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La Junta tribune., 1913-07-05
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Vves~ SOy O'' WV
Harold w~sth~rby. formerly Of shA
city. vas the gu~st cs honor at .
PARTY given In the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eianor Oolay IN indianapolis.
o. Tuesday eveniae Of last week.
Mr. weasAerby has bsea employed
- . teacher In indianapolis since
hs iefs here one year aso. u. has
resigned bic pasition In the Indiana
capital and leaves within Q fev
1ays for Moateomsry. Alabama. whers
~ wili tsarA during the coming
ysaF. FRIENDS In shis city Will
lesbtjess ~ pleased 10 learn os
~. weatAsrby's eood fortune IN o..
essins . lucsasive position In Aiaba.
0a.-Rocky rosd Tribune.
~. wsasAesty h . Ia Junta boy
- . Gfalnate Of our hisA srAool.
~ = . tsecAes Il manual traiains.
- sss0s = ~ peosrsasiss wisA
90 s1sssl1Ag ysas h Ah eAsssa
La Junta tribune., 1913-07-05

Frank spiccr Ia becoming quite an
adept as u chaffeur. bnl has not
as ye, learned all the tricks of tn"
trade. Las; Sunday aftprnoon he
sas out In the suburbs for . quiet
spin when his machln. came IN q
full stop. After fow minutes of
NOR. or less anxious inyestixation
h. found ,hn' h. was out ~ water.
There happened to b. farm house
not far away and IN. deficiency was
.oon supplied. II. started up again
and the machine ran along as peare-
fully a. = painted shin upon q paint.
I'd occan-foY about half a mfle. whea
|, stopped again. and II looked -
though II wasn't going 10 make any
more progress than n painted sAip
upon . painted ocean. II iookel real
serious this time. A. Frank ionke1 ~.
"ry'hinE over and found cveSytAtng
o. x. A. last resort h. Aee31el
to take . p~cp into the xasoiins tAsk.
and Eur~ha. the world Va. M eaee
more-the gasoline tank was snety.
and Of course the machine voui1n't
run. He WALKED = mile or tQs 10
. farm hous~ and '~icphoneA y .
saras~ 10 s~nd him out a sup0ey q
saso'ine. When tho rs.oiine )u1ee
arrived he Was all rirhi ara)s aa1
reaAv for smother spin over the eew~.
Try h'vhwavs. II only ons, hin o3.'s
IN secufe the supply of asollUe-e3
for the ronnd trip from the angoae.
and - cents for gasoline. ~ \
WA worth h--~oasiAsr4ns me tn11'
sssea rraak Aas NOV phcsl 4 -
e. % sasssine tat. Lest W ~
La Junta tribune., 1913-07-05

4, was a hot summer day, ], VAS
also dusty. One hundred and ff'y
men were riding from town To town
IN Central Kansas. In autos. on =
trade extension tour. They w"f"
Kansas m.n-merchants. lawyers. DOE
sors, editors. clerks. mechanics, bank
~, farmers. From time TO time
sAey stopped ., thirteen towns dur
sas the Aay's run. No one m 'he
crowd spoAe of beef No one ma"
aay bs-r. No ono ., the sh'r'"~"
4svns eefsred anyone any beer, AZ
most oe the towns there were great.
den. sso~e jass q sesd lemonade on
ne ssdewalks VIII bsteAt tin cups
hanging fron the nm. snl . ssgn
-. "Wescems. Dapeetaaa" nsrs
~ - vAisksy. bsss ~ VIE n
- sssv1. NJ - aisesl Il ~
- s0sas q \ ~ 49, -.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
The Question of PaIatablllty.

When you note how some farmers cut
their hay when overripe and cure 1t care.
lessly, without any particular reference
as to the digestive value and palatabil-
ity, you may know at once that those
farmers are mile wide of the mark in
their understanding of the art of pro-
duciug the most profitable forage fol
their cows. Then again when you con-
slider how important II is for the COW to
have her feed in condition most easily
digested; how important it is that she
relish her feed sagerley II she 10 to give
milk profitably and note how little re-
gard farmers pay to these facts in curing
their roughage, you wonder really that
their cows do as we'll az they do. This
matter of putting up hay SO as to be
relished by the cow and as consequence
produce the most milk is far away
proposition with many farmers. What
they are after is to cut 1t when it !,
woody and overripe so 1t will give less
trouble to cure and hike into the barn
they where can flstter themselves, the
cows will make good use of 1t.
You see they do all this without ever
thinking or consulting the cow. They
might learn better II they would 60 into
the June grass pasture and note how the
cows refuse to Craze where the grass Ii
overripe, keeping certain portions eater
down to the roots. All this the farmer
sees but beeds not. He can't afford tt
buy hay caps to keep his clover and al
falfa sweet and palatable for his cow
but he can afford TO lay before them
next winter a lot of half spoiled hay. i
the cows could talk, how they would
haul some Of US over the coals.-Hoard'i
Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02

