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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
ooNssIic FERTILIZERS BEST.

Good chemical authority tells us that
AN acre of wheat yielding IL bushels OF
grain abstracts from the soil for the
grain alone, to say nothing OF the straw,
the following amounts OF Important
mineral elements: phosphoric acid, IL
To-, potash, IS; soda, o; lime, 10; m'g-
nesia, Is; chlorine, l [; sulphuric acid, =.
Fractions are omitted for the sake oi
simplicity.
Assuming these data to be approxi-
mately correct, how shall the farmer
fertilire the soil, In order to secure TINS
amount of grain, prevent depletion, and
at the same time do II In the most eco-
nomical ways This is an important prsc-
teal question, and the practical farner
desiresa a practical rather than scien-
tific answer. Are there domestic sources
of these elements, and are they cheap or
bestf
Animal manures, wood ashes, COM
mon salt, bones, and land plaster, Will
furnish all these elements (and more) In
quantities ample for all the requirements
of any crop. OF these, all but the salt
and plaster are to be had from the farm.
We contend, too, that they can be had
I'm quantity great enough for the demand,
At lsss cost than the equivalents can be
bought for In the market.
Wood ashes give US potash, soda, lime,
and msgnesia; salt yields chlorine and
soda: plaster supplies sulphuric acid
and lime; and bones contain high per
cent of phosphoric acid, to say nothing
Of other useful parts. To narrow u
down still more, wood ashes and salt
alone will insure q good yield OF wheat
on almost any medium farm land. ,
Farms containing rough forest land
have the source Of ashes In ample guam
tity. There Il no better or more durable
fertilizer than wood ashes. Salt is cheap
and almost all the Atlantic coast lands
need it. A very small application u
enough.
Animal manures mixed with litter,
refuse hay, sweepings, and the other
waste material about place, ought to
accumulate ln great quantity. Careful
outstanding Of the domestic resources oi
manure, Will, In most cases, render the
farmer independent Of the factories'
These are best, cheapest, most durable
and most satisfactory.-Country Gen
tleman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
SHOULD FARMERS WORK.
"NAKE YOUR HEAD SAVE YOUR
HEELS" AND YOUR PURSE.

The farmers work too much with their
hands and too little with their heads.
says Mr.. Philip Snyder in Country Cen
tleman. They begin their farm lives
without intellectual training, and that
narrowness prompts dislike OF change or
innovation. Their system OF work IL
traditional, not progressive or scientific.
They have no taste for investlgatiOn-in
fact, rather hate Il, and desplse the man
who does like It. They work aud think
In ruts.
They work hard with their hands, give
themselves up to 1t, think Of little else,
and while so doing, the rest Of the world
slips by them and beats them In the race
for wealth and distinction.
IL does not matter that they grow the
crops which feed the world-they arr
competitors with each other, and have
no Organization lat least that has yet
been effectively by which to compel any
terms from the people.
Now, work Is important, and every
farmer should know how to work With
his hands In order to appreciate proper
ly tho work of his men, aud sometimes
to teach them; but that he cannot sue
ceed without engaging regularly 10 hand
labor Il arrant nonsense.
The man who deserves the name OF q
farmer is at least u grade higher than
any mere laborer. The farmer exercises
his mind In the conduct Of his business
aud all farmers are business men In n
sense-but the laborer's business Is to
obey orders and do specified work. Or.
dinarily his work Is only routine, and
requires little mental exercise.
The foreman OF all "gangs" OF labor
era IL always supposed :" have more
mind aud culture than any OF his men,
aud when he Il found to have q grest
deal more mind and executive ability, he
Is sometimes made superintendent or
general mansger, and then perhaps he
does not work ut all-with his hands
and gets a big salary for It! But, accord.
Ing to some people, since he has stopped
working with his men the business he
superintends must speedily come to
grief.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

