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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27

ball whirled when % was opposite.
Both times 90 won. After that /
saw it happen again. Then I looked
for other sequences and found them.
Double naught' opposite fetches 80
and II fetches co. 1t doesn't always
happen, but it usually happens. You
notice 1 say usually AS said be-
fore, l have my suspicious, but I'm
not saying anything"
Big Burke, with sudden fash OF
comprehension, reached over, stopped
the wheel and examined 1t carefully.
The heads of the nine other game
owners bent over and Joined In the
examination. Big Burke Strengthened
Up and cast a glance at the nearby
stove.
III! he said. 1T wasn't any sys-
tenn at all. The table stood close to
the fire, and the blamed wheels warp
ed, and we've been worked to fraz-
zle. No wonder he liked this table,
He couldn't have bucked for sour ap-
pies at any other table"
Later, back In the cabin, Shorty 81.
lently overhauled and hefted the va
rious bulging gold sacks. He finally
piled them on the table, sat down on
the edge Of his bunk and began tax
ing of his moccasins.
Seventy THOUSAND" he calculated
1T weighs $50 pounds. And all out
of a warped wheel an a quick eye
Smoke, you eat 'em raw; you eat 'em
alive; you work under water; you've
given me the jimjams. but just the
same l know it's dream. It's only
In dreams that the good things comes
true. I'm mighty unanxious to wake
up. hope 1 never wake up"
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them and the trail.

between them and the trail.
"Come on, you Smoke! Come on, you
Smoker he could hear Shorty calling
anxiously.
By the red fare he could see the
snow torn up and trampled. and from
the way his partner breathed he knew
a battle had been fought. He stagger-
ed to the sled, and in the moment he
was falling on it Shorty's whip snap
ped as he yelled:
"Mush, you devils! Mush"
The dogs sprang into the breast
bands, and the sled jerked abruptly
ahead. They were big animals-Han-
sons prize team Of Hudson bays-and
Smoke had selected them for the first
stage, which included the ten miles Of
Mono, the heavy going Of the cutoff
across the fat at the mouth and the
frst ten miles of the Yukon stretch.
"How many are ahead?' he asked.
'You shut up an save your wind"
Shorty answered. "Hi, you brutes,
hit her up! Hit her up!'
He was running behind the sled tow
ing on a short rope. The fires had been
left in the rear, and they were tearing
through a wall Of blackness as fast as
the dogs could spring into 1t.
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More Sheep this Year.

