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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
WHY THE LINE rs RErRAcEp.
Pixies Peak Not Sinking.

Denver dispatches stating that recent
government surveys show that Pixies
Peak has sunk 80 feet In the last three
years are easily explained. Somebody
has simply been comparing the exact al
titude of the mountain, recently deter
mined by the United States Geological
Survey as IA, 100 feet, with old railroad
or barometer figures of elevation. As a
matter of fact, to have come within 40
feet of the actual elevation shows good
job Of surveying for the early days when
Indians were plentiful and instruments
poor, for, after all, there ia no royal road
OF determining the altitude of any point.
It has to be done to-day just as 1t had
to be 100 or 1000 years ago, by a series
of sights from the ocean shore. To OBJ
tain the elevation of Pixies Peak means
that surveyors have had to run levels all
the way from the Atlantic ocean, or the
Pacific, to the top Of the mountain.
Thousands of sights had to be made. OF
course, when the geological survey about
FIVE years ago established the exact ele-
walton OF Pixies Peak the engineers did
not start at the sea level; they took the
nearest point to the peak which had
been previously determined by former
level surveys. When the summit OF the
peak was reached bronze tablet with
an inscription showing the altitude as
IA, 100 feet was cemented into the rock.
There is but slight likelihood OF che al
titude Of this tablet changing within the
lifetime Of the present generation, or for
that matter within the lifetime Of the
American Republic, however long we
may expect 1t to endure, unless some
relic hunter removes the tablet, and In
such an event he will make himself liza.
BILE to fine of $3.50.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
Encourage the Grade Cow.

Some of the breeders Of pure-bred
dairy cattle have strange notions, 1t
seems to us, about acknowledging the
existence of the grade COW. They seem
to be afraid of something that will rise
up to plague the pure-bred. This
"spooky" notion, we believe, has no real
foundation. On the contrary, We would
like to see every encouragement given to
the production of first class grade COWS
in all the dairy breeds. To produce
such COWS the farmer must have pure.
bred sire. He must have, also, right
idea of the great Importance of securing
a bull of the strongest and best blood
lines.
We have only to reflect moment to
see that 1t really needs more prepotent
bull in the production Of grade cows
than in a pure-bred herd. In the pura-
bred herd the blood Of the sire is strong
" reinforced and aided by the agreeing
blood Of the female which is harmo.
NOUS in blood lines with him. But when
we place a purs.bred sire at the head OF
herd OF natives or other opposing tend
eucies, the sire must have strong prepo.
tent powers to overcome all the resist
ancs that is presented II we are to e1'
pect heifers Of the quality that is sought
for. Hence, no wise farmer will hunt
for cheap, weakly bred bull to put al
the head Of COWS of mixed breeding
Every sagacious breeder of registered
cattle should hold up both hands in aid
of the effort to encourage farmers 'tC
produce the best grade COWS they can
The great call that exists to-day for grade
COWS for commercial dairyiug rests upor
the use Of the registered sire. To encour
age sale of such sires we must encourage
the production OF FIRST class grade cows
We can see no escape from this logic
-Hoard's Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
The Development of the Future Cow.

Milk for young calves should be warm
fed; calves are often injured when
young BY feeding cold milk, writes G. E..
Morrison in Ohio Farmer. Young calves
should have second crop clover hay be-
fore them as soon as they will eat 1t.
The hangers should be cleaned at least
once day and a fresh supply given.
They should have plenty of wheat bran
or oats as soon as they will eat grain.
The calf should be born in clean, dry,
we'll -bedded box stall, and should be
kept in clean, dry, well-bedded and we'll
ventilated quarters. Calves should have
daily out door exercise when the wealth
er will permit. Fresh water should be
supplied them daily,a as soon as they are
old enough to want it.
On skim milk depends the improve
ment of all dairy cattle, and on this
point depends largely the future pros
perity of dairying. When good COW
has been raised from calf that has been
fed, say, 5000 pounds OF skim milk, she
is easily worth $50 more than an ordf-
nary one.
Special care should be taken to avoid
scours by keeping the calves in clean,
bright, and well-ventilated quarters; !;
to have the temperature of the milk as
near that of freshly drawn milk as posi-
BILE, and always to have the calf pail
scrupulously clean. In spite OF all pre-
cautions, we now and then have cases Of
scours. As soon as!-symptoms ,appear,
two to four tablespoonfuls of castor oil
are mixed with one-half pint Of milk and
given to the calf. This is followed in
four or six hours by one teaspoonful of
mixture of one part of salol and two
parts sub.nitrate of bismuth. 1t can be
given easily with one-half pint of new
milk, or the powder placed on the
tongue and washed down by a small
amount OF milk.
OF course 1t is understood that only
calves from profitable COWS should be
raised. The cost of feed and labor has
made a COW that produces less than
1900 pounds of milk, that will test four
per cent butterfat, Improbable. There.
fore, it is a loss to raise calves from
COWS that will not exceed these figures.
Calves from such COWS cannot be ex-
pected to equal the records of the dams
unless we'll cared for, and not in any way
stunted when young. Improvement
over ancestors is only made by a careful
development of animals from birth to
maturity,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
Stand Up Straight.

