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When scalding Il hog put 1t in a caSk
or trough and throw three or four
handfuls of mir slaked lime over II,
then put In your boiling water. 1t will
make the bristles fly. says an Orange
Judd Farmer correspondent.
Cannlbas of Africa are said to pre-
fer pork to human meat Savage prac-
tees have thus been checked hy cul-
tural methods. and the pig attracts at
tention AS the greatest civilizPr of the
age.
Fourteen ounces of pins welded into
a solid mass were found in a cows
stomach at one of the Chicago packing
houses. That COW must have been full
of good points.
This going to farm for a living is
serious business. with the chances
against any one who thinks that farm
Ing is a soft job or an easy business to
learn.
Farmers in sentiment occupy mid
die ground between capital and labor.
with little sympathy for the method
of either.
Pure food laws should not be objec-
tionable to the honest citizen, while
the practices of the dishonest class
should be checked 10y legislation.
Farmers who fail to read regularly
think in ruts.
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AK HANDLES AMI AXES.

selecting an ak handle always choose
one in which the layers are parallel
with the ljne of force, as shown in Fig.
l. If they are at right angles, as In
Fig 2, few days Use will cause the
handle to split along tie dotted lines
shown. The difference In quality in
this respect Is so marked that many
dealers sort their handles and make
the price of one about louble that of
the other.
In hanging an ak considerable at
tention should be paid o the kind of
work which is to be done. For small
wood hang an ak pointing In, as shown
In Fig 3. For very larg' trees hang 1t
squarey across or at right angles to
the handle, and for spill ting, especial
~ block wood, hang it ont according to
Fig. 4. This gives one chance to
strike heavy blow sauarely across
the block, using the Whole bit OF the
ak, and without making a tiresome
bend of the back with every blow.
The relative position of the blade and
handle may be changed by inserting a
small wedge in the eye of the ak, ell
Their above or below the handle, as oc-
casion may require.
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A SERMON FOR GIRLS.
BE Very Careful In Yosr Selection of
Masculine Companions.

No better advice was ever bestowed
upon girl than that given by a world
ly wise matrDn to her daughter on the
subject of male acquaintances. My
dear" she said. you cannot be too
careful In your choice of companions of
the opposite sex. Men are not always
what they seem to be, and it is neces
sary for your happiness that you should
make a close study of any man who
seeks your friendship and society. OF
course all men have their petty faults,
which are not SO very important. What
you have to find out are their great
faillngs. which have so much influence
upon the happiness and success of life.
Recognize no man to whom you
have not been properly introduced by
mutual friend who will give you some
information about him. A casual ac-
quaintance may prove true gentle
man, but the chances are that he will
not You know nothing about him. and
consequently the risk Is very great
Many a girl has had cause to RTE the
day that she encouraged the advances
OF a man she met 10y chance at the sea
side. for instance, or at some place Of
amusement
when you have become acquainted
with man in the proper manner,
which. although orthodox, Is the only
safe way In which to form an acquaint-
ance, then you can set to work to study
the PRINCIPLES of his character and de-
eide for yourself whether he is worthy
of your friendship or not" Boston
Herald
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Young People Turn TO Manual Arts.
1t has been decided to open an agri-
cultural department In the Mount Her
mon school, founded at Mortified by
the evangelist, Dwight l. Moody. The
various courses of instruction planned
will be under very competent direction,
and the new department Is expected to
become most important to the school
work. This is the first industrial course
established In the school, which Is not
an institution of technical instruction,
and serves to show the growing inter
est In technical and industrial educa-
tion that Is manifesting itself through
out the country. Young men and wo-
men are turning more and more to the
manual arts as a means of livelihood,
and they are bringing to them the en-
thuslasm heretofore directed in circum-
scrlbed channels. They demand an
equipment which shall make their
work a science as sure as mathematics
and insure positive results, and to meet
these demands the schools and col
leges are opening departments where
such studies may be carried on.-New
Idea Magazine.
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HALF OF THE OUTER FRAME OPENED.
two. and there are others still who
would and could possess them were ii
not for the tedious work during cold
weather of covering and uncoyerlng the
sash lights, shoyeling snow and other
disagreeable things. The Illustration
herewith presented depicts handy,
simple and inexpensive device. We
take an ordinary garden frame of four
lights, the average proportion being 6by
II feet, each sash being six feet long by
three feet wide. At the back the frame
ordinarily 9tands three feet high and
eighteen inches high In front. Around
this ordinary frame we have to make
an outer frame of rough planking, leav-
ing a space between the two of eight.
cen inches, which has to be filled In aft
erward with fresh leaves, stable ma
nure or litter, preferably stable manure
and leaves mixed.
Hinged to the back of the outer frame,
as shown in the illustration, we have
permanent cover for the top. This Ia
also made of rough planking, Is nine
feet long, three or six feet wide, as de-
sired. and six or nine inches thick As
will be seen from the illustration, this
is merely q frame packed full of salt
hay.
At the back of the outer frame and
nine or ten inches away from 1t is
firmly placed an upright post 6 by q
inches and rising nine feet above the
top of =" outer frame. On the top of
tins poal e pulley Is fixed; a wire Is
run from tie front of the outer GOV
ering oycr the top of the pulley and
attached to II weight at the back. This
weight can be of any rough material
SO long as 1t counteracts or balances
the weight of the covering. 1t Is mere
ly to aid In raising and lowering the
covers In the same way as window
sashes are raised. This Is very much
superior to mats or litter, which many
people still use. and the danger of
breaking glass Is done away with.
Moreover, on bright day when the
covers are ralsed-being at the back or
north side of the frame-they act as
shelter, and air can be much more
safely admitted.
With such frame and covering the
season for growing lettuce in frames
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PROBATE NOTICE
STATE OF MAINE.

