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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
"Hauc vOu and Abe had q scrdpf

will be more or less public. And Of
course shall do good deal Of worl
in our woman's club. would prefer
to take up career. But my father
really needs me, and so,' she conclud
ed heroically, 81 am willing to make
the sacrifice"
"a career? What sort Of career
would you like to follow?'
"If I consulted only my own incllna
ton | would go on studying. take my
degree in philosophy and teach"
"Teach! exclaimed Eunice, with re
pressed excitement. "You think 1t
desirable occupation"
"There is no higher work." Georgi
ana answered earnestly.
"There are some young women" an
swered Eunice, "to whom 1t would ap
pear pale drab. And some mel
wouldn't wish 1t to their 'meanest enc
N.Y."
Georgiana regarded her with puz
zled surprise. What makes you think
go, EuniceW
$50 / have been told"
"There Is no nobler work." Georgl
ana insisted, with enthusiasm.
Excuse me-" objected Daisy. "ft
rather take In stairs to scrub II yor
want to know what I'm going to do
Eunice, now that my education Is fin
ished"-
"FinishedT questioned Georgiana
with gentle irony.
Anything more that's done for it
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
Women Farmers In Vermont.

More and more women are demon
strating that they can handle farm as
successfully as men. In this connection
it is in teresting to refer to experience
of Misses Jennie P. and Nellie NJ. Ran
ney, who reside in Concord, VT, on the
farm formerly owned by their father.
They were educated in the common
school near their home and at st. Johns
bury academy. After the completion of
their education, each taught school very
successfully for about Is years. After
the death of their parents, they took
charge of the home farm, and have had
the entire management of it since that
time, l2 or IA years. The home farm
comprises l20 acres, and they also own a
mountain pasture containing about 400
acres.
1t can hardly be said that they have
made a speciality of any one thing, but
rather, general farming on good mod
ern business basis. Their buildings are
kept in excellent repair, and more tidy
dooryard would be hard to find. At
present, their stock consists aside from
farm team and driving horse) of 10 Dur
ham cows, IS beef cattle, 40 Cotswold
sheep and 40 Plymouth Rock hens.
| They make and market their own but
ter. They raise all the calves that are
worth raising, but do not fatten any for
market. They make a practice of buy
ing about 20 two-year-old steers every
fall, and keep them year and then sell
for beef, thus making their mountain
pasture pay a good profit. They raise a
large per cent of all the grain they use.
This season was very late and cold,
and with most farmers, the corn crop
| was almost or quite failure; but by
early planting (which they always prac-
tice) and thorough cultivation, they
raised and husked 500 bushels. and they
also cut more hay than usual. They
have never had occasion to buy any hay
but once, and they aim to keep the farm
up to it's high state of cultivation by
sowing clover, in seeding down." more
literally than most farmers.
They take great pains to keep their
stock clean and free from disease.
They plan all the work themselves, and
also do some of the outdoor work.
Miss Jennie has raked all the moving
and at least once with horse rake, and
consequently knows every foot of it.
They hire the best of help, and pay good
prices. One man has been kept for the
past seven years, and they hire another
from six to eight months in the summer.
| They find time to attend church every
Sunday, and their social standing is as
high as any people in town. In short,
they are refined Christian ladies in
every sense of the word. When asked
what were the chief elements of their
success, they replied: 1--WE enjoy our
business, work hard, and run our bust.
ness in businesslike way."-New Eng.
land Homestead.
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Y/INROSS' telegram to Newport
IL brought an immediate reply.
N Miss Wolcott was at her sum-
4 Il mer home and would be there
until late In the autumn.
He had time on his journey to re-
fleet upon the episodes Of the past few
days with comparative coolness of
Judgment anu TO see some things with
more clearness than on first view;
also the various developments of the
summer appeared in somewhat differ
ent perspective now that he looked at
them fro!n llttle distance.
81 went TO that farm to find seclu-
sion. quiet. Il monotoay that would
leave me free to study. and what fell
into--plots ana counterpiots, with coun.
try courtshipS. DISCUSSES, stolen In
fant. haunted chambers. murders, sui
cides. ghosts and discovered heiress!
Who'd II thought 1t: l couldn't have
found half so much excitement ut New.
port Why. it's been strain!'
He had been told before leaving the
farm that his fellow boarders were to
go back to town before his return.
When he had paid his board Mrs.
Morningstar under the effect of his
extra fees for her conniving in his dis
guise. had thawed so far as to volun-
teer the promise that she would ac-
count to the yonug ladies for his de-
parture by saying that the farmland
had been discharged because Of the
inconvenient and uneconOmical fire.
quency of his headaches. He wonder
ed whether In his absence any acci-
dental hints would be dropped as to
his pretended character. He could not
think without growing uneasiness
Of the fast approaching reopening Of
the college. when he would have to
meet Miss Ellery and Miss Parks as
DR.. Kinross of the faculty.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
Ho4v Is Your Blood ;

