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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-31

INcENDIARY FIRE AT MoNTEv1DEo.
Special to The Journal.
Montevideo, Mimi. Oct. 3I--Fire PARTIAL.
destroyed the banking house of G. Eliason earl.
today. An incendiary started the fire unde
a back stairway outside OF the building Th
damage was $500: insured.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
VALUE OF SEAWEEDS.
The Use Of Irish Moss ~ . Food and
n Medicine.

The Use of Irish Moss ~ Food and
Medicine.
Irish moss Is used as foundation for
many desserts in the dietary kitchens
where especial dishes are prepared for
invalids. An authority on the question
Of seaweeds states that scurvy, the
dread of sailors. caused by the absence
of potash In the salt meat which forms
part of every ships provisions, would
be ameliorated by the liberal use Of sea
moss jelly, which IL rich In potash.
Irish moss has always place in the
medicine chest Of the old fashioned
housewife, who pins her faith to its
healing properties for colds, sore
throats, etc. On tho coast where the
moss is gathered and also in the major
ity of Irish families the moss Is boiled,
strained, boiled again with lemon juice
and sugar, until it is Of the consistency
Of sirup. 1t Is taken hot, teaspoonful
at time, and is said to be very good
remedy for the maladies referred to.
The Indians use the ashes Of seaweed
for granular swellings. 1t is also used
by the Chinese, and so highly is 1t priz-
ed by them both as q medicine and a
food that it is gathered in some parts
Of the Pacific coast, principally at Mon
terey, and sent back to China.
The supply Of seawced Of every de-
scription seems ineXhnustible, as that
pulled or reaped from the rocks Is re-
placed by another and u more luXuriant
growth the following year. On the At
lantic coast 1t Is harvested only during
the months from June to August, but
at Monterey II /; gathered every Cay all
the year around. -Les,ie's Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22

shoes wringing fire from her heels as
she slowed Bucks and q man following
close sprang from the step Of the coach.
Callahan met them; shook his head.
Twenty minutes later SO whistled for
the yard. but in the yard all was dark
and still. One man got on SO that
Eight. Carrying his little valise in his
hand, he walked In and out Of the de-
pot, hanging on the edges Of the group
ing men, who still talked Of the acci-
dent. After hearing he walked alone
into the baggage room and, with his
yalise in his hand, drew back the edge
of the sheet and, standing, looked.
Afterward he paused Mt the door and
spoke to q man who was fixing lam
tern.
"What was his name?
"Shockley. Know him?
"Me? No. l guess not" He walk
ed away with his valise and drew his
coat up in the wind that swept the plat
form. Il guess don't want him." he
muttered to himself. II guess they
don't want him-nOt now." And he
went back to the man and asked when
train left again for Chicago. He had
q warrant for ShockleyAbut Shockley's
warrant had been served.
After the others had gone Bucks and
Callahan and the surgeon talked to-
gether I'm tile waiting room, and Chris,
hanging by, blear eyed and helpless,
looked from one to the other; showed
his foot when Callahan pointed and sat
patient while the surgeon stitched the
slit where Shockley's blade had touch
ell the bone. Then he stood again and
listened. While any one talked Chris
would listen, silent and helpless. just
listening. And when Bucks had gone
upstairs, and the surgeon had gone up
stairs. ana Callahan, tired and sick, had
gone upstairs, and only the operator sat
under his lamp at the table, Chris stood
back in the gloom in front Of the stove
and poked stealthily at the fire. When
it blazed he dropped big chunks of
smutty coal in on it and wiped his
frostbitten nose with the back OF his
dirty hand.
Chris drew his cap low, pulled me-
chanically from his pocket time table,
tore off strip and, holding 1t carefully
open, sprlnkled few clippings OF to-
bacco upon 1t and rolled his cigarette.
He tucked it between his lips. 1t was
company for the silence. and he could
more easily stop the listening. But he
did not light, only pulled bis cap again
a little lower. buttoned close his REFER,
looked at his bandaged foot, picked up
his lamp and started home.
1t was dark, and the wind from the
north was bitter, but he made great
detour into the teeth Of it-arOund by
the coal chutes. a long way round, a
long way from the frog of the east
house track switch-and the cold stung
his face as he llmped heavily on. At
last by the ice house he turned south
and, reaching the face Of the bench,
paused a moment, hesitating on the
side of the earthen stairs. 1t was very
dark. After a bit he walked slowly
down and pushed open the door Of Ills
dugout. 1t was dark inside and cold.
The fire was out The children were
asleep. The woman was asleep.
He sat down in chair and put out
his lamp. There was no Christmas that
night in Little Russia.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
Sheen Paw Well.

