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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23

me catch m pig sun he 20 down."
spoke np one whose thin falsrtto voice
Joan recognized is belonging To Cosse.
one OF GogOomy's tribesmen.
Me catch m dog" said another
And me catch IN white fella Mary
Gogoomy cried triumphantly. Me
catch IN kwauIie he die along him
quick"
This much loan heard OF the plan to
murder. AMI then her rising wrath
proved too much for her discretion
She spurred her horse into the grass.
crying
"Wliat name you felIa boy. eh? What
name?"
They arose. scrambling and scatter
Ing. aud IL her surprise she saw there
were n dozen Of them AS she looked
in their glowprir & faces and noted the
heavy, two-foot hacking cane knives
IN their hands. she became suddenly
aware OF the rashncSS Ut her act II
only she had. her revolver or a rife. all
would have been we'll But she had
rarelessly ventured out nnarmed.
ITO much talk along you feIla boy"
she said severely. TOO much talk.
too little work. Savvee?"
Gogoomy made no reply. but. ap'
parently shifting weight. he slid one
foot forward. The other. boys. spread
fanwise about her. were also sliding
forward. the cruel cane knives In their
hands advertising their intention.
"You cut IN grass" she commanded
lmperatiyely.
But Gogoomy slid bis other foot
forward. She measured the distance
with her eye. Iiswould be impossible
TO whirl her 'horse around aud get
away. She would lie chopped down
from behind.
She lifted her riding whip threaten
ingly. and ut the same moment drove
| In both spurs with her heels. rushing
the startled horse straight Mt Gogoomy'
he swerved aside to avoid the. horse.
1t the same tin '"''ea"o
| xntfe In q asllcing b.u"'s...:. "'"lii nave
| :ut her in twain. go .iss.!,l lorwaru
under the flying sees. which cut
through her ti,in;. >t.rt.. through tine
edge Of the saddle. ..IruuSh Tue Saddle
cloth, and even slishii, into the horse
itself. Her right haGd. still raised
came down, the rlin whip whlsninG
through the air. She saw the white
crooked mark Of tile veal ciear across
the snllrn. handsome face. anu stil
what was practically In the same III
staut shs saw another member q
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23

"My word. II was a tough Job lying
there in the covering boat. never
thought doing nothing could be such
hard work. We stopped about hfty
fathoms OF and watched the other
boat so in.
''Of course there was row. 1t had
to come. and knew 1t. but 1t startled
me Just the same. | never heard such
screeching and yelling III my life. The
niggers must have Just dived for the
bush without looking to see what was
up. while her Tahitians let loose. shoot
ing In the air and yelling to hurry 'em
on. And then I heard them coming
through the mangroves and an oar
strike OH gunwale and Miss Lack
land laugh. and knew everything
was all right. We pulled on board
without shot being fred. And there
was old Kina-K Kina himself. being
boisted over the rail, shivering and
chatteriug like an ape. The rest was
easy. Kina. Xmas word was law,
and he was scared to death. And we
kept him on board issuing proclama-
tions all the time we were In Poonga-
Poonga.
ut was a good move, too. In other
ways. She made Kina-Kina order his
people to return all the gear they'd
stripped from the Martha. She-here
she comes now"
1t was with u shock Of surprise that
Sheldon greeted her appearance. The
ready made clothes from Sydney had
transformed her. A simple skirt ana
shirt waist of some sort Of wash goods
set off her trim figure with hint OF
elegant womanhood that was new to
him. Brown slippers peeped out as
she crossed the compound. and ne
once caught a glimpse to the ankle OF
brown openwork stockings. some
how she had been made many times
the woman by these mere extraneous
trappings.
ave opened up a new feld." she
said as she began pouring the cofree.
"Old Kina- Kina will never forget me,
I'm sure, and l can recruit there when
ever want. saw Morgan at Guvutu.
He's willing to contract for thousand
boys at 40 shillings per head. DID !
tell you that I'D taken out recruiting
license for the Martha? I did. and the
Martha can sign eighty boys every
trip"
Sheldon smiled trifie bitterly 70
himself. The wonderful woman who
had tripped across the compound IN
her sydney clothes was gone. ana ne
was listening to the boy come BACK
again. ass
-
We'll" Joan said. with sigh, i've
shown you hustling American meth
ods that succeed and get somewhere
and here you are beginning your mud
dlfn1 again."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23

