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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16
FARM FAGOTS.

The ripening Of cream should be done
rapidly.
Do not prolong the churuing or the
washing Of the butter.
The character Of the food influences
the yield Of butter from any COW.
In most instances . mixed ration for
live stock is preferable TO one composed
Of any one food.
Butter making like everything else,
requires close application and study IL
continued success be met with.
Pigs are particularly subject to rheu-
matte diseases In various forms. Cold
and wet sleeping places are the common
cause.
A dairy farm which carries cows to
It's full capacity must necessarily become
rich farm II rightly managed.
Milk IL extremely sensitive to the
presence Of any odor or taint In the food
Of the COW or In her stable or surround
ings.
With the best butter all of the work
ing required Is TO get the butter COM
pact and free from superfluous moisture.
Cream can be kept sweet until wanted
for churning by keeping it at q low
temperature, but It should be stirred
twice . day.
A big farm and q big mortgage are
not necessary to profitable agricultural
pursuits. ''There Is money in little
things" is true of farms rs well, espe-
cially II large ones can't be owned alb
solutely.-Fsrm, Stock, and Home.
More attention to the maintenance Of
the improvements and the fertility Of the
soil must be paid by the owners Of farms
rented, or they will see values lessen
and farm society and prosperity will
retrogrsde.-FarmJ Journal.
Three things too often done that make
horses fear their handlers and render
them really dangerous, u to slam the
stable door every time you enter, speak
in loud, hOsrse tone Of voice, and give
them n threshing while tied In their
stslls.-Dr. j. C.. Curryer.
Coal ashes contain q certain amount
OF mineral matter. In very many un-
productive soils there Is abundant plant
food, but the texture IL such that the
air cannot get to IL to make it available.
The ashes should be sifted and made as
fine as possible, and may be applied 10
liberal quantities.
II may be set down as . fundamental
fact that the jaws Of healthy animals are
at once the most economical and effective
feed grinders. And any one who Is
short OF feed or inclined to be q stingy
feeder, has often been convinced that his
stock Il well equipped, In this regard, TO
do the jab with neatness and Dispatch
C. L. Garrison.
Farmers should not object to scientific
farming, dairyiug and horticulture, for
the science Is merely practical work,
and results described in set forms Of
language. Every farmer, who describes
his method Of doing any part Of bis
work, feeding, milking, churning, shear
ing, fattening or anything else, Is talk
Ing science, which is merely practice
New York Farmer.
The man who IL not willing TO admit
that the hog is not dirty animal when
| he can get What be wants and keep
clean had better not grow pork. Pigs
will not grow or thrive unless their beds
are clean and dry. They win hunt for
things to eat In the mud II they must,
but they prefer 70 eat Oh clean plates.
Nice walks about the premises are q
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16
N SPITE OF the FUNNY MAN.

Theatre hass aren't ajkays high.
In spite Of The funny man.
And country chaps are sometimes NY,
In spite Of The funny man.
Her fathers dog y mot always Wild;
Sometimes you'll hnd . wclibred child,
And mothcrs-in-law arc sometimes mild,
In spite OF the funny man.
The poets don't have 70 hve on air,
In spite Of the funny man.
Those frontrow men sometimes have hair,
In spite Of the funny man.
Sometimes q brand-new joke 10 sprung;
Sometimes ballet girl IL young,
And sometimce wives are not al tongue
In spite of the funny man.
Society girls st balls wear clothes,
In spite Of the funny mau.
Sometimes man pays what be owes,
In spite of the funny man.
Sometimes the typist 10 plain In fAce;
Sometimes the church deacon 10 not at the rsce
In fact, this world IL quite decent place,
In spite Of the funny man.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

queer Cards OF SnreWd Lawyers.
Not all men Of the legal profession
are content with the severe inScrIp-
ton on their cards to which etiquette
and custom usually confine them. An
Ohio lawyer who makes a speciality OF
collections calls attention to this fact
by a novel device printed on his cards
and letter heads. On great red splotch
intended to represent drop OF blood
are the words, "Claims collected In
cold blood" the capital &C" for the
three first letters Of those words being
of sufficient size to encircle the other
words.
In Maryville, Mo-, q lawyer presents
his portrait on his card, with the sug-
gestive motto: "He that Is not with
you is against you. See me early"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

