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CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

Colonel R. NJ. Green of Oroville took
an important part in the meeting of
Union and Confederate veterans held
here TO arrange for great national re-
union of the blue and the gray at
Washington next May. He was ap-
pointed a member Of the committee
that is TO notify Generals Lee and
Black. commanders, respectively, of the
Confederate and Union organizations,
of the desire to hold the reunion.
Among the prominent visitors to the
exposition is Colonel Az B. Butler of
Fresno and San Francisco, who was
always a leading raisin packer and
who was credited recently with making
a sale of oil lands al a figure beyond a
million. He now has 1900 acres of oil
land in the Indian Territory and has
come here from Europe, where he left
his family, on his way to the Territory.
He spent five months there last year
Judge Wills and his associates in the
Sacramento Development Association
display entertained 100 young ladies the
other day, who were sent to the fair by
a Cincinnati newspaper. They came
from Ohio and surrounding States.
Each was given a package of Califor-
MIA nuts and dried fruits and some of
the literature of the Sacramento Val
ley.
Charles H. Spear, chairman of the
State Harbor Commission, is here with
his wife and daughter. Spear saw the
unpacking and placing in position at
the San Francisco building of the sec
tion Of a modern wooden cylinder pier
sent hnrd hy IA I'd NJ
is an excellent municipal exhibit-one
Of the best and most interesting in the
building. The outer sixty feet of a pier
100 feet in width is shown on a scale
of one-half inch to the foot.
TO BETTER FERRY BUILDING.
Spear viii return home armed with
facts through which he hopes to make
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express erect a
building Of its own on the water front
and stop using the space now occupied
by it in the ferry building. He has
made inquiry in several large Eastern
cities and finds, he says, that no ex-
press company is given such a privilege
in any Of them.
George A. Dennison is here in the
employ of the State Board of Trade and
visitors on the floor of the building
afternoons and assumes the duties of
secretary in the forenoon. Commits
sioner Filcher is very anxious that
Dennison be made secretary perma-
nently, but it is likely that some good
Republican who is capable and who
helped make Pardee Governor-and
there are plenty eligible-will be given
the billet. The statute creating the
commission provides that a secretary
shall be appointed at salary of 5000
a month and expenses. The Commits
sioners are anxious to get some one of
their own choosing into the place at
less than half the salary fixed by the
legislative act. 1t is rumored that
their zeal to save the State money is
so great that they are going to donate
half their own salaries to the State at
the close of the fair. Neither of them
will confirm this, and it is probably
only rumor.
B. w Worthington, assistant to
julius Kruttschnitt of the Southern
Pacific Company, is on his way home
with his family via New Orleans after
visiting the exposition
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
Dehorning Calves.

Feeders and breeders know full well
that owing TO the injury to which horn
ed cattle are liable in transit, the greater
amount of space they require IN feeding
wards in which they are turned loose,
and the irregular duration OF the fatten-
inc period (due to the stronger animals
driving off the weaker) hornless cattle
are worth more to them than horned
cattle. Under these circumstances IN
Ireland, the system of dehorning has
been strongly recommended to the farm
ers. The operation if performed with
caustic potash, upon young calves few
days old is almost painless. 1t should
not be attempted however, If the calf is
more than nine days old. The method
is to clip the hair from the top OF the
horns when the calf is from to days
old. slightly moisten one end of the stick
of potash and rub the tip of each horn
firmly for quarter of a minute, or un-
I'll the potash has made slight impres-
sion ON the center of the horn. Inc
horns should be treated in a similar
manner from two 10 four times, accord
inc To the size of the horn and the age
of the animal. About five minutes
sbould elapse between each application,
and if, during one of these Intervals, a
little blood appears in the center OF the
horn, it will then only be necessary TO
give another very slight rubbing with
the potash. A strong piece OF paper
should, of course, be rolled round the
end of the potash stick, which is to be
held by the fingers. This system is faI
better than waiting until the animal is
full grown before dehorning.-New Eng
| land Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08

