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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
THE END.
Chanaina Money.

How many times can a coin be
changed? That was the sober mathe-
natical topic Of a lecture recently de-
'ivered before the Mathematical soci-
ETY. Of Ulm by Professor Sauter. The
figures which he gave proved that his
contention was correct-that few peo-
pie know the change possibilities. He
showed that q two pfennig piece could,
Of course. be changed but once and q
Eve pfennig piece only three times and
4 ten pfennig only FIVE times. The rise
begins with the twenty-five pfennig
coin. which can be changed sixty-four
times; the fifty pfennig piece 400 times
and mark-100 pfennigs-3.953 times.
The big figures come with the two mark
piece, or note, which can be changed
1884 times; the three mark note 3Ol,-
$50 times and five marks 5,229.22l
times. "From this point the figures
grow to almost impossible proper
tions." said the lecturer. "a twenty
mark piece can be divided or changed
n 33.23O.24s.752 ways. Allowing thir-
ty seconds for each change operation,
it would require 1875 days 2 hours II
minutes to make all the changes for
three mark piece, and to change and
rechange as many times as possible u
ten mark piece and its fractions one
would have to live 31,611 years."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13

I me when you think I'm not noticing
md when all the time I'm wondering
when you had your last square meal
because Of the hungry look in your
| eyes. and make eyes at my revolver
belt hanging on nail. and fight duels
about me. and all the rest-and-and
now. when say I'll marry you, you do
Yourself the honor Of refusing me-"
"You can't make me any more fidic.
ulous than I feel" he answered. rub
bling the lump on his forehead re-
1ectiyely. And If this Is the accepted
romantic program Il duel over girl
and the girl rushing into the arms OF
the winner-why. | shall not make a
bigger ass Of myself by going In for
It,"
~ thought you'd jump at it." she
confessed, with naivete he could
not but question. for lie thought he
saw q roguish gleam in her eyes.
MY conception of love must differ
from yours. then" he said. II should
want woman to marry me for love
Of me and not out Of romantic ad-
miratiOn because was lucky enough
to drill hole in a mans shoulder
with smokeless powder. l tell you l
am disgusted with this adventure
tomfoOlery and rot. ! don't like 1t.
Tudor is a sample Of the adventure
kind-picking quarrel with me and
behaving like a monkey. insisting on
fighting with me-!to the DEATH he
said. 1t was like a penny dreadful"
She was biting her lip, and, though
her eyes were cool and level looking
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
MARRIED MISERY.
Indifference Plays Havoc With Happi'
..s. lr $hs Hama

Indifference Plays Havoc With Happ''
ness In the Homo.
The foe OF married happiness Is In
attention. The real wrong to the wife
the real failure Of the husband, Is
when he becomes unconscious Of what
she Is doing for him and what she Is
in herself. At first her ministries and
her affection are delightful to him
Then perhaps they become thing o'
course-received. enjoyed In fashion
but hardly thought of. And some
times, though not so frequently. the
wife becomes unthoughtful Of her hus
band.
Perhaps into most marriages there
creeps on one side or on both some
thing of this Indifference. Husband
and wife live together in the chiefly
external relation. He is the breadwin
ner: she Is the housekeeper. They ac
cept each others good qualities as mer
wear easy fitting clothes, without no
tlcing. They put up with each others
defects as with a smoky chimney Oh
any other annoyance.
They would confess to no alienation
They have only got used to each other
It Is the same getting used" that robs
life of its brightness; that makes u
blind to the stars and the clouds and
the bright procession Of the day and
year. because we have seen them 81
often; that keeps us mostly in numb
half alive state, from which only occa
sionally are we reused to feel that W.
are living In divine universe and art
ourselves divine.-George s. Merriam
In "The Man of Today"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Tho Largest Flower.

