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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11
The Maine Apple Standard.

read with much interest the report
of the proceedings of the Maine State
Pathological Society in your issue Of
Oct. 2S. presume, from little knowl-
edge of the state, that conditions for
apple growing in Maine are somewhat
similar to those we find in the maritime
provinces of Canada, particularly in the
Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia.
notice also that Maine is following
the lead of Canada in enacting a law to
regulate the grading and packing OF
apples for market. According to Prof.
Gardner's definition in the report re-
ferred to, the Maine law fixes an arbi-
trary standard for size, saying that No.
apples must have 80 per cent not less
than 1-2 inches in diameter, and No. 2
the same proportion of Pinch apples,
with the customary regulations as to de-
fects and blemishes.
In the early stages of the Canada fruit
marks act, the Dominion government
attempted to fix an arbitrary minimum
standard for No. and No. 2; this was
found impracticable unless 1t was ex-
tended to fix the minimum size for each
variety. For instance, Pomme Girls OF
two inches in diameter would class with
any of our inspectors as No. 1, while
two-inch Alexander or King would in
variably be classed as a Gull or vinegar
apple. The Canadian act was therefore
amended to enact that barrel OF mo.
apples must consist Of weli.grown
specimens, of one variety, sound, not
less than medium size for the variety,
and not less than 80 per cent free from
scab, worm holes, bruises, and other de-
fects, and properly packed;" No. 2 stock
must be nearly medium in size and free
from such defects as will cause material
waste.
After seven years. experience In the
operation Of the fruit marks act, ven
ture to suggest to our Maine competitors
that they are setting too low standard.
Take the Baldwin, for instance, and /
have an idea that it grows about the
same with us as in that state; although
we have no measurement fixed by law,
the generally accepted standard for No.
rs is 2 1.2 inches and over, while No.
2's must be at least 2 IA inches in dia-
meter. A two-inch Baldwin is small
apple, too small in my opinion for COM
mercial use. Nova Scotia and Maine are
competitors in the same English mar
kets, and we would rather meet them on
common standard of packing than
have two classes of No. rs. That the
standard set by our Canadian fruit
marks act is not too high is admitted by
all growers, and it will be easier for
Maine to start high than to work up
after the pace is SETS. G. Parker,
Nova Scotia, in Country Gentleman.
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He was approaching, also, some six
or eight good citizens Of Calais, men
Of the laboring class, at guess. Their
attention attracted by his frantic flight,
they stopped to wonder. One or two
moved as though to intercept him, and
he doubled out into the middle Of the
street with the quickness Of thought.
An instant later he shot around an
other corner and disappeared, the ma
tives streaming after In hot chase,
electrified by the inspiring strains Of
"Stop thief!' or its French equivalent.
The mob struggled round yet another
corner and was gone. Its clamor d.
minished on the still spring air, and
Kirkwood, recovering, abandoned Mr..
Hobbs to the jusdce Of the high gods
and the French system Of jurispru-
dence. At least he hoped the latter
would take an interest In the case II
haply Hobbs were laid by the heels
and went his way rejoicing.
AS for the scratch on his arm, 1t was
nothing, as he presently demonstrated
to his complete satisfaction in the Sc
clusion Of a chance sent fiacre. Kirk
wood, commissioning it to drive him to
the American consulate, made his d.
agnosis en- route, wound a handker-
chief round the negligible wound,
rolled down his sleeve and forgot 1t
altogether In the joys Of picturing to
himself Hobbs in the act Of opening
the satchel in expectation Of finding
therein the gladstone bag.
At the consulate door he paid of the
driver and dismissed him. The fiacre
had served his purpose, and he could
find his way to the Terminus hotel at
infinitely less expense. He had con-
siderably harder task before him as
he ascended the steps to the consular
doorway, knocked and made known
the nature Of his errand.
No malicious destiny could have
timed the hour Of his call more appo-
site,y. The consul was at home and at
the disposal Of his fellow citizens
within bounds.
In the course of thirty minutes or so
Kirkwood emerged with dignity from
the consulate, his face crimson to the
hair, his soul smarting with shame and
humiliation, and left an amused off,
cial representative Of his country's
government with the impression OF
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(To BE Continued
A Gentle Rebuke.