AT Langa- Langa. Ran up
there as 1t was coming on
and laid there the whole week and
traded for grub with the niggers.
When we got to Tulagi there she was
waiting for us and scrapping with
Burnett. tell you. Mr.. Sheldon. she's
a wonder. that girl. perfect won
der"
Munster refilled his glass. and while
Sheldon glanced across at Joan's
house. anxious for her coming. Spar
rOwhawk took up the tale.
Gritty. She's the grittiest thing.
man or woman, that ever blew into
the Solomons. You should have seen
Poonga POonga the morning we arriv-
ei-Sniders popping on the beach and
In the mangroyes, war drums booming
In the bush and signal smokes raising
everywhere. Its all up. says Cap
tain Munster Up your granny. she
says to him." Sparrowhawk went on.
why. we haven't arrived yet. much
less got started. Wait till the an
chor's down before you get afraid"
That's what she said to me-" Nun
ster proclaimed. And Of course 1t
made me mad, so that l didn't care
what happened. We tried to send a
boat ashore for a powwow. but 1t was
fired upon What we want says
Miss Lakeland. is hostage. I'm 60
ing ashore tonight to fetch kina-kina
himself ON board. and I'm not asking
who's game to go with me. for I've
got every mans work arranged for
him. I'm taking my sailors with me
and one white man. OF course I'm
that white man, said. for by that
time | was mad. OF course you're
not says she. You'll have charge OF
the covering boat. Curtis stands by
the landing boat. Fowler goes with
me. Brahms takes Charge Of the Flib'
berty and Sparrowhawk of the Emily.
And we start ut l O'Clock.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
A Cynical Critic.

"Above all. I am an artist" said the
actor. "From the moment I make my
entrance on the stage forget every
thing but my part. ! leave my own
personality behind me. ] am Romeo.
Hamlet, Lear The theater vanishes.
the audience disappears"-
"Ive noticed that" interrupted tho
critic,
"WhatT
.'That the audience disappeas."-
Youths Companion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
Dark pasds.

There Is a man whom my husband
employs who openly shows tendency
toward low places and who 10 noted
for his dark deeds"
"why. then. does your husband en-
ploy himr
: aTo put coal in our cellar "-Baiu'
more American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23

There is only one way to get ready
for immortality. and that is to love
this life and live II as bravely ana
eheerfully and faithfully a. we can
Van Dyka =
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
Eastern Steamship Company.

Between Portland and Boston.
Fare one way si.25. Round Trip S2.OO
Steamships BAY STATE and RAN
som b. FULLER leave Franklin Wharf,
Portland, week days at Z P.M Sundays
SP.M
Day trips to Boston, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, TAN.
RetC1rn1nG
Leave Central Wharf, Boston, daily
At Z p. NJ.
Day trips to Portland, leave India
Wharf Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
9AM.
Through tickets on sale at principal
railroad stations.
J.F. LISCOMB, General Agent,
Portland, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
AMONG THE FARMERS.
I" SPEED THE PLow."

on practical agricultural topls
Ia solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 70 HENRY ID.
HAxNoND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat, Paris. Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
A Reliable
Remedy
EIy'S Cream Balm

10 quiSslf 'osofoeu.
Gives Relief al once.
1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away q Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
UNDERTAKING..

10 many sections of the state We find
old orchards in very undesirable loca-
tions as to drainage. In many cases this
could be remedied by system of under
drainage either with tile or by sinking
the ever present stone wall, thus i'm
proving the general appearance OF the
orchard as we'll as furnishing the best OF
material for the underdain. These
drains should extend down the slope
between the rows Of trees wherever
needed.
The above topics have been briefly
discussed. For further Information
along orchard lines write to the Depart
ment.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
CATARRH

Taste and Smell. Full size 30 cts, at Drug
gists or by mail. In liquid form, IS cents.
Ely Brothers, So Warren Street, New York.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
CULTIVATION.

