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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10

The British Admiralty has just
struck off its maps the so-called Royal
Company Islands, which have ap-
peared hitherto as to the south Of Aus
traIia but have been found to be non
existent
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-06-10

The suggestion that nurse maid
should receive regular training TO
their work is not without its goo
points. Trained nurse maids, how
ever, would command a wage too hig-
for the average paterfamilias, VIII
would have to content himself witt
the crude article as found today.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
NUMBER 3.

and was made 10 march ape w..l Ia
nimbie enemies. who set out swiftly
cas-: ward. thcir disappointment 1t hay
ing their sport cut short. although BIT
ter enough, not In the least indicated
by any facial expression or spiteful act.
Was 1t really n strange thing. or was
Il not that Bcvcrley's mind ro% buSlcl
itself increasingly with tie thought that
Long Hair had Alices picture i'm his
pouch? One might find room for dis
cussiOn of a cerebral problem like this,
but our history cannot he delayed with
analyses and speculations. Ii ni..st run
Its direct course unhindered to the end.
Suffice ii to record that while tramping
at Long Hairs side and growing more
and more desirous OF seeing the picture
again Beverley began trying to con-
verse with his taciturn c.sriG:. He Lad
a considerable smattering of several
Indian dialects, which he turned upon
Long Hair to the best Of his ability,
but apparently without effect. Never
theless he babbled at intervals. always
upon the same subject and always en-
deavoring to influence that huge. stol-
id, heartless savage in the direction OF
letting him see again the child face OF
the miniature.
Wacn night came on again the band
camped under some trees beside swOll-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
(ro BIZ CONTINUED
READING IN BED.
A Custom That Hus Bsen Followed
nv ynny Writer'S,

A Custom That Hns Baen Followed
by Many Writer'S.
Johnson told Boswell once in the
course of Il conversation, in which he
praised the "Anatomy,' that a man. II
inclined to melancholy. should have
lamp constantly burning in his bed
chamber du-iIg the night land If wake
fully disturbed take book and read
and compose himself TO rest There
can be little doubt that in thus indi-
eating an appropriate course for any
one afflicted with constitutional mel
ancholy' - his own trouble - he was
stating his own practice. Many book
the wakeful doctor must have turned
over in the silcnces of the night. ana
this increases the wonder that desire
to read any particular work should
take him out of bed unusually early.
Gray must surely have been reader
in ped. A man who wished to be for
ever lying on sofas, reading eternal
new novels Of Crebillon and MARI
vany." must have been familiar with
the faces of his fav0rites in the night
hours. Elijah Fenton, n now forgotten
coadiutor of Pope. was accustomed to
lie abed ut his lodgings, we are told,
and be fed with Il spoon, but Gray's
love of ease was not Of this type. Gray
was Il booliman. and most boOkmen
probably have INDUCED i'm the habit OF
reading in bed. Lamb apostrophiZed
his folios as my midnight darlings,"
but those huge armfuls," rs he calls
them. were not bedside books. They
were the companions Of the long hours
of candlelight in the back room Of the
quiet little "gambogish colored" house
beside the Chase at Enfield. Wycher-
ley. one of the artificial" dramatists
for whom Iliab wrote quaint de-
fcnsc, mad" Il i.abit of reading himself
to sleep. Ni,ht!y he shared his pillow
with his favorite authOrs-Seneca.
Montaigne and ROchefOucauld-and in
the mornings made Il practice Of writ
ing on those subjects which had caught
his attention during the previous
nights reading. with the curious
though no; unnatural result. as Pope
has testified. that his writing was I'M
consciously II mere echo of his reading.
Somewhat later. when Grub street
fiourished, if so inappropriate verb
may be allowed, many poor wretch
Of hack author was glad To write rs
we'll rs 10 read in bed for the all suiii-
cient reason that seemly clothes were
lacking for going abroad.-Iondon
Globe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
Founding a Dairy Herd.

