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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
Mems HntbOxes.

.Tt might SEEM" said a trunk and
bag manufacturer. that Il mans hat
box was Just n hatbox; but. as mat
ter Of fact, mems hatboxes are made
I'm very considerable variety. They are
oval and square and oblong MS to form,
of sole leather, or harness leather ana
of enameled leather as to material and
of various capacities, from boxes de-
signed for one hat to boxes for four
hats. And there are made In the oval
shape boxes with removable center
section I'm which, according as that sec
ton Is taken out or left in, can be car
ried one hat or three.
"And some hatboxes have tray for
collars ard cuffs, and so on, and In
some the hat bowls are removable, SO
that upon occasion the box can be turn
ed into good sized plain case that can
be used for any purpose whatever."-
New York Sun.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
FRESH COWS VS.. srRIPPeRs.

There is an advantage in having cows
fresh in milk at the beginning Of winter
as regards the amount of butter herd
of fresh cows will afford over herd that
has been milked part or whole of the
summer. More product and higher
prices for it, are urged as among the
advantages. While this is true, so there
are some other things to be taken into
account before very radical change is
made in this direction. While the rule
may be that higher prices are obtained
for winter butter, the difference is not
so great when we take into consideration
that it costs more on most dairy farms
to make butter in winter than in sum-
mer. Figure as We may, good summer
pasturage affords the cheapest butter
producing feed. But few dairymen, as
a rule, feed grain through the summer
season to their cows. A cow will give
more milk on grass alone than she will
on dry fodder and grain, as average
farmers feed their cows. 1t is less work
to care for a dairy in summer than in
winter, and as the markets have ranged
for the past five years the difference in
price for butter in winter over summer
has been but a trifle.-Practical Dairy
man.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
PRoRArE NOTICES.

To all persons interested In either OF the estates
hereinafter named:
Alta Probate Court held AZ Rumford, In AMI for
the County OF OXFORD. on the 2l Tuesday OF Nov.
IN the year OF our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and one, the following matter having been
presented for the action thereupon hereinafter
Indicated, IL Il hereby ORDERED:
That notice thereof be given 70 all persons In
.ercsted, by causing copy Of this order to be
published three weeks successfully In the OK
iOrl Democrat. newspaper published at South
Paris, In said County, that they may appear at q
Probate Court to be held at said Paris, on tn,
third Tuesday Of Dec. A. ID. 1901, At nine OF the
clock In the forenoon, and be heard thereon II
they see cause:
CHARLES L. BLACK, late OF Canton, de-
ceased Petition for the appointment Of John
P. Swasey or some other suitable person as
administrator presented by William Z. Dresser,
a creditor.
SETH BABB, late OF Peru, deceased. Pen-
nOn for an allowance out of personal estate pre-
sented by Dolly h. Babb. widow.
ADDISON Z. HERRICK, Judge of said Court.
A true eopy-Attest:
ALBERT ID. PARK, Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
NOT a ONe-lDeA BUSINESS,

One great reason why a majority of
the strong men and women, the intel
lectual and business giants of the world
come from the farm, is because the
thought of the rural population is not
confined to single channel, as is the
case with most men in the business,
professional and manufacturing world.
An expert in any of these callings is
generally a man of one idea, and the
children are likely to be of the same
pattern. While on the other hand, to
be an expert, or even a successful farm
er, one must be an all-round man, ready
to meet every changing condition of life
and turn it to the best advantage. The
children are not cramped with city walls
nor restrained by the conventionalities
and cruel follies of fashion, and thus it
is that their minds are most susceptible
of growth and development under ia
vorable, and oftentimes under most un-
favorable, conditions. With the facilities
for broader education, growth, devel-
opment, and contact with the world
which has been afforded by the grange,
it will be strange, indeed, if the next
generation of prominent men and women
does not contain more representatives
from rural life than even at the present
time.-Our Grange Homes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03