| From the paper it comes, through my
| eyes. into my head and out of my
mouth to thee. Thus it comes"
Thus ii comes: 1t be there in the
| paper:" Imber'S voice sank in wills
perful awe as lie cracked the sheets be
| tween thumb and finger and stared al
| the characters scrawled thereon. 1T
be great medicine, Howkan, and thou
art worker of wonders
1T be nothing it be nothing the
young man responded carelessly and
pridcfully. He read at random from
the document: I'm that year before the
| break of the ice. came IN old man and
| n boy who was lame of one foot These
also did kill. and the old man made
| much noise -
1T he true" Imbcr interrupted
brcatlpSsly. He made much noise
and would not die for Il long time. But
| how GoSt thou know. llowkan! The
chief man of the white men told thee
mayhap: No one belcld me. and him
alone have told"
UOWkan shook his hcIt with lmpa-
| tience. Have | not told thee it be
there in the paper. o fool:"
Imher stared hard ut tile ink scrawl-
ed surface. AS the hunter looks upon
the snow and says, Here but yesterday
| there passed Il rabbit, and here by the
willow scrub it stood and listened and
"A fr.,i1 n
ed upon its trail and here it went with
great >vifIness, leaping wide; ana
| here with greater swiftness and wider
leapings. came Il lynx; and here, where
| the claws cut deep into the snow, the
| lynx made very great leap; and here
| ii struck. with the rabbit under and
rolling belly up; and here leads off the
trail of the lynx alone, and there is no
| more rabbit as the hunter looks upon
| the markings Of the snow and says
| thus and so and here dost thou, too,
look upon the paper and say thus and
SO and here be the things old Imber
| hath done"
Even So" said Howkan. "And now
do thou listen and keep thy woman's
tongue between thy teeth till thou art
called upon for speech
Thereafter and for long time How
kan read to him the confession, and
Imber remained musing and silent. At
| the end he said:
1T be my talk and true talk, but l
am grown old, Howkan. and forgotten
things come back to me which were
well for the headman there to know.
| First, there was the man who came
over the ice mountains with cunning
traps made Of iron. who sought the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
Wide Scope of the Grange.

The grange to-day has become a well
established factor whereby the agricul-
tural classes are reaping untold benefits
therefrom. The Patrons of Husbandry,
who are composed principally of farm
ers or those engaged in agricultural pur-
suits, are now recognized by all classes
and conditions of men as ranking fore
most among fratcrnal organizations.
One of the chief aims of the order is
to elevate the standing of the American
farmer. BY its precepts, rules and
regulations the tillerS of the soil have
acquired beneficial and lasting results
that will tell in after life. Farmers, as a
rule, have been slow to organize for
mutual benefit. The grange was insti-
tuted to meet the great demands OF farm
life and to broaden the views of all those
who come within its gates. Agriculture
is the basis on which rests the founda-
ton of the world; without agriculture
the world would be barren and desolate.
The founders of the order were those
who knew full well the great needs OF
the farming class. They were men who
went forth into the great fields of thought
and practice They were farmers in
every lIuC oCllSC VI tAlN "OiNf NA4NSN ''1AS
were deSirous of assisting their fellow
men to bear the burdens of life in more
prosperous condition. The educational
advantages alone which the grange has
been instrumental in imparting among
men and women are of great worth, as
they have placed the farmers and farm
ers' wives more on equality with the rest
of mankind.
In cooperation there is strength, and
in united effort there is power to develop
and bring about desired results, it being
one of the fundamental principles of
the order. The grange has been fore
most in the struggle against fraudulent
products and in the effort to have laws
enacted to prevent that netarious busi-
ness. The department of agriculture is
one of the important achievements OF
the grange, and in years past the depart
ment has clearly demonstrated to the
agricultural classes what has been ac-
complished to protect and benefit the
tillers of the soil. Success to the order
of Patrons of HuSbandry.-P. f. White
in Massachusetts Ploughman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
About Buying Home Trees.

