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HIS SERVICES.
What Became Of All the Bills He In
troduced In Congress.

What Became Of All the Bills He In
trodueed In Congress-
"Yes, my fellow citizens" said the
political candidate. elf you have paid
any attention to the work Of congress
you will have noticed that during the
past session ! introduced twenty-five
bills, each Of which was intended to
benefit this community. | stand before
you today with the proud conscious
ness Of having served you faithfully
and to the best of my ability. Those
twenty-five bills would, II they had
been passed. have made this one OF the
most favored districts on Gods green
earth, and
"Oh," yelled a man IN the gallery,
I'VE know you introduced 'em, all right.
but what happened to 'em after that"
Gentlemen. appeal to your sense
Of honor. Do you consider 1t fair that
I should be interrupted In this man.
ner? Is 1t right that should"-
"There amt no harm In answerin'
the question, is there? asked another
Of the statesman's hearers.
"Well, sir. will tell you what be-
came of those bills. my fellow citizens.
Every one of them was printed In the
Congressional Record, where, II you
will look over the files, you may find
them today. But to revert to the seed
question, gentlemen, do not hesitate
to promise that no man living In this,
the most splendid district in our grand
old state, shall appeal to me in vain II
you shall deem 1t best to send me back
to Washington. where I have served
you with such signal ability."-Chicago
Record. Herald.
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THE NORMAN FARMER.
hs Carries His Top Soil With Him
When He Moves.

hs Carries His Top Soil With Hira
When Hs Moves.
The modern farmer was applying
electrical massage to a cart horses
sprained knee. Euring tie intervals
of rest he talked farm talk.
"There are tenants" he said. who
when they move. carry their farms
with them as the tortoise does his
house. These people are the Norman
French, the worlds best farmers
Where you or would require twenty
or thirty acres Of land to keep one fam
fly, the French farmer will keep his
family on a quarter Of IN acre. II he
chose to cultivate twenty or thirty
acres he would become millionaire
His secret lies in the perfection to
which he brings his top soil. What
with fertilizing and watering and clear
Ing, his top soil Is the blackest. finest
richest soil on earth. His top soil Is
to the French farmer what her voice
is to a prima donna. And when he
rents he contracts that Oh the termna
ton Of his lease he may carry OF
eighteen inches of the top soil with
him.
when you see a French farmer NOV
ing one small cart carries his house
hold goods and in seven or eight enor
nous drays his top soil lumbers on be-
hind."-New York Press.
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to the Philippines which became IA
nous as the matchmaking trip" be-
cause the presidents daughter and
other young ladies' found their life
romances en- route the secretary OF
war was exceedingly busy. He had
much work to do In his office In the
war department. A messenger noti
fed him that 1t was but twenty min
utes to train time.
"All right" cheerily responded Taft
continuing at work.
Five minutes later the messenger an
nounced the flight of time.
AL! right" said Taft.
When there were but ten minutes to
spare a second messenger rushed In
and tried to hurry up the chief person
age connected with the journey.
Train leaves in ten minutes. Mr..
Secretary"
VERY we'll" said Mr.. Secretary, still
working mt his desk.
About eleven minutes later the first
messenger walked in and remarked:
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Copyright 1906. by the 8. 8. Mcclure Co..
"HIS document is Intended t.
strike somewhere between {
temperance lecture and the
'Bartenders' Guide" Relative
to the latter. drink. shall swell the
theme and be set forth in abundance
Agreeably to the former. not an elbow
shall be crooked.
Bob Babbitt was "off the stuff. "
which means, as you will discover by
referring to the unabridged dictionary
Of Bohemia, that he had "cut out the
booze;;" that he was ION the water
wagon" The reason for Bob's sudden
attitude Of hostility toward the demon
rum" as the white ribboners miscall
whisky (see the "Bartender's Guide'),
should be of interest to reformers and
saloon keepers.
There is always hope for man who
when sober will not concede or &C.
knowledge that he was ever drunk.
But when a man will say, in the apt
words of the phrase distiller. 81 had a
beautiful skate on last night" you will
have to put stuff In his coffee as well
as pray for him.
One evening on his way home Bah.
bitt dropped in at the Broadway bar
that he liked best. Always there were
three or four fellows there from the
downtown Offices whom he knew. And
then there would be highballs and sto-
ries. and he would hurry home to din.
ner little late. but feeling good and a
little sorry for the poor Standard OIL
company. On this evening as he en-
tered he heard some one say. "Babbitt
was in last night as full as q boiled
owl"
Babbitt walked to the bar and saw In
the mirror that his face was as white
as chalk. For the first time he had
looked Truth in the eyes. Others had
lied to him; he had dissembled with
himself. He was drunkard and had
not known 1t. What he had fondly
imagined was pleasant exhilaration
had been maudlin intoXication. His
fancied wit had been drivel, his gay
humors nothing but the noisy vagaries
Of sot. But never again!
"A glass of seltzer." he said to the
bartender.
A little silence fell upon the group of
his cronies. who had been expecting
him to join them.
"Going off the stuff, Bob?" one of
them asked politely and with more
formality than the highballs ever call
ed forth
Yes" said Babbitt.
Some one Of the group took up the
unwashed thread of story he had
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Succulent Feeds.