In founding and maintaining dairy
herd the wise farmer will lay down the
first principles: Have standard; eS-
tablSh that and hold to it, If a COW
does not come up to your standard get
rid of her, no matter what she cost.
This question is carefully considered by
Prof. III. H. Dean of the Ontario college
of agriculture, who in recent paper
states that his present standard is 5000
pounds of milk and $50 pounds of but
ter per cow, and that he hopes to bring
up the figures to 10000 pounds of milk
and 400 pounds of butter. He will
probably succeed. He writes:
"Some twelve years ago when took
charge of the dairy department We had
about dozen ordinary grade cows. At
present we have about thirty cows milk
ing and twenty younger animals coming
on. We have steadily increased the
production of our herd, and last year
the average of the herd was over 5000
pounds of milk per COW and over 800
pounds of butter per COW.
1--WE selected first the best grade cows
we could get, using pure-bred sireS of
the dairy breeds always, and raising
practically all the heifer calves; then at
the end of the second milking period,
wedding out all that had not come up to
our standard. When we buy cow We
weigh her milk every night and morning,
take sample and put it into the Bah
cock test and test it. Then at the end
of the month we know the number of
pounds of milk she is yielding and the
percentage of fat. At the end of the
year we know what each COW has done
and if she does not come up to the
standard we get rid of her. In the case
of heifers, with their first calves, we give
them a second trial. That briefly is the
plan we have adopted-raising all our
hefer calves, having them drop their
calves at 2 l-2 or three years old, milking
for two lactation periods, and wedding
them out at the end of the second lacta-
ton period.
ITO improve the quality of the herd
and the quantity of the milk yield, a
man must not only breed his cows right,
and weed them out according to stand
ard, but it also involves the question of
| feeding. Cows cannot be expected to
milk we'll on small amount of food.
The main thing is to give the COW all
the bulky food she will eat; but it should
be of a digestible and palatable nature.
In addition to this, she should receive
eight pounds of meal to every thirty
pounds of milk produced, in order that
she may produce milk economically
New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19

mer at long price, and took to Califor-
mia. The rest are there and still doing
business at the old stand, though there
is one that H.-F. breeders would no
doubt, be glad to get if they could. This
is Alma Marie Josephine, who at three
years old made record of Is lbs. 5.S or.
butter from 400.3 lbs. milk, showing an
average for the seven days of 3.7l per
cent. fat in the milk. The net profit for
the one week was estimated to be 81
The main deduction which the think
ing dairy farmer must draw from the
exhaustive work shown in this bulletin
is that for the greatest net profit he
needs cows of the large dairy type,
such as the Holstein- Friesians; for, not
only do they give larger net profit, but
by reason of their hardness and great
vitality, the large, vigorous Holstein-
Friesians thrive on work which will
break down and destroy the weakly con.
stitutions of the small, delicately formed
JerSeys.-Cor. in Turf, Farm and Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
NOTICE.

In the District Court of the United states Tor
the District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of
the partnership of
IL T. ELLINGwOOD Y SON,
the Individual cOpartners
I'm which are Hiram In bankruptcy
EilingwOOd and Roland
p Filing wood and they
individually, of MeNico,
Bankrupts
To the creditors of the partnership OF III. f.
ElingwoOd X Son. the individual copartners IN
which are Hiram =. EllingwOOd and Rolani T.
EUingwOod, and the creditors of each or them
indi iiually In the County OF Oxford and Ills
Lrict aforesaid: o., -. -.
Notice ia hereby given that on the 9Th day OF
Jan. A. ID. l904, the partnership OF II. +. Einng
wood K Son, the individual cOpartners In whicn
are Hiram 4. EllingwoOd and Roland T. EilnS
wool. and they individually, were duly acYudi
Gated bankrupt and that the first meeting OF theii
creditors will be held at the Court House, In Soutl
Paris, on the 10Th day Of jan, a. ID. 1901, ~ "
O'clock In the forenoon, at which time the salu
creditors may attend. prove their claims ap;
point a trustee. examine the bankrupts, anu
transact such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
south Paris, Jan. IL, 1894.
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19

