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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

A CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTION
TURKISH TowELING BATH Robe.
among the millionaire set, and the ever
popular aigrct and velvet bow With
diamond cabuchon center were again
In evidence.
The newest belt buckles are made to
curve in ut the waist line with slightly
pointed ends, charming design being
a pair of jewel studded bat-wings with
a corresponding slide for the back OF
the girde.
Modish slides for holding up the
sides Of soft ribbon stocks, so much
the rage in Paris, are beginning to bs
seen occasionally. though as yet they
are beyond the limit Of modest purses
In certain exclusive New York
shop may be found some delightfully."-
practical bath gowns, whose daintincss.
comfort and delicious softness Of tex.
ture commend them as ideal holiday
gifts. One can scarcely fancy more
appropriate fihric for such purposes
than imported toweling. and those seen
here were ms soft rs velvet to the touch.
A smart bath gown WAS Of white and
buff striped towelng. the stripes being
wide and r.cil looking. Upon each
stripe We're soft raised figures. resem.
bling brocade. These gowns were
fashioned loosely with flowing sleeves
and hooded back. the fullness being
confined ut the waist line by hand.
some silk cord and tassel.
An equally charming gown was Of
pink and white toweling. the washable
material enhancing its value.
Eiderdown long gowns and dressing
jackets are prettily trimmed with Per.
sian banding short jackets being fin
ished with silk frog fastenings.
Exquisite French lounging robes Of
hand embroidered matelasse with soft
albatross lining are Of extra warmth
and remarkably light weight. their col
lars, in broad sailor shapes, being
adorned with eyelet embroidered pat.
terms.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
A Wonderful Ride.

The most wonderful straightaway
ride ever made by man was the gillop
of Francis Navier Aubrey, c-devant
Canadian voyageur and a famous pony
express rider, from Santa Fe. \. NJ,
to independence. Mo-, in 1888 - SOO
miles in five days and thirteen hours.
In 1852 he had covered the same dis
tance In a little over eight days, and
his record was OH the wager Of $1,000
that he could do it in an even eight.
In the whole distance he did not stop
to rest, and lie changed horses only
with every 100 or 200 miles. He was a
stocky French Canadian, light hearted.
genial, adventurous and absolutely
fearless. For some time he was an
overland freighter, and lie also made
the enormously difficult and dangerous
drive Of flock of shcc.' from New
Mexico to California across the deserts
Of the Colorado. He Wa; killed in San
tn Fe.-McClure's Mag:;:ine
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
EnrIx Autarranh Kuntern.

A certain AtosSa in early Roman days
seems to have been the mother of au
tograph collectors. Cicero had collcc.
ton, which must have been Il fine one.
for he speaks Of it with particular
pride. The fever, even in those Fal
back days. was contagious. Fliny
speaks Of Pompeius Secrndus. at
whose house he lad seen autographs
Of Cicero. Augustus, Virgil and the
Gracchi, and his own collection was
valued ut $4,000 of our money. Then
came the thrush Of barbarians, and we
do not again meet with the collector
until the beginning of the siXteentli
century, when he reappears in the rer'
son Of n Bohemian squire. who kept q
book to record his exploits in the chase
and enriched 1t with the signatures OF
his great hunter friends.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
CAP'N ERI
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Copyright 1904 Fifth Avenue.
New York.
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN

odrama used to love to call 1t. TO tell
the truth, petticoat government was
wearing OIL him. The marriage agree
ment, to which his partners considered
him bound and which he saw no way to
evade, hung over him always, but he
had put this threat Of the future from
his mind so far as possible. He had not
found orderly housekeeping the JOY
that he once thought it would be, but
even this he could bear. Elsie Preston
was the drop too much.
He liked Mrs. Snow, except In mar
rying sense. He liked Elsie better than
any young lady he had ever seen. The
trouble was that between the two he,
as he would have expressed 1t, didn't
have the peace Of a dog"
Before Elsie came q game Of check
ers between Perez and himself had
been the regular after supper amuse-
ment. Now they played whist, Cap
tain Fri and Elsie against him and his
former opponent. As Elsie and her
partner almost invariably won and As
Perez usually found fault with him
/ because they lost. this was not an
agreeable change. But ii was but one.
He didn't like muslin curtains In his
bedroom because they were nuisance
when he wanted to sit up In bed and
look out Of the window. But the cur
tains were put there. and everybody
else seemed to think them beautiful. so
he could not protest. Captain Perez
and Captain Fri had taken to dressing
up" for supper to the extent of putting
on neckties and clean collars; also they
shaved every day. He stuck to the old
.twice week" plan for awhile. but
looked so scrubby by contrast that out
Of mere self respect he had TO follow
suit. Obviously two females In the
house were one too many. Something
had to be done.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
Skim MIX for Hogs.