Supplementary feeds should be grown
to provide a green forage crop, coming
in rotation after pastures begin to fail
at this time of year. Oats and peas,
sowed at the rate of one bushel of peas
to one and one half of oats are not only
very valuable as green foods but If you
have some left over, make very valu.
able hay, which comes the nearest to
taking the place of clover or anything
we can raise. consider the silo one of
the greatest conveniences, not only for
producing good, succulent feed for win
ter use, but AN always ready and cheap
feed for summer use.
hear so many dairymen say that they
'just won't feed any of those fancy
feeds" "I'll just feed what I can raise
on my farm" don't think such a per-
son realizes that milk can not be made
without protein, and that very few, If
any are as able to raise balanced ration
On their farms. Virtually we raise
enough feed on our farms for our stock
but we find it very profitable to ex-
change some of the more fattening
grains for bran, oilmeal or gluten, and
lind it very profitable for milk produc-
ton. Where one feeds corn fodder and
timothy hay the animals get into
constipated condition, which is not
healthful nor can best results be obtain
ed IN the milk pail. Glover hay or
alfalfa, with some wheat bran, a little
oil meal or gluten or malt sprouts, with
good corn silage, will double the pro-
ductiveness of your cows. One of the
most expensive coarse feeds we have to-
day is timothy hay, and yet that is what
most people raise and try to feed.
| often hear it said that the way We
feed an animal it can't stand it more
than four or five years, as the heavy
feeding will burn its stomach out, but
will make this assertion, that cow fed
up to her capacity on a we'll balanced
ration will live far longer than one that
has been poorly cared for. We have
one COW in the herd, that except her
first milking year and the last, never
produced less than 500 pounds of butter
year, and in the fifteen years that she
was milking has produced 1900 pounds
of butter, which figuring at % cents per
pound amounts to Sl,S00. This cow
always had all she could eat up clean
every day. 1t cost about $40 year to
keep this COW, which for the fifteen
years she was at work amounted to
5000, and yet she left us net profit of
81 200, or about $50 year. This was
for butter alone, saying nothing about
the skim milk for the calves, so firmly
believe it pays to get the right kind OF
cows and feed them right.-F. Fl. Scrib-
per in Journal of Agriculture.
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Tennyson's Cure For shyness.