sand do you not know me. Eustace
Dunbar1 Am | 90 changed by misery
that You do not recall Estella lie Barron,
or are You so proud and scornful you will
not stoop to notice me In my misery and
ruinY
The men with natural delicacy fell
back, for there were some among
Georges company who came from their
home and knew Of the Le Barron tragedy.
"Oh, Estellai And is II thus ] find
youi And how came you, with all your
faults. among the enemies Of your coun.
tryY
~ have no country. no friends. The
villain for whom forsook both has cast
me ont to destruction"
"Estella," interrupted Dunbar when
he saw how reckless she was OF exposing
her own shame. "come with as to our
ramp, and when there can procure you
, safe and respectable shelter where You
ran secure kindness and friends even yet
n you choose to deserve them. I can no
longer remain Idle here. Will you come
and trust an old friendr
III know not where you propose taking
ne, but lam sick. homeless. starving-l
have no choice but submission to your
direction"
She was really famishing and too tee
Die to walk. Eustace saw that food wss
Given her and had her comfortably seat
cd In an ambulance, then hastened their
return to camp. To bis great JOY he
learned that Rose and Ralph had Just
arrived. Rose ut once assisted him TO
convey the wretched woman TO the hos
pital and plsced her immediately under
the phydcian's care. The cold, hunger
and exposure Of the last few days had
made fearful inroads upon her consdtu.
tion. A fever was already upon her. and
when the excitement and danger Of hsr
wandsrinp was over she sank under II,
and thsrs seemed little hope Of her ~
covery.
Many days Of Imminent danger and
ssysrs suffering elapsed before Roes'l
lind and skillful nursing and The phyd
cian's unrsmittlns attention wee -
wardsd b any nymptons q eeavaase
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
DAIRY AND STOCK.

A fall calf can be raised without great
expense aud make hne animal ready to
90 out TO grass aud do well next spring.
In YOU haven't milk for her give her hay,
tea and oil meal Cruel. Teach her early
to eat fine, sweet hay.
There IL no better way TO preserve
butter than by working out all the but
termilk aud moisture, saltiDg IL at the
rate of one ounce per pound, and pack
ing closely In Jars or tubs, keeping the
butter In clean cellar or low and even
temperature.
The value Of whole grain for colts has
been compared with ground grain by
the Iowa Experiment Station and the
fine feed proved most productive OF
growth. Both received the ,ams eight.
IL was composed Of oats, shelled corn,
barley, bran and llnseed meal. The
feeding of separator milk was also highly
commended.
Grain for farm animals should never
be ground fine. When flne II is apt to
form Into masses In the stomach, very
dlfficult Of digestion. The formation OF
these masses II further avoided by feed
ing the meal mixed with the stover,
preferably cut Into bits not longer than
two Inches and dampened enough To
make the meal adhere.
Working butter, too much, or when
too cold, breaks the grain and gives Il q
salvy appearance that lessons lts market
value. Such butter loses favor and be-
comes rancid sooner than butter worked
or washed only enough to rid II OF but.
termllk and Mt temperature that will
preserve its waxen appearance and good
6avor.
Are you going to winter some Of the
fall pigsf IL viii not pay to let then
stop growing. Fix up their house and
sec that they are kept warm. Do mol
feed them on corn nubblns, nor on corn
meal, the same ~ you give hogs which
are being fattened. Growing pigs musi
have something to grow on. There u
wheat bran, middllngs, milk and vege
tables at this season OF the year. II you
do not have milk In abundance, make Z
slop Of middlings, oil meal and water
feeding more grain than 70 needed wher
nilh y ussds-FArm Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
How P.rl. u,lll..s I..,s.

Almost everywhere In the world, except
In Paris, rats ars considered ~ q trouble
come nuisancs 10 be gotten rid Of by any
means possible. The Psrisians. on the con-
trary. convert this nuisancs Into useful
member Of society and source OF revenue.
In Paris rats are collected from every pos
dbls source and placed In great pound,
whsru the carcassrs Of all animals dying In
the city are thrown. These remains ara
speedily disposed Of by the rats, which
leave behind nothing bus the cleanly picked
bones. There arv no such scavengers -
rata Four times year thess rats are
rounded up and killed, and their skins are
utilised In the everywhere admired form Of
CANT do Paris. 70 decorate the hands Of
lovslinsss ths world evr.-Philadslphla
PrUDDs
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
,ntls cn ths morning Of her III

