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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-21

| CO SuC "tHto oHC 10 JotHJ w bO"t H't
OUcr."
she dogmatized lis not the expression
| of high plane of thought, ALL pe;'
haps." she said earnestly. Il MAJ be
| able to help him to see life more sweet
| ly and sanely."
C"Not if | have any influence with
myself" was Kinross' mental com.
| ment)
While they talked Daisy had now
and then cast rather uneasy glanceS
at Peter and Mrs. Morningstar. and
she now leaned down and said some
| thing in Il lowered voice to Georgiana
Georgiana shook her head and an
swered aloud: You need not be afraid
Their plane is so far below that Of
ourselves. Daisy. that they scarcely
catch the sound Of our voices when we
/ speak, but if you feel any apprehen-
sions"- GeorSiana rose and shook uui
her skirts.
Daisy dropped her handful Of goose
berries into Mrs. Morningstar's pan.
and the two girls strolled away.
Kinross' eyes followed them thought
fully, with sense Of pleasure in the
symmetry of Miss Ellery's shapely
shoulders, straight back and long.
graceful movement.
$50 she thinks she's going to bow!
me over just as soon as come with
in her range" he mused. what will
| be the effect on her, wonder. when
she discovers she's been discussing me
| like that in my own presence? Their
plane is so far below that Of ourselves,
/ Daisy, that they scarcely catch the
sound of our voices when we speak,"
A short laugh escaped him. which
reused Mrs Morningstar to speech.
"I make no doubt. Doc" she said,
working busily while she talked. that
you kin understand them girls when
they speak all them high words to
each other Amt? 1t beats me what
they're cOnwersin' about together. Still
when they speak so educated that way
just like readin' out of the newspa-
per or whatever"
81 think they don't always under.
stand themselves, Mrs. Morningstar."
Now, think! Poll parrots, too. they
don't know what they're sayin' nei-
ther. And educated peoples the same" ,"
she repeated In surprise.
Klnross at this moment caught a
glimpse through the window Of Eu-
nice alone in the kitchen.
Here's my chance" he thought, ris-
Ing from the porch steps.
"Say, Doc" Mrs. Morningstar STOP
ped him, "if them girls ever finds out
the joke you're playin' on 'em, pre-
tendin' to be common like us when
you're as tony as themselves. I make
no doubt they won't like it, Doc"
81 agree with you, Mrs. Morning
star. They won't like It."
"Supposin' they meet you In town
there some time in your dude cloes!'
she said apprehensively. ITO be sure,
there's so many that lives in town II
amt likely you will run across each
other"
Its not merely likely, Mrs. Morn
ingstar. They simply can't escape me-
"Not?" she cried. "Well. guess
you'll feel pretty cheap"
at is they who will feel inexpensive
Mrs. Morningstar They'll be ready to
sell themselves for half price on the
bargain counter
He left her to puzzle over the prob.
lem as he turned away and went into
the kitchen.
But the moments delay had lost him
his chance. Eunice had left the room
by one door just as lie was entering by
the other.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-21
A gentleman who has been raisir

A gentleman who has been raising
fruit in California for several years re-
Gently traded his ranch there for farm
in Chicopee. He made the trade,
among other reasons, because he liked
Massac husetts and realized that good
farm in the heart of nearby markets in
sured a living and reasonable COM
potency. This is only another of the
numerous instances that reflect the tide
toward New England.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-21
Increase of Dairy Cows.