among the clouds of dust, preceding
them along the road. AS his horses
were evidently less fatigued than those
of the other traveller, he would not be
long in overtaking it. This was neither
a tarantass nor telga, but post ber-
lin, all over dust and looking as II 1t
had made long journey. The postil-
ion was thrashing his horses with all
his might and only kept them at
gallop by dint of abuse and blows. The
berlin had certainly not passed through
Novo- Saimsk and could only have
struck the Irkutsk road by some less
frequented route across the steppe.
Michaels first thought on seeing this
berlin was to get in front of 1t and ar
rive first at the relay, SO as to make
sure Of fresh horses. He said word
to his driver. who soon brought him up
with the berlin.
AS he passed a head was thrust out
Of the window of the berlin.
He had no time to see what 1t was
like. but as he dashed by he distinctly
heard this word uttered in an imperi'
Gus tone:
"Stopw
But he did not stop. On the contrary,
the berlin was soon distanced by the
tarantass.
1t now became regular race, for the
horses Of the berlin. no doubt excited
by the sight and pace Of the others. re-
covered their strength and kept up for
some minutes. The two carriages were
hidden in cloud Of dust. From this
cloud issued the cracking Of whips,
mingled with excited shouts and ex-
clamations Of anger.
Nevertheless the advantage remained
with Michael, which might be very Inn
portant to him If the relay were poorly
provided with horses. Two carriages
were perhaps more than the postmaster
could provide for. at least In a short
space Of time.
Half an hour after the berlin was left
far behind. looking only speck on the
horizon on the steppe.
It was 8 o'clock In the evening when
Michael and his companion arrived at
the posthouse in lchim.
The news was worse and worse with
regard to the invasion.
Here had arrived just q short time
before two men.
The one was English, the other
French. Both were tall and thin. but
the latter was sallow, as are the south
ern provencals. while the former was
ruddy like q Lancashire gentleman.
The Anglo Norman, formal. cold. grave,
parslmonlous of gestures and words.
appearing only to speak or gesticulate
under the influence Of spring operat-
ing at regular intervals. The Gaul. on
the contrary. was lively and petulant,
expressed himself with lips, eyes,
hands, all at once, having twenty diff
ferent ways of explaining his thoughts,
whereas his interlocutor seemed to
have only one immutably stereotyped
on his brain.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
NUMBER 40.
ANTHONY. .TROLLOPE.
hiseries and IrritatiOns Incident
Upon His Start In Life.

ul9efleu ana IfrltattOne Anct0cAt
Upon His Start In Life.
Anthony Trollope's start in life was
unpromising. AS he knew no Ian
guages, ancient or modern, he became
classical usher at q school I'm Brussels,
with the promise of commission In
the Austrian army. Then he was sud-
denly transferred to clerkship In the
London postotfice. He was disqualified
for the new position by general ignO-
rance and special incapacity for the
simplest arithmetic. A vague threat
that he must pass an examination was
forgotten before 1t was put into eXecu-
ton, and Trollcpe characteristically
takes occH sion to denounce the system
Of competitive examination by which
he would have been excluded. Mean
while he was turned loose in London
and attempted to live like gentleman
on 200 year. The results are indicat-
ed by couple OF anecdotes.
A money lender once advanced him
"a, for which, first and last. he paid
f200. This person. he says. became so
much alta hel TO him rs to pay daily
visit to hi; office and eXhOrt him to he
punctual. '"These visits were very ter
rible and en- hardly have Len Of sCrv-
ice to me III the Office" This mild re-
mark applies also to the visi,; from The
mother Of young woman in the coun-
try who hGl f..l.cn In love VIII I'm
and to whom he lacked the pluck to
give decided negative" The mother
used to appear with basket on her
arm and In immense bonnet upon her
head and inquire In a loud voice be-
fore all his companions. "Xnthony
Trollope, when are you going to marry
my daughterT
No wonder that he was miserable.
He was hopelessly in debt and often
unable to pay for dinner. He hated
his work, he says. and he hated his
idleness: he quarrcled with his sure-
rIors, who thought him hopelcssly in
capable and felt that he was sinking
ito the lowest pits" At last he heard
Of place In the Irish postofiice which
everybody despised and was successful
on applying for it. because his masters
were glad to gel rid Of him. Al the
same time they informed his new supc'
rior that lie would probably have to he
dismissed on the first opportunity
National Review.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
A DUEL AND A JOKE.
Count Boni de Cnstelinn-'s. First Af-
fair upon the Field of Honor.