It Is recorded in "Tennyson's Life
that he used to recommend to a young
er brother the thought Of the stellar
spaces, swarming with consultations
and traversed by planets at ineffable
distances, as a cure for shyness, and a
lady Of my acquaintance used to en-
deavor as a girl to stay her failing
heart on the thought Of eternity at such
moments. It is all In vain. At the ur'
gent moment one cares very little
about the stellar motions or the dim
vistas of futurity and very much In
deed about the cut Of ones coat and
the glances Of ones enemies, and the
doctrines Of the church and the pros
poets Of ultimate salvation are things
very light in the scales in comparison
with the pressing necessities OF the
crisis and the desperate need to appear
wholly unconcerned!-Arthur G. Ben
son in Putnam's and Reader.
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bleness far above the average Of their
fellows William III. Taft is one Of
these. Personal magnetism"-he has
1t in great abundance. An old darky
in the south was discussing Mr.. Taft's
chances for the presidency. He was
for Taft because Taft is popular.
"What makes Mr.. Taft so popular,
uncle?" asked bystander.
"His pussonal magnitude" promptly
replied Uncle Rastus.
1t cannot be denied that there is
much Of personal magnitude about Mr..
Taft, who weighs in the neighborhood
Of 800 pounds when he is in fighting
trim. He Is big man. and he was q
big boy. Somehow men of extra avoir-
dupois usually enjoy greater degree
Of popularity than do their brethren
Of the shrunk shank and the lean and
hungry look. Most large men are good
natured aud jolly. When bigness runs
to frame, to head and to heart the COM
bination Is irresistible. That Is the
Taft sort of bigness, for the secretary
Of war combines with his big frame a
large and active intellect and heart OF
human kindliness that beats for all.
The Rev. DR.. Lyman abbott says:
1T Is this intensely human quality In
Mr.. Taft that gives him his popular
sobriquet of Bill Taft. He likes men.
and he likes all sorts of men except
those that are dishonest or disloyal.
He was the most popular governor the
Filipinos have ever had. This was not
wholly because he was absolutely just,
was loyal to their interests. urged the
earliest possible substitution Of civil
law for military law and offered an In
vincible opposition to all schemes OF
exploiting the Islands for the benefit of
INSCRIPTIONS American pioneers. He
was the personal friend Of the Fill
pinos; he believed in them. defended
them, befriended them. trusted them
and-danced with them. This last fact.
| am inclined to think. went as far as
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A Terrific Tumble.

Most marvellous Of all the stories OF
great falls is the account Of Charles
Woolcot's terrific tumble from height
of no less than 1900 feet 1t was In
Venezuela, and he was making para
chute descent. The parachute refused
to open till within 100 or 200 feet from
the ground. Then it spread out sud
denly and split. The unfortunate man
crushed both ankles and both knees
broke his right thigh and hip, dlslocat
ed his spinal column and suffered othel
Injuries. Yet after year in hospitn
he recovered sufficiently to write al
account Of what was probably the mos
fearful accident mortal man ever sur
vived.
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been telling, the bartender showed over
dime and nickel change from the
quarter. ungarnished with his custom
ary smile, and Babbitt walked out.
Now. Babbitt had home and q wife,
out that is another story. And | will
tell you that story. which will show
you 4 Better habit and worse story
than You could lind In the man who
invented the phrase.
1t began away up in Sullivan county
where so many rivers and so much
trouble begins-or begin. How would
sou say that? 1t was July. and Jessie
was summer boarier at the Noun
tain Syuint hotel. and Bob, who was
lust out of college, saw her one day
and they were married in September
That's the tabloid novel-one swallow
of water and it's gone.
But those July days!
Let the exclamation point expound 1t
for l shall not. For particulars yor
might read up on Romeo and Juliet
aud Abraham Lincoln's thrilling sonne'
about You can fool some Of the peo
ple," ETC., and Darwin's works.
But one thing | must tell you about
Both of them were mad over Omar's
"Rubaiyat." They knew every verse o
the old buffer by heart-not consecu
lively. but picking 'em out here ant
there as you fork the mushrooms in
fifty cent steak Ia bordelaiSe. Sui
livan county Is full Of rocks and trees
and Jessie used to sit on them, and
please be good; used to sit on the rock
and Bob had way Of standing bebint
her with his hands over her shoulder
holding her hands and his face clos'
to hers. and they would repeat owe
and over their favorite verses Of th'
old tentmaker. They saw only tn
poetry and philosophy Of the lines thei
indeed, they agreed that the vim
was only an image and that what wa
meant to be celebrated was some divin
ity or maybe love or life. However
at that time neither Of them had tastet
the stuff that goes with q sixty cen
table d'hote.
Where was L? Oh. they married ant
came to New York. Bob showed hi
college diploma and accepted posi-
ton filling inkstands in lawyers OF
fee at SIS week. At the end Of tw
years he had worked up to $50 and 60
his first taste of Bohemia. the kim
that won't stand the borax and formal
dehyde tests.
They had two furnished rooms and
little kitchen. To Jess, accustomed t
the mild but beautiful SAVIOR Of cour
try town. the dreggy Bohemia wa
sugar and spice. She hung fish seine
on the walls Of her rooms and bought
rakish looking sldeboard and learne
to play the banjo. Twice or thrice
week they dined at French or Italian
tables d'hote In a cloud Of smoke an
brag and unshorn hair. Jess learned t
| drink a cocktail in order to get tn
| cherry. at home she smoked ciga
rette after dinner. She learned to pre-
| nounce Chianti and leave her OILY
| stones for the waiter to pick up. Ono
she essayed to say Ia. Ia. la! In crowe
but got only as far az the second ont
| They met one or two couples Will
dining out and became friendly wit
! them. The sideb0ard was stocked wit
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-07-07