The Missouri Experiment Station
finds that skim milk makes more salts
factory gains than either green alfalfa or
blue grass where either one is fed large
ly with corn, says the Rural World.
While it is very profitable to feed this
skim milk to large hogs, it is found
much more profitable when fed to grow
ing stock, as they need the bone-forming
material which the skim milk furnishes.
In many dairies the skim milk fed to tue
hog is about the only source OF profit OF
running the dairy. 1t is valuable by
product of the dairy, and one that can
be economically and profitably used as q
hog feed. One especially good feature
of feeding skim milk to hogs Is that you
sell the finished product and keep the
principal part of its value in the form OF
manure, and thereby maintain the fer
tility of the soil. This Is feature that
will have to be looked after in the future,
as the productiveness of the soil Is the
capital of the farmers Investment. II
it is not maintained it is on the same
capital, which would finally result In q
gradual depreciation until the capital, or
in other words, the farm was exhausted.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

luther DAVIS had been conf
I'LL mandant ut the life saving
HiE. station for years AID 30. |
4t&&3H man before that, so his eXpe-
rience with wrecks and disable craft
of all kinds had been long ANA varied.
He told them of disasters. the details
of which had been telegraphcd all over
the country, and Of rescucs Of half
frozen crews from ice crested sclJJn-
ers, whose signals Of distress hal been
seen from the observatory OH the roof
of the station. He told or long rows la
midwinter through seas the spray Of
which turned To ice as they strdck AMI
froze the mems mittens 10 the oar han
dies. He told OF picking mp dragged
corpses i'm the surf at midnight when.
as he said. you couldn't tell whether
twas man or roll OF seawee'i. and
the only way To make sure was 10
reach down and feel"
Captain Eli left them after awhile.
as he had some acquaintances among
the men az the station AMI wished Ia
talk with them. Miss Davis rcmem
bered that she had not fe,l the chick
ems and hurried away 90 perform that
humane duty, calamity escorted by
Captain Perez The captain. 10y the
way. was apparently much taken with
the plump spInster and. although usual.
~ rather bashful where ladies were
concerned. had managed 10 keep up a
sort OF side conversation with Miss
Patience while the story telling was
going on. But Ralph and Elsie and
Mrs. Snow were hungry for more tales,
and Captain Davis Obligingly toll them.
Captain Davis said Ralph. YOU
must have seen some plucky things in
your life. What was the braveSt thing
you ever saw doneY'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

marched toward the beach and tum-
bled to pieces in roaring tumult Of
white and green. The gu!ls skinned
along their tops or dropped like falling
stones into the water after sand eels,
emerging again, screaming, to repeat
the performance.
The conversation naturally turned to
wrecks, and Captain Davis, his reserve
vanishing before the tactful inquiries
of the captains and Ralph, talked shop
and talked 1t well.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

The latest report from State Ento-
mologist Hitchings is to the effect that
the number of moths infesting this state
is fully so per cent less than last year.
This must not be taken a. an indication
that they are now under control, for this
encouraging condition was reached only
by constant labor last winter and spring
under the cooperative efforts OF the
Department and property owners OF the
sections invaded. Continued vigilance
will win, but nothing else will. Two
millions Of people in Massachusetts are
threatened with untold annoyance from
poisoning from the same pest, not to
speak of the financial loss, which is real
" beyond computation, involving as 1t
does shade, flowers, fruit and timber
Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
Cotton In Other Countries.
INCREASING ACREAGE IN INDIA-ARi
GENTINA's EXPERIMENTS.