lind iu talking with the farmers this
spring that more sheep will be raised
this year than for some years past. They
are planning to save the eve lambs as
far as possible. and many farmers who
have never before raised sheep are buy
ing with the idea Of building up a good
flock. There is no farmer who will tell
You that sheep raising does not pay, but
to the contrary they ell say that for the
amount Of labor expended it Is ono of
he best paying propositions on the
farm. Lambs were selling between IS
to IS and in some cases $6 for early
lambs last fall. Wool was high, and the
new law passed this winter exempting
sheep from taxation has already stimu-
lated many of the farmers In this sec
ton to enter this branch of farming.
E. Taylor In N. Z. Homestead.
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er bank and piling into the jam. They
swarmed up the bank in punches and
In punches were dragged back by their
impatient fellows. More blows were
struck, curses rose from the painting
chests Of those who still had wind to
spare. and Smoke hoped that the NAL
lets would not be brought into play.
Overthrown, trod upon, cropping III the
snow for his lost stakes, he at last
crawled out Of the crush and attacked
the bank farther along.
Down to the fourth corner he trip
ped midway and in the long. sprawling
fall lost his remaining stake. For i've
minutes he CROPPED in the darkness be-
fore he found 1t, and all the time the
painting runners were passing him.
From the last corner to the creek he
began overtaking men for whom the
mile run had been too much. In the
creek itself bedlam had broken loose.
A dozen sleds were piled up and over
turned, and nearly hundred dogs
were locked in combat. Among them
men struggled, tearing the tangled ami
mails apart or beating them apart with
clubs.
Leaping down the bank beyond the
glutted passage, he gained the hard
footing of the sled trail and made bet
ter time. Here, in packed harbors. be-
side the narrow trail, sleds and men
waited for runners that were still be-
hind. From the rear came the whine
and rush Of dogs, and Smoke had bare
" time to leap aside into the deep
snow. A sled tore past, and he made
out the man kneeling and shouting
madly. Scarcely was 1t by when 1t
stopped with a crash Of battle. The
excited dogs Of a harbored sled, resent
ing the passing animals, had got out
Of hand and sprung upon them.
Smoke could see the green lantern OF
Won Schroeder and, just below 1t, the
red flare that marked his own team.
Two men were guarding Won Schroe.
ders dogs, with short clubs interposed
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you through to the Yukon. Say. what
dye think Schroeder's scheme Is? Hes
got his first team quarter of a mile
down the creek, an he'll know 1t by
green lantern. But we got him skin
ned. Ne for the red fare every time"
The day had been clear and cold. but
the night came on warm and dark,
with the hint Of snow impending. The
thermometer registered Is below zero,
and in the Klondlke winter 10 below is
esteemed very warm.
At a few minutes before midnight,
leaving Shorty with the dogs 500 yards
down the creek, Smoke Joined the
racers on No. 8. There were forty.five
Of them.
Each racer carried six stakes and
heavy wooden mallet.
Lieutenant Pollock, in big bearskin
coat, looked at his watch by the light
OF fire. 1t lacked minute Of mid
night make ready" he said as he
raised revolver in his right hand.
Forty-flve pairs Of hands were unmit-
tened, and forty-fve pairs Of moccasins
pressed tensely into the packed snow.
Also forty-f1ve stakes were thrust into
the snow, and the same number Of
mallets lifted in the air.
The shot rang out, and the mallets
fell. Cyrus Johnson's right to the mil
lion had expired.
Smoke drove in his stake and was
away with the leading dozen. Fires
had been lighted at the corners, and
by each. fire stood policeman, list in
hand, checking off the names Of the
runners.
A contestant was supposed to call
out his name and show his face. There
was to be no stalking by proxy while
the real racer was off and away down
the creek.
At the first corner beside Smokes
stake Won Schroeder placed his. AS
they hammered more arrived from be-
hind and with such .mpetuosity as to
get in one another's way and cause
jostling and showing. Squirming
through the press and calling his name
to the policeman. Smoke saw the
baron, struck In collision by one Of the
rushers, hurled clean off his feet into
the snow. But Smoke did not wait.
Others were still ahead Of him. By
the light of the vanishing fire he was
certain that he saw the back, hugely
Of Big Olaf, and at the south
western corner Big Olaf and he drove
their stakes side by side.
It was no light work, this prelimi-
nary obstacle race. The boundaries Of
the claim totaled nearly mile, and
most Of it was over the uneven sur
face Of q snow covered, niger head
fat. All about Smoke men tripped
and fell, and several times he pitched
forward himself jarringly on hands
and knees.
The upper center stake was driven
by the edge of the bank, and down
the bank the racers plunged, across
the frozen creek bed and up the otner
side. Here, as Smoke clambered,
hand gripped bis ankle and jerked him
back. Arizona Bill, who had been
treated similarly, rose to his feet and
drove his fist with crunch into the
offenders face.
Smoke saw and heard as he was
to his feet, but before he
could make another lunge for the bank
a fist dropped him half stunned into
the snow. He staggered up, located
the man, half swung hook for bis
Jaw, then remembered Shorty's warn
ing and refrained.
It was q foretaste Of what would
happen when the men reached their
sleds. Men were pouring over the 9TH
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27
A Worlds Record Cow In Maine.

