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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-09
Wen known New yorker Dead.

GLENS FALLS, n. Y, Sept "A. r.
Noble, for many years clerk of War
rem county and one of the best known
men in this section of the state, died at
his home in Johnsburg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-09
DR.. salmon nesigns once.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 7.-Dr. David
f. salmon, chief of the bureau Of ami
NAL industry in the agricultural de-
partment, has rendered his resignation.
and 1t has been accepted, to take effect
on Oct. ].
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-09

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2.-Ten new
cases and one death is the yellow fe-
YER record for the past twenty-four
hours.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-09

OF these i.242 are in the public
schools and 1856 In the private schools,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Raising Calves on Skim MIX.

Almost any stock can be raised with
out sweet milk better than calves.
Hogs may be successfully grown on
suitable grains, ground and cooked, but
not so with calves. They should have
sweet milk or else their appetites fail
and they do no good. 1t is often the
case where cows are kept for dairy
purposes that the calves are failures.
II they can have the skim milk before
it sours they will do we'll, for the oil
which is removed in the cream can be
replaced by adding little oil meal or
oil cake. 1t should be scalded before
mixing with the milk to render the oil
more soluble. One of the commonest
errors in feeding calves is that of thick
ening the skin milk with cornmeal or
bran. Our experience has been that
calves, after partaking of few meals of
that bill of fare, lose their appetites and
have indigestion and kindred disorders.
Oats and bran are good for calves, but
we have had best success in feeding in a
dry condition. They eat slowly at first
but as they grow larger and the system
demands more nourishment they eat
more. Eating such food in dry state
causes them to need more water, espe-
cially in warm weather, but they can
soon be trained to drink water by offer
ing them clean, pure water when thirsty
before feeding the milk. Calves fed
this way should do we'll if of good, we'll
bred healthy stock.-COr. in Tribune
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
"EOr0ire mc.r

UtCC HtC'
and I together induced her to go on.
Where was the harm? 1t is n per
fectly proper performance-even an
elevating one, some people say-and
she was treated with every respect"
Still Adrian did not speak.
"She didn't like coming to you un'
der false pretenses-it is only fair
should tell you that-but she thought
she was under some obligation to me,
and as I wished 1t she consented. l
told her I was very anxious to find
somebody to sit to you for st. Mar
garet and that she could look the part
to perfection, but that as you were
very particular 1t would be as we'll
for her not to say anything about the
palace. Perhaps she did not think the
gulf between q saint and living pic
ture as broad as it seems to you. / do
not see what there is to. make such a
fuss about. Miss Kerr Is as good a
girl as you could wish to find: give
you my word Of honor for that
II do not need it. You understand
me we'll enough to know what such a
thing as you have done would mean to
me, and you are only wasting your
words. How I have offended you that
you should seek such Il revenge do
not know. but you may be content; 1t
Is all-and more-than you could have
forescen. Now go. would not soil
my hands by touching YOU"
And Jasner Farrell went. conscious
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05

Il veritable miracle. He did not notice
the shabby setting of the gem, the toe
sharp outlines Of the delicate cheek
and chin, the deep shadows under the
violet eyes, for they but gave the
touch of pathos which completed the
picture. He wanted just that wistful
expression, the knowledge Of past sor.
row and suffering deepening the starry
eyes.
A slow smile came over her face as
he looked.
"Shall l do" she asked softly.
He awOke with a start. 81 beg your
pardon, p he stammered. Then he
stopped and recovered himself. "You
will do perfectly" he said gravely.
IF you will honor me by sitting for
my st. Margaret 1 could ask for no
better model"
She looked at him little thought
fully. every WE'LL" she replied. Il
will come tomorrow If you like. am
free every afternoon"
The first time she sat to him Adrian
saw that she knew how to pose her
self; he had only to suggest and she
seemed to fall into the right attitude
ut once. AS she stood on the throne,
crowned with palm, holding up a cross,
her white robe falling back from her
lovely arms, the light Of glorified mar
tyrdom shining in her face, his heart
beat faster and his hand ALMOST trem-
bled. Could he do justice to such a
picture? Was his hand strong enough
to cope with masterpiece Of The great
Creator?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
How Much to the Acre?