The first essential in the avoidance OF
tuberculosis of the lungs, or consump-
tion, is to keep the lungs strong, so that
If the germs are breathed they can do
NO harm. One of the most important
things in keeping the lungs strong is to
keep the chest wide open 40 that the
lungs can be properly used. II the body
is dropped or stoops, or If the shoulders
are allowed to drag forward (round
shoulder), or If the head is carried for
ward instead OF we'll back over the
shoulders, the chest must be f1attened,
the breathing must be shallow, and the
lungs, not being freely used, become
weak. 1t is in this type of chest that
tuberculosis usually begins. Tho con-
sumptive is usually narrow chested, with
dropped shoulders and with the head
craned forward. While the development
of a strong, well-formed chest is one OF
the most important factors in preventing
tuberculosis, the same thing is to be de-
sired II the disease has once started.
Not only should we live in the open, but
we should stand up straight and learn to
"thrOw a big chest" so that the lungs
can grow strong and the fresh air taken
in. The runner, the singer, or any one
who is obliged to make sustained effort,
is taught to stand and sit with tho chest
high so that the lungs can be used to the
best advantage, and II everyone would
do the same thing, there would be less
tuberculosis because there would be
fewer weak lungs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
unoxpected.

One Of the dignitaries Of the Church
Of Scotland was q minister Of a re-
mote parish before he leaped into fame,
but was not considered a particularly
eloquent preacher. At his suggestion
extensive alterations were made In
the church, which had the effect OF
sweeping away considerable seating
accommodation. One day after the
alterations had been effected he visit
cd the church to see how 1t looked.
"What do you think Of the Improve
ments, JohnT" he asked the beadle.
"Improvementsw exclaimed John In
disdain. They're no improvements at
a.. Whaur are zee goin' to put the
folk"
"Oh," said the minister, I'VE have
abundance Of room. John, considering
the size Of the congregation"
"Thats a. very weel the noo," re-
torted the beadle. But what will we
do when we get popular minister"-
London Tit-Bits.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
NUMBER 81
Whit. House Tragedy and oaysty.

white Rouse Tragedy ana oayety'
Between 1S41 and 1874 the White
House saw a greater mingling Of trag-
edy and gayety than 1t ever did in any
equal interval before or since. VIII
liam Henry Harrison. Tyler's imme-
date predecessor, died when only
month in office, and Tyler served out
the remainder of the term. Mrs. Lett
tia Tyler died few months after her
youngest daughter, Elizabeth, was
married to William Waller Of Virginia.
This was on Sept 10, 1912. In Febru-
ary, 1874. q great gun burst while ex-
hIbitng 1t on q trip down the Potomac
In the midst Of brilliant company.
among whom were Tyler, many mem
bers Of congress and Of the cabinet,
and other distinguished guests. About
forty persons were killed or injured.
Among the killed were the father Of
Miss Gardiner, who soon afterward
became Tyler's second wife. Although
married while her husband was In the
White House, the second Mrs. Tyler
had her wedding at her home In New
York, but she held her reception In the
executive mansion. She became popu-
lar in Washington society and un-
doubtedly strengthened the social side
of her husbands administration
Charles NJ. Harvey In Leslie's.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
Frees His Mind on Divorces.

