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Oxford Democrat., 1911-08-01
Maine. Outlook for Better Fruit,

Maine OUTLOOK tOE DCttCf Ttoits
Never before has there been such an
interest In fruit growing in Maine as at
the present time. From every section OF
the state inquiries come asking for In.
formation along the lines Of orchard
renovation, spraying, methods Of prun-
ing. topworking, nursery stock, setting
of new orchards, varieties for homo use,
commercial orcbarding, small fruit cui-
ture, and other kindred topics too num-
erous to mention. Such an awakening
on fruit culture is good omen OF what
will surely follow.
We have the best of soil, an abund-
ance of we'll located farms, and our lead
ing varieties are unsurpassed for quality,
color, size, and attractive appearance.
What is needed most 10 an educational
movement that shall spread to every
farm home in tho state; . movement
that shall produce finished product
and not the wormy, scabby, and alto.
gether uusightly fruit that has beer
forced upon the market In years past
The result would be the placing on our
markets Of a better and moro finished
product Of which Maine could we'll be
proud. Up-todate methods should Of
applied in our orchard management
There are thousands Of orchards in th'
state that would pay big dividends IL th'
same methods were employed that arr
used in other lines OF business. Coco
orchard land In Maine can be bought q
very reasonable price. We have
homo market unexcelled BY any othel
section Of the country and one OF th'
finest shipping ports for foreign market
at our very door. Why should we heal
tate?
More orchards will receive attention
this season in New England than eve
before As q result more and bette
fruit will find it's way into our market
| in place of this fancy packed fruit OF on
western nsighbors.
The New England Fruit Show, tn
State Pathological Exhibit, the Portlan
Corn and Fruit Exposition, and tn
MANY exhibits at our state, county an
local fairs will ali help in this great edI
cational movement. Join tho ranks an
help boom the Maine apple.-Turf, Far'
and Home.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-08-01
MIuht 30 Saved.

A Kansas butcher was driving coo
to his slaughter house when Z stranger
stopped him and said: what are you
going to do with that cowr I'm 60
ing to kill her." said the butcher. The
stranger looked the COW over carefully.
"Oh. I don't believe I'd DO that II
you feed her up awhile I think shsQ
nve."-Kansas Magaxipa :.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-08-01

The U. s. Government and the State
Agricultural Colleges put out bulletins
telling of the healthfulness of skim milk.
In New York city Il ID against the law to
sell Il. ConHstent, Isn't Il? Especially
~ the use of skim milk In the cities
would reduce the surplus that demoral-
ixes the market ever 90 oftsn.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-08-01

IF had not stopped you We would
have gone on" he questioned tensely.
''To be sure. m'seur." retorted Crois-
set, still smiling. You warned me to
lose no time-that something would
happen If l did"
With quick movement Rowland
drew his revolver and leveled It at
the Frenchman's, heart.
IF you ever prayed to those blessed
saints of yours do 1t now. Jean Crois-
set. I'm going to kill you" be cried
fercely.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-08-01
Modern Eeesntrleity.

"what an eccentric person young
Duckworth is."
'T've never noticed It. He seems 20
me to be rather a sensible sort ol
chap"
But he wants to name his baby
daughter Sarah."-Chicago Rscord-Heg-
aid
Oxford Democrat., 1911-08-01
Wanted.
10 quickly ABSORBED

Everybody to save their RAGS, RUB
BERS AND METALS for me. Mail
orders promptly attended to. l also buy
Poultry. NORMAN N. KLAIN,
S2-lyr. Box Sl7, Norway, Maine.
Telephone Connection.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-08-01

No. lime is not good for potatoes; IL
fsvors scsb. So does TOO muon ssAo's
manure.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-08-01
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEEp 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, Parts. Ne.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
REMEDY FOR LIVER TROUBLE
Generally Caused by indigestion
Brought on by Irregular and I'm.
proper Feeding Of Fowls.

