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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
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MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE-EX;
CEPTIONAL BARGAIN-1912 Harley
Davidson, I H. p Twin. Just en-
tirely overhauled, completely equipped
with Head and Tail light, and Presto
lite Tank. With or without brand new
1913 Tandem attachment. For demon
stration and information apply r. E..
Gruber, Lakewood Inn, Madison.
WARNING-A theft of jewelry was
committed from a Madison avenue
home. Friday evening. Unless the
parties seen about the premises make
restitution at once, the full penalty of
the law will be invoked If the arti-
Giles are promptly returned. no further
investigation will be made. 1w30f
$500 TO s2s 90 wEEkLY-for women
at home. No canvassing or peddling;
light easy, agreeable, profitable work.
Can be made a permanent business.
Send no money. Ask for free Facts.
Address Auburn supply Co, Dept. B,
Box 2S2. Auburn, Me. 4w3Of
UPSTAIRS RENT rooms all on
same floor electric nights. Inquire
OF 35 Summer St, or ~ North Ave. tao
SECOND HAND PIANOs-prices
from $500 to 10000. in good repair.
organs from $500 TO $500, some as
good as new Send for list of bar
gains. Lord & Co. Masonic Building,
Portland. Me. Sw30'
VACUUM CLOTHES WASHER, $50
guaranteed to do the work equal to
/ the most expensive machine; mony re-
funded If not satisfactory; price so
low as to be within reach of all.
Agents wanted. Dundee Mfg. Co, as
chauncy St Boston, Mass. 3w3O'
HAY FOR sALB-On the Ross farm.
about FIVE miles from this village
Van w. Nelson. 1w3o
A CHORE MAN AROUND HOTEL,
Must be temperate. Middle age pre-
ferred. Apply to Skowhegan House
1w30*
FOR SALE-House and stable with
about 8 acres of land centrally situat-
ed in Norridgewock. Fine location ;
fertile land; spring water; electric
lights. Crops will pay interest
taxes, etc. Desirable for house lots (;
/ fine poultry farm; grain, groceries
express, etc, delivered or taken. A. w
Merrill, Norridgewock, Me. 3w29
ONE End HAND OSBORN STEEL
Hay Tedder for sale. C. II. Gardner. 2t29
OWING To THE SUCCESS OF OUR
Great Sacrifice Smoke Sale we decided
to continue this month with additional
new up-to-date Clothing at the same
sacrifice OF prices. Maine Clothing Co.
tf29
WANTED--To rent or lease house In
! frst-cfass residential section. Must
have all modern conveniences. and be
| in first-class condition. References
furnished. Inquire at Reporter Of
| fee. 2w29s
| WANTED-A capable young lady
with experience In stenographic and
other Office work. Also an ambitious
young dry goods clerk with quite a
tot of experience. Rines Bros. Port
land, Me. 4w2s'
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wANTED--wori1en for kitchen work
and one table girl. Sturgeon WIKI
son, 10 Canal St, Lewiston, Me 4w2S.
wANTED-Man and wffe to hoard
three to seven men on my farm near
Westbrook, also man as assistant sa-
farmers J. Henry Rines, 529 Cor
gress Street. Portland, Maine. 4w2s.
POSITION WANTED -companio.
for lady or Housekeeper for gentlemaH
in small family. References required
Address L. X. this office. Sw24,
HAIR observation-disclosures hair
from face and arms permanently. Pain
less Warranted not to. contain any
injurious ingredients. Inquire Miss
Olive Bussey, Skowhegan, Me. 4w27.
Two-sEATED sURREY-light rid.
ing wagon and mud wagon for sale
Will be sold very low. w. H. Emery
tf27
FOR sALE-at a bargain. / set driv-
ing harness and pole. light farm cart
l Concord wagon at 116 Madison st
4w2ss
LIVE AGENTS--men1 or women to
introduce high grade specialities in
every home; quick sales; big profits;
write at once. White Mfg. & In.
porting Co. Bangor Me. Sw2s
Mrs. MARY $. r. BURNS announces
that she is prepared to do typewriting
also the examination of titles and rec.
ords in any county and state, Probate
work a speciality. Az court street
Skowhegan, Maine. 4w27'
RESIDENCE FOR sALEOn Madison
Ave Steam Heat, electric lights hard.
wood floors. IL rooms. 1-2 acre land
Sac F. Clark, 220 Madison Ave, Skow.
hogan. 4W21
FARM FOR SALE miles from
Bingham village one-half mile from
school. Telephone. For further IN
formation inquire of Joseph LaPotnte
Bingham, Me, Box 292. 4w2'
wANTED-all kinds of help. woods.
farms. hotels, and general help. Only
reliable help supplied from this Office
Maher Employment Bureau, IS Lisbon
St. Lewiston. Room 4 4w21'
FOR sALE-Meat cart nearly new
having been used but one season. Nee.
essary equipment for peddling goes
4w27'
FOR sALE-Lees Island, 200 acres
good house. rooms, stable. hay. barn
high land canting south to lower Ken
nebec; ocean field 80 acres, large pas
ture. good harbor wharf, boat house
30x40; 1-2 mile to postoffIce: boats
daily to Bath. Inquire Of H. l.. Wy
man, Phippsburg, Me. Sw27'
HAVE FOR SALE-One End hand
sulky pillow all In fine repair and con-
ditton. one cheap oil stove. a bargain
in double wagon. D. H. Bartlett.
Skowhegan. 5w27s
TWO SEATED TRAP AND A TWO
Seated Beech Wagon. for sale. VIII
make very low prices on either. C.
w. Day. tf26
GOING TO NEW York; We have
order on Hotel Cumberland, one of the
best in the city, good In June, July
or September. Can make you favor
able terms for day or week. hide.
pendent Reporter Co. ties
MAKE GOOD MONEY for the sum-
mer months. We can employ several
men or women, young or old, on sub
scrfption work for this paper. In your
own locality or otherwise as you wish.
Write for particulars Independent
Reporter Co. tf25
FOR RENT--Three houses, one of
rooms on Summer st.. one of rooms
on Middle St.. and one of s rooms and
stable on Middle st. Inquire of Mike
Corey. tfS
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Utterly Wretched
Nervous Prostitution Long Endured
Before Remedy was Found.

