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Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
THE FARMER OF THE FUTURE.


The farmer of the future will be very
different from the farmer of to-day.
There are several things that will con-
tribute to make this change, and all
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 city 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
centers 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 the 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
several ways. Land near the electric
car lines will advance in price. The
wealthier class will purchase it for
residence purposes, while the laborer
will invest in a small piece of land and
get his family out of the city, where he
can live cheaper and get the fresh air.
Our cities will steadily decrease in size
of population. The telephone is be-
coming cheaper and consequently more
common. In few years you will see
one ON every farm home. Farmers will
be able to transact much of their busi-
ness throughout the community, without
leaving home. Neighbors and the doc
tor can be hastily summoned in case of
sickness. The social condition will be
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 in
clement weather, every one can be
easily notified of the posponement. In
case of fire or burglary the whole neigh
borhood can be aroused. By the appli-
cation of electricity to farm implements,
the farmers work will become less labo-
rious. Experiments have been made in
the binder, mower, and plow
by it, and reported successful, so we can
expect to see it in general use before
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 a
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
which shows that it is
success. Naturally farmers have larg-
ar social aS we'll as busineSs correspond
ence, and great many more papers
and magazines are taken, which means
a good deal to the farmer, for having
his mail brought to his door he can de-
vote to reading the time formerly oc-
cupied in going to the village toget it,
Prairie Farmer.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
Gnf His Answer.

while on Il trip through the south
soon after the civil war" said Chi
cago man, II stopped overnight at the
little town of Warrenton. y. {. The
next morning. strolling around looking
the place over. ! met Il countryman
who greeted me with 'lIowdyT and
passed tho time of day most cordially.
I was considerably taken aback when
noticed that he was barefootcd, and |
ventured to ask him if ii was the GUS
tom Of the country for the men to 80
without shoes. He answered. with a
drawl, WAL. some on us does. but
most on us tends TO Our own busl'
ness.'n
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
FLOWER AND TREE.

Fruit trees and fruit require potash
for their best development.
With house plants all extreme
changes OF temperature should be
avoided.
Too many trees prevent rapid growth
and extend the time when grove u
well shaded.
Grapevines like their roots to be near
the surface, and the food for them
should not be placed at too great a
depth.
Small growth and too much small
fruit 20 together. Thrifty growth fur.
nishes few large and fine specimens
of fruit.
There is no use in growing tree
very tall The top limbs are apt to be-
come slender and break IL fruit Is pro-
duced Oh them.
All members of the poppy family are
hard to transplant. BY choosing
rainy day and not exposing the roots
one can sometimes manage trans
ference.
Avoid straight lines as much as possi-
BILE. There is no straight line in nature.
It is for this reason that groups and
masses are so much better than formal
or set beds.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
APE HORSES IN DEMAND?

