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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
STRAINS

-, o. Il that you DO not Niutcf ticks.
rck. lie ou blood, aud Il costs fcod 10
make bl"od.
Clsanlin,.. and properly balanccd
foot. are the best known preventive. Of
boz cholera.
The tougher the dough the lighter the
loaf. IL shoS. the prr-snc- 90 gluten,
shich make. musclr.
Eighty-h,c per cent of the agriculiur.
al STUDENT. Ia Ontario, Canada, are said
o. ryturn a. the farm.
Thoroughly soak your butter tub. to
remove ~. woody flavor, aud then sat-
uratc the Nood With brine.
n you have .wsmpy land or land
Nhh clay ubsoil. make Do Per ccui in-
Se.tmeut by Undertaking 10.
TIll the mlui. % the bov. and girl.
With kuoNl~igr about agriculture, aud
th- farm Nill not b. deserted.
Everybody knows that lantern l.
dangerous thug In a barn, bat lots of
I.eopl. do not heci the fact.
uns COOL thought breed. another.
Cultivate the garden ot thought, bat
don't forget the kitchen garden.
Sh-rp ar, croSding out the cattle in
the rsinless region, aud people are
croNdlng out the cattle on the plains.
.l,d.tons say.: Great wealth i
coming to D. looked upon a. Ices priv
ilrcc than a personal responsibility
D'ar. ia. Alex,n,ler. Sigh Tor more
congue.t. until YOU have conquered the
land you already occupy.
N men In the city making farm ma
chin~ry srr not still engaged Ia farm IN
du.iry, what arr they Engaged inf
N you owe anything. pay IL. aud pat
m. money luto circulation, ins,ead OF
keeping l. tied up 10 your Pocks'-eook'
A. the COW le.sens her fos % milk
for Lack % food. so the sheep lessons
the groNth ~ fibre for the stme cause
of,sn trre. REFUGE to bear l-,can.e they
arr not properly Eel. Even fruit tree
cannot produce something from nothing
Prof. sheldon say. farm land. In Eng
Land have fallcn from ~ Ia - Per cent In
yalne during the last ten years, sec"fu-
Ing % locatlbu aud condition..
10 yoar garden &. a clay soil, and
you can ct .ani a. put on II, use par
Of your time thl. winter In covering "
four or flye inches deep With sand to NIX
With the clay.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

4 recent French writer on "Ihe I,eyo-
luton, the Empire, aud the Iie.to'a-
ton" cites an amusing Instance ~ what
he calls heroic courtesy.
Percy, Lori Beverly, Invited % dine
With him a marquis, one ~ the most val
liant soldier. ~ the army ~ ,onde.
wishing 90 honor hi guest aud the
cause which be- served, that % the
French King, the English peer ordered
hi. butler 90 bring him bottle of nne
wlne-one hundred years old-'a ray Of
.un shut la crystal.'
lie opened u carefully, and offered q
glas. to the marqui., ssying
III YOU deem u worthy the honor,
will yoa drink la tl.is vine the health of
the kingr
The marquis tasted the wine.
"IIow do you like IT, asked the host.
Exquisite" replied the marquis.
Then" aid Lord Beverly, "flnl.h the
glass; only In a full glas. can oDe drink
the health of 90 great and 80 unfortunate
a king" -
The marqui. did a. be- was hidden
without he.ltatl0n: only when the kng'
li.hman tasted the wine, did be learn
that what be- had forced On hi. guest
vas castOt-oll.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