The latest annual estimate of the
value of meat animals on farms and
ranges made by the United States de.
partment of agriculture, Jan. l, 1907,
gives to dairy cows the value Of $685..
500, 900, or an increase of Sl37, 900, ,0OC
over 1900. The decreased total given
to other cattle, although the value ID
larger per head, somewhat offsets the
increase for dairy cows, since the loss
in other cattle is ss5, ,OOO, 900 from the
value of 1900.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-21
Practicability of Milking Machines

There are some operations connected
with the farm that seem to have baff1ed
the efforts of the inventor thus far.
Among them are the thinning of field
roots aud the milking of cows. Ma
chimes have been invented that will do
both, but not so perfectly as by hand.
Machines have been made that will take
milk from the udder, but that they are
not entirely satisfactory is certain from
the limited extent to which they are
used.
1t would be going too far to say that
machines will not yet be invented that
will be in every sense satisfactory, but
there are difficulties in the way. When
cows are MIXED by hand, the manipula-
ton by the hand aids in the letting
down of the milk. This is akin to the
bunting of the calf when the latter
suckles the cow. Manipulation of this
nature may not be necessary in milk
ing machine, but IL it were it would
seem difficult to produce it.
There is also some relation between
milk giving in some COWS at least and
some mixers. When the mixers are
kind and gentle and have some words
for the cows that tend to sOothe, there is
no difficulty in getting all the milk.
Such cows will give more milk to such
mixers than they would to those oppo-
site in character. The effect OF the
milking machine on the mental makeup
of the COW is yet to be learned.
The question Of the future of milking
machines is one of great significance.
Could they become general, the dairy
interests would in a sense be revolution
lied. In the meantime happy are the
dairymen whose boys and girls find
Measure in such work
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-21
circumstantiaI Evidence.

Mrs. Coburgger-It isn't right to
charge Freddie with taking that mon
ey out of your pocket. Why don't you
accuse me? Coburgger-Because II
wasn't all taken.-Harper's Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-21

The fact that the pullets should be
forced to scratch constantly in the litter
for their grain has been emphasized over
and over again, but too much weight
cannot be laid upon this point.-Subur-
ban Life.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-21

Banishment is the penalty paid by lice
and mites when found in good poultry
yards.-New England Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-21
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
fs solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY D.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat, Paris. Ne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-27