fair Upon the Field of Honor.
Count Boni de Castellanes first duel
was when he had just come from school.
Lad us he was. he could ride, shoot ald
handle sword, but he was still very
young, very bashful, rather green. At
the club to which he had just been ad-
mitted some Of the men, whom LIE
made cynical, began TO guy him. 1t
was easy to stir w his anger, for they
chattered scaIAeal about Il woman he
knew. He pulled over the table and
struck one of the men. The next day
he received q challenge. In good faith
he selected two good clubmen as lis
seconds. In all this the club fellows
saw only joke, and when the AZ
rangements were hurried and the two
opponents stood face TO face in Il mead
ow near the Seine the pistols were
loaded-with blackened bread crumbs.
zone, two, three" They fired to-
gether. The clubman gave great cry
and fell to the ground groan!ng.
Hes fatally wounded-dying" the
seconds exclaimed, choking with laugh
ter.
De Castellane felt the heart in him
run away like water He had killed q
man. 1t was nor possible.
"Dead" lac asked anXiously.
"Yes," said the corpse and sat up
grinning.
The schoolboy looked ut the laughing
clubmen and saw the joke they had
played on him. He stopped and caught
the corpse by the ankle, dragged 1t
bit and with sudden jerk tossed 1t
ter .1et into the river.
"Then I'll bury It," said he.
AS the clubman crawled from the
river, dripping mud and water they de-
cided the joke was on him.-Saturday
Evening Post.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03

after year. 1t is a mistake to use clover
as cover crop and allow it to grow till
it blossoms. Till early in the spring, the
earlier the better.
One gentleman asked if it would do
to plow young orchards in the fall. He
was advised not to as the ground should
not be loosened to admit air to the roots
in the fall.
To the question, ''Is mulching advis-
able?" the reply given was that plOwing
is preferable, inasmuch as it is not prac-
ticable to mulch more than five or six
feet, and roots extending fifteen to
twenty feet, as they generally do, would
receive no benefit from so doing.-New
England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
STARTING IN FARMING.

When you have $500 or 500 ahead
you can begin to think of renting farm
and starting out for yourself. But if
you have paying employment you had
better stick to it until you have enough
ahead to venture on buying farm OF
your own. l think it safe for healthy,
industrious young man of good habits to
go in debt for home. But l would
caution him against taking too great a
burden upon himself in this way. Better
go little slower and safer. A small
debt is an incentive to greater exertiOn
and economy, but big debt is apt to be
like milestone tied to ones neck, to
sink him in Encouragement and failure.
There are many small pieces of land for
sale cheap, and it will often pay man to
buy such piece for a start. Go in debt
for part of it if you have not the means
to pay all cash. Rent it, use your spare
time and spare cash to improve it, and
then watch for a chance to buy more
land near it, or trade or sell and buy
larger piece when the occasion offers.
In this way you will gradually work into
a farm that you can settle on and be
your own master.
A mistake that young men are apt to
make is to marry before they are ready
to support wife and family. A wife
and children are great blessings that
every true man desires to have; but if
young man wants farm of his own he
had better secure it first, and then he
will he ready for a companion to share
his joys and sorrows. This advice
applies to the young man who has to
make his own way in the world. II his
father or his wife's father could assist
him in getting start, the case would be
different.
The advice, $50 West, young man,
and grow up with the country" does
not apply to these times. Having some
of the conditions existing in
several states, East, West and South, /
am led to believe that the young man
who cannot make start at home can
not anywhere else. All places have
their advantages and drawbacks, and
when these are considered one place will
be found about as favorable as another.
Farmers Guide.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
CLIPPINGS.