The German consul general in Calcutta
sends to an industrial periodical in h1s
own country some particulars of the
cotton prospect in India. He says tn ht
a large crop is expected this season.
The people of the cotton growing SEP
tions of India are satisfied that therelis
money in cotton, hence are constantly
increasing the acreage and the methods
of culture and care. The increase of
acreage this year is fully s per cent.
That part of India known as the United
Provinces has 4,500, 900 acres under cot
ton now. Because of the late appear
ance of the monsoon the sowing was
late; still, the outlook is exceedingly
encouraging.
The fruitful province of Asiatic Russia
whose capital is Samarcand Increased its
cotton acreage by $50 per cent during
l9O4-'05. The amount under cotton
cultivation is not particularly large,
being 40. 96O acres, still it indicates a
tendency on the part of all people who
can cultivate cotton TO increase their
acreage. Because of bad weather the
yield was 22.4 per cent less than nor
NAL crop. The yield was 3S,9O9,SS2
pounds, IL, ,22S, ,754 pounds less than what
was expected and would have been pick
ed had the weather been favorable.
According to consular reports receiv-
ed directly at Washington, Argentina
has been striving to grow cotton. The
pressure of low prices was disastrous
TO many parts of the country, but did
not succeed in persuading the people to
put cotton planting entirely aside. The
cheapuess Of the land has favored cotton
growing; only freight and wages have
worked against success. With time,
both of these, Il is believed, will be over
come. II the Chinese are admitted into
Argentina to work on the plantations 1t
is easy to see that the problem Of labor
will be easily solved. No workers IN the
tropics excel the Chinese. They have
demonstrated their willingness 10 work,
their ability to live in the hottest parts
of the world and their capacity TO con-
vert swamps and desert places into gar
dens. Once the cotton growing OF the
warm parts of the world passes into the
hands OF the Chinese, long step toward
increasing the supply and toward secur-
ing tropical cotton crops will be taken.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
When nenth CooIs Uis Sting.

There is curious superstition in Ja
maica that If Il death occurs in the
house all the water in it is poisoned at
once and must be thrown away. the
reason given being that death" cools
his "sting" after destroying life in the
first water he finds, and as no one can
tell-death being invisible-what jar
he may choose it is safest to throw it
all away. Careful people to save trou-
BILE even carry all water out of the
house Immediately before death is
expected.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

above the bulkhead on the south and
east sides through which the sun may
shine and make cozy this sheltered nook
with its deep straw bed, where the COWS
and heifers, in groups, may spend part
Of every day from November to May9
So again, gentlemen, / stand for the
Maine bred COW, for she shall become
the mother of a race of COWS possessed
of such function and powers of enduk
ance as will enable them to change thS
products of these brown soils into finer
and more valuable farms and to reclothe
again these hills and valleys with a yer
dure which once was theirs, and make
the lives of the generation of men and
women who are to follow US, rich and
round and full of Gods blessings.
Maine Farmer,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
BY RENE DEvERAUx.

Gowns and French lounoino hopee.
BY RENE oEvERAUx.
The operu season so far Is n splendid
success. and during the week New
York fashionables and music lovers
generally divided their evenings with
Mime. Nordica. Scmbrich, Caruso. Bell
Resky. Journet and host OF other
members OF the various casts. Never
has the Metropolitan presented a more
brilliant spectacle than at this opera
season. the lavish display of jewels
and handsome gowns ecllpsing any
thing seen publicly In New York for
many years.
The elaborate arrangement OF the
coliIure whi,h brings into play such
beautiful gold AMI Jewelcd combs. Or
nam.nts and aigrets adds to the gen-
eraI brilliancy of the house. From an
orchestra seat the back view II of
rows and rows Of handsome combs.
the unadorncd coIfiure being the ex'
reptIon rather than the rule this season.
Rack combs worn singly are rather
higher than were those of last season.
the upper portion aTortling unlimited
opportunity Tor Ornamentation. Shell
combs set with amethysts are exceed
Ingly fashionable. and amber and topaz
are effectively worn In dark tresses. A
set Of silver combs. rather low and
small. was adorned with tiny rhine
stone settings which twinklei ns stars.
and there were many less conspicuous
combs of tortoise she'll with quite
simple gold beading outlining the top.
A front view % the boxes showed
few diamond tLaras aud butterlles
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
Secretary Wilson's Report.