II you lack strength, are nervous, have
no appetite, don't sleep well, get tired
easily, your blood is in bad condition.
You cannot be strong without pure, rich
blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla makes good,
rich blood and keeps 1t good.
DyspepsIa For six months my sys.
tenn was out of order with dyspepsia and
impure blood. Spent lots Of money IN vain,
but Hoods Sarsaparilla cured me-" Jos. >.
ZAUBA, Genoa, Neb.
Had No Appetite ~ was troubled
with dyspepsia end had no appetite. l had
q faint feeling after eating: Ny constitution
was all run down. but Hood Sarsaparilla mas
fully relieved me-" FLORENCE STOWE,
Sniderville. Wisconsin.
Weakness-"I bless the day heard OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla, as 1t cured me OF extreme
weakness after grip. built my husband up
after pneumonia. and cured eczema and
blo0d. poisoning in our children" MRS. NJ
A. DELwoRTH, Box 4. Embreeville. Pa.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold everywhere
In the usual liquid. or in tablet form called
Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre-
pared only by C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass
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"Ah! she suddenly exclaimed breath
lessly, lifting her hand. II remember
sonnething-some ANONYMOUS letters
that received-one after another
shortly after my brothers death, tell
Ing me that If would pay down Ger
tain sum of money matter OF vita
interest would be revealed to me. Wht
would dream Of paying any attention
to such communications? tossed
them into the wastebasket, Of course
and never gave them second thought
did none of them mention Eunice?
"Never. They were melodramatical
ly cautious. remember. Oh, what are
you going to tell me?"
"The kidnapers defeated their OWL
ends by their cowardice. II they had
given 5au any hint that they held Eu
nice rs hostage
He paused questioningly.
"Well?" she asked excitedly.
"You would not have ignored theii
communications?
"If had had any least reason fol
believing them, Of course not. What a
question to ask"
He took from his pocket long en-
velope and drew from 1t manuscript
It was the confession"
perhaps. after all, this will be the
best way to tell YOU"
He handed it to her.
"Read it, please, while wait"
He rose and walked to the farthest
end of the piazza-while she, with fiji,
gers that shook, unfolded the paper.
Kinross knew that he did an unbusi
ness-like thing in letting the paper
leave his own hands, but Miss VOL
colt was an old family friend, and
when 1t came to the point he found
himself quite unable to offer her the
discourtesy Of handing her the copy Of
the original document which he had
brought with him for that purpose.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
Bristles.
Keep the feeding floor cl

Keep the feeding floor clean.
Growing pigs need plenty of exercise.
A good time now to plan for that hog
tight fence for the hog pasture next
spring.
Provide warm quarters for the fall
pigs along with abundance of room for
exercise.
Don't feed pigs too much corn. Pro-
tein feeds must be provided to pro-
mote growth and develop bone and
muscle.
Don't neglect to remove the accmula-
tion of winter feeding from time to
time. Keep things in healthy con-
dition in winter as we'll as summer.
The small farmer should grow the
early maturing hog. One that will
weigh about 200 pounds at six months
old. Skim-milk, clover and corn prop
erly fed will produce just this kind of a
hog.
Try weaning pigs by shutting SOW
10 pen and feeding them oats and water,
all they want. Let pigs have access to
tn en-, with plenty of shelled corn out
side on the feeding floor. In ten days
the pigs will be weaned.-From Success
full Farming.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
Miss WOlcOtt.

