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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
MASSACHUSETTS, STATE GRANGE.
BELIEVES IN THE EDUCATIONAL Posi-
BILITIEs OF AGRICULTURAL FAIRS.

To the close observer and the careful
student, agricultural fairs are both In
structive and Interesting. He goes home
with higher standards, larger ideas, and
stronger determination to win. There
is neither fun, excitement nor interest
10 comparing notes with those Tar be-
hind you in the race for success. Ones
bump OF vanity Ia often sorely hit when
he finds the product Of his hand or brain
Is surpassed In many points by that OF
his competitor. Yet this experience Il
just what he needs, and from It he will
learn far more than by winning sue
cession Of first prizes against inferior
competition. Don't be afraid to enter
your hest for competition. II you fail
to WIN. don't get mad and accuse the
judges OF being partial, but In manly
way insist on knowing the ground for
their decision. Then next time try lit
tie harder. This course, persistently
followed, will Inevitably land you Ia the
"blue ribbon" class. Keep your eycs
open for the latest developments In farm
machinery. Remember, however. that
nearly every day so-called Improvement
Is largely an experiment, and unless you
have long purse, you will be better OF
10 let others demonstrate It's prsctica-
bility or impracticability while you look
on. Make a note Of the new machinery
and watch developments.
Would not our fairs be more instruct
tive II judges we're required to give an
exhibition or demonstration OF their
methods Take q COW, for instance, into
the centre OF a circular tent or 10 trout
OF the grand stand and point out the
marks upon which the scoring was based.
Take dish OF fruit or plate OF vegeta-
bles and do the same.-E. ID. HOWE, In
New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
THE MARKET.

Everything indicates that the cattle
m irket Is in excellent shape and the be-
lief Is general that stock raisers are
making money and will continue to dc
so for some time. A live stock con-
temporary, commenting on the situation
says:
"Present prices ought TO be highly
satisfactory IN range men. Most ot the
western cattle so far received have been
on the stocker and feeder order and have
sold at good strong prices. The man
who feeds these western grasses also has
a mighty good thing In Sigh, on account
o. the oceans Of cheap corn and grass,
so ths, this summer and fall Omaha ex-
poets To double discount all previous
records In the matter OF handling the
cattle from the great ranges OF the west
and northwest. IA usual, English buy
ers are looking for the best that America
has 10 offer. and In this connection II
NAV be worthy OF note that ripe, heavy
beef cattle are no longer sought after as
before for export TO England. John
Bull Ia demanding lighter material and
BUYERS have received instructions 10 keep
within the fourteen hundred pound
limit This fact has materially slim
ulated demand for stock running be-
tween 1900 and 400 pounds.
"The Chicago Drovers' Journsl points
out that such cattle are selling as high
as 1900 FOUNDERS which In times OF scar
citv have sold seventy-iive cents shove
them. The outlook on the whole for a
continuance of high prices for cattle l.
healthy and cheerful. The statistic Al
position Il strong. there being a marked
shortage In some sections. With corr
plenty and chssp we see M reason why
feeders should not do very well for
some time To come
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
CLIPPINGS.

Kansas farmers are holding wheat for
81 80.
Southwest Missouri hiss the largest
peach crop on record.
j. E.mes Of Sherborn has $500 grape
vines on his fruit farm.
The Westboro agricultural society
will omit It's regular fair this year.
Cotton and corn crops Of Texas are
way beyond all previous estimates.
Nebraska farmers are going into cat
tie and hog raising TO use up the corn
crop.
A Sherborn farmer sold ISL bushels OF
potatoes this season at 81 to Sl.l5 q
bushel.
The Georgia state university has a
new model farm Of 120 acres OF fine
farming land.
We all do the best when We keep with
In the lines that we have the most
knowledge of, and most OF US know III
tie enough, even after We have spent q
lifetime in the study Of few subjects,
The great secret-in reality there is
no secret about it-Of success In ship
ping fruit either to foreign or to q
domestic port, Ii to know how to PACK
that fruit In the most attractive manner
and solidly.
II any one has used up all his inferior
and defective fruit by canning or evap.
Grating and kept the remainder 30 that
Il is bright, hard and sound be can get q
fair price for II even II the market ID
glutted In late winter and spring.
We do not know that farmers com.
plain Of hard times more than other
people. We are quite sure that sgri.
culture Is not suffering more than o.her
industries, and not xs much as some
We think no industrious farmer Ia New
England has suffered for food Or ths
necessities Of life during the period ol
depression. They have had an abun.
dance of food, and clothing enough t0
make them comfortable.
In seeking = market for our farm
products, we are too apt to overlook ouI
nearby market. Aim to produce such
products as the surrounding market calls
for, anticipate the demand. Every
month Of the year some product Of thu
farm is sought for by the consuming
community, and II those products are q
hand purcnAseIs may DC IOuno W taSs
them.
II is important that COWS be regularly
salted at least twice week. II they
have salt before them all the time they
viii not eat moro than Is good for them
This regular sailing not only increases
milk yield but also makes u better
quality. Where COWS are salted regu
lxrly their milk will keep sweet twenty
four hours longer than viii milk iron
cows that have suffered for lack Of salt
The Babcock test Ii al right 10 Ia
place; I've used one for pears, would
not be without Il, bat II never made {
pound Of butter and never will, and III
butter were after and not butter Int
and the butter we get out OF . cow
milk b the test of her value, and not TN
amount Of fAt that the churn cannot 70
cover bat ths Babcock indicates.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
ENGLISH ROYALTY.
What IL IL said To Cost the British Tar.
paycr Yearly.


