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Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
Some Games for the Season.

A good game, just suitable for this
season, is the game of the "Whalers
of New Bedford" Some particular
spot of the playground is selected to
represent the harbor Of New Bedford.
All the players, except two, scatter
and pretend to be whales. The two
who remain must join hands and put
TO sea" from New Bedford to go
a-whaling. They must select a par
ticular whale" and go after him, but
under no circumstances must they let
go Of each other in doing it.
The whale" must be carried sue
cessfully into port, and he may resist
his captors all he pleases, with the ex-
ception, of course, of punching or
otherwise making a rough fight, Nat
urally the whalers try to catch the
smallest whale" first.
Arrived in port, the whale" be-
comes whaler, and takes his turn
,at going out, hand-in-hand, with one
,of the first whalers, to catch another
whale" and so on till the sea is
fshed out.
The "Mas29r of the Drawbridge" is
another game that requires little prep
aration.
With sharp stick, strip OF
ground about nine feet wide and
about twenty feet long is marked off.
This represents the drawbridge of the
castle Of Sir Montgomery of Skye.
One Of the players is the Warder of
the Castle Gate. He stands on the
bridge. At the other end of it stand
the players, who represent foemen de.
string to enter the castle.
They can only go on the bridge one
by one. The foemen wheel their i'm
hginary steeds and gallop up and
hpwn, making feints at charging be-
wilder the Warder, till suddenly one
of them spurts and races up the
bridge. Once he is there, he must
not run off the bridge again, but he
may dodge the Warder in any way he
pleases, so long as he stays on the
bridge. He may run zig-zag or retreat
or duck, or do anything else that may
enable him to slip past the guardian
of the castle.
The Warder must touch the foeman
three times before he can claim that
he has made a capture. If he does it,
the captured foe becomes Warder and
the old Warder joins the besiegers.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
Useful Finger Nails.

Did you ever stop to think how use
full your finger nails are to you? In
the first place, if it were not for the
nails your nicely tapering fingers
could not keep their pretty shape, but
would be flattened and mashed out of
shape. until they looked like big
recked marbles at the ends. II you
did not have them you could not pick
up and hold small objects, such as
pins; you could not open a penknife
nor do any other thing where firm
grip of small body is needed. Just
notice to-day how many times your
finger nails come in handy.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
WELL.ROTTED MANURE.

This is the best time of the year to
haul into the field well-rotted manure
from your yard. Spread it finely up
on meadow lands or on fields where
winter grain has been seeded. 1t
will do a great deal of good there. A
fine coat of well-rotted manure on a
field will serve as a mulch and con
serve moisture. The plants under 1t
will be protected from the destruction
OF bad conditions of weather SO prev
alent in the winter and spring seasons
of our latitude. The elements of fer.
tility when leached in times Of sue.
cessive rains will penetrate the soil
and furnish food for the plant. Do not
fail to take out all the well-rotted ma.
nure in your yard. Your crops will
show the good c,sults the next year.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28

and show them to the company by
turninging your hand and arm to the
right, keeping the knuckles upward.
Then move your hand to the left
without moving your thumb and still
keeping your knuckles up and the
company will see the two five-spots.
Again, turn your hand to right and
the two spots will be seen as before,
but turn your wrist so as to bring the
palm of your hand upward, at the
same time making movement No. 1.
and instead of the five spots, two
fours will be brought into view.
Finally, again reverse your wrist,
making movement No. 2, and the two
spots will be shown.
A little practice in this trick will
enable you to perform it quickly and
deftly so as to keep the spectators
puzzled as to how you make the
changes.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
Limited Capital.

When one has had no experience he
should begin with the lowest risk II
the capital is small, it Is better to rent
for year or two than to buy. IL one
buys he reduces his working capital,
and should he be unsuccessful he
must stay on the farm until he can
sell it, while IL he rents he can return
the farm to the owner, and leave. 1t
Is claimed that il one buys he can
when beginning get everything ready
for a permanent stay, which is true,
but that is just what an inexperienced
person should not do. He should start
in a small way, and add to his capital
by increasing his flocks every year,
so that by the time he has a large
number of fowls he will know much
more than when he began. He can
then take his fowls to a purchased
farm, and feel that he has made o
good beginning.-Farm and Fireside.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
Nature Study.

