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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
STATE POULTRY AND PET STOCK
SHOW.

The interest in the coming state poul-
try show in December, both in Maine
and outside is something phenomenal
and nothing can prevent our having in
Maine a great winter exhibition equal
to any in New England. Special atten-
tion is paid to the question Of utility,
and great prizes will be offered for
dressed poultry, eggs and especially egg
and poultry-making breeds. Here is a
field where the growers of Maine, the
farmers of the state, should prepare to
compete.
One prize of $50 is offered already on
dressed poultry in addition to the liberal
list of premiums. The opportunity is a
great one and every man who grows
poultry should get ready to enter at this
exhibition. The list of special prizes
thus far recorded is a great one, and the
Augusta business mems list is but an
indication of what is coming from all
other sections.
Hon. J. F. Hill, $50, best specimen
dressed poultry.
Hon. j. H. Manley, $25, for heaviest
bird, hen or cock.
$25, not yet placed.
Maine Farmer Publishing Co., $40, not
yet placed.
Again We want to urge that the name
of every interested poultry breeder be
sent A. L. Merrill, Secretary, Auburn,
Maine, who will forward the advance
catalogue and literature. Now is the
time for Maine poultrymen to get into
gear for an out and out poultry show
Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN
FARMING

/ was 10 years old when I first became
acquainted at his home with James
Lawton, and for the first time saw a
farm kept in really good order. Won
dered much how the farm was thus
kept, for Mr.. Lawton was no longer a
young man; he did not keep hand reg.
ularly, and his two sons were in school
most of the time. So one day asked
him how it was. He did not beat around
the bush, for he knew the facts as well
as did, but said that he thought it was
accounted for by his working in the
winter, when most farmers were idle.
But afterward he gave the answer in
different wOrds-words / have remem-
bered during all the years which have
gone to change the boy who heard them
into man well beyond the meridian of
life.
1t was a sharp morning in early
spring, little snow had fallen in the
night, and we were sitting before the
fire in the huge fireplace. Ah! can
feel the glow of that fire of oak logs
yet. Speaking to one of the boys, he
said: "Lew, if you'll get old Doll up we
will move those timbers before the sun
melts the snow" Then, turning to me,
with a twinkle in his kind old eyes, 81
have observed that the great secret of
success farming is to be prepared to take
advantage of every snow and every wind
and every rain and all the sunshine. e."-
Stephen PEBBLES in New York Tribune.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
FARM NOTES.

A cheese maker who suspects that
somebody is sending him tainted milk
has only to take off the lid of each mans
can and smell for odors. After milk has
been shut up for an hour or more any
taint can readily be detected in this
manner. Look into this matter at home.
The bone cutter is as necessary to the
poultryman as his feed mill. 1t enables
him to use an excellent and cheap food,
and gives him profit where he might
otherwise be compelled to suffer loss.
1t is claimed that bone-cutter pays for
itself in eggs, and really costs nothing.
Bones are now one of the staple articles
of food for poultry, and no ration
should have them omitted.
While the Leghorn is not leader as
table fowl, they are not wanting in
merit. It is seldom that a Leghorn is
found over fat for the table, and in
stances are fewer whore they are found
too poor in flesh, They are always In
good, muscular, eatable order. The old,
old charge that the Lsghorn is leathery
is an instance of highly developed the
ory, which is like the house builded
upon the sand-it is true only on paper.
As strange as it may seem, it is only
occasionally that we can find out just
what any building q farmer puts up
costs, because there IL considerable Of
the expense, such as hauling material,
boarding workmen, and great many
little things he does himself, that
he does not cOuut: 40. consequently.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
ROYAL s:,;'*s ss*"ts
~ ABSolurEYp Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
CAPITAL TEN PeRcENTERs.
Government Clerks Who Lend to
Their Fellow Workers.