This worlds largest flower Is said TO
be the raf!iesia. Il native OF Sumaira.
so called after Sir Stamford Rafiies.
This immense plant Is composed or
five round petals Of n brickish color
each measuring foot across. These
are covered with numerous Irregular
yellowish white swellings. The petals
,urround cup nearly foot wide. the
margin Of which bears the stamens.
H'he cup OF the raffiesia Is filled with
feshy disk, the upper surface OK
which Is covered with projections Ike
miniature cows horns. The cup when
free from Its contents will hold about
twelve pints. The flower weighs
about fifteen pounds and is very thick,
the petals three-quarters Of an inch.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
4 Ghost Test,

When you think you see ghost,
how can you tell whether 1t really Is
a ghost or not? A writer gives the
following scientific method: I'VE as
sumo that Il person sees an apparition.
1t may be Objective. e., having ex-
istence outside the observers mind-or
merely q creature Of a disordered
brain, subjective. The seer. while look
ing ut the vision with both his eyes,
gently depresses one eyeball with his
forefinger from outside the top eyelid.
so causing o squint. If objective.
whether bogus or not, two outlines OF
the ghost will be seen, but one. OF
course, II 1t be subjective. One may
prove this by trial any time with any
object, near or far. / mention this be.
cause of the many nervous and brain
wearied people who see spooks and to
whom it would be better that they
should know that the trouble Is with
In themselves and so seek a capable
doctor than continue to be haunted, as
they believe. by the supernatural"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Retort Of q eonaparte.

The former king Of Westphalia, o
man of wit. was one day examining nm
inkstand upon the table Of some one
we know. The writer, at whose house
Jerome Bonaparte was at that mo-
ment, had brought back from trip TO
the Alps, made In company with
Charles Nodier, some years before. q
bit Of steatitic serpentine. carved ana
followed into an inkstand, which ne
had purchased of chamois hunter OF
the mer de glace. Jerome Bonaparte
was looking at this.
"What is it," he asked.
"My inkstand." replied the writer.
Then he added: "It Is steatite. Ad-
mire nature, who makes this charming
green stone out Of little dirt and
oxide"
81 admire much more the men" re-
sponded Jerome Bonaparte. VINO
make an Inkstand out Of this stone
For a brother Of Napoleon this was
not a bad reply, aud he should be
credited with It. for the inkstand Is 10
destroy the sword.-victor Hugo.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Good Garden Soil.

l am often asked what do you mean
when you say "Use good garden sol"
What is and what is not good garden
soil 10 q question of moisture compost.
tion, air and position. Yes, and several
other things.
First, good soil-garden soil-must
have drainage. Moisture Is necessity,
but water must not stand in the soil.
1t is . general principle of physics
''that no two forms OF matter can occupy
the same space at the same time" 50
standing water 10 q dog-in-the-manger.
Keep 1t out. Provide moisture by cap
Hilary attraction, and prevent its escape
to the air by breaking the crusty
nature of the soil to the depth You wish
tho capillary attraction pump" to cease
working.
Second, the soil must have air. Not
80 much as to dry the moisture, but
enough to feed the roots with such ele-
ments found in the air az 1t must have to
thrive. All plants live largely on the
carbon found In the air-through the
leaf and through the root. And / believe
today that air is OF more consequence to
the roots Of plants than to many other
of their parts above ground.
Third, the nature OF the rock from
which the soil was formed largely con.
trols it's composition. A sandy soil
will leach, and ones efforts must be to
stiffen or thicken such soil for most
garden purposes. Green manure OF q
vegetable nature must be lavIshly pro.
vided, as we'll a. animal manure. The
fine particles OF rock called sand must be
made moro "clinging'' until q handful
when pressed will slowly crumble on
being released. A olayey soil, II stiff, We
try to make more like sand. The clay IL
90 adhesive that there is not that abun
dance of small spaces to contain the all
necessary. The elementary foods may
be more abundant In the clay than IN the
sand, but the air was lacking. A II
sandy soil, our test, pressing handful
to notice how 1t crumbles, must be aP
piled. ,e
Fourth, all the soil to the depth OF !,
to IS inches must be mellow, finely pul
verized. All hard clods must be crushed
There It 10 again-air. The air mus,
circulate. Good garden soil must b'
aerated. All the commercial fertilizer'
you can buy will not do the work alone
"Humus and perfect aeration" Is key
note.-A. O. A. In Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Curious Names.

