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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
THE SPLITTING HABIT.

When Sir Richard Burton visited, in
disguise, the exclusive city OF Harar,
and was carried before the Amir, he OBJ
served, among other things, that though
the Amir expectorated with royal free
dom, he was not provided with spittoon,
but spat upon the robes Of his attendant
chamberlains. 1t is matter Of very
general and familiar remark that the av-
erage American expectorates quite as
freely and with almost as much auto
cratic carelessness rs the Amir Of Harar.
II he does not Intentionally spit on the
clothes OF his neighbors, he spits with
magnificent indifference to his neighbors'
reasonable desire to keep clear of his ex-
pectorations. He spits wherever he
happens to be-on the pavement, on the
floors Of public buildings, In halls. en-
tries, and elevators, and especially 10 all
public conveyances.
There Is q movement afoot to amend
this very Objectionable habit, and espe-
cially to put a stop to the abominable
practice of splitting In street cars. In
New York the board OF health has for
hidden It, and It's notices are posted Ia
the surface cars. The boards mandate
Is not As yet effectual, bnt the public has
begun TO be familiar with 1t, and through
It many citizens have for the first time
had It suggested to them that miscel sne-
ous splitting is not nice. Conductors Of
street cars are bound to enforce the
splitting ordinance Il their attention is
called TO violation Of It. Commission
or Roosevelt says that the police will
help them, and that presently number
Of policemen will be detailed expressly
to see that the ordinance IL obeyed. II
is important that public opinion should
sustain the police in this undertaking
Consider the brutishness Of the splitting
habit - Il exists In this country. Every
decent citizen should do what he can to
amend Il, both BY correcting hIs own
habits, II they need Il, and by support
ing the enforcement Of the lsw.-Hsr.
psf's weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
SHEEp ALWAYS p Az.

1 yery we'll remember the first start
We made in the new direction by buying
twelve Gull ewes az twice what they were
worth, giving note in payment, and
how those twelve old ewes in the spring
gave u twenty-one lambs, and how the
wool from the ewes aud the wether
lambs and half OF the old ewes that We
eulled out and sold because they had no
teeth. went 10 pay the note, and how
from that dsy the sun began TO rise on
onr fortunes. As soon as had few
dollars that could call my own iu-
vested them in sheep, and from that dsy
20 this have owned sheep-sometimes
bv the thousands, generally by the hun
dreds, and occasionally only few doz'
en-. have never seen year from that
time 10 this but that my sheep have CIV
en- balance to profit when my books
were balanced on the first day OF Janu'
ary. Sometimes il has been small-so
small that II could hardly be called 8
proft-but AZ other times II has beer
large. and covering the whole period OF
thirty odd wears il has been fairly good
I have handled other kinds OF live STOCK
Horses have made me some money, COW;
a little, and hogs a little, but no class o.
stock has paid me so well for the none,
invested. for the feed consumed, and iol
he care given as has the sheep. Its nool
has been truly golden .-George Mehef
row.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
LIVE STOCK WEIGHTS.

Within the past two years marked
demand for lighter weights than those
formerly popular with buyers has sprung
up, SAYS the Live Stock Indicator.
at prevails 10 greater or less extent
in all departments st the stockyards.
The leading markets are just now CON-
planning about the deluge OF habitat cat
tie, and the commission man Is telling
customers that they are making mis-
take in shipping that half-fst stuff In
stead Of finishing 1t. With feed condi-
tions as they are now, both grain and
forage being abundant, IL Is surprising
that there should be cause for a COM
plain, OF this kind. When feed is cheap
and plenty the tendency Is usually TO
overfeed rather than TO underfeed. Per-
haps some feeders are making the mis-
take OF supposing that IL is fatted cattle
that sre al discount, and that light
weights are wanted. even though they
be but half fat. This Is mistake. The
cattle for which the market Is still will
ing TO pay the best price are young ami
mails, well fstted aud finished, and
weighing about 400. One well-known
authority Is quoted as saying that the
steer IN pest tht "hi
never exceed 1900 pounds, but the light
weight wanted il = finished lightweight
and not the hslf-fstted kind.
The market Is still In favor OF light
weight hogs, also with the same proviso,
that they must be finished. The hogs
now going 10 market are lighter than
they have been for good while, not
withstsnding the abundant feed. The
average weight Of the receipts at the
Kansas City markets for the first ten days
OF January was 2lS pounds. Hogs OF
these weights are not only preferred, but
they are more easily and chesply made
than the heavier classes, for IL Is prin-
ciple in feeding that the cost OF pound
of gain increases with the age and weight
Of the animal.
"In lambs, too, well-fed light-weights
are preferred. The Wisconsin expert
meut station has just finished lot OF
experiment lambs, averaging 50 pounds,
and selling for $3.50 per hundred. They
commanded the highest price of the day
and the week. and the commission house
that sold them says that IL they had been
held and fattened 10 100 or 10 pounds It
is doubtful whether they would have
sold so well. Among all livestock lines,
therefore, light-weights are preferred,
but by this Is meant well-fstted and
vell-finishei light-weights."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
CLIPPINGS.