Travelling tree agents have undoubt-
edly been of public benefit in increasing
the interest in fruit production.
Many owners of village lots have plant
ed trees who would hardly have been
to the trouble of going or sending to
nursery for trees. But buying and
planting a tree is not all that is needed
for obtaining supply of good fruit.
Agents always desire to sell as large an
order as possible, and they are not al
ways good Judges of what customer
ought to purchase. One of the common
est mistakes made by buyers is in buy
ing too many trees, more than they have
ample room for, and also too many
varieties. In looking over an agent s
sample book with its beautiful colored
plates of fruits and flowers one is apt to
think that nearly all the kinds would be
desirable. If one is going to try to raise
apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries,
grapes and currants, and proposes to
have an assortment of summer, fall and
winter varieties one will need farm
rather than small village garden.
Without the experience it is hard for one
TO realize the amount of work and care
that is required to produce such speci-
mems of fruit as are shown in the sam
pie books, or are exhibited at the horti-
cultaral fairs. have seen persons al
most beside themselves with enthusiasm
over handsome fruit exhibited at fairs,
and with notebook were taking down
names of varieties with the view OF
ordering plants for setting in their own
wards or on land not yet purchased
Many think that buying and planting
trees or seeds is the chief requisite FOL
success in the production of fruit OF
flowers, while it is really but small
part. A very few trees or plants well
cared for are vastly more satisfactory tt
the planter, than are many which art
neglected either for the want of time ol
the knowing how to care for them.-Cor.
in New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
TniIN = HARLOW,
Attorney st Law,
DiXFiEl.p. NAME
nnnRArE NOTICES.

To m persons interested IN either OF the Hsta'r'
hereinafter named
At Probate Court, held at FarIs, IN ahV
f1r the County of oxford, on the third Tueslay ul
February, In the wear OF our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and four. The following matter
having been presented for the acton thereupoh
hereinafter indicated, Il Is hereby ORDERED
That notice thereof be given TO 2l persons IN
terezted. by causing a copy OF TINS or''er 20 oe
published three weeks sucCessive'y IN the pN'
tort Democrat. a newspaper pubh5htu az eou'l
Paris, In said County that they may appear Al !
Probate Court Jo he held at salt Iarl7, on
the tLirI TUESDAY OF March, a. ID. 1894. al !
OF the clock IN IN" forenoon, and be hearV thet'
ON % they sec cause.
MARY \ RIDLON, late of Porter deceased
wlII gnd petition for probate thereof pres,nte,'
lg John :. RiIlOn, the executor therein hahe''
SUSAN VI. BRYANT. late of sumner, dc,
ceased. petition for determination OF col latera
inheritance TAX presented by John ROoinsOn' AT
wiu,-tystUr
WILLIAM VI SHAW. late of Paris, deceased
petition for an allowance out OF per-puai
estate presented 10y Lillian \. shaw, widow.
IVY L. HODGDON. ward. of Hiram; first
account presented for allowance 10y Alexander
p topp. guardian.
tLPHFUS G.. MORSE, Late OF oxford, lie
ceased, iir-t account pre- cutcd for allowance by
Isue- a. clover, administrator
CYNTHIA u. ATKINS, late Of Peru, lie,
cease. Gual account presented for allowance ny
John K. lia~A, administrators
Ann r.. RAY. late of Paris deceased, first
l.r1u.t c.rulei for allowance by James :.
Wright, executor.
ADDISON F. HEGHCK,
Judge Of said Court.
4 true cupy-Attcst t.-
ALBERT d. PARK, Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08

tngers. imbcr did not understand his
speech. but the others did, and he
knew that ii made them angry. Some
times it made them very angry, ana
once Il mtn cursed him in single sylla-
bles. stinging and tense, TIL the man
ut the tu-" raped his mouth shut.
For an Ill rnIinable period the man
read. His mo.:G,oIous singsong utter
lnce lurcd Imbc; to dreaming. and h
vas dreaming deeply when the man
ceased. \ voice spoke 10 him i'll his
own Whitelish tongue. and he reused
10. without surprise, 10 look upon the
face of lis sisters son, Il young man
y;l.o had wandered away years agone
olaakc his dwelling Vi Ii the whites.
Thou dcst not rcl..sIIber me-" he
~, by way OF greeting.
".,ay." Imber answered. Thou art
,IoTkan. WHO went away. Thy mother
~ dead"
she was an old woman" said How
kan.
But Imber did mol Ecar. and How
kan. with hand upon his shoulder.
reused him again.
Il shall speak TO thee what the man
has spoken. which is the tale of the
troubles thou last done and which
thou hast told, . fool, to the Captain
Alexander. And thou shalt understand
and say if il be true talk or talk not
true. 1t is so commanded"
Howkan had fallen among the mis-
sion folk and been taught by them to
read ana write. In his hands he held
the many fine sheets from which the
man had read aloud and which had
been taken down by Il clerk when I'm
ber first made confession, through the
mouth of Jimmy. TO Captain AleXan-
der. Iiowkan began to read. lmber
listened for Il space. when a wonder
ment rose up in his face. and he broke
in abruptly:
"That be my talk, Howkan. Yei
from thy lips it comes when thy ears
have not heard.
Eowkan smirked with self apprecia
ton. Ills hair was parted in the mid
die Nay from tn" paper 1t comes.
o Imbtr. Never have my ears heard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
What Is a Scrub?
\ DEFINITION OF THE TERN BY A
STANDARD AUTHORITY.

