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Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
When Vapor 10 Dry.

A popular misconception Is the sup
position that aqueous vapor and ice are
wet. They are in themselves dry. and
become wet only when they turn to
water. So dry is aqueous vapor that 1t
will dry any moist object that II comes
in contact with Superheated steam.
before 1t condenses. is Il dry gas. Ice
feels wet II the temperature OF the
hand Is sufficient to melt II: aS ice II Is
dry. Another misconception Is that
the air can be either moist or dry. 1t
Is condensed aqueous vapor In tn" air
that is moist. and It would be moist IL
there were no air. a given quantity OF
aqueous vapor confined in given
space will be wet or dry according to
the temperature At 81 degrees. for In
stance, 1t might be partially condensed
and consequently wet while at 20 de-
grees, owing to expansion. 1t would be
drv
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Your Hair May Be
Your Fortune

Beautiful hair has made the fortune of
many a woman, by adding charm and
loveliness to an otherwise plain face
Nothing means more to good looks than
beautiful hair. 1t adds to the attractive
ness of every feature. without 1t you
can't be beautiful; with 1t you will be at
least pretty.
To have beautiful hair, use Harmony
Hair Bsautifier. Ii will improve the
beauty Of your hair, taking away the
dull harshness aud stringiness, softening
and polishing every hair in your head
and making it soft, silky, glossy, easier to
put up and keep in place and Mt the same
time giving it a rich and lasting rose
fragrance that will delight both you and
those around you.
Very easy TO apply-simply sprinkle u
little on your hair each time before
brushing II. II contains no oil, aud
will not change the color OF the hair, nor
darksn gray hair.
To keep your hair and scalp dandruff-
free and clean, use Harmony Shampoo.
This pure liquid shampoo gives an in-
stautaueous rich lather that Immediately
pepetrates to every part OF the hair and
scalp, iusuring a quick and thorough
cleansing. Washed off just as quickly,
the entire operation taking only few
moments.
Both preparations come in odd shaped,
very ornamental bottles, With sprinkler
tons. Harmony Hair Beautifier, sl.OO,
Harmony Shampoo, SOC. Both guaran-
teed to satisfy you In every way, or your
money back. Sold in this community
oply st our store--The Rexall Store
one of the more than 1000 leading drug
stores Of the United States, Canada and
Great Britain, which own the big Har-
monv laboratories in Boston, where the
many celebrated Harmony Perfumes and
Toilet Preparations are msde.-Cnss. d.
Howard Co., "rhe Rexali Store" South
Paris, Ne.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Phxsical Energy.

Study of the blood furnished the
clew to Julius Robert Mayer for his
discovery Of that fundamental law or
physics, the law of conservation OF en-
ergy. Mayer observed. while travel.
ing as ships surgeon In the tropics
that the venous blood OF his patients
On the days when blood letting was
still in general vogue) was appreciably
brighter in color than In ordinary
practice in the temperate zone From
this he concluded there was def
mite relation between the chemical
action going on In the blood and the
amount Of work or heat furnished by
the body. and thus. following up his
argument point by point. he was finally
led to the conclusion that the total
amount Of energy Of given system Is
constant. that energy can neither be
created nor destroyed. but only con.
verted from one form into another.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Curran's Mistake.

II was difficult to subdue the high
spirits of John Philpot Curran. the
Irish lawyer and wit. Indeed. many
Of his most brilliant witticisms were
uttered In the staid and somewhat
musty atmosphere Of the courtroom.
On one occasion when Curran was
making an elaborate argument In chan
Gerry Lord Clare brought large New
foundland dog upon the bench with
him, and during the progress OF the Gr'
gument he paid much more attention
to the dog than to the barrister. Grad
ually the chancellor lost all regard for
even ordinary courtesy. In the most
important part Of the case he turned
himself quite aside and began to fon-
die the animal. Curran stopped Mt
once.
go on, Mr.. Curran: go on said
Lord Glare.
81 beg thousand par,lons, my lord
replied the wit. II took 1t for granted
that your lordship was employed IN
consultation"
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
The First Ironolad.