same friends Gu the morning Of her III
fated marriage.
Mrs. Newton saw that Il was best to
wait patiently till the overburdened
heart had had time to pour out the wild.
vengeful feelings II had 20 long harbored.
All self control seemed swept away, and
In her ravings-for truly II was little
less-it was evident shs had never for
gotten her early love. Her pride, the
shame of Sherwood's knowing Of her "a
ther's crimes, had driven her from him
into this rash marriage. thinking that
with Varney's wealth she could close her
heart against that love.
Vain thought Every day by contrast
she had loved the nobler nature that
might have been hers more fondly In.
stead Of forgetting. and hardly conscious
Of the sin had begun to look forward to
tho time when her husbands death should
leave her o rich widow ss one more
chapce to win back her former lover. for
getting that her whole course. 20 public
ly manifested, must have destroyed all
Sherwood's respect and love. When at
length conscious that her imprudent Ian.
guage had revealed all this to her friends
with her, for moment she was greatly
shocked and alarmed, but suddenly all
pride forsook her. and she burst into
wild, hystcrical weeping.
Mrs. Newton tenderly soothed her. and
when exhausted by the struggle she
quietly sobbed with her friends arm Low.
ingly around her. Then they quietly
led the conversation back to Estella.
Seeing indications Of another outbreak.
Mr.. Newton beckoned Dunbar from the
carriage, and In o few impressive words
he narrated his meeting with Estella.
sick, starving and deserted.
Before he had concluded Maud was
again weeping, but softer, more unself.
lsh, more human tears than before.
Eustace urged her to 20 with him and
see her sister and be reconciled before
her death. To this she would not con.
sent. but the violence Of her anger had
passed, and when, hoping II left to think
alone she might relent, Mrs. Newton rose
to leave the poor child cordially thanked
her for her kindness and expressed q
hope that she might see her again.
Tho day before Dunbar and George
left Mrs. Newton received q grateful let.
ter from Mrs. Yarney, inclosing one for
Estella, with the request that the colonel
would carry II to her. He did 80 and
had the satisfaction Of learning that II
contained confession Of her own doings
and free forgiveness Of Estella's sins to-
ward herself. with the assurance that
she was determined to try to lead bet.
ter life. She spoke tenderly Of Mr.. New.
tons family and hoped TO be still remem.
bered by them. This letter was great
10y to Estella. who died o few days after.
leaving Rose coinforted with the hope
that the poor girls iniquities had been
pardoned and her sins blotted out.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

When al was quiet and deep sleep sst-
tied down upon the captors. slowly and
painfully. stiR from many blows and
bruises, Ralph succeeded In dragging
himself clear Of the slumbering guards,
passing one who had thrown cap and
overcoat near where be Lay In bis drunk
On stupor. Il took but . moment TO
disguiss himself In . rebels uniform, and
greatly rejoicing to hnd . loaded rsvolv.
er In the pocket silently passed beyond
the guarded tent. Then the rash boy,
remembering that he had seen number
Of captured horses fastened near by ash be
marched to the prison tent and sure that
he recognised Eustace's horse among
them, delayed till be could Judge by his
ear Of the position, then crept skillfully
among the trees to the spot where they
were tethered. Princes low, welcoming
whinny revealed him before Ralph. by
the fitful moonlight, could be sure Of
his exact locality. Instantly unfssten.
ing the halter he sprang into the saddle,
which remained ~ the master had fallen
from it, and dashed fearlessly away.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
r,,,,...,.. Years =. oo,.r.u.u. service.

Richard Z. White IL the longest time
man In the department service. lie lisa
clerk In the sixth auditors Office In the
postofiice building. and he has been coming
10 bis desk for 81 years, since ls38. Mr..
White Is % years old. He has had fam.
ily Of IS children, most Of whom are alive
now and In prosperous circumstances.-
washingtOn Capital.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
In. Pronunela,lea efpl.r..ll.

The ristt pronunciation Of the name OF
Dlsraell has been settled upon the author
ity Of the speaker for the Instruction Of the
present generation. He pronounces II Dis
raeeli, and the eminent prime minister used
70 % pronounce his name. Doubles Mr..
Coning.by Disraeli sdhsres TO that precs-
dent. t.-London Court Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

MANY people ride ''over the hill TO the
poor-house" In the do-nothlng sled.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
farwell's Linen Marker
'~ lndelibly Marking Linen.

80 ..s,hiss Name. I Initial. . bestlss lnk.
- Di.tribster. and q blask caris IN .
uith fali direesions. Prics - osnts
- he@ ~ Gee NJ selas and - yesrs
I ,,s.ssrsi esly By rRxp !. YARwELL.
~ ::.: ss sss -; :;y:: = = L. - 49,:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sps.D " rurPLov..

ccusspoadsaoe on pracsscai asrscahsrai topics
70 sohc1esd. Address al connunicaaioas IN
tended for this departnsnt 70 IlknnI ID. HAh-
nonD. Agricultural EDITOR oxford Dsaocrat.
PAxis Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

Some men have sense enough, but arc
too Indifferent to 90 to the trouble OF
using it.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