E. C. Long claims the championship
in raising potatoes in East Bluehill. He
raised As bushels on IA square rods.
Milk cannot be exposed to deleterious
influences-sucha as the bad odors of the
stable or moldy and impure milk room
without being contaminated.
One fact is evident, and that is that
during the time of depression in the
cattle business too many stockmen used
grade bulls instead of pure-bred ones.
The Wisconsin station reports that
salt in butter serves to increase the
color over that without salt. Hence the
importance that the salt be worked in
evenly.
The Pennsylvania station finds less
protein food nutrients in winter bran
than in spring bran. Yet farmers are
prejudiced in favor of the winter bran
and rarely call for the spring.
Shorter trees better stand the storm
and then, in order to use the sprayer
effectually we should train our trees to
low heads, shortening in the branches
annually so as to produce low, spread
ing tops.
The locality has great deal to do
with the breed of sheep you handle.
Take into consideration the trend of
opinion of your neighb0rs, buy that
breed, buy good ones, take care of them,
advertise and you will soon be happy.
With separator the butter fat is all
procured, the cream churns better, 1t
also gives greater percentage OF but
ter, the product is better and brings a
better price in the market, while the
skim milk is in better shape for feeding.
Sometimes ewes fed too many oats
while with lamb drop dead lambs. In
that case drop the grain at once. II
grain be fed during winter to ewes with
lamb, 1t should be given in small rations
until the lambs are dropped, after which
the ration may be increased.
When q good farmer learns that hogs
have advanced In price and his neighbor
has some, he Immediately sends him
word of the advance. When he learns
of some new and easy way Of perform
| ing certain kind of labor, no loses no
time in telling it to his neighb0r. If this
paper is an advantage to any reader, he
will confer like favor on his neighbol
by handing him copy Of it. Sample
copies will be sent to all names o1
neighbors sent in by subscribers. Please
help your neighbor by calling his atten-
ton to q good local paper.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
sul,..itute For soap.

There are few people to whose
skins soap seems an irritant. They
should use bran. The sons OF one OF
the old kings of Holland were forbid
den the use Of soap. They were to use
bran and q slice Of lemon. the latter
to remove lnkstains. Napoleon never
used soap, but kept his hands beauti-
fully white w the use Of bran.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03

AND
CHILD

Does your horse 'feel his
oats? What a difference be-
tween the granted and the
grass-fed horsel The first
strong and full Of ginger, the
second Aabby, weak and tired
out before he begins. The
feeding makes the difference.
Children are not alike either.
One is rosy, bright-eyed, full
Of life and laughter, another is
pale, weak and dull. The feed
ing again is responsible.
Sickly children need special
feeding. They don't "feeltheir
OATS. SCOTS Emulsion adds
just the right richness to their
diet. It's like grain to the
horse. The child gets new
appetite and strong digestion.
SCOTS Emulsion is more
than food. 1t is a strong
medicine. 1t rouses up dull
children, puts new flesh on thin
ones and red blood into pale
ones. 1t makes children grow.
SCOTS Emulsion makes ordi-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03

AZ He Fut IL.
II have been upon a little excoria-
hon." once said the first Lord Baltl-
more, who constantly misused one
word for another, Ito see ship lanced.
and there Is not a finer vessel upon
Gods yearth. You have no idiom how
we'll 1t sailed"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
CHAPTER VI.

Y the afternoon Of the 23d
of July Michael Strogof
and Nadia were not more
than thirty versts from
Ichim. Suddenly Michael
caught sight Of q car
riage. scarcely visible
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
Get the Most
Out of Your Food

You don't and can't if your stomach
is weak. A weak stomach does not di-
Ieest all that is ordinarily taken into it.
It gets tired easily, and what it fails to
digest is wasted.
Among the signs of weak stomach
are uneasiness alter eating, fits OF ner-
vous headache, and disagreeable belch-
ing.
{. "I have taken Hoods Sarsaparllla at
different times for stomach troubles, and a
run down condition vi the system, and have
been greatly benefited b. Its use: / would
not be without It In my family. I am trou-
bled especially In summer with weak stoD-
ach and nausea and find Hoods SarsaparIla
Invaluable" E. B. HICKMAN, W.Chester, Pa.
Hoods Jdrs0p1rillG
and Pills
Strengthen and tone the stomach and
the whole digestive system.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
AMONG THE FARMERS.
" SPEED THE PLOw."