Government Clerks Who Lend to
Their Fellow Workers.
81 reckon I'll sell my salary this
month";" remarked the young census
clerk.
ITO whomY asked his friend.
why. to one Of the ten percenters,
Of course" was the reply.
Dialogues such as this are Of fre-
Quent occurrence between government
clerks in Washington toward the end
of the month. When clerk sells his
salary to ten percenter, he gives the
latter an o U for the entire salary
due him on the following pay day and
receives In exchange 90 per cent Of the
amount. The man who makes the loan
retains the remaining 10 per cent
whence his name of ten percenter.
The ten percenter is said to exist
under one name or another In all Of the
great federal department buildings In
Washington. He Is invariably shrewd
government clerk who has bit Of
money of Sis own or has saved his sal
u
a tidy little sum. This capital he Is
ever ready to lend In sums of from $40
to 500.
In a majority Of the Washington Of
fees the laws against usurers are so
vigorously enforced that the ten per-
center Is unable to transact business
In safety as an individual; he exists
nevertheless under the protecting title
Of beneficial society. These fake So
cieties should not be confused with
the mutual beneficiary organizations
which have been established for a
number of years in many Of the de-
partments, notably the government
printing office. for the purpose Of aid
ing sick or disabled members and their
families and Of burying the dead. The
ten percenters' society never includes
more than five or six members. They
have their charter and carefully
drawn constitution and bylaws.
Each member contributes a certain
amount Of money to the funds Of the
concern, and the other employees Of
the Office are quietly Informed how
they can be accommodated with loan
for small bonus. On the first of every
month the pool divides its profits.
These organizations are usually short
lived. as they become unpopular when
the business begins to grow large. The
death Of one fake association Is rapidly
followed by the birth Of a successor,
differing from its predecessor In name
only, so that the ten percenters are en-
abled to ply their trade without much
interruption.-New York Sun.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
seveN IONS HAY peR AcRe.

SeVSN IONS HAY zen AChe
Ny first crop Of hay for 1901 was
7e, 400 lbs. ! now have the second crop
in the barn, which is "a, 400 lbs. The
total from the two crops this year from
the seven acres 102, $50 lbs, an average
OF Il, ,721 lbs. per acre. Certainly more
than seven tons Of well-dried hay per
acre for the year. The total cut in IL
years from the 7-S acre field Is 96 tons,
$50 lbs. could now get more hay by
sowing new 8 ed upon this section, but
think that shall continue another year
or more to see how long timothy and
redtop can be kept going with once seed
ing, when each crop Is fed with bone,
potash and nitrate of soda.
don't confine myself entirely to the
cultivation of grass. sOwed an acre OF
oats for hay this year, and the yield was
$3.50 lbs. Cut in the milk it makes ex-
cellent feed for horse or COW. also
sowed IA acres to Japanese millet on
land that is quite dry, but the season
being wet it grew to s and Z #. high and
yielded, when well dried, 1900 lbs. 1t
took nearly two weeks to dry it. Some
one said that it was bad plant to get
started in the land, that it made the
land foul, so removed it from the field
where it grew as soon as possible, and
with the cutaway disk harrow killed 1t,
but it certainly killed hard. could
have killed the hardest sod on my farm
easier. If / had let it alone it would
have produced three or four tons more,
and seed enough to have covered the
town. When sown on moist land early
it will make two large crops, 10 or IL
tons to the acre.
/ sowed some timothy and redtop the
first of November, 1900. The grass did
not come up till spring. let quarter
of An acre of it stand, fertilized it as
usual, and cut it the middle of July. 1t
produced less than 200 lbs. of hay.
Three and one-half acres of the same
kind of land adjoining, sown 40 days
earlier, produced 81, AIS lbs. of dry hay
cut July l. q
From time to time there have been
some questions raised about making
money in intensive grass culture. Below
| give the results of seven acres for IL
years, giving the facts and figures cover
ing all the outs and ins. have figured
the price of hay at $l2 per ton, but the
average price for which have sold it
has been over $40. Labor to intensively
cultivate the soil, $129; 1876 OTIS. timothy
seed, $3.50; 1876 qts. recleaned redtop
seed, $1,000; sowing grass seed, $l4;
, 1-2 tons fall dressing at $50 per ton,
,S l-2 tons spring dressing at s4l,
s1lSS.50; total cost of production,
total product, 5SS tons, and at
bl2 per ton, $7058; less cost, $l474.60;
profit in II years, 1851. .40.-New Eng
and Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
NOTICE.
STATE OF MAINE.