The French were the first people to
apply In a practical shape the idea OF
reyiving the use Of armor on the sides
Of ships. They constructed FIVE float
ing batteries clad with four inches or
iron. OF these the first was the Ton
nante. mounting sixteen guDs. She was
launched at Brest In 1885. The first
lronclad warship proper was the La
Gloire. launched in November. 1859.
La Gloire was Of 5000 tons displace-
ment and 500 horse power. The IA
nous Merrimac and Monitor gave the
world the first fight between ironclads.
but they were not the first mailed bat
tleships. The La Gloire was ahoat
more than year before the historic
encounter in Hampton Roads.-New
York American.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
cantain caok,a Shilling.

Young James Cook. destined later Il
become EnglaDd's greatest navigator
was at seventeen placed on probhtior
In the shop Of a small trudesman nj
Staithes. near Whltby. Seeing new
shilling In the TIL. the lad took 1t out
replacing It by one Of his own. Tht
master. missing the bright shilling
searched Cooks box and found 1t there
sent for constable md for Cooks IN
ther and charged the boy with theft
The boy declared hls innocence and ex
planned. The master expressed bis re
gret, and. although Cooks father nnf
the master both pressed him to stay
his reply was: mo. father. ! can't
Once q thief. always thief. mus
60" And he then went to Whitby ant
was there approached to the sea-
.Captain James Cook"
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
"Chousen Seymour.

There was an irish actor named Sey
mour. who had the nlckname "Chouse.
which came from his unlucky slip II
the pnssaGe IN ''OthellO." when l lov'
thee not chaos Ia come again" II wa:
In Cork that he made the break. anc
Cork did not forget When he return
ed a year later the city was pIacardet
BY an artist In chalk. "Chouse ha:
come again" he played Othello. ant
the gallery observed. "Deuced good
Chouser" The dying Moor sat up
shook his fist In the direction OF thu
observer and invited him. II he were
man. to come down and have his heat
nunched
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Simple Pleaaures

To become again more Joyous, more
childlike. more naive than we are, to
look into the world with clear eyes and
to consign to the devil the problemat-
lcal chimeras behind which only too
often hides the unclean turmoil OF the
market place. chimeras which have
made us unhappy, slavish and uncer'
tain-that would do us all good.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Food For a Poet.

II have vague but persistent yearn-
ing for something" murmured the poet
"a constant yearning for something. !
know not what"
Maybe it's tripe." suggested the
sympathetic landlady. I'VE haven't mad
any in q long time"-Washington Her
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

Sanitary stalls, equipped with cattle
ties or good halters, are cheaper in cost
than the out-Of date rigid stanchions,
which are unhandy for both keeper and
cows, as we'll ~ uncomfortable and dan
perous 10 the animals. The swing stan.
cbions are great improvement over the
old style.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Military Gymnasts.

Japanese soldiers are nearly all
gymnasts and every barrack has
gymnasium. So well trained are they
that In less than half a minute they
can scale q wall fourteen feet high by
simply leaping on each others shoul'
ders. one man sustaining two or three
others,
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

The man who has followed most close.
ly the laws of the soil, the plant and the
animal has suff fered least from adverse
conditions, /. g., he whose soil is well
supplied with vegetable matter has had
least curling corn aud more abundant
caring. The man who followed the
plough with the roller or harrow retain
ed most of the water from the spring
floods. When the land was underdrsin
ed the soil quickly warmed up and crops
had good start. In such soil they
rooted deeply and did not dry up, as did
those late sown and surface rooted. he
who provided supplemental food to aid
his pasture has drawn least on his hay
NOW,
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
r.I..eopes and Forest Fires.

Forest officers have found that high
power telescopes are not always salts
factory in fire lookout work. In some
localities heat vibrations In the atmos-
phere are so magnified by the glass
that clearer vision can be had with the
unaided eyes.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
ARA Of tho Oceans

The oceans. including the inland seas
connected with them. cover about l44.-
100000 square miles, or 1889 per cent
of the total surface Of the earth.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Kaan tha Bell Rinaina.

A bell in n temple Of north China
has been kept ringing for n century.
A tax Is levied In the district for pay
Ing relays of ringers to work inces-
sanity day and night.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

Good drainage, either natural or arti.
fetal, is absolutely essential to the best
success In the production OF any crop
whatever. 1t 10 expensive, but Is good
investment. Without 1t neither tillage
nor fertilizers exert their maximum Of.
fect,-Dr. W. q. Jordan.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Char Boxes.