IL was WNen he was nearing tue emu
OF his journey that some indistinct ap'
prehensions which had been vaguely
troubling him began to assume def
mite shape and the realization to dawn
on him that perhaps he had been rash
In coming away and leaving Eunice
In ignorance. even for week, of her
possible good fortune. Goodness knows
what she might do In this week Of his
absence. Abe was evidently very des
perately in love with her, and the
Morningstars. In their dire chagrin al
being obliged to pay over to her that
$1,000. might drive her to the point OF
marrying Abe In self defense, as II
were. OF course it was only her utter
ignorance of life that made her toler
ate Abe. though even that did moi
seem to excuse such bad taste. Fancy
Miss Wolcott receiving Abe Morning
star as her nephew-in-law! The pic
ture made him laugh aloud.
The wearing doubt as to whether
Miss Wolcott could be brought to ac
knowledge Eunice as her niece and
recognize her claims was never absent
from his mind for an instant. At times
he felt that he was going on fools
errand. II. at the time the Daniels
wrote to her, she had not even tried tC
see the child toprove or disprove theil
story. how could he hope that now
after all these years, she would con
cede what was so much against hel
own interests?
"If only were diplomat instead o.
a blunt, plain man. might lead up t.
my story so prettily and persuasively
that before she knew 1t she'd be burn
ing to illustrate artistically the beauty
Of self sacrifice In her own person
But ! know I'll make muddle Of 1t
Your money or your lifer That's
more my style. more's the pity"
He consoled himself with the ref1ec
ton that II Eunice did not come int
the money 1t would probably be fal
better for her. and 1t was only by rea
| son Of his sense Of justice that he wa!
| trying to place her in command OF th'
great wealth that belonged to her. III
himself was remarkably free from TIT
money madness of the age. He hat
| always had more than enough for hi
needs, but not enough to spoil him. ant
| had therefore gone through life. thu
far. escaping the mania for accumulat
ing wealth.
"Her money may quite spoil the at
tractiveness she now has In her sim
plicity. her perfect naturalness. whel
one Is alone with her. Just the anti
podes Of Georgiana! There couldn't b.
a more extreme contrast Of character
Georgiana Is q personified pose. L
she ever did spontaneous thing II
my presence, ever made an unstudiet
remark, think I'd fall In love witt
her on the spot!
II was at s o'clock on Sunday after
noon that he presented himself at tn
home Of Miss Wolcott. He sent In hi
card and waited on the piazza. whicl
was furnished like a sitting room ant
shaded by screens from the hot sum
mer sun. His suspense as to the out
come of the impending interview mad
him too uneasy to sit still. and b.
paced the long porch In his nervous
ness. wondering for the hundredth tim
how he could most convincingly relat
his story and trying to school himsel
against too great bluntness In the dell
] cate matter he had to handle. HI
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
Monism.

Mopism Is the doctrine Of the one
ness Of mind and matter. God and the
universe 1t ignores all that Is super
natural. Monism teaches that AL are
but parts Of one stupendous whole.
whose body nature Is and God the
SOUL" hence whatever Is only con-
forms to the cosmic laws Of the uni
versal all. Mind can never exist with
out matter, nor matter without mind.
They are but the two sides Of the same
thing.-New York American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
outraged foster mother.