Generally speaking, liver troubles
follow acute indigestion. This indi
gestion may be brought about by If
regular feeding or being fed on ont
kind of grain too long, dirt and soul
feed, with a poor supply of grain. tt
withhold the feed long time ant
then allow it in over amount Is one
of the r,ost fruitful sources of diges
tive disorders.
Drinking water which has beer
contaminated with filth or which has
stood in warm place or in the sun
shine until 1t has become putrid; ex
posure to draughts, cold rains, Of
damp roosting quarters, particularly
during the molting season, are all con
'!ucive to indigestion.
If any one of these conditions sur
rounds your fowls, change them. put
ting them in light, dry houses ant
giving them wholesome, nutritious
food. In very bad cases give daily
i've grains Of rhubarb and every
day one grain of calomel. Give them
plenty of grit and charcoal Char
coal is one Of the best purifiers fol
the system Of either fowl, animal Of
man
The liver is one of the most i'm
portant organs Of the body. furnishing
bile, one Of the principal digestive
fluids. It also assists in some of the
most necessary chemical changes
which occur in the blood. 1t is there
fore an easy matter for it to become
dersnged from the causes that pro
duce Indigestion.
Inflammation Of the liver Is quickly
followed by death unless immediate
relief can be given. The symptoms
are yellow appearance of the Skin
and yellow or slightly bloody evacua
tions.
One of the chief indications Of this
disorder is lameness, especially of the
right leg, and when this shows itsel1
you may be pretty sure that inflamma
tion of the liver is going on. The
treatment of birds so affected Is no,
profitable unless they are very valu
able for breeding or exhibition pur
poses. The remedy Is one-half to one
grain Of calomel to begin with, fol
lowed by 20 grains of Epson salts and
grains of bicarbonate of soda after
IL hours. Napththol or benzo-naptho
may be given twice a week to disin
feet the intestinal canal.
When the sick bird Is considerably
improved, give green food, tonics ol
raw beef, and allow the bird free ex
ercise in the open air. The disease
is not contagious, but the cause tina
produced 1t in one bird may affect thu
whole flock.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
Elkhart.

Perry Gregory of X. C. visited his
brother, N. M. Gregory, last week.
1t has been about Z years since they
met.
Ed Bailey bought a fine car of cat
tie of Argenbright of Butler last
week.
John Stephens was visiting last
Sunday and he must have enjoyed a
good dinner, for we head him sing
ing a good old hymn about dark,
Sunday night.
There will be preaching at Concord
next Saturday and Sunday.
We were in Butler last Saturday
and reporter told us that Jim We'd
die was going to K. C. next week.
George Lockridge is going to Ver-
non county this week to visit his
grandmother, Mrs. Addison.
Mrs. John Messick of Elkhart was
a visitor to K. C. last week.
j. D. Clements killed a beef on
Thanksgiving Day. We would like
to board with him for week.
Col. Lockridge lost a valuable
horse one day last week. The Col
onel is unlucky, as he has lost sever
al head of horses since he moved to
where he lives now.
The writer and his wife took din
ner at j. D. Clemments on Thanks
giving Day.
Miss Fannie Hook, the schoolma m
of Concord, bought her a goose and
pulled out for Rich Hill to spend
Thanksgiving. She reports having a
good time.
Miss Lera Kreshner was taking in
the sights at Passaic last Wednesday
evening.
1t is reported that Mrs. Ben Picket
is getting along all right.
Will and Boyd Kreshner were trad
ing at the county seat last Saturday.
Last Sunday was a banner day for
visiting. The writer and his wife
took drive out Sunday and couldn't
find any body at home, so we return
ed and had dinner at home.
The literary at the Crook school
house was pulled off last Friday night
with big crowd in attendance and a
good program.
Tom Hocket and wife attended the
literary at the Crook school house
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
In and Around Maysburg.

In ana ATOunu MaySDur&.
Rev. Shelton had been having the
lagrippe and was unable to preach but
one sermon. That was Sunday morn
ing and there were three additions tt
the church.
Tan White and family went to But
ler Saturday and returned Sunday.
Mr.. R. X. Goodwin and family ate
Thanksgiving dinner at Mr.. Middle
toms.
The silver wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hudson was sure worth attending.
There were about IS guests present.
The dinner was splendid and there
was also fine music. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hudson received some beautiful pres
ents of silver. We wish there was
silver wedding to attend oftener.
Mr.. Sterling Harness butchered
Monday.
Miss lea Clark and Elsa Gilbert
visited homefolks over Thanksgiving
There was box supper at Freeze
out school house Wednesday night
The proceeds amounted to $33. Miss
lea Clark won the spoon for the most
popular young lady, Clay Hibbs pipe
for the LATEST man, Rotie Anderson a
rooster for the ugliest man. The
spoon brought SIS.
MIR. Guy and family moved to APP
pleton City Thursday.
Mr.. Brown butchered hogs Thurs
day.
Tan White butchered Friday.
Jim Harrison bought 500 posts of
Mr.. Gilbert Monday.
There will be baptising at the Chris
tian chnrch Wednesday.
Mr.. Gilbert went to Butler Monday
to take his daughter and lea Clark
back to their school.
Ben Mills and Fayette Snow are on
the sick list.
Why is it Billie Gilliland's team is
bound to 90 west when hitched up
Sunday afternoons?
Grandpa Jacobs is about the same.
He seems to improve very slowly.
Mrs. Clark and daughters visited at
Mrs. McClemis' Sunday.
Mr.. Goodwin and family spent
Wednesday evening at Tan Whites.
Mr.. Farmer has commenced moving
to the Hook farm, the place Mr.. Guy
has just vacated.
A NEIGHBOR.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
Science Of Feeding.