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS WITH FOWLS
A chick out of the shell is curiously
independent little creature, instinctively
picking up stray bits at the very start
and gaining independence day by day.
Let some unforeseen accident occur,
however, and in nine cases out of ten
the chances are against that chicks
amounting to anything. Many healthy
chicks have been lost in the brooder
through careless handling. The lid is
raised perhaps for feeding purposes,
and unless care is used they may at GER
tain ages jump, when down goes the lid
and crushes out some little lives or
possibly only cripples them. In the
latter case we have demonstration of
the futile struggle of the weak among
the strong. They are knocked this way
and that way until in pity we take them
from their tormenters and give them a
place alone. We try TO help them, but
no matter how many choice bits OF
grain we put before them they do not
respond to our attentions, and we have
either to let them die naturally or put
them more quickly out of their apparent
distress.
1t is the same with a fowl that is
diseased, whether it be young or old.
There are remedies for various diseases
that afflict poultry, but a sick hen or
cock is about as hopeless an invalid as
there can be. Then, too, you can fuss
over a COW, horse or a dog without
feeling the insignificance of the labor,
but when it comes to hen you just
don't want to waste your time, and so
go let il alone, and if it lives well and
good, and il it dies it's no great matter.
la itself it is not, and far be it from me
to advise fussing over sick hen. Let
it die in peace, but let it be a reminder
that it is well to learn how to avoid such
mishaps in future.
A visitor was once going over the
farm of a prominent poultryman in COM
pany with the owner, when they chanc-
ed to come upon a dead fowl. 1t was
quite evident from the poultryman's
manner that the discovery gave him
some concern. 1t seemed to the visitor
most trifling circumstance to find one
dead chicken when thousands of live
ones were running around. 1t was just
that-the owner was concerned not over
the loss of one dead fowl but over the
significance it had when considering his
great flock.
To guard against disease spreading
among the flock it is well to remove the
sick in the very first stages of disease.
1t requires only hasty survey TO dis
tinguish an ailing fowl from one in
prime condition. The slightest indis-
position will give it a distaste for food
and it will stand around with no in
terest in the activity of its feeding
mates. If this discovery is made when
the disease is in it's incipient stage, then
any of the remedies suitable for what
ever disease it is known to have may be
applied, and with some hope OF cure,
but if the disease has become rooted it
is probably beyond help.
1t will be seen then, that careful
handling of chicks is necessary and that
we must watch out for the older ones.
II there is any secret of success in poul-
try raising it is embraced in these
words, Care and Foresight.-Mrs.H Hud-
SON i'm TribuDa Farmer
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hloo hhS -
reach that exalted position owing to
his devotion to the duty Immediately
before him He declined to quit the
Philippines until he had completed the
work for which he was sent to the
islands.
In religious matters the Tafts are d.
vided, but not at all inharmoniously.
The secretary Is a member OF the
Unitarian church. Mrs. Taft Is al
ardent Episcopalian. Miss Helen has
been confirm ed I'm her mothers church.
while young Robert Taft is a parish
ioner of All Souls Unitarian church In
Washington along with his father.
Little Charles religion at present has
to do chiefly with forts. arsenals and
guns. but that may be due to the fact
that his father is secretary Of war.
Mrs. Taft and her daughter attend st.
Johns Protestant Episcopal church In
Washington.
Secretary Taft is hard and sys
teinatic worker He Is accredited with
doing an enormous quantity Of work
every day In the war department.
When he is absent from Washington
he usually carries great packets OF
public documents along upon which to
work en- route. When in Washington
he frequently takes public papers home
so that he can work In the privacy Of
his study
Mr.. Taft has been considered always
by his friends as a remarkably lucky
man. He has not known the bitter
ness of defeat in any Of his endeavors
toward distinction. AS matter Of
fact. with the single exception Of his
election to the Ohio judgeship. all his
preferments have come 10 him by ap.
pointment. It Is remarkable fact
that when he was but thirty-two years
of age his name was considered seri-
ously for appointment to the supreme
bench of the United States, and IL was
only his youth that caused the presl-
dent to reconsider and finally name an
older man.
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Scotch and rye and liqueur. They
had their new friends in to dinner
and all were laughing at nothing by
a. m. Some plastering, fell in the room
below them. for which Bob had to pay
$3.50 Thus they footed 1t merrily on
the ragged frontiers Of the country
that has no boundary lines or govern.
ment.
And soon Bob fell in with his cronies
and learned to keep his foot on the lit
tie rail six inches above the floor for
an hour or so every afternoon before
he went home. Drink always rubbed
him the right way. and he would reach
his rooms as jolly as sandboy. Jessie
would meet him at the door. and gener-
ally they would dance some insane
kind of rigadoon about the floor by
way Of greeting Once when Bob's
feet became confused and he tumbled
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NUMBER 27.

