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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

" ~ 'tNu ufNe i hOHt uONn TO
one-half billion dollars every year. In
addition to this. there Will be an cnor-
nous profit from the water powers
created, and altogether a mighty de-
crease In the cost of living should
Our Inland Waterways.
The plans for this development have
been workct. out in connection with
the Commission OF Inland Waterways
and with the Bureau of Soils of the
Agricultural Department.. Senator
Newlands and the Committee on Rivers
and Harbors have had the matter up-
der discussion, and in time we will
have q great waterway project which
Will d not only to the ~cheapcning
of all classes of freight nd to the
increase of our industries, but will be
OF enormous military advantage n
the defense of our country.
AS far as waterways are concerned,
there are few countries which compare
with the United States. we have a
coast line which. II stretched out,
would reach twice around the world
and still leave $4,000 miles TO spare.
The United States shore line of the
Great Lakes Is half again as long as
from New York to San Francisco, and
the n~avignble waters of our rivers,
If they could be joined in one line.
would form a continuous stream
around the globe. with a thousand
miles to spare The Mississippi sys-
tenn alone has $500 miles OF waterways
which have a draft of six feet, and
our whole country Is so cut up by
streams that Il great system of canals
and rivers could be made by which the
heaviest of our freight could be car
ried by water.
Some Mighty improvements.
The plans of the commission, as
shown to me by DR.. MCGEE. provide for
a deep waterway from the Gulf OF
Mexico to the Great Lakes, and a deer
and continuous Atlantic interior pas
sage from New England to Florida
and the Gulf OF Mexico. DR.. MCGEE says
that canals could be built connecting
the lower Mississippi with the Rio
Grande at Brownsville, Tex. n an
other system in the northwest by
which freight could be carried from
the Columbia River to Puget Sound.
The projects embrace the deepening OF
the Mississippi and the Chicago drain
age canal and Illinois River so that
our men-of-war could go from the
Gulf of Mexico right into the Great
Lakes. All sorts OF ocean transporta-
ton could go the same way.
Another provision is for the i'm
provement of the Ohio. This, 1t Is es-
timated. would result in a saving in
freight of something like 500, 900, 900
a year. A third is the deepening and
improving of the Missouri. so that
boats drawing ten feet could go from
the Mississippi at the Gulf as far as
Great Falls, Mont. 4 distance of 5000
miles. /.
DR.. McGeo says that the Tennessee
River might be improved so as to give
slack wator navigation for ten-foot
barges. and that barge waterways OF
equal depth might be made all along
the Atlantic coast from New York
to Florida. There arc many natural
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

pounds of water TO make Il. So that 81
you eat four pounds of vegetables to-
day It would just take two toms OF wa
ter. or all that four horses could haul.
to make that food. 1t takes even more
water to make meat and eggs. for the
food OF the aninall comes from the
soil. and in addition they drink many
times their own weight every year.
Every pound of bread is equivalent to
two tons OF water used by the grow
ing grain, and a pound of beef is equal
to from thirty TO nifty tong of water.
which the anima: has consumed d.
rcctly or Indirectly through Its food. I
can't tell exactly how much water
each of you consumes in this way
every year. but IL you should eat two
hundred pounds OF bread and two hun
bred pounds OF meat you will have
altogether more than four
thousand tons OF water In one shape
or other, and this is without counting
tina which you use for drinking or
bathing.
Moreover. as we have more or less
food. we have more or less water. and
Sc. after all, IL is water which regu-
iates the size of our bread basket. Or.
MCGEE says that We have an annual
water supply big enough to make food
for q billion people. and he estimates
that at the current rate of increase We
like 500 years. This supposses that all
the water be properly cared for, and
that is what Congress Is now asked to
do.
Uncle. Sans Wntcr supply.
Now let US look at the water supply
OF the United States!
DR.. Wills Moore, OF the Weather
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

waterways there. and the land Is such
that canals could be easily dug.
What the Consumer Pays.
ave you any Idea how much money
you nave to pay to the railroads? It
comes out of you in the price of tho
goods you buy. in your own travelling.
and In the cost to the general business
OF the country which is based upon
your consumption. The sum we an
nually pay for transportation is about
one-third 2s much as the value of all
the products of our farms. 1t equals
s2.700.00o .0o0.> making u tax upon the
soil equal to S1.25 per acre for the en-
tire mainland OF the United States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