outraged foster mother.
"Can't you watch what you're about
oncetr would be demanded Of her
dozen times a day when. in her dis.
| traught state. she would spill, break,
burn or otherwise destroy. whats
got into you these couple Of days back
You don't do nothin' right! What do
you think pop'll say at your leavin' all
them pie git spoilt? l ast you did you
take 'em to the spring house and you
sayed yes. you did, and then here this
morning there they stood standing
I'm this here hot kitchen all night
yet! Popll jaw somepin turrible"
1t was in the occasional brief respite
from toll in the evening hour, just be-
fore bedtime, that her unrest became
feverish, maddening; and one night 1t
governed her to the point Of driving
her to seek at least moments diver
sion from her unbearable heart hunger
in an unprecedented act. On her re-
turn from the spring house, where she
had gone to finish her last bit Of the
days d"rdgcry. she deliberately sat
down with the two young ladies on the
porch steps.
Miss Ellery had become an object OF
engrossing interest to Eunice since DR..
Kinross had told her that he "loved
Georgiana." Georgiana herself had In
the past few days observed the scru-
tiny she underwent whenever she was
in Eunice's presence. The girl SEEM
ed to watch every movement she made.
to hang upon every word she uttered.
in way which secretly gratified Geor'
giana's love Of ascendency.
Whats the matter, Eunice?" asked
Daisy in surprise and curiosity as Eu
nice joined them, for the farm girl
had seemed during all their stay at
the farm to shrink from any inter-
course with them. Have you and
Abe had scrap?"
"a scrap Of what!"
Daisy sQuealed. You know, Eu-
nice, the course Of true love never runs
smooth, so. to be sure, you and Abe
must expect to have rows now and
then Is 1t in Shakespeare, GeOrgiana,
or the Bible? But never mind. No
doubt Eunice knows. can't account
for your favoring us with your society,
Eunice, unless you've been fighting
with Abe and are wanting to be SYM
pathized with. I'm sorry to say !
can't obige you. ! couldn't possibly
sympathize with girl who would or
could take an interest In Abe, a brute
who thinks a woman's pack horse
Oh, that kind of man! How I'd love
to stand on my hind legs and jump at
him! Eunice," she said earnestly.
you're too nice girl for Abe. Choke
It off. You don't need to throw your.
self away on a chump like Abe-a girl
like you"
Eunice, gazing fiXedly at Ceorgiana.
made no comment upon Daisy's advice.
"Would you object If asked you Il
question: she inquired timidly Of
Georglana.
"CertaIIly not" Georgiana smiled
kindly. "Ask me what you like, Eu-
nice"
"How do yoa occupy your time when
you are ut home?"
"Up to now." Geo:giana answered,
81 have spent all my life in school and
college Now am going to take my
place at the head of my fathers home.
AS he is college president my If"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
Buying Machinery.

The scarcity of labor on farms has
had one effect which has benefited
farmers and manufacturers both-it has
caused farmers to invest in more labor
saving machinery. Never before were
farmers better buyers of machinery than
they are now. They must make their
own labor count for more or quit the
business, and they are not going out OF
business. The increased capacity OF
the worker by the use Of improved ma
chinery has had an appreciabls effect on
country population in some states.
Fewer people are needed to work the
same amount of land, and the surplus
workers gravitate tt the towns and
cities. Decreasing country population
under such circumstances is no sign oil
decadepce of agriculture, but the re-
verse. 1t means that each worker has
vastly more productive power by the aid
of machinery, and this means that he
can produce more wealth from the sol
at less cost. This is an evidence ol
progress rather than Of decay, and the
| limit has not been reached yet.-Turf,
Farm and Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
The RIoodstained Equator.

Human life, have reason to know.
Is held cheap at Equatorville. and the
place Is stained with many crimes. In
fact. the whole equator Is throughout
its 25OOO miles line Of ignorance.
savagery and blood. 1t Is black line
which civilization ought to paint white.
Strand Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
Go-WeIl Farm Notes.


We recently called at Go-Well Farm,
Orono, and found Professor Gowell
actively engaged in shipping eggs and
stock. His advertisement in the Farmer
aud other papers brings him many re
plies and he has been sending birds tc
all parts of the country, even to the
Pacific coast. One man in Chicago
bought 80 pullets and several male
birds AT the time we were there ht
was shipping four cockerels to three
New England states.
His hens were in fine condition and
laying splendidly. AS we passed
through each of the 20 pens in the mair
house, we glanced at the daily record
sheets. Each pen contains an even hun
dred layers and seldom was days per
record as low as so, most of them being
above 60.
Besides the 200O pullets and hens here
Professor Gowell had 800 others, scat
tered l6 in a pen in colony houses. His
total egg yield some days ago had reach
ed about 400 daily and these were be
ing shipped to a big Boston concern.
Professor Gowell has this year com
pleted another hen-hOuse, open from
plan, 20x $50 feet, which is something oi
an experiment. 1t is partially under
ground. Facing the South, it sets into
a hill sloping toward the East. Thu.
the east end is on the ground level anC
the west end sets in an excavation. Th'
windows and open front sections arr
about four feet from the floor and the
earth is banked right up against the
outside, both front and back, coming tC
the bottom of the windows and nearl!
to the caves.
This would seem to give a maximum
of warmth and Professor Gowell thinks
it will prove very satisfactory.
We were glad to see this well known
gentleman so successfully working ou
the practical results of experiment
which have won him renown while a
the experiment station.-Maine Farmer
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
Orchard and Garden.