In spite of all that has been written
and said the belief that horses are as
plenty as mosquitoes and as cheap as
scrub calves still clings and the average
man with his dull-headed western chunk
listlessly crawls over the ground and
don't believe he could sell good horse
if he had one" Meanwhile the cry in
creases in every quarter for choice driv-
ers and shrewd men are keenly watching
for a chance to pick up promising
driver for some one in town or city. 1t
is true that such horses are scarce and
hard to find. The fact that diligent
searching occasionally is rewarded only
serves to emphasize the truth>of the oft.
repeated statement. Those fortunate
enough to have few have been realizing
as never before. Talking with the pro-
prieter of Elmwood Farm, Lewiston
Junction, Mr.. Sauborn said: 81 have sold
within the past few weeks $4,000 worth
of horses and could have sold as many
more if we had had the supply ready for
the market" This is the kind of talk
that tells. Mr.. Sanborn is breeding and
developing the high class road horse
half blood French coach-and although
he has been laboring in every conceiva-
BILE way for ten years to get ahead OF the
market and be able to supply the demand
he has never seen the time when he
could not place at good prices many times
as many as he could produce or as he
could get the farmers to produce from
his stations. A sharp, keen-sighted
business man, he foresaw the inevitable
years ago and began to prepare for the
call, sure TO come, for high class road
sters. With the large number of stall
lions now at the farm and 100 or more
colts developing he finds himself entirely
unable to satisfy the demands of the
would-be purchasers, and if the farmers,
who might so easily have bred to his
stations, had availed themselves of the
opportunity, these colts would be selling
at good paying prices to-day and the
farms of central Maine would not be
loaded, as SO many are, with the raft of
chunks from western ranches.
The next five years will witness a call
for good horses beyond anything we
have seen and it will be for road horses,
just the type the farmers of Maine can
breed il they choose to seize the oppor-
tunity and get in line for dollars. The
demand is here and will increase but it
will not be satisfied with runt of a
PAGER or slab-sided little trotter, the
horse must have size, courage, intelli-
gence, conformation, and action. Such
horses cannot be produced in numbers
sufficient to satisfy buyers.-Maine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
TN this 18th day OF July, 4. ID. 1892. on read'
Ing the foregoing petitiou, Il Is
Ordered bv the Court, That hearing be ha l
upon the same ON the 5th day of sept. a: ID.
1902 before said Court ut Portland. in sait Dis
trtct. at 10 O'Clock M the forenoon; ami that no
tlce thereo be published in the ONfOrd Demo
crat, a newspaper printed in salt District, and
that all known creditors, and other persons In
interest, may appear at the said time and pl-ce,
ard show cause, II any they have, why the
PRAYER ot said petitioner should not be granted.
And IL l. further ordered by the Court, That
the Clerk shall send By mail To all knOwn cre't'
itors copies Of said petition and this order, AL
dressed to them at their places of residence as
stated.
Witness the Hon CLARENCE HALE Judge
Of the said Court and the seal thereof, at FORT
land, In said District. on the 18th day Of july
4. u. 1902.
isl An. DAVIS, Clerk.
4 trut. copy OF petltlon and or,ter thereon.
Attest: A. II. DAVIS. Clerk
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
Odd Records.

Records are kept with knotted cords
in Polynesia. During the early part OF
the nineteenth century and previously
the official taxgatherers on the island
of Hawaii, in the Sandwich group. did
all their accounts on a rope 2,4OO feet
long. which was divided into lengths.
each corresponding to district. Loops,
knots and feathers tied along the rope
served as memoranda for the hogs.
pigs and pieces Of sandalwoOd col
lected from taxpayers.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
PHILOSOPHY of Fatigue.

Some may he interested TO know
that there is now almost new Kind
of philosophy of fatigue, says Il writer
in Ainslee's. Some spectators think
man became conscious because his in
tuitions were slowed up by exhaustion.
so that the mind has TO pick its way
slowly and logically instead of divining
instantly, as it used to do. 1t was the
fall of man. Wilder drcamcrs have
even described the origin of cosmic -as
and nebul;u. from which all the worlds
come. as due TO progressive fatigue OF
the ether. which Is far more subtle and
back of it, II is II little rs II they were
attempting to rewrite the first phrases
Of the Old Testament so that il should
read, In the beginning was fatigue.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
No Smoking.

There Is one country In he world
where 1t Is considered crime to smoke
-Abyssinia. The law forbidding to-
bacco dates from the year 1912. 1t
was at first merely intended to prevent
priests from smoking in the churches,
but It was taken too literally, and now
adays even foreigners have to be care
full not to be seen smoking.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
A Curious Relic.