} THIS turnip, from the Great North.
west. weighs twenty pounds. II took
tventy horses could haul. (see Car
pcnter talk with McGee)
Bureau. has estimated that our annualS
rainfall averages about thirty inches
the United States over. The best way
to measure this Is by acre feet, that lie,
by covering a certain number of acres
with water one foot In depth. The
yearly supply measured that way would
cover five thousand million acres,
in area is equal to 200 States the size
of Ohio, Virginia or Kentucky. or In
volume to ten mississippi Rivers run-
ming day and night all the year through.
All this comcs from the rain or snow
which falls in one year.
The distribution of his supply, how
ever. is very uneven. Draw q line
States SO that II will bisect Dcs Moines, ,
Iowa, and more than half OF ali the
rain that fails will be found cast of
that line. The acreage ton !
over that tract is forty-eight inches per |
annum- 1t is the humid region OF our
country. From that line about 600
miles westward Is another territory
which may be called scmi-humid, where
the rainfall is about thirty inches. and
the whole remainder, consisting of
about w., nfths OF our country, in
cludes the arid lands, where the aver
e precipitation is only twelve inches
The other tract is the region OF the
deserts, the mountains and Of the re-
clamation projects. 1t is a country of
a few vel! watered spots. but also of
extensive tracts which are bone dry.
Where the Rains Go.
Nevertheless, We have, all told. an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
ny FRANK q. oAnpENrEn.

Washington. d. C..
I NcLE SAM is waking up to the
value of his waterways. The
presidential platforms OF both
parties during the coming campaign
VIII have planks providing FOR their
conservation, and the questions of ir-
rigation, drainage and q national canal
system will be clnSasscd from the At
lantic TO the Pacific and from
Canada to Mexico. The mattor is al
ready before CONGRESS. There has been
introduced into tho Senate IL bill proyid.
ing that Ave hundred million dollars
be spent within the next ten years up
on tho control OF our ater resources.
and tho scientists tell me that II this
Is done II will result in q saving TO
us OF one thousand million dollars ner
mum Tho proposed expenditure is to
be made at the rat OF nifty million dol
lars per year. It viii cost MS zach year
nbout eiHty-t"o cents per capita, and
the saving will be at tho rate of twelve
dcllars per capita. or twenty tincs the
amount OF the expenditure. This means
1000 per cent profit, which, even in
thcsc times or mult!-millionaires and
biliion-dollsr trusts. 81 n fairly good
investment. The man at the head of
the movement In the Senate is Francis
O. Ncwlands. who has for years ranked
Hs the leader OF our irrigation and re-
p'SgNS''' hEh wv, 40 III. W..
J. Niece. tho secretary OF the inland
waterways commission. says. Is a quar-
ter of a century I'm advance of tho aver
ago statesman on such subjects.
billions In Water.
But before I take up his great pro.
sect for the regulation Of our rivers !
want TO give yov GONE idea of the wa
ter supply OF the United States. and
tho part II has in the welfare of every
man. woman and child of us. The man
who knews more about this than any
other in the country is Dr.. w. J. Nc
Gee. and IL Is from him that the great
or part OF my information comes. Dur
!nE tie past week We hnve been talking
about the rainfall OF the United States
and where II goes. We rave discussed
our mighty rivers and the schemes for
their Improvement, and DR.. MCGEE has
laid before me the plans for great
series OF ship canal which, when com
plcted. will result In q saving OF hun
drcds of millions of dollars in freight
transportation every year.
Our great irrigation sections Of tho
West. where an acre or go will sup
port u family. give some idea of the
value OF water In the production OF
food. DR.. MCGEE tells me that every
pound OF plant food we use has re-
CURED on the average one thousand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
Inland Waterways Will Be Used

Waterways Will Be Used
to Cheaper Freight Rates.
Our Mighty Water Supply.
What the Rainfall Means.
The Run-off, the Cutoff and
the Fly-of-Wherc the Rains
Go-Our Underground Reser-
Worship Canals for Every
where-What Railway Freights
Cost the Consuner-One Hun.
dred and Fifty Dollars Per
Year Per Farnily-Some River
and Harbor Plans Now Under
Way.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
c.l...d His ss.mons.