The Wisconsin experiment station has
proven that pig weighing 100 pounds
requires one pound Of corn meal and
half pound Of wheat middlings TO keep
IL alive without gain or loss. Three
pounds a day Of the ssme feed would
make pound Of pork, and II the grain
cost $40 per ton, the pork would cost
4 Ia cents pound, and IL be could eat
six pounds q day he would gain two
pounds at q cost Of three cents pound
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

In the earlier ages dancing was ad-
vocated as cure for sickness. Lycur-
gus brought back from India and
Egypt to Lacedaemonia notions Of med
lco-religious dances and enacted that
the Spartan youth should be brought
up gracefully and symmetricafly. In
Greece Socrates commended dancing
with q view to educating the mind and
body. for he looked on 1t as a health
giving device.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16
The "PAssINc OF The PINE"

Having read an article on the "Psss-
ing Of the Pine" want to tell you OF n
pine cut the other day, which, accord
ing TO the yearly record at the stump,
was "a years old. The butt cut, which
was 10 feet long, made 800 feet Of
boards. Unfortunately, at this point
the tree divided, but the two limbs made
nearly 800 feet more. Now, supposing
there had been 10 minutes work expend-
ed In trimming this tree at intervals, so
that Ii would have been straight and
free from limbs for good distance, II
would have made 1000 feet Of first-clsss
lumber, instead OF the 500 or GOO feet Of
second-clSss. Judge from this that It
would be . good investment for young
man, or = young state or nation, to plant
trees for timber, and am sure that
where person has tract OF land grow
ing up to pine, no kind OF work will
pay better than to trim off the lower
limbs, which will cause them to grow
tall and straight, making superior
quality Of lumber. Leaving the value
of the lumber out Of account, the i'm
proved appearance will more than pay
for the labor. Even II It is away from
the road where Ii Is seldom seen, the
owner will know 1t Is there. Q. Fer
guson In Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

A. B., Monroe County, N. Y, asks:
which end Of Q cedar post should be
put in the ground, and whys
Answer: IL has been claimed by some,
and perhaps Il now, that posts set top
end down would last longer than II set
the reverse wsy-the way they grew,
but there b no satisfactory proof that
sueh is tho case.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

Somebody remarks that they who
sneer at golf know nothing about It.
But It may also be said that many who
know nothing about the game are most
enthusiastic In Its praise - Boston
Transcript.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPHRD rns PLow.'

Correspondents on practical agricultural topics
II solicited. Address AL Communication In
tended for this department TO HENRY ID. HAm.
noSp, Agricultural Editor oxford Democrat
Payis. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

The fir tree Is the commonest Of all
trees, being found In every part Of the
world.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

Win hearts and you have all mems
hands and purses.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

WHEN In Lewiston You vin nnd the very nnes'
In ne eating Inc ~ Longs Restaurant
s. Lisbon 81 Near n Music Hall. LKwrsroS. NE
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

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TIE EXCELSIOR FRAME co.
Gold and silver Picture Franes'
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Sign Gold Hat. Mc6ilncuddy Block.
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c. II. rUTTLE,
Boots, shoes. Hats, Caps. Cent? rurnishinss'
W.Lrhe. and J-uesry. BrcKYrKLD. ha
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READ oURNEIGHBoRs'A s'ADyERrisAESTs
TAez come and bog General AerchAndise OF us'
c. B ATWOOD q Co.. BucKyrkip, NE.
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II. A BRADEEN. Milton Plantation, MAINE
groceries, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes 81
Bottom Prioes-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-16

They do say that two days later when
Cap'n Jacka walked up TO his own door
he carried the cinder sitter under his
arm, and that before ever he kissed his
wife he stepped fore and hitched it ON
q nail right in the middle of the wall
over the chimneypiece, between John
Wesley and the weather glass.
The labor world., 1900-02-17
Preparations For a Bath.