Unpaid taxes on lands Of non n-resident owners
situated In the town Of Paris, In the Coens!
Of taxes ON real estate Of nonresident owners
In the town Of Paris, for the year Isoo, com, y,
mltted TO me for collection on the nrst day OF
May, 1900. remain unpaid anu ,,ss.sSs
and charges, are not previously paid. 80 much OF
the real estate taxed rs Is sufficient and neees-
sary 20 pay the amount due therefor. inciIa,
Ing interest and charges, will be sold as puo.c
auction AZ New Hall In South Paris village In
said town, on the first Monday Of December
1901, at nine O'Clock A. NJ.
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Above them was the yawnlng crater,
nearly a mile In diameter, through
which the sun gllnted dlagonally. re-
fected back upon the verdure which
surrounded them by the glasslike sub
stance of the mountains shell. Always
in shade, yet ever In sunlight while the
sun shone upon the world-such was
the condition, and the consequence was
q tropical climate without the intense
heat which accompanies 1t. There was
water in abundance, too. and near the
center of the Edenlike valley, more
strange than all, were the ruins Of
house of stone, or rather Of obsidian,
where somebody at some time long ago
had dwelt.
Entering It, they discovered upon the
floor of one Of the two rooms which 1t
contained the skeleton of man. and
beside It a block of smooth obsidian.
upon which there was an inscription.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29

Henrietta" said Mr.. Meekton, do
you remember the moonlit evening
when asked you to marry me%
81 trust, Leonidas, that you are not
eoing to become sentimental and silly"
'Not bit of 1t. But I often recall
the occasion with interest I can new
er quite understand how I managed to
talk 30 familiarly to you without SEEM
ing Observation-Disclosures Star.
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y
! they were smoking their pipes on. tn
after deck. There was not o breath o
air stirring and had not been for weeks
and already they were more than thre,
weeks out from Batavia.
"We cannot take her three fathom
| without wind" replied Craddock tes
tily.
"But that will come after awhile.
laughed Thorgensen.
AYE. that II will-too much Of i
! when II does come. fear. Ralph! Ths
devil has been In this voyage from thu
start. During all the 20 years that WI
have shipped together we have never
had such an experience as this one ],
all comes of our giving up steam and
taking TO wind jamming again. because
we thought that we could make for
tune with the schuylkili and quit the
sea. The sea will never permit NJ tc
quit her. Ralph; mind that. We are
under life contract to her. The burn
ing of the bark proved that"
Thorgensen laughed aloud.
"In the doldrums. eh, Grad? Cheer
up. mate; we're together. anyhow. We
have plenty to eat and drink. place
to sleep. the weather Is warm. and-l
say, Craddock. when did you take an
observation?"
'I don't remember. A week or more
ago. 1t Is on the log"
I'VE have drifted some since then"
Naturally. I'll take another tomor.
row."
"well. it's your watch on deck. and
I'll turn In"
The Norwegian nodded and, whistline
gayly. for nothing seemed capable OF
dampening his spirits, went below.
At midnight Craddock called him and
took his trick In the cabin.
The Norwegian nodded ut bis post.
He threw himself upon a coil Of rope
near the wheel, yawned sleepily and
with one last glance at the starlit sky
closed his eyes in slumber. He had
done It night after night. What use
was there in keeping watch over that
deserted sea where never sail nor a
puff Of wind was evident?
Two hours later away of toward the
southeast. seemingly out Of the sea,
appeared a cloud. 1t rose and spread
and grew. becoming denser and blacker
as It scared toward the zenith. driving
onward In the direction Of the becalm-
ell schooner with frightful rapidity,
muttering ominously like huge beast
charging upon suddenly discovered
prey.
With rush and a roar It descended.
The schooner heeled over on her beam
ends. The Norwegian was flung like a
puff ball into the lee scuppers. stunned,
bleeding. senseless. There came snap
ping and then crashing like the BOOM
Ing Of heavy guns. and the three masts,
one after another, went by the boards.
Huge seas which had leaped up out Of
the ocean at the call Of the tempest
came tumbling and pounding and beat
ing over the III fated craft, tearing
away the wrcckage by fortunate cir
cumstance and thus permitting the hull
to half right itself.
Then out through the confused mass
of ropes and spars and stays and
shrouds leaped Craddock. He seized
an ak and felt his way through the in
tense darkness from place TO place.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
All Cork.

"There goes q man with two cork
legs. You'd never think It, would your
"Go awayl Didn't / just see him
running across the street like deer to
catch that street cart He couldn't 90
that with cork legs, could her
Certainly. II. as happens to be the
case, he was born In Cork.-Boston
Courier.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
Domestic Difference.