The construction of cigar box may
seem to be very simple matter to the
novice, but the box passes through
nineteen processes before 1t is ready to
receive the cigar.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

Begin the morning by saying to thy
self. 1 shall meet this day with the busy
body,the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful,
envious, unsocial. All these things hap
pen to them by reason Of their igno
rance of what Is good and evil. But ]
who have seen the nature of the good
that is is beautiful, and of the bad, tha
it is ugly, can neither be injured by any
Of them-for no one can fix on me wha
is ugly-nor can l be angry with m!
neighbOr, nor hate him.-Aurelius.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

1t is cruel to compel active farm horses
to 60 for weeks In the winter without
exercise. A weeks lying In bed will
weaken perfectly we'll man, and an nm.
exercised horse is bound to become soft
and ont of sorts.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

Seeking to establish himself. the true
man establishes others: wishing to IN
large himself. he enlarges others.-Con
fucius.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

ANY dirt or filth on the bands, milk
pals or the cows teats or udder at milk
ing time, will be worked right into the
milk; into the cream; into the butter.
Be clean oil along the line.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Reverse.

II always 20 by the motto. IT you
want a thing well done do 1t your
SELF"
"Yes. but suppose you want a hair
cutr'-Boston Record
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
lnaecta, Edaa.

A butterfly lays 600 eggs. the wasp
5000. the ant 1000 to 5000. while one
species Of white ant produces $500
eggs In day.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

Both the winter and the summer sllo
are revolutionizing the dairy business.
Many farmers would as soon think Of
producing milk without COWS - with
out Q silo.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

Dogs that chase COWS and nab them BY
the heels or the tail are not good COW
dogs. l don't care who says so. To gel
the cows is not all there IL to It.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18

One never knows what is enough un'
less one knows what Is more than
enough.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
NUMBER As
1hsy Convinced Him.

There was Russian writer who dis
approved Of so many things in connec-
hon with the management Of his native
country that he got himself into seri.
ous trouble with the authorities. he
persisted In pointing out their defects,
and at last they got 30 exasperated that
they decided to hang him, and he was
duly sentenced to death by one Of the
governors he had criticised.
Three times they tried to hang him.
and three times the rope broke.
The worried hangman postponed the
execution while he went to talk things
over with the governor.
"What did he say when the rope
broke the third time" asked the gov
ernor.
"He said that 1t was just what might
be expected In Russia" replied the
hangman-"that we couldn't even hang
q man properly"
The enraged governor turned in a
fury to the hangman. Convince him
that he is wrong! he shouted.
So the hangman went back to the
condemned man and convinced him.
slnsIns At eight
! never really got 1t through my head
90 as to read musical notation In the
ordinary, conventional. civilized way.
The fact remains that II today one
were suddenly to place before me the
score Of robin Hood" "Pinafore," or
Fra Diapolo" couldn't for the life
Of me tell whether given note was
A or G., or what key II was in. At
the same time could sing it correctly,
or any unfamiliar piece Of music, al
though I should prefer to hear 1t play
ed over once on the plano Sd as to get
started right OH the tempo. The cele-
brated Nine. Rudersdortf. who was
one Of the finest dramatic and color-
tura singers ever knew. once said to
Lac when l confided to her this pecu-
liarity:
Never mind; you are all right.
That's the true method Of singing ut
sight anyway The best of them don't
really know anything about music
more than that-if they know as
much."-Henry Clay Barnabee in Ma
tional Magazine.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE FLOW

Correspondence on prscsical agricultural soplt
Il solicited. Address all communications {.
tended for this department to HENRY ID
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrst. Paris, Ne.
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
FOR SALE

Thoroughbred Jereey Bull calf,
Sire-Goldie's Fox of W., No. 105S21.
owned at Mountain View Farm.
Dam-Bronze Bessie, ii. X. No. 27S2lS.
Price reasonable.
SEWALL NJ. ROWE, South Paris.
45-47 r. r. d. l, Box s
Oxford Democrat., 1913-11-18
Wanted.