"A minister has got to be alive and
resourceful today" said a deacon OF a
big metropolitan church. ours finds
he can't speak well extemporaneousiy,
and be reads from typewriter copy.
never knew bow be managed to
preach 80 effectively until one day !
happened to see his manuscript. Hall
of It was underlined In different colors.
1t looked 80 curious that I asked him
about It.
"a little scheme Of mine be said
laughlngly. I found was delivering
what I had written In the same tone.
So now. early on Sunday morning.
90 over the copy I carry into the pull
pit. I keep crayon pencils Of six differ
ent colors on my desk. Red means
one tone, green yet another. yellow and
blue yet others. As turn each page
I see at a glance just how am to
speak."-New York Sun.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
Do You Remember

Do YOU remember, In the old home,
how for days and days tho Thanksgiving
preparations went on, and how they
looked 70 your childish syes-those
pumpkin and mince and squash pies-as
they came, all steaming and hot, from
the oven; snd the turkey, big and brown;
and tho candies and nuts; tho appies and
the sweet cider; and best Of oil, the
smiling, happy face Of your mother, and
the benign, ooptented ono Of your father?
It meant work-aching limbs-and, IN
many cases, denial and planning for
weeks and weeks before. But 1t was
not counted hardship.
Where arc they this year-and whore
are your Are you going back to the old
home, to give them there the same kind
Of a glorious Thanksgiving they used to
give to your Or, II you cannot 20, are
you going to send letter-not formal
affair, but one with love breathing
through it-and crisp new bill and .
box Of goodies to warm their hearts?
As the years 60 on and the body ages,
hearts do not grow cold, and IS other
things fade, the yearning and longing
for the active, living love OF our own
grows stronger. :,
No mother lives, however quiet and
unobtrusive she may be, but longs In her
heart for word of love from the boy
and girl who are far away. And there's
no father, however stern and undemon-
strative he may appear on the surface,
whose heart would not be warmed BY .
hearty, loyal word Of love.
Now, through this Thanksgiving
month, they're lonely,-it may he-living
in their past.
They've given you, through all the
years, their all-unstinted. Don't neg
lsct to give them-or send them-at
least token of remembrance and love
on this Thanksgiving Day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
a ar.enland puaI.

It Is rather pity for the gayety OF
nations that French men OF letters
cannot light their duels as duels are
fought In Greenland In Greenland
when one man has been insulted oy
another the adversaries each compose
q satire In verse. This each man re-
cites to his household until the serv'
ants and the women know 1t by
heart. Then a place Of meeting Is ap'
pointed. The two men. the insulter
and insuIted. the offender and offended.
stand face to face. and each recites bis
poem. His friends and servants form
a chorus. Each man tries hard to
raise the laugh against bis adversary.
Each man speaks in turn. whipping
the enemy with epigram and quip.
and after two hours Of this wordy
battle the meeting gives the victory
to him of the two adversaries who
has amused the whole assembly most.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
Candy Without Cooking.

The-value of the following recipe for
uncooked candies lies in tho fact that
you cannot have failure:
FoNDANT.
Do not beat tho whites of the eggs.
Drip the whites of two eggs into small
granite pan. Stir into this gradually
until thick enough to work like any
cream fondant, confectionery sugar. The
amount of sugar used will vary accord
ing to tho size Of the eggs. Usually two
pounds is sufficient. In stirring the
candy, 1t is we'll to use wooden spoon.
Add few drops of flavoring, being care
full to mix It In we'll.
Lay the ball of cream on granite
slab, or smooth board, over which you
have sprinkled some of the sugar. Work
it for few minutes. Divide tho cream
into three or four rolls. II tho cream
should be too thick to work easily, .
few drops of milk or water will make 1t
soft enough to mold. With this cream
as foundation many fancy candies can
be made. Below are few suggestions
which have all been tried. II one wants
to make several kinds of candy 1t will be
necessary to use larger amount OF
fondant than given above.
Fruit coloring In orange and strawber-
~ can be used, and makes very pretty
candy.
A half pound Of dates, stuffed with the
cream in three cOlors, will mako quite q
large plate. II seeded dates are used, 1t
will save work.
Chop q few dates and figs together,
and work into tho cream. Roll out and
cut into balfinch pieces.
Roll cream fat las you would pie
crust), cut in square pieces, and fold in
each piece California grape, or mara
schinO cherry. This 10 delicious.
Roll cream into little balls, and press
English walnuts, pecans, or almonds into
same-a nut on each side.
Dip nodded cream balls into hot melt
ed and sweetened chocolate. An orange
wood stick is very good to dip the cream
with.
Cocoanut can be used. Care should
be taken to work 1t in we'll; and In cut
ting be careful to cut quickly, as the
candy will not look neat otherwise.
Soak few raisins In warm water and
cover with cream.
Soak prunes overnight in cold water;
then remove the stones, crack these and
run the kernels through the food chop
per, adding other chopped nut meats and
chopped dates. Fill the cavities OF the
prunes with this mixture, close, and dip
In the fOpdant.
In making waters, care must be taken
when f1avOring with cinnamon, as 1t
takes only very small amount. Maple,
cinnamon, allspice, orange, lemon, va
nilla, strawberry, mint, and peppermint
essence must all be used sparingly, or II
will be too strong. After the cream has
been rolled out with q rolling-pin, use a
small can lid to cut the waters.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
A VISIT TO
Mr.. WISEMAN.