The feeding of fowls has become ~
much = science AZ has the feeding Of
dairy or beef cattle. Poultrymen have
their balanced rations for their fowls.
They feed especially for egg produc.
tion. growth and fattening purposes.
The farmer too often feeds for con-
venience and relies on corn to produce
all the above requirements. hence the
poor results on many farms. variety
b the spieo Of life" In the poultry
yafd - well - with humans.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
Nationality Of Eggs.

Is 1t possible to tell the nationality
Of an egg by inspection? The ques-
ton Is raised in acute form by the evi.
dence given by the prosecution of a
Lancashire, England, firm for selling
Russian eggs as Irish, which resulted
In acQuittal. The experts varied, as
even experts will. One confidently
pronounced the eggs in question Rus
SLAMS nearly five weeks old; another
said they were second class Russians;
third specified the south Of Russia.
On the other hand, experts for the
defense were equally positive that no.
body could tell the birthplace Of an
egg from external examination. One
witness said that when eggs were bad
their nationality was Understandable.
On the whole, one is bound. to come
to the conclusion that the average pur-
chaser Of eggs must take their nation
ality upon trust.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
WEAR.EVER
-. -:-.::::-.IALUMINUMl '',ts "s9
Kitchen UtensilSl

Made from thick, hard, sheet
aluminium, SO per cent pure.
They cannot rust. They are
solid metal and cannot crack or
scale. They are practically in
destructible.
They are light in weight, bright
as silver, absolutely pure and
wholesome. They retain heat
longer than other utensils.
have now in stock in Wear
Ever, coffee pots, tea pots, sauce
pans, shallow stew pans, pudding
pans, mountain cake pans, jelly
cake pans, biscuit pan, corncake
pans, preserving kettles, double
boilers, cups, pie plates, frying
pans, double roasters, tea kettles,
berlin kettles, etc.
That everybody may try the
Wear-Ever at small cost, l am Of
fering two of the factories intro
ducers during this sale as follows:
lquart 55c handled sauce pan
for 3Oc.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
South. Side Square

last Friday night.
j. E. Dubes and wife were trad
ing at the county seat last Saturday.
The literary at Plainview will be
pulled off on Wednesday night and
one at the Forbes on Thursday night.
1t is reported that they are having
good times.
w. A. Crumley and wife were
over to see Mrs. Ben Picket few
days ago. JOHNNY.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
Notice.

I will be in Virginia every Wednes-
day and in Butler every Saturday to
collect taxes for Charlotte township.
|2-6t. v. w. Walker.
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
FOUNTAIN IS 'SELF-FEEDING
Can Be Made Out Of Gallon
Vegetable Tin Can.

made drinking fountain for
large fowls out of gallon vegetable
tin can. One end was melted off, and
q hole, b, punched in the side within
The Butler weekly times., 1911-12-07
Self.Feeding Drinking Fountain.

two inches of the top. 1t was then
filled with water and milk pan in
verted over it and turned upside
down. Water will flow In pan till 1t
reaches the hole in the. can, says a
writer in the Farm and Home. Using
a deep pan prevents getting 1t full of
dirt.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-31