A curious relic Of Louis XVII. is the
"game of iominos" made of pieces of
the Bastille which were given to the
dauphin before he and his parents
left Versailles forever. 1t is said that
when the box containing it WAS
brought In the queen exclaimed to her
bedchamber woman, Mime. Campan,
"What IL sinister playthlng to give Il
childw The sinister plaything is now
added to the other revolutionary OBJ
jects preserved in the Hotel Carnaya-
let.-London Chronicle.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
The HIRED MAN NOT sAoLY OFF

The HIRED MAN NOT 6AoLY OFF.
Young men make mistake when
they think there is no money to be made
in working for farmers. They can get
about $3.50 year and board in farming.
Let the boy start at eighteen, getting
$3.50 wear and board; he has no other
positive expense except his clothes; $50
is a good allowance for that. Then let
him appropriate 500 for books and read
ing matter, travel and Incidental ex-
penses, which is liberal allowance,
then he has 800 to lay by. Let him
work till he is thirty years old; that is
early enough to settle down. He has
saved 81 200. which, with interest, will
give him 81, 800 to begin with. Besides,
if he is wise and thinking, he has good
start in education for farming, without
any cost or experience of his own.
He would better not work at one place
for the twelve years; better change about
once in two years and get the experience
of six farmers, and select their best
methods. One man doesn't know it all.
This man is then in fair way to have a
good farm and stock, free from debt,
with a fair bank account at fifty years
old. What more do we want? Let him
look around and see how many who
started life with him are as well of.
Try it, young MANI. Wilder, Tribune
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
Steel Skyscrapers.

An architect of New York says thar
with the modern steel frame a build
Ing can be carried to Il height equal
to seven and one-half I .aes the diam
eter Of the base. By this rule on an
ordinary city block could be erected
a building 1.500 feet high. 800 feet
higher than the Eiffel tower. 1T would
have 125 stories and cost about $780,
100000.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

For butter and cream dairying, there
are but two breeds to consider anyway,
Guernsey and Jersey. Get the best ami
mails you can and then breed for improve
ment. To make good cow we must
not neglect the calf, the very best of care
from first to last is absolutely necessary.
Breeding is science and is no business
for careless man; properly conducted,
il is the most interesting part of farming
and profitable as well. Don't depend on
either the male or female, see to it that
both are all right; then with good care
there is little dagner of failure. Cut
the clover early and cure it properly,
then if you have good corn ensilage the
cows will not miss the pasture next
winter.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
HOOD FIRM
Gurqet Cure

In garget the udder becomes infiamed,
hot, red and painful, and the milk seems
thick, stringy, bloody or watery.
A tablespoonful Of Hood Farm Cargo.
Cure mixed with damp feed two or three
times a day will cure any ordinary case.
"One of my cows had bloody garget and
fed her Hood Farm Garget Cure, night
and morning for six days, after which the
milk was all right" A. E. LOOMS, North
Wolcott, Vt.
Prices ST and $3.50.
Hood Farm Salve especially pre-
Garget Cure. Also excellent for cracked
teats, sores, bruises. 81. Call for treatise on
garget and its causes. Prepared by z. l.
Hood Co., Lowell, Mass. For sale by +. A.
SHURrLEFY 4 Co., South Paris, Me.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
The Human Uenrt.

The heart of man Is book-nay, 1t
is ian enclycopedia of everything that
has ever come within the range OF its
personal experience. 1t preserves ali
eternal record of all the stories III
which it has played a part. 1t Is
strange what sad things may be hidden
In its depth without giving any token
of their existence. The hear may be
gay and may send the smile mantllng
to the face. but all the while you see
only the topmost stratum. If the graves
beneath were to give up their ycad. the
smiles would seem strangely out OF
place
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
RaiIrnad Time FOlders.

The average person who picks up a
railroad time folder does not realize
the enormous amount of work which
the preparation of such Il publication
involves.
The big Burlington system. for in
stance. has general time folder made
I'D from sixteen different division time
tables. The folder contains 1000 names
of towns. gives the schedules of over
500 trains. and whenever there is Il
change In time GO,OO0 figures have to
be carefully checked and corrected.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
The CObweb.

A story was told the other day Of
little girl who discovered cobweb and
then, seeing spider emerge from 1t,
called out: See the cob run! How fast
the cob runs" AS matter OF fact
she builded better than she knew, for
cob, or cop, is. according to the die
tionaries. the name sometimes given to
q spider; whence the word cObweb.
which is, strictly speaking, copweb.
Cop in this sense is probably an abbre-
Walton of the Anglo-Saxon attercoppe.
a Spidar
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
LanguaIe e.

