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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
A Bargain In q Bull (?)

On one of our excursions into the
country the other day, We looked over
farmers herd of grade Holsteins. The
owner was new man on the place. He
had bought 1t at a bargain. The appear
apce of the place was such as to suggest
good farmer. Things were up in shape
and neatness prevailed. We saw some good
horses in the pasture. The colts showed
good breeding and the owner was proud
of them. All of the stock was gentle
and unafraid. You would say, "Hers is
man who understands his business. !"
When we looked over the COW stock a
little closer, the quality of the stuff did
not seem to grow on us. The cows and
heifers were nicely marked and 1t devel-
oped in our conversation that the mark
ing was of more Importance than milk.
ing quality to this farmer. We then
asked him what kind Of bull be had.
He said, "Ob! I've got grade, but |
bought him at bargain" and he put
great emphasis on the "bargain." A
grade bull bought at bargain! Was
there ever such thing In the worldp
He was a farmer, apparently good
farmer, but when We got to the bottom
of his underst anding he developed an
alarming lack of something. Was 1t
good sense or information? InfOrma-
ton is available everywhere for every
one. This man just lacked good, plain,
every day sense. One thing he seemed
to know and that was that most OF the
buyers that were looking for stock were
buying color rather than milking quail
ty. This bit of knowledge bad some
meaning to him and 80 it has to us, but
we will venture to say that our meaning
is quite different. To US it indicates
that there are lot of just as big fools as
was this farmer. They are buying grade
COWS, selling milk or butterfat, and yet
the color of the COW stands out bigger
to them than ability TO produce milk
and butterfat. The color OF the grade
COW never increased the size Of the milk
or cream check at the factory.
How many farmers are like this man
buying grade bulls because they are a
bargain and breeding for color rather
than milk and butterfat?-Hoard'i
Dsiryman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
Ono Way to Cure "Nsrvss."

OHo WY 90 Su'0 "
We remember hearing or an Eng
lishman. a distinguished soldier. who
was naturally very nervous boy, but
who had cured himself Of the innr'
nifty through reading Levers novels.
The manner In which Lever treats OF
all bodily peril as a kind OF joke intro
duced him to a new philosophy that
made any exaggeration Of the advan'
tages Of bodily safety seem not only
morbid, but NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Spec
tator
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
Is It Worth While ?

IL 1t worth while to keep the farm
premises In the best of order and condi
ton? The answer to the above question
Came to me in the experience OF certain
neigbborhood which l have In mind
They were all good farmers, expert till
ers OF the soil, but their lawns, homes
and buildings were In bad condition
The fields were almost weedless and they
were producers of large crops but their
houses had not been painted for years.
and their lawns and doorysrds had
grown up to weeds. 1t was altogether
weedy, seedy looking bunch Of farm
yards.
Finally there came time when one oi
them was forced to sell owing to falling
health. A price was set and the farm
advertised for sale. Prospective buyers
rode out to see the place but invariably
rode by. One glance had satisfied them
that they were not looking for such a
place. One sight of the lawn and build
iugs had convinced them for they knew
nothing of the condition Of the fields.
First Impressions" satisfied them, and
not wishing to Investigate, they rode
by.
After several reductions were made
from the price asked, a buyer was at
last found. Before moving 10 this man
had slight addition built on to the
house, a window added here and there,
the porches repaired and enlarged and
the house painted. After moving In he
went after barns and outbuildings and
was even surprised himself at the trans
formation. And 1t had cost him much
less than be had estimated. Next he
started on the lawn. First he removed
the battered and diiapidated fence which
surrounded 1t and thnned out the trees.
The lawn itself was harder to transform
and it took much hard work and good
lawn mower to make OF 1t the thing OF
beauty which he did. But just about
this time was when the real fun began.
laugh now as recall how the other
farmers OF the neighborhood dropped
their work to fix up their places. To
hear them tell 1t, their sudden fixing up
was due to long years of planning but
has always slyly hinted to me
that their sudden pride in the appearance
of their premises was due TO the coming
of the stranger.
For many years the stranger has en-
joyed the beautiful appearance OF his
home and neighborhood and but short
time ago refused an offer on his farm of
nearly twice What he paid for 1t.
When this mans years are many,
when he can push his lawn mower NO
more and when he finally passes beyond
recall, who is there that will say that he
n % sIlived in vainn9
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10