am very much interested in the
sheep department of the Farmer. live
on the farm that my grandfather and
father owned before me, and there has
always been a small flock Of sheep as fai
back as can remember.
Our sheep are very high grade Shrop'
shires, having used registered bucks fol
many years. We winter from 20 to 25
We sheared $50 lbs. of wool from Is
sheep about three weeks ago, only two
pounds short of eight pounds apiece. A
3-year-old that sheared ten and one-hall
pounds dropped a lamb a few days age
that weighed IA pounds when he wal
twelve hours old.
A few years ago, as We have three
pastures, we tried the experiment ol
dividing our flock, putting some in each
pasture, and we were so we'll pleased
with the result that We have followed
the practice ever since. A pasture thai
is stocked with all the cattle 1t will
carry will take q half dozen sheep In
addition, and the pasture will be un
injured.
We have our lambs dropped the mid
die of April; let them run with theil
mothers until the last of August, and
then take them off and turn them into a
field for two months. We usually keep
from four to six of the best eve lambs
sell from two to four Of the best rams
for breeders, and seldom get less than
81 head from the butcher for the
balance.
The dog law certainly is not what il
should be to encourage the sheep in
dustry, In Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
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er tires bit, and slowly she sent the
long train Of steel down on Chris
switch. He heard the frosty fanges
grinding ON the face Of the rails as be
tried to loosen his foot.
Coolly, first like confident man In q
quicksand, soon with alarm running
into fright; but there was time enough
The head car was four or five lengths
above the switch and coming very,
very slowly, heavylike and squeaking
stiffly under Its load. yet coming, and
he wrenched harder, but his foot stuck.
Then he yelled for Shockley. Shock
ley had gone over to open the caboose
switch. Shockley couldn't hear. and lie
knew 1t, and he yelled again.
The sweat broke over him as he turn
ed and twisted. The grip Of the frog
seemed to stife him. Half the time
was gone. The near truck wheels
screeched two car lengths away, and
the switchman played his last card.
Time and time again Shockley had told
him what to do If that moment came In
the night-had told him to throw his
lamp in the air like rocket. But Chris
had forgotten all that till the fiat drop
ped heavily on the tongue in front of
him. Then he threw his lamp like &
rocket high into the night.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
Improve the Flock.

How often we hear A say, "My sheep
have all run out; have got to dispose
of them and start new flock" B says,
~ do not keep any sheep, my flock all
ran out andI had to sell them, but in
tend to buy few good ones and see II
will have better success" Now where
is the trouble? Is it with the sheep OF
the shepherd? l claim 1t is wholly with
the latter. 1t used to be quite COM
mon practice with the farmers, and is
practiced to quite an extent at the pres
ent time, if they had small, poor lamb
that the butcher would not buy, that
lamb was. retained in the flock for q
breeder. Very often it chances to be a
ram lamb not worth more than 81 or
81 so, and the shepherd neglects to get a
better one, thinking that will do just as
well to breed to as any.
Now this is all wrong. Why not use
some common sense? 1t does require
but very little of Brother Smares
science to improve flock of sheep.
Keep the very best eve lambs from your
very best sheep, and do not let a good
price tempt you to part with them, II
you wish to improve your flock. Don't
use poor ram unless you want poor
flock. 1t is not what ram costs, but
the returns, that count. Buy as good a
ram as you can afford, and when you
wish for another, get still better one;
as | said before, the ram is one-half the
flock. Let any one follow this practice.
with reasonably good feed and care, and
there is no such thing as his flock run
ming out.
Seeing an inquiry in the papers quite
often for a remedy for stretches, or in
digestion in sheep, 1 will give mine,
which have never known to fail: Ep-
som salts, one-half cup; ginger, one
teaspoon; extract peppermint, two tea
spoons; if not relieved In one or two
hours, repeat dose.-COr. in Maine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
Apple Trees a Good investment.