The road to fortune IL well Travelled,
but too many are headed In the wrong
direction.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

I count him q rascal who tries to get
full work out Of half-fed horse.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

That man Il seldom happy who holds
a grudee against the earth.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

The man who impoverishes his farm
steals from his own pocket.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

Honest toll is essential to rsssful alum
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Dentist,

Dentist,
,,v,sPLoCE. SOUTH PARIS.
80, Pate, Coll Aney Plates, Soln n, Llnss Gnsa
Lsp'.,s. CpUH1ld Plates and sond eoh
- - ~ ,yirng. Artificial Crowns and
- ws.s .rssf,ty. Either and gas simin-
- ',tss slsstric vibrator used when desir'
4 sKltisAbe
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-17

4 also like to hear the Canadians and
North Dakota people talk. They can prove
that the more snow there 10, aud the longer
10 lies ON. the bigger the crops will be. IL
sounded funny ohear Mr.. Dickey, agent for
North Dakota, say; "The chief draw back In
our section Is there isn't enough snow, and
II sometimes gets too dry for good sleigh.
ing. II we could have every winter the
heavy SHOWS Of upper New York, don't
know Of anything that would be lacking"
The morning call., 1893-07-23
FORTUNE FOR A SONG.
AIluriug Offers of Ohio Land
SChemerS.
swindlers Exploiting the Colorado
Desert-A Government clerk
Investigates the Fraud.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

WAsu1NGToN, July %. Numerous cir
culars fir N "the California Land and
Water Exchange" have recently been re-
ceived in this city. chiefly by clerks in the
Government employ.
These circulars offered fabulous returns
on an investment of 500 in land situated
near San Diego, Cal, the investment to be
made by the installment plan. so as to be
within the reach of all. and 81 only is
asked for the first payment. The circulars
give the location of the company at Day
ton, OHIO.
A clerk in the Pension Bureau investi-
gated the scheme, and the result Is pup
lished in the Post to-day. K. II. oung,
secretary of the San Diego Chamber of
Commerce, denounced the scheme as
fraud. He said it had formerly been oper-
ated by or under the name of Walter RAY
mond, but, the authorities having got after
him, the name was changed.
The swindle became SO obnoxious to the
people of San Diego that the Board of
County Supervisors took official notice Of
it, declaring some steps must be taken to
prevent the swindlers from carrying on an
unlawful scheme.
INDIAN APOLIS, Juiy y. -Clyue ROVER,
an engineer in this city. was asked to-
day about the San Diego company re-
ferred to in the Washington dispatches.
Il know nothing about the company"
said he, "exceIt il business way, and as
far as my dealings with the officers are
concerned everything has been just and
fair.
II am under contract with the company
to furnish five maps outlining the plan of
irrigation, and from personal inspection of
the land, amounting to 1894 acres. to my
personal knowledge the plan of irrigation
is perfectly feasible.
The land lies along the Colorado
River. in San Diego County. / have al.
ways received the money due me and l
always thought the company perfectly re-
liable. received a letter from the COM
pany to-day saying that Walter j. Ray
mond, president of the company, would
be over to see me this week and that he is
anxious that the project should now be
pushed along as fast as possible.
The company's purpose is to sell water
rights in kind of joint stock company"
The morning call., 1893-07-23
BEGINNING TO WORRY
Fair Officials Anxious About the
Attendance.
1t Is Not What They Expected 1t
Would Be by About Ten
Millions.
Special to The MORNING CALI.

