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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28

will also contain, however, NIL the lat
est improvements in forms Of labora'
tory apparatus and appliances for the
study of the sugar beet
Statistics In a convenient tabular
form will also be shown representing
the possibilities of the industry and Its
present magnitude. Photographs of all
the leading beet sugar factories will
be exhibited Illustrating the methods
Of construction, field operations and
factory progress.
There are at the present time 40 beet
sugar factories In the United States,
representing $4,000, 900 of capital. and
the output of sugar annually is about
100000 tons, worth $10,00O,0OO.
The third section Of the exhibit OF
the Chemistry Division will be illus
trative Of the physical and chemical
constitution of the materials used In
the construction of roads. The impor.
tance Of good roads to the progress OF
agriculture is universally admitted. and
the Secretary Of Agriculture has lately
established In the Division Of Chemis
try Road Material Laboratory.
The object Of this work Is to deter
mine by careful chemical and physical
tests the composition Of the materials
best suited to the manufacture Of goOd
roads. The exhibit will consist Of thu
road materials en- bloc, together will
the results of artificial attrition. Tht
i,ne dust obtained by this process Il
nodded into cubes under great pressure
and then subjected to the blows OF 9
small hammer until disintegrated. Tht
cubes of these materials will be exhib
tied, together with the fragments oh
tanned by their disaggregation under
blows of a given magnitude. The chem
ical composition Of these materials Il
also carefully studied and will b.
shown In appropriate tables.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
1hE HENS NEST.

Much trouble is often experienced
with sitting hens by their breaking their
eggs, or trampling and killing the chick
ems after they are hatched. Sometimes
the hen is to blame, as some are awkward
and founder around in the nest in the
most destructive manner, and Others,
like some people, keep continually
fidgeting about, while some hens Jump
into the nest and come down on the eggs
with as much violence rs if they were
mounted on load of brick. But 1T is
difficult to reason with hen, even aided
by a long stick, or to convince her by
either process of logic or ''shoos" that
her method of procedure is all wrong
She is apt to think that she knows the
most about it, and is not amenabie TO
argument The remedy for the faults oil
the hen lies principally with her owner,
and if the nest is properly constructed,
she will not, as a rule, break her eggs or
kill her chickens.
The nest is apt to be too deep. This
has two bad results. The hen jumps
down on the eggs and breaks them, be-
cause they all roll into the bottom OF the
nest and pack tightly together, and she
cannot get her feet between them, so
her whole weight comes on the eggs and
they press against each other and break.
Then when the chickens hatch, they are
| iammed down together in the same way,
and the hen tramps on them and Kills
| them.
A good way to make a nest is to turn
sod bottom up in box, scoop out the
dirt, enough to give little depression,
and then scatter on a few inches of chatf
or cut hay on which place the eggs. If
made in a box or barrel, let the hen
enter from the top and have it filled so
nearly full that she will not have TO
Jump down on the eggs. Watch the
nest while the hen is sitting and do not
let it get burrowed out too deep. When
the eggs begin to hatch, pull the nesting
away, so that the little chicks can get
out easily from under the hens feet
Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
The orIrin of "Yankee DOODLE"

By many nations has the air of yam
kee Doodle" been claimed. 1t Is said
that It was first sung as a vintage song
in the south Of France, and In Holland
the reapers were used to tighten their
labors with It's lively strains.
The tune was first sung in England
In the time of Charles l, and after the
uprising headed by Cromwell the cav
alters used 1t to rldicule the Puritan
who was said to have ridden Into OK
ford on a small horse, with his single
plume fastened into knot which was
derisively called macaroni. yankee
Doodle" was introduced into America
in June, 1755. When Braddock assem-
bled the colonlsts near Albany for an
attack on Forts Niagara and F'ronte'
nae, q British army surgeon, DR.. Rich
ard Shuckburg, seeing the "old Cont
nentals in their ragged regimentals.
recalled the picture Of Cromwell on the
Kentish pony and, writing down the
notes of "Yankee Doodle" gave them
to the uncouth Continental band as the
latest martial air from England. The
Joke became apparent 25 years later
when to the music Of yankee Doodle
Lord CORVALLIS surrendered to these
same Continentals.-Saturday Evening
pOHt
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
CUBA AT THE EXPOSITION
A Splendid Exhibit of It's Resources
to he Made Mt the Pan-American.