Correspondence 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.
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nary food do its
duty.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of Scott's
Emulsion and is on the
wrapper of every bottle.
send fos free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
4oo Pearl ST., New York.
soc and 81. all druggists.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
FRUIT GROWING.

IMPORTANT MAINE MEETING.-LARGE
DIsPLAY.-vALUABLE SUGGESTIONS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03

The recent meeting of the Maine Pom
illogical Society was well attended and
brought out one of the largest and best
displays of fruit ever seen in the state.
In addition to many flowers and much
canned and preserved stuff there were
600 plates of apples and nearly 100 of
pears. Every part of the state was rep
resented. Among noticeable exhibits
were new Russians from the experiment
station and from Aroostook County.
Among the valuable discussions we note
the following:
Professor Brown, principal of Dexter
high school: am no believer in luck;
what is commonly called good or bad
luck is good or bad management. Edu-
cation, organization and cooperation
should be the farmers watchword; by
these more of the profits from the soil
are put into his pockets and less into the
pockets of those always on the alert TO
make what they can out of the farmers
crops. Much is being done by the
grange and other organizations towards
educating the farmer, but much remains
to be done.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
Order OF Notice Thereon.

DlsrR CT OF MAINE, 81.
On this 18th day Of Nov. A. ID. 1901, on reading
The foregoing petition, it Is
Ordered by the Court. that q hearing be had
upon the same on the 7th day of Dec, A. ID.
1901, before said Court at Portland, In said Dis
trct, az 10 O'Clock In the forenoon; and that no
uce thereof be published In the Oxford Demo.
.erat. newspaper printed In said District, and
mat all known creditors. and other persons 10
interest may appear at the said time and place
anu show cause, II any they have. why tne
PRAYER Of said petitioner should not be grante'.
And it Is further ordered by the Court. Thai
sne Clerk shall send by mail to all known crest
nors copies Of said petition and this order, All
dressed TO them AZ their plaeessof residence a.
Witness the Honorable NATHAN wEBB. judge
Of tae said Court, and the seal thereof, at Port
and. In said District, on the 18th day OF NOV.
L.s All. DAVIS, Clerk.
true copy of petition and order thereon.
Atssss: A. II. DAVIS. Clark.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03

Secretary D. 81. Knowlton: When ]
think how much we have learned and
what the industry has gained from these
meetings, | regret that We have not ac-
complished more. But it is not our fault
entirely. For example, we have taught
for years the Importance of spraying
fruit trees; yet when the caterpillar
came few years ago, many orchards
were ruined. One man attempted to
exterminate the pests by picking off the
eggs. 1t cost him 1925 and in two days
after the caterpillars began their work
the orchard was leafless. Now he has a
good spray pump and uses it. One local
buyer offered certain orchardist $500
for fruit as it stood on the trees. He had
heard, however, of the scarcity and hired
his fruit picked at an expenditure of
$50. He received check from the same
dealer for $500 at the close of the season.
The value of the apple crop in our coun-
try alone was over 100000, the largest
single agricultural product our country
ever had in one year. One man got dis
couraged last year and offered his farm
for sale for $500. He did not find a
buyer, and this year obtained 250 barrels
of No. apples for which he received
over 5000.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
WEN WANTED.

We want twenty five able bodied men TO work
for Us in the woods this winter. Good pay and
steady work for the right men. Apply promptly
a. our Office at South Paris -,
n PARIS MANUFACTURING co.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03
CHAPTER Y.

he next day. the 18th Of
July, at twenty minutes
to z In the morning, the
Caucasus reached the Ka-
san quay. seven versts
from the town.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-03

r. II. Libbey: If seedlings are used,
would advise gratis. On one farm in
particular, 1919 seedlings grated gave It's
barrels the first year they yielded. of
two other orchardists, one cultivated,
the other didn't, with the result of
gain of l5S barrels to the one cultivat-
ing. In one instance AZ Baldwin trees
yielded 235 barrels or about five and one
half barrels to tree. Some orchards
pay $500 per acre.