To get best results from our orchards
we cannot raise an apple crop and a
grass crop at the same time. We have
far too many orchards in tough sod.
The tree needs all the food 1t can get and
much moisture. Sod interferes With
both these and harbors many trouble
some pests. Cultivation makes plant
food more available to the tree roots and
if the soil is frequently narrowed during
the summer layer Of dust results act
ing as a mulch to prevent loss Of moist
ure.
Some side hill orchards may be so
steep that they would wash badly if
cultivated, but If plowed across the
slope, leaving alternate strips of sod,
this removal of soil is largely prevented.
Mulching materials are sometimes used
but cultivation with cover crop is
much iu favor with western orchardists
and is being tried here. Cultivation Is
carried on until about July 18th " hen
the cover crop Is sOwn. Some OF the
different materials used are:
Crimson clover, IL lbs. to the acre.
Vetch, 40 lbs. to the acre.
Buckwheat, 2 bu. to the acre.
Barley and Canada peas-1 1-2 bu.
each.
Rye, 2 bu.
The crop gets we'll started by Novem-
Der but is left until the following spring
when it is plowed under to decay. 1t
furnishes humus to the soil. The first
two named are rich in nitrogen which is
the costly element of all our fertilizers.
The disc aud spring tooth harrows again
keep the orchard in clean cultivation
until the next crop is sown about July
18th.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
FERTILIZING.


Apple trees have to be fed If they are
to manufacture high grade, salable
fruit. If the combined cultivation and
cover crop mentioned above Is not
enough, it may be we'll to have to IL
tons of stable dressing broadcasted for
every so trees. An acre of bearing trees
(about 5O) really needs from 800 to 500
lbs. of commercial fertilizer, or of actual
elements the following: 80 lbs. actual
nitrogen, 8O-70 lbs. actual phosphoric
acid, 80 lbs. of actual potash.
The much advertised Fisher formula
is generally too strong in the wood
growing (nitrogen) element. The Maine
Experiment Station formula is consider
cd to be better balanced:
Sulphate OF ammonia, 20 IDS.
Muriate Of potash, ----------------------Zs5i ips.
A-lI ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23

II your trees had vigor enough after
maturing this past seasons apple crop
to also develop strong flower buds, these
trees ought to blossom heavily the COM
ing spring. Hence the necessity to not
grow too much wood at the expense OF
next seasons fruit crop. Strive to main.
tain the proper balance between wood
and fruit, which results from careful
pruning and fertilizing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.

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there as II was coming on
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23
TREE DENTISTRY.

Many Of the old trees are hollow heart
cd with large cavities in the trunks;
holes where limbs have decayed; large
cracks where limbs or trunks have split
down and numerous other defects that
need attention. Where trunks have
split they should be drawn together by
means of strong bolts, having the thread
cut long enough to allow thick washer
ON the outside 80 a. to draw the partr
into place again. II crack remains hll
or cover with q narrow strip of tin and
protect with several coats Of paint.
The dead wood should be removed
from all cavities and the surface painted
over with tar or the solution OF copper
sulphate above referred to. All small
openings may be covered with tin
patch. This is done by cutting out
piece of tin large enough to cover the
opening and project for an inch on al
aides. Scrape the bark to live wood and
firmly tack the tin over the opening.
Paint 1t over, being sure TO cover the
edges with several coats to exclude all
and water. For large cavities use rubole
and Portland cement, finishing the out
side with q smooth coating of cement
Trees thus treated, even In cases where
but shell of live wood remained, have
lived for years and given good return.
in the shape of frstclass fruit. Great
pains should be taken TO have the ex'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23

"well." Joan said. with a sigh. I've
shown you hustling American meth
DDS that succeed and get somewhere,
and here you are beginning your mud
ding again."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-23

After the trees have been trimmed the
trunks and large limbs should be lightly
scraped to remove all loose bark. This
destroys many eggs and cocOons of in
sect pests and leaves the trunks in bet
ter condition for spraying. Care should
be taken not to scrspe too closely so as
to injure the bark. A good tool for this
purpose is an old hoe with the handle
cut off to a convenient length. A good
treatment for the trunks is to wash them
thoroughly with good solution of soap
and water Zone pound Of soap to five gal
Ions of watsr), applied with brush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
LABOR TROUBLES OF OLD
Disputes Over Wages Date From the
 Middle Ages
From the London Globe,