A Splendid Exhibit of It's Resources
to BE Made Mt the Pan-American.
The diversified and valuable re-
sources of Cuba will be exhibited at
the Pan-American Exposition.
A Cuban building has been erected
In the Court of State and Foreign
buildings, and 1t Is one Of the most
picturesque of this fine group. Its ar
chitecture and materials are peculiar
to the Island. The building Is sur
mounted by the traditional Tower Of
Havana" and attracts the attention OF
all visitors. 1t has a splendid view OF
the Park Lakes, The Approach, The
Fore Court, The Triumphal Bridge and
other parts of the Exposition.
Among its nearest neighbors is the
Honduras building, which overlooks
The Approach. The work Of gathering
the exhibits is in progress. An active
campaign is being made throughout
the Island, and especially among the
planters, for exhibits. While careful
attention will be devoted to the collec-
ton Of exhibits to represent the manu-
featuring interests Of Cuba, the bulk
of the exhibits will come from the
country and will be collected so as to
serve as inducements to those with
limited capital who may desire to In
vest in Cuba. The exhibits will be
the best ever collected in the Island
and will entirely be representative of
its industries.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28

saB TRUD9ED YEARLY IN TIE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
said, he did not propose to have one OF
Gods first temples turned into q
gingerbread pagoda.
Not in the least understanding what
he meant, the citizens Of Brokenstraw
were perforce obliged to content them
selves with their show cemetery and
to revile the burying ground on the
hill as a worthless old brier patch.
The boys who had marched away
from Brokenstraw to defend their
country and had been brought back
wrapped In her flag were all laid In
East cemetery-that is. nearly all
Up in the hill burying ground, away
back under a clump Of evergreens and
q dense carpet Of myrtle, was an ua-
marked grave. It was that Of William
Bond, private, One Hundred and
Twelfth regiment, New York volun'
teers. who fell at Spottsylvanla.
Some one brought William Bond
home, and with singularly bad judg-
ment, according to the lights OF
Brokenstraw, laid him to rest on the
hilltop instead of the valley. Private
william Bonds grave had been neg
lected and well nigh forgotten for
many a year.
So, when Brokenstraw began to plan
grand Memorial day service, as q
matter of course all the preparations
centered about the East cemetery. No
mention whatever was made Of the
burying ground on; the hill.
"Thar's goin to be great dofn's Me-
mortal day, hear" said the widow,
Jane Bump, who was calling on Miss
Hetty Pringle one early May after
noon.
Miss Hetty, q faded, withered old
maid, stopped pairing apples long
enough to murmur gentle assent
The widow, who was an acknowledged
authority on all the gossip Of the. dis
trict, ratified volubly on: They're a-goin
| to hev the band over from May Town,
an Elder Scott's a-comin from Dur
keyville, an they tell me that Lawyer
Frank Griswold is to speech make. I
heerd him last year to Sherman, an,
land, 'ow he did holler! He's got q
voice you kin hear more'n q mile. an
when he called on them soldiers BY
name, In Sherman buryin ground, ]
shouldn't hev ben one mite surprised
tnaee ,Am git right out Of their graves.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
MORGAN, THE RAIDER.
A Funny Incident on One OF HIS
Raids.