ton presently said. Captain Farms
worth, you will see that the prisoner Il
confined in the proper place. which,
suggest to YOU, is not your sleepin;
quarters. sir"
Colonel Hamilton" said Farms
worth in n husky voice, II slept on th'
ground under shed last night In ordel
that Miss Eoussillon might he some
what comfortable"
"Hrmph. Well. see that you do no
do it again. This girl IL guilty of haf
boring sYy and resisting Il lawful at
tempt OF E.y guards to capture him
ConfiIc her IN the place prepared fol
prisoners ara see that she stays ther,
until / am ready to fix her punish
men,"
There IS no place fit for young cir
10 stay in" I'arnsworth ventured
"She can have no comfort orr
Take her long. sir. Any place i;
GOOD enough or her so long as she be
havcs Ike IL
Very wei" Farnsworth bluntly in
terruptcd. tins saving Alice the stroke
of Il vile colparison. Come with me
please. Miss Houssillon."
He pulled nor toward the door, then
dropped the arm he had grasped and
murmured az apology
She followed him out, holding her
head high. No one looking on would
have suspected that sinking sensa'
ton in her heart made II difficult for
like stars, were SO inwardly clOuded
with distress that she saw her way but
dimly.
1t was relief to Hamilton when
Helm few minutes later entered the
room with something breezy TO say.
whats up now, if | may ask?' the
jolly American demanded. Whats
this hear about trouble with the
French women: Have they begun a
revolution:'
"That elephant Gaspard Roussillon
came back into town last night said
Hamilton sulkily.
"Well, he went out again, didn't he:''
Yes, but
stepped on somebody's toe first,
eh?'
"1he guard tried to capture him. and
that girl Of his wounded Lieutenant
Barlow in the neck with a sword.
Roussillon fought like tiger. and the
men swear that Satan himself ap-
pcared on the scene to help the French
man ont"
Moral: Be generous in your dealings
with Frenchmen and French women
and so get the devil on your side
T've got the girl a prisoner, and |
swear 10 you that I'll have her shot
this time if
"Why not shoot her yourself? Yon
oughtn't to shirk dirty job like that
and force it upon your men,
Hamilton laughed and elevated his
shoulders as if to shake off an annoying
load. Just then Il young officer with Il
white bandage around his neck entered
and saluted. He was a small, soft
haired. blue eyed man Of reckless bear
Ing. with marks of dissipation sharply
cut into his face. He saluted. smiling
self consciously.
"Well, Barlow" said Hamilton. 1.-THE
kitten scratched you. did she?'
: "Yes. slightly. and | don't think I've
been treated fairly in the matter, sir"
"Iow so2"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19

en- stream. There was no rain falling,
but almost the entire country lay under
a flood of water. Fires of logs were
soon burning brightly on the comrara.
lively dry bluff chosen by the Indians.
The weather was chill, but not cold.
Long Hair took great pains. however,
TO dry Beverley's clothes and see that
he had warm wraps and plenty to eat.
Hamiltons large reward would not be
forthcoming should the prisoner die.
Beverley was good property, well
worth careful attention. To be sure. his
scalp i'm the worst event would com.
hand n sufficient honorarium. but not
the greatest. Beverley thought Of all
this while the big Indian was wrap.
,ing him snugly in skins and blankets
Tor the night, and there was no com.
'ort In II save that possibly If he were
returned to Hamilton he might see
Alice again before he died.
At about the midhour Of the night
Long Hair gently awoke his prisoner
by drawing hand across his face,
then whispered in his ear:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19


bCtUCCH them.
81 stood the nrunt. and now Captain
Farnsworth gets the prize. He twist
cd his mouth in mock expression OF
maudiin disappointment. I'm always
cheated out of the sweets. never get
ANYTHING for gallant conduct on the
field"
Poor boy. 1t is Il shame. But | say
lieutenant. has Roussllon really es-
caped. or is he hidden somewhere in
town? Have you been CAREFUL"
"Oh, it's the Indians. They all swear
by these Frenchmen. You can't get any
help from them against fellow like
Roussillon. In fact, they aid him. He's
| among them now"
"Moral again." Helm interposed.
"Keep on the good side Of the French"
"That's sensible talk, sir" assented
Barlow.
"Bahw exclaimed Hamilton. you
might as well talk of keeping on the
good side of the American traitors. A
bloody murrain seize the whole race"
That's what l say" chimed in the
lieutenant, with sly look ut Helm.
"They have been telling me cock
and bull story concerning the affair at
the Roussillon cabin Hamilton said,
changing his manner. what Is this
about disguised and wonderful man
who rushed in and upset the whole OF
you? l want no romancing. Give me
the facts"
Barlow's dissolute countenance be-
came troubled.
"The facts" he said, speaking with
serious deliberatiOn, "are not clear. 1t
was like clap of thunder the way
that man performed. AS you say, he
did fling the whole squad all Of a heap,
and 1t was done that quickly" he
snapped his thumb and finger demon
stratively with sharp report. nobody
could understand It,"
Hamilton looked at his subaltern
with smile of unlimited contempt and
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that ne has
been duly appointed administrator of the estate
of
CHARLES Y. DAY, late OF Hiram,
I'm the County of Oxford, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs All persons having
demands against the estate of said deceased art
desired TO present the same for settlement, an0
all Indicted thereto are requested 10 MAKE pay
ment Immediately. ,,
LLEWELLYN A. wADswORTH.
Dec. 18th, 1908.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
Hood Farm Liniment
For Mar and Beast.

