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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
FEMININE DAIRY WISDOM.

Dorothy Tucker writes as follows:
Do not make q sudden change from
dry feed to pasture. -,
Give the regular feed at the barn until
the cows become accustomed to the grass
and have plenty Of it.
Pastures should not be grazed too
early, give them chance to get good
start.
Give some grain even in flush OF feed.
III given some feed In the stable at
night they will always be found ut the
gate.
Ii Is poor and dangerous practice to
allow the bull to run with the cows.
II he IL young he Is liable to injure
himself. II old he will iIjure the cows,
and is liable to attack any persons at
tending them or passing through the
pastures.
Give him Q good pen and yard attach
ed where he can exercise. Select cool,
shady place away from flies as much as
possible.
IL he has plenty of water and good
food he will live in his little haven az
quiet and comfortable as q lamb.
You can afford to pay good price for
q &OOQ Uuus n POOt ouC 10 AOSAaSoS
extravagance as gift.
Be sure that your cows are treated
kindly and not hurried to and from the
pasture.
The materials to form the milk are
found in the udder untransformed to
milk before milking. But by sort Of
harmony existing between the milkeI
and the COW, and by the stimulus excited
| upon the glands by the mllker, the mill
| is largely caused TO form.
IL the COW 10 roughly treated this vii
no longer be transformed Into milk
hence finding no demand for her exer'
tons, nature causes the COW to dry up
at least to large extent.
II you want the largest yield and con
ssquently the greatest profit, you must
strive to have Q perfect harmony and
love existing between you and your cat
tie.
II does my soul good to 70 In stable
and see the large, contented and salts
fed eye Of the true dairy COW, With hel
large udder and tortuous milk veins.
Let the young heifers come up will
the cows and take their places In tn
stable.
Handle their udders and pet them. 1
viii make them gentle, and when the
take their places In the dairy there vii
be no breaking, for they win be alread.
gentle.
and quickly, and at The sane hear svsr'
day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
NECK OR NOTHING.
By JEANETTE Il. wALw0RTH.
copyright. 1897. by the Author.l
(coNrNUED.)

She plucked ut the ruffied rim Of her
big sunbonnet bringing it farther for
ward over her distressed face. A chok-
ing sob and audible shifting came from
its deep calico recesses:
"Motheri This comes Of your going
up to the old house Il Just makes You
miserable As long as we have torn Il
all to pieces and consented TO stay here
with Mrs Strong until the men come
back you had best not go there ut all. "
Il expect you are right, honey You
most generally are But Eben and me
were very happy up yonder in the quar-
iers. in the old overseer's house, where
,very blessed child I've got was born "
With gusty sobs and gaspings that
shook her ample form tempestuously
Mrs Martin gave vent to her feelings
If only could have nursed 'em. my
dear. and asked Eben to forgive every
cross word ! ever spoke or ugly look i
give him, could stand it better But to
90 that way--oh. my God, that way "
1.-The way that thousands are going
every day IN these blood soaked times y
We'll. that ever should live TO sec
the day Is the world turned clean in
side out. Liza. or is it only me-poor
old Beck Martin that's lost her
,enses!'
Liza stopped to kiss the plain red
lace. smiling pitifully into the tear
dimmed blue eyes
II think II is the world. mother, not
you, that is turned topsy turvy Think
Of Mrs Strong. aud ii will help You TO
bear it Not word from the governor
since he left, nor from her son since
that rumor ui his being wounded Now
I must 90 to Mamie, IL don't want
that whole piece Of cloth ruined
ut is the stripes Mrs Martin
thought Of 1.-THE madam" and dried her
eyes Mamie says if you hadn't been
so ambitious to be stylish, with your
purple stripes in them lowells. 1t would
a-gone right. Every stripes different
width Here. take my sunbonnet. +"
well, you sec, minnie" said Liza.
tying the ugly headgear over her shin
ing brown hair, that piece Of cloth is
for our own dresses. and l should like
il to be distinguishable-slightly So
from Uncle Dolbear's jacket, and Mann
my Lucy's petticoats There. now.
that's done Drcnl' she held up her
coils Of plated palmetto, IF you dare
,c,ch th.a.A xrhtla I a,u IN af tina Inom
house l will not take stitch in your
hat for a whole week.
Dren waited prudently until the
heavy front gate had swung TO behind
her IT rctreating form. then flung defiance
after her.
But my mother will"
Your mother indced'
Mother Martin reproached herself in
simultaneously for the contempt that had
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
To BE Co.,TINURD.l
BEGGING EASIER THAN WORK
A. Least That's Why One Man sold Out
street stand.