Prune the grape vines II you have
not already done SO.
One of the best locations for an or
chard is on southeast slope.
Fruit trees on farms oven though not
in bearing always help its selling
value.
Freezing does not hurt parsnips OF
satisfy and you can keep them In the
ground until spring.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
CHAPTER XXI.

TN the uncomfortable restlessnes.
that possessed her during the
dragging days while she waited
i for DIR. Kinross' return, Eunice
became so doplig (awkwar0 that she
proved sore irritant to her already
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department TO HENRY d.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat, Paris, Me-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-02-18
CHAPTER XXX.

Y/INROSS' telegram to Newport
IL brought an immediate reply.
II Miss Wolcott was at her sum-
4 n mer home and would be there
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-16
20 SURGEONS AWAIT CALL
Six Ambulances Also Held ut Belle

Six Ambulanccs Also Held ut Belle
.vue for an impending Catastrophe.
New York. Jan. 14.-Expectation
OF catastrophe held a crowd Of sew
sral thousand persons tugging against
the fire lines about the tottering walls
OF the Parker Building, gutted by
hre on Friday at Fourth avenue and
Nineteenth street, until late hour
Sun lay night.
Police guards were increased
several times during the afternoon
and at eight o'clock at night Super
intendent Edward s. Murphy, of the
Department OF Buildings, sent word
to Bellevue Hospital to hold in readi-
ness twenty surgeons and six am
balances, and to allow them to an
swer no other calls until further Or
ders.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-16
S1OO Reward, 800,

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in it's curative
powers that they offer One Humid
red Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testi-
monials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-16
DOLLAR AND THE PG8O,
What Dollar Means In MexIco Has
Been Scttlsd.

The question in Mexico of what a
dollar" means has recently been
authoritatively settled. Tho Depart
ment Of Finance has decided that the
word dollar" shall mean the Ameri-
can gold dollar and that when the
Mexican silver dollar Is meant the
word peso" shall be employed
Somem timem ago an American res
ident at Tampico wrote "uollar" on a
check, and the Tampico bank cashier
to whom the check was presented paid
the amount in gold values. The
drawer of the check claimed that it
was his intention to have silver paid.
Litigation was threatened, but upon
investigation the authorities decided
against the drawer of the check. The
Mexican ruling applies to all docu-
ments, notes, drafts. &C.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-16
No Japanese Compact.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Oficial de-
NAL was made at the State Depart
ment on Friday Of the report cabled
from Toxic that Ambassador O'Brien
had demanded from the Japanese
Government an agreement in writing
restricting to a certain annual num-
Der the emigration of Japanese to the
United States.
1t may be stated on absolute au-
thority that the United States has
not and will not make any such de-
mand on Japan.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-16
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices of Farm Produce
Quoted for the Week.

Wholesale Prices OF Farm Produce
Quoted for the Week.
WHEAT. No. 2 Red, Lola $1.o7A.
No. Northern Duluth, sl.2434.
Corn No 65a75o.
OATs,-Mixed. 541sc. White. 56I6aG215o
MMK.-4c. per quart.
BUTTER. Western, extra, 20a3lc. %
Firsts,-27a29o. State dairy. finest
-27a2Sc.
CHEEsE.-State, full cream, l5lfal5ko.
EGGS. Nearby, Fancy, 37a3sc. State.
Good to choice. S2a36o. Western.
Firsts- a25c.
BEEvEs. s.--Ciey dressed. 71fa9kc.
CALvEs-City dressed, 9al5c. Coun-
try dressed, per 10. 9al31ac.
SHEEP.-Per 100 ID, 3. 25.as50.0
HoGs.-Live, per 100 ID. ~. l0aS5 10.
HAY.-Prime, 100 lbs. Sl,071s,
STRAW. Long rye. 60a721tc.
LIVE PoULTRY.-Fowls. per lb. lSc,
Chickens, Spring, per h.. llo
Ducks, per h., l2o Turkeys
13c . ,..,
DRESSED PoULTRY.-Turkeys. per ID
l2al7c. Fowls, per lb.. 9alSc.
Chickens, Phila., per lb., 22a2Sc
vEaETABLEs.-Potat L. l., per bhl
$l.75as.l0 Onions. White. per bbl-
$3.50. .a4.60.