Green Food for Poultry is essential as
q part Of the winter ration. When cab.
bage and beets are not available, sprout.
ed oats can be easily fed. Soak the oats
In bucket for at least "a hours and
then place In pile on the top shelf OF
sprouter. On the third day spread them
out and let them grow to q height Of not
over 2 inches, then feed them. Keep
the oats iu room Of moderate tempera-
ture and dsmpen every day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
FOR SALE.

l light two horse cart with
dray, rack and dump body.
/ cheap beach wagon.
set light two horse trav-
erse sleds.
10 to 10 ton good hay, in
barn or delivered.
/ small farm 81 acres.
l nice farm $4,000.
Q single harnesses.
l old-fashioned Vermont
cutter sleigh.
l old comfort sleigh.
ALBERT .. PARK.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10

"You had story not long ago about
the supreme impudence OF tramp at
the back door," writes Berue II. Let
me give you another from actual OBJ
servation. A hobo hammered rudely
ut the rear of the house the other
morning, and answered In person.
"'Well, what do you wantr I de-
manded curtly.
"'Why, amt perttckler, partner.
he smiled. What you gotr r"-Ceve-
land Plain Dealer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
Anticipating II.

"If We are good we will como back
to the earth number Of dmes."
"Some people prefer to take no
chances on that possibility"
"How's thatT
'They prefer to lead double lives
now."-Louisyille CourierJ Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
Canta and Sentiment.

One Of the strangest things In tf1S
world Is why 1t Is that even q sunsy
man would sometimes rather give biz
wife money than tell her he loves her
Galveston News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
Needless.

Wife-The doctor said right away
that I needed stimulant. Then hs
asked to see my tongue. Hub-Heav-
ems! hope he didn't give you stim.
ulant for thatv'-Boston Transcript.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
Woman's Work.

Guest-Is your wife always 30 busy
with her fancy needlewofki Host
I should say 80. She embroiders mon.
ograms even on the japanese paper
napkins.-New York Post.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
INSURANCE.
All kinds of insurance placed by
w. j Wheeler g. Co.

After July I, 1913, Stanley M.
Wheeler will be taken into the firm
of w. 7. Wheeler & Co., composed
of w. J. WHEELER, MARGARET A
BAKER, STANLEY M. WHEELER.
We thank the people of Oxford d
County for past favors and = solicit
continuance of same and shall Con-
t;nue to give them our best efforts,
good protection and good square
business deal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
Just Looking.

When man looks Mt a woman It -
because he wants to look at her: when
q woman looks ut man 1t Is because
she wants him to look at her.-London
Taller.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10

Lock whines, labor whistles Lucs
relies on chance. labor on characose!-
Richord Golden.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
Maxine Connection

Knicker--Life 10 hard Bocker-fee;
By the time your mother stops foro'o'
dinR you to eat jam the doctor besinA
New York Sun
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-03-10
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical Agricultural topics
10 solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HsNRr d.
HAMMOND. Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
OverpIaylng Calamity.

The calamity game has been over
played.
II has been overplayed by the railroads.
It has been overplayed BY Wall street.
II has been overplayed by the banks, II
has been overplayed BY big business ID
general. Evidence is mnltiplying that
the country is tired of ii. and that ii is
disgpsted with the methods Of accelera-
ton that have been used to exploit ii.
TheS American people are not fools.
They are not disposed to cut OF their
noses 10 spite their faces. they are not
given to burning down the barn in order
to get rid Of the rats. few weeks ago
there was q strongly increasing sentiment
that government was pressing too hard
upon business. and that breathing spell
was desirable. Pnblic opinion in general
favored the railroads Ia their plea for
S per cent increase 10 freight rates. Ii
favored postponement of the antitrust
bills until the short session of Congress.
There was general sympathy with the
g'eat corporations In their petitions for a
truce. That sympathy has been largely
dissipated.
There was certainly too much team
work in the exploitation Of calamity
many miineorgraphed letters, too many
form kilograms, too many protests framed
in Identical language. too much proof
that one directing mind had instigated
the whole campaign, too much evideuce
of concerted effort to bluff the Presi-
dent, the Congress and the country.
Such methods are likely to defeat
themselves, and in this case the defeat is
decisive
Instead of halting antitrust leeisla-
tion the Campaign of Calamity has made
1t certain that Congress will pass all Of
the Administrations measures before in
adjonrns. Incidentally. the country re-
members how bitterly the organized
banking interests opposed the new bank
ling and currency bill aud how unari-
monsly they approved Of il after ii be-
came law. II is rapidly coming to the
conclusion that business has been using
the same kind Of bull-dozing tactics 10
which banking resortel
Calamity may have looked like good
weapon to terrify the country. but it has
turned ont to be boomerang. New
York World.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
,CuriousIy Absentminded.