Pacing horses are not in demand for
Europe. They have never become the
fashion yet, and few European horse
fanciers know what they are.
Ii Is the verdict Of good judges that
auction sales for swine are not an un-
mitigated success.
III New York had only few royalties
10 enter beasts annually at the live
stock show, what howiiug success it
would be. instead Of the unfortunate
orphan il now Is. The 400 would flock
In droves to gaze in unspeaksble awe
and admiration upon the big hog OF the
Prince Of Wales, or the fat heifer OF Her
Majesty, the queen, and all the rest OF
the lower millions would follow suit.
A swine belonging to His Royal High
ness would be an object OF adorstioa to
first society. Why do not the MANAGERS
of this poor starveling show take the hint
aud get Albert Edward to send pig or
some other beast to their display? Ii
would be thousands In their pockets.
Live stock association managers in Great
Britain understand this very well, and
royal aud noble names are always among
the list of exhibitors there. For instance,
the usual fat cattle show at Islington
this year was great success, with o74
entries. We know why 1t was success
when we read that among the animals
were specimens belonging to the queen,
the Prince Of Wales, the Duke OF Yorh
aud Lord Roseberry.
II barnyard manure be applied with
land plaster to the grapeyine--the plaster
| 10 much greater quantities than arc rs
| ually employed-we would have fer.
tilizer especially adapted to the produc'
tion Of grapes. IL is mistake NOT q
make greater use Of stable manure u
our vineyards.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16

"well. sir. it's just this way. sir.
Those Of US you SEQ here have broke
away from the others We have no heart
In il, you see. We wants to come
aboard, sir. We don't ask to be trust.
ed, but are willing to be put in irons
and carried 10 Australia for trial We
may he hung for what we've done, sir,
but we shall certainly be murdered II
you don't take MS aboard"
The sympathies Of the women. and OF
some Of the men as well, were at once
aroused, and they entreated the captain
to grant the request He silenced them
with gesture and said to the mutineers:
"Harkee. Dick Taylor and the rest OF
youl Your words are fair, but your
hearts arc black enough. know your
game, and say TO you that II there's q
man Of you left in sight when the min
uto is up I'll put bullet through his
head.
Away went tho rascals, heller skel-
ter, and they were only well concealed
in tho bushes when they sent up great
kissing and groaning and shouting, and
when that ceased they INDUCED in
threats to make the blood run cold. They
well knew that the iron cages had been
destroyed and that we hadn't pair CT
shackles or handouts aboard. No mat
ter how we secured them, II foolish
enough to take them aboard. some one
Of them would have found way to lib
crate himself and all others, and then il
would have been slaughter. / do not
think there was collusion between the
two parties, and therefore mention 1t as
o singular coincidence that directly aft
er noon the other and larger party came
down and stood on the identical spot
and made the same identical offer. The
spokesman i'm this case was also one OF
the sailors, and he stated that they had
driven Ben Johnson out Of the camp
and would have no more to do with
him. Captain Clark returned about the
same answer, and the words and actions
Of the mutineers left no room for doubt
that they had planned our destruction.
The next event Of importance sad.
dened all hearts. Mrs. Saunders was
not robust woman, and with the first
signs Of trouble aboard had been thrown
into u nervous fever. The women had
given her the best care they could under
the circumstances, but even the skill OF
Q good physician might not have avail.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
WARMING WATER FOR STOCK.