Miss Minerva Reminger. Upper Bern,
Pa. writes: For several years ! had
nervous prostration, and was utterly
wretched. / lived on bread and beef
tea because my stomach would not re-
tain anything else. ] took many rem
Sdies. but obtained no relief until l
took Hoods Sarsaporilla, when ] began
TO gain at once. Am now cured"
Pure, rich blood makes good. strong
nerves, and TINS is why Hoods S2rsa-
parilla, which purilles and enriches the
blood, cures 50 many nervous diseases,
Get 1t today in usual liquid form or
Glocolated tablets called Sarsctabs,
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DEATHS

Concord-July 10, stephen w. Good
rich. aged Is years.
Lewiston-July II. Mrs. Alberta
Lawrence. formerly of Harmony.
Wellington-July 10, John Dore'
aged 81 years and months
Libby. aged 81 years and IL months.
Canaan-July II, Mrs. Amy Hubbard
aged 95 years.
Canaan-July 10. Mrs. Clarissa
Goodrich aged 81 years.
Norridge 19 Mrs. Forrest
Rowe, aged As years, 9 months.
Madison-July 23. Mrs. Martha
Chandler.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Harmony is that state that is
brought about by man being too much
cloyed with one thing to start trouble
about another.
The reason why some. men don't hoe
their own row is because they EN-
Oloy steam pillow to work that game
instead.
Send this paper to a friend for
three months. Twenty-Five cents,
stamps or coin.
Because" is reason sufficient for
u woman to change her mind. 1t also
serves II she refuses to make the
change.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
BIRTHS

Detroit-July s. to the wife of L. l..
Norris, a son.
Dover. N. H-July IS, to the wife
of John Morrison. a daughter edith
olive.
ST. Albans-July 10. to the wife or
Charles Lovely, a daughter
St. Adams -iii,y 20 to The wife of
Chester Libby, a daughter.
North New Portland-July Is, to
the wife of Ross Knapp, daughter,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