CHICAGO. July 22.-The weather is still
bright and pleasant. and there is a large
attendance at the Worlds Fair to-day. II
was stenOgraphers' day, and shorthand
writer's from all parts of the world were
present They held meeting In Music
Hall this afternoon and listened to q series
of addresses.
Later In the Women's building they
listened to the women representatives.
Miss Mae Orr. the champion operator.
also entertained them by an exhibition of
skill on the Remington typewriter.
Although up to the present time there
have. been nearly 5000, 900 paid admissions
to the fair, the officials are disappointed in
the attendance. The most sanguine expo
s,ion experts say that under the most
favorable conditions the total attendance
cannot reach 100000. Before the expo
sitlon opened the officials thought the at
tendance would reach 30.000.00O.
July 26 is to be Turner Bund dag. and it
will be fittingly celebrated by the members
OF that great association.
The enterprising Government Immi-
grant Inspector who DISTINGUISHED himself
yesterday by bringing AN action against
the military tournament for violation of
the alien contract labor law to-day made a
charge against Buffalo Bill's Wild West
show. alleging that Cody's Cossacks and
other foreign troopers are here in violation
of the same law. The Inspector Is busily
engaged investigating all the other shows
now here.
At meeting Of the resident pioneers
% i,h no off Of 10
building, it was decided to hold a recep-
ton to pioneers on August g. Balaw,
Seers and Kerr were appointed a commit
tee to arrange the programme.
1t having c ONE t0 tho ears Of some of
our fruit exhibitors that DR.. A. B. Hawk.
ins of Florida, one of the judges of horti-
culture, vas prejudiced against California.
Secretary Judson to-day sent letter to
john Boyd Thatcher, chairman OF the ex-
ecutve committee on awards, protesting
against the appoint tment Of Hawkins and
declaring that California would withdraw
unless fair representation on the COM
mittee Of judges he given her.
Doctor HaM kins Is said to have used the
folio wing language: I'm my opinion Cali
fornia Is not capable of producing oranges
equal in flavor. quality or color to those Of
Florida" The fact that Hawkins claims
to have been appointed special judge of
citrus fruits il regarded as an especial rea-
son why he is disqualified to act.
Thatcher has won an unen viable reputa-
tion for bullheadedness and 1t is not an
easy matter to determine what he will do.
The first Of what is hoped will prove a
long list of premiums won by California
exhibitors was secured to-day. George
Steckel. the photographer. of Los Angeles,
In competition with the leading photo
graphers in the United States, was awarded
the two highest gold medals for superior
work. Steckel took four silver medals at
the Mechanics Institute at San Francisco.
The morning call., 1893-07-23
MOORE'S CANAL BILL.
The IOWan Has a Scheme in His
rlind.
A New Company to Succeed the Pres
ent One-The Government to
Aid in the Work.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

DUBUQUE. Iowa. July 22.-W. II. Moore
of this city, member Of the executive
committee which meets in Chicago August
to further the Nicaragua canal project,
has formulated a substitute for Sherman s
canal bill, which will be offered at the eX-
ira session of Congress. probably by Sem
ator Stewart of Nevada.
In substance it is as follows: The
Nicaragua Canal Company, with capital
stock Of $100,O00.000 shall succeed to the
rights of the Maritime Canal Company,
and shall issue S4. .0O0, 900 stock to Mica
ragua. $1,000. OO0to Costa Rca and $50. .000.-
600 to the Maritime Canal Company in
payment for concessions. and shall return
to the Maritime Canal Company what it
actually expended with interest.
There shall be fifteen directors, the
President of the United States naming
nine. the Maritime Company four. Nicar-
aqua one and Costa Rica one. This act shall
be void unless accepted by the Maritime
Company. and unless within six months
thereafter work is let within the estimates
OF the engineers. S56.000,000. All vouch-
eTs within $4,000 are to be approved by
the engineers and member of the exec
utive committee of the directory, and all
contracts fer $4,000 or more by the di-
rectOry.
Whenever the Government pays 500. 900
Oh canal account 1t shall stamp that
amount Of stock paid, and all stock in ex-
cess of the cost Of the canal and couces-
sions shall be cancelled. To expediate the
work the Government shall advance
S1,OOO,0OO as soon as the contracts are let
and approved
The morning call., 1893-07-23
STUDYING HYDRAULIC MINING.
A Commission to Look Into the
Situation.

NEVADA CITY. July 22.-Colonel Men,
dell, Lieutenant Colonel Benyaurd and
Major Ueuer. United States Debris Com
missoners. accompanied by ex- Senator
Cross, Worlds Fair Commissioner McMur.
ray, Superintendent Spalding Of the South
Yuba Company, James O'Brien of Smalts-
vile and superintendent Conraih Of the
Excelsior Company, left here this morn
ing for visit of inspection to the hy-
drauic mining regions of Northern
Nevada. Sierra, Plumas and Yuba coun-
ties. They will visit all the gravel claims,
large and small, in these counties, ana
will be absent ten days or two weeks, the
return trip being made from San Juan
ridge and via Smartsville to Marysville.
The trip is being made quietly. with the
view to obtaining full and accurate infor-
nation as to the situation. People here
have the fullest confidence in the ability
and fairness of the commissioners in de-
termining where mining can by the Qpn-
struction of adequate restraining works
be carried on without jeopardizing In any
degree the farming lands along the valley
rivers