Flying Fox's Maid, a member of the
Jersey herd of DR.. d. Z. Moulton at his
farm in Falmouth, has recently COM
pleted a years test which gives her
world record as junior four-year-
old. In 385 days from March /, 1914,
to Feb. %, 1915, she gave 14,315 9
pounds of milk, averaging $40 percent
fat, total of 1856. .92 pounds of fat, equal
to 923 pounds 8 ounces of butter.
DR.. Moulton, her owner, writes OF her
as follows:
"Flying Fox's Maid, as her name indi-
Gates, is of the Flying Fox blood. Her
dam, Glad Girl Sd, No. 155377, is now
sixteen years old and still vigorous. As
might be expected from this combina-
ton, Maid is a strong, rugged COW, with
great constitution and capacity. She
entered the Registry of Merit as a two
year-old with record of Sl5l.S lbs. of
milk and 434.9 lbs. of fat, equal to 5ll.lO
lbs. of butter, with her first calf.
"The cost of her feed during that test
was S95. .02; the butterfat sold for Sl9l .O9,
leaving q profit of S9607 for her first
year.
"She was 4 years, 81 days old on Feb.
.21, 1914, when she dropped her second
calf. She freshened In cold weather but
never wore blanket or bad straw for
bedding. She was bedded with saw
dust, and received the same care as the
rest of the herd, except that she was
MIXED three times day. Her remark
able production as four-year-old show
ed conclusively that running her for q
year as a two-year -old did not injure her
10 the least, and was also a tribute to
the skill and ability of Robert D. Jor-
dan, who fed and cared for her during
her remarkable record. Although Mr..
Jordan had never run COW on yearly
test before, he gagged her capacity and
watched her 80 closely that she was new.
or off feed once during the year, and
finished in better flesh and condition
than she started.
"During the past year the milk at
'Gilsland' was sold at wholesale, upon
bids calling for guarantee OF at least
4 l-2 percent butterfat. Of course, only
the man who keeps Jerseys cares to bid
under these conditions, and a good
price was obtained. Up to July l, 1914,
her milk brought Sc per quart; after
that date, 1Oc was the contract price.
The 14,315. 6 lbs. of milk which she pro.
ducsd during the year amounted to 6lSl
quarts, which was sold for S572, 2,O2.
Everything that she ate was charged to
her at cost, including hay at sl6 per ton,
snsilage and green feed at IS per ton,
the total cost being $l7O.75, leaving q
net profit Of S40l q.
"The cost of the feed was high, as we
have no pasture at 'Gilsland,' and the
ordinary farmer who produces his own
feed could easily have reduced It."
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urging and pouring Of leather he went
to the side and on until his lead dog
was jumping abreast Of Big Olafs
wheeler. On the other side, abreast.
was the relay sled. At the speed they
were going Big Olaf did not dare try
the flying leap. If he missed and fell
Off Smoke would be In the lead, and
the race would be lost.
For half mile the three sleds tore
and bounced along side by side. The
smooth stretch was nearing Its end
when Big Olaf took the chance. AS
the flying sleds swerved toward each
other he leaped, and the instant M
struck he was on his knees, with whip
and voice squirting the fresh team.
The smooth stretch pinched out into
the narrow trail, and he jumped his
dogs ahead and into 1t with a lead OF
barely a yard.
A man was not beaten until he was
beaten, was Smokes conclusion, and,
drive no matter how, Big Olaf failed
to shake him of. No team Smoke had
driven that night could have stood
such a killing pace and kept up with
fresh dogs-no team save this one.
Nevertheless the pace was killing 1t,
and as they began to round the bluif
at Klondike City he could feel the
pitch Of strength going out Of his AM
mails. Almost imperceptibly they lag
ged, and foot by foot Big Olaf drew
away until he led by a score OF yards.
A great cheer went up from the pop
uladon Of Klondike City assembled on
the ice. Here the Klondike entered
the Yukon, and half mile away,
across the Klondike, on the north
bank, stood Dawson. An outburst OF
madder cheering arose, and Smoke
caught a glimpse Of a sled shooting
out to him. He recognized the splen-
did animals that drew 1t. They were
10y Gastelrs, end Joy Gastsll drove
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SMOKE
BELLEW
By
JACK
LONDON
CONTINUED
Copyrisha. 1914. BY The Wbeelsr
Syndicate

CONTINUED.
Smoke led the way to the table.
"Now, gentlemen, bear with me mo-
ment. This isn't an ordinary system.
It can scarcely be called legitimate,
but its one great virtue Is that It
works. I've got my suspicious, but I'm
not saying anything. You watch. Mr..
Keeper, be ready with the ball. Wait.
l am going to pick '28.' Consider I've
bet on It Be ready. Mr.. Keeper.
Now!'
The ball whirled around.
"You observe" Smoke went on, that
% was directly opposite"
The ball finished in "26."
Big Burke swore deep in his chest
and all waited.
For OO' to win IL must be oppo,
site. Try it yourself and see."
But the system?" Moran demanded
impatiently. 1--WE know you can pick
winning numbers, and we know what
those numbers are, but how do you
do it?"
"By observed sequences. BY acci'
dent l CHANGED twice to notice the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27
esSlno In the Dark.