To TIE HONORABLE, THE JUDGE OF THE
PROBATE COURT, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SOMERSET:
RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS Irene
Merit Of Kearney, Buffalo County Nebraska;
Phebe Tibbetts, 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 Eldrdge, to
wit Jennie Roberts, Josephine Markee,
May Z. Lewis. Hattie Eldridge, Trew Ed
ridge, all of Neponset aforesaid, and George
Eldridge Of Des Moine, Polk County, Iowa,
Of Winthrop Eldridge 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 o!
Scion aforesaid, on the Eastery side Of the
County road leading from Scion 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. S. McIntire;
thense running East by said McIntires 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
first 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
East 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 Eldridge by Jonah S. McIntire
by deed dated March 3Ist, 1863, and record
ed in Somerset County Registry of Deeds in
Book I55, 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 c. 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 paving expenses, among said
heirs, according to their respective rights
therein.
Dated this goth day Of January, A. d. 1904.
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day Of January, A. d. 1904.
JAMES II. ELDRIDGE,
PIIEBE TIBBETTS,
IRENE MERRITT.

SOMERSET CoUNY.-In Court of Probate,
held at Skowhegan on the second Tuesday Of
February, A. ID. 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
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Cabbage Plants.

Sow seed of Jersey Wakefield in fats
filled with light, loamy soil the last of
February. Sow thinly, cover lightly
and place the boxes in gentle hotbed
or any warm. sunny situation. When
the plants are strong transplant them
into flats one and n half inches apart
each way AS growth begins gradual
ly expose them to the open air on all
favorable days. Late in March remove
TO a cold frame and harden off before
setting them In the open ground.-Bai-
lev
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Ak HANDLES.
Heart or sap Wood - Curved or
misunderstanding the II.

Heart or sap Wood - Curved or
Notwithstanding the *.
When buying an ax handle Away
select one that is made entirely fron.
the sap wood or the heart wood. In.
never one that is made partly Of each
for It will split along the line Of union.
Handles made from sap wood are NOR
elastic and better for ehopping. and n
man will not tire or get saee 50 quick
~ when using one, says an Orange
Judd Farmer correspondent
| prefer those made from the heart
wood for splitting, although they arc
not so durable. The proper length and
curve of the handle depend upon the
habit and method OF chopping of the
user. With a long handle a man will
strike a much harder blow. but wifi
a short handle he will strike oftener.
so there is practically no difference III
the work accomplished.
The curve. too. depends upon the
habit of the user. A curved handle has
no advantage over the one that is per
fectly straight. Most people prefer the
curved because they are accustomed
to its use As rule, the straight han
die is more durable. The size of the
handle depends upon the muscular de
velopment of the user II it is too
small it will eramp the fingers and If
too large it will lame the hands and
wrists
If one will examine the end OF 4
piece of wood he will see that 1t Is
made of layers, each layer represent
ing the growth of one year. Wood
splits much more easily along these
lines than across them; hence when
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Bankrupt'S Petition for Discharge
In the matter of Will