A. Least That's why One Man sold Out
street stand.
once got rather curious confession
from a professional beggar, which II
true, and I believe it was, opened my
eyes to the reckless ways IN which
American beggars are made. Il had
been keeping sidewalk stand for
wears" said he ~ worked hard and
earned from 81 to 81 week. On that |
lived One night when ] started 10 go
home by the Mission street cars found
that my pocket had been picked. IL was
too far 10 walk, so i decided 20 borrow
nickel. The first man TO whom | told
my story gave me quarter without
hesitation. All the way home ! thought
il over. A quarter was a. much as |
made clear at my stand many day. IL
all ended by my selling out and going
10 begging, always telling my tist
story. / have done pretty well since
then and like the business.
One day met him in Union square.
"How's business?" | asked. He was
leaning against tree, deeply intent on
some figures IN book He slipped the
book into his pocket and began TO whine.
Never mind your regular story, |
said, II know il. Answer my question
like a man, and you may add dollar
20 your bank account. y
After little preliminary skirmish-
ing he waxed confidential.
II make it a rule, ;" he said, never
to walk less than 100 blocks each day.
Ii is very poor t'ock that doesn Z aver
age 2ls cents. Two blocks will more
often net me 10 cents. lie consulted
the book Yes, the average Of the last
six months is s. a day-that L., just
cents a block have been on this beat
nearly year now, and have my r'gu
lar customers. Excuse me minute.
He passed through the fog To the other
side Of the street and touched his hat
to an elderly acquaintance of mine who
was coming down the broad steps Of
the Pacific Union club. In moment be
returned with a bright new quarter III
his hand.
II told him my wife was better to-
day." he said, smiling pleasantly, "and
that she prayed for him night and day.
Well, 20 long, Your dollar passes the
limit today-and business Is over. y
Can you blame him; Five dollars
day is the wages of first class mechan-
ic. Why should not begging become a
profession when people are such easy
game!-Overland Monthly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07

Crop prospects throughout the coun-
try are positively brilliant as whole,
although New England and some states
farther west would welcome more sun
shine and n cessation Of heavy rainfall
for the time being. We do not recall q
season in many years when the nrst OF
June came in with such bright prospects
for the farmer, taking everything into
con onsideration. IL Is Of course too early
to attempt any forecast Of prices Tor
this seasons crops, but world ~ide
view of the whole situation furnishes
further basis for the hope that We nave
entered upon sn era of agricultural pros
peri,y and upward prices, in contrsdis,
tinction TO agricultural depression ana
falling markets which, with few unlm-
portant exceptions, characterized the
decade from iSS5 TO 1895. As early as
July and August last, the Homestead
pointed out the reasons for expecting
larger measure Of prosperity Tor farmers,
and the season since has more tnan
demonstrated the accuracy OF our Judg-
ment. IL is certainly time ior the
farmer and his family TO be OF gooo
cheer.-Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
The NEW TURNER GRANGE HALL

The NEW TURNER GRANGE HALL.
The bids for the construction OF the
new hall 10 be built the coming summer
by the Turner Grange have been opened
though no contract has vet been signed.
The plans were made by W. K. Miller,
Lewiston. This Grange now numbers
about five hundred members. A large
hall Is required for their use. The plans
are drawn for building. 451SO feet, to
be constructed In q most substantial
manner. The front elevator Is elegant
in design. with broad verands, large.
ornamental windows and hiproof, broken
bv 4 broad, double, ornamental dormer
window of artistic design.
On the lower floor, AZ left Of entrance,
Is ladies' wardrobe and dressing room,
Is Y 10 feet; on the right Is the main
stairway TO second fioor and gents coat
room; and beyond these, with central
entrance. the banquet hall with table
and seating capacity for 80 guests AZ
one sitting. Beyond all is tine kitchen,
10 Is feet.
On the second floor, AZ the left OF the
entrance 10 main hail, Is parlor and
library, with csrpeted floor, Is ~ feet )
on the right, a large snte-room into and
out OF which lead the outer and inner
gates.
The main hall is Is 80 feet in clear
seating capacity, with n stage, 10 50
feet, and dressing rooms In either corner
Floor of birch, sheathing and nnish
hard pine, walls plastered and tinted
above wsiuscoting, steel ceiling aud
fri. re, and well lighted with high, large
windows located in pairs.
The cost Of the structure will be De-
tween four and five thousand dollars.
When complete ii will be one OF the mn
est halls for exclusive Grange use TO De
found In the country.-Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
CHAPTER XVII.