Nature study is not a study of
leaves, bugs and birds nests. Nature
study is study of nature-a study of
the fairy worlds of astronomy, geol-
ogy, physics, chemistry, botany, zool-
ogy, and sociology, including their his
tory. And to-day, with the magic key
of evolution, we are able to unlock
secrets in these wonderful realms that
were never dreamed Of in the past. If
boys and girls all along through the
primary and grammar grades could be
stirred by occasional glimpses into
the marvellous miracles of nature
going on everywhere around them,
there would be far fewer of them give
out before arriving at the high school.
journal of Education
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28

about midway between the top and
the bottom of the door where the
flames will be almost stationary.
This seems like very simple thing
but it illustrates the scientific prin-
ciple that warm air, being light, rises
and flows through the top Of the door
into the cooler room, while cold air,
being heavier, stays near the floor
and seeks it's entrance into the warm
room at the bottom of the door.
Hence the blowing of the flame in
different directions at the top and the
bottom of the same door.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28

Potter of Farnworth, although only
of the tender age of nine years, has
it, and was by means of it able to
save little child from almost certain
death, says an English paper. The
wee three-year-old BARN was toddling
across the street, while an electric
tram was running at the top of its
speed. The shouts of the driver
caught the ear of Ruth, who, at the
risk of her own life, sprang at the tiny
tot and just dragged her clear of the
lines as the car rolled past. The
brave lassie was presented with gui'
nea and framed certificate, but valor
is it's own reward. Still. it is pleasant
to know that Ruth's pluck and pres
ence of mind were appreciated.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
AGRICULTURE
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Bees Carry Clipped Queen.

Docs SdTTy SHupcu luccu.
81 will give you the proof of a
statement l made two or three years
ago, namely: that sometimes, at
swarming-time, bees do carry
clipped queen" remarks Gustave
Gross in the American Bee Journal.
"A friend of mine hived swarm
which. on the next day, left the hive
and started for the woods; he being
present at the time drove them back
by throwing water on them After a
while they came out again and then he
clipped the queen. But the next day
they left for the woods; his family
noted the direction they took, and
about week after he hunted them up.
cut the tree down and there was his
clipped queen. At that time there
were no bees nearer than four miles.
The tree he cut down was quarter
Of mile from the yard.
"As I clip all my queens whenever
swarm issues while l am in the
yard, hasten to the hive in order to
cage the queen, so as to make sure
of her. 1t has twice happened that
did not see the queen, but afterward
found her on my hat. How did she
get there?
Several times also have seen the
queen come out last of all, one or two
bees bringing her out by the ear so
to say. In such cases I have caught
her and put her in a cage. But next
time it happens l shall watch to see
what the bees do"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
How Cider May
Be Kept Fresh

1t has been my experience to know
how a little girl, through drinking
what was considered sweet cider. be-
came so intoxicated that her mother
not knowing what was the matter,
had to call in a physician. I often
wondered why 1t could not be (when
wished) preserved in it's wholesome
and sweet freshness. A friend of ours.
Prof. e. F. Pernot, has solved the mys-
terry, which any thoughtful housekeep-
er might have done for herself.
Prune juice was opened the other
day, after three years, and was pre-
cisely the same as when bottled up.
Sweet cider has remained the same
long enough to show Mat 1t could
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
Keep Tool Chest Shipshape.

Nothing that boy has comes ham
dier than tool chest. 1t begins with
his fun as boy and keeps its useful
ness when he is man. He should
construct a cabinet to hang against
the wall Two doors are better than
one. Cabinet hooks and pegs may be
arranged against the back for saws,
squares and other fat tools. On one
side OF the floor Of the cabinet make
boxes for nails and screws. Always
put away your tools and neither Dor.
row nor lend.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
An AMUSING Trick.

Put three candies, peanuts or any
small article that is eatable, each un-
der a hat, and then show your audi
ence that you have nothing hidden in
your hands or about your person.
Next have one in the audience, if
he wishes, mark the articles in order
to identify them.
Then lift the hat from each one and
slowly eat the article that is under
each, and then tell the audience that
you will bring the three articles under
any hat they may select.
How is it done? Simply by placing
the hat selected on our head-Ex.
change.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
CHANCES of Nimble Dice.