invited to learn the preparation of savory inexpensive, nutritious dishes.
 "A wholesome result has been recorded.
 "This would be @ good movement for those who are busying themselves with prohibition to start. There is also sem timental side to this matter for, to quote an old German saying, Love enters the heart by way of the stomach
 MT. Abner's Statement.
 MT. Abner's statement on the prohi- bition question. in the light of the hear ing to be given both sides of the issue in the District by the commissioners is of special interest. 6
 'eWhence comes 1 s new cult that seeks to set aside all 1uty and vested rights, and insists that the United States government annihilate a legitimate busi- ness ?" asks MT. Abner.
 "The prohibition element has laid at our doors every species of crime in the lexicon of misdeeds Such statements are on their face unfair.
 We are conducting our business with due regard to the rights of all concerned -our customers as well as ourselves and trust to the good judgment and sense of the citizens of the District of Colum- bia that they may nos be misied in this matter by the oratory of impractical and unfair persons, nor the writings of those who seek to further restrict or stamp out staple and legitimate indus try.
 "Nhat Is behind this temperance wave? That beautiful tenet of Christianity which enlightens the world, love those that oppose you. is cast aside. Annihila- tion Is the prohibition watchword.
 "These good people seem to have aban- doned all religion and have raised ban ner inscribed with the one word, Prohi- bltion.' Are they about to accept Q new religion? Are they ready to deliver our beloved country to a principle of Mo hammedanism?
 Step to Legaized Harem.
 "Fifteen hundred years ago prohibition was established by Mahomet. Observe his people and the fruits of their labors. Have they advanced in anything? Have they given the world any ideas, any in- ventions?
 Were the American people to sub scribe to this one Mohammedan doctrine is 1t not possible that the passing of two generations would find harems legalized? This sounds unreasonable. of course but it is a matter of history that radical re- straints have been followed by abnormal excesses
 Already the prohibition movement
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considers itself strong enough to invade the homes and endanger that most Iowa ble trait of our national characteristic, hospitality. Can the citizen be dictated to as to what he will serve his guests2
 Let the good people who are now en- rolled among the extremists preach tenn peranee in speech, drink, eating, In thought and in the practice of gentle manners. Let our ministers and educa- tors instil1 in the youths minds the prin- ciple of moderation, obedience, upright ness, avoiding everything leading to the dark and narrow chambers of hypocrlcy.
 Questions To Be Considered.
 Let home, school and church deliver to our country young men and women able to withstand temptations and all the extreme questions will take care of them selves. There are graver questions than prohibition confronting our people in the next few years which call for united ac- ton, for a solid phalanx to the world at large.
 We had better leave the solution of the drink question to the educator, the scientist the statesman, the economist. It enters too deeply into the life of the people, and cannot be rooted out-even were there real necessjty-without greatpolitical and commercial upheaVal. Has 1t ever occurred to you that not one eminent statesman, scientist or theologian has come out for prohibtion2
 "The time has come to halt in these visionary vaporings. It Is not intended to doubt the good intentions of the pro hibitionists We have to thank them for a great deal of good they have done. But the consequence and effect of such move ments on a percentage of the people is not realized to the full by the promoters of prohibition.
 'f heartily commend the efforts of the nt1It In "a raPfllatiOn ljouor traffic, as we do the good people who safeguard the interests of the pub lie in relation to all industries. But here in Washington the limit of regulation has been reached. Conditions are all that could be reasonably asked Tor.
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Feg. A. The square of Fig. 1 en- Iarged to show the position of Nep- tune.
 as our moon is. just east of Algol at F. The three stars marked R are all beau tiful doublesA
 The Planets.
 The most brilliant planets is now Jupi- ter which shines out high up in the southeast, but the beautiful Venus which is steadily mounting upward into the even ing sky and continually growing brighter, will soon rival him in brilliancy. The two planets, Mars and Saturn, which have been with us for so many months, are now low down In the southwest in poor position for observation. Mars is now rapidly drawing away from Saturn. and similarly Venus on February 10 will overtake Saturn In it's eastward motion and pass to the east of it. In small tel escope Venus still appears almost full, and Mars Is about half full. The rings of Saturn are now beginning to open out and these may be seen as a narrow, bright line, though probably with some difficulty.
 On February 13 Mercury reaches its greatest distance east of the sun and about this time may be seen shining out in the twilight glow near the ground a little to the south of the west point just after sunset
 The planet Neptune is in excellent posi- ton for observation and may be found with the help of Figs. 1 and 4. It is too faint to ever be visible to the naked eye, but in a small telescope may be seen shining with a dull greenish light, ap- bearing about as bright as a star of the eighth or ninth magnitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-27
NEED GOOD COOKS
 NOT PROHIBITION E. F. Abner Gives Cure for
 GaStronemy A MOHAM MEDAN'S ABSTINEN No Progress Among WorshiDpers of Prophet in 1900 Years of Teto-
 taIsm-RadicaI Restraint
 of Personal Restraint.
MOHAMMEOAN'S ABSTINEN

From the Washington Herald.
 That the consumption of good things to eat, artistically prepared by a good cook, destroys appetite for strong drink, and that therefore the encouragement of the art of gastronomy is an adequate solu- tion of the drink evil, is the theory con tained in an interesting anti-prohibition argument advanced by E. F. Abner, president of the Abner-Drury Brewing company of this city.
 Mr. Abner also cites the failure of Mo stnence by the law of the prophet, in contributing any material part to the progress of civilization. as a point against prohibition.
 That the indorsement of this one Mo- hammedan doctrine of prohibition by the American people may be but step to the 1egalization of the harem in these United States and this District of Colum- b,a Is a possibility which MT, Abner dis covers in the records of history "abnor- nal excesses" following radical re- straint' In due process of time, as Mir. Abner argues for precedents.
 An Epcurean Remedy.
 