The unequalled external remedy for
sprains, swellings, lameness, infiamma-
tions, and all aches and pains where a
soothing, stimulating and strengthening
liniment Is required.
Best Wash for Race or Work Horses
Is made by putting two tablespoonfuls
Hood Farm Liniment in quart OF water.
Keeps horses sleek and glossy.
"A first class liniment." c. M. WINCH,
Barre, VT. -,
BEST all round liniment ever used"
C. T. MCNALLY, GrovetOn, N. H.
BEST on the market for taking soreness
out OF horses" C. H. GORDON, trainer for
Hon. Warren F. Daniel, Franklin, n. H.
"A good clean preparation to use." z.
L. BLAKELY, 343 Winthrop st., Medford,
Mass, farme, for Gen. 8. C. Lawrence.
Prices, 25c.. 5Oc., 81 and 81. Gallon 81.
For sale by F. A. SHURTLEFF & Co., South
Paris, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
NOTICE.

In the District Court of the United states foi
the District OF Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter OF
LINCOLN X. WELD, In bankruptcy
Of Rumford Falls, Bankrupt
To the creditors OF Lincoln r. Weld In th'
County OF Oxford and district aforesaid;
Notice Is hereby given that on the Sh usy o
january, A. ID. 1894. the said LlDeoln H. We,
was duly adju,lis ated bankrupt, and thar TN
irst meeting OF his creditors win be held at TN
Court House. In South Paris. on the 10Th day 0
Feb. A. u. 1904, at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon
AZ which time the said creditors may attend
prove their claims, appoint trustee, exatnlh' ex
The hankrunt and transact such other business
as NAV properly come before said meeting.
south Paris, Jan. II. 1904.
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee In bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
NOTICE.

IN tho District Court Of the United States for the
district of Maine In Bankruptcy
In the matter of .
CLARK HUSTON, In Bankruptcy
of Mexico, Bankrupt.
To the creditors OF Clark Huston In the
County OF oxford and district aforesaid
Notice il hereby given that on the 18th tlav oi
December A. H. 1903, the said Clark Huston
was duly adjudcated bankrupt and that the hrsi
meeting OF his creditors will be held at tht
GNDrt House. In south Paris, on the 18th
,IAy OF January, A. ID. 1904. at 10 O'elOek
I'm the forenoon, at which time the said
creditors may attend, prove their claims,
appoint trustee, examine the bankrupt
spp6 tr,nsact such other business as may
prouerlv come before said meeting.
south Paris, Jan. I, 1904.
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
WWashed Silver"

The danger of contagion In dirty
money passed from hand to hand pro-
miscuously has occurred to many peo-
pie. Thackeray once wrote OF cluD
in London where 1t was the custom to
give the members such change as they
might require in washed silver" That
would not be bad idea In any busi'
ness where money is not too rapidly
turned over.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
CHAPTER XIV.
VIRTUE IN A LOCKET.

" ONG HAIR stood not upon cere.
mony In conveying to Beverley
the information that he was to
run the gantlet. The prepara-
tions were simple and quickly made.
Each man armed himself with stick
three feet long and about three-quar-
ters of an inch in diameter. Rough
weapons they were, cut from boughs OF
scrub oak, knotty and tough as horn
Long Hair unbound his body down to
the waist. Then the lines formed, the
Indians In each row standing about al
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19

The best way to determine which of
many different makes of separators is a
good one to use, is to get one of these
machines, set it up in the proper manner
and make careful tests of the skim milk
obtained when it is being run under
normal conditions. 1t will also be a
good plan to get a test of the skim milk
when there is some variation from nor
NAL in the speed of the bowl, the tenn
perature of the milk, and the amount of
milk skinned per hour. These latter
results will show how much the efficien-
cy of the separator is influenced by such
abnormal conditions.-New England
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19

Consumptives should pay particular
attention to getting out into the open
air Immediately after rain. Rain
washed air is much purer than that
which floats above dry city. The
first gushing downpour Of rain after
a "dry SPELL is muddy with impurities
washed out OF the air.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
NOTICE.