Billy Drach, the travelling man; tells
OF hotel experience in the interior Of
Arkansas that is looked upon by his
friends with suspicion. He had arrived
at a small settlement and at once
repaired. to the Eagle House, which
was situated on the outskirts of the
town on the bank of a small stream. 4
After dinner of side meat and corn
bread Billy lighted a cigar and the
proprietor said:
Stranger, is thar any thing we 'uns
kin do foh yo' all?''
Thinking to confound his host. Drach
answered:
well. yes; come to think of it. I'd
like to have a bath
The proprietor let his feet drop from
the railing upon which he had hoisted
them, disappeared in the house, II and
returned in a moment with a hugh tin
cup full Of soft soap. rough towel
and pick and shovel. which he
offered Drach
What's the pick and shovel for?''
asked Drach
Wal, stranger answered the land
lord. "th' watuh's low. and yo' all II
hev to dam up tn creek
The labor world., 1900-02-17

The fourth annual meeting Of the
nigh court supreme, Of the United
Order Of Foresters, opened yesterday
morning in Hunters hall, and closed
last evening. This jurisdiction en-
braces Northern Wisconsin and North
ern Minnesota.
Twenty-six delegates, representing
nine lodges and S31 members, were
present from Brainerd, Ashland, Clo-
quet, the three Superiors, West Du-
luth. Two Harbors, Itasca, Nickerson
Schoonmaker, of ST. Paul. vas pres
ent. Reports were very satisfactory
showing among other things an in
crease of 1l3 per cent in membership
in this, jurisdiction last year.
Officers. for the ensuing year were
chosen as follows: Past chief ranger
James Kelley; high chief ranger, j
McMurchy; high vice ranger, S. j
Bennett; high secretary, B. Barnham
high treasurer, S. w. Gilleland; high
physician, A. E. Walker; high CHIEF
archer, L. Kelly; high chaplain, E
Spence, West Superior; inner wood
ward, j. sButchart; outer woodward
Frank Wilson; high auditor, j. Van
deryacht; second high auditor, E. O
Olund.
The supreme court meets in Milwau.
kee in July and delegates We're select.
ed as follows: B. Barnham and J
McMurchy, of Duluth, and r. c. Moor.
head, of Itasca. A committee also was
anDOinte0 to draft a new set OF llSf
court bylaws.
The labor world., 1900-02-17
Loves Flreside.

The room is co3y,
And dark;
The curtains sway to and fro;
In visions rosy [ mark
The log flames futter and flow,
For 1 see the blaze
In a golden haze
In each windoW-pane swirl and blow,
Where it shimmers
And beams,
Where it glimmers
And CLEANS,
One blaze in six panes agloW-
Six little blazes in six little panes,
Though but one on the tiles I know.
One face in the log fire light
In a reverie beams and shines
One face in the log fire bright
Is mellow in all it's lines.
And then there's the selfsame face
A-smile in each flame-lit pane.
A beam with the winsome grace
OF a tender love refrain:
Six little faces
In six little panes,
Six little graces :.
All in a row;
Six little graces
And six little faces.
Though only one at my hearth I know.
When Loves fires smoldering low,
My fancies, like windoW-panes,
Reflect with her smile divine
The goddess that tends the shrine
Her face that scatters all woe
With it's charm that, never Wanes
Its hundreds of faces,
With hundreds of graces,
In Fancy's panes arrow,
Though hundreds of graces
And hundreds of faces
In Fancy's window grow,
Only one face,
IL With it's matchless grace,
At the hearth of my heart I know.
-R. K. Munkittrick, in Harper's s
Weekly.
The labor world., 1900-02-17