InGrning following tie dly ilolhrunk
hal bctn surprised Nv hi, thrrc widely
.rparaie,l visitor. b'nt on the same 80
rand. there urrufr'I s-.n~ which
Cr,atly excited th" inferred. me- 49, than
the curiosity. - the shadow. Who occu.
pi.,i the tack runm ~ the second hoH
~ the house In question.
on this particular morning lecausc he
had le"n uut the greater part II the
previous night. and bcCause Tom had In.
formed him that b. would not require
his seryiccs until the afternoon, be had
SLEPT late
The occunn, ~ the adjoining room,
that d. 20 say. the front room. was an
oil man. nearly II not quite seventy
wears old Who be- wns. or what his bs-
longings were. had long since ceased TO
l.. ~ interrs, to anybody In the neigh
torhooi lie was accepted a. a fact 81
the locality. just as the corner grocery
and the hydrsnt were.
lie was rarely quite sober, and when
b. was. IL was early In the morning 10
fore he had had time to make an early
visit 10 the rum mill % which he was
the most frequent customer
II had bccome a settled fact that he
~as a man of property. for he had al
way. enough money To buy drink and
nav hi. loari bill From time to time
he sallled forth from the street, and
when be- returned I, was known that he
was flush. and NJ tie neighlprhcod had
come 10 believe implicitly tia, these
occasional excursions we're Tor the pur'
pose of collecting his rents and receiving
his interest
Prom hi life I0ng habit % spying on
people. the Shadow had kept an eye on
him.
Between the front aud back rooms
there was space divided into closets
One was entered through a door from
the front ruom and the other from the
hack room.
The shadow hal long ago discovered
that there had been. once upon time.
an opening In the partition which di'
yided the closets. doubtless for the pur-
po-e ~ ventilation. When the closets
had bern Iapered this opening had leen
covered up
By standing on his trunk In the closet
he could bring hi l,sad on q level With
this opening. concealssi only by the thin
nr-r II the dUor between the front
rcou and the closei were open anything
said In an ordinary tone ~ Voice could
IL distinctly heard
The shadow haJ bc,ken n hole into
the wall which separated the front room
from his closet. on his side. And once.
when the opportunity had presented
itself. he had slipped into the from, room
unseen and made hole corresponding
on the other side ~ defily that II ap-
p,ared Ne II Il had becn made by vio-
lent pushing 81 chair against IL.
BY this means he could frequently de-
termiDe who were in that room.
When he was awakened on this par
ticular morning by a noise apparently
caused by the overturning of chair. be
sprang out of his led as 10 he had re-
ceived a shock.
That be should go into the closet and
place himself at the point Of observation
was due only 10 his in,arlable habit Of
spying.
lie saw the occupant of the room ait
ting uiih his hack to him at table In
the center. while an the opposite aide
was George Parker. the attorney.
"Ah.- sAid the Shadow. "berc's mIs-
chief. nsvss knew that old scamp q
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
A m.rn.iis s.r.r.,a..

Among the numerous magnetic spa
rators one of the most remarkable 10
that for the extraction Of iron from the
ga sand. II u stated that ordinary ses
sand contains from io5per cent ofiron,
enough 10 give large excess over coat Of
extraction. The machine consists Of Q
cylinder. whose surface Is composed OF
electromagnets. revolving on the inside
Of an endless canvas belt. The sand 10
fed 20 the belt. and spray Of water sepa
rates the particles, the iron being 70
tain,d by the powerful electro-magnet,
and earned od On the belt TO a recepta
Gle at the other end. while the sand fall,
into the trough below.-EIchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
.E,iasaily. .aia rom. encoanginrIy.