We suggested few weeks ago that
planting fruit trees was q good invest
ment for spare money. j. Warren
Patch, a noted commission man of Bos-
ton, and secretary of the National
Apple Shippers Association, told the
Hampshire Franklin fruit growers the
other day that the demand for apples
was growing, and he advised young
men to stay on the farm and plant Or
chards.
We have before referred to fine Ben
Davis orchard near Monmouth Center.
This orchard Is owned by Miss Carrie
Marston, and contains five and five
eighths acres. The trees were set eigh.
teen years ago, and have been In full
bearing for several years. The crop OF
1905 was sold few days ago to F. b.
Morse of Greene, 27s bbls. for u, 100.
It had previously borne fruit enough to
more than pay for the land, trees and
care up to date, and these trees have
but Just begun their usefulness. This
| 10 what young orchard properly
cared for will do for its owner. No
more profitable investment can be
found than planting an orchard on good
land.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
The Farm Work.

The farm work of the opening season
is now on in full earnest. The working
season is two weeks later than last year,
which gives the farmer that much less
time to prepare the land and get the
seed into the ground. 1t will be hustle
from now on till this part of the seasons
work 10 completed. In our short sea
sons there never is all the time need
cd by an active farmer, so that this year
the pressure will be greater than usual,
and the advantage of autumn prepara
tion for the work Of spring time will be
thoroughly appreciated.
In a hurried season there always IL
danger of careless and Indifferent prep
aration. This should not be, for II need
be, it will be better to cut down the
acres than slight the work. It 10 known
by all farmers that Indifferent prepare,
tion is sure to result in reduced yield Of
the crop.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22

This month the cattle should 60 into
the pastures and this requires some dis
cretion. | never would turn a cow Out
until she had eaten as much of the best
hay as she would eat and perhaps
little grain with it. Then would know
that she would not travel all over the
pasture to find enough to satisfy hel
hunger il the pasture was light, and II
il was good she would not eat so mucf
grass as to injure her, as cows, and some
animals that think they are wiser, viii
do when they find something they like
well. Those cows that are to calve sooI
NAV do better if kept in the barn until
the calves are or 8 days old, or only
allowed out for short time at the close
of the day. This prevents the danger
of the udder getting too full before
calving, and the possibility of garge1
and milk fever. OF course, the chance
of these may be lessened by drawing 9
part of the milk before the calf ID
dropped, il there is too much in the
udder, and there have been remedies
given for milk fever, but prevention
is better than cure" The calf need
not be allowed with the cow while she
is at the barn, but turned with her to
suckle, and then taken out of her sight
She will then be- less troubled from hel
anxiety to return to it. If the calf ID
to be reared by hand, give it new milk
as it is taken from the cow until 1t is
a week old, then reduce with sweet skim
milk or separator milk until a. 2 weeks
old it is getting all skimmilk. After
that age the skim milk is actually bet
ter for it than the whole milk, besides
saving the cream. 1t helps to make
muscle and bone as cream does not
Until 2 months old the milk should al
WAYS be sweet, and Of the same tenn
perature as new milk. At a month ole
stir a little oatmeal porridge in the mill
once day IL not oftener and see thai
it has q chance to get little grass OF
the best of hay. Cold milk or sour milk
may cause the scours. IL these come OF
change the oatmeal to wheat flour por
ridge, or scald the skim milk and let Il
cool before giving it. II these fail tt
check it, and they will not If tried II
season, give a spoonful of pulverizec
charcoal, beaten up In raw egg.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
The seryian Syyfneherd,