1t was late In the year for straw.
berries, but Mrs. Beacon was deter
mined to have some for Sunday dir
ner. Over the telephone came
news that they were very fine.
ma'am: very fine indeed" Being.
however, a cautious housekeeper. she
decided to look over the fruit herself.
as the grocer was not always to be
trusted
"They dou't appear very good" she
said some time later, examining care
fully basketful. They look"-here
she extracted one and tasted it-"they
look little green. don't know. Just
let me try one" She took air.
Il guess I'll take one box, please. You
don't put very many in box. do you"
she inquired.
There was" said the grocer respect
fully, "but there's been so many ladies'
looking 'em ovey that there amt
"You may give me two boxes said
Mrs. Beacon.-Youth's Companion.
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Enjoyment In a Medium Course.

Owing to the death of my parents, I
was left, at an early age, to shift for my
self. For three years 1 worked for
kindhearted but s6iftless farmer for my
board and clothes. This man had in
herited fine farm that had once been q
paying property, but bad management
and high living had put him behind un-
til he was forced to dispose Of it to pay
his debts.
I was only ten years Of age, but re-
member how things looked. Moving
machines, rakes, plows, harrows, and
other implements, lay about, fences
were down, gates sagging, bushes, ori-
ers and weeds everywhere, not enough
grain raised on the 200 acres to feed the
few scrawny COWS. In the house it was
no better. Tobacco spittle plastered
the walls, the yard was ornamented with
broken dishes, dirty crooks and soiled
garments. The garden was overrun by
weeds, chickens, pigs and geese. "Slack"
was master of all things; mornings
milk would be left until noon without
being strained, and the churnings were
usually more whey than milk, so the
butter was scarce and not fit to eat.
When was thirteen l hired out for
81 month to another farmer. Here l
experienced the other extreme. During
the busy season We were lucky to get to
bed by eleven O'Clock, and were called
out by three in the morning and some
times by half past two. remember one
of the boys grumbling about taking the
horses to pasture. "What is the use OF
turning them out" be said, "for they
will not have time to pick any grass"
1t was rush, rush all the time; run here,
run there, and more machinery broken
and torn up than could be paid for at
the end of the season. One year was
for me there, though learned
much and got broken in to rise early,
work late and get a move on.
My next job was with farmer who
took things moderately, and of the
three this was the only family who
seemed really to enjoy life. 1 was given
q nice little room upstairs and allowed
to eat with the family. They did my
washing and mending, and seemed to
me a human being with
thoughts and feelings like other folks.
I was delighted with my position, and
soon learned not to rush the horses or
run the cows back and forth from past
ure.' 1t was considered no disgrace to
draw water, carry in wood, milk the
COWS, or do any Of the hundred and one
chores about the house during an idle
time. There was place for everything
and time for everything. The horses
must be in pasture or stalls by sundown,
and supper eaten by dark; everything
moved on with clock-lik precision, and
I could accomplish more real work In
day than on the other farm in q day and
4 night combined.-Cor. in Country
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Quear Friends.

On board the Union Castle r. N. 8.
Goth on a voyage from the Cape to
Tenerife was a little monkey belong
ing to one Of the stewards. 1t was
very fond of sitting on the back OF
tortoise, another ships pet, while the
latter crawled about the deck. Al
though rather III tempered and snap
pish with people. the monkey was al
ways friendly with the tortoise, which
made no objection to being used as
her steed.-Wide World Magazine.
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lincoln'a Reliuion,