All the Fur Coats, Sets and Muffs that
need alteration, repairing or new Innings,
at once. Also new fur garments made
to order. Work done by experts at mod
crate prices.
MURPHY's, Cor. Lisbon, and Ash S,s.,
Lewiston, Maine.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

or some long-fcrgotten politician came In
to offer himself as q recruit
For q month the colonel did not go out
of the hotel. He was up early and at
| work, his cigar In his mouth, debating
letters. sending kilograms, receiving call
| crs When he slept, no one knew. He
never had his hat OF. He ate his meals
from n tray in his room, after the food
, had grown cold. His headquarters re-
| called patheticaliy the old days when
his power and supremacy were unQues-
| toned. They were crowded Cay and
night with the back numbers and tho
| soreheads Baldwin had talked about.
| who came with their grievances, their
impossible schemes. their paltry ambi-
| tions. OF such stun the colonel had to
| make his machine, nattering, threaten
ing. wheedling, soothing Jealousies,
| reconciling discordant factions, healing
old animosities. irfiaming new hatreds.
keeping up spirit in faint hearts. leaving
| not a wire unpulled. He appointed a
steering committee, on which were Nose
ly. of Alexander; Garwood. OF Kanka-
kee; Hardness. OF Macoupin, and Mala-
chi Nolan. He wrote personal letters to
old friends in every school district in
the State, and thus. slowly. patiently,
:aboriously welded his organization to-
gether. What he most needed was funds
and a candidate to provide funds. Lack
Ing them. he insisted that this was not
a movement for the profit Of any Jne
man, but for the good OF the party alone.
and so vested 1t with the enthusiasm of
what passes for patriotism in a nation
where party Is set above country He
told the landlord of the Grant that he
would be responsible for the rent OF the
TWO rooms he had engaged next his own.
He already owed the landlord
The night before the primaries, a
crowd, foul with the reek OF tobacco, al
cohol. and perspiration. was shuffiing
about In the hall and anterooms of the
colonel's headquarters. The crowd was
noisy, profane, and confident But inside,
the steering committee was assembled
ana II was very sober. Garwood, at the
Uttered table. had been scratching his
head over political equations.
Conventions had been held in all the
thirty-siN outside districts. and sixty-nine
candidates had been nominated, fifty-five
representatives. and fourteen senators
OF these they could depend upon twenty
nine. 1t requires fifty-two to control a
legislative caucus, when the party has
4 bare majority on Joint ballot. SO they
would have TO nominate at least twenty
three OF their candidates in Cook County
to get caucus majority. assuming the
ultimate election OF them all. Fifty
SEVEN SdHuiudieS were 10 De stiected IN
Cook County on the morrow. OF them.
they should name at least thirty-five to
be entirely safe. In other words, they
must carry Cook County.
rs that countin' hold-over senators?"
asked Mosely, when Garwood was done
Yes" counting the hold-overs-War-
rem claims fourteen out Of the seven
teen
Josh Badger never'n vote for him."
said Mosely.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

muslin that had been stretched over the
carpet in Col. Talbot's headquarters The
polls were to open at o'clock. Tho col
onel had arisen early. after three hours
sleep, and snatched his breakfast from
a tray. talking to Carroll between bites
All morning he was buttonholed by men
who scuffed for word. complaining tnat
Warren's fellows would have money to
burn. and be bought with them. bill by
bill. for the few dollars he had in his
pocket. He was only liberal, to the ex'
tent that his slender campaign funds per
mitted liberality, with those who were
to work in Carroll's district. As the day
wore on and he received reports and dis
patched orders, like a general fighting
battle. the colonefs spirits rose. and the
politicians, when he ordered them sharp
ly about. paused at the door to look bach
at him. pleased by the thought that this
was the Col. Talbot of the good Ole
days.
II was a wicked battle they fought out
a. the polls that day. The Warren mer
had control OF the party organization
and named the judges and clerks. in
mates OF lodging houses. and Lake FROM
hoboes. their rags steaming In the warm
rain, were hauled from poll to poll In DIS
moving vans, and voted wherever War
rem needed votes and as often as ne
pleased. The City Hall took a hand ano
furnished policemen In larger numbers
than the primary election law intended
so that whenever an anti-Warren chai.
lenger challenged a vote he was hustled
by officers, and IL he resisted bundled
of to the Harrison Street police station
and locked up on a charge OF disturb
ance. Late In the afternoon reports com
ing from Halsted Street that the Fifth
ward was i'm danger, the colonel escaped
from his headquarters and went into
the trenches himself. Carroll never for
got the old man as he splashed IRON
poll to poll that waning summer day, OF
stood in the drenching rain before a vot'
ing booth, waving back policemen, order
ing men up to vote. threatening judges
and clerks. He had never heard the Ole
man swear before.
At I O'Clock the polls closed. Warren
carried some OF the districts. the oppo'
sition others. Pott claimed the victory
II was left for the convention to de-
eide.
The colonel. for some reason. preferred
rot to get up the next morning. bu,
opened his mall. read his papers. ate his
breakfast, nni finally held his morning
levee. the ,as: of the campaign, in bed
The politicians who had been waiting
outside for an hour grumbled ct such In
dolence. and. when they were finally
admitted to their leaders, presence. sus.
pected him of initiating the undemo-
cratic luxuriousness OF Senator Warren
who received his callers in bed every
morning. But by O'Clock they had re-
ceived their final instructions and scat
trered - the conventions, and when
Mosaly and Garwood Sauntered in from
the breakfast room they found only a
few strassiers. who fingered on in the
hope of beer money, at least. for their
imaginary services on this decisive day.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