Keep the cream separator perfectly
clean. Undesirable germs multiply
very rapidly in the dirt and milk dregs
that remain after the separation of .
mess Of milk.
Don't turn horses to straw stack and
expect them to get q living, keep in con-
dition, and with certainty escape i'm
FACTION of the bowels.
Don't drive ovsrheated horses through
a stream of cold water, and by no means
allow them to drink while they are in
this condition.
Don't administer any drug to an ami
NAL until you are familiar with it's ac-
ton, and exact condition of your pa
tiept.
Don't administer medicine to the
horse, or any other animal, through the
nose, nature never intended that way.
Don't feed large quantity of hay to q
horse that is afflicted with heaves.
Don't feed wheat or barley to horses
when oats or corn are vailsble.
Don't feed your horses when they are
very tired, especially grain.
Dom fail to have your horses teeth
examined once year.
Don't administer medicine on the
''gun shot" plan.
Don't water horse soon after feeding
him grain.
Don't keep idle horses on full feed Of
grain.
Don't change grain ration abruptly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
Tho Australian Appetite.

An Australian paper gives some sur
prising statistics Of what the average
Australian eats. Apparently he has
the best appetite, If not the best diges-
ton. of any human being on the plan
ct. He eats every year 264 pounds OF
meat. which works out at an average
of two sheep and one-fifth OF bull
lock for every man. woman and baby
In Australasia. He eats more than
twice as much meat as the average
Engllshman, three times as much as
the average Frenchman and four times
as much as the average German or
Swiss. He eats, in addition. about
three and three-quarters hundred
weight Of wheat, two and half hun
dredweIght Of potatoes and almost one
hundredweight Of sugar. IL he Is
Tasmanian he eats a quarter OF ton
Of potatoes in year.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
DIGNITY of Senatorial Visiting.

There is something impressive In the
way one senator generally calls on an
,ther In the Office building at Washing
Ton. A repressive dignity precludes the
sid time free and easy method Of drop
ping in to see Tom" or Jim or Jack
kicking in the door and sitting down
On the table or desk and smoking up"
without invitation. Today there Is 4
,edate step. measured and regular, as
the senator sets out to call, with a
manner and bearing that at once sug'
gest senatorial dignity and courtesy.
Such beaing and dignity must per-
force take the place Of the impressive
senatorial toga of the old days. and a
visiting dramatist "a lady, to be sure)
has suggested that it would be most
fascinating to come to the senate on
Iome holiday and find the distinguish
ed gentlemen who now wear tweed
and business suits attired In the Cae-
sarian toga and mantle-a mise en-
scene that would leave Shakepeare's
Julius Caesar at its best presentation
hopelessly in the background. - Joe
Mitchell Chapple in National Maya
zine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
The Moth and the Candle.

It Is not because the moth Is nght-
hearted. needless and utterly frivolous,
as we have always been told. that II
plunges headlong into the tame, but
because Of the way that its body Is
constructed, says Kaempffert, the well
known student Of physical science.
There are two symmetrical points, ex-
actly alike chemically, on the moths
body-namely. its eyes. II the rays or
light modify the chemical conditions
Of one side more than the other then
the moths power Of movement Is ar
tected. There is stronger muscular
tension on one side than on the other.
and the moth Is forced to move toward
the source Of light. If, however, one
Of the eyes is removed the chemical
symmetery is destroyed and instead
Of plunging into the flame 1t moves
about In circle. There are other anil
mails and insects besides the moth
which are hopelessly in the grip OF
light If snail Is placed between
white wall and black wall the un-
equal lighting forces 1t to crawl In
circle.-Chicago Tribune.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
Tba Symbolic key,

Art, music and poetry have In all
ages been considered the polite arts.
but what Is art without the proper
portrayal Of the dress Of the age that
It seeks to represent? What is music
that does not bring inspiration from
The masters Of the past who were
e Gs,cS :. in the power to give lis
~ cssS Of men and ideals Of whom
the only lasting impression can he
gained by the form our iniginations
give to them? And our imagnatiCHs
clothe them in robes In which their
creators sent them out on their errands
Of giving the world higher ideals. Then
what is poetry but thought clothed in
words? No matter from what side
Viewed, the figure Of speech Of cloth
ing is the symbolic key that gives en-
trance to these higher realms. and
therefore why should not clothes them
selves touch the hem Of the garments
Of the arts, with which they are so
closely In touch ?-American Tailor and
Cuttpr
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
AIong Time Learning.