At the Minnesota experiment station
cows were divided into two groups to
note results of giving warm and cold
water. To the cold water group ice cold
water was given; the warm water group
received water heated to 20 degrees.
This is according to a foreign exchange.
The cows were stabbed warm and given
all the feed of the best quality desired,
and tested for three periods.
The results were in favor OF cold
water in all except the last period, al
though much more warm water than
cold was drunk. The cows were also
weighed at the same time TO see what
effect hot water had when fattening
cattle.
The conclusions reached were that for
beef cattle warming the water did more
harm than good. For milk and butter,
with warm stable and little IL any ex-
posure to the cold, milch cows do fully
"a well on cold as warm water. The
bad results from cold water in midwin-
ter come through the combined ill-effects
OF administering cold externally and in
ternally at the same time. In other
words, cold water NAV be the last straw
that breaks the back OF profit.-Ex-
change.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
LOOKS BRIGHTER.

There are several pointers at the
present time all settling on the indica-
ton that there is q better outlook ahead
for the cattle grower and for the beef
maker. In the face and eyes Of corn
crop so plentiful that no one knows
where the outlet for II is to be, and the
price OF 1t so low q. points where 1t was
grown that there is corn to burn, yet the
price and demand for really choice
beef has been strengthening steadily aud
surely. both East and West, all winter.
and to-da, holds every inch Of vantage
ground 1t has gained. All experience
shows there can he only one interpreta-
ton of such eondition-the supply OF
cattle Of which to make this beef IL rup-
ming short. Besides, every indication
and every fact goes TO confirm such =
conclusion. = The figures OF the cattle
trade go to prove it. The official fig
ures OF the supply Of cittle In the coun-
trv foot up total Of 46 600, 900 ar 2.000,-
900 less than year ago, and 100000
less than five years ago. At the same
time the increase Of population Is going
steadily aud surely on, and, too, the
people believe We are on the eve OF an
awakening OF the Industries Of the coun-
try, which will set the idle to work and
give the purchasing means 10 resume
their former consumption.
Figures from the Chicago stock yards
are in the same line. There were re-
ceived at Chicago last month $500 car
loads OF cattle. From Iowa there were
received 3,a0l carloads, against APP a
year ago; Illinois, 2,299 against 2,loS
last year; Missouri, l,s66 against 2.ls3.
Again, the Western cattle trade in
general is in evidence OF the same con-
clusion. The Breeders Gazette says:
mo such activity In the demand for
feeding stock has been known since the
[" eighties. Feeders are paying as
high as Sl.a5 hundred for choice feed
ing stock.
With all these facts In viey our Maine
stock farmers may well take courage.
Every good calf should be raised, what
ever the sex. They will all be wanted.
Don't be frightened out OF your own
good judgment by the hippant filings
against the general purpose" stock, and
especially sgsinst the general purpose
cow" Thousands OF just that kind OF
cows sre wanted on the farms of Maine
TO raise stock from and TO make money
out Of Thousands more are wanted
each year TO meet the waste Of numbers
furnishing the Boston milk trade. These
cows are in surprisingly short supply,
and the steers and the beef cannot be
forthcoming without the cows. Don't
overlook these facts. They are weighty.
Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
POULTRY NOTES.

Be sure your hen means business oe-
fore Won entrust her with valuable eggs
Do not look for large matches so early
In the season.
Give houses plenty OF air during the
dsy. and let your heavy breeds out 10
scratch and dig.
This is a good mouth TO start ineuoat-
ors more satisfaction will result thsn
earlier in the season. Buy your una,
chine from the most reliable maker, and
never experiment with one OF unknown
quality.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
A BACHELORS REveRIE.

oh, a home Is q terrible handicap
To soul that would fain be free;
IL has captured many priscned chap,
But it never shall shackic me.
Instead Of the cares would have 10 fAce,
In the same old rounds each day.
oh, give me room In lodging place
And lunch nc q chance cafe.
need never hurry to catch my car,
For haven't place 70 90,
And carly or late no meal mar,
For I'm dining alone, you know.
The hands OF the clock never chase,
For drift in an easy way,
Since l sleep In a transient lodging place
And lunch at chance cafe.
A brother of mine--l loved him WE'LL
Went wrong In his early ycars,
For he married and bought him q place
dwell.
(oh, the thought Of Il brings me tearsD
And there he has lived-whst Q pitiful easel
And there he will likely stay,
While I still, sleep In y lvdging place
And lunch at chance cafe.
sometime think OF his wife and child
And the vine at hts cottage door,
While I dream OF the perfect lips that smile i
But they smile for me no more.
And muse. "Ifthc saint with the angel fact
Had answered. me yes that day,
Would ! sleep In a transient lodging piacc
Or lunch at a chance cnfe!"
Il Nixon Waterman In l.. "A. w. Bulletin.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
CHAPTER XVI.
a CHAPTER or ADVENTURES.