Put two dice between the forefinger
and thumb of your right hand, holding
your hand before you with the knuck,
les up. Now move the thumb so that
the dice will turn over, bringing the
spots first exposed under your finger
and the spots that were against your
thumb into view. That is movement
No. 1. Now move the thumb back
to it's first position. which will bring
the dice into their original position.
This is movement No. 2.
Now the the trick. Put the dice SO
that the two-spot on each is exposed
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28

Every child loves a doll house and
mothers should teach them how to
make the things that furnish 1t. Really
half the pleasure of this toy is the
planning for and making of T..
Just as good furniture can be made
of cardboard as of anything else. Try
this simple little dresser. Cut out this
pattern and paste it on some thin
piece of cardboard or stout paper
Then trim of the card neatly. Where
the dotted lines are scored or rather
half cut, bend backward. II you do
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
Cracked Corn.

Corn is cracked simply for convent
ence of feeding to chicks. 1t is best
to allow the gizzard to reduce II.
Whole corn contains about eleven per
cent of protein, five per cent of fat.
seventy per cent of starch, two per
cent of crude fiber and one and one
half per cent of mineral matter. The
rest is water. There is no difference
in whole or cracked corn, the loss OF
fine material being some of the starch,
and the fiinty matter Of the outer skin,
which is silicious and Of no value.
Cracking the corn only reduces 1t in
size. otherwise the composition OF the
corn remains unchanged, though the
finer It is cracked the greater the loss.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28

not do this it is apt to bend in the
wrong place.
Figure 1 is the table; when you
have put that into shape then it is
easy to see where figure 2 belongs. 1t
is the lower shelf and should be glued
in place.
Figure 3 is the back. and a. pre-
tend" looking glass can be made by
pasting on the cardboard a piece of
silver paper. To make the whole
table look very real 1t may be painted
any color Of whatever wood you wish
to represent.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
The Way, the Truth, the Life.

The Way, the Truth, the Life.
Amid lifes wild commotion.
Where nought the heart can cheer.
Who points beyond its ocean
To yonder brighter sphere?
our feeble footsteps guiding.
When from the path we stray,
Who leads to bliss abiding?
Christ is our only WAY.
When doubts and fears distress us.
And all around is gloom,
And shame and fear oppress US,
Who can our souls Hume?
Heavens rays are round us cleaning,
And making all things bright,
The sun of TRUTH is beaming
In glory on our sight.
Who fills our heart with gladness
That none can take away?
Who shows us. midst our sadness,
The distant realms of day?
Mid fears of death assailing.
Who stills the hearts wild strife?
'Tis Christ our friend unfailing.
The WAY, the TRUTH, the LIFE.
Karl julius Asschenfeld.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
A DOGS Ruse.

The other day witnessed an ap'us-
ing instance Of canine sagacity
worthy Of commemoration in print. 1t
was staying with friends who have a
veried collection of dogs-a Blenheim
spaniel and her FIVE puppies, a fox ter.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-01-28
Heroine of Nine,

Presence of mind is great but
rather rare gift, which one does not
expect children to possess. But Ruth
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-19
PORTABLE PIG HOUSES.
henn. Dry and Comfortable Pens,
Easily Moved About In Fields.