The chancellor Of tine exchequef went
out Of his way recently. says Labou-
chere, III London Truth, To explain how
little the monarchy costs England. The
crown lands. he said, belong to the SOW
ereign and produce 81, 0G0, 900 per an
mum. The queen receives instead OF
this revenue 81, 925, 600 and the rest Of
the royal family 81, ,060, 900. Therefore
the total cost Of monarchy 10 the tax
payer IL 1925, 0O0. The entire calcula-
tion proceeds on the erroneous assump-
ton that the crown lands are the pri-
vate property Of the sovereign. This
they are not. They originally formed a
portion of the general revenue Of the
country, out of which came the main.
tenance Of the sovereign.
That abject fiunky Lord Bnte, wish
ing TO curry favor with George III, in
serted in the civil list act which was
passed on that monarch's accession o
remuneration ly him Of tho crown lands,
and this reuunCiation by sovereign OF
what he did not possess Is the basis OF
the theory Of these crown lands being
the private property Of the occupant OF
the throne
According, therefore, to Sir Michael
Hicks Beach's own figures, monarchy
costs England s2.9s5.000. The real
amo1rt Is, however, much higher. for
there are numberless expenses incidental
to the institution which he does not in
clude. The hard fact remains that IN
France the president receives 5000. OOO
per annum and fultills with decent
splendor all the duties Of the head OF
the state, while with England the mon
archy costs nearer fI,000,000 than
1000, 900 francs A defense, therefore,
Of monarchy on the ground OF economy
hardly holds water.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
Rending Cardboard.

An English inventor-name or loca-
ton We do not find given-is said to
have contrived a tool capable OF being
attached to any machine or apparatus
having q transversing slide and a fixed
table that will bend cardboard without
the need Of score cut. thus preserving
the full strength Of the material at the
bend. The tool in question is formed OF
metal or wood and is in two parts, one
having recess on one edge and the
other straight edge, having the upper
edge rounded of to fit into the recess
on the edge Of the first part, allowing
space between eqnal to the thickness OF
the substance to be bent-the length OF
the straight edge to be made to the
longest bend required. In using the
tool, the second mentioned part Is made
a fixture to the table machine frame or
apparatus and the first part Is attached
to the traversing portion. By placing
the cardboard to be bent on the straight
edge, then sliding the second part over
and along the board under a certain
amount Of pressure, a bend in the card
will be produced. New York Sun.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14