It was the winter season in those lat
itudes, you viii understand, and before
we had been in the bay week We were
saving up some Of the planks from be-
tween decks to keep our fires going. The
day we buried poor MrA Saunders We
procured small supply Of fuel from the
shore. but there was little to Be had
without going into the brush fasther
thoU ~ omed % vsatuso.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
sow TO RAISE EARLY POTATOES.

HOW TO RAISE eAHlf pOiR'Oeo'
Take medium-sized tubers and put
them in shallow boxes filled with
sphsgnum moss. IL obtsinsble, IL not.
use sswdust or common garden soil ;
place the potatoes seed end up and close
together: scatter between them the
moss or soil, leaving only the tip OF the
potato exposed. As rule, the lead
ing sprout only starts. Place the box
in a hotbed or behind stove, In fact In
suy warm place, about a month before
IL Is time TO plant outdoors. Al the prop
or season, take the tubers carefully from
the box, so as not 10 iujure the roots.
and plant in finely prepared soil; set the
tubers four inches below the surface.
should there appear any sprouts except
the leading one, remove them, AS one Is
quite sufficient. Plant the same distance
apart as though the potatoes were fresh
ly cut. At lesst two weeks will be gain
ed by this method.-C. l.. Allen.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-16
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"srxED rHrrLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
IL solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID. HAM
xoSp, Agricultural Editor oxford Democrat,
Paris. Ne.
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N erVeS

Are ths Messengers e Se"'e'
system Of the human body
n.-ves extend from the brain to every part
Of the body and reach every organ
no.v.. are Ike fire good servants but hard
masters
s.rxes are fed by the blood and are therefore
ike it in character.
S..s viii be weak and exhausted II inc
blood is thin. pale and impure. :.
S... will surely be strong and steady II
the blood Is rich. red and vigorous
serve. and true friend in Hoods Sarsapa'
riIs because il makes rich. red blood
sa,vee do their work naturally and weu,-
the brain is unclouded. there are NO
neuralgie pains, appetite and diges
tion are good, when you take
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Begging our correspondents pardon, Is 10
possible that anybody In Paris, Maine, would
express his thoughts so profanely-on paperI-
I'D.
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would have throbbings
In my chest that seemed
uncomfortable. For three
months / could not sleep
and for three weeks did
not close my eyes. /
prayed for sleep. and
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fro BE oos1n'uD.l
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". II. CUNANT.
Hair Dresser,
BUcKTIELD. MI
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J. \. BAwsoN.
Drugs. Medicines,
BrCKFIELp. MI.
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49, SHAW,
~crs- Hariware, rinvare and Groceries
BUCKFiELD. Nh
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q. IA. HER>EY,
Attorney al Law,
BUCKFELp, ME.
THO>. :. BRID6HAM,
Attorney at Law,
BUCKFiELD, M.
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WN BURT,
Truck and ENpressman.
RrCKFIELD. ME-.
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4 DAMON. Maehinist,
Bicycle Repairs Of all Kinds
BUCKFIELD. M
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"HEN in Lewiston you win lind the very finest
In the eating line at Longs Restaurant
= Lisbon 81. Near Music Hail. LEWISTON. NE.
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BAGGING A BASILISK.
by FRED A. oPER.
DOWNRIGHT. 1sg7.l