Secretary Wilson Of the Department OF
Agriculture has sent to the President
bis annual report. In II the Secretary
saws that il is gratifying to present evi-
dence of the unprecedented prosperity
which has rewarded the diligence Of the
farmer and the efforts OF his department.
A year of unequaled prosperity has
been added to the most remarkable
series of similar years that has come to
farmers of this country. Farm crops
have never before been harvested at such
a high general level of production and
value. Corn has reached its highest
production, over 100000, 900 bushels,
of a total estimated value of Sl,2l6, ,OOO,-
900. Hay comes second, with value OF
S6O5, 900, 900. Cotton is expected to
Weld s575, 100000. The short wheat
crop of last year is followed by one OF
6S4, ,OOO, 900 bushels, and its value, s525,-
600, 900, overtops the highest value ever
before reached. While only one crop.
corn, reached its highest production
this wear, four crOps-corn, hay, wheat
and rice-reached their highest value.
No crop but corn produces the income
that the dairy cow does. The estimate
of the value of dairy products for 1905
reaches $685., ,OOO,0 900. The farmers hen
competes for precedence with wheat,
poultry products aggregating $oOO,Ooo,'
600 in value.
The Secretary thus summarizes the
position of farmers:
IL the farmers economic position in
the United States is to be condensed to
short paragraph, it may be said that
their farms produced this year wealth
valued at sc, Ala, 900, 900; that farm prod
ucts are yearly exported with port
value of SS7j, ,OOO, 900; that farmers have
reversed an adverse international balance
of trade, and have been building up one
favorable to this country by sending to
foreign nations a surplus which in six
teen years has aggregated $l2, O,OOO,:.
600, leaving an apparent net balance OF
trade during that time amounting to
s., ,O92, ,OOO, 900 after an adverse balance
against manufactures and other products
not agricultural, amounting to $543 ,OOO,-
600. has been offset. The manufactur-
ing industries that depend upon farm
products for raw materials employed
J. 154, 600 persons in 1900 and used . capi-
tai of s4,l32, 100000. Within a decade
farmers have become prominenta as oank-
ers and as money lenders throughout
large areas, and during the last five years
prosperous conditions and the better
directed efforts of the farmers them
selves have increased the value OF their
farms 3S.5 per cent, or an amount ap-
proximately equal to 80, 1SS, 100000.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
She paid on the Inve.tment.

"Here," complained the aggrieved
father. 81 have spent nearly $4,000
on that girls education, and now she
goes and marries $500 year clerk"
"Well," said the friend Of the family.
"isn't that all Of Is per cent on your
investment? What more do you want"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
Means of Success.

Stern Father-He who sOws the wind
reaps the wh'rlwind. Prodigal Son
Well, he raises the wind anyway.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
Carelenau eH0.

The Young Doctor-Just think. six OF
my patients recovered this week. Inc
Old Doctor-Its your own fault. my
boy. You spend too much time at the
club
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
I'nltcOlSPd.

Lady 1liinG co'kl-Are you. unat'
tached Mt cent? Applicnnt-Oi think
O! am. OF 'ressed IN hurry. num-
Puck.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED THE PLow."

on practical agricultural topics
10 solicited Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY d.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

Don't keep hogs that you are feeding
for the block till they get to be . year
old. A man who does this ID back
number now.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

Don't neglect change OF feed now
and then; It will sharpen up the hogs
appetites.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

The way of the world is to praise
dead saints and persecute living ones
Howe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
CHAPTER NJ.

luther DAVIS had been CON-
I'LL mandant ut the life saving
HiE. station for years AID 30. |
I4t&338 man before that, so his eXpe-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19
OUR WEEKLY !
NEW YORK LETTER

Fashionable coiffures Seen at the
Opera-Jsws;ed Combs a Noticeable
Feature-sat-winged Belt Buckles .
Pretty Faney-Smart ToweIins Bath
Gowns and French Loungins Robes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