Henri Poincare, the famous French
physicist and mathematician, was re-
markably absentminded. One evening
he was looking In closed bookcase
for a manuscript During the search
he set the lamp on a shelf in the case
and In a moment Of abstraction closed
the door OF the cabinet and sat down
In darkness. After he had pondered
for time on the disappearance Of the
light he came to the conclusion that he
had suddenly become blind. That
seemed to him quite possible since his
eyes were weak anyway. and he groan-
ed at the thought OF his deplorable
condition. Suddenly to his surprise a
stream Of light appeared, coming from
the adjoining room, and he remarked,
with much satisfaction. my sight
seems to have come back again" Not
even then did he think Of the lamp In
the bookcase!
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
The Secret or Youth.

Youth is what we all love to have
and to hold, and since Ponce de Leon'B
time many way Of conserving it has
been prescribed dosage, drinking sour
milk, systems Of exercise, bathing,
rubbing. Any one of these things may
help the individual, but not every in-
dividual. And let us not forget that
youth is in great measure gift Of the
spirit Children are young because for
them life abounds. They find springs
Of energy within and stores Of refresh
ment without. Wonder. curiosity, the
enjoyment Of 10000 tribes, a short
memory for punishment and pain-all
these things make for youth. Quarrels.
resentfulness, suspicion, worry, CROUCH
mess these bring harder lines around
the mouth, hardened arteries, old age.
Nothing Is too small to delight child.
given the right conditions; nothing too
big to darken, for very long. the span
gled sky. That is the secret Of youth.
Draw the curtain, Master Manageri
On with the human comedy Golfers.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
LegaIlzed Saloon Product.

The following from Hartford county
exchange is an exhibit of the legalized
saloon product, and shows what Havfe
de Grace's rum mills do for Law and
orderl Cecil county will vote on the
license question this fall and when the
whiskey advocates begin to tell you
how legalized saloons promote good
order (l) and help business, -of course
they mean court business, You can
show them these plain facts:
s'The County Commissioners have held
up for investigation, before payment, the
accounts of two magistrates of Havre de
Grace. Jos. L Mcvsy and Il. c. Sipple.
For some years the accounts of Havre de
Grace magistrates and constables have
caused considerable comment and criti-
cism. A land Office business has been
carried on between the constables and
magistrates, as their accounts show.
Magistrate McVey's account for little
over two months. from February 4.h to
April roth, charges $99 60 for drnnks
and disorderlies, vagrancy, loa6ng. tres
passing and gambling, Of which number
34 were taken up for being drunk. Out
Of this considerable array Of criminals
only one was fined one dollar, while most
of the cases were parolled to go fishing,
and costs saddled on the county.
''Mr. Sipple's account runs from Feb
raary to May 1st, and he heard aud de,
termined "a cases, Of which IS were dis
missed, 20 were paroled and others sent
to the House of Correction or TO the
county jail for assault and battery. and
81 were for being drunk and disorderly.
The total amount of his account for this
short period was $I24 "a. with credit Of
$38 for fines collected .
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
Bear in mind the call issued for me

