keep them from rusting foI
many years. A lamp set in this box
on the severest night in the coolest
climates will absolutely prevent freez-
ing. The chimney of the lamp should
be made of tin, and should be eight
to ten inches long, and fit tightly
through hole in a piece of tin under
the box. Brush the wick every day
and put in a new wick every month
A lamp with a one-half-inch wick i:
large enough.
You will only need the lamp during
extremely cold nights. In diagram A
is water pipe and w are wires to holt
pipe in center; circle is galvanized
iron pipe four inches diameter. Res
are one-inch boards carefully trued
Paper should be put under every joint
and two thicknesses would be better
1t acts as an alright washer. NJ
merous Xxx represent the several dead
air spaces; is inner deadair space
which can be warmed when necessary
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
Cultivation of the Orchard.

When the orchard is set is the time
to begin the treatment that is to be
continued from year to year. II the
cultivation of the orchard is begun
early the roots will seek the depths of
the soil from the first, and the cult
vator can run over them year after
year without doing them injury. If the
land is not cultivated at all the surface
soil becomes filled with roots and in
the course of years and the ground will
be then, plowed with difficulty
Farmers Reciew.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
Germany's Traction Roads.

The projected electric railway be-
tween Berlin and Hamburg would cost
70, 0O0, 900 marks, single track, and 1885,
900 900 marks double track. The dis
lance is to be covered in one hour and
fifty-five minutes. 1t is estimated that
$50 900 passengers year could be safely
counted on, and single-track road
would pay expenses if there were only
$4,000; for double track $50 900 would
be required.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-12-16
ToRTUR1NG, DIsF1GURING
Humors, Ecxemas, Itchings, Infinm-
nations, Burnings, Scalings and
Chahngs Cured by Cuticura.

The agonizing itching and burning OF
the skin, as in eczema; the frightful seal;
ing, as in psoriasis; the loss OF haT ana
cr1sting of the scalp, as in SCALED head;
the facial disfgurements, as in pimples
ana ringworm; the awful suffering of in
fants, and anxiety of WORKOUT parents,
as in milk crust, letter and salt rheum-
AL demand remedy of almost superhu-
nan virtues to successfully cope witt,
them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Pills are such stands proven beyond all
doubt by the testimony OF the civilized
world