The surest way to advertise your
self as behind the times, is to mail
your letter in an imprinted envelope
or write on sheet without printed
business heading. 1t costs very littla
to be up-to-date in these things. Write
the Independent-Repo Office
Skowhegan. for samples and prices on
any kind of printing.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

used to wonder many times II
would ever prove to the world the
successful attitude of gift | posses
of Healing all chronic and obstlnat.
cases of long standing But | am
now wondering If | will always be
able to see and treat all the patients
who are coming to me day by day
as at present | am almost overrun
with work; and in looking over the
cures | have made in the past year
can most fervently say that | am
indeed "beholding the most marvel
lous works of the Lord
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
will be at 6 Pine Street for
two weeks from the 23rd

and will gladly welcome any who may
call, any time daily Except Sundays)
Don't stay away because Of prejudice
relative to my method of Healing.
What matters If the method by which
l heal be through scientific course
of early pursuit, or through the ori-
gin or handiwork of nobler being
than that of man, SO long as l Heal
your disease when others have said
you must surely die?
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MARRIED

Melrose. Mass.-June II, by Rev:
Harold Marshall. Chester c. Cool or
Concord. Me, and Miss Grace e. Rich
of Melrose. Mass
Athens-June 49, by Rev B. II.
johnson. Freeman NJ. Corson of Athens
and Miss Clara E. Higgins of Concord.
Gardiner-By Rev. Wylie Smith, Kay
Kelly and Eva Larrabee. both of Gar
diner.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

Yesterday mornings Sentinel, a
daily paper published in Waterville,
criticises our editorial of.last week on
the seizure of an automobile load OF
liquors. said to be destined for some
point in Kennebec County. We are
not sure that our readers will wish to
follow the controversy thus opened,
but on the possibility that some may
wish 10 do so, we think it best to re-
produce the Sentinel's article. which
included our offending editorial. The
article referred to. prominent on the
front page of the Sentinel, read as
follows.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
UndjscoverabIe keyf1oIe.

Was the man who invented the in
visible aeroplane the same pest who
foisted upon a convivial civilization
the undiscoverable keyhole ?-Bostnn
Globe.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

Better Silence Than Empty Words.
Let thy speech be better than 81
lence, or be si!ent.-Dionysius
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

Send JOB PRINTING to the In
DEPENDENT Reporter Office.
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THIS OUGHT TO HOLD I'm
AWHILE
William X. Pattangall Answers Edl-
t0rial
HAS BEEN CIRCULATED BY A
SKOWHEGAN WEEKLY
Evidently Aimed at Him So He
Responds
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26
SWAT FLY.

The common house fly must so.
His presence anywhere is a me-
mace to health. He breeds in filth,
the manure pile and outhouseS
being favored places for his pro-
pagation.
He breeds upon dead animals
and filth of all kinds. He hovers
about the beds of the sick and
carries infection from house to
house. Think of a fly that has
Just fed upon the carcass of a dead
hog that died from cholera flying
straight to the cheek of your
babe!
The fly carries death germs on
its feet and deposits them on our
food. Under the microscopic his
footprints may be seen on but
ter, gelatin, pies, bread, meat and
everything else he touches. How
often have flies flown from the
privy vault straight to the kitchen
and back again, their bodies full
of poison. If one is advertently
swallowed in food the victim is
made deathly sick.
The fly must be barred from the
kitchen, the sick room, the nurs-
cry and from every place where
people eat and sleep and live.
The defense is cheap screens of
wire or thread, diSinfectants,
screened outhOuses, drains and
covered manure piles-these will
reduce the tribe to a minimum and
promote health and comfort.
But, scattered measures will not
be effective. Everybody must use
screens and disinfectants and al
ways fight the fly. No good
neighbor will fail to do his duty
. in war upon this vile pest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26
CROSS BRED HORSES

Upon the selection of the sire
and dam will depend the question
as to whether the foal will be pro-
titable to the raiser or not
The cross bred horse is general
ly a chance, never a certainty.
Like begets like-Percherons,
Clydsdales, trotters, thorough
breds, saddle horses and ponies, all
according to their kind.
The various breeds have been
highly developed, by scientific
breeders, both in America and
abroad. What is more reasonable
than to suppose that these men
who have given years of labor and
who have spent much money in
developing the various breeds,
should have arrived at the most
profitable way of raising good
horse flesh
If the farmer visits a reputable
breeding establishment in this
country or in Europe he will find
that every effort is made to breed
along pure lines of the breed tina
is to be first developed.
So, in this way, We get the bes'
specimens of any kind whatsoever
If you want heavy drafts ane
they are big sellers these days
stick to a draft breed and neve.
mix the draft breeds, if possible
to avoid it.
If you want just harness horse
breed the trotters. # you wan
saddle horses or park hacks, bree,
for them. If you want speed un
der the saddle, breed thorough
bredS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26
TO PREVENT The
HORNS GROWING
BY II. W. HICKMAN.