Bear in mind the call issued for a meet
ing In Elkton today, Friday, July II. al
10 o'clock a. m. of the temperance forces
of Cecil. for the purpose of organiz-
Ing for the campaign this fall, when the
question Of license or no-licence7 will
again be before the voters. After years
of prohibition Of the liquor traffic from
onr county it 10 important that the tenn.
perance people should not lull themselves
Into the belief that ttie rnm forces have
been completely routed, as they are ever
ON the alert, working in the dark, max
ing the fight difficult one always.
It has required the hardest kind oI
work to drive the liquor traffic from our
county, and to keep it out all these years,
and the coming campaign will be no ex-
ceptiou, demanding thorough Norganiza-
tion and aggressive work if the temper
auce people are TO maintain their ad.
vantage and enjoy the benefits of prohi-
bition for another term of four years.
Let every advocate of law and order
who can possibly do so attend the meet
ing at EIkton today and assist in organ
izing the county for the cause of temper
ance.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
RURAL MINISTERS CONFERENCE
AT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
viii Meet Early In August For the
Discussion OF Country Life
Problems.
B. H. DARROW.
Maryland Agricultural College.

The country church is continually
under FIRE by critics who declare that
1t is not fulfilling its function, that II
does not stand for something vital tu
the needs Of the average man and
woman. If this be true, 1t Is a seri
ous condition indeed.
That there is some truth In the
statement is now admitted by any
minister who has studied the prob
lem. but the fact remains that the
rural church has done a wonderful
work In the past and should be
sparingly criticised except where criti.
cism may bring about constructive eff
fort toward betterment. Country life
has changed. rural institutions have
weakened and some have disappeared
entirely. Here and there we find o
fiourishing country church. alive to the
needs of its neighbor house and rec.
ognized as the most necessary organ
ization in the community. However
in many places may be found
churches" which are but names
buildings, shells, which il not aban
doned utterly have but little influence
on the people in their neighborhood.
The country minister of Maryland is
awake, as is demonstrated by the
Rural Life Conference for Ministers
which win be held at the Maryland
Agricultural College, August s. 6
Every minister in the State is being
urged to attend and should receive q
program Of this conference.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
SHEET BREAD or ASIA.
Used For Awnings, Blankets. Windows
panes and Food.

Used For Awnings, Blankets, Window
panes and Food.
Instead OF baking bread in loaves, the
inhabitants Of Asia Minor, Arabia,
Turkestan and the Tigrfs- Euphrates
valley make It into sheets. These
sheets are about forty inches wide and
twice as long. and the natives make al
most as much use of them as the Amer
ican Indian does Of birch bark II they
need an awning Tor protection against
sun or rain they unwind RON OF this
bread and carry it back and forth over
q pole several times. much as camper
puts up dog tent, for il It has a coat
Of almond Oil or mutton talI0w the
bread is fairly waterproof.
It is q comical sight to see q team
ster or camel driver of the LevanE
travel placidly through heavy shower
with couple Of yards Of bread sheet
ing thrown over his shoulders and to
see him tear of pieces here and there
and chew ON them. If he feels hungry.
The bread is made Of durum wheat
dour mixed with the pulp of suItana
raisins, which gives 1t q sweet taste
and fragrance like that Of honey.
The Arab uses his sheets Of bread,
which look like chamois leather, for a
makeshift blanket, and it Is said by
travellers who have tried It that It
keeps the heat In and the cold ont al.
most as well as real blanket. But
some Of the Russian engineers at work
on the construction OF the Transsibe-
rian railway did even better, for they
made paste of the bread by boiling
several pieces and then stuck together
two strips Of the sheeting, each me-
ter wide by two meters long. Thus
they manufactured sleeping bag. and
very comfortable one too.
The Turkish peasants use this nat
bread for window panes, and In the ba-
zaars the vendors Of merchandise wind
up pieces as grocer does paper corn
ucopia and use them to hold small
amounts Of nuts, Turkish candles or
squares Of sugar. OF course the pur-
chaser eats the bag with its contents.
In the same shape the bread sheeting
is used for holding the fruity drinks OF
the Bosporus, but it viii not stand
hot liquids. even when it is coated with
almond oil. Thanks to the raisin pulp.
the bread is Of remarkable elasticity
and can be bent back and forth with
out cracking. It has actually been used
for bookbinding. Youths Companion.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17