1t was in the island of Nevis. about
midway in the Caribbean chain, that ]
had the best iguana hunting and first
tasted the delicious flesh of this big
lizard in a potpie.
At the time of my visit the chief mag
nate of the island was Sir Graham
Briggs, who owned vast estates in Bar
BADGES and had been knighted on ac-
count of services to Queen Yictora's
sons, Edward, prince of Wales, and Al
fred, duke of Edinburgh. then serving
as midshipmen in the royal navy. Al
though ! was neither midshipman nor
a prince of the blood, but a plain nat
uralist, seeking out strange birds and
reptiles, Sir Graham welcomed me
warmly and entertained me many days
at his mansion house.
Close by in the adjacent mangroves
disported the wary iguanas, some of
them fully five feet in length, and every
whit as fierce looking as the tabled
basilisk. One evening as we were sit
ting out on the porch enjoying the sun
set effect upon the green-robed noun
tains Sir Graham alluded to the album
dance and great size of these iguanas
and asked if | didn't want TO secure
some of them.
''Yes," I said, ''but it is difficult to get
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one in good condition for preserving as
a museum specimen. The shot from my
gun tears their skins 10 pieces and
spoils them"
"Oh, I'll fix that for you" replied Sir
Graham. Tomorrow morning I'll send
our boy Sheelah with you. and he will
get you all you want, without the least
injury to their skins, either"
So in the morning, very soon after
daybreak, Sheelah and started. Shee-
lah was what they call in the West
Indies ''red nigger;" that is, he wasn't
exactly black, nor yet white, but sort
of cross between. He had enormous
feet, hands as big as small hams,
nose that spread half over his face and
ears like pumpkin leaves. His mouth,
also, was immense, his lips rolled out
like the top of sea anemone; but his
teeth were white and regular.
Sheelah had his good points, even If
he wasn't beauty, and one of them
was his unvarying good-nature. And
be could whistle; from between those
thick lips he could send forth strains
almost as sweet and fascinating as
those orpheus is said to have produced
with his Tyre.
He carried no gun, or even Cub, for
the aperture of the iguanas, but mere
" a short lasso made of lianas, or
wood vines, to throw over their heads,
and a gunny sack to put them in when
caught / had my small bird gun, but
he cautioned me not to use it, as the
noise would brighten cur prospective
game.
Arrived at the mangrove-boriered
streams, we crept slowly along under
the spreading brasches, until Sheelah
pointed to a limb and said "Dah, dab.
Massa; you no see UNI? Golly, him
big one, fo' suah!"
] saw nothing but the mangrove limb
at first. but finally made out the mon
ster, lying close along il, so nearly the
color of the limb and leaves than l
should never have discovered it I'M
aided. Now yo' keep still, an me
whistle um to sleep"
The iguana was apparently a part
Of the tree, so motionless was he; but
when Sheelah said he would put him to
sleep, he seemed to wink at me one Of
bis diamond-bright eyes, as much as to
say: Just LET him try it; he needn't
AXE me for a possum."
But we both stood stock still, and
Sheelah pursed up his great fat lips
md began to whistle.
At first the iguana seemed disposed
o dart away. and | held my gun ready !
10 fire at him if he did so; but Sheelah
placed one hand warningly on my arm,
md let the gun fall again. The bright |
yes twinkled ualiciously. watching |
'lrr every movement. and the body /
remed TO be held alert for instant |
light. But at last. after perhaps five
minutes Of uninterrupted melody. the |
-igid form began TO relax, and the eyes !
10 grow dinner and DINNER, until thew /
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nruln was Good-Nntnred.

The truth seems to be that when bears
are fat and their appetites satisfied,
they are good natured; and at other
times they are like other wild beasts.
A man who has been spending a few
months in the woods of Michigan went
outfrom the hotel for a moonlight stroll.
and hardly 200 yards away he met a
bear. He was unarmed, and was afraid
to run, so he stood stiI. The bear ap-
preached within ten feet, then paused
and looked at the man. This position
was maintained for fully a minute;
then the bear made another step nearer,
halted again, took another look at the
motionless man, and then turned tail
and numbered away. It may have been
fear or good nature-no one can tell.
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our prizes before breakfast was ready.
And at dinner that night, amongst 9TH
er dainties served at that bountiful
table, were tidbits from the tails of
'guanas. The flesh, when properly
cooked, tastes very much like quail, be-
ing white, free from any Objectionable
odor and almost translucent. Neverthe-
less, many travellers cannot bring them
selves to taste the iguana flesh, because
the reptiles have so horrible an aspect.
Yet Sir Walter Raleigh tasted and APP
proved it long ago. The 'guanas, he