sir J. J. Thomson b authority soe
the statement that when q body %
heated above the tsmperaturs Of boit'
ing water It ordinarily begins to b
family visible especially By avertsd
vision, but no definite eol0 Is db-
cerned until the temperature has risen
considerably higher. This suggests that
the first effects are felt By the "rodsr
and not by the "conss," which tossthss
form the retina. The cones are spect
ally concerned with the perception Of
color. From this one would infer that
animals which see IN the dark must
have retinas particularly rich In rods,
and physiology shows that this is nota-
bly, true Of the owl. whose retina u
remarkable for tho extremely great
proportion Of rods to cones. In faint
light, states Professor Thomson, The
owl sees no color, but he sees some-
thing, which II good enough for his
purposes where we would - nothing
at all-Philadelphia Record.
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puxxIee In Mathematics.

A New York engineer was surveying
the route Of a branch line for ratI
way system. An old backwoodsmAs
with whom be stopped for Q nms ~
mittsd one day when no saw the sng1
neer figuring in the field that mathS
mates always seemed a wondssf@
thing to him.
Being young and enthusiastic ~
engineer began to enlarge upon ID
wonders, telling the farmer bow w
could measure the distances to dfnee
snt planets and even weigh ths
planets; how we could foretell ths
coming Of a comet OF an eclipse ysAe
In advance Of It's actual occurrsneA
determine the velocity Of the swiftsse
proJectiles, ascertain the heights oe
mountains without scaling them. and
many other things meant to astonish
the old man.
"Yes, them things does seem kinder
curious" said the old man. but what
always bothered me was to under
stand why you have to carry one fos
every ten. But II you don't" be con
tinued with conviction, "ths darnsd
thing won't come out right"-Dvsry-
body's Magazine.
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WR YUH! Get on to the glad rags"
Shorty surveyed his partner
with simulated disapproval.
and Smoke, vainly attempt
ing to rub the wrinkles out Of the pair
of trousers he had just put on, was 1r-
ritated.
'They sure fit you close for a second
hand buy" Shorty went on. "What
was the taxT'
Zone hundred and fifty for the suit"
Smoke answered. "The man was
nearly my own size. thought 1t was
remarkably reasonable. What are you
kicking about?'
"Who? Me? Oh, nothin'. SayT
what do you want now% Smoke
demanded testify.
whats her name"
"There isn't any her, my friend. I'm
to have dinner at Colonel Bowies, II
YOU want to know. The trouble with
you, Shorty, Is you're envious because
Pm going into high society and you're
not invited"
By this time Smoke was strafning at
pair of shoes. The thick Woolen
socks were too thick to so into them.
He looked appealingly at Shorty who
shook his head.
"Nope. II had thin ones wouldn't
lend 'em to you. Back to the mocca-
sins. pardner. You'd sure freeze your
toes in skinny tangled gear like that
"But there are to be women, Shorty.
I'm going to sit down and eat with
real live women-Mrs. Bowie and sew
eral others, so the colonel told me-"
well, moccasins won't spoil their ap-
petite nOne," was Shorty's comment
"Wonder what the colonel wants with
your
As became a high salaried expert and
the representative Of the great house
Of Guggenheim, Colonel Bowie lived IN
one of the most magnificent cabins In
Dawson. And here Smoke met the 80
cial elect of Dawson-men like Captain
Consadine of the mounted police, Has
ksll. gold commissioner Of the Norm-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27

Do you know how many hours of Ia
bor your flock requires per year, what Is
the percentage of deaths, what your eggs
cost dozen, and how many your aver
age hens lay?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27

Brood mares will do the same work
as geldiugs, besides producing . colt
each year. Why not have at least q
couple Of good ones.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27

just Little Head Work-The farm
work should be organized 80 1t Is def
uitely known what the next job Is to be.
Make plans for several years. These
can be modified as occasion warrants.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27

Attention to details and capacity for
work are the easements upon which op'
portunity most often knocks the an
nouucement that Success 10 on the way.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27

1t may take q little longer to put
thiugs back where they belong, but 1t
saves q lot OF hunting when you want
to use those same things again.
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1ilumlnatlvA

"she had money 10 burn whea -
married the count"
"Yes, and % he made Light Of ~
fortune."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27

Suufiower seeds should be grown tor
the flock. They are especially good for
poultry in winter and during the moltins
|soasOn.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27

There should be an abundance Of light
In the stable. Light ID one OF the best
and cheapest germicides.
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Oh, Pudeet

.How did Minnesota get It's manor
Il suppose Ferdinando d. soeo
named It after his daughter Minnie
Louisviijs Couriss. Journal
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
"srxkD THE pLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topic
is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
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CHAPTER XII.
The Race For No. 8.