Mrs. Enpeck-James, you are good on
language. What is the difference be-
tween exported and transported?
Mr.. Enpeck-Why, my dear, II you
should 60 to England. you would be
exported, and I-well. | would be trans.
ported.-Sunny South.
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L00WtS.
striking here. cutting there, with every
stroke releasing the vessel Of part Of
the weight she was dragging and which
threatened to accomplish her utter de-
struction. At last In one Of the vivid
flashes Of lightning he discovered bis
friend wedged In between the broken
pinnacle and the port rail. BY exert
Ing almost superhuman effort he sue
ceeded In dragging him aft, and there.
after lashing himself and the Norwe-
gian at the wheel he seized the spokes
and slowly but surely shifted the rud-
der until the schooner few dead before
the wind. travelling with frightful We
locity. q dlsmantled. useless thing. with
the wind bowling over her and the boil
ing, seething water drenching her from
end to end.
A blacker night there never was. 1t
was as though blindness had descend
ed upon the world, and Craddock set
his teeth, clung to the wheel and hoped
against hope that in the maddened rush
of the disabled vessel no rocky reef
might loom up out of the night to check
her in her wild career.
Later-and the time seemed intermi-
nable to Craddock-he heard the voice
of his friend calling to him out Of the
darkness. Consciousness had returned
to him. He was not dead, and present
" they stood side by side at the wheel,
four hands grasping the spokes, for 1t
was more than two hands could do to
hold them steady. Conversation was
impossible, for the roaring of the tenn
pest annihilated every other sound.
The battened matches kept the water
out of the schooner's hold; otherwise
she would have filed at the first on.
slaught Of the wind. By and by Thor
gensen leaned nearer to Craddock and,
placing his lips close against his
friends ear, shouted:
Schooner Jonah, Captain Craddock.
with a cargo Of fools. cleared from Ba.
tayia bound for hades, eh, Crad1 And
we'll"-
The Norwegian never completed that
sentence. There was grinding crash,
followed by q terrific shock, and the
schooner seemed to leap out Of the sea.
up and over some obstacle that had I'M
peded her way. The wheel and the
posts to which the two men were LASH
ed were torn from the deck, and with
their human impedimenta hurled for
ward among the timbers and wreckage
In hemidstof q chaotic iumbleof plank
ing, broken bulkhead. demolished small
boats and general destruction. But the
hull OF the vessel held tenaciously to-
gether, and she was motioniess. The
wind howled on INCREASINGLY overhead:
around about was the roar Of the mad
waters tsnfold mishtief ~ they dashed
against unseen rocks. only to be hurled
relentlessly back again. But the mighty
waves did not sweep over tho schoon-
sr's deck. Only the spray and chunks
Of water thrown BY the wind reached
- fsr q that fqr ~ ~ fatad Iessl|
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HELP WANTED.

u. Patrick. Industrial A gent seaboard Air
Line Railway, at Pinebluff, n. c.. the well known
winter health resort. offers building and power
free 70 parties wishing to start manufacturing
In small way with view Of enlarying. NO
doubt many win accept this generous offer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
Hope.

"Say. pop, I've got to write a compo-
sition on Hope What is Hope any
way"
"Hope, my boy. Is the joyous expec-
tation of being able to dodge our just
deserts. Life.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
Mn Established Credit.

Credit Man-Sorry, sir, but we can
not open an account with you because
of your financial standing.
Rubbton- What's the matter with III
Credit Man-Why, you've always paid
cssh.-Bro0klyn Life.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29

The Kongo is one of the widest water.
ways on the globe, II not the finest In
some parts II is SO wide that vessels
may pass one another and yet be out Of
sight.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
6implicity Itself.

There are only two points in sue.
cess"
"What are theyT"
"Work and keep other people from
working you.""- Chicago Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29
I'LL Stuffed Up

That's the condition of many sufferers
from catarrh, especially in the morning
Great difficulty is experienced in clear
ing the head and throat.
No wonder catarrh causes headache,
impairs the taste, smell and hearing,
pollutes the breath, deranges the stom.
ach and affects the appetite.
To cure catarrh, treatment must be
Observation-Disclosures and tonic.
Il was afflicted with catarrh. took
medicines OF different kinds, giving each
fair trial; but gradually grew worse until
could hardly hear, taste or smell. then
concluded to try Hoods Sarsapariila, and
after taking five bottles was cured and
have not had any return OF the disease
since.n EUGENE FORBES, Lebanon, Kan.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29

Hyde park. the Green park and st.
James park cost London between them
f32, ,076 q year to keep up.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED THE pIow."

nee on practical agricultural topics
is solicited. Address all Communications IN
tended for this department TO HENRY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford DEM
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29

More than four-ffths Of the popula'
tion Of Mexico are Of mixed or Indian
blood.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-29

Cures catarrh-it soothcs and strength.
ems the mucous membrane and builds
mn the whole system.
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/ PARIS TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
By ALBION L. ABBOTT, Treas.

