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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
Use Printed Butter Paper.

The state and local boards OF health
may be getting fussy, but in many ways
there is method in their madness, aud
certainly in requiring that all butter
offered for sale be wrapped in parch-
meut paper, they are eminently wise.
Going one step further, every such pack
age should carry the stamp Of the max
or. Every good butter maker is entitled
to all the credit for quality and character
IF his or her work, and to neglect to use
printed paper is to prevent that credit
being given. 1t surely cannot be on &C.
count of cost, for the printed sheet for
one pound costs no more than a quarter
OF cent, II bought in any quantity. 1t
10 high time for producers to begin to
advertise their goods, to give them a
place in the market. Consumers soon
come to know the real worth of an,
product and call for 1t.
In buying my butter, 1 always ask for
certain makes because know the quail
ty, and / hear others doing the Same.
get the name from the printed wrapper.
IL there is none, then II is simply butter
and carries no character, It may be good,
bad or indifferent. Every consideration
Of business points to business advertis
ing. and no one needs it more than the
butter maker and general farmer, More
than this, the Law, in its protection oi
the health of the public, makes this OBJ,
ligatory. Thus, profit, cleanliness, good
business and law, unite to press what IL
only good business for the good dairy.
man.-Dr. G. NJ. Twitchell, In Maine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
Fence Making Time.

Wooden posts rot out quickly; few
Last ten years. II farmer ia fortunate
enough to have sharp sand and cheap
gravel