 cessive fondness for alcoholic stimulants, Mir Abner says:
 The question Is often asked why in- temperance of drink is absent in some countries. Take the Azores for instance, where rich, luscious fruit and vegetables ripen the year round, drunkenness is en- tirely unknown. In Southern France in- toxication is also an unknown quantity, although with every meal wine is con- sumed by the families.
 "As a solution is offered the great at tention given by the French women to cookery. They are famous for their fam fly dishes, and after the family partakes of the beloved pot au feu there Is no need or craving for strong drink.
 Good Cookery Is Solution.
 "It is lamentable fact that too little attention is given nowadays to cooking, and as a consequence when a young woman marries and presides over her own home she is not equipped to properly conduct 1t, whether she has the cooking to do herself or merely directs. In either case 1t is highly necessary that the knowledge should be of a practical char acter.
 "A man will not crave drink after eat ing good meal. The prohibitionists had better adopt as a slogan Better the home table and keep the men from the free lunch counter
 "A popular movement has been started in the city of Munich, extending to every city and hamlet in the country of Bava- ria. The leading ladies of the land form ed a league known as the Itinerary Cook ing school, which is supported by pohl lar subscriptions. At the present time there are thirty itinerary cooking schools working under the league
 The outfit consists of a wagon, con- taining all the modern appliances of a kitchen. Accompanying the wagon are three experienced women cooks and three lecturers. When a hamlet is reached a hall Is secured, the kitchen established, and the young women of the hamlet are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-27

that he would go mad, and. as a matter of fact, he did.
 Edgar Allan Poe drank. as Baudelaire has said. like savage" He was sub ject to the most horrible Authorizations. Haller, the celebrated physiologist, be- leved he was being continually pursued by enemies. Newton became insane in his old age. Beethoven, who always washed in ice water, would lift it up with his hands, scolding all the while, and dash a quantity of water on his face and his hair without noticing that 1t made pool on the floor, in which he splashed about like duck"
 In connection with Prof Grasset's work it is interesting to note that pr. Henry S. Atkins, of the St. Louis Asylum for the Insane, has recently been putting 8 theory of his own to a practical test. He has been sending insane women out in small parties to visit the department stores. and particularly the bargain counters to do some shopping. The in- sane women were in charge of keepers, but gave no trouble. The patients pur- chased with a keen regard of appearance and value, just as their normal sisters were buying all about them. Apparently the saleswomen noted nothing unusual in their demeanor.
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la Regenee 1t was his habit to order a plate of cigars and frightful mixture of beer and absinth which he would swai- low in a gulp. Then de Musset would settle himself solidly against the back of the divan and light one cigar after an other, until the plate was empty At 11;so the walter would hall a cab, lead the poet by the arm and put him safely into the vehicle. He would let himself be taken quietly to his house, where his old nurse put him to bed like a child.
 Even the great Napoleon had his par ticular brand of insanity. Ale believed in presentiments and horoscopes. as Is we'll known. and Prof Grasset says, further, he suffered from a habitual twitching of the right shoulder and of the lips" zola used to count the number of 6as jets in the streets, the numbers on the doors and, chiefly, the numbers on cabs. Balzac had an ambulatory mania, One evening. when he had put on q handsome new dressing gown, he wanted to go into the street with 1t on and with a lamp in his hand to excite the admiration of the public Schopenhauer always suspected that he was possessed of a demon. He said he could feel it within him. He used to pass entire weeks without speaking to anybody. Swift announced in his youth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-27
MAKING ORIENTAL RUGS.
Primitive Methods Still Used By Ma tive Weavers, But Being Superseded,