Pursuant to the foregoing Petition. it IL order
Ell that public notice thereof shall be given Dy
publishing IL In the Oxford Democrat. the iass
notice TO be published at least fourteen days oe-
fore Wednesday, the 3oth day Of October. lUi.
selectmen's Once At south Paris village 81 one
O'Clock In the afternoon. AZ which ome anu
place. any person to be affected by tho locsoons
asked for may be heard.
And the selectmen hereby indorse snax secn
public notice as above ordered shall be SUFFICIENT
upon this petition TO tho residents and owners
Affected thereby.
4; p; ANDREMss se'ectsnsn
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Bearce & Horne, IL acre field joining
Freeland Swan.------------ so
Bearce 4 Horne, woodland joining 90
Stevens farm, --------.-------
Foster, p. s., house lot South Paris,-------- ~
Richardson, Herbert. Gary land .----------- 80 80
Pratt, Oliver L., heirs OF, homestead, ------ 500
Shaw, s. Clinton. Thurlow land. d.------------ Soo
Paris, Maine, Oct. q. 1901.
A. VI. JACKSON. Collector
Of Taxes for the Town Of Paris.
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SALESMEN WANTED to saa ,GSs ;a.s,s:ss ss:ss

10 oxford and adjacent counties. Salary or
commission. Address
THE VICTOR OIL COMPANY,
Cleveland, Ohio.
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To the SeIec men Of the town Of Paris.

Respectfully represents the Sumner Paris
Telephone and Telegraph Company that n de.
sires to construct telephone lines In said Town OF
Paris. set poles and stretch wires for came and
II asks this honorable board for permit 70 90
construct lines, the lines TO be constructed ana
poles set under the supervision of any ofhcer You
may select The highways and public ways over
which IL is desired to so construct nnes are As
follows From A. 8. Andrews dweiing over
Stearns' Hin to Shows Falls and from West
Paris to Paris Hill by way Of Snow's PALS, ALSO
on Gll branch roads leading into said roads
above mentioned.
SUMNER { PARIS TELEPHONE AND
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CAAtRAS \ SUPPLIES
w. r. MAXIM,
33 Vain ST., South Paris, We.
Mail orders promptly nlle'i.

Small Farm Wanted
would buy or hire a small farm
in Paris. Address
G. w. ADAMS,
Topsham, Maine.
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Coral sea without accident they would
be much nearer Samoa. and-well. they
tossed a coin aud decided upon the
original destination.
Neither had experienced any symp-
toms Of the plague. and both believed
themselves exempt. They. however.
took the precaution to thoroughly fumi-
gate the schooner In the hope that they
might speak some craft which would
afford them assistance.
They passed through Torres strait
and out upon the Coral sea. and there
for days and days they hoated idly In a
dead caln-days which Heightened into
weeks until they almost ceased to keep
note Of the flight Of time nor bothered
themselves with the customary midday
observations at time when latitude
and Longitude could change only by 90
small . fraction that It became q
seemingly useless task. Time enough
to take their bearings when there was
breeze enough to render them valuable,
they thought. But they forgot or they
did not know the influence of the coun-
ter currents which make through the
Coral sea, Influenced ty sudden and
aerce tempests and by subterranean
convulslons which abound In that re-
gion.
Experienced sailors both, everything
on board was prepared for emergen.
cles. Axes were lashed within easy
reach of the halyards, where they
might be seized upon and used at
moments notice should one Of those
sudden tempests descend upon them
unawares. Even the topsall halyards
were spliced and ledato the deck. and
the stayforesail and the two jibs were
furled and housed: also. despite the In.
tense heat. they battened the hatches
for rough weather and 20 had. every.
thing In readiness for a hurricane.
"We could take her into Liverpool,
where she belongs. Grad, said the con.
ndent Norwegian one evening when