Curious Christian names are occa-
sionally to be encountered among the
gypsies. Mrs. Brightwen, the natural
ist, tells in her autobiography OF a
gypsy woman she once met named
Trinity Smith, who had II family OF
daughters named respectively Levise,
Centina, Cinnaminti, Cinderella and
Siberenia. "These were rather out OF
the way Names" writes Mrs. Bright
wen, "but l was still more puzzled as
to what could be the origin OF a little
girl being called Leviathan. l asked
the father one day how he came to
give his child such name. His reply
was: Well. ye see, it were the name
of the big ship (the Great Eastern was
first called the Leviathan), and !
thought. It was a pretty name and
would name my next boy after It; but,
however, it coined gal. and l thougnt
It didn't matter, 30 she were named
So Pail Mall Gazette.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13

It was about time. I began to think
you were never going to bring up the
subject again. And now that have
offered myself you haven't even ac-
cepted"
With both hands on her shoulders he
held her at arms length from him and
looked long into $50. no longer
cool, but seeming! .,,s::ded with a
golden flush. The lids drooped and
yet bravely did hot druop as she re-
turned his gaze. Then lie fondly and
solemnly drew her to him.
"And how about that hearth and
saddle Of your own!" he asked a mo-
ment later.
II we'll nigh won to them. The
grass house is my hearth and the
Martha my saddle, and-and look at
all the trees I've planted. to say moth.
ing of the sweet corn. And It's all
your fault anyway. might never
have loved you If you hadn't put the
idea into my head"
"There's the Nongasela coming in
around the point with her boats opt."
Sheldon remarked irrelevantly. "And
the commissioner is on board. He's
going down to San Cristobal to inves.
tigate that missionary killing. We're
in luck, must say"
T don't see where the luck comes
in" she said dolefully. 1--WE ought to
have this evening all to ourselves just
to talk things over. I've thousand
questions to ask you.
"And it wouldn't have been man
talk either" she added.
But my plan is better than that"
He debated with himself a moment.
"You see. the commissioner Is the one
Official in the islands who can give us
a license. And-there's the luck Of it
DR.. Welshmere Is here to perform the
ceremony. Well get married this
evening"
Joan recOiled from him in panic,
tearing herself from his arms and go
ing backward several steps. He could
see that she was really frightened.
I'll thought she stammered.
Then slowly the change came over
her, and the blood flooded into her
face in the same amazing blush he
had seen once before that day. Her
cool, level looking eyes were no longer
level looking nor cool, but warmly
dropping and just unable 70 meet his,
as she came toward him and nestled
in the circle of his arms, saying softly,
almost in a whisper:
II am ready. Dave"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Couldn't Get Out Of the Rut.

There's powerful big lesson In the
going down Of 80 many Of the acre or
cbards set for the Gregory prize In 1910.
One man neglected to protect his trees
from mice by using wire cloth, and lost
every one; another set In the pasture
and the cattle and sheep browsed them
to slim twigs; still another set in grass
and left them 10 struggle for an exist
enos, to fight tho battle with witehgrass!
etc., and each one blamea bis luck, mol
himself.
The opportunity to~do big things to'
apple culture In Maine, - we'll a Tor the
individual growers, did not prove sufh
ciently attractive TO draw away from old
time. easy.going practices. With like
object lessons staring 10 In the face
whichever way We turn, It b easy to SOC
that there 10 little danger Of the industry
being overdone. Population ID increas
| iug faster than applss.-Dr. Twitchell IL
Maine Farmer. -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Scout Has Fouqht Indians.

Captain Charles l.. Won Berg pracu-
cal guide and hunter Of the Rockies,
has received scout masters certih'
cate and has taken active charge OF
troop of Boy Scouts Of America In
Fayetteville. Ark.
Captain Won Berg. who is seventy
five years old, has been a real scout,
having fought against the Sioux In the
west and having served under many
famous generals and Indian fighters.
He has hunted in many parts OF the
Rockies and has served as guide for
armies, hunting and trapping expedi'
tiOns.
His wide experience and his innu-
merable stories of life In the woods
have endeared him to the boys OF
Fayetteville. When they organized
troop Of boy scouts they insisted On
having Captain Won Berg as their
scout master.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13