When circumstances are favor
able, as in the case of farmers who
build up their herds by raising the
progeny, the horns may be pre-
vented from growing by a simple
and practically painless method,
and the custom of preventing the
growth of horns is becoming more
popular and more generally prac-
ticed under all conditions. The
calf should be treated not later
than one week after its birth, pref
erably when it is from three to
five days old.
The agent to be used may be
either caustic soda or cauStic pot
ash, both of which may be pro-
cured in the drug stores in the
form of sticks about the thickness
of an ordinary lead pencil and 5
inches long. These caustics must
be handled with care, as they dis
solve the cuticle and may make
the hands or fingers sore. The
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26
RAISING QUEEN BEES prof.
TABLE,

America leads the world in the
production of queen bees. One
Ohio man alone rears about $500
every year and sells them in every
part of the world. While it is
generally supposed that the most
profitable bees are raised in Italy,
the truth is that the finest speci-
mems of Italian queens are pro-
duced in America.
The scientific bee breeder has
found a way to outwit bee colonies
in their natural method of produC-
ing queens and can now produce
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26

In some cases these symptoms are
very noticeable, in others they do
not appear at all. In the case OF
non-reacting animals, no such
symptoms are ever noted.
The t%uberculin test is not always
absolutely correct, for a number
of reasons, but when applied with
Judgment and care, it is correct IN
at least 95 per cent of the cases.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26

preparation of the calf consists in
first clipping the hair from the
parts, washing clean with soap
and warm water, and thoroughly
drying with a towel or cloth. The
stick of caustic should be wrapped
in a piece of paper to protect the
hands and fingers, leaving one end
Of the stick uncovered.
Moisten the uncovered end
slightly and rub it on the horn but
tons or little points which may be
felt on the calf's head, first on one
side and then the other alternately
two or three times on each, al
lowing the caustic to dry after
each application. Be very care
ful to apply the caustic to the horn
button only. If it is brought in
contact with the surrounding skin
1t will cause pain. Be very careful
also not to have too much moiS-
ture on the stick of caustic, as it
Will remove the skin if allowed to
run down over the face. After
treatment, keep the calf protected
from rain, as water on the head
after the application of caustic
will cause it to run down over the
race. This must be carefully avoid
ca. Either caustic soda or caus-
TIC potash alone, without the ad-
mixture of other substances, an
swers the purpose very satisfactor-
lily.
|, In the very young calf the horn
outton, or point that will ultimate
~ develop into a horn, has scarce.
~ any attachment to the skull, and
may be felt as a small button en-
bedded in the skin. In this early
stage it may be easily removed
with a sharp knife or a pair of
scissors, but even then caustics
should be applied to kill any re-
naming life cell belonging to this
germ point, otherwiset here may
be some subsequent irregular horn
growth,w hichi SIN oreoT less of a
Disagreement.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26

effect on the progress of the dis
ease in the animal, nor can it in
any way produce the disease. With
many herds it has been used regu-
larly for 10 to IS years with alb
solutely no injurious effects. The
ting the hens too fleshy. They
statements that the test auses
abortion or other ailments, are
without foundation. The flow Of
milk is not changed to any appre-
ciable extent, even in the case of
tubercular animals.
The temperature of cattle, I'M
like that of man, varies widely,
not only in different animals, but
in the same animal at different
times. The temperature of a COW
is usually between 1O1-lO2 de-
greeS F.; that of calves and of fat
stock somewhat higher, while old
COWS and those low in vitality u.s.
ually show somewhat lower tenn
peratureS.
BY means of a hypodermic Syr-
inge, the tuberculin is injected be.
meath the skin, the most conven.
lent place for injection being jus
back or in front of the shoulders
This places the operator out o.
danger of being kicked. The in
lection may be made on the side
toward the operator, or on th'
other side by reaching over tn,
back of the animal. The skin i
lifted up with one hand and tn
needle thrust through at right an
giles but parallel to the side of tn
animal, SO that the contents of tn
syringe may be discharged under
meath the skin, but not into tn
muscles. The syringe should b
provided with a stop" SO that
definite amount of tuberculin an
no more can be easily injected.
The average of the tempera
lures before injection is determir
ed and if the highest temperatur
after the injection is 2 degrees
or more above the average no,
NAL, the animal is generally IT
garded as having given a positiv
reaction. Usually the rise in ten
perature of a tubercular animal
much greater-4 to 6 degrees
and there IS no question as
the result. When the rise is clio:
10 , degrees the reaction is claSsf
as doubtful. In all cases, and e
pecially in the doubtful ones, Il
Interpretation of the recor,
should be made by an experienc,
person. Some reacting anima
show the effects of the tuberc
lin nv Shiverinp. ~rAfnSn1 10 Aat. et
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26
THE TUBERCULIN TEST;
IT'S MODE OF APPLICATION