 Franklin Clarkin, in the February Every
 body's.
 The simple apparatus is still in use in outlying districts: home dye-tubs filled with colors extracted from sheeps blood, larkspur, indigo, tumeric, saf- iron, mulberry, walnut husks; brass combs for carding; distaffs whirled by hand. Between two sticks held hori- zontally by supports at the ends are strung threads drawn taut, harp fash ion. Then worsted yarn is passed over and under the strings twice. Songs are sung-songs transmitted from old to young, so ancient, some of them, that they are in lost language and these songs tell the weaver what col ors to tie in as she progresses with the pattern. Each district has it's own patterns and songs. After each knot the ends of the yarn are scissored off to form the pile.
 In a close-woven piece, like Kir- man, measuring a mere five feet by eight feet, there are 400 knots to the square inch. As the weaver's speed is about three knots a minute, four years of continuous labor would be required on such a rug. Within that time some fingers would stop weaving forever; others would go on with it. Was it any wonder, the Rug Hunter asked me, that no two old rugs, even from the same village and the same household, were just alike? A bereavement would induce greater unconscious use of white; bridal would turn the weav- CTS thoughts to scarlet; ;.-yictories of war to yellow. Local environment, family happenings, removals from town to desert, desert to mountain, would each have effect. Gossip of harems, the tinkle of silver anklets, the alarms of brigands, the elations of religions, all would go into the rug.
 Then" I interrupted the Hunter, eff they still dye and weave as of old, rugs are being made now that event ually will be beautiful and valuable?"
 If the west were willing to say to the east: We will give you five or ten years to make a rug; if it would say that, then age and gentle wear would do the rest But the west won't; it has mansions in increasing numbers to fit out at once. So it has introduced ami lin dyes and machine carders and spin ning-jennies and collective weaving, and is otherwise hustling production ?
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the stars can be measured this theory is definitely proved, for it Is found that when Algol is at D it is approaching us at the rate of 27 miles a second, when at E 1t is reeeding equally fast and when at or F it is neither approaching nor receding It is found also that Algol and it's companion are. but three million miles apart; that they are both little larger than our sun. but very much lighter, their density being even less than that of water.
 There are now S4 stars known whose brightness varies in this way. One of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-27

On the 22d of last December our sun reached it's lowest point among the stars. We then had the shortest day, the sun rising far toward the south at I hours 30 minutes a. m, and setting only. g hours later Since then it has been climbing up the celestial sphere, and the days have been perceptibly lengthening On Febru- ary ?. at 1 80 p. m, it will have completed just half of it's journey to the equator and at this instant astronomieally the middle of winter will occur.
 The Mid-winter Cancellations.
 It Is at mid-winter that the early even
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Wagoner of which the bright star at A is Capella the Little She Goat, with her kids at B nearby To the early Arabs Capella was the Driver, because 1t ap- pears in the sky in the evening twilight earlier than the other stars, and so ap-
 parently watches over them; or, still more as the singer who rides be- fore the procession cheering on the cam
 els, which last were represented by one
 Pleiades. Capella is brilliant scene,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-27

Gas Meter much like human being in that is equipped with exhale than human Those who read the article last week how read an electric meter
 
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the brightest is the star at D, Fig. 1, which diminishes a little less than one whole magnitude in brightness once ev- cry four days SThe observer may view eellpses of A1gol this month on February 5, 12 D. m.; February 8, g p. n1., and Feb ruary Il, 5:30 D. m. The other eclipses occur early in the morning during the hours of daylight
 At D, Figs. or 2, Is remarkable double cluster, a beautiful object even in a small telescope. Beside this there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-27

emitting 250 times as much light as our own sun and so far distant that its light requires 34 years to make the journey to us,
 Near Auriga Is Perseus, the Champion, hurrying to the rescue of Andromeda, not very striking constellation, but one full of most interesting objects Most remarkable of all is Algol, the Demon Star, at c, Figs, l or ?, variously known as the Gorgon's Head the Blinking De- mon and Satan's Head and always held by astrologers to be the most violent and dangerous star of the heavens.
 The reason for this unenviable reputa- ton is not far to seek. Unlike the thou sands of other bright stars which shine out with calm and steady radiance night after night, Algol Is seen once every third day to suddenly lose fiye-sixths of its light, remaining faint for about 20 min utes and then slowly regaining its orig inal brightness. It has long been known that this might be perfectly explained by supposing that Algol was attended by dark companion, both stars revolving about their common center of gravity at c, Fig B. Whenever the day body passes between us and Algol the light of the lat ter will be cut off.
 Now, that the velocity of motion of