The Breeders Gazette has a letter
from Michigan subscriber denouncing
as a scrub the steer Challenger, the
champion of the International stock
show. The Gazette replies in part as
follows:
What is a scrub? Technically, a do
mestic animal devoid of improved blood.
According to the statement of Chal-
lenger's pedigree he has no unimproved
blood in him. He was half Hereford,
one-ouarter Shorthorn and one-quarter
Holstein- Friesian. No well posted,
careful-speaking man will refer to the
black-and- white cattle of superlative
dairy excellence, which the thrifty
Dutch farmers have evolved, as scrubs.
The HolStein-F -FrieSians are pure-bred
cattle, breed firmly established through
long years of skillful systematic breed
ing and of worldwide reputation as the
heaviest-milking cattle known.
But the beef cattle breeder and feeder,
narrowing his vision far too much is
wont to refer to the dairy types as
ssscrubby" from his own standpoint.
This NAV be convenience, but it is not
accuracy of speech. Moreover, it is the
more uniustifiable in the case of the
Holstein- Fresian because this breed
presents in some of its specimens unde-
niable claims to consideration as beef
producers. Indeed, the beef-and-milk
form is officially recognized in the breed,
and anyone who has seen Holsten-
Friesian bull of that distinct form under
stands that he can lay claim to consider
alton from a feed-lot standpoint. More
over, the thrift and flesh of the Dutch
calves are well known and as heavy
weight early-maturing veals they are not
10 be sneezed at. Some years ago, when
on a visit TO prominent breeder OF
Herefords whose neighbor maintained a
herd of HOlstein-FrieSianS, we stopped
in the butcher shop on the way to the
farm to purchase a beefsteak. After
intrOductions were over the Hereford
breeder said: "This butcher friend of
mine tells me that he would rather buy
and cut up in his shop one of my neigh
bor's Holstein- -Friesians than one of my
Herefords" which the butcher gave
emphatic assent. The explanation of
this fact, it need hardly be stated, lay
in the small amount of waste fat which
the Holsten- FrieSian carcass presented
as meat buyers in small towns do not
want to pay for tallow which they cannot
eat. This much merely 10 warn un-
thinking men that they should not un-
derestimate the value as beef cattle that
inheres in the best beef type of the Hol-
stein-FrieSians. The prejudice against
the "black- whites" in the feed-lot
is widespread; it has some foundation
in fact, as the rougher, coarser-boned eX
treme dairy type of the breed does not
make a desirable animal at the feedbln,
but it needed not Challenger to advise
the well informed that sometimes one
quarter blood of the Holstein-Friesian
is not a bad proposition for the feeder.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she
Ha, been duly appointed executrix OF tue
last W M and testament of
NLNNSON HATHAWAY, late OF Oantoh,
ir fb,. CouDtv Of oxford. deceased, and given
bonds as The law directs. All persons nav
Ing demands against the estate Of SAID ue
ce;4ed are desired 20 present the same tOr
settlement, AMI all indebted theretoare requested
% make payment irnme'' 'iatey-
MARTHA \. HATHAWAY.
Feb. 18Th 1904.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that ne ha,
been duly appointed executor of the last VIII anu
testament OF
I'm the County OF oxford, deceased. III persons
having demands against the estate of said 1e'
ceased are desired To present the same Tor setse'
mant, and all indebted thereto are requesteu "
make payment Immediately 49,, ,,,-
Feb 10th, 1904 MOhhlo CLa"n'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
HOOD E4RM
Gurqet Cure

In garget the udder becomes inhamed'
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 day Will cure any ordinary case.
lone Of my cows had bloody garget and
I fed her Hood Farm Garget Cure, night
and morning for six days, after which the
milk was all right" A. Z. LOOMS, North
Wolcott, vt.
Prices 81 and $3.50.
Hood Farm Salve - especially pre-
pared TO be used in connection with oul
Garget Cure. Also excellent for cracked
teats, sores, bruises. 81. Call for treatise or
carget and its causes. Prepared by Z.
Hood Co., Lowell, Mass. For sale by +. A
SHURrLEFF & Co., South Paris, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
y FRANKLIN MANN.
NOTICE.