Concentration of timber lands in the
United States In the hands Of few own
ers 10 discussed in the report of the Bu-
rean of Corporations on the Lumber In.
dnstry, submitted to President Wilson By
Commissioner Davies.
The main fact shown is that i. .6oa
owners hold in fee over one.tweutieth 81
the land area of the entire United States
from the Canadian to the Mexican Dor.
der. In many states these 1904 own NO
lands at all. In the goo iimbered coun.
ties investigated, they own one-seventh
Of the area.
These 1904 holders own los. 600, 600
acres. This 10 an area greater than the
entire State of California; or more than
two and cneshalf times the land area ol
the six New England States Sixteen
holders own 47.8oo. 600 acres. or nearly
10 times the land area of, New Jersey,
Three land-grant railroads own enough
to give IS acres to every m lie OF voting
age in the nine Western States, where
almost all their holdings lie.
Lavish land grants aud loose. III.
enforced land laws are the historical
background of the concentration of land
and timber ownership shown in the
report.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
Made the Match.

During his first stay in Washington
as Chinese minister. WI Ting Fang
attended the wedding Of the daughter
of the chief justice of the supreme
court and said to one Of the brides
maids:
when will it be your turn to be-
come a brideT'
II do not know" she answered. 81
have not yet been asked"
So the amiable Chinese minister said
to one OF group Of young men stand
ing near by: "This is a beautiful lady.
Would you not like to marry herY
He replied. II shall be most delight
ed to-"
Both the young woman and the
young man naturally were somewhat
embarrassed by Mr.. Wu's pleasantly
: but three months later they were
married. New York Times.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
Petition legislature 10 Gust Rum
Evil.


Out Of total Of 1873 prisoners in East
ern Penitentiary. 1908 have signed q
petition that seeks TO have the liquor
traffic In Pennsylvania obliierated.
With each signature TO the unique petit
tion Is story teeming with sorrow
brought about by liquor.
'sThe petition Is an appeal TO the decent
men Of Pennsylvania to wipe out an evil
that has wrecked more homes and careers
than any other vice known to man, z was
the eterse comment of Warden McKenty
The petition will be submitted TO the
next Pennsylvania legislature, II asks
that some law be passed that viii prohibit
the sale of Intoxicating liquors.
As an argument the sigHers cite theil
own lives and relate how the saloon il
responsible for their present condition,
The petition was signed by virtually 7c
per cent. Of the convicts. who are willing
to 60 before any legislative COMMITTEES
and tell in their own way how the saloon
wrecked their lives and broke the hearts
of mothers, sisters and sweethearts.
The example set by the inmates of the
Eastern Penitentiary has been followed
BY those in other institutionss Prisoners
IN the Federal prison, at Fort Leaven.
worth, will petition congress for q nation.
al prohibition Law.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
Stops Neuralgia-Kills Pain

Sloan's Liniment gives instant
relief from Neuralgia or Sciatica.
It goes straight to the painful part
6oothes the Nerves and Stops the
Pain. It is also good for Rheu
matism, Sore Thr at, Chest Pains
and Sprains. You don't need to
rub-it penetrates. Mr.. j.. r..
Swinger, Louisville. KY, writes.
81 suffered with quite severe
Neuralgia Headache for four
months without any relief. used
Sloan's Liniment for two or three
nights and I haven't suffered with
my head since." Get bottle to.
day. Keep in the house all the
time for pains and all hurts. 25c. !,
SOC. and 81 90 at your Druggist.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all
Sores.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
Wicked k;no Jobr.

Wasn't King John a wicked man?''
said the professors little daughter the
other evening. HE used to run over
people with his motorcars."
The professor was puzzled. Haven't
you made a mistaken he inquired
doubtfully. Surely your teacher didn't
tell you that?'
"Oh, yes, she did! She told us that
King John ground down the people
with his ."--London Chronicle.
The midland journal., 1914-07-17
pianitY.

Are you digniied2 If SO, why? Is
1t because Of what you are. what your
ancestors were or what you hope your
descendants will be?
Is it because Of something you have
done, something you can do, something
You know or something you possess?
Is it because Of some reputation you
have or some reputation you would
like to get?
Is it because OF definite notions Of
what is right and proper or vague mo-
tions Of what somebody else thinks is
right and proper?
Or do you just happen to be that
way, often wishing that you could re-
lax and enjoy yourself. like some of the
more frivolous people you meet?-E. o.
j. in Life.