Bates and Halliday are uncertain"
mot SO damned uncertain" said Nose
ly. They're only waitin' to be seen"
"warren'n get them easy enough"
said Harkness.
.'Yes, they're cheap" Mosely assented.
splitting across the room at an iron GUS
pidor. Bout eight dollars apiece. I'd
guess 'em of at" he added. with a poor
man contempt for low prices.
well. that only makes 1t worse" re-
Piled Garwood. But leave them out en-
,, tirely. With sixty-two votes Warren
can control the CAUCUS"
'Providin' afays, however" suggested
Mosely. in statutory language.
"Oh, course" assented Garwood. petul-
ant from the heat and the situation.
they won't all be elected. That's why
he'll work like hell to carry Cook. He
lies when he says he doesn't give a
damn how she goes tomorrow"
He always does that" said the colonel.
from his bed.
Carroll, to whom political calculations
savored always OF the mystery Of higher
mathematics. said:
Seems to me you could figure 1t better
than that"
well, you try It." said Garwood, drop
ping his pencil and fitting back in his
chair.
soberness deepened. After a while there
was a knock on the door. and a shaven
head was thrust In.
Them Iitry guys is out here" said
the shaven head. Amy figur's to give
out?"
"Frsur's?'' cried Mosely. We've got
tn official vote"
And Garwood. taking his papers from
the table, went out and said to the re-
porters:
Conventions have been held In all the
Senatorial districts down the State. and
sixty-nine candidates are already nomi-
mated. or these siNty-nine, We have be-
yond any question"-he consulted his
paper. as IL to make sure Of the num-
ber-'.we have ffty-three, and that
doesn't include the nine hoid-over Scna-
tors who are with US. We can lose ten
OF them at the polls and still have
enough to control the caucus. In Cook
County, tomorrow. we'll carry the First,
Third, Fifth, Sixth. Ninth. Eleventh,
Seventeenth. Nineteenth, Twenty-first.
Twenty third and the country towns
the Seventh-giving us thirty-five more
candidates, or ninety-seven in all. This
is a conservative estimate, and gives the
doubtful districts to Warren. We can
lose Cook tomorrow and still have a
fighting chance to win out. l regard the
battle as ours. Senator Warren is de-
feated.'
over at the Richelieu." said Cowley.
OF the News-Dispatch. Baldwin claims
they have you whipped to a standstill."
They're welcome over there to any
comfort they can get out of the situa-
tion." said Garwood in a superior way.
IT rained on the day OF the primaries.
All morning politicians. big and little,
stamped into Senator Warren's hotel on
Michigan Avenue, or stamped In the
Grand, tracking with greasy mud the
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
True to Her Trade.

From Judge.
Flimmer-when Shimmerpate tried To
speak to Miss Trimley just now shet
passed him with her eyes a-slant.
Flamson-Naturally: being a dress
maker, she cut him on the bias.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Her Susplci0ns.

From Judge.
Mrs. Crawford-Did your husband send
you a valentine?
Mrs. Henpeck-I never like to accuse
anybody, but think hs a.