vet. It was not Sangrado, but the black
shrouded figure of a woman, that next
appeared, coming from the front OF the
house. She glided along the wall to the
gate, which stood ajar, opened 1t and
entered the corral Then, turning. she
closed and barred the gate. She went
NO farther but waited by the entrance,
silent and motionless, her form pressed
like black shadow against the wall.
The minutes seemed long to Felix
and me US we watched with breathless
interest for the outcome Of this strange
pantomime. But the time we had to
wait was short. Along the outer wall
the slender figure Of Sangrado, wrapped
In long cloali, came with swift strides.
At the sound Of his light footballs the
woman started, then Lent listening at
the crevice Of the gateway. At the gate
Sangrado stopped, tried with nervous
haste to pull il open and muttered q
curse when he found that 1t resisted his
efforts. Fooled in the attempt, and find
ing that the gate was fastened within,
he stepped back and measured the wall
with his eye AZ IL he would try to scale
Il, then turned to the strongly barred
window us ii estimating his chances OF
being able to force his way into the
house by that opening. He stamped his
foot and again, in an undertone. vented
in curses his disappointment and anger.
The woman within the gate had not
thus far uttered q sound, but now, rs
he ceased his desperate attempts to gain
entrance to the corral she laughed-a
low, mOcking laugh. filed with the
spirit of exultation and derision.
At the sound Of her laugh SaDgrado
stood still and listened. Evidently he
recognized the one who had laughed as
his enemy, for he drew back and stood
erect and attentive, like serpent in the
act to strike. have, in the experiences
Of an adventurous and varied life, seen
many expressions unpleasant to contem-
plate In the features Of humanity, but
never have seen or imagined an express
sion Of bafiled hate to compare in fiend-
ishness with that I saw working upon
the face Of DON Gaspar Sangrado as he
stood before the barrier interposed be-
tween him and the contamination OF his
plot.
Again he looked at the wall as II he
would scale 1t at any risk.
Through all this pantomime Felix
and had stood with clicked rifles In
readiness for instant action. Should he
attempt 10 break into tho corral there
was no doubt what we ought to do. By
every precept Of the frontier code we
should unhesitatingly have shot him.
After that there were his follower tc
deal with.
But he did not make the attempt.
Even his ungovernable rage did mol
blind him to the fact that there was nc
chance to effect . surprise, and that tc
attempt 10 force matters now would, By
caudng an alarm, only endanger hil
safety without bringing him nearer tht
| accomplishment Of his purpose. Hi
arm moved restlemly behind him b.
nesth his long cloak - be again ~
proached tie sata The expeeagion q
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
useRAL GRASS SEEDING.

There may be reason for lightly seed
ing Of grains which will often from q
single kernel produce two, three or even
more stalks and proportionste increase
Of Yield. But Ia grass seeding this rule
does not hold; each seed can produce
but one stalk. This, under the most
favorable circums stances, may spread so
as TO cover wide space. But In grass
seeding everything ia at first against the
Young plant. Its seed Il small, while
the grain Ia comparatively large. Nat
urslly the grass plant is correspondingly
small, aud wholly unable TO compete
with the more vigorous weeds. which
are slways ready 10 smother It. The
only way 10 weedy ground, as most cul,
tivsted soil Is, must therefore be TO seed
SO heavily that the grass crop must from
the first have the advantage. This Is the
season for fall seeding. We therefore
advise TO seed heavily, and 10 addition
SOW some clover seed in the spring
which will iill In the vacant space;
which the fall seeding has not occupied
IL Ia AN old saving that nature abhors
vacuum. Ii Is never more true thar
when grass or clover and weeds are
growing together. There is no better
way 10 exclude weeds than 10 seed heav'
ily with grass or clover, either OF which
II seeded SO MS TO cover the whole
ground, Is the best weed exterminatoi
known America Cultivator.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
Some show Friendly and unseihsh Traits
DinicuIt TO Understand.

Some show Friendly and unseinsh Traits
Dinicuit TO Understand.
A French scientist has lately written
an interesting paper on altruism In AMI
mails, arriving at the startling conclu-
sion that animals are perhaps better
Christians than men. lie says, Ami
NAL societies are less polished, bot per-
haps more humane, all things being
equal, than our own, and gives several
instances Of animal species made use OF
by another and performing services for
the latter without receiving anything
In exchange
Among others is mentioned ths case
Of the crocodile and the bird trochilus
on the banks Of the Nile. This bird per-
forms two services for the crocodile. IL
enters into its mouth and dispatches
there the worms and leeches which
trouble the crocodile IL flies rapidly
away. giving vent % "A peculiar cry,
when the ichneumon, the enemy of the
crocodile, approaches, thus apprising It's
companion Of the ichnouDion' presence
In return the crocodile shakes its tail
whenever il wishes 10 close its mouth,
thus giving the bird warning. The croc-
odile in no wise recompenses. but con-
tents itself simply with respecting the
person Of the little animal. The service
rendered is unilateral. But IL IL easy 10
understand that by the exercise OF ex.
tremeIy little intelligence, If not un-
consciously, the crocodile may be led to
defend its trochilus.
Sometimes one animal will borrow
the services Of another temporarily, as
in the case Of the serpent who IL ferried
across "A river by duck, or, as fire.
auently seen. several animals assist one
another in crossing streams Of water, IN
lifting large stones, III moving the
trunks OF trees, in constructing dams, IN
hunting or in mutual defense. Aphids,
who have the power of secreting an alb
dominal fluid Of which ants are passion
ately fond. are kept by the ants In sta
bles like milk cows and carefully
watched. -Chicago News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
BY sLepee AN ) RAIL ACROSS SIBERIA