In any Servian village there Is only
one swineherd, and he leads all the
pigs of the community. In the morn
ing he goes through the streets blow
ing his horn, and the pigs come out Of
their own accord and fall in behind
him and follow him to the pasture. At
night he brings them home, and they
disperse to their sites in the same or
derly way as they pass the houses to
which they belong. They require no
attention and no singing out.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
MANY men who live near the q

Many men who live near the sea
shore in Gouldsboro, Me-, keep sheep.
and the town has been called upon
many times to pay large amounts for
sheep and lambs killed by dogs. This
spring Henry Crane has been losing
many lambs and at last kept u sharp
watch to see what was happening to
them. He saw . large red fox kill
lamb and drag the body Of to the
woods, and BY following carefully the
direction taken by the fox, came at last
to the entrance to the den whore be
found about half the body OF the lamb.
After digging for some time he came to
the den, where he found eight young
foxes, oil Of which were captured.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
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When sheep were first introduced
Into Cornwall, England, a flock which
had strayed from the uplands on to
Gwithlan sands were caught there by
the tide and ultimately carried Into
st. Ives bay during the night. There
the floating flock was observed from
the st. Ives fishing boats. whose crews,
never having seen sheep. took them for
some new kind Of fish und did their
best to secure them both by HOOKS aid
lines and by netting. Those they So
cured they brought home triumplIaatly
next morning as catch to which even
pilclmrds were as nothing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22

In this ego Of experiment the reported
performance Of . Michigan farmer u
worth trying. he was working hi'
sheep In connection With an effort to
kill Canada thistles. He put some salt
as near the crown Of each thistle u
possible. In this way the sheep were
Induced 10 eat the thlstles close to the
ground. Il 10 seldom necessary to deal
with the case the second year.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22

A sheep keeper declares that when a
man succeeds with sheep, the dollars
Jingle in his pockets and bis farm rolls
out big crops. There 10 not likely 70
be q serious drop in prosperity Tor
.heep men. Trusts may collapse ana
monopolies be crowded to the Wall, but
the farm that IL we'll trampled 6y
sheep win be good. solid, prohtaoie
property and panics need not worry the
ovuor
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
Puzzled.

"Are you the proprietor Of this res
tauraat:" said the man who had wait
cd for his order until he became sleepy
"Yes. sir. What can do for you"
"You can give me some information
| want to know whether you have tolG
the waiter to stay away so that you
can bring Ia bill for lodgings against
me?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
a poIltician'a Why.

Somebody suggests t.iat the boy who
ran away from home because he didn't
get enough pie has the instincts Of q
great politician. Wrong. Tie politician
would have stayed ut home. stolen the
Die and made his mother think she had
eaten it Philadelphia North
American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
That
Tired Feeling

% q cemmon 0psine Troubls.
It's . dgn that the blood is dsAcisnt
h vitality, just - pimples and other
eruptions ars signs that the blood
b impure.
Irs . warning, too, which only the
hazardous fail 70 heed.
Hoods JarsapariIla
and Pills
r. eovs Il, givs nav HE, nsw eour-
y strength and animation.
They cleanse The blood and clear ths
eomplsxion.
Accept no substttuts.
II islt tired Ill ths tine md eeald not
s3esp. Aftse takin0 Hood's earsapafiiis
Q vhils I could slssp vel and ~ tired
l,sline had eoos. This great medicine has
also cured NJ e sGsefnla.s Ma Q. NJ
Roo1, CHAD, Com.
Needle oaroapafi1la psemIooo -
oaseo ord koepo ~ peoM)oe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
The Waiter.