In the District Court Of the United states toi
the District OF Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of .
BION NJ. GREELEY, In banRruptcS
OF Paris, Bankrupt }
To the creditors of BiOn VI. Greeiey III
n,e Comfy of oxford and district aforesaid:
Notice Is hereby given that on the 26lh day Oi
December. A. u. 1873, the said BiOn NJ. Greeley
WAS duly adjudicate,t bankrupt, and that the
first meeting Of his creditors will be held al
Jav of Jan. A. ID. 1904 at 10 O'Clock In the
forenoon, at which time the said creditors
NAV attend, prove their claims, appoint trustee
examine the bankrupt and transact such Other
business as may properly come before sal"
meeting.
south Paris, Jan. /. 1894
GEO. \. WILSON,
Referee IN Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19

Idaho has shipped 100000 sheep this
year and competent judges say the state
is carrying so per cent less sheep through
the winter than last year.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19

tn tho Honorable Justice OF the supreme Judi
ciaI Cont next 20 be holden at Paris In and
for the County of OXfOri. on the second Tues
tiAy of March, 4. ID. 1904
Re-pectfully represents Edna +. McCAuIey OF
,)N for,l. I'M the &. unity of oxford and State OF
Maine. that -he was lawfully married To James
ID NcCauey her husband, at Manches er, In the
state OF New Hampshire, on the - day ot
May, 4. ID. lsS2. ,
That they lived together "a husband anu wife
al oxford Maine during the five years last
mast That your Libellant has always conducted
herself "a A true and faithful wife towards her
said hu. band but that he, the said James Me
taulev. wholly regardless OF his marriage VOWS
and duty, has been guilty OF adultery WIN
divers evd women.
Your Libelant further represents that the sal't
James D. McCauley has been guilty OF crue anu
abusive treatment toward your Libelant. 1Our
Libellant further represents that they had born
la them two children, VIZ. Charles ~, aged ;
wears and Edith e.. aged years, and she praVs
that the care ami custody of both minor children
be decreed 70 her.
Your Iibelant further represents that the
whereabouts OF the said James u. McCauiey Is
not known IL her, and cannot be ascertalned Oy
reasonable diligence That she has used reason,
able diigenc' 10 find his residence and has taile'i
10 do 80.
Wherefore she prays that divorce from the
bonds II matrimOny existing between her anu
her said husband may be decreed.
Dated at oxford, this 23d day OF November, A
ID. 1873. ,- =, ,,..c,r-,rv
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
To soften shoes.

The rubbing Of a little meats foot oil
into shoes renders them pliable and
water proof.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED THE PLow." !"

on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
H,SM0SD, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
Ocrat, Paris, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
EurOpenn Turke!
Rain Washed Air.

The Turks are but one-sixth of tho
population of European Turkey.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19

Milk as rapidly as possible without
irritating or worrying the cows.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-19
Pains in the Back

Are symptoms OF n weak, torpid or
stagnant condition of the kidneys or
liver, and are warning it is extremely
hazardous to neglect, so important
is a healthy action of these organs.
They are commonly attended by loss
of energy, lack of courage, and some-
times by gloomy foreboding and de-
spondency.
~ had pains in my back, could not sleep
and when ! got up in the morning felt
worse than the night before. / began TAX
ing Hoods Sarsaparilla and now | can
sleep and get up feeling rested and able to
do my work. attribute my cure entirely
to Hoods Sarsaparilla." Mrs. j. N. PERRY,
care II, S. Copeland, Pike Road Ala.
Hoods JGrsaparitld
and Pills
Cure kidney and liver troubles, relieve
the back, and build up the whole system.
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OXFORD, -.

OXFORD, -. ~, 80,
OXFORD, November q, 1913.
Personally appea eel the above named Edna
above made as to the residence Of the said
Libellee are true.
Before me, ,.
GEORGE HAZEN,
SEAL Notary Public