I know But Mas John has lost con-
would do his duty and execute the law.
In a, short time the trial was over and
the Judge asked Uncle Jack if he had
anything to say in extenuation of his
crime. The old gray headed man got
up with grunt and looking arc-id
upon the spectators and then at the
Judge, said: Muffin much, Mas
Judge, muffin much. Only dis, You
know all about dat old war which we
all got whopped, and you haint forgot
how l went out wild you to de army,
for you was a cappen, and old mastes,
told me to so along and take keer Of
you, and you knows / did de very bes'
L could for four mighty long years,
and how one time I got wounded and
| stayed by you Ontell you was we'll
again, and how anOder time you took
the measles and me, TOO. and stay by
you ana nus you, and how anOder
time dem Yankees cotch me and I got
away in de night and come back to
you and how sometimes you get out Of
money and out of sumfln to eat all at
the same time and you call me up and
and get lis sumfin', and l go out late
in the night and bring you chickens
and roastin' ears, and one time bring
you turkey, and you neber AK me
muffin about Wha,s 1 got him and you
never Civ me any money to buy him,
did you, Mas Jedge? You call it for
agln' den how cum it to be stealin
nOW?"
By this time the courtroom was con-
vulsed with laughter, and the Judge
could not conceal his emotion, for his
recollection of the old darky's faithful
ness was revived afresh. He Wiped
his brow and his eyes, and said: Mr..
Sheriff, adjourn court. Uncle Jack, I
will pay for that turkey, but you must
not do so any more. When you need
anything you must come to me. I
haven't forgotten you."-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The labor world., 1900-02-17
Wanted to be Present.

A Peeblesshire worthy was about to
get married, says the Scottish Amer
lean. The bride elect resided at a viii
lage some distance from where William
lived, and the marriage was to take
place at her home. The eventful day
having arrived, the prospective bride
groom started for the station On the
way however, he was hailed by the
village grocer, who entertained him so
heartily that the end Of it was William
missed his train. The grocer suggested
sending a telegram, and at. Williams S
dictatiOn wired as follows:
Don't marry till I come.-William. y
The labor world., 1900-02-17
his ride-to Laramie was outside the
scope of his scouting duty, and he
never received any payment for it
Washington Star
In the diplomatic" Corps.

Two bartenders walking imposingly
in line ahead of Senator Depew at the
la test diplomatic reception given by, the
president at the white house, says a
Washington letter to the Chicago Daily
News, have caused CONSERVATION
among the responsible members of the
chief executives household retinue
and an investigation is now under
way to ascertain just how these two
strange guests got in line among for
eign ministers, senators, generals and
other high officials.
1t has been learned that the two bar
tenders, whose names and places Of
employment are now known, did not
even have cards Of invitation. They
boldly presented themselves to the
doorkeeper as congressman, and so nu-
merous are the new representatives
that even the oldest employees at the
white house did not dare refuse tI N
admttance. The two bartenders had
personal appearance in their favor, for
they are sleek, fine looking men, But
no matter how we'll the trick was
played, it cannot be perpetrated, again,
this season at least. a.
Many great man whom they had
obsequiously served recognized them in
line before the famous and honored son
Of New York. The news was whis-
pered about, and SO it reached the
ears of those who did the routine work
of preparing for the reception
It is the aim OF the president during
the social season to give all persons in
the capital a chance to call on him,
but it is found necessary, for the pur-
pose Of preventing such absurdities
as those which occurred at the diplo-
matte gathering, to restrict the attend
ance Of four of the six receptions of
the winter by issuing cards of invita-
ton.
The labor world., 1900-02-17
An Arboreal wedding.

There recently took place in this
neighborhood wedding which was as
startling as any one could wish. It
seems that the bride had peculiar no.
tions about weddings ana sne had
made up her mind to have her mar
riage different from the ordinary cere-
monial. There We're to be no atten-
dants except the maid of honor, the
brides sister, and at the appointed
hour the family congregated about a
large gnarly tree, the Oldest growing
on the country place where the a1fresco
service was to take place. At the
same time the bride and groom, maid
of honor and the clergyman came from
the house, and when they reached the
tree they climbed it and the ceremony
was performed amid the foliage Of the
lower ranches.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The labor world., 1900-02-17
WHAT HE SAW on THE COFFIN.
An Expressman's Story About Carry
ing Il Corpse on the Platform.