In the matter Of William Mcfadzen, BANK
rupt, IN bankruptcy.
10 the Hon. Clarence Hale, Judge Of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the District
of Maine.
William McFadzen of Skowhegan. in the
County of Somerset and State of Maine, in said
District, respectfully represents that on the
1sth day of February last past. he was duly adj
Judged bankrupt under the Acts OF Congress
relating to bankruptcy; that be has duly sur
rendered all his property and rights of property,
and has fully complied with all the requirements
of said Acts and Of the orders of Court touching
his bankruptcy,
Wherefore be prays, that he may be decreed
by the Court To have full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under said
bankruptcy Acts, except such debts are
cepied by law from SUI discharge.
Dated this 9th day of February A. ID. 1904.
William hcFadzen, Bankrupt.
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commissioners NOTICE.
SoMRRsET 80

Skowhegsn, Me-, Feb. 8, A. d. 1904.
We the unders gned, having 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 insolveHt, hereby
give public notice agreeably, 10 the order OF
the said Judge OF Proba'e. that six months
from and after the seconn 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 Skowhegsu on March LIST
and July 18th at ten OF the clock In the fore
noon OF each OF said days.
LEVI G. EMERY, 3w6
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Professor Huxley once wrote TO Mrs.
W. X. Clifford about men: They are
very queer animals-a mixture of horse
nervousness. ass stubbornness and cam
ell malice, with an angel bobbing about
Unexpectedly like the apple in the
posset and when they can do exactly
as they please they are very hard to
drive"
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ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT OF MAINE. ~
ON this 18th day OF February A. ID. 1904 on
reading the foregoing petition II is
Ordered by the Court. That hearing he had
upon the same on the 4th day of March A
ID. 1884, before said Court at Portland, in said
District at Il o clock In the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published in The Somerset
Reporter, 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 he granted
And it is further ordered by the Court, That
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known cred
itors copies of said petition and this order, ad-
stated.
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hale, Judge
of the said Court, and the seal thereof, at Port
land, in said District, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary A. d. 1904.
H.. 81 JAMES Z. HEWEY, Clerk.
true copy of petition and order thereon.
lw7 Attest: JAMES f. HEWEY, Clerk.
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One Minute Cough Cure strengthens
the lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a
harmless and never failing 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.
T. Sampson
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Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors.
In the District Court of the United States for
the District OF Maine,
IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the matter OF
Arthur l.. Norton, In Bankruptcy.
BANKRUPT,
To the CREDITORS OF Arthur L. Norton OF
New Portland in the County of Somerset
and District aforesaid, q bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of February. A D. 1904 said Arthur L. Norton
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that the
rst meeting OF his creditors will be held at
Daniel Lewis office, in Skowhegan. Maine. on
the 5th day OF March, A. ID. 1904 at 10 clock
in the forenoon, at which time the said credit
ors may attend, prove their claims. appoint
trnstee, examine the bankrupt, and transact
such other business as may properly come
befo e said meeting. lw7
February 10, A. d. 1904.
DANIEL LEWIS. Referee in Bankruptcy
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can be greatly extended. Parsley and
violets can be kept nicely all winter,
and work can be resumed much earlier
In spring. In the illustration one guide
post and wire are shown for the raising
and lowering of two covers. This sim
plifies the illustrations, but If 1t Is de
sired one can he used for each sash,
and in such cases the covers could be
made stronger-James 7. Scott in
American Gardening.
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EARN': zEsa.szze
5Isaa**cEH2AEgN
A HANDY PLANT FRAME.