IT THINK I DO LOVE YOU, DAvE-oH,
DAyE!"
as ever, the telltale angry red was In
her cheeks.
"Of course If you don't want to
marry me-
"But / d." he hastily interposed.
"Oh, you do"-
But don't you see, little girl. j want
you to love me-" he hurried on; 10Th
erwise It would be only half q mar
rage. l don't want you to marry Inc
simply because by 50 doing stop Is
put to the beach gossip. nor do l want
you to marry me out Of some foolish
| romantic notion. shouldn't want
you-that way"
"Oh, in that case," she said, with
assumed deliberateness, and he could
have sworn to the roguish gleam-ln
that case. since you are willing to
consider my offer, let me make rev
remarks. In the first place you need
not sneer at adventure when you are
living it yourself. and you were GER
tainly living 1t when l found you first,
down with fever on a lonely planta-
ton with couple Of hundred Wild
cannibals thirsting for your life.
Then l came along
"And what with your arriving In q
gale" he broke In. fresh from the
wreck of your schooner. landing on
the beach in Il whalebOat full Of pic
turesuue Tahitian sailors and march
ing into the bungalow with Baden
Powell on your head. sea boots on your
feet and whacking big Colts dan
Cling on your hip-why. am only too
ready to admit that you were the
uuintessence of adventure"
VERY good" she cried exultantly.
Its mere simple arithmetic-the add
ing of your adventure aud my ad-
venture together. SO that's settled,
and you needn't jeer at adventure any
more Next I don't think there was
anything romantic In Tudor's attempt
ing to kiss me nor anything like ad-
venture in this absurd duel. But
do think now that 1t was romantic
for you to fall In love with me. And
finally, and 1t is adding romance to ro-
nance, ! think--l think do love you.
Dave-oh. Dave.
The last was a signing dove cry as
he caught her up in bis arms ana
pressed her to him. co.
"But l don't love you because you
played the fool today" she whisper
ed on his shoulder. "White men
shouldn't 30 around killing each 9TH
err"
Then why do you love meT he
questioned. enthralled after the man
ner of all lovers In the everlasting
query that forever has remained un-
answered.
81 don't know-just because l do. I
guess. And that's all the satisfaction
/ you gave me when we had that man
talk. q But ] have been loving you for
weeks-during all the time you have
been 80 deliciously and unobtrusively
Jealous of Tudor"
"Yes, yes. 60 on" he urged breath
lessly when she paused.
"I wondered when you'd break out.
and because you didn't loved you all
the more. You were like dad and
Won. You could hold yourself In
check. You didn't make a fool Of
yourself"
aNot until today" be suggested.
Eyes, and loved you for that too.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Group Ends Life.
MANY CHILDREN DIE OF GROUP EVERY
YEAR BEFORE A DOCTOR CAN
BE sUMhONED.

Parents of children should be pre-
pared at all times for q spasm of Group,
Keep In the house q remedy that will
give instant relief and keep the child
from choking until the arrival Of the
physician.
Get so cent bottle of HYOMEI today
and in case of an attack of Group pour
20 drops into kitchen bowl of boiling
water. Hold the child's head over the
bowl so that it can breathe the soothing,
penetrating vapor that arises. In the
meantime send for physician.
This treatment has saved the lives OF
many children and is precaution that
all parents should promptly take.
HYOMEI is sold by Chss. Il. Ho ward
Co. and druggists everywhere s'-d ID
guaranteed for Group, catarrh, asthma
and bronchitis,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Kate and Kite,

An English clergyman visiting this
country was discussing the English &C
cent.
"our worst accept" he said. us the
cockney one-the one that turns, you
know, make haste into mike 1ste,
and so Oh.
81 once engaged two maidservants
One was a Devonian, the other a cock
ney. They were both named Catherine
but that fact caused no confusion IN
nv household. I simply called the
Devon girl Kate and the cockney Kite
md they always knew whom was I'D
iressing."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13

What Is there way In the woods down
there?
Maybe lion maybe n bear.
Stalking so stealthily out Of lair.
Maybe the fairies are weaving ring.
HarkI Hear the notes of their orchestra
ring.
Bumblebee, cricket and bird on the wing.
P'r'aps there are Indians lurking about.
You be the captive. and I'll be scout.
Don't you dare move until you hear mo
shout.
Deep are the thlckets. and tall are the
trees.
Waving so greenly In every breeze.
Ho for adventures in Wild woods Ike
these!
Youths Companion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13