Evidently. saii Tom. encoungingly.
"Ist me get your waist measure. Yes.
the-c pants will ~ you The very first
day Ne got thcn on the counter your
committee came In. lcoked over the
stock and iit on this lot They'll be
just the thing for our clam bake. aid
they"
"Oh. it's clam iake ! am going on.
Il ~ thought Tom
"lst the take your chest measure.
IIeres the cat You will have fine
day to-murruw frnm the looks ~ toiay."
Tom aSscnt~l
They gave an orlef for a hundred
suits right down. Since then twenty eight
hay. come in You make the twenty.
ninth ! suppose thcrcll h. more In
b-fote We clo-c io-night-tha, i, II you
hay. got more than one hundrd and
twenty nine mcmlsr. We viii work
the stock III pretty veil
Tom nov hal n basis for pn,cccding
anil tried Ia top the How ~ talk
"lIayc yuu soll llir same clothes Ia
any one clsrF
"Jusi one suit that know didn't L..
long to the 4 y t.
Tom bdshtsne,l up
I'VE ough, Ia ct on ,o him AMI make
him go with ~.
That's What Sou ought to do
"Can you rColleci the sort of fellow
he wasY
"well. sir. that's pp'tty harl Co IN.
'Ily thundrr' ~ 1T know Who II
Ia Tall fellow. .lim. dark hair,l. dark
eyc-. handsome. .sclii.h-kind o duj.
ish fellow
"well. that dos Kind a answer to
him.
"Ycs. by thund,ri That. just like
HI pranks -" herr. iii be- grt a suit a
.is" tOp largr fnr him anil Didn't buy the
y-stY'
"wcll. no. can't r-collcct that. and !
don't think know Wc -oli ,-st with
every suit you 49, II would cu.t the
same whether they iook the ,cst ~ not. .
III be- was up 10 the game think b.
sas. Il wou.lnt maxi any difference
abou, the price. ! say. would you re
ollcri his facc " ,uu saw a photograph
IL himY'
II think u likely. sir
What DAY diI you -cIl II Ia him. can
you rccollccU
Il can tell by laokins at the sale.
sliI~. always keep the SLIPS
"Dn. pleas.
The clerk went on AMI returned with
handful u Iap-r, Looking th~m over
b. finally extracted one
1T vas ou the isth IN tho afternoon.
Five day. hsforc the murder.
th0ught Tom.
Aloui b. said. Thank you. am ON
"a him lG,a-s uenl ih~-- cloth.- a. Ne
i.iOO Fast Thiuy.tr-i strrct III pay
YOU fof them nov
"Thi. !. such g,od days work. aid
be-. when out on the street, II think !
will dine well and At the cIP.ns~ ~ the
tap.r
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

liolbrook could only assent gracefully.
The old man hade him good day and
passed. out
"Your s,or, may L. true, or Il may
not L.. am inclined 10 believe the lat.
ter saii iIolbr,ok aloud when he ~as
alone.
lie picked up the card again and read
the name. lie touched the bell which
summoned hi. managing clerk.
When that person enieri he saii'
CLARK. do YOU know lawyer by the
name % Georgc ParkerY'
YES. that was the man who just
passed. out
What do YOU know about himy'
mo, much. and what do. not to his
advantage A rather shady character.
Said to have lccn disharrcd many years
ago. Ihi imagine hehas bccn restored
I'll hght ,cr, shy % hin.-
"Ile came for information which I
couldn't. and therefore didn't give
him.
IL was Tor no gcol. III bet replied
he clerk NJ be left ilolbrook
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
RnlIIaG IA srAII pRlVTNrIp.

~om- time agu notic,sl la th" New
York Tribune a half humorous account
of th. eNI-ri~n y ot two elderly ladi".
Ia bu,ing a horse which hsd the had
habit 80 rolling IN ts stall. Invariably
shsn N. horse attempts thls b. gets
''rsst." Having had some experience
With an animal ~ Inclined, AMI having
succ-..fully solved the question hos q"
prevent the occurrence, ~ili explain my
plan.
PROPERLY o. uss the device requires a
stout leather halter With a metal ring
securely fasten-,l o. the top dlrvCtly be-
tween the animals ears. 4 stout lcath-
90 strap 1. frmly fastened overhead. 80
that u will hang about where the had
~ the animal would b- When lying
doNn. To the end II the strap good
snap l. ux~d. The strap should D. put
long enough io alloS ti,e hor.e's nose Ia
touch IA. fiDor when the snap l. hooked
la the ring CA the top 10 the halter.
With this arrangement the animal can
lle dONn comfortably but cannot lay IT.
head ou the door. aud consequently can
not we'll gct east. This tie Nas otigin,t-
ci through uecr.siiy. IL may not be
new, hat have vet 10 meet the person
Nho ever use,i u. l have impaired the
knoNl-igr to many. but thlnk u has
never bccn publisho,l. II Invariably
cures q horse of rolling Cor. Country
Gentleman
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

The Portland Argu. has the following
complimentary, vet we'll deserved, motto.
~ President Mckeen of the board of AZ
ricultur-:
Mr.. II. Walker Mckeen, Who was We'd
ne.day elected President of the Maine
Board ~ Agriculture, l. Que of the best
Informed aud most progressive farmer.
Ina the state. The writer knew him we'll
a. a fellow student at Fryeburg Acad-
.my Ia 1870. Mr.. Mckcen was a good
scholar. being especially thorough la
mathematic. aud other English branch
-. A.. a debater In the lyccum connect
ed With the academy, his arguments
were alssy. sound and practical. for
a term ~ year. Mr.. Mcke.n conducted
the agricultural department of the OK
ford Democrat. the work being admir-
ahly done. III. home IL at West Frye
burg, and the large farm Of which he !.
the owner, l.. az would naturally he eN-
pect.,i from the foregoing, system silcal'
iy and .uoce.sfully cultiyatei.-fsrmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