Succulent foods, the year around, is
the watchwOrd of tho successful dairy
man. Their free use results, not only in
greater profit, but enables those ami
mails to utilize greater quantities Of
other foods with least danger. In
estimable are the values of silage and
roots to the COW and the dairyman, and
vet, the large majority of COW owners
in this state grow neither silage nor
roots.
There is no room to doubt but very
many of the cows of New England are
being seriously injured by being kept
all winter in close barns that they warm
by their own body heat, until they lose
nerve force and health.
We have demonstrated beyond dispute
that hens lay as many eggs and have
better health when kept in the open air
all day and with nothing more than two
thicknesses Of cotton cloth between
them and all out-of-doors, day and night
all winter. And yet, of all animals, the
laying hen is the one generally regarded
as needing dollhouse conditions.
Somebody, in the near future, 10
going to work out plan for the winter
housing of cows that will revolutionze
present methods. In 1t to be the fat
rooted yard with close walls on the *
posed sidss and with great openings
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-19

cleanses. soothes and heals
the diseased membrane.
Itcures catarrh and drives
away o cold in the head
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-03

Willy Abdul llamid made center
shot when h" ~ out this observa-
ton: However i'll my nashibazuks
may have treated my Christian sub.
jccts they have not treated them
so i'll as the Cars Christian Cos.
sacks have treated the Cars Jews. :
There would be fewer inconsistcn-
cies if men would only realize the
eternal truth that the principles of
true religion cannot be limited TO n
single nation nor bound mp in hui
man creed OF course the Sultan's
cutting reiort does not justify the
murder OF Christians by Moslcms.
but IT. certainly rohs the Christian(?l
Car of right to protest against Mos.
lem atrocities.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-03

Three Americans have been sen.
fenced to death 10y the Mexican
courts for numbering two men in
order TO collect lie insurance poll
cioS on their lives. The mere fact
that the men are to be shot instead
OF being dispatched in some other
method should cause no excitement.
1t would be difficult to imagine a
moro dcspicable crime than that said
to have been confessed By these
criminals and any method of Kidding
the world of them which does not
involve ''crucl and unusual punish.
ment' should receive the applause
rather than the condemnation OF all
normal minded mon.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-03

Ii is announced in New York tina.
he American Bison Society is To bo
formed for the purpose of prcscrr-
ing the buffalo ana OF rcstockng
some parts of the West with that dis.
tinctivcly American animal. Willnm
Thornaday, director Of the New Y0ri;
geological Park. is one nj the cnthu.
SiaStic promoters OF the movcmcn-.
He recently had an interview with
President Roosevelt in regard 10 :hc
subject and those back OF tho project
hope that Il new reservation will -,
started in the West for the purpose;
outlined. II is TO be hoped that snc.
cess will crown the efforts OF those
who are Promoting tho society. Not
only The bulfalocS. but the forests of
I'll" country should be protected
from those shori.sightcd morta
who do NOT hesitate to discriminate
when their own selfish interests
poinI in that direction.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-03

touch with North Carolina manu-
Featuring interests as declaring thai
he present policy of the Democratic
Earty. especially in its attitude to-
wards corporations is having the Of
feet of driving many good citizon'
into the Republican organization.
That may be true in the Old Nor il
State, but there are no surface indi-
cation Of such Il trend az sentimcn:
in Virginia. and even il there wore
few real Democrats would agree iu
change tho timc.honorcd principles
OF the party in order 10 catch Tie
passing within and fancy OF those
who cannot bring themselves irto
touch with its tcncts. Parties. like
individuals. are gagged by certain
standards. Ii they stand for whIc
IS right and true and just they must
"Hrncr or later appeal 10 true ana
honorable men and will live. f.
Democracy stands for u square deal
as between the people and tho cor
poraticnS the time will come WHOM
those two elements will meet -
.cth"r beneath the banners of tina.
party ana will come TO IN undcrStanu.
ing md an agreement in which thc
ri,hts and privileges OF each will hc
protected If il does not stand for
Il square deal as between the ,wu
~ does not deserve The SuIOrt al