Easily Made and With n COnVenien'
Device In the Way of "a Cover.
There are a great many people who
take an interest In gardening whose in
comes and positions do not admit Of
their having a greenhouse \ number
of gardening enthusiasts thus placed
do however, Iossess a garden sash or
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v Z
BANKRUPT.
To the creditors of Vernon c. Bowman, Of
D troit in the County of Somerset and
District aforesaid, a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
OF February, A. D., 1904, said Vernon c. Bowman
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, aud that the
first meeting of his creditors will be held at
Daniel Lewis office, in Skowhegan, Maine. on
the 5th Gay OF March, A. d. 1904 at 10 o'clock
In the forenoon, at which time the said credit
ors may attend, prove their claims, appoint
trustee examine the brnkrupt, and transact
fore said meeting. 1w7
February l5, A. D. 1904.
DANIEL LEWIS. Referee in Bankruptcy.
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does anything.
Ballet girls who live by their feet live above
their income.
Hundreds of lives saved every year by having
DR.. Thomas Eclectric OH In the house lust when
it is needed. Cures Group, heals burns, cuts,
wounds of every sort.
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To THE HONORABLE, THE JUICE OF THE
PROBATE COURT, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
C,A,EpcI-r.
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transfer to a wider field OF usefulness.
and in 1776 his son-in-law. Richard
Bache, who had been acting as comp
troller. was appointed to succeed him.
Mr.. Bache was succeeded in 1872 by
Ebenezer Hazard. who had. in 1775. been
the constitutional postmaster Of New
York. so termed TO distinguish him from
the British deputy at that place. who
endeavored to keep up the postofice es-
tablishment on this side of the Atlantic
during the Revolution. The Colonial
Congress in 17S2 passed an act authoriz-
ing the Postmaster General to establish
a line OF posts between New Hampshire
and Georgia, and TO such other places
as Congress might direct, and to ap-
point the necessary deputies for whose
faithfulness and honesty he was to Ue
held accountable. The salary 10 BE- paid
them was at his discretion. but not 10
exceed % per cent Of their postage reve-
nues. The rate OF postage AT that time
on letters not weighing over one penny
weight. and going not mere than sixty
miles, was equal to 55A cents. and in
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containing one piece-were charged from
5 to % cents. according to distance.
The Sunday delivery at pOstoGices be-
gan in 1910. bring forth vigorous remon-
strances from various religious bodies.
and the strife was kept up in Congress.
and occupied the attention of the de-
partment for twenty years. In 1873 the
mails were first conveyed in steamboats,
from one post town TO another. the Gov
ernment paying not over 3 cents for each
letter, and I cent for newspapers.
Rates in 1876.
The postal laws Of 1916 made change
i'm the postages. which lasted until 1s45
The new scale charged for letters. con-
sisting of one piece of paper. not going
over thirty miles. cents; not over
eighty miles. 10 cents not over $50 miles.
l21s cents: and not over 400 miles 1SE.
cents; and for greater distances. y
cents.
On March Q. 1929. william T. Barry
of Kentucky was commissioned Post
master General by President jackson
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proportion for greater weights and dis
tances. BY an act passed September Z.
1855. the Postmaster General was au-
thorized to enter into contracts for car
rying the mail i'm stage coaches.
Early Punitive Laws.
On the Sth Of May. 1874. the Congress
passed the first la'" for the proper man
agement of the postal service. In 1893
the postal laws We're revised, and fog
ginE substituted for the death penalty
for robbing the mails. This law. how
ever. was repealed by a subsequent en-
actment. and Imprisonment for term
OF years made the penalty.
In 1901 1t occupied forty days to get
a letter from Portland. NIe. 10 Savan-
nah. Ga. and bring back the answer;
and forty-four from Philadelphia for "A
reply to one addressed 20 Nashville.
Tenn. Ten years later this time had
been reduced 10 twenty-seven and thir-
- days. Now il is less than four days
The Office Of Second Assistant PostmaS-
ter General was created in Madison's
Administration. and the scale Of post
ages changed. Single letters-that is,
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tired man inside. and he proceeded TO
prove the little handk erchief and the pair
Of gloves to be real lace all done up in
oiled paper. a childlike school teacher
with great gold glasses piteously beg
ged to be allowed TO take his dear fos-
sils out of the place unmolested, hut he
had 10 submit TO the payment Of many
dollars on his fossils because they
were turned by the magician at the
window into most costly silk goods.
Lace in a Soap Box.
A box of soap revealed Venice lace
instead of soap, and the indignant re-
cipient Of the gift refused to receive
anything from anyone so stingy as to
one after another they come up to the
window Ike doomed souls before St
Peter and get judgment One dude.
with a great silver-headed cane. and
whom the MAJ with the pink tie could
have swcrn owned all the real estate
in tine desirable northwest section Of
the city. asked. in a trembling voice, If
nc really had TO pay 81 for a box of
cigars that his fifth cousin had sent him,
and when told that he had to do so,
whispered that he would come over
again. as he did not happen to have the
cash with him. In an hour he was back
and making vain efforts to get them
free by dividing into halves his box of
cigars and shGring them with the tired
man inside. When he could not do this
nc swore terrible vengeance, and men
toned great names OF public servants.
and cried that the whole thing would