The progressive spirit may be foand
not oaly In those Who leave, bat IN those
who rrmsin upon the farms aud Occupy
the country Of New England. ! am
warned. I know. that the rural popais-
ton l. decreasing. aud that the famllie. /.
~ the farmers are dlmlnlshins. Hat
an ..ms~ hat familiar With the fsrm,ng
town. of Massachusetts aud with the
collections Of persons who appear al our
:. .,,lraltursl fsir.; and l can only sy
,h,t see no falling on either Ia num-
hrs or the activity Of thoss who own
The lapd.-Hou. George ID. Losin9.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

The Farmers Alliance, South, has I'M
proved It, money borrowing schcme,
which was originally intended a. benefit
farmers only. They nov "dcmind
that the government shall lcni money
on real estate security al PER cent per
annum, but not more than $500 Ia one
individual. Therr 1. nothing sald about
limiting thc loans Ia farmers, aud under
IL. terms, after the demand has be-
come a Law, city folks all have chance
to grt government money al from one
half 20 One-thlri the market nate. IL
will be- a nicc business for the govern
meni borrowing money al per cen, or
more and lending II at 2, or after the
national debt ha. been paid taxing the
farmers to get money to lend them. \
little more nonsense like that will bring
any cause into r,proach. Farmer. thl.
Way are not iniulsing In any such idl-
OcN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
A Valuable bog.

Dilkins-Botherei by q piano next
door. ehi Well. have dog which al.
ways howls when my wife plays the
piano-howls - she has TO stop, and I'd
Jet you have him II II waSnt for one
thing.
wilkins-ls he cross,
Bilkins-No. Ican't spare him.-Nsw
York Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
NUMBER 8.
for ~ Osfori Democrat
ANTICIPATION.

To risht Q am thihktns and dreaming
Ofmysisrts- hiisisn lslos,
Nhefv the sfas@ss and fosers hs ssspins
tRdsr the frvsi snd The snow.
Of ths warmth ahi ths sunshine - sprinstims
Mhsn wtuis frufn summer lanis blow,
And. ths 10 kins's fsttsr. broksa,
Ihs waters unshaT kh-t shall nos
Dosu h. ~ ds.ps q oii ec.aa.
WhsF, ths bllsss foll eu Zoe aye,
Ani 10 voice L. hsari Ia tn brssses,
BOrns hssk from its home faf away.
when ths earth shall asaks In n. sisdhss.,
All rsl--i IN garments ~ srvsn.
Adisu o. Mag Nintsr AMI sadness'
Al hail D. this fair maidsn quc.n'
Th. sra.. Attl rssivs st hsr hiidins,
The nossr- In bsr f,-atstsp. upspFtns.
Ths tfys. wtil - riuths.i IN nss tsautY,
AM biri. In tn h-iTss viu sins
- tauish I'tu thialins All draining
az mFstefiss hiliisn l-rios.
Mhefp ths sras.es aHi fossfs 10 slespins
Indsr n frsst ani III sngw.
IIlHHt TlERAH
A.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

The danger. of our country are party
.trife aud corruption; the slumbcring
volcano OF socialism; Romsnism; col
lo.ssi fortune. In the hands OF the iew
which makes the poor nan poorer sna
breeds discontent; last AMI greatest OF
all. intempsrance or the saloon Interests,
defiant of Law aud honor. What our
country needs IL love Of purity. watch
fulness Of our school system and prohi-
bitiou.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