A Funny Incident on One OF his
Raids.
Morgan was regarded by the Union
soldiers as holy terror" said one OF
the famous cavalry leaders men, "and
stories have been spread among them
reciting how he shot down his cap
tives and gave mercy to none. On
the contrary, he was kind hearted, as
those who knew him can attest. he
was fond Of joke, though. On one
of our raids we captured about 70
Union men near Murfreesboro, Tenn.
They expected nothing else than to
be shot down after the general had
first eaten a good meal. They began
to talk about 1t so excitedly that some
one reported the matter to General
Morgan. Walking from his tent, he
ordered the prisoners to be drawn up
In line. Then, mounting his horse, he
rode to the center Of the small column
and said to them that they must be
acquainted with his methods OF get
ting rid Of prisoners and he personally
regretted that such fine looking body
of men had fallen into the hands OF
man who, 1t was known to them all
sacrificed human life as though he
were shooting down a fatted calf.
zone little Dutchman at the head OF
the line grew weaker and weaker al
the generals speech wore on, until no
finally burst into tears, exclaiming:
"'Oh, for Colts sake, vot Will mine
family dor
"The generals heart was touched.
Riding up to the little Dutchman, he
placed his hand on his head and said:
"'why, God bless you. my man, I!
would not harm a hair Of your head
for my life. You were all so scared
on account Of the bad repute In which
you held me that I thought I would
play practical joke on you.'"-Louis'
Vile Courier-Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
THE FARMER OF THE FUTURE.

The farmer of the future Will De very
different from the farmer of to-day.
There are several things that will con-
tribute to make this change, and all of
these will add to his welfare and happi-
ness, and not injure him in the least.
First is the electric car, which will not
only affect the farmer, but will alter
city life. You look at the last census,
and you observe that the population OF
our cities has not increased in the last
decade as it did in the one preceding.
Then the people were gathering into the
centres of activity, and they did SO be-
cause they there had many advantages
of which they were deprived in the
country. But now, with the electric
car which will ere long be seen running
along all our principal roads, they can
live several miles out in the country, and
still have their business in the city.
These things Will help the farmer in sew
eral ways. Land near the electric car
lines will advance in price. The wealthier
class will purchase it for residence pur-
poses, while the laborer will invest in a
small piece of land and get his family
out of the city, where he can live cheap
er and get the fresh air. Our cities will
steadily decrease in size of population.
The telephone is becoming cheaper and
consequently more common. In q few
years you will see one in every farm
home. Farmers will be able to transact
much of their business throughout the
community, without leaving home.
Neighbors and the doctor can be hastily
summoned in case of sickness. The
social condition will be improved, as the
whole neighborhood in this way will
come in closer touch with each other,
and, instead of public and private
gatherings being spoiled by inclement
weather, every one can be easily notified
of the postponement. In case of fire or
burglary the whole neighborhood can
be at once aroused. By the application
of electricity to farm implements, the
farmers work will become less labOri-
Gus. Experiments have been made in
propelling the binder, mower and plow
by it, and reported successful, so we
can expect to see it in general use be-
fore long. Then the housewife need
not dread the churning as she now does,
for instead of wearing out herself and
her patience when the butter takes o
long while to make its appearance, all
she will need to do will be to start and
stop the churn, as electricity will do the
rest. Rural mail delivery will soon be-
come general. In almost all places
where it has been tried it has proved
self supporting, which shows that it is a
success. Naturally farmers have larger
,oo;ol ac xval1 as hucipace COrraSnOnd-
ence, and great many more papers and
magazines are taken, which means a
great deal to the farmer, for having his
mail brought to the door he can devote
to reading the time formery occupied in
going to the village to get it.-Prairie
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
THE FOOD WE EAT.
EXCELLENT DYES EXTRACTED FROM
FOOD PRODUCTS.

Uncle Sam VIII Show Specimens Of
White SILK Dyed With These Ex-
tracts at thc Pan.American-Che
ieals and Good Roads.
A few years ago the adulteration Of
food became so general as to cause
wide alarm, and a crusade was insti-
tuted against the practice which I'M
periled the health Of the nation. Leg
islatures We're apprised Of the dangers,
and stringent laws for the suppression
of food adulteration were passed.
Great good was accomplished, but the
evil has not yet been entirely wiped
out, and the agitation must continue.
There must be q wider spread Of
knowledge regarding the food we eat
before the beginning of the end Of the
practice of adulteration comes in sight.
The Importance Of the exhibit to be
made In the Division Of Chemistry Of
the Department of Agriculture of the
United States Government at the Pan
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28