49, ~UH! Get on to the glad ragsT
Shorty surveyed his partner
with simulated disapproval.
ond Smoke yainly attempt
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-04-27
CHAPTER XII.

sttii You'll Mush onI chook! choek!"
- MOKE felt the sled heel up on
- one runner as 1t rounded an In
. visible curve, and from ahead
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-06

ing two sheep herders. A former
cowboy and desperate, Diamond
field Jack" Davis is known all over
the Rocky mountains. During the
exciting days of the last labor war
in Goldfield, Neveda, saw him so
girded with firearms that he was I'M
able to rise from his seat in res
taurant. His artillery had caught
n the rungs of his chair. Two years
ago he was shot up in Butte, but
slashed one of his three assailants
so badly that he'went to hospital un
tremendously, while "Diamondfield
Jack" waited until he got to Salt
Lake before he capitulated to the
sawbones. 1t may be true that he
who lives by the sword shall parish
by the sword, but from present in
dications "Diamondfield Jack" Davis
will die of old age.
The Case of "Diamondfield Jack
There was the usual war between
the cattlemen and the sheepmen.
Cattle won't range where sheep
range; they don't relish the spoor;
and in those days the sheep herder
that drove his sheep over the divis-
ional line was marked for death.
That's how these two sheep herders
crossed "Diamondfield Jacks" trail
Their bodies were found two weeks
after they were killed.
The sheep association employed
Borah to prosecute Davis. The young
lawyer hired a horse and started
down the Salmon river, where the
cattlemen owned a line of ranches.
He was unknown in that country. He
stopped overnight at the ranches,
trading "reminiscences with the cow
boys, and where courtesy demanded
explanation, he was looking over the
country with the ostensible purpose
of buying ranch.
The cowboys talked freely. Borah
earned that "Diamondfield Jack"
Davis and companion had gone
down the river and returned some
days later under heavy whip. the
lorses foam-stained. Davis had made
he remark to one of his friends that
he had killed a couple of, sheep herd
ers. There was other evidence, and
Borah gathered it.. When the wit
nesses were called they we're con-
fronted by the boyish-looking individ-
ual who had stopped overnight at
he ranch houses. And they told the
truth. They knew it was no use
lying. The penetrating eyes of Borah
were upon them, and his massive
jaws were grim set.
Davis was convicted and sentenced
to be hanged. Within an hour of the
time set for his execution a Judge /
issued writ of habeas corpus. and
that saved Davis until the pardon
Continued CD page six
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-07-29
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
H.. e. johnson
On Two-Cent Passenger Rates

both the State and the Railway Com
pany testified that the claims of the
railroad were sustained by the facts.
Two cents did not pay the cost OF
carrying passenger a mile. the
State, however, contended that the
railroad was earning enough surplus
on its state freight business to give
fair return upon the capital used In
its passenger as we'll as its freight
business. For the purposes OF the
case, the railroad did not deny this,
but held to its contention that the
State could not ssgregate its pas
senger business for rate fixing with
out allowing a rate that would be
sufficient to pay the cost Of doing
business and enough to give some
return upon the capital invested IN
doing the business regulated This
was the issue presented to the Su-
preme Court. It's decision responds
to the judgment of the fair-minded
sentiment of the country. The Su-
preme Court says that, even though
a railroad earns a surplus on a par
ticular commodity by charging rea-
sonable rates, that affords no reason
for compelling it to haul anothers
person or property for less than cost.
The surplus from a reasonable rate
properly belongs to the railway COM
pany. II the surplus is earned from
an unreasonable rate then that rate
should be reduced. The State may
not even up by requiring the railroad
to carry other traffic for nothing or
for less than cost.
The decision is wholesome one
and demonstrates that the ordinary
rules of! fair dealing apply to railway
companies. The fact that one makes
surplus on his wheat crop Would
never be urged as a reason for com
| pelling him to sell his cotton at less
| than cost. 1t wonld not satisfy the
man who wanted bread to be tod
| that It's high price enabled the cotton
/ manufacturer to get his raw producs
/ for less than cost. In this case the
court reafirmed the homely maxim
that each tYb mustA stand upon ~
1s6Nn hpstom.r A