Mr.. Will Forbes of the u. S. Dept. OF
Agriculture says in regard TO the forms-
ton of COW testing associations that:
"Men had been dairying for nearly
two thousand years before the birth of
Christ Genesis 1881 and have been
dairying now for nearly two thousand
wears since His birth. In other words,
for four thousand years nations and men
have been engaged in the industry OF
dairying, yet 1t was only eighteen years
ago that the first COW testing ASSOCIATE on
was organized"
What is there about farming that
should make such wonderful non-con
ductors of the minds Of very many who
follow il? The above statement OF Mr..
Forbes was made in recent address to
the Nebraska dairyme and in the same
connection he related the following Incl
dent which We believe has found place
In these columns before, but will beai
telling again:
Professor Fraser was giving the re-
suits of testing some 554 cows in thirty
nine herds in Illinois. he began with q
chart showing a mans herd who lived
but short distance from Chicago. The
first fifteen cows of this herd shown OF
the chart were, according to bis figures
kept at an actual loss when the value o.
the cows product was compared will
the cost Of their feed. Then he came Il
cow No. l6 that made Sill profit To-
the wear above the cost of feed. An ole
farmer who had listened very CAREFUL!
TO the explanation of these figures
Jumped to bis feet and fairly shoutet
ont that he didn't believe that q farme
was such fool as to keep such poo
cows, and said that since the owner oi
that herd was within but short dis
tapce Of Chicago, he wanted to know !
ha was in the audience? Professor Fra
ser stroked his Van Dyke beard ane
said: "No, he is not here this after
noon. He's too busy milking to atten'
a meeting like this. You see, that maj
has to milk that COW over two weeks o
more than thirty times to make nicke
five cents). OF course he's not here
has too busy milking. and perhaps
MANY of our fellow dairymen are
home today too busy milking that KIM
of cows to be here"
IA slx al we may keep II, there 10
vhols lot in tha, idea of Professor Fra
ssr's. As four cylinder hindrance an
handicap to the progress Of aoy farmer
there is nothing that can beat q poo
cov But that 10 not the worst OF II
Thsrs Ia no other affection and attach
nant known on earth, not even the lov
Iof man for woman, that can equal "a
clingipg adhsrsnce OF some farmers :
their poor and proatless COWS. Hoard
Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
The Worlds Gypsies.

The gypsies have passed under a va
hety Of names. arising either from
heir supposed original country or the
allings and characteristics Of the race.
The old English Egyptian, the Spanish
Gitana and the Magyar Pharas nepek
Pharaoh's people) all point to an
Egyptian origin. The Scandinavian
ratare Identifies them with the Mon
golian hordes which terroriZed early
europe, while the French Bohemian
suggests yet another country rs their
cradle.
AS to the names bestowed by their
supposed character, the Arab boldly
rails them harami "a villain). the
Dutchman heydens, or hcathens. ana
the Persian takes his name from their
complexion and dubs them karachi. or
swarthy. 4 charter Of William the
Lion. as early as the twelfth century.
mentions their Scotch name OF tinklers.
which is commonly supposed to be
corruption Of tinker, although possibly
the substitution of "t' for - has pro-
duced this form OF the Italian zingaro,
one Of the most widespread OF gypsy
appellatons. London Spectator.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02

looking up into his face with an e1
preston l am glad can never forget
It killed all my regrets on the score OF
his future.
II took two good looks to take him
all In and then I must have missed
some of him. for all in all he was 80
large that he stretched your eyes to
behold him. He's grown seven feet
tall, don't know how many pounds
he weighs. and don't want anybody
ever to tell me.
had never thought enough about
evolution to know whether ] believed
IN 1t and woman's suffrage. but dc
now. know that millions Of years
ago a great big distinguished hippo
potamus stepped out Of the woods and
frightened one Of my foremothers sc
that she turned tail and fed through @
thicket that almost tore her limb from
limb right into the arms Of her OWL
mate. That's what did. caught
that blue satin belt together with one
hand and ran through my garden right
over a bed of savage tiger lilies and
dung myself Into John Moore's office
slammed the door and backed up
against 1t.
Hes Gomez I gasped. "And I'm
frightened to death. with nobody but
you to run to. Hide me, quick! Hes
fat, and I hate him" was that
deadly cold you can get when fear
runs into your very marrow and con
geals the blood In your arteries
Quick. quick" painted.
He must have been as pale a. was
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02