Judge Connolly of the Cumberland
Superior Court evidently shares the dis
taste felt by some other Maine judges
for that part of their work which re-
quires the granting of divorces by whole
sale, so to speak. As reported the judge
said, in connection with case which
came before him few days since:
"If marriage is to mean anything a
brake must be put on the granting OF
divorces.
81 am not going to grant divorces"
continued the Judge, to accommodate
people or because they want to take up
with some other man or woman. want
to hear all the facts and decide whether
parties are entitled to divorce"
The Judge scored methods of proce-
dure which hide some of the facts in d.
vorce cases and said that It was not con.
sistent of the people of the State OF
Maine to petition for removal of Senator
Smoot, whose religion approves OF polyg-
amy, and yet tolerate in their own
state such laxity of law and court pro-
cedure as to practically legalize polyga-
my and prostitution.
The Judge spoke of instances which
had come to his attention where facts
which would have prevented the grant
ing of divorces we're not disclosed at the
hearing, and of other instances where he
had discovered parties had not contested
divorce cases with the understanding
that no alimony would be asked. He
also spoke of girl who had said II she
didn't like her husband 1t would be all
right, she could easily get divorce.
He insisted to counsel that when ask
ing the court to cancel the marriage con.
tract they should at least show as good
evidence as they would have to in hav-
ing declared null and void contract for
the purchase OF pig or cow.
Judge Connolly said that be was un'
fortunate in not having the means to In.
vestigate all cases, but that the moral
welfare of the community requires that
the court should know all the facts when
possible, that divorces should not be
granted In cases where the evidence is
framed up, where there are agreements
between the parties, though the law
does net justify divorce, or where the
party receiving the decree is not entitled
| to 1t.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
Raising Sugar Beets In Colorado.

Raising Sugar Beets In Colorado.
GREELEY, CoLo., Nov. %, 1918.
Horticultural Editor Democrat
Just few words about sugar beets as
found In this locality.
A section of the "desert" lying north
of Greeley's great sugar factory was
known to be suitable for the cultivation
of sugar beets, but the haul was too
long and expensive; SO the railroad peo-
pie built q spur from their through line
and established dumping stations. Beet
wagons have been invented that carry
several tons at load. The dump is a
long, high, sloping hillock, so to speak,
built beside the track, and up this little
hill the wagoners drive their loads OF
beets and arriving at the summit empty
a whole load at time into the immense
cars below. There are numbers OF these
beet dumps scattered over the country,
and one may sometimes see forty loaded
cars standing on the main track ready to
be switched into the factory yards, the
cars built up 80 as to carry from twenty
to forty tons OF beets.
Passing over the road that / have men
toned was astonished at the quantity
of beets In sight. Only half the immense
crop had been harvested, and the beet
pulling machines we're lifting sweet
roots from the ground, and men, women
aud children were topping the beets, the
machine for lifting and topping the beets
GOT being as yet a complete success, al
though the inventors arc hopefully at
work on that kind of a machine.
Guarding against freezing weather and
possible deep SHOWS certain portion Of
the beets have to be sliced. There were
places near the tracks where full acre
of ground wonld be covered with tens OF
thousands of tons of beets piled ten feet
high and only the edges covered With
iirt plowed up by the workmen, no
earth being piled upon the top of the
silo lest the beets start heating.
The Greeley factory slices 1000 tons
Of beets each "a hours, and there is no
halting in the work from the time the
campaign begins about October 1st, till
away along in the winter. Thirty miles
to the westward at Fort Collins lisa
much larger factory, later built, and slic'
ing 22O0 tons per day. Think OF the
vast amount of beets 1t must take to
keep the eleven factories OF Colorado
running. We hear general complaint
that beet raising exbausts the soil. The
beet fields with the toppings make good
winter pasturage for fattening cattle.
Sixty.five years ago heard of the lee
turing chemist who said: There is
sugar everywhere; there is sugar in my
old shoe" and 80 it would seem. Ger,
tain crops of beets yield more than 20
per cent of sugar. Think of farmer
Jumping five ton load of beets at the
factory, and full two thousand pounds
o! granulated sugar made from his load
BY The delicate process Of sugar making.
Bnt many beets do not yield more than
IL or IA per cent of sugar. Such are the
sxigencies of trade that it Is claimed that
Greeley sugar can be shipp'd IN from
Chicago at less price than is charged
or it right here.
o. HOWARD.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
Newton's Shock,