lights in travelling and In studying for
eign tongues. During her residence In
Manila she studied Spanish very dill
gently, and also some Of the Tagal dia-
lects. AS Mrs. Taft has accompanied
her husband ON most Of his long jour-
neys, she, like him, is an exceptionally
experienced traveller. She Is still q
young woman, having been married
but twenty-one years, and Is the most
youthful looking lady in the cabinet
circle. Until the accession of Mrs.
James r. Garfield she was, In fact, the
youngest.
The home life Of the Tafts is de-
scribed as ideal. Miss Helen, like her
mother, is bookish and Intellectual
Robert, like his father, Is ambitious to
excel in the law. 1t Is remembered
that up to few years ago Judge Tafes
great ambition was to become mem-
her Of the supreme court. He has
turned aside from two opportunities to
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Your grandfather used to grow over
three tons of hay to the acre on your
farm. He churned and fed back skim
milk and buttermilk. Your father grew
less than two tons of hay to the acre.
He sold milk away from the farm. You
are growing less than one ton of hay to
the acre. You are doing as your father
did, that is to say, you are selling your
milk away, and you are netting SO low q
price for it that you cannot buy fertil.
izers to keep up the fertility of your
soil. Over three tons, less than two
tons, and less than one ton. That is
cheerless record. What will your son
do when he succeeds you as owner ol
the place? Will he be able to produce
milk at all on what was, fifty years ago,
"model dairy farm" one Of the show
places of your great milk county9-New
York Farmer.
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Spilled Mercury.

Mercury spilled on table or floor Is
somewhat hard to collect unless special
precautions are taken, owing to Its
tendency to divide into small globules.
which roll away at the slightest touch
II a wet ring is made around the spilled
mercury by the aid Of wash bottle or
other similar means, 1t will be found
that the globules Of mercury cannot
cross the ring. The mercury can then
be collected In q small shovel made
from q piece Of thin card or even an
ordinary envelope.
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FOR SALE.

2l-2 story dwelling-house, pleasantly
located in the village of West Paris
Consists of nine rooms and bathroom
shed and stable. About 3-4 acre OF land
with apple and pear trees. The build
ings are situated high from the street
with broad piazza shaded with vines
commanding a fine view. A spring Of
pure water on premises. These build
ings are well and prettily furnished an6
the owner would be glad to sell the
furniture and furnishings with the
house. This is great bargain and viii
be sold on reasonable terms. Call on OF
address, W. j. Wheeler, South Paris
Maine.
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By ROBERTUS LOVE.
copyright. 1908. by Robertus Love-

nERsoNAL pop
r ularity counts
for much In
this world. Partic-
uiarly does 1t bear
weight in politics.
No unpopular man
ever was elected to
Office. Still, there
are degrees Of popu-
larlty, and there are
men who possess
the quality of lika-
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Rsea of Ilfe.

There wouldn't be SO very much fun
in living II there were not a hurdle OF
two to jump over in this race Of life
There always have been obstacles. and
there always will be. and It is OF nc
use to repine over Observation-Disclosures
Union.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-07-07

The successful farmers, those who are
the backb bone of their calling, are not
above searching for information in books
and agricultural papers, or pfOhting
from the experience Of other farmers.
They don't know It all, already!-New
England Farmer.