In view of the claims of extreme
crops of hay to the acre reported to the
farm press by Mr.. Clark of Cutaway
Harrow fame, and the wide attention
his success in the growing of heavy
crops has received, the question arises,
"How heavy crop of hay to the acre is
it desirable for the Maine farmer to pro-
'duee?" Every feeder of hay knows that
extremely heavy crops of grass do not
make hay of so high quality, or that
has so great selling value on the mar
ket, as a medium crop. Also every
grower knows there is danger OF dam
age from lodging before maturity, with
heavy grass, in case of showers or
storms liable to occur at any time, the
effects of which cannot be avoided. 1t
also costs more to dry and make ready
for the barn ton of the heavy grass.
So long as we have plenty of low cast
land in our farms, and in view OF the
above facts, we question the economy oil
putting forth the extraordinary require
ments for extreme crops of grass. We
do not question but four or even five
tons may be grown on an acre, but on
account of the inferior quality and in
creased outlay required for the larger
crop we raise the question whether II
cannot be produced to better advantage
on two acres than on one. Two tons tC
the acre is a crop easily realized on good
grass soil, and when that yield of hay,
or it's equivalent in other fodder crops
is produced on every acre of titled land
in the farm the total amount of stock
folders mounts up to creditable quan
titles. Better, then, We contend thai
the study and the effort be made to keel
every acre up to a medium production
rather than put forth the strenuous out
| lay on the smaller area. The grea
problem in hay production is to keep NJ
production to a profitable yield rathe
than to grow an enormous quantity t.
the acre in a single crop.-Main'
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Do Sheen Drink?

Aqrieultural Editor Democrat.
1 read with interest what L. ID. had to
say in your department of the Democrat
of August 22d, as to whether or not
"sheep and goats need water in sum
mer." The habits of goats in this
respect know nothing about, but as to
sheep have heard it claimed that they
do not need water at any season of the
year.
Twas reared on farm, and, though
my father kept sheep as part Of his
livestock, l never saw a sheep in the
act of drinking. In the winter we
watered the cattle and horses at brook
twenty or twenty-five rods from the
barn, but we never watered the sheep.
Have any of the readers of the Demo
crat ever seen a sheep in the act of
drinking? Some of those who deny that
sheep drink claim that the reason why
they do not do 30 in the summer is
because at that season they get what
water they want by feeding at night
when the dew is on the grass. Is 1t
really fact that sheep do feed at night9
Sheep were watered in Old Testament
times as is shown by Genesis XXX, Ill,
and Exodus II; 1919.
G. W. L.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Curiosities About Wood.

The strongest wood which grows
within the limits Of the United States
Is. that known as nutmeg hickory,
which fiourishes OIL the lower Arkansas
river. The most elastic Is tamarack,
the black or shellbark standing not far
below. Tue wood with the least elas-
ticity and lowest specific gravity Is the
Fiscus aurea. The wood Of the high
est specific gravity is the blue wood of
Texas and Mexico. The heaviest OF the
foreign woods are the pOmegranate
and the lignum vitae, and the lightest
is cork. Four hundred and thirteen
different species Of trees grow I'm the
various sections Of the country. and
of this number sixteen, when perfectly
seasoned, will sink in water These
woods Of high specific gravity grow
mostly in the arid regions Of New Mex
leo, Arizona and Nevada.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
~The Delight Of Mankind"

Titus, the Roman emperor, was enti-
tied "the delight Of mankind" Titus
beneficencs was unbounded, and 1t SO
happened that during his brief reign
there was the most urgent need Of its
exercise. In the first year occurred the
great eruption Of Vesuvius, over
whelming Herculaneum and Pompeii
and running numerous other towns and
villages. The next year a fire broke
out In Rome, which ragged three days,
causing great destruction. and in the
tracks Of these calamities followed n
dreadful pestilence. Titus dealt out
gifts with lavish hand to the hOuseless
and ruined sufferers. He even despoil-
ed the palaces Of their valuable orna-
ments to obtain money for distrlbu-
ton and schemed and planned to fur
nish occupation for them. He was now
the idol of his subjects. the "loye and
delight of the human race" but, unfor-
tunately for that part Of the human
race over which he ruled, in the COM
mencement Of the third year Of his
reign he became suddenly I'll and died
at his patrimOnial villa In the Sabine
country,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
A Losing Dream.