The pig house here SHOWN of which
ihe cit originally Appeared in the
Breeders Gazettc. is Joined To e. er
with tenon anu mortiSc AM d"aW pin.
BY removing III" pin and lifting Of Tho
roof tie four siocS are easily I'm lei
by one person. l.. y. Bonham Of OhiD
in describing these houses said:
We have used these for farrowing
pens and located them in lots or fields
where most convenient for feeding and
allowing the sOws and pics access l.,
grass. The pens have proved comfort
able and convenient, and by wh.sn-
washn. the inside before setting tie
pen up for a new litter every family
has had its start on fresh sol aud i'll a
clean pen The size is amnle g feet i
inches wide. = feet inches deeo All
feet g inches high at the front and =
feet 6 inche3 high at the back.
With much rain it requires considera-
BILE care TO keep sowS and pigs coin
Portable and dry. We find the portable
houses q great help at such time. BY
facing the house to the south or south
Cdol anu dlCPl'iLS AilN NA'Pi ''il IL IN
daytime we can have sunlight in the
house whenever the sun shines. When
the evening feed is given, the drop
door is closed for the night or until the
sun shines again.
TIE upper rails of the frameworh
are by and are placed thirty inebcS
from tie ground in the rear and thirty
six inches in the front This brinss Che
front rail in right position to ham tie
drop door, which is one foot Wide aad
four feet four inches long and wGea
open still leaves room for the SOW Il
pass The lower rails are = by 1. and
the rear rail is eight inches FROM tie
ground which keeps it dry and aets
also as a guard rail to protect the pr.
The front lower rail is three ine..e
from the ground to give ropm for Il
floor and not be too high for Tie s9w =
step over easily II is important Il
have these rails up from the srouad "a
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-19
Cable Log Haul.

One OF the best growths of pine and
spruce 10 Maine today is that on the sides
oil Big Squaw mountain at the southern
end of Moosehead lake.
The base of the mountain has been OPP
Grated for many years by lumbermen. but
as the trees grew smaller and the bigger
trees were higher and higher in the air,
numbering on Old Squaw became difficult
aud costly until, with the exception oil the
cutting of small stuff around the base, it
was given up.
w NJ. Shaw Of Greenville has lived for
years where he could look out OF his win
dow across the open country and see great
pines and spruce far up out OF reach on
the sides OF that mountain. He wanted
those trees and recently he tackled Big
Squaw where his predecessors had LETT oil.
To-day he is cutting trees 5000 feet farther
up the mountain than ever was attempted
by any other operator
Mr.. Shaw has installed a system OF
donkey engines with trolley and wire
cable routes on the mountain side and Is
now landing at the mouth OF 5qua"
Mountain stream rather more than 900
logs Ger day OF more than can be hauled
the same distance by six ordinary woods
teams. The upper trolley donkey sets
Tar above where horse can travel and
where man finds it difficult to keep sure
footing. A trolley wire, two inches
through, extends from the upper donkey
engine to a point 600 feet further up the
mountain. The upper end of the wire is
secured to a live tree backed by dead
man sunk in the soil.
Logs are cut along the route OF the wire
and are piled in leads OF 10 logs under the
wire. The load is wrapped with big
chains and then attached to the trolley
To the end of the load is attached an
other large wire direct from the engine.
This wire travels around drum on the
engine. and when the power IS put on the
engine drags the load down the mounlain.
AT times the load will be in the air free
and clear, ana at other times 1t will drag
over the powders and rocks. The speed
is controlled by a series OF check chains
which connect the load with the trolley
wire, aud are operated by a smaller wire
from the donkey. When the load is
dumped at the donkey landing, the trolley
is sent back over The big wire by means of
small wire which travels over third
drum OF the engine.
The load. having reached the hfst OF
upper donkey landing, is taken up by an
other trolley line constructed exactly like
the first, and aiken down another distance
of 1000 feet, where it is deposited at
point where horses Can travel. There the
logs are loaded on teams aud hauled 10
the stream. distance OF less than a mile
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-19
Disposition of Liquor Cases