"Its wonderful" said the meditative
man, "how one small word. insignia.
cant in itself. may induce an endless
train Of thought, speaking volumes. In
fact"
"Yes." replied the caustic man. "Take
the word but for instance, when .
woman says, or course. It's none Of
my business, but '"-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
Conceded II.

"There's burglar In the house, Ben
jamin," said Mrs. Frett, arousing her
husband In the dead Of the morning.
"Hear thatT she continued. Its sure
" the sound Of a chisel. Hes a safe
burglar"
"You bet he is" sleepily returned
BENJAMIN, turning over for another
nap-Richmond Dispatch.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
A Hot Come Back.

President of the Getyourcoyne Gas
Company Heavens, doctor. You don't
mean to say you are going to charge
me $3 for pulling one tooth?
Dentist Yes; dollar for pulling the
tooth, the balance for gas furnished
at your regular rates.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
Bankruut's Petition for Discharge.

lu the matter of
ENEEETT l.. SMART, In Bankruptcy
Bankrupt.
To the HoN. CLARENCE HALE, Judge OF the DIS.
trict Court OF the United States for the District
of Maine
EVERETT L. SMART, of Rumfort, In the
Il County Of Oxford, and State of Maine, Ia
SAID District respectfully represents that on the
18th day OF January, last past, he was duly
aijudged bankrupt under the Acts OF COL
sre,s relating To Bankruptcy; that he has duly
surrendered an his property and rights OF
property, and has fully complied with all the
requirements of said Acts and of the orders oi
Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, That he may be decree,i
hy the Court 10 have full discharge from all
debts proyabe against his estate, under sait
Bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge
Dated this lCth day of july, \. ID. 1892;
EVERETT l.. SMART.
DO M
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

With too many of us the study is how
IN cet more land. But with the more
land does there always come the added
happiness? Ought We not rather TO
work and plan how to get the most out OF
what land we now have? Not how
much. but how well, may be the watch
word which brings us through best.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
A Pointer.

Briggs-How do you know Mrs. Dull
Get is such a handsome woman? You
say you never saw her.
Griggs-No, but you should hear how
the other women talk about her.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

As the demand for dairy cows is far in
excess of the supply it is clear that we
must give more attention to breeding;
Because cows are in demand don't breed
eyery scrub and waste time and money
raising their calves, better raise one good
beifer than any number of poor ones,
90 in for quality, not numbers.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he
has been duly appointed administrator of the
estate OF
WILLIAM G.. wlTHAM, late of Paris,
IN the County of Oxfor,i, deceased, and given
bOnjs IA the law directs All persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased are
desired To present the same for settlement, ana
all iniebtea thereto are requested To make pay
msnt Immediately. "
July 18TH 1892. WM. %. rRorf'lN"dAh'
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

Mistake In the Programme.
"She married him to reform him."
"And what was the result"
"She wishes she had reformed him
to marry m."-Chicago Post.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

A sudden transition to green ieeu Is
often injurious and sometimes iatai' IL
should be gradual.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLOw."

correspond nee on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
HAHMOND. Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Me.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

Oats and clover may be used for silage,
but they are neither SO safe nor profit
able as corn, well matured.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

Somebody figures that there are 1,437
remedies for rheumatism. But 1t gets
there Just the same.-New York World.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

When fool gets angry, he opens his
mouth and shuts his eyes.-Chicago
News.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
A TrufSui.

When the undertaken is sent for, he
generally comes to grief.-Philadelphia
Record.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
IN THE RASPBERRY FIELD.

THE CHOICEST VARIETIES -.Ess ENTIALLY
LOCAL FRUIT, AND NOT GOOD Foa SHIP
PING TO DISTANT POINTS.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
NOTICE.
1904. Hebron Academy. 1902.
The Fall Term of Hebron Academ!
viii open
tuesday. Sent, 9, 1902.