If a tuberculous COW has a small
quantity of tuberculin introduced
beneath the skin, a temporary
fever will result, which can be de-
tectcd by taking the temperature
of the ANIMAL healthy animal
shows no such fever.
Tuberculin has no i'll effect,
whatever, on healthy animals, and
no harmful effect on tuberculOus
animals. 1t does not, in the
amounts used in testing, have any
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26
\ Well Arranged Apiary.

as many of these royal insects as
can be disposed Of.
In their natural condition bees
will permit only one queen in a
hive, but feeders, by feeding arti-
fetal muceli, are able to produce
any number.
Every hive has three kinds of
bees, workers., drones and the
queen, and these are produced
from two kinds of eggs. Unferti-
lied eggs produce nothing but
drones, while the fortified egg
will produce either a worker or
a queen, depending on whether
the larvae is fed on royal Jelly
preserved for queens or upon the
common food which makes the
workers.
The larvae produced in a
queens cell is fed the royal jelly,
and develops all the qualities Of
the qut<. Here is where the
breeders skill comes in. He makes
a queen cell of wax about the
size Of an acorn and so skillfully
is this done that the bees are de-
ceived.
Into each of these cells he places
a larvae and the workers, not
knowing any difference, promptly
proceed to feed it with the royal
food. After she has eaten of this
six days she refuses any more and
the cell is then sealed up. In this
way a breeder may start a hun
dred queens in a single cell, but he
must be careful to remove the
frame from the hive into an in
cubator and observe the greatest
, care in separating the queens as
fthey are Matched out.
Each one is placed in separate
quarters in a hive and given a
/ bodyguard Of about IS Workers,
who attend to her every want
When full grown she is placed If
t a little wire cage with her atten.
/ dants and shipped by mail to an,
distance.
The queen bee lives about fou,
$ years and produces, when she i
working full time, from 1900 t
5000 eggs per day. Placed in
t cell Of the most vicious black bee
a hive bred queen will, in a shor
It time, transform the colony into
happy family of gentle, hard
d working Italians, as the worker
live only about 40 days.
r When the queen bee become
Ie old and incapacitated she is sun
planted by a new queen, althoug,
IS she is allowed to live in the hiv
1t until she dies. She is MANAGE
d and her wishes are controlled h
4 her attendants, and if she refuse
4 to obey her instructions she
quickly stung to death.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26

When a woman has Crowded
thlrty-slx hours Of work into eigh-
teen and still finds the mending
undone, the windows unwashed
and the magazine uncut, it is time
20 oevlse methods for Tightening
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26

Don't lose the profit on &C
count of a little shortage of feed,
when so much of it can be grown
With so little work and cost.
Destroy the materials in the
nests as soon as the hens come
off with their broods.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-26

When you see a lot of cows
standing around with the heads
hanging and the ears dropping
you may know that they are in
bad health or poorly fed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-25
The Hypocrite.

Rev. George R. Lunn, the new mayor
Of Schenectady, says: 81 don't preach
Give to the poor but Stop taking
from the poor"
Mr.. Lunn, discussing this dictum
the other day, said to the Albany Jour
nal man:
"The millionaire social reformer,
unless he Is a very sincere man, al
ways reminds me of the husband who
brought home one evening a bottle of
champagne and lobster
at is your birthday, DEAR he said
to his wife, and l purchased these
delicacies as a little treat for you this
evening with your birthday dinner
"'You are very kind the woman
answered, but I thought you knew I
never touch champagne. love, while
lobster invariably disagrees with me-
Never mind, my dear, never mind,
the husband answered. That being
the case, I'll just eat the lobster my
self and drink the champagne to your
health"