to your majesty" Each separate COM
mand then demonstrated its special
aptitudes. To the accompaniment OF
their own bands they went through
drills and gymnastic exercises. The
Tashkent battalion produced some ex-
cellent fencers. The Odessa contingent,
thousand strong, showed admirable
training. There was football team.
which kicked the ball among the I'M
perial suit. much to the cars amuse-
ment, and small firemen climbed dum-
my houses. The march past OF the
5000 boys lasted forty minutes. One
little drummer was five years old. A
tiny brigade had a tiny ambulance
drawn by donkey. The czar, who was
huscly delighted. thanked each de-
tachment and after the review ex-
pressed his gratitude to the officers
and tie sclOolmasters.
The movement Is growing rapidly.
Russia will soon have 100000 boy sol
diers.-LOndOn Times.
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I'll. raneh caurtsous.

;T want to see you tomorrow after
noon at 8 o'clock on something impor-
tant."
"What do you want to see me then
for"
"I want to pay you the S. am going
to touch you for now" New York
American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Ban Lindsey q Scout Enthusiast.


Judge Ben Lindsey Of Denver Is
greatly interested IN the boy scout
movement and is helping to make 1t
success in Colorado. He welcomes 1t
as promising aid In his work OF saw
Ing the boys from the temptations and
dangers Of city life.
As Judge Lindsey has for years
fought the special interests in Colorado
wherever they have sought to corrupt
the legislatures and encroach upon the
rights Of the people, he would certain
~ protest II the boy scout movement
was getting under the control OF the
sinister elements which would rejoice
to see militarism and other undemo-
cratic Influences win In America.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
BOY SCOUTS
OF AMERICA.
Boy Scouts In Russia.

The review OF the boy scouts by the
,zar at st. Petersburg was delight
full spectacle. The vast expanse Of
The Mars field was checkered by the
;carlet, green, white and khaki uni
')rms Of the tiny warriors, whose evo-
ntions were watched with delight by
immense crowds. The bright sun
.hine was tempered by n breeze.
AS the emperor and his suit rode
'lown the lines, greeting each detach-
nent. the boys answered in Russian.
;o.dier fashion, I'VE wish good health
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Saw q Risk.

Clerk-l'm afraid can't let you let
you have that drug. sir. Customer
Why not? DO look like a man who
would kill himself1 Clerk-Well. !
wouldn't 60 so far as to say that. sir;
but II l looked like you should be
tempted. - Washington Star.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Nohla Ihouahte.

If instead 6f a gem or even a flower
we would cast the gift Of a lovely
thought into the heart Of friend that
would be giving as the angels give
George Macdonald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13

You can tell . laying hen - far q you
can eco her. Her comb u always bright
/ and healthy looking.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
w... ev.,v Woman Knoyvs.

A woman always knows when man
Is 10 love with her. A man oiten
knows a woman II In love with him
when she isn't.-Iife.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Eastern Steamship Company,

Between Portland and Boston.
Fare enc way sI.ao. Round Trip s3.OO
Steamships BAY STATE and RAN
som B. FULLER leave Franklin Wharf,
Portland, week days ct . p. N. Sundays
SP. NJ.
Day trips to Boston, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, TAN.
RotS1Tn1aG
Leave Central Wharf, Boston, daily
att 7P.M.
Day trips to Portland, leave India
wharf Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
sA.M.
Through tickets on sale at principal
railroad stations.
J.F LISCOAB, General Agent.
Portland, Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
Do Your Cows Pay7

TO FIND OUT ONE MUST KNOW THE COST
OF PRODUCTION AS WELL AS THE
YIELD.
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Adventure
A Romance of
The South Seas
BY
JACK LONDON

Copyright. 1910. BY Street & Smith
Copyrisht. 1911. BY The MAcmillaa coapaas
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLow.

Correspondence on practical Agricultural topics
ID solicited. Address all communications IN
tended for this department 70 HENRY ID
ocrat. Paris, Me.
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CATARRH

Taste and Smell. Full size 80 cts. at Drug
gis,s or by mail. In liquid form, 70 cents.
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren Street, New York.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-02-13
A Reliable
Remedy
Ely's Cream Balm

~ deissif s1sospeo.
Gives Relief al Once.
1t eleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brans resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
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rATHEN Sheldon emerged from
NV among the trees he found
" Joan waiting at the com.
pound gate, and he could