American Exposition can hardly be es-
timated. In this exhibit will be shown
pure foods and food adulterants.
There will be displayed in an attract
i've form the principal typical manufac-
tured foods in state of purity. Each
of the exhibits will be accompanied by
analytical data showing the compost
ton and nutritive value of the sample.
In connection with these will be Illus
trated the principal adulterated forms
of these foods. accompanied with a
statement showing the nature of the
adulterant and the amount thereof con-
tanned in a given quantity Of food.
The principal adulterants employed
will also be illustrated In bulk with
statements showing their properties
and the dangers of their indiscriminate
use.
The principal adulterants illustrated
will be preservatives and coloring mat
tiers, and in connection with coloring
matters skeins Of white silk will be
shown colored with the dyes extracted
from food products. This exhibit will
not only be typical Of manufactured
and adulterated foods. but will also be
educational in showing the character
of these foods and their value as nutri'
ents.
An illustration Of the beet sugar in
dustry of the United States will be
given. A large map will show by shad-
ed areas the parts Of the country best
suited to the growth Of sugar beets
with q high content Of sugar. This
map will also show the locations Of ex'
listing sugar factories as well as the 10
cations of those which are in process OF
building or projected.
The exhibit will consist Of samples OF
products from the various factories OF
the United States. showing all products
from the perfect beet to refined sugar.
An Illustration will also be given OF
the byproducts used for cattle food and
the various forms in which the refuse
of the beet factories Is employed fol
that purpose.
In conjunction with this exhibit will
be complete representation Of all the
apparatus employed for the analysis
of beets for determining their richness
in sugar and for the control Of the fac
tory operations.
This exhibit will be to certain ex.
tent retrospective, showing the differ
ant forms of apparatus which have
been employed from time to time. II
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
A CLEVER RUSE.
How . Cavalryman Provided Hin.
self With q Horse.

How . Cavalryman Provided Hin.
self With q Horse.
The Confederate cavalryman was Of.
ten puzzled as to how to provide him
self with horse. The authorities gave
him the choice to keep mounted or 60
into the ranks with his musket, as
horses were not furnished by the gov.
ernment. To be dismounted and be-
come foot soldier was worse to him
than q court martial, and he would
risk much in his efforts to get horse
from the enemy. In the fall Of 1868 q
rebel cavalryman had his horse killed
In skirmish near Warrenton, and as
his best chance was then to capture
one from the enemy he put his wits to
work to devise the ways and means.
He was with the outside pickets, and
not far off, on the pike, were the cav
airy pickets of the enemy. He pro-
cured a piece Of telegraph wire from
the railroad, and when twilight came
on he stretched this across the road,
fastening one end to the fence and the
other end to convenient tree just high
enough to catch n cavalryman about
the belt. When matters were thus ar.
ranged to his liking, he started down
the pike and stopped in plain view OF
the enemy.
It was not long before three Of them
gave chase mounted on good horses. 1t
was now too dark for them to see the
wires, and on they came, determined
to have a prisoner. The chase was
sharp and quickly over, so that by the
time the rebel schemer had passed
through and under his trap the enemy
was upon him.
The sequel Is not hard to guess. Two
Of the pursuers were quickly and most
unceremoniously unhorsed, and the
| third was so much astonished and
| frightened at their fate as to turn and
| beat hasty retreat. The two horses
without their riders continued down
the road and were easily captured by
the Confederate, who by his clever ruse
became their owner and kept his place
| In his cavalry.
The two plckets, left to themselves,
hurrIedly made their way back to their
comrades as crestfallen and astonished
as two men could well be. The hero
of this incident tells the tale himself
and adds he rode one Of these horses
to Appomattox and from there to his
home and that 1t was one Of the best
he ever owned.-Washington Post.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
KEEPING ANIMALS TOO LONG.
STUDY OF THE SUBJECT FROM THE
FINANCIAL. STANDPOINT.