endure the paroxysms Of shame. That
she should have stopped so low!
Presently the fingers relaxed, and
her whole frame relaxed in sympathy.
The black squall had passed over;
but now were the once tranquil waters
ruffled and angry. Then languor
gripped her like an enemy; she lay
listless in its hold, sick and faint with
disgust of self.
This was her all-suffcient punish
ment; to have done what she had
done, to be about to do what she con-
templated. For she had set her hand
to the plow; there must now be no
drawing back, however hateful might
prove her task.
The voice of the cabby dropping
through the trap, reused her. This is
the Martha Washington, ma'am."
Mechanically she descended from the
hanson and paid her fare; then, sum-
moning up all her strength and resO-
luton, passed into the lobby of the
hotel and paused at the telephone
switchboard.
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hedges and across fields, once more to
plunge into big woodlands, in the heart
OF which is the great earth wherein
many generations have been bred. In
these particular holes the badgers are
fairly safe. The tunnels are bored in
. layer of sand lying between strata
Of clay and rock, and run In every di-
rectiOn for hundreds of feet. There
are only two visible entrances. which
are inconspicuous holes, without even
q heap of soil to distinguish them
from surrounding rabbit burrows; for
being situated at the top of one Of
the sides of very steep and deep val
ley, or dingle, as they are locally
called, the soil all rolls down to the
stream below, where it is washed
away. In fact, the sole limitations Of
badgers are the pathways formed by
their always taking the same road in
their nightly wanderings, and which
lead UP to the two entrances. Some
two or three years ago. fox, hard
pressed by hounds, took refuge in this
earth, and the master and whip, not
knowing the place, sent for spades
and terriers and commenced opera
tons to get him out
To cut long story short, they dug
till late at night, and finally hounds
were taken home; but orders had
been left with men OF the district to
finish the job next day. These men
dug steadily for three days; they re-
moved many tons Of soil, but the
further they got into the clin the more
tunnels there were. In some holes
they found neat beds Of grass and
fern. It had to be given up. for the
work was Herculean; it would have
required weeks to reach the extremi-
ties of the various holes. A short
time ago visited the place, and ap-
parently the badgers are still there.
FOR It shows all the signs Of being
used.
IN the part Of Shropshire hunted BY
the Wheatlsnd h-prds badgers are
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-31
CHAPTER Viii.
Dance Of the Hours.

-Four D. m.
The old clock in corner of the
study chimed resonantly and with de-
liberation; four double strokes; and
while yet the deep-throated music was
dying into silence the telephone bell
shrieked impertinently.
Maitland bit savagely on the gag
and knotted his brows, trying to bear
it. The effect was that of coarse
file rasped across raw quivering
nerves. And he lay helpless, able to
do no more toward endurance than to
dig nails deep into his palms.
Again and again the fiendish clamor
shattered the echoes Binding flashes
of agony danced down the white-hot
wires strung through his head, taut
from temple to temple.
Would the fool at the other end
never be satisfied that he could get
NO answer? Evidently not; the racket
continued mercilessly, short series of
shrill calls alternating with imperative
rolls prolonged until one thought that
the tortured metal sounding cups would
CTdCh. 1uOu6AI. Ady, Pi 0y GU SAot
either such would be the case, or else
that ones head might at once merci-
fully be rent asunder.
That anguish so exquisite should
be the means of releasing him from
his bonds seemed refinement of
irony. Yet Maitland was aware, be-
tween spasms. that help was on the
way. The telephone instrument, for
obvious convenience, had been
equipped with an extension bell which
rang simultaneously in O'Hagan's
quarters. When Maitland was not at
home the janitor-valet, so warned,
would answer the calls. And now, In
the still intervals, the heavy thud of
unhurried feet could be heard upon
the staircase. O'Hagan was coming
to answer; and taking his time about
it. It seemed an age before the rattle
Of pass-key in latch announced him;
and another ere, all unconscious of the
figure supine on the divan against the
further study wall, the old man shut,
fed to the instrument. lifted receiver
from Il hook. and applied It to
! his ear
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SYNOPSIS.
COPYRIGHT 1907
the eoehS-HERRlLLS SO.