Dfner-Is 1t customary to tip the
waiter in this restaurant? Waite. =
Why -al,--yes. sir. Diner-Then haiii
me tip. I've waited thrce-quarters
Of an hour for that steak ] ordered.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
Orange Farm Topic.
Question.-What Are the Chief Reason
for Thorough Cultivation of the Soil

Question.-What Are the Chief Reasons
for Thorough Cultivation Of the Soil?
There is no farm topic Of greater I'M
portance than this at this season OF the
year, for unless farmers understand the
reasons for thorough cultivation Of the
soil they will be inclined to neglect or
omit it. The old-time notion that cul-
tivation of the soil was for destroying
weeds has been superseded by the mod
ern and correct notion that cultivation
of the soil is primarily for the conserva-
ton of soil moisture and soil fertility.
Thorough cultivation of the soil breaks
up the minute tubes by which the
moisture of the soil is transported to
the atmosphere through capillary attrac-
ton and renders unavailable fertility
available through being brought in con-
tact with the roots of the plant, as is
not done when left uncultivated.
Probably in no direction has so much
progress been made in agricultural
methods in recent years as in the man.
ipulation of the soil. Formerly it was
considered necessary to cultivate the soil
before planting or sowing the crop, to
prepare a reasonably level seed-bed and
to cultivate the soil after planted crop
came up to destroy weeds. 1t Is advan-
tageOus and even necessary to prepare
a level seed-bed and to destroy weeds,
but these are secondary considerations
in the cultivation Of the soil. The
breaking up of the soil in which ele-
ments of fertility are held in compact
form and the breaking Of the tubes in
the soil through which water is pass
ed from the soil into the atmosphere,
are of vastly more Importance than the
other reasons stated. Too thorough
preparation of the soil before putting
the seed into it and too frequent cultiva-
tion Of the soil after planted crop has
begun to grow, are unknown, and upon
these depends the magnitude of the crop
as much as upon the fertilizing material
applied or already in existence in the
soil. The process of cultivation brings
into use farm machinery and thereby
enables the farmer to utilize the most
economical means of increasing crop
production, for upon the intelligent
selection of sources of fertility to be
applied to the soil and the use of farm
machinery depends in large measure
the success Of crop production.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22

OF officially; I don't pre-
tend to say that. You
might travel the West
End from fresh water
to salt-and we dip into
both-without ever locat-
ing the Spider water
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEEp THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited. Address all communications In.
tended for this department to HENRY d.
HAMMOND. Agricultural E'litor Oxford Dem.
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22
Smith and Machinist,
pApIS MAINE

,,.nntscturer Of genera machinery. steam Gu
,oill WORK, spool machinery and tools
dnes' ,et screy;s, taps, dies and drills made an
holsJ, hns,-st Sewing, moving and threshing ms
Of al se sns nss grssSiei ssS promptly s@a
.os, oi..1 y" stesm and water piping done 70 order
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22

eleaRses, soo,hesand heals
the diseased membrane.
l,egres eatsrrh and drives
away q cold in the head
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22


assistant. aud HALEY, superintendent
of bril-. .ges. anh after, HALEY went once
more 10 general headquarters Juggling
all his estimates revised and all his
plans refgured. All his expense esti-
mates outside the Spider bridge and
one other point were slight, because
HALEY could skin along with less
money than anybody ever In charge OF
the bridge work. He did 1t by keeping
everything up; not sleeper, not a
spike-nothing got away from him.
The new president. as befitted a very
big man, was no end Of a swell and
received HALEY with Il considerate dig
nifty unknown OH our end. He listened
carefully to the superfntendents state:
ment Of the necessities ut the Big San
DIV river. The amount looked large, but
the argument, supported by a mass
of statistics, was convincing. Three
bridges in ten years, and the California
fast freight business lost twice. Hal
ley's budget called, too, for q new
bridge Mt the Peace river-and a good
one. Give him these. he said In effect,
and he would guarantee the worst
stretch on the system for lifetime
against tie-up disasters. HALEY stayed
over to awalt the decision, but he was
always in hurry, and he haunted the
general offices until the president told
him he could have the money. TO Hal
ley this meant, particularly, the bridge
of his dreams. The wire flashed the
/ word to the West End. Everybody a'
| the Wicklup was glad. but Ed Peeto
| burned rel fire. and his little dos
Sport ute ratEesnakes.
| The old shack OF depot building
| that served ~ division headquarters a.
I Medicine Beui we called the Wicklup
| Everybody in it MAS crowded for room
and HALEY, whose chare was wiia'
was left. had hard work to keep out Of
| the waste as...et But right away nov