II made a nice idiot Of myself the
other morning." said the commuter
who is paying teller In a savings bank
MY wife was afraid I'd miss my train
and she got me by the shoulder and
shook me, telling me that it was time
to get up. got about half awake, and
somehow, thought | was ut my win
dow In the bank with long line of
women awaiting their turn. The one
at the window was handing me a
check, and, from force of habit, said
"'How much money do you wantT
"You know, most women who present
checks want to draw some and deposit
the rest. Well, what do you think the
wife did? Quick as flash came her
answer to my dopy' question:
"'Five dollars will do
"She got it, but hope won't dream
any more"-New York Post.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Meat as Chick Food.

In a recent report of experiments in
feeding chicks the Rhode Island expert
ment station says:
s'The use of the proper proportion OF
animal food will pay handsome profit
through decreased mortality and in
creased weight of the chicks. In feed.
ing bear in mind that chicks in state
of nature spend practically all of their
working hours in search of food and
that they do not fill their crops in ten
minutes every two hours. Feeding
should be, as far as the time of the at.
tendant renders profitable, a continuous
process, but by no means continuous
gorge.
"The experiment which led up to this
conclusion was with an incubator hatch
of 2l9 chickens. These were separated
into lots of so each and placed in similar
brooders. For 80 days all conditions
were kept alike except the rations. Pen
A was fed balanced ration of grains,
meat and green food. The chicks grew
and thrived and not one chick showed
symptoms of diges i've disorder. The
deaths amounted to SO per cent. In
pen b all animal food was withheld ;
the deaths were 9.5 per cent, of which
70 per cent had bowel trouble. Pen c
was fed on grain alone, all animal food
and all green food being omitted from
the ration; the deaths were 1921 per cent
of which 76.5 per cent showed digestive
trouble. In pen d all grain food was
omitted; the deaths of chicks were 63. Z
per cent, of which S5.S per cent showed
bowel trouble. All the living chicks
were weighed at the close of the test,
and pen A showed the greatest average
weight for all breeds.
"This experiment shows conclusively
that outside of the brooding and con-
ditions during incubation chicks may
be killed by improper feeding. Where
one does not wish to buy the prepared
beef scraps, the bones and scraps from
the table will go far toward feeding the
baby chicks at first if put in shape so
they can eat them. New England
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Torpedo Boats.

Torpedo boats do not ram the YES
sells against which they operate; they
simply discharge self propelling torpe'
does which, If they strike the vessel,
explode and sink or otherwise damage
1t. Then, If not sunk by the enemy's
fire, the torpedo boat runs away sud
after taking on more torpedoes is
ready for service again. Torpedo boats
are built very light and Of enormous
speed. They cannot resist gun fire
and are easily sunk II hit even by COM
paratively light shot; therefore they
operate to best advantage in the night,
so that the threatened fleet has to- be
very wide awake with its searchlights
and its light guns.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
No Profit In Scrub Cattle.

In these times of close margins on
beef cattle the best is none too good
A cattlenan says cut down the produc.
ton of young cattle half and make the
other half twice as good. Never buy
a scrub bull. The pure bred bulls art
poor enough, but one has some assur-
ance of breeding good grades that pay
a profit If he has pure bred bull, but
nothing but loss and despair stares him
in the face II his herd has scrub bulls
at the head.
The same quantity of feedstuff tha'
is required to make beef weighing
1000 pounds at two years old will
make one of 1,400 at the same age
And there you are not only with {
loss of 400 pounds, but with the scrut
stuff at to cents pound less liv'
weight.-Indiana Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
NUMBER 36.
Japanese Painting.