Tn, subscriber hereby gives notice that hI
has been luly appointed administrator viii
thr win annexed of the c tate OF
JOHN Y. pEN<tN, late OF OXFORD,
iu the County OF oxford, deceased. amt given
Ion,l. as the law directs. All persons having
Ierpand- a.,tips, the estate of said deceased are
desired TO present the same for settlement, an,
all Indebted thereto are requested TO make pay
mpnt Immediately. ,,,.,.>.,,>.
Feb. 10th, 1904. w W. DENNEN'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
Loss Of Flesh

When you can't eat break
fast, take SCOTS Emulsion.
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take SCOTS
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishing, take Scott's
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. Scott's Emulsion is a
great fattener, a great
strength givsr.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not onIy fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For invaIids, for con.
vaIescents, for consumptives,
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, SCOTS
Emulsion is a rich and com.
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
flesh, blood and nerve.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
NOTICE.

THE subscriber hereby gives notice that she
Hl- lcsn duly appointed a lmiuistratriN with
tre. .,,i.l annexed OF the estate OF
COLUNEIA COLI, late of Paris,
fu rho County OF DVfOri deceased, ant given
htul- $ the W directs. \ persons haElhS
..,,sI,l- rga{p-t tie estate of sail deceased are
,.,. r.,I Ia -pnt the same for settlement, anu
a. indebtaf thereto are requested to make pay
So, if,S lgHi ELLAE FUTILE.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
NOTICE.

The subsrriber hereby gives notice that nc
has been duly appointed administrator oil the
estate of
NRPHIN NJ EDGECOMB, late OF Porter,
In the County Of oxford, deceased, anu given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased art
desired 10 present the same for settlement, anO
an Indebted thereto are requested 70 make pay
"F1i Fe6, 18TH Istb. i9Gi' PELEG t. wADewORrH.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08

In spite of the outspoken opposition
to the congressional free seed distribu-
tion the appropriation bill just passed
by the House carries an item of 1920, 900
for this purpose be ne $4,000 more than
last wear. The item carries with it the
requirement that "such seeds so pur-
chased shall include variety of vege-
tables and flower seeds suitable for
planting and culture in the various Sec
tions of the United States. Maine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
NOTICE.

The subscriber h'rehy gives notice that he
ut- been duly appointed administrator OF inc
estate Of
LUIlA \. GARDNER, late of Paris
I'm the County of ONtori, deceased. and given
hnu,ls as the law directs. Al persons having
,lenar Is against the estate OF s,id deceased are
desired 10 present the same for settlement. auu
IAN indebted thereto are requested to make pIy-
mcut imme lately. -,
Feb 10Th 1904. FRNNhLlN AMIN
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08

No wonder that reports of the butter
markets state that "the great bulk OF
the receipts show wintry conditions" "
With zero temperature holding its grip
for weeks in succession milch cows and
laying hens are inclined to restrict their
business and attend to keeping them
selves warm.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she has
.rr.. ,lulv appointed eNecutriN OF the last will
amt Testament Of
IEEl\N g.. WHITNEY, late of Denmark
iu the County of NtOr,l deceased. All per,
Sons b .yiug demands against the estate OF said
deceased are desired 10 present the same tor
-ettIrmeut and an indebted thereto are request
.rt o. mqae payment immediately.
Feb I5th lgo4 ELEANOR +. hlMBALL.
thd- g. PeUdeNter, Agent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he has
been iUly appointed Administrative OF 'he estate
Ht<RY r. BRICEETT. late of Audoyer,
I. the County of Oxford deceased, amt given
h1p.I- "a, thC law directs. All persons having
l,wauI- AGAINST the estate of said deceased are
desired tn present the same for settlement, and
aIl IN Jcbtej thereto are rcqueste 10 make pay
ment immediately -
Feb IGth lg4 HIRAM ID. AbBoII.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-03-08

The man behind the cow is the all
important factor in successful dairyihg;
The feed won't do it unless fed 10 goo1i
cows; the cows can't do it unless well
handled. So success in the business
falls back ON the man who is carrying IL
ou.-Maine Farmer.