1t is a very commendable and humani,
tartan sentiment to keep cattle too long,
for it indicates an attachment for them
thai one is loath to break, and yet a
farmer who is raising animals for his
living cannot let sentiment Interfere
with what he knows to be good busi-
ness, says E. P. Smith in The American
CultivatOr. Others keep cattle too long
simply because they happen to be igno-
rant of the best time to dispose of them,
and they keep waiting for better turn
in the markets to help them get good re-
turns. Sometimes this living in the
hope of doing better later induces a
farmer to carry his herd over from
month to month, and before he knows 1t
year has slipped by. The animals are
meantime eating up all the profits they
ever would have made for their owners,
and at the same time are passing the
prime of life, when they sell at the best
prices.
We cannot afford to keep cattle one
day longer than the time they reach full
maturity or prime of life. Up to this
period they have been gaining in weight
and flesh, and every pound of feed that
has been given to them has made its cor
responding amount of flesh. Liberal
feeding of growing animals makes glad
the heart of the farmer or breeder, but
when the food ceases to exert its magic
influence, then something seems to be
wrong. The wrong is very often that
the cattle have passed their prime, and
all future feeding will merely tend to
help them hold their weight. There is
no further gain.
Prime cattle sold in the market means
something more than fat and well de-
veloped carcasses. 1t includes certain
tenderness and juiciness OF meat which
can be gained only through rapid growth
and LAYING on of flesh. This result has
been obtained by good feeding of good
animals. If these animals had ceased to
grow, the meat would begin to lose
much of its best virtues. 1t may not be
an easy matter always to tell just when
an animal has ceased to grow or when it
it has reached its full prime, but it is
more profitable to sell just before that
period, and thus lose the few extra
pounds it may have gained than to hold
it few weeks beyond maturity when it
gains nothing in weight and loses IN
quality. Most of us are inclined to hold
our cattle too long, and it may well be
of value to some of us to look into the
matter. Are we hampering ourselves
by holding cattle over for higher mar
kets when they should be sold at once,
or are we selling them just as soon as
they have reached their prime and are
in the very best condition for the mar
ket?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
UNDER ONE FLAG.
The Blue and the Gray Are Firmly
United.


The Memorial day procession has
come to be regarded as an annual
event equal I'm Importance to Inde-
pendence day. It III the only day OF
the year in the civil calendar In which
United States troops regularly join
with the citizen soldiers, the Grand Ar
my and others in n celebration that Is
purely that Of the civilian, for the mill
tiaman is looked upon In the same
light as the Civilian, according to the
ethics Of the regular army. Each year
these professions show more clearly
than all else the fact that the ties
which bind the north and the south to-
gether as one country are steadily
growing stronger and stronger Ten
years ago to see man wearing the
Confederate gray marching In the Me-
mortal day procession would have been
considered almost sacrilege. Today II
is not only not unusual, but a well
come event to the Grand Army posts
composed of the very men who fought
so long against an enemy thus clothed.
Memorial day, 1901, witnesses the
almost complete obliteration OF the sec.
tional line that the fratricldal conflict
caused. The man who today In poll
tics "waves the bloody shirt Is scorn-
ed by his fellows and laughed at gen.
orally for his lamentable ignorance OF
the fact that the time when that sort
Of buncombe proved popular has gone
forever. This is the day when the peo-
pie of the north and the south, recog-
nizing the truth which the years have
separated from the bitterness of defeat
and the egotism Of victory, join hands
In decorating the graves of the men
who fought for the causes they believ.
ed to be right. The "bloody chasm"
IS closed forever. The blue and the
gray stand arm in arm. On the shield
which hangs before them Is the motto
which both are ready to uphold, VIC
tory and Union, Now and Forever, One
and Inseparable. e."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-28
Honduras Building.

The Honduras building at the Pan
American Exposition Is located in the
western part of the Court Of State and
Foreign Buildings. 1t faces the ap'
proach and overlooks a portion Of Del.
aware Park and the Lake. The build
ing is designed with an octagonal ro'
tunda surrounded with wide porches on
three sides and with pavilions on four
sides, the remaining side being occu,
pied by the kitchen and toilet rooms.
The central rotunda and two Of the pa
vilions are intended for exhibits Of the
country's products. There are a cafe
and offices for the commissioners In the
other two payilions.