ACLEAx PEN.--lf there Il y creature
Ia the World that shows lts appreciation
Of |. dry bed aud a clean pen u !. the
pI,. anl II any one has any doab,s on
mi. Point Iet them clean out pen In
which the manure aud mui has been sc-
cumulatIng. then sprinkle the door With
dry .awdust or fine coal ashes 20 absorb
All m,ining moisture, aud spread on \
good thlcL.pcss of forest leaves or hne
straw. Then II you do not see antic.
which viii Indicate much pleasure and
satisfaction IL viii be because IL IL new
Kind Of pig.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

An affectstion akin to rudene~ 70 thu
refusal 10 sing or play when asked to do
%. Il u the mark Of good breeding IA
scquicsce without demur. even II one u
an indifferent performer; TO wait 70 b
prssssd rather detracts from than ep,
hancss ths enjoymsnt q u sudisncs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
noin wArc. conrssr

We propose to give a gold watch "a
the oxford County girl under tSenty
year. old Who get. the most votes before
saturday, March 18th, AZ siN o'clock In
the afternoon.
We .hill print a coupon Ia each Issue
~ the Democrat during this contest
which when cut out aud returned 20 the
Democrat Ofilcc will count one In the
contest
". shall also allow issRiy rofss Tor
each aud every dollar rrcriyed on sub
.cription from anybody whether old or
new subscriber.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

HIN Tom Ury.
ant left Hol.
brook. office be
sauntercd up
broadway plan.
ming his days
work.
"By GcoIgrr
be- crc'l, slapping
his thigh aud
stopping short.
m uch to the
snusernent OF
Jas~rsbyg that
III L. lanrvl AZ
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
AMONG THE FARMERS.
srtsp rLo~ -

CorrysI-su.isnos en Prsstical Agricultural tcpics
a. sahllissl Ad,irvss an CosBaunicatioas ~.
tsnsi.-i faf this dsgarussnt o. llt>Ht u. Han.
sn~n. Agricultural Nsiitsf osfor,t psmsSfat.
farts. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

1. cut out the ballot below aud write
plainly on the blank line. the name and
residence 81 the girl for whom YOU de-
.irr Ia vote. and send the ballot "a the
Democrat Onlcr, Paris.
2. There l. no restriction as Ia the
girl voted for. rNcrpt that she must
fr.lde In oxford County and b. under
twenty year. old.
]. All votes will be received and
counted AZ the ofiic. % the oxford Dem
ocrat, aud the result 81 the balloting
will be- publi.h"i In each Issue of the
Democrat.
4. Every copy ~ the Democrat dur.
Ing February and March Will contain
one ballot, aud order. for extra cople.
will bc promptly flled by the publisher,
or may b. bought of oxford County
ncw.dealsr..
5. The contest close. 0u saturday
March -, lsgl, al .ix o'clock In the
afternoon and vote. reviewed after that
time will not b. counted.
We also allow any person twenty
vote. for every dollar (and At the same
rate for any fraction of q dollar paid "a.
on subscriptiOn tO the oxford Democrat.
That l., with payment Of sl.O \one
years subscriptiOn) you are entitled to
thirty vote. for your candidate. "
make. no difference whether you are an
old or new subscriber, whether the pay
ment Il In advance or ca arrcange' he
sure aud name the candidate Tor whom
YOU wl.h your votes Ia count Ia making
remittance aud use coupon below:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

OIL LNROOkS
cvcric. however.
vas soon dis
turlsd.
Tie messenger
came In Nth an.
other card lie
Rad MIR G,o
Parker"
Il have an un
usual run 81 call.
.rs to-lay.- aid
| Ilolbpok. and
not n client
Among them un.
les this i. one
Show him in
The door oJ-n
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
n, D pENkH.
Dentist.

NORWAY. MANI
o~1. a. Maia - carusf pahfsrth.
rO Hot a.
o., Arussi.l Fais. fsf o.. ~arani-i g. 70
tts t-.t tssth AT rth,sr male
~.n.t.su,u slaran,s.-i ia ever par'ila.ar 'r
ss pay.
t1nss. sf.ut tiui. q r,,.-saatis rriss..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
THE DIAMOND BUTTON
PROM THE DIARY or a LAWYER AND TIE
Sorr nooE or a RrrORrrR
By BARCLAY NORTH.

oer,rghie,, 90. by o n Dunhsm rseis~hed
~ sg.SiAi arrangement throast ne Americas
frvss As-siAttoal
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
I,E , " DAVIS
Dentist.