up the street from Aunt Bettie's house,
and the Pollard cook was following
them with a large basket in which
were packed the things Aunt Bette
was contributing to the entertainment
Of the distinguished citizen. Mr.. John
son Is Alfred's nearest kinsman In
Hillsboro. and. Of course, he Is to be
their guest while he Is In town.
"He'll be feeding his eyes on Molly,
80 he'll not even know he's eating my
Washington almond pudding with
Thomas old port in it." teased Aunt
Bette. with laugh, as went across
the street with them.
"There's going to be regular cpl
demic Of love In Hillsboro. do be-
lieve," she continued in her usual
strain Of sentimental speculation. II
saw Mr.. Graves talking to Della
Hawes In front Of the store an hour
ago as l came out from looking at the
blue chintz to match Pet for the west
wing. and they were both so absorbed
they didn't even see me. That was
what might have been called confia-
grafton dinner you gave the other
night. Molly. in more ways than one.
wish a spark had set of Benton
Wade and Henrietta too. Maybe 1t
did, but is just taking fire slowly"
think 1t would be good thing just
to let Aunt Bette blindfold every un-
married person in this town and mar
~ them to the first person they touch
hands with. 1t would be fun for her
and then we could have peace and ap-
parently as much happiness as we are
going to have anyway. Mrs. Johnson
seemed to be In somewhat the same
state of mind as found myself
"Humph." she said as we went up
the front steps. "I'll be glad when you
are married and settled, Molly Carter.
so the rest of this town can quiet down
into peace once more, and l sincerely
hope every woman under fifty in Hills
boro who Is already married will stay
in that state until she reaches that
age. But do believe If the law march
ed widows from grave number one to
altar number two they would get into
trouble and fuss along the road. But
come on in. both Of you, and help me
get this marriage feast ready. II l must.
The day is going by on creased wheels.
and l can't let Mr.. Johnson's crotchets
be neglected. Al Bennett or no Al
Bennett!'
And from then on for hours and
hours l was strapped to torture
wheel that turned and turned. minute
after minute, as 1t ground spice and
sugar and bridal meats and me relent-
lessly into a great suffering pulp
Could ever in all my life have hun
gered for food and been able to get 1t
past the lump in my throat that grew
larger with the seconds? And If AL
fred's pudding tasted Of the salt OF
dead sea fruit this evening 1t was from
my surrepttous tears that dripped
into 1t.
1t was late, very late. before Mrs
johnson realized 1t and shooed me
home to get ready to so to the train
along with the brass band and all the
other welcomes.
hurried all l could. but for long
minutes l stood in front Of my mirror
and questioned myself. Could this
slow, pale. dead eyed, slim. dropping
girl be the rollicking child Of Molly
who had looked out of that mirror at
me one short week ago7 Where were
the wings on her heels. the CLINT in her
curls the laugh on her mouth and the
devil In her eyes?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
The possibilities of Betterment.