The immortal discOverer Of the law
Of the attraction Of gravity was at
one time beside himself. In his fiftieth
year Newton suffered the severe shock
from which he never fully recovered.
A dog upset lighted candle, and pre-
cious manuscripts embodying the re-
suits of many years experiments In
optics were destroyed. In consequence
Of this Newton's mind lost its balance.
Brewster denies this, but about Its
truthfulness there is not much room
for doubt. 1t is certain that for con-
siderable time his letters were quite
incoherent, and to be accounted for
upon no other hypothesis than that or
q disordered mentality. Newton slow
" recovered and lived to be eighty
three years old.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
A Mistake.

IT didn't know you had malaria
herew said the visitor.
1--WE haven't" replied Farmer Corn
tossel.
"But I saw man down the road
with chills and fever"
"That wasn't malaria. What you
saw was 81 Simlin shudderin' Mt tho
thought Of what his wife was goin' to
say to him when he got home."-Wash-
ington Star.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23

For me, just remind those dissatis
fed New Englsnders who are going
west that they better hang on to theil
farms. Farm property is advancing rap
" In value here these days. Right ir
the Connecticut valley SEQ land thai
sold for $50 10 years ago bringing $500
an acre now. These high figures are
justified by the large crops of onions and
tobacco produced. The west Is not the
only country that has valuable land.-C
n. Truesdeil, Hampshire County, Mass
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
Natures Infinite Mysteries.
THINGS THAT NO ONE KNOWS, Oh EVER
CAN KNOW.

The most striking thing about really
learned man is not the extent Of biz
knowledge, but the extent Of his admit
ted ignorance. The wiser person ID
the greater the number of things he
doesn't know. The more universally
cOcksure and we'll informed one seems
the more likely 1t is that he Is hum
bug.
How little has science made inroad
upon that stupendous and limitless
nescience that surrounds 1t, as the stellar
universe enfolds the tiny earth!
Sir Oliver Lodge the other day, at the
meeting OF the British association. spoke
of the mystery Of sex determination
Spite of all claims, we know little more
to-day than did the cave men why one
child is born a boy and another a girl
and why the world ratio keeps about the
same.
Sir Oliver also expressed his wonder
that some plants bore both male and
female flowers. He said the same SAP
comes into the stem, but just at that
junction where differently sexed flowers
branched away from each other, there
must be some profound change In the
sap.
'I don't know what 1t is, and micro.
scopes tell me nothing about it," be
continued. "Perhaps II physiologists
could find out just what happens in that
little plant joint they would get some
clew to the reason why some human
beings are born boys and others girls. u
He might have pushed further his
point Of wonder. How comes it that
the earth juices make here white
flower and there red? How is huge
oak all folded in a little acorn?
How can Nature make the peach. full
of juice and cased so closely In the thin.
nest of fuzzy skin that never leaksP
How does blood food here create a
hard finger nail, there hair and there
stony tooth9
What is electricity9 We know some.
what OF how it acts. But what Is III
We know little more of it than does a
savage.
What is life? What is the secret force
that transforms in trice living dog
that eats his environment into dead
dog whose environment eats him.
| w udS luNC1 why uooo 'h'' "c'.'-''
thrill you and that one leave you cold OF
repel youP
What is conscience, that worlds police
man that urges us on to what we think
right and affrights US at what we think
wrong?
What is truth? What is personality!
What is beingP
And these questions are not remote,
academic questions, not such things as
Huxley called "lunar politics." but they
touch the very nearest and dearest
regions of every mans life.
We are but dust notes in the sun,
beam of the infinite. We cling like oys.
ters to our little point in the bed OF the
vast ocean of mystery.
All about us is Nature, her mind a
galaxy of secrets, her thoughts far and
strange as the procession of the suns
Nothing BELTS us, her children, so much
as reverence for her purpose, humility
before her great brain, trust and love in
her vast heart.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
Increasing Dairy Profit.