I have never united myself to any
church, because l have found difficulty
In giving my assent without mental
reservation to the long complicated
statements Of Christian doctrine which
characterize their articles Of belief
and confessions Of faith. Whenever
any church will inscribe over its altar
as its sole qualification for member
ship the Saviour's condensed statement
of the substance Of both law and gos'
pei, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind. and
thy neighbor as thyself." that church
will I join with all my heart and oil
my soul.-Abraham Lincoln.
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Yes, We want to do all We can to en-
courage the setting of those 500 acres OF
trees the coming spring but in the mean,
time we want to remember the still
greater importance of taking care OF the
trees we have neglected so very long.
Let's see what we can and will do with
them and then make plans for new 10
both of which SHALL have somewhere
near the care they deserve. II you
can't see your way clear to do this lei
some one who. can plant the new trees
and cut down the old ones and use
the trunks for fuel this cold winter
weather.
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after IN hot chase.
having been entertained to the point
of ennui by an exceptionally clumsy
but pertinacious liar.
At noon precisely, his suspense grown
too onerous for his strength Of will.
throwing caution and their understand
ing to the winds, he walked boldly into
the Terminus and inquired for Miss
Calendar.
When ut length she appeared on the
threshold Of the apartment bringing
with her the travelling bag and looking
wonderfully the better for her ninety
minutes of complete repose and pri-
vacy, the relief he experienced was so
intense that he remained transfxed IN
the middle Of the floor. momentarily
able neither to speak nor to move.
On her part, SO tagged and dis
traught did he seem, that at sight OF
his careworn countenance she hurried
to him with outstretched, compassion
ate hands and a low, pitiful cry Of
concern, forgetful entirely Of that
which he himself had forgotten-the
emotion she had betrayed on parting.
"Oh, nothing wrong" he fastened to
reassure her, with sorry ghost Of his
familiar grin, 'only l have lost Hobbs
and the satchel with your things, and
there's no sign yet Of Mr.. Calendar.
We can feel pretty comfortable now,
and-and l thought 1t time we had
something like meal"
The narrative Of his adventure
which he delivered over their dejeuner
a la fourchette contained no mention
either Of his rebuff ut the American
consulate or the scratch he had sus'
tanned during Hobbs murderous as.
sault. The one could not concern her;
the other would seem but bid for her
sympathy. He counted 1t fortunate
thing that the mates knife had been
keen enough to penetrate the cloth OF
his sleeve without tearing 1t. The slit
1t had left was barely noticeable. And
he purposely diverted the girl with
flashes of humorous description, 80
that they discussed both meal and cpl
yode in q mood Of wholesome merri-
ment.
It was concluded, all too soon for the
taste of either, by the walters an
nouncement that the steamer was on
the point Of sailing.
Outwardly composed, inward!y quak-
ing, they boarded the packet. meeting
with no misadventure whatever-if we
are to except the circumstance that
when the restaurant bill was settled
and the girl had punctiliously surren-
dered his change with the tickets
Kirkwood found himself In possession
Of precisely / franc and 20 eentimes.
He groaned In spirit to think how
differently he might have been fixed
had he not In his infatuated spirit OF
honesty been so anxious to give Cal
endar more than ample value for his
money.
An inexorable anxiety held them
both near the gangWay Until IL WAS
cast OF and the boat began to draw
away from the pier. Then, and not
I'LL then, did an unimpressive, small
figure of man detach itself from the
shield of a pile Of luggage and ad-
vance to the pier head. No second
glance was needed to identify Mr.
Hobbs and until the perspective
dwarfed him indistinguishably he was
to be seen alternately waving Kirk
wood ironlc farewell and blowing vio-
lent kisses to Miss Calendar from the
tips Of his soiled fingers.
So he had escaped arrest.
At first by turns indignant and re-
lieved to realize that thereafter they
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Tho LittIs Thina Counted.

The Pastor dining with the family
All, yes, Brother Smithers, 1t is the lit
tie things Of this life that count! Lit
tie Willie Tin loud whisper'-Maw,
that's the sixth biscuit he's took.-Ex'
change.
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Horses of oolog yand with peculiar
marking never selYs we'll ~ those OF
solld colors; besides they are more DIM
cult 70 match.-Farm Journal.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLOw."

on practical Agricultural topic'
is solicited. Address all communications IN
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat, Paris, Me.
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6be
BLACK
BAG
By Louis Joseph Vance
CHAPTER XXvI.
By Louis Joseph Vance
cop,riIA. 1908. by u. Bebs..x.riil C.