Siberian posting stations, II must be
understood, are not way-side Inns, and
make few pretensions TO providing &C
commOdstion for travellers. As the
slengcs drive up to the hAre--snd to the
foreign eye. at least, uninviting-log
building, the traveller can form fair es-
innate OF the probable accommodation
he may expect from the slzs and sur
roundings Of the desolate-looking spot
On dismounting he will be ushered at
once into the guest-room. which every
station can boast. and which In the aver
age post-s,ation Is the only one Mt the
disposal of travellers. He will fint the
apartment thoroughly and characteristics
ally Russian OF the rustic variety.
The room NAV be large, but II Is never
lofty, aud he vii! find IL singularly bare
Of everything which In any other part OF
the world IL associated with ideas OF
comfort. Clean and bare, with few
seats Of any kind, and those OF the plain
est, It's principal feature the huge oven
like stove In the centre, and It's only at
tempts Mt ornament the "Icon." or imsge
OF the Virgin, with It's little lamp or
candle burning before lt, In one corner.
and the equslly omniprescnt portraits Of
the royal family scattered here and there
about the walls. 10 this room the trav-
eler waits, and usually eats, during the
delay occssioned by getting change OF
horses; and should he be unfortunate
enough In be compelled 10 walt over n
night before he can procure them, he
sleeps here also, finding his own bedding
| and wraps as matter OF course. Here
and there, indeed, a more extensive es-
tablishment may be met with where
there are three or four guest-chambcrs,
hut even In such cases they are no more
than repetitions OF the ono described.
These larger establishments generally
boast separate accommodation for the
yemschlks, who otherwise have TO find
accommodation with the family OF the
station keeper, not unfrcquently In q
single apartment. The posting yem-
schlk, or driver, II must be understood,
Ia, like the relays OF ponies, attached to
his own particular station, and passes
| away with his horses on receiving his
d>ink money Of ten kopecs--, little more
tlan i've ccnts--to b, relieved by a new
one belonging To ths next stsk.. lie
r, Il cts the v,rious tribes and nation ,li-
ties that inh ,bit the country, and may be
Russian, n Cossack, n member OF a
most any Of the eastera tribes, or even,
Oh occasion, u Menchu or Mongol. IL
matters little, however, what hi na-
tionality may be; 10 ippearance this
mummviike ii .ure ia very much the
same.--II 'rper's Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
A pARsON,s STORY.

An iiinerant psr.on. tells thu, way out
''in the /, K woods" he. cane, one day,
10 settler, house, snt t,n.\rcd TO h I'VE
talk NTH II. iDmste-. Tn. old woman
Of the house bee inc much Interested In
the preachers discourse, aud requested
that he conduct family worship. She
also insisted upon hunling up her family
Bible, to be used upon the occasion.
She left the room 10 look up the Bible,
but seemed TO have hard work fading
it. The minutes passed, and she came
not. The preacher had time to grow
impatient before the old woman reap
peared, with few tattered leaves In her
hand.
She handed them over, with an apollo
getic air. "l'm awful sorry, parson,"
she explained, '.but the fact Is, l didn't
know was SO near out Of Bibles "
Editors Drawer" Harper's Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
o. G. CURTIS.
PLANETEER. 1868
(STANDARD,)
ELECrioNEER, LIS.
sfaF OF