Once upon a time. ages and ages and
ages ago, there lived man whose
name was William Wiseman. de
lived by himself on the top OF bill.
and his only companions were a huge
dictionary and all the nice interesting
words inside. but every once IN awhile
he would give word away. You see'
the people round about knew only
few words. and every now and then
some of them would feel the need OF
a new word. Then they would go up
to Mr.. Wiseman and explain just the
thing or feeling that they needed a
word for, and If he saw that they real
" meant what they said he would be
kind and pleasant and say, my dear
friends, you have really earned that
word. am delighted to give 1t to
you" i,
For instance, two children named
Mabel and Franklin. went to him one
day, and Franklin said:
"Oh, please, Mr.. Wiseman, need q
new word. Sometimes see lines 60
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
Sscret Societies.

Secret societies are 80 ancient that
their origin is lost In the mists OF the
past They existed in Egypt. Persia.
India, at the earliest times with
which history or legend gives US any
insight. 1t seems to be natural TOR
men to organize such societies for both
good and evil purposes. Nearly all the
ancient religions were Of two faced
character. popular and secret, or. as
they are called. "esoteric" and "ex-
oteric," the first for the few. the In
itiated. the second for the rank and
file. The philosophers would teach one
thing to the masses Of the people and
another to the select few who made up
the Inner circle" Cicero tells liz that
the wise men of Rome and Greece be-
iieved quite differently from the com
mon run OF Greeks and Romans.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
(sEAL.l s
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD. A.

Board of County Commissioners, September
session, 1911; held by adjournment October
10, 1911.
UPON the foregoing petition. satisfactory EVIL
dence having been received that the petitioners
are responsible, and that inquiry into the merits
OF their application Is expedient, 1T Is ORDERED
that the County Commissioners meet at the
house OF Charles +. Stanton 10 Oxford, In s,i'i
County, on Thursday, December %, 1911, next
ut ten of the clock, A. NJ, and thence
proceed to view the route mentioned In said
petition; Immediately after which view, q hear.
Ing Of the parties and their Witnesses will be
had at some convenient place In the vicinity
and such other measures taken In thu premises
as the Commissioners shall judge prdler. And
1t is further ORDERED, that notice OF the time,
place and purpose OF the C0mmissi0ners meet
Ing aforesaid be given to all persons and cor.
porations interested, by causing atsested copies
Of said petition and Of this order thereon TO be
served upon the Clerk of the Town Of oxford, in
places In said town, and published three weeks
paper printed at Paris. In said County Of OK:
the other notices, to be made, served and posted,
at least thirty days before said time OF meet.
Ing, to the end that all persons and corpora
lions may then anc there appear and show
cause, Il any they have. why the prayer Of
said petitioners should not be granted:
ArTEeTSCHARLESF r. WHITMAN, Clerk.
A true copy Of said Petition and Order Of
Court thereon.
ATrEsr-CHARLEs r. WHITMAN, Clerk.
484s
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
safe Hints for Good Health.
Don't hurry your meals.

Don't hurry your meals.
Don't cat when overtired, rest rev
Moments before eating. It will pay
lou.
Don't borrow time for work that
;,elcngs to rest or sleep.
Tent neglect the FIRST symptoms OF
illness or disordered digestion.
Don't allow the bowels to become
constipated, but if you are 80 unfor'
tunate, don't delay taking one or two
teaspoonfuls of "L F." Atwood q
Medicine or Bitters on retiring at night
They have a record Of sixty years and
never fail to relieve constipation and
biliousness.
All dealers have them In large bottles
for thirty-fve cents. Be sure to get tne
"L. F." kind. A generous sample
mailed free on request by the "L e.
Medicine Co., Portland Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
No. 154s.-Triple eehead ding,