The expenses of term are now as low
as before the present splendid equipment
was completed. 5000 to 5000 will
pay all bills for term of twelve weeks.
BY self boarding, students are able TO
reduce expenses TO rate within the
means of any ambitious boy or girl.
Write the principal for catalogue or
further information.
". Z. SARGENT, Prin., Hebron, Me.
Julv. 1902
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
VOLUME 50.
Smith & Machinist,
,r-.ru paris MAIEE

Manufacturer of general machinery, steam en-
,rs. mill work. spool machinery and tools,
LIS. set screws, taps, dies and drills made anu
,paircJ. sewing, moving and threshing ma
Ibine,. pumps of all kinds, presses, guns, pis
t5'.. kniyes. traps, etc, neatly and promptly re-
",lred. steam and water piping done to order.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
American Association Standing.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May S.-Indianapolis
got revenge to-day for the two shut-outs
that were administered by the Saints, and
won in a most exciting game that lasted
ten innings. Coulters single and kfhm's
drive to right field for three bases broke
the deadlock in the tenth and gave the
game to President Watkins's men by the
score of s TO 4. The ninth inning set the
fans bowling. Indianapolis was first up,
with the score tied, and started off with
O'Brien's slow one that Cribbins had
trouble in fielding, and the Indianapolis
short stop was safe. Babb hunted one
down to Cribbins, and the st. Paul pitcher
scooped it up without difficulty. He turned
to catch O'Brien at second, but when he
found that the base was not covered he
threw to first. The ball hit Babb in the
back and bounded off into right field. Be
fore it could be felded in, O'Brien had
scored and Babb was safe on second. After
Fox had gone out, Heyden hit for two
bases. scoring Babb, and Killen's out to
Kelley, to Cribbins, and Hogriever's bound
er to Grier, retired Indianapolis with two
runs. to the good.
Higgins led off with a two-bagger in
the Saints half and was advanced to third
on Hurley's long fly to Hogriever. Then
Chech was sent to bat for Cribbins, and
he was given a base on balls. Grier hit
to kim, who undertook to make a double,
but his throw TO second was bad, and
Chech and Grier were both safe, Higgins
scoring. billiard got to first on a fielder's
choice while Grier was being retired. and
Chech scored on Shay's single. billiard,
however, undertook to get to third on the
play and was caught.
The visitors made easy work of the tenth
inning. Successive hits by Coulter, kim,
the latter a three-bagger, and O'Brien's
long fly clinched the victory. Both pitchers
were hit hard in the earlier part of the
game, but after the second inning hey
steadied down and did good work. Hug
gins was advanced in the second inning
through a balk by Killen and that was re-
sponsible for the Saints run in that round.
Score
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
TRAINING QUARTERS CROWDED.
Boxing Enthusiasts Watched Forbes
and Hymn Train Yesterday.

The training quarters of Clarence Forbes
and Jack Ryan. were visited by scores of
men yesterday anxious to see the feather
weights work out for their ten-round con-
test to a decision at the Empire Theater to-
morrow evening. Ryan did some lively in
door work at Alhambra Hall and boxed
several fast rounds with Jack Cullen, while
Forbes punched the bag and boxed with his
sparring partner, Young Ahearns. at Ma
rion ScOtts place on South Meridian street.
Forbes did some road work in the morning,
but worked indoors in the afternoon. Both
men are in excellent condition and will
give a lively bout. They will train again
to-day and tomorrow morning will do a
little light work and rest in the afternoon.
The kentucky Kid who won the de-
cision from kid" Bruno at the Empire
last week. has been matched with the
Kentucky Rosebud and the TWO will
furnish a four-round preliminary. King
and Carroll will box four rounds and
Young Sharkey'' and Young Murphy"
will also appear in the preliminaries. The
first bout will be called promptly at $50.
Herman Marks. who refereed the Cullen
Blackburn contest, Will referee the match
between Forbes and Ryan.