seMad" Dan Maitland, on reaching MS
New York bachelor club. met an attrac-
five Young woman at the door. Janltor
O'Hagan assured him no one had been
within that day Dan discovered Wom-
ans finger prints in dust on MS DESK
along with a letter from his attorney
Maitland dned with Bannernan. his at
forney. Dan set out for Greenfields, 70
get his family jewels. During his walk
10 the country seat. he met the young
woman in gray, whom he had seen leav-
ing his bachelors club. Her auto had
broken down He fixed it. BY ruSe sne
s-Iost'' him. Maitland. on reaching nome
surprised lady in gray, cracking the SAFE
containing his gems. She. apparently;
took him for well-knoWn crook, Dame!
Anisty Half hypnotized, Maitland opened
his safe. took therefrom the jewels ana
gave them to her, first forming a part
nership in crime The real Dan Anisty.
sought by police of the world. appeared
on the same mission. Maitland overcame
him He met the girl outside the house
and they sped on to New York in her au-
to- He had the jewels and she promised
to meet him that day. Maitland received
q "Mr Snaith." introducing himself as
detective To shield the girl in gray,
Maitland, about to show him the Jew
els, supposedly lost was felled by blow
from 'Snaiths' cane. The latter proved
to be Anisty himself and he secured the
gems Anisty, who was Maitlands dou-
Bile, masuueraded as the latter. The
criminal kept aMaitland's engagement with
the girl in gray. Anisty feared for the
safety of the gems.
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suppose 1t IS because THIS ls
their only large carnivorous, genuine
ly wild animal; the fox, the only other
wild beast of any size, is in many,
perhaps | ought to say most, districts
so carefully preserved that 1t owes
its existence to man, instead Of, like
the badger, existing in spite Of man.
Then, too, "the brock is hardly ever
seen alive and free, but comes and
goes mysteriously in the dead of night,
leaving but few traces behind 1t I'M
less somebody notices large dog
like track in the mud, or where q
wasps' nest has been dug out, for it
revels in the dainty meal Of wasp
grubs. Many time have tracked
one from the scene Of its nights
work through muddy gateways and
down damp woodland rides, noting
how the heavy creature had slipped
and slid, and the spots where it had
turned aside to scratch and root
among the moss and dead leaves, then
on to the streamside- badgers al
ways ford the little brook am speak
ing of at the same place-and through
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well, well?" he demanded with that
impotence characteristic of the illit
crate for modern methods of communi
cation. "Pwhat the divvle ails ye?"
"Rayspicts to we, ma'am, and tits
sorry am didn't know twas q
Teddy"
Hes not"
IVAN o'clock, there or whereabouts.
Faith, and he didn't say
"Pwhat name will / be tellin' him p
"Kape ut to yersilf, thin. It's none
Of me business
IF We do, I'll not answer. Sure, am
to be climbin' two flights av sthairs
iv'ry foive minits-'
"Good-by yersilf," hanging up the re
ceiver. And the divvle fly away wild
ye," grumbled O'Hagan.
AS he turned away from the instru
ment Maitland managed to produce q
sound, something between a moan and
strangled cough. The old man
whirled on his heel. "Pwhat's thot?'
The next instant he was bending
over Maitland, peering into the face
drawn and dfsfgured by the gag. THE
saints presarve us! And who the
divvle are We at all? Pwhy don't We
spake?"
Maitland turned purple; and emitted
furious snort.
"Misther Maitland, be all thot's
strange! Is ut mad l am? Or how
did We get back here and into this fix
sor, and me swapin the halls and
polishin' the brasses fernist the front
dure iv'ry minute since We whit out p
Indignation struggling for the upper
hand with justification in the Irish
mans brain, he grumbled and swore;
yet busted his fingers. In trice the
binding gag was loosed, and ropes and
straps cast free from swollen wrists
aud ankles. And, with the assistance
OF kindly arm behind his shoulders
Maitland sat up, grinning with the
pain of renewing circulation in his
limbs.
vivid these two oies mesilf saw ye
lave three hours gone, sor, and
c'u'd swear no sowl had inferred this
house since thin. Pwhat does ut all
name, be all thot's holy?"
1T means" painting, brandy and
soda, O'Hagan, and be quick"
Maitland attempted to rise, but his
legs gave under him. and he sank
back with a stifled oath, resigning him.
self to wait the return of normal con
ditions. AS for his head, it was threat.
ering to split at any moment, the tight
wires twanging Internally between his
temples; while the corners of his
mouth were cracked and sore from the
pressure of the gag. All of which
totted up a considerable debit against
Mr.. Anisty's account.
For Maitland, despite his SUFFERING.
had found time to figure 1t out to his
personal satisfactionor dissatisfac-
ton. If you prefer-in the interval be-
tween his return to consciousness and
the arrival OF O'Hagan. 1t was simple
enough to deduce from the knowledge
in his possession that the burglar. hay.
ing contrived his escape through the
disobedfence Of Higgins, should have
engineered this complete revenge for
the indignity Maitland had put upon
him.
How he had OWNED the fact Of the
9ewels remaining IN their owners nos,
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