JUDICIAL COURT, SOMERSET COUNTY.
The following shows the disposition at the
December Term Of said Court, \. d. 1904, Of
the appealed cases and indictments for viola
ton of the laws relating to the use and sale
of intoxicating liquors
state VS.. Charles Brown, tipping shop
continued.
Octave Yigue, tipping shop,
" intoxicating Liquors, Herbert Jewett
and Helen a. Jewett' claimants,
continued.
" Elemio Debe, Apt, search and
seizure, continued, Marked claw"
Thomas IL. Small, Aplt, search and
seizure, continued.
" Fred Carney, Aplt., search and
seizure, continued.
Katie Margie, Aplt., search and
seizure, continued 3Ek
Herbert Jewett, Aplt., search and
seizure, continued.
William Doyle, Aplt., search and
seizure, continued.
Lawrence Mcdonald, Aplt., search
and seizu n mud.
" Lawrence Mcdonald, Aplt., search
and seizure, continued.
" Lawrence Mcdonald, Aplt, search
and seizure, continued.
" L. W. Mcdonald, Aplt, single sale,
continued
Lawrence Mcdonald, common sell
Ter, continued.
Lawrence Mcdonald nuisance.
Fine SIoo and costs taxed at $40,
and three months in county Jail, fine
and costs Daid tnittimuS issued
Lawrence Mcdonald, tipping shop,
continued.
William L. Caswell, common seller,
continued
Ira O. Butler, common seller, pleads
guilty, continued for sentence.
Shepherd Hunnewe common sell
Ter, continued.
Sumner Hunnewell, common seller,
mol pressed.
Amos Leonard, Aplt, search and
seizure. continued for sentence on
probation.
Warren futile, Aplt., search and
seizure, continued.
|. 0. Butler, Aplt,, seizure. Pleads
guilty. Sentence, sixty days in
county jail, mittimus issued.
Frank M. Cotton, common seller,
continued.
Amos Leonard, nuisance. Pleads
guilty. Fine 500 and costs taxed
at $4,000. Recognizance $500 to
keep the peace and be of good be-
havior for term of two years filed.
Fine and costs paid.
Henry Washburn, common seller,
mol pressed
William Weeks, mmon seller, mol
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-19

A movement is on foot to secure the
grounds and buildings Of the United
states arsenal on the east side of TIN
Kpnnebec river to the use OF the Marie
Iusane hospital. The arsenal, as 1t Ia l.
cally designated, adj bins the hospital and
is especially adapted to the MEDIA of that
institution.
The lot comprises 40 acres upon which
there are several buildings, barracks,
store houses, etc. The three large bar
racks could be converted into buildings
suited to the needs Of the hospital at
small expense, it is said. This would
save the State the expense of erecting
new buildings, which will have 10 be
done soon TO accommodate the constantly
increasing demands, as it |. believed that
they could be secured at a moderate cost
to the Stete. The other buildings upon
the Arsenal property could all be utiliz d
by the hospital for one purpose and at
other.
BY securing this property to the use OF
the hospital much greater shore trout
would be secured and there would he
opportunity for increasing the recreation
grounds for convalescent patients; also
there would be taken away any possibil-
ity OF the grounds becoming devoted to
uses which might prove advantageous
to the proper caring for the insane per
sons of the State.
Among the direct advantages which
would be secured by the acquisition
would be that a road direct from the hos-
ptal to the August, bridge could be cor
structed, thereby lessening the distance
from the hospital to the city proper by
about a mile and half.
Ii is thought that the property could
be secured at a cost of about $4,000 10
the State, as it is of absolutely no use 10
the national government under present
conditions. 1t is hoped that Congress
man Burleigh will take the matter up.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-19

Among the entertainers scheduled f9I
Keith's for the week of Jan. 23fd are
Mary Norman, the noted impersonator
of representative female types of tie
various American cities; George Evan,
blackface humorst and vocalist, well
known as the author OF GOOD Old Sun =
mer Time; the casting Dunbars, noted
aerial acrobats; Il. j. Jose, popular BAL
lad singer; Martini e. Jax MILAN, bur-
lie que magician and wonderworkers; the
Mltchells, trio of lively ''real coon"
dancers aud singers, and Scarf and Violet
Allen, in their attractive specially, "The
Sign Painter. Papinta, the great
"myriadn dancer will be held over for
another six days, which will positively
be her last appearances in New England.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-19

In the matter of George W ODOnald
Bank rupt, IN bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Clarence Hale. Judge of the Dis.
trict Court of the United States for the District
of Maine.
George W. O'Donald of Moscow, in the
County of Somerset, and State of Maine, in saio
District, respectfully represents. that on thu
10Th day of Mareh last past he was duly adj
Judged bankrupt under the Acts OF Congress
relating to bankruptcy; that he has duly sur
rendered a his property and rights of property
and has fully complied with all the requirements
of said Acts aud of the orders of Court touching
his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, thar he may be decreeo
nv the Court to have full discharge from a.
debts provabe against his estate under ~ait
bankruptcy Acts, except such debts as are eX
cepted by law from such discharge
Dated this 10th day of January A. ID. 1898.
George W O'Donald. Bankrupt,