Trudging resolutely in Liza's wake
over the uneven cotton burrows along
the weed walled crossroads. with the
gray twilight rapidly effacing the IA.
miliar landscape. the professors daugh.
ter, consciously aiming to keep mp hes
courage, took refuge in leyity.
Don't You think Il would have been
the part Of prudence to have told youI
brother where to look for our bodies,
Liza, il we are not back by y o'clock
But I forget. We are presumed to be
virtuously reading French together In
the privacy Vi our own room at this per
lions moment" iaii AK aa
"The peril IL altogethes n yous imag'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07

"What is a song recital, Uncle Chris
topher!'
"a song recital? Well, somebody
sings all afternoon, and an audience Of
women talk through the whole perform
ance. detroit Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07

IL does not pay to use inferior or out
of-date tools. The beat are none TOO
good. Those doing the best work are
the ones 10 which refer as the BEST
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07

The Prisoner Of Chillon" did not
suffer in the cause of liberty. He was
trou ublesome rogue sent to prison for
mischief making and spent his term
there in making indecent verses.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07

MOteS THE GARDENERS FRIENDS
Your correspondent Of Vermont, tells
that old wornout story that "the moles
ate his ueighbor's peas" After all that
has been written about this subject IL
seems strange that any one should be
led into such an error. But az rule,
farmers are not very close observers un-
less they have had some special training
that has taught them 10 use their eyes.
Twenty-Five years ago, the late Charles
v. Riley, one OF the most accomplished
entomologists OF the world, and one OF
the most practical. made this experiment.
He took large dry goods box, filled IL
with garden soil and in II put six moles.
He also added 4 motley collection OF
grubworms, cutworms, fish worms,
beetles, etc. He also inserted from day
to day pieces OF vegetables OF different
kinds, keeping a record OF everything
thst went In the box. All decayed por-
tions OF vegetables were removed from
time 10 time At the end OF six weeks
he took his moles out Ia fine condition
and turned them loose and then went TO
sitting the soil. Every worm big and
little was gone and every piece OF vege-
table food WAS recovered or accounted
for and not one piece Of the latter had
been touched by the moles. Mr.. Riley
had recently returned from France where
there was fine Of five francs for killing
q mole.
Ihsve long been careful observer OF
the mole and its habits. When have
had piece Of ground infested with cut
worms or grubworms l have caught
moles and turned them loose, and II not
too much disturbed they will soon clear
Il OF worms, but In 25 years close OBJ
servsiion have never seen any vegeta-
BILE matter Of any kind eaten by them.
They feed entirely upon animal food.
They sometimes do slight damage by
lifting a plant so that Its roots die from
lack OF moisture. Your correspondent 8
pea vines were probably eaten by cut
worms and the mole WAS after the worm
and ten TO one he got him. Field
mice often do damage In garden and
field by eating the seed crop and careless
farmers sscribe IL all TO the moles.
Sometimes In q small garden moles be-
come 80 numerous that they have to be
removed, or a part of them. He takes a
hint without being knocked In the head.
He Is nobody's fool. II you want him
to move his quarters, keep his run way
trampled down from day to day except
the last five or six feet. The time to do
this is when he is working. He Is very
methodical. He burrows early In the
morning, from ten to twelve, and from
four TO six in the afternoon. In hot
weather he works soon after daylight
Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
AMONG THE FARMERS.


Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
10 solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 10 HENRY ID. HAN
noNp, Agricultural Editor Oxford Democrat
Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07

| A Wiseasset subscriber has a heifeI
which calved last September. After
this she WAS given daily one quar-, each
Of meal and shorts. She soon dried of,
but by perseverance the milk flow was
brought back to two quarts per day
Since then she has proved barren.
The heifer Is BY no means promising
one. Two quarts Of grain could not
spoil any ordinary heifer. Several times
that amount Of shorts should not iuiurs
an animal In her condition. IL meal
given zoo soon after cslving caused some
fever so As To dry up the milk, the small
quantity yielded later indicates an un-
profitable animal. IL she has fattened
so as TO become barren, the best thing
10 do is TO turn her for beef. Some AZ
ricul,ursl papers with veterinary depart
ments would advise TO send TO that de-
partment for bottle Of their celebrated
medicine for such cases, but 4 have little
faith in medicine TO cure complaints Of
that kind. Doctor Law says that the
preventive OF bsrrenness is sound
hygiene; in other words, keep animals
healthy by suitable feed and exercise.
Unless the animal in question is par
tieulsrly promising on account Of breed,
| doubt IL she will ever make profitable
COW. Far too many Improbable ami
mails sre now In the country. Failure to
breed Is sometimes caused by tuberculo-
sis In the generstive organs. OF course
il Is folly 10 bother with such animals as
breeders. An overfst COW may some
times be brought In condition again by
keeping her In short pasture where she
will have TO work for her living. II star
vstion is the cause OF bsrrenness, a gen.
erOus diet 10 restore vigor IL the proper
remedy. Withholding service one or
two periods Is effectual In some cases.
The world needs farmers and always
will so long "a days follow nights and
animal life Is sustained BY food consum-
I'd. How ever much the farmer may be
crowded by men In other industries, his
calling will never 90 entirely out OF
fashion. Neither will that OF the tailor,
the householder or the tool-mSker. IL
l. often claimed for agriculture that IL
is 1.-The most useful-the most healthful-
the most honorable occupation of man. )"
IL il enough for me 10 know that IL Ia
useful. heSlthful aud honorable without
setting IL above all others.
Honest, intelligent meu engaged In
some Of the many forms OF honest To-
dustry il what the world needs-alwsys
will need. Bot all are not equally fitted
hy nature 10 take up any given calling
We are what We are largely, in many
csses, through Influences that were In
operation long before We were born. A
hoy who takes no interest in domestic
animals, and cannot make pets OF them
when young, will hardly succeed as a
stock farmer, or dsirymsn. | am not
sure that boy Who never relished =
green apple would ever make success
OF fruit growing New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
A hEiesR THAT IS FAR FROM PROM
iSlNG.

DO NOT ADD ANOTHER To THE NUN
BIER OF UNrRorIrAsLE cows. ApAP
liability TO FARMING GIFT Oh
BIRTH.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
Cures q Prominent Attorney.

HKR. r. @. PHELPS, the leading pension
" attorney of Belfast, N. T., writes'
Avn III was discharged from the army on
account Of Ill health. and suffered from
heart trouble ever since. frequently had
fainting and smothering spells. Ny form
was bent as man Of 60. I constantly wore
an oyercoat, even In summer. for fear OF
taking cold. could not attend TO my busi-
ness. Ny rest was broken By severe pains
about the heart and left shoulder. Three
years ago I commenced using DR.. Niles
Heart Cure, notwithstanding had used 20
much patent medicine and taken drugs nom
doctors for years without being helped. DE-.
Niles Heart Cure restored me to health. Ie
Il truly . wonderful medicine and It affords
ma much nleaaure 70 recommend this rem.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07

edy to everyone"
DR.. Miles, Remediel
are sold By all drug
gists under . positive
guarantee. hrst bottls
benehts or money 70
funded. Book on de
oases Of the heart and
nsrves frse. Address.
DR. HlIW 1tDlCA
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
SUMMARY.

With common cows In common sur
roundings, and primitive methods OF
feeding, and disposing Of the cream to
the factory In the ordinary way, have
made nine COWS pay their running ex.
penses. interest on the investment, and
declared an annual dividend Of 53 per
cent. besides furnishing home marke,
for fodder and work, and We all know
thst home market Is the best 10 the
world.
10 other words, have produced but
ter In the cream at the door at coat OF
lis cents per pound.-Cor. OF New Eng
land Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07
NINE COMMON COWS m COMMON
SURROUNDINGS.
PAID rIrTY-THREE PER CENT OF THE
INVESTMENT. ECONOMY OF FEEDING
HAY. VALUE OF HOME MARKET.