~ lRKWOOD'S heart sank with
II the hopelessness Of 1t all. II
n the railway directorates Of Eu-
L \ rope conspired against them,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11

AS the evening boat train from
Ia Dover swung on toward Char
! ing Cross for perhaps the tenth
4 L time in the course of his jour-
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CHAPTER XVII.

~ UMFOUNDED with dismay,
seeing in fash how all his
plans might be set at naught
- by Dorothy's unforeseen In
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-22
LIVED ON so CENTS A WEEK.
London Miser who Is Worth a
Quarter of n Million Dollars.

London Miser who Is Worth
Quarter of n Million Dollars.
A miser who had lived for years in
squalor on so cents week while he
was in receipt of an income of $4,000
worth of property, has just forsaken
his solitary life and sought better shell
ter in a Stafford hospital, a New York
Suns London correspondent says. His
name is John Clarence Hudson. He
was found by the hospital officials
lying on bedstead covered with
dirty rag, with a stick by his side to
keep the rats from his food.
He told the officials that he could
live well on so cents a week. A cents
worth of milk had to last him four
days and a loaf of bread for week.
His meat allowance was half pound
a week, and he bought half a pound
OF sugar every three months. Yet he
admitted that he had SIT, 500 of rail-
way stock and house property, and it
is stated that he received a legacy of
St50.O00 from his parents.
He also declared that he had not
been bathed for twenty years. and it
took two nurses two hours and a half
to make up the arrears in that respect.
But amid all the squalor of his home
the officials found a touch of long
dead romance.
A table was laid in one room for two
people to dine. 1t had always been
kept like that, they were informed by
the woman who attended the miser.
Hudson, who practiced years ago as a
solicitor is said to have been crossed
in love.
Another feature of the case was the
discovery of picture of Spanish beg
gar girls, which, Hudson declares, is
a Murillo
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TraDned.,

The man was neither neatly nor we'll
dressed. He was plainly tramp, beg
ging, and had just turned away from
one passer-by when he saw a young
man walking briskly toward him
PLEASE, mister said the tramp, can
you give us a dime to get something
to eat WITH"
The young man stopped Whats
the matter?" he asked
Cant get work. said the other.
glibly. Il haven't had a bite to eat
since yesterday morning. Pawned all
my clothes, 'cepting these. Slept under
a wharf for week. and don't know
anybody in the whole city-honest, I
don't"
The young man looked at the
tramps smooth face. over which a ra-
zor had evidently passed very recent
ly.
who shaved you this morning?" he
asked, and as the beggar faded away
the young man grinned, and walked on
down the street.
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his necessary devotion to his tasks
may be tie very thing that will keep
his heart from breaking A smaller
responsibility may serve a similar hem
full purpose especially If it involves
the daily discharge of a regular round
of duties. To grid ourselves fer the
humblest of regular tasks streng thea3
the heart to bear trouble. The Iirnl-
ness Of the will required by fidelity o
duty tends to restore serenity II the
agitated and distracted heart. Active
employment is an antidote to morbid
Drooding. Richter says: "A busted
heart is like a vessel of water swung
around; hold it still and it runs over"
A still nobler kind of relief from
undue dwelling upon personal sorrow
is found in sympathy and care for
others. A loving regard for the vel
fare of those about us, and unselfish
devotion TO their comfort, the habit of
ministering to their needs and of sym
pathizing with them in their trials,
will greatly support us in seasons OF
severe disappointment or personal be
reayement. Our unwillingness to bur
den others with our griefs will help
us to bear them bravely and quietly.
Self-saerifice does not create insensi-
bility to suffering, but 1t gives strength
to endure it with fortitude and even
with cheerfulness.
But the supreme source Of resigna-
tion and comfort in suffering and sor.
row is trust in the loving heavenly
Father, the Father of mercies and God
OF all comfort, who Is revealed in the
Scriptures and especially in tho char
acter and the sufferings of Jesus the
Christ. An inward assurance of filial
relationship to God is an unfailing sup
port in trouble of every sort and every
degree. To know that God Himself
heals all our sorrows, and is the ten
der and sympathizing companion Of
our loneliness, and that He will cause
all calamities as well as all blessings
to work together for our good, makes
us victorious in the hour of agony.
For a man who knows how to sorrow
rightly knows how to be glad with
as though there were something of God
throbbing in his bosom 1t is as souls
that we are the happiest and so suffer
ing makes for happiness, because it
helps to make the soul" When we can
feel the sympathetic throbbing of the
Infinite Heart we are comforted. On
His will is our peace"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-22
SERMoNETTES.