A wise old farmer friend of ours who
has stayed very close TO the soil all bis
life, vet has seized every better idea he
could get hold of, says this in a recent
letter;
"You would start hundreds more on
the way of better farming if only they
could see how to begin and carry out
the new ideas. You may think i,
strange but tell you that when man
has kept his mind in the old rut all bis
life, It is going to be mighty hard work
TO get him out of it and started on an
other track until he can see farther into
what 1t all means. 1t is fear that keeps
most of US back. We are afraid there is
a trap in the pathway somewhere. We
have but little confidence even IN those
we can see are making money by the
better ideas. There is no pull like the
pull of an old habit. If you could drop
In on the farm of some of these doubt
ing ones some day and stay long enough
To get them faced the right way, they
would 60 on and make their own head
way. But to the plain common farmer,
your advice, though he may half believe
it true, still he cannot see just how he is
going TO get started"
We have no doubt whatever of the
truth of what our friend says. indeed
we know II TO be true. We have seen
whole communities changed over in the
character of the cattle they kept, but II
was done a man at time and by the
power of example and not by precept
But right there lay their great weakness
Let something else come up just as im
portant as the breed of their cows, and
they were powerless to move till some
one among them set the example. They
made no true mental study of principles
Consequently would not know a princi
pie If they met it in the road, unless
neig hbor in whom they had confidence
told them what it was.
That's the effect of the non-reading
state of mind. Just as long as 1t con
tiuues in a mans brain he is mere au
tomaton; can't move unless some ont
touches him and moves him. Such mer
have no power of initiative, the power Il
90 ahead on their own account backeC
by their own stock of knowledge.
Such men never see the possibilities
of betterment. Hope is very weak ant
fear very strong in their makeup. Paul,
the apostle, spoke of the prisoners oi
hope" these men do more, they have
hope imprisoned. How true it is tha
Improvement in farming is a Estate o
mind" Put man in a right state o
mind and you cannot stop him. Lei
him be in wrong state Of mind and yol
cannot start him.-Hoard's Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
Tennyson's Last Hours.

nr. G. II. r. Dabbs was the medi'
cal attendant on Tennyson during the
latter's last illness. A few hours be-
fore the end the poet turned to taa doc
tor and said "Death?' The dot5 r.
merely bowed his head. That's wehS,
said Tennyson. DR.. Dabbs has left on
record q picture OF the concluding
scene. Nothing" he writes, could
have been more striking. . - On the
bed figure Of breathing marble. flood
ed and bathed in the light OF the full
moon streaming through the oriel win
dow: his hand clasping the Shake
speare which he had asked for but re-
Gently and which he had kept by him
to the end; the moonlight. the majes-
tic figure as he lay there, drawing
thicker BREATH irresistibly brought to
our minds his own Passing OF Ar
thur"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
Eoretellino the Weather.

Here are few hints for foretelling
the following days weather: First OF
all, look at the northwest for your
weather. However threatening the
sky may appear. II you see bit OF
blue in the northwest you won't have
steady downpour. At the worst II
will only be showery.
II the day has been very fine and
the blue sky is suddenly specked over
in the evening with little curly clouds
then look out for change Of weather
The longer they take to form the
longer the time before the change
comes about.
A red sun in the early morning Is
bad sign, for there will be wet wealth
er before the next twenty-four hours
are over. Though the sky at sunrise
may be absolutely cloudless, yet If the
eastern horizon is red or orange the
clouds will roll up and rain probably
will fall before nightfall.
Evening red and morning gray.
Two sure signs Of one fine day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-02
Poultry Thrive on Glover.

1t is generally admitted that there is
very little use in raising poultry II green
stuff is not given the hens as well as the
chickens. c. NJ. and Roger Williams of
Somerset county, Me-, have proved by
experience with $50 hens that the best
kind of green stuff for the poultry the
year round is clover and cabbage.
They endeavor to raise several crops
of clover each year. The hens and
chickens are allowed to feed upon the
clover throughout the summer and un-
ill the snow comes. They plan to har-
vest enough clover when not too tall to
have as a winter ration. This is sun
cured and placed in the barn ready to be
put into the yards in the winter for the
hens to feed upon. The hens will in
varisby eat it up clean though it may be
dry.
That this green stuff ration is one OF
the chief things in carrying on the poul-
try business, is shown in the egg record.
The Williams laying hens in five
months beginning with November last
averaged rs, 25, 27, q and 80 eggs in the
spective months.
For dry mash kept before the poul-
try all the time the brothers feed mix
ture of 200 pounds wheat bran, 100
pounds each of cornmeal, gluten, midd-
lings, feed -four and meat meal. This
meat meal is substituted in the summer
by 80 pounds, 10 pounds of charcoal,
two pounds Of salts. Besides this oys-
tor shells are kept before the fowls all
the time. In the winter the water is
changed frequently, keeping the chill
off. Grain is given the poultry twice q
day or two parts whole corn, one part
each of wheat and oats, quarter to
every 25 hens.
These poultry raisers believe that the
pen should be kept free from lice, but
being sprayed with liquid Of two parts
kerosene and one part carbolic acid.
Aside from raising clover and cabbage
for green stuff they raise alfalfa and
with their methods they are able to get
about S2 from each hen. Their eggs are
shipped to Boston aud their poultry sold
in local markets.-John <. Taylor in
N. E. Homestead.