The following account with nine cows
IL submitted:
To hay s2O5; grain sl65 "a; Ice $40 ;
pasturage $45; salt o.; interest on Invest
ment Of $500 al five p, cent el5; general
repairs %; work el5l.50; taxes s5 /;
hsuling grain $40; total s627.74
By butter, 2,6li pounds, $40 63 ;
milk, l,i60 quarts, s73; skim milk,
400 quarts. SaS so; skim milk, 345 81 /;
gals, e6S 43; fertilizer, 800; total,
s7s6. As.
B,lsnce iu favor Of cows Of el5S "a.
or dividend Of SO per cent on invest
ment
The COWS are common grades, running
largely to Jersey, and were bought from
adjacent farmers, costing S270. The
cream tank was purchased Ave years ago,
slightiy secondhand, for $50.
The general repairs include rent for
box-like Inter in an old barn. The
sctusl repairs have not been more than
% In the whole so years II has been used.
Hay is given 20 pounds for $50 days
and 10 pounds for 40 days, pasturage the
other % days. claim by feeding this
hay to cows have established home
market for II ut 80 per cent more than
the open market will take it for.
Grain Ia fed a full ration 210 days;
daily feed, corn meal, gluten and cotton
seed meals, two pounds each, bran four
pounds. have paid SIS, el1 and s22
for corn. gluten and cottonseed meal re
spectively; and for bran Sl6 per ton.
have inside no account OF shrinksge
Ia value OF cows. as think every dairy
msn should be sble, by judicious trad
ing, to keep the quality good.
The butter was collected Ia the cream
At the door, and we received lis cents
per pound net. MIX and skim milk sold
by the quart MAS charged Ave and two
cents respectively, skim milk fed TO
stock charged at one and one-hslf cents
per gallon.
The fertilizer does not credit the cows
as IL should, because we let II 60 To
waste. I allow that l save 55 per cent
OF the fertilizer produced.
SI-MAARy
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-06-07

Mother Martin reproached herself in.
simultaneously for the contempt that had
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-08-13
PRAYER BROKE DROUGHT.
"A Gully Washer, A Trash Mover, a Pine
r .aE-- | Knot EIoater,o -" yEzg=

"A Gully Washer, A Trash Mover, Pine
~. Knot FIoater."
From the Washington Post: tsIt was
awfully dry in Georgia once" remarked
MIR. George Dallas. There had been
no rain for weeks, and the corn and
cotton were burning up in the fields.
The creeks had begun to dry up, and
even springs that had never been
known to fail gave signs that their
supply Of the aqueous fluid was run
ming low. It began to look as though
relief could never come from the
heavens. Day after day blazing sun
shone down from a cloudless sky, blis-
ter1ng and withering all vegetation
and depressing the hardworking sons
and daughters Of the land with a fear
that distress would soon be their por-
tlon-d1stress that might take on star
Vatlon's form. About this time the
religious people Of the county began
70 hold prayer meetings to invoke as
sistance. of the Deity. In every COM
munity the good old farmers and their
families assembled to pray for rain.
Ihls was at an epoch when the scien-
tific ideas about producing rain from
explosives had not gained foothosd,
and no fakirs went about, as they
lately have done in Kansas and other
parts of the West, offering to bring
showers at so much per shower. No,
indeed; these were the times of simple
faith and belief in the efficacy of sup
pl1cation to the Omnipotent In one
nelghborhood in the county of Coweta,
where the drought was particularly
severe, a prayer meeting had been
called for certain day, and at the
time appointed a congregation OF sew
eral hundred sufferers met to beg that
the drouth be broken. 1t chanced that
a new preacher, who had but lately
come to that section, and who was, as
1 remember, an exponent CT the hard
sntil Baptist creed, was called upon to
make the principal petition He pray
ed fervently and with all the fervor
OF an agonized spirit % Lord said
ne, Thou knowest our distress We
beseech Thee come to our rescue. Lord,
we don't want any of your little
drlzzle- dozzles, but send US instead a
gully washer, a trash mover, and
plne-knct foater. Amen I hope I
may never gain pardon for my faults
in the next world if there didn't come
within the GseM hirty-sixS hours afser
the delivery. of that prayer the biggest
rain that had ever descended on
CoWeta county. The Oldest inhabitant
couldn't remember such another de-
iuge. 1t rained about three days with
out stopping; washed two-thirds of the
fences through a big region into the
Chattahoochie river; swept away every
bridge, and played havoc generally
And the worst of it was that those
miserable countrymen who had in
cited the preacher to pray his best
wanted to drum him out of the coun-
try because of the emphatic response
to his entreaty for rain