The japanese, with their natural.
ansophisticated view Of life, have ever
sought in their art to mirror what
great painter and critic has termed
''men's primordial predictions" Art
however, that seeks to embody pleas
ures founded on the unchanging prop
critics Of human nature must have o
past as well as future, must be able
to look backward as well as forward.
Not ones life labor, but that Of many
generations, is required. No people
have better understood this than the
japanese. They have also clearly per.
ceived that no art that is not true to
the changeless element In man can en-
dure, while, on the other hand, any
subject, however trivial, can be made
eternally attractive II only treated In
accordance with aesthetic law.
japanese painting delights us by its
delicate fancy, its poetry, its freedom,
its spirit. but what gives these quail
ties special and enduring charm, what
makes the play Of fancy never wearl-
some, the liberty never mere license,
is that they find expression in and
through framework Of design so fine
ly conceived that In 1t we see reflected
as In mirror the fundamental prInci.
pies which govern all true art.-W. NJ.
Cabot in Atlantic.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Nh Rensnn For Two Trims.

Patrick's wife was "ailing," and Pat
rick put Oh his Sunday best and
walked four miles to the doctors house
to tell him about her.
"Now," said the doctor, when he
had heard all Patrick had to say and
had prepared some medicine, "here is
something for your wife. I've written
the directions ON the bottle and want
her to try 1t faithfully for a fortnight.
Then, II 1t doesn't relieve her, come
to me again and I will give you an
other prescription"
"Now, docther, see here" said Pat
rick, standing straight and looking
grimly at the physician. "If you have
your doubts O. this curin' Mary, as it's
ivident you have by the way you spake,
why don't you give me first what
you're goin' to give me last?"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
An Eccentric Painter.

William Willard, well known as the
painter of Massachusetts governors,
was very eccentric In his ways. His
special aversion was the attempted
purchase of his many old relics Of fur
niture by people Of wealth. A New
York woman visiting In the vicinity Of
Sturbridge, hearing that the old artist
possessed n beautiful colonial mirror
and rare clock, tried to buy them.
Mr.. Willard seemed to readily agree
to the sale, but when asked when 1t
would be convenient to have them
packed replied, Not until after the
funeral" Whose funeral?" asked the
visitor. Mine" replied Mr.. Willard.
with chuckle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Mhcrc SILENCE L. Golden

This story is Illustrative Of the abso-
lutte silence and loneliness OF the typ
ical Australian bush camp:
Two men were camping together, but
rarely exchanged word
One mor.iing one OF the men remark
ell at brea..fa It, Heard Il cow below
in the swalIp just now
Nothing further was said. and they
went about their business for the rest
of the day. Twenty-four hours later,
once more at breakfast, the second
man said:
How d'you know 1t wasn't bull:"
Again no comment. Again pause OF
twenty-four hours. Next morning the
first man began to pack up his billy"
and "swag."
"You going?" inquired the other.
"Yes."
"Why"
Because" said his friend, there's
too much argument in this camp
Kansas City Star.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
A browning Enigma.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning has set
quite Homeric problem as to the
place Of her birth. The Encyclopaedia
Britannica gives London, but the Die
tionary Of National Biography prefers
Burn Hall. Durham, and there Is an
entry In the register Of KellOe church
referring to Elizabeth Barrett Moul'
ton Barrett, daughter and first child
Of Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett OF
Coxhoe Hail." Browning himself, how.
ever, declared that his wife was born
ut Carlton Hall, Durham. Now, Carl
ton Hall is In Yorkshire. Finally the
authorities are not agreed rs to wheth.
er Mrs. Browning was born on March 4
or OH March 9, but, Of course, the out
standing fact is that she was born.-
London Globe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Unhappy Dickens.