I. Triply behead an associate and
leave the conclusion.
2. Triply behead a southern product
and leave a weight.
8. Triply behead preferably and leave
II pronoun.
4. Triply behead evenly and leave a
confederate.
s. Triply behead covering for the
head and leave snare.
@. Triply behead an allegory and
leave competent.
Z. Triply behead leaden missile
and leave to allow.
s. Triply behead head rest and
leave vulgar.
8. Triply behead seems and leave the
organs Of hearing.
10. Triply behead u horizontal mold
ing and leave dainty.
When the words have been rightly
guessed and beheaded the initials OF
the words remaining will spell the
name Of q Revolutionary hero famous
in history.
A.. <eeo ,tI,.x..xsd Cso&rsi AarosSIo.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28

ing straight up and down In peoples
foreheads What Is the name for
that?"
Mr. Wiseman shook his head and
said: Dear. dear You folks are al
ways asking Inc for cross words. but
| suppose | must give them to you II
YOU earn them. The word you are
looking for is 'frown.'"
IL want to ask for word. too" said
Mabel. This morning Franklin gave
me half his cake. and when he acts
that way l think l ought to know the
name for It so that can remind him
to do 1t again"
T see, said Mr.. Wiseman. 1.-The
word you want is generous I'm glad
that that word Is going out into the
world"
So Mabel began to talk to Mr.. Wise
man, and while he held her on his
knee and heard her tell how she had
used the words she had earned Frank
lin walked around the room, looking
at the interesting things Mr.. Wiseman
owned. AT last he came to the big
dictionary. he knew that no one was
permitted to look inside the dictionary.
Mr.. Wiseman was busy talking to Ma
bel. and they were both looking the 9th
er way. Quietly Franklin opened the
big dictionary, and ut once he saw q
new word he had never seen before.
He spelled 1t softly to himself. "C-o-n-
science"
"Conscience!" he repeated. IL Won
der what In the world that means"
Then he shut the book hastily and
went back to Mabel. Wed better 70
now" he said.
All the way home Franklin kept
wondering and wondering what the
strange new word could be about. He
could not get the new word out OF his
mind. however hard he tried. At last
he became 80 unhappy that his moth
er asked him what was the matter.
II don't know" he said. II have a
strange new feeling that I've never
had before. and don't know the name
Of it."
"Why don't you ask Mr.. Wiseman!
asked his mother.
81 believe WILL" said Franklin. and
that very day he set out again to see
the old man on the hill.
"Good day." said Mr.. Wiseman
when he saw Franklin. what kind
of a word do you want today? a
pleasant one, hope"
mo-" said Franklin. II don't be-
lieve it's a pleasant one. What Is the
the name of the thing that makes you
feel unhappy when you've done some
thing you shouldn't have doneT"
well. wellr said the Wiseman
ave often wondered when somebody
would ask me that. The thing you
ask about Ia called conscience. and
I'm glad that you have one"
"a consciencer' cried Franklin. star.
tied. "Oh. I'm so glad I know what
that means. You see. the reason my
my conscience troubled me was be-
cause took word out Of your dc
tionary last time l was here. The
word was conscience I've been Won
dering ever since what 1t meant"
"Dear me- said Mr.. Wiseman.
What strange coincidence! But,
you see. II doesn't do any good to
know words you haven't earned BY
good. hard thinking"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-28
q e.u.,,. Kitchen,

ut was our good fortune % see ~
least one thing in Paris WHICH tue
tourist knows nothing about" writes
An American woman from that city.
every one knows about the Tuileries
and sees what Is left Of the historic
nile. but not many find their way 10
the kitchen from which the elect OF
the third empire were served. az we
did. It lies under the Pavilion De
Flora, its high arched ceiling resting
nm massive columns. II Is divided INFO
MANY sections. at the entrance to each
Of which there Is q sign-goId on
marble. Here we see 'Rotisserie'
.Patisserie. Section aux Sauces, etc.
The provisions for washing gold. SILL
yer and porcelain services. the ire
mendous roasting. boiling and brolhng
ARRANGEMENTS. the extra roast peer
oven. six meters high and seven meters
broad: a roaster with capacity Tor
six sheep and four dozen chickens all
looked extra large and imposing TO US.
who manage to worry along In nat
Kitchen. which has two things. now
ever. which we could not hnd. 10 Ma
roleon's dinner factory-electric iignt
and a battery OF washtubs."