Profit is the difference between cost of
production and the selling price. To
insure the largest profit in milk produc-
tion, the cow owner must know that
each COW in the herd Is producing
enough milk to pay for feed, labor, in
terest, taxes and depreciation, and then
leave some for profit. In one herd,
eleven COWS produced 5000 worth OF but
terfat above feed cost, while four others
ate $40 worth of feed more than the re-
turns for their butterfat paid for. So
that the whole fifteen only averaged Sl5
each above cost of feed. While, II the
man had had only the best eleven, he
would have had 500 more money, saved
tie feed and the labor OF handling. The
only certain way in which these "rob-
Der" COWS can be located is by yearly re-
cords of milk production. No man has
yet been found who can guess accurately
on every COW in a herd. Records may
be made by the owner, or by several
joining together in a cow test associa-
ton, and employing a man to do the
work.
Having located the Improbable cows,
and eliminated them, their places can be
filed in few cases by purchase. The
prices are getting high. The best way
is through the purchase of purs-bred
sire from profitable COW, and the saw
ing of his daughters out OF the best
cows in the herd. Each community
should adopt one breed and all buy sires
of the same breed. In short time the
grade surplus stock will command from
$40 to $50 apiece above the common
scrub stock, because of the large amount
of 1t to be found in one community and
tho reputation they will acquire for
breeding that one class of stock.
Profits can usually be increased by
better feeding. Each cow must have
enough feed-first, to maintain herself;
second, with which to make the milk
she yields, and any surplus above this is
stored up In the form of fat to be used
later when she don't get enough feed.
The COW that has the ability to produce
forty pounds of milk day, and is only
fed enough to make twenty-five or thirty
pounds day, does not make milk as
cheaply as she would when fed to her
capacity. In the judgment OF the writer
the dairy cow that has the ability to
make thirty pounds of milk q day, or
botler, cannot eat enough alfalfa bay to
enable her to do her best work, and she
should be fed some form of grain or by
product concentrate low in protein to
supplement the alfalfa hay eaten. Every
COW must have enough feed. The feed
she does eat must contain at least the
minimum amount of protein required
for her maintenance and for production
of milk. An insufficient amount OF feed
limits production, an insufficient amount
of protein limits observation-disclosures
Cir. 81 by Fl. E. Van Norman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23

The best time to mend harness Is be.
fore greasing, so that all parts that are
mended and new pieces can be creased
at one operation. Wash all harness In
warm water before greasing. A little
washing soda In the water Is great ben
eft In removing dirt. A good grease
for heavy harness is neatsfoot oil and
lamp black. Light buggy and carriage
harness should be gone over with good
harness dressing after the first coat Of oil
has been applied.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23

Every farmer should have a repair kit
With little practice anyone can become
proficient In mending all kinds Of har-
ness. Keep good supply Of snaps,
rings, buckles and leather for making
quick repairs. A nice, neat repair on
harness looks much better than II tied
up with binder twine or baling wire.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23

A concrete example Of moisture con
servation was given some time ago by
farmer who was relating his experience
in clearing bis farm of stone. After
season of excessive rainfall, he found
that,in the plowed field the moisture
had penetrated into the sub-soil, where
% In the pasture lot the digging wai
very hard and the soil three inches be-
low the surface was dry % bone.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
DIR. HOBSON'S OINTMENT HEALS
ITCHY ECZEMA.

The constantly itching, burning sensa-
ton and other disagreeable forms of &C.
zema, tetter, salt rheum and skin erup-
tions promptly cured by DR.. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. Geo. w. Fitch OF
Mendoza, III. says: ~ purchased box
of DR.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment.
Have had Eczema ever since the civil
war, have been treated by many doctors,
none have given me the benefit that one
box of DR.. HobSon's Eczema Ointment
has" Every sufferer should try It.
We're 80 positive 1t will help You We
guarantee It or money refunded. At oil
Druggists or by mail Soc. Pfeiffer Chem.
ioal Co. Philadelphia & st. Louis.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23
Pessimistio.

I'm the long run it always pays TO
act decent" observed the sage.
"Oh, don't know" replied the fool.
sThe prodigal son is some hero. but
you never hear a word about the
brother who stayed home and did the
chores and helped the old folks
Cincinnati Enquirer.