Dickens had to confess. after &C.
we're trial of married life, that the skel-
eton In his domestic closet was becOm-
Ing "a pretty big one" Then, in 1857,
came the crisis.
Poor Catherine and l are not made
for each other" he wrote In letter to
Forster, "and there is,no help for 1t.
She is exactly what you know in the
way Of being amiable and complying,
but we are strangely Ill assorted for
the bond that is between us. God
knows she would have been thousand
times happier if she had married an
other kind Of man, and her avoid
ance of this destiny would have been
at least equally good for us both. The
years have not made 1t easier to bear
for either of us. There is plenty Of
fault on my side, / dare say. in the
way of thousand uncertainties, ca
prices and difficulties OF disposition,
but only one thing will a!,cr all that,
and that is the end which alters every
Ihinn'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
The Problem of the Pastures.

Much land unsuited for modern till
age has been let to pasturage. While
such lands have not been looked upon a
the best of grazing lands, yet, since
they could not be used for other pur
poses, they have been utilized for wha
they were worth for stock pastures
All these years they have been getting
foul with weeds, ferns and bushes unit
acres on acres of them now produce but
little else. For a full half century the
writer has battled with the bushes or
such lands in the hope that persever
ance would finally gain the victory, but
he has been laboring under an error
Instead of growing cleaner these lands
year by year have been growing still
more foul with their wild and use.
less growth. In all this time there has
been before no such multiplication and
growth of bushes as in the past two
years. We give it up; our method has
proved failure. The bushes have it
and from now on those wild acres will
be given over to forest growth.
What will we do for pasture? 1t is
only a question of time when all the
rough hill pastures will reach the con-
ditiOn of this under description. So
long as grass holds possession they are
valuable and all right. 1t is only clear
and clean pastures that can be indefinite
ly held in grass. These can be plowed
and titled and taken under rotation
along with the other lands of the farm.
Here and there is farmer even now
who has adopted this course with sue
cess. Sooner or later others will grow
tired of cutting bushes and will be
forced to similar practice. Many dairy
men and fancy stock growers have been
finding their profit from a dependence
more or less during the summer season
on fodder crops grown for the purpose
as a supplement to pasturage. Pastur-
ing the plowed land in rotation for a
year or two is only step further in the
way of a practice that must succeed to
the necessary abandonment of the
pastures which from their rough charac-
ter must be given over to the wild and
worthless growth that destroys their
value for stock pastures.-Maine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Noted Dead In Trinity churchynrd.

Noted Dead In Trinity Churchynrd.
Alexander Hamilton Is buried in
Trinity churchyard, ut the head Of Wall
street, New York, and the grave Is
marked by conspicuous white mar
BILE monument near the Rector street
station Of the elevated road. His wife,
who lived until 1854, fifty years after
his death in the duel with Burr, is
buried beside him. Albert Gallatin,
who succeeded Hamilton as secretary
Of the treasury, lies only Il few feet
away, and near by is also the grave
Of Robert Fulton, inventor of the
steamboat. Another famous occupant
Of Trinity churchyard, whose monu-
ment Is near the Broadway gate, Is
Captain James Lawrence of the United
States navy, commander Of the frigate
Chesapeake, who fell In battle with
the British ship Shannon June l. 1913.
In the thlrty-second year Of his age.
AS he fell upon the deck he cried to
his subordinates, Don't give up the
shipw
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Not Perfect without Mrs. Kingsley.

Even brief holiday Mt the seaside
was to Charles Kingsley too long an
absence from his wife. This place,
it's perfect" he wrote on one occasion,
"but 1t seems dream and imperfect
without you. Blessed be God for the
rest, though I never before felt the
loneliness of being without the be-
loved being whose every look and
word and motion Is the keynote Of
my life. People talk Of love ending
at the altar. Foolsw
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Aroostook Potato Crop.

A reporter from Presque Isle, Me-,
SAYS Carter and Cory began shipping the
early varieties of potatoes last week.
EARLY planted potatoes are already OF
good size and quality. Although the
weather has been unusually hot and
unprecedently dry, the potato crop will
be abundant and of superior quality
quality requires dry weather. While
late planted are as yet somewhat
small, rain, when it comes, although
late, will quickly give them size, vege-
tation having way Of making up for
lost time when favorable conditions
come about. Farmers who have
planted early potatoes will be quite
likely to be early in the market with
them as the small price received last
season makes early cash necessity
this fall.