1 From the London Globe.
 | The description of the Middle Ages as l the modern world in embryo was never
 moro true than when applied to the 1 sphere of industrial life, but even here 1t cannot be accepted entirely without | reservation. Workmen were combining
 in order to obtain higher wages and bet ter conditions of work, or to settle dis- agreements between masters and men in
 the 14th and 18th centuries although, of
 course, their associations were on a much
 smaller scale than those of the workmen of the present day. Insignificant as their disputes seem compared to our own, they possesses a considerable interest for us,
 because while the action of the men in
 the two periods exhibits remarkable
 continuity of aims and methods, the eff forts to end the troubles made both by | the masters and by the arbitrators called | in to judge between them and their ern- ployes. illustrate the extraordinary diff l ference between medieval and modern
 views of the rights of labor, and show
 how enormously the position Of the work-
 man has improved.
 1 The black death. which desolated Eng | land in 13iS-9. was especially yiruient
 among the poor, and carried off large
 numbers of laborers; those who survived. realizing their own value, perhaps for the first time, refused to work unless they were paid much higher wages than they had been receiving. The govern
 ment responded by passing the statute of
 laborers. which forbade anyone to take higher wages than he had been paid be-
 fore the outbreak of the plague. and
 both "givers' and takers of excess
 wages were punished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
LESS THAN INNING PLAYED
 BUT FANS GOT MONEYS WORTH
ABOUT THE RACE

This Nashville team is again causing surprise.
 Last season, as is remembered, every expert about the circuit predicted that the Vols would finish last.
 They were pushing the leaders for the rag from the start to the tape.
 This year the experts" predicted that Nashville would win the pennant or finish very high, at any rate.
 The Vols have been on the bottom for month and at the present writing seem doomed.
 At the present moment, though Chat tanooga does lead the league, the impress sion is that Memphis and Birmingham have the best teams about the circuit.
 Mobile is slowly slumping. the Turtles having just completed a series in which the Gulls were licked three times in the same places.
 Montgomery is pressing forward again. though for the Billikens there seems lit tie hope. Birmingham Memphis and Chattanooga seem to be the only clubs at the present time in the hunt for the bunting.
 Hart and Fltzsimmons are not as strong for rainy baseball as our erstwhile friend Win" Kellum.
 Some days ago, as is remembered, kel- lum forced the Barons and Turtles to play in a downpour Yesterday afternoon Hart stopped a game in respect to a sprinkle.
 Maury Kent lost a heartbreaking game to Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon. He had lead of one run until the ninth, In that round Artie Phelan, who was a teammate of Rents last season, tripled with two on. | Nashville reports tomorrow. Manager Schwartz, "Rowdy" Elliott, Earl Fle- harty and a few other notabes will be along.
 The Barons are scheduled to play Sun day game in Nashville, but will not make the trip.
 As is known, the Nashville club has been enioined from playing baseball in Tennessee. Therefore it is certain that President Kavanaugh will not force the Barons to report at Sulphur Dell. The Ad club is going to Dallas to work for Birmingham. Work for Birmingham is work for you. Go to the game this aft enoon and swell the crowd. The club will get a certain percentage of the re- ceipts.
 Ty Cobb beat a spectator in Gotham yesterday. Another white hope" is the Georgia pomegranite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
BOOST FOR THE POOR UMPS

is the result? The games have been played faster, because so much time is not taken up with cussing the umps, and the Southeastern league Is coming out of the bushes and Rome fans and other fans around the circuit are seeing a higher class of ball than last year and this is a result of the strict rulings of the umpires this year.
 Chestnut is off some time on plays and some times on strikes and balls. Every umpire Is off some times. The fan who kicks will be the first to say that every person cannot see the play the same way. If you were to take into consideration how many decisions an umpires does do right and then compare them with those done wrong the average would be about .999.
 There are umpires and umpires, but those in the Southeastern this year are better than ever before. None of them can be run over and all of them are reasonably right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Cobb Fights Spectator