Arton G- ~: Pslo Alto ses ls: sunol a. -;
AMI ~ others trorn ? % tosls daughters arr
dams OF Crafty, 2 II Ia, AMI IS others
| lst dam HelpmAie. nv Dam 90 Hugo. ? q ?.
brother % Planetserl. by Planet. sire of the
dams OF 8. Including Pslo Alto. so> l-s. AMI
others.
81 dam Fun Cry. by vanslal.
81 dam spr,nghrook. by Lexington.
ELFCrIoSEER rs. by Hamble,nnian. 10, si-e
of Nettie ais. snd - Others. psughtcrs are
dams % ITO. Including Stamhonl. sG ls. Hal.
Iona. 2 N l.s. Greenlsnder. sls. and champion OF
two miles IN harness. Ss, and xrand sire "f lsii.
Including Nancy Hanks. sM. Mascot. zoo. nr~t
dam Grrcn Mountain Ns,d. who has nine In
= a and better. making her the greatest brso'
mare. abe is also grsndarn OF ia. inclun,nx
Arion. s0- 50. anil hohier Of the two-year.oh
record. ain 81. hy Harry Clay, -. second dsfn
Shanghai Mary. not traced
PLANET got rame Winnie: iar, Of Pslo Alto.
? o. lie: Paols. els. Atiro. ais ls; Gertrude
Rnsseil y l-s and Big Jim, y ls and i
fun broshcr 10 EScheauer sssl. Sire OF Lucille,
q. and Rigoletie. 2 -
vANDAL 20, the dam OF Praetor. :. - IL. sire
of Charley Green. "a L.
IMP. TRUSTEE appears as frequently In
,rcstinx pedixrces as almost any thorouxhbresi
In PAlo Alto. o. l-.. Hopeful. ia St. Antieo,
sls Ia. and others
IMP. GLENCOE. thoroughbred, ya the
seoooi dams OF Faronia. sla. and J. h Hcha-d-
| son 2i7 q; while his thoroughbred son Rihe-
man got col. Lewis. ais 50; and Col. Grayso
another thoroughbred son, got the dam OF Lor-
| eta T., els Ia.
BOSTON Ctwioe abOyel got the second dam OF
Maud =. e 50, Nutwood, sls "a, tgreatee'
| living sire. and others
| LEXINGTON, the greatest central figure OF
running pedsgrees, contributes once eighth OF the
blood Of jay Eye See. 2-l0 trotting. sG IA
pac!nx Sunoi ete 81 Cungstone. 2A; and one
quarter OF the blood OF Ansel, 40. Nora Rel
mont. ss7 Ia. Lady Prewitt. sso. and Temple
aA-
PLANErEER. bay horse bred by GOV. stanford
Menlo Park. Cal, foaled lssc. i3s hands high
weighs ioss lbs out Of harness. This IN com
pSetly built horse with the best of feet and fgs
| with a perfect disposition His speed has nod
4 been fully developed. oDiy being In trAising
short time when he met with a railroad accident
/ which threw Kim out OF training. He has showr
his ability 90 beat 2 ~, and hal IL not been fo'
/ the accident, he pcw would have been In the hst
BEING own brother 10 Hugo, 20. "a. and bre.
the same ss the great Palo Alto. ss IL. we iooi
i for him 10 prove great sire
/ Win stand for the season Of lss,.
AT CHARLES PRESCorT's STABLE,
SOUTH PARIS,
| Except Every Third Saturday
At BETHEL.
Every thiri SATURDAY. beginning June I.
TERMS. sise To WARRANT.
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Archbishon Janssen ms.

The late Archbishop Janssens Of New
Orleans left an estate Of only about
5000, which he inherited from his
father, aud three-fourths Of il he be-
queathed for religious and charitable
purposes. He was entitled to hand
some salary for years, but drew barely
enough to pay the actual expenses for
his simple living. having allowed the
remainder to accumulate to pay of the
debt Of the diocese.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14

'It won't be long" said the man who
loves to talk science at the table, "before
all our engines and that sort Of thing
will be run by the heat OF the sun"
But" asked his wife, ''if they 60 TO
using up the heat of the sun that way,
won't IL make the weather too cold TO
grow cropsg'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
NUMBER 81.

deadly hate upon his face belied the soft
tone in which he spoke.
"Lupita, he called in tone gentle
and insinuating, "Lupita, mia carisst-
ma"
The black mantled figure within the
gate moved little aside 30 as to place
the solid wall between her and the man
who spoke.
80. Senor Sangrado, she said In
tone as derisive as her laugh had been.
lit appears that you recognize me.
What have you to say 10 me nowf"
fro BE CONTINUED
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14

Tomintoul, in Banffshire. Scotland,
Is the highest village above sea level in
Scotland-if not in Britain Until re-
Gently this village was comparatively
unknown in the tourist world.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14
FUN At THE FAIRS.

There Is lots of fun at the fairs II you
know how TO get IL, says the Jersey
Bulletin All men are good nstured In
large crowds and always ready for
Joke or frolic, while there are always
present one or more odd characters TO
keep the ball In motion. Be good nat
ured like the rest aud open your eyes
and ears 10 learn. Get all the papers
that are offered, along with marvellous
samples of patent things, and II you
can't take your wife with you then take
the samples home to her. Take the
boys along and give them u good time
Make them pick out the best animals be
fore they 60 in the ring. Write this
down on the fair catalogue so ss to make
no mistake, and then reward the boy f0l
all the correct guesses he makes. Study
the animals with the boys and with the
owners.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-09-14

It's putting the finishing touches upon
any kind Of a product that brings ID the
most and the cleanest profit. Crude
products jostle each other In the markets,
but the product Of fiue finish Is rare and
brings the high prices.