This is a dark world to those in
whom selfishness has turned the eyes
permanently inward.
This is always heartless world to
those who crate up their hearts for
fear OF hurting them.
1t takes more than chemistry of
soils to grow crop and more than
theology to grow character.
The man who boasts of being able
to break a bad habit never stops long
enough to take up his own bluff.
Often the angels hear mothers
grooming when they are deaf to all
the sounds of the big church quartet
Most of us come back some day to
the thorns that spring from the harsh
words and acts of our own sowing
When a man thinks that his reason
has the reins on his passion he IS
often mistaking the tugs for the lines
We need to change the proportions
between the men who are praying for
peace in heaven and those who are
promoting it here.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-22

me politician. stood near the stairs
and tried to persuade the people to
get their change ready, and even of
fered to provide them with change
But they would not listen and set
themselves against it, just as they did
in Newark, where they formed the dol
lar committees"
Because of this it was necessary to
put back old cars without wheel guards
and tenders.
Commissioner Maltbie decided the
company had been negligent in provid
ing proper wheel guards on the old
cars which have come from premature
retirement and served notice that if
the commissions orders are not car
ried out soon the company will have
more trouble on its hands than that
experienced at the hands of the irrec.
oncilable suburbanite
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-22
MISCHIEF MAKER.
A Surprise In nrook1rn.

An adults food that can save .
baby proves itself to be nourishlng
and easily digested and good for big
and little folks. A Brooklyn man
says:
When baby was about eleven
months ole he began to grow thin and
pale. This was, at flrst, attributed to
the heat and the fact that his teeth
were coming, but, In reality, the poor
little thing was starving, his mothers
milk not being sufficient nourishmeHt.
One day after he had cried bitterly
for an hour, suggested that my wife
try him on Grape-Nuts She soaked
two teaspoonfuls in a saucer with a
little sugar and warm milk, This
baby ate so ravenously that she fixed
a second which he likewise finished.
ut was not many days before he
forgot all about being nursed. and has
since lived almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts. To-day the boy Is strong
and robust, and as cute a mischief
maker as thirteen months old baby
is expected to be.
We have put before him other
foods, but he will have none of them
evidently preferring to stick to that
which did him so much good-his ole
friend, Grape-Nuts.
use this letter any way you wish
for my wife and l can never praise
Grape-Nuts enough after the bright
ness it has brought to our house
hold"
Grape-Nuts is not made for a bah.
food, but experience with thousands o
babies shows 1t 10 be among the best
if not entirely the best in use. Beini
a scientific preparation of Nature
grains, it is equally effective as a bod
and brain builder for grown-ups.
Read the little book, The Road t
Wellville," in pkgs There's a Res
SON"
Ever read the above letter?
new one appears from time 20 time
They are genuine, true, and full o
human interest.
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VICTORY OVER TROUBLE.
RY Rev. James Z. 9

u
These things have spoken unto you,
that in me we might have peace. In
the world We shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer; I have overcome
the world,-John xvi; SO
One Of the elements of serenity and
strength in times of disaster or be.
reavement is the habit OF faithful and
regular labor, He that feAs that he
has some definite task for which he is
responsible Will be strengthened to en-
dure by his habit OF faithful service.
Work is one of Gods angels Of comfort.
The man on whom rests some great
responsibility, like the command of an
army in active service in time Of war,
or the command of a ship at sea or
the construction of a great railway
bridge or some noble edifice, cannot
supinely surrender to trouble. He must
carry through his undertaking, AMI