An Expressmnn's St0ry About Carry
ing Il Corpse on the Platform.
8 II do not believe in ghosts. nor am I
particularly nervous" remarked the
express messenger but I once was SO
positive that | saw a spectre that I
was troubled with insomnia for many
nights, and I thought never would be
able to quiet my nerves again.
1T was back in the sos, and was
running between Kansas City and Den
ver on the u P. We made a small
Colorado station one evening about
dusk and found on the platform, as
had been advised, the grewsome pine
box, telling it's story of some unfortu-
nate who had gone to the mountains
in q vain search for health It so
plan as I might, could find no place
for the box. The train conductor came
UP to find out what was the cause Of
the delay. I told him OF my pceatca-
ment. He was equal to the emergency
in an instant.
Put it on the front PLATFORM he
said. The suggestion was good one
and in another moment our dead pas
senger was aboard and we We're rolling
over the prairie.
1T SO happened that I had car
with door at the end. About 10
o'clock snow began falling, and tci1
you it came down thick, as it often
does in. Colorado 1t was midnight
when thought Of the cornse. It would
never do to lose it, and the jolt of the
train might Jar it off the platform. The
night was clear. opened the door.
AS it swung on it's hinges looked out.
Then i slammed the door with bang
and jumped back in the car. I was
bolt upright on the coffin, with his
prespil'ing from every pore and tremb-
ling like. leaf.
What had I seen? Why, sitting
hands clasping his knees, was the
Whitest ghost any man ever saw. I
stood in the center of the car. ir-
resolute. I looked at my Winchester,
then l realized it would be of no use
against a spook.
Suddenly the door opened, and
there stood my ghost. 1t was a tramp
covered with snow from head to foot.
He stood there blinking at the light for
a moment and then said:
Say. Willie, you've ketched me,
anyhow, can't you let me get warm
afore you turn me OFF, Did let him
ride? Well [ guess. If I'd been going
to New York he could have gone with
me. I'm the last man in the world not
to show appreciation and gratitude"
Minneapolis Tribune.
The labor world., 1900-02-17
STOP AT THE UxDERTAKER's.
A Swell Physician's Remarks Anen1
Too Much Haste.

A Swell Physician's Remarks Anent
Too Much Haste.
''The sudden death Of former Surgeon
General Hammond said a physician,
"brings to mind with force the impor-
tance of elderly, and especially portly,
persons, who have suspected cardiac
disarrangements, Of making haste
slowly.
'"The eminent specialist succumed
after a hurried run up stairs Herbert
Spencer, though warmed by his phys
icians that death would follow any
undue exercise persisted in an effort
to vault. a. ,stile,s which he, finally did,
only to expire from heart disease a
few hours later. He might have lived
many years:
IT cannot understand why men and
women Of. all ages and degrees OF
health will race after street cars as
though their lives depended upon
catching "a particular car, when it IS
common knowledge that the cars are
run on a leeway Of from one to three
minutes 1t is the same impelling
reason, presume that will cause a
man. who is being carried past his
station to leap from the moving cleo
trio or steam car to certain injury or
death.
"In running the body is entirely
thrown from the ground for an instant
with each step and is the most violent
Of exercises. The heart and lungs are
suddenly called upon to respond to the
unusual and violent strain. and hem
orrhage from the latter and rupture OF
the valves of the former often follow.
The heart is tough muscle, but it has
it's limits The body, after all, is like a
cable-as strong as it's weakest part
"This is well exemplified in autopsies
upon the bodies Of athletes. In many
cases Of perfect muscular development
the lungs, heart or kidneys have been
found SO diseased that had not death
resulted from other causes this di-
seased condition would soon have pro-
duced it.
'In portly persons, in addition to the
pressure of tight clothes, especially
stays. fat fills up the thorax, crowds
the, lungs and heart and interferes
with their natural functions Undue
exertion causes 'shortness of breath or
queer feeling in the region OF the
heart This is natures warning, when
she condescends to give any at all, to
go slow, or else stop in at the under
takers on the way and arrange for
the funeral. Washington Star.