New York, May 15.-Resenting an op-
 probrious epithet directed at him by a spectator during the fourth inning of
 today's game, Ty Cobb leaped into the
 grandstand and administered first class
 beating to the man who had made the remark. He immediately was put out of the game and Perry, who took Cobb place, struck out for the third out with the bases full in the fourth inning.
 Detroit did not need more runs, how ever. as New York was defeated to I,
 making it three out of four for the visi- tors. Warhop was knocked out of the box in the fifth inning. Willet was wild and hit hard but good fielding. Eartic-
 ularly by Bush, helped him over num- erous dangerous places. Score: R.H k. Detroit .................. 120 030 002--S F , New York ............. 110 200 0o0--1 . Batteries: Wilet and Stanage; War hop, Hoff and Williams. Time, :55. Um- pires Westervelt and O'Loughlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
Emperor Williams Third Son

From 1S CIT de PdflS.
 Prince Adalbert third son of Kaiser William, is an officer in the German navy. He Is 2S years old and is not yet married. To the despair of his father and mother he insists upon remaining a bachelor. The truth Is that he is crazed with love of q pretty actress, Mile. Paula Frieden, whom he has in stalled in villa at Kiel.
 Some time ago there was given at Kiel. at the residence of. the prince. a costume ball. The beautiful Paula was present. All at once William II ap- peared in the room. He had come ex press from Berlin and was in costume ot the grand elector of Brandenburg. He showed his dissatisfaction by frown- ing horribly.
 This made great noise in the navy but the rupture the Emperor expected to produce did not come He then de- cided to send the obstinate prince to New York. where the nieces of Uncle Sam await him with secret hope. In this was to be explained this journey to which has been given diplomatic significance.
 It was the princess little friend who revealed the secret
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
Cotton States League
STANDING
BALENTPS TROUBLE

Chattanooga, May 15.-(SpeciaI.)- If Mike Balenti, the Lookout's short
 stop, hit from the port side of the plate he would have any man in the league beat in getting down to first When it comes to mere question of speed the Indian is undoubtedly the fastest man in the league, but the dis advantage of starting from the right hand side of the pan places him under a great handicap.
 Now, Balenti can hit from the lef, side and hit as well as from the right but for some inexplicable reason he
 can't dodge the ball. Balenti cannot ex. plain the fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
SENTELL'S JOKE

Chattanooga, May 15.-(SpeciaL)- Paul Sentell still retains his title as the premier jokester of the Southern league. One that the peppery one pulled recently at Andrews field is worthy of reproduction.
 Birmingham was opposing Chatta- nooga and More was hurling for the locals. Now. Forest is an extremist he is either real good or real bad that afternoon the latter condition was the case. The local support finally with cred behind Forest. so hard were the Barons meeting his fast ones, and ev- erything was perpetuated from a wild pitch to a theft of first base. The Lookouts in other words were in the air.
 It happened that Robert Fowler. the coast to-coast aviator, was watching the game from a box near the play CTS bench. Sentell, who had seen Fow- Ter make a flight in the morning. rec ognized him. Assuming a supplicating air in front of the air pilot Sentell pleaded: For goodness sake. won't you go up and get our team" The stands fell good and strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16

The papers of the Southeastern circuit are saying many kind things of the um- pires, Chestnut, Lauzon and Williams The following from the Rome Daily Press is especially complimentary
 Scott Chestnut, umpire. While he has been cussed and discussed to a consider able extent, he is in order to be the re- ceiying committee of small bouquet Whatever fault he may have his work is making the teams play ball, better and faster ball. The difference between Scott and the other umplres that have been fin this league heretofore Is that the new conner sticks to the rules of the baseball association. It is absolutely discretionary with him If he allows a man to stay in the game when he has either by action or word objected to a decision of the umpire" Scott does not enforce this rule strictly but he does enforce 1t more than umpires have been used to doing. What
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-16
AID CLUB WILL SUPERVISE
 "BIG BILL" THIS AFTERNOON

sters are referred to. On the other hand Atkins says he will pull the victory strings for Atlanta. These two will pitch the first game.
 With good weather a record breaking crowd will be out in all the gay feathers Of fandom to witness the double header Today will be the first time this season that a rain check has been worth any thing.
 The Birmingham Baseball association will donate liberal percentage of the days proceeds to the Birmingham Ad club to help defray the expenses Of the clubs eight delegates to the Dallas con vention of the Associated Ad Clubs of America.
 Following the grldiron dinner at the Hillman hotel Friday night in honor of the Atlanta Ad club the Birmingham Ad club party will set sail for Memphis over the Frisco lines From Memphis the special train will be operated over the Cotton Belt route to Dallas.