DAVIS uIosE. spJrii rNEis
R.tt.r pate. t.sshi AIasr IIatrs. t.nIi tinei
49, fststr. fnltatl rtstTs ani ~...ii ts.Il
PIsfrs tsaIf FfHua Artia-ii 'rusna anl
No.. "a "a sf-sIatV tithrr anf 50 aluI.r
t.tsr,-i 10 49, slsstrtC ylbratsr usoi shFn 'rsr
81 M alflsahls
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
TtRsT FRIEE.

The girl having the largest number
~ vote. to her credit At th. close IL the
contest on saturday, March 18th al
.lx o'clock will receive handsome solid
gold watch.
The prize watch l. now on exhibition
In the show window ~ Pierce's jsNelry
storr, I. -. ~. y. Block. south Paris.
Everybody l. invited Ia 20 aud ace u.
II 4. of solid ~ K gold, hunting case,
stem wlnd aud .et, Elgin moyem"ni, and
the ease. arr very richly engraved.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

SEND{ss,s 20 .s:s.s - ~ o'''''
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WANTED.

A osnfstsnt Girlef u.tlihs sgs-i WOMAN - ~
Ftasraa Haa-ssafs In staali fsmlly. Psf~Ani
stltti1n 90 q .atisfastsry pAty.
AdirUs-. Box 81. AEoaru, Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
.TcONB rutII.

The girl having the second largest
number oi votes At the close oi the con-
te.t Nlll rccriSc string of solid gold
beads.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
CHAPTER XIV

nv rrwurs CIV VIM SUCCESS
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24
CnNrrER "

Iur SHADOW o,rauF,R. ~owru>o o.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

Use form below for single vote.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

-, o. IL that you DO not Niutcf ticks
rick. lie ou blooi, aud Il costs food To
make bluusl.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-05
The Chess Board Calculation.

II is related of the inventor of the
game OF chess that, on being promised
by the king whom he first taught the
game that he should have any reward
he might ask for, meekly replied that
he would be content if the king would
give him one kernel OF wheat on the
first square, two on the second, four on
the third, eight on the fourth, and 90
on, doubling up to the sixty-iourth
square. The king gladly acceded to
this seemingly modest request, and or.
dered his attendants to bring in the
wheat, which they began to do; but, to
the astonishment Of the monarch, it
was found there was not wheat enough
in the whole dominion to pay off the
crafty inventor. A mathematician,
who claims to have been figuring on
this chess-board curiosity, says that to
fulfill the kings promise it would take
30,027 ,097 ,lS5,475 bushels of wheat
allowing 600 900 kernels to each bushel.
This prodigious amount would COW
the States of New York, Pennsylvania
New Jersey and Delaware all over wi
wheat to the depth of a mile and h
quarter. In few words here is Il
exact number Of wheat kernels { 4
chess inventor asked for-9,627,2
7S6,934,715 5,l6S. Figure it up q, -,
prove or disprove it. Il
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-05
What is War ?

There were over 2, 900 skirmishes and
battles during the war.
In 14S of these over 500 men were
killed on the Federal side.
In 10 battles 10000 men were re-
ported lost on each side.
The killed, wounded and missing o
both sides in the following engage
ments we're: Shiloh, $4,000; Ante
tam, $4,000; Stone River, $4,000
Charlottesville, $4,000; Gettysburg
$4,000; Chicamauga, $4,000; McClel
lan's peninsula campaign, $1,000
Grants, 10000; Sherman's campaign
125, 900.
There were 100000 volunteers en-
listed. Out of every 65 one was killed
in action. Out of every Sc one died o
wounds. Out of every Is one died o
disease. Out of every nine one dice
while in service. Out of every 10 on,
was wounded in action.
At Gettysburg, 50 were bulied in on,
trench.
At Fair Oaks over so were shot in 6(
seconds, and of so skirmishers only ST,
were left alive.
At Cold Harbor over 400 dead from
one regiment, and 1900 dead in a spac,
not larger than 800 feet square.
AT Fredericksburg about 5000 Fed
eral soldiers were shot in 10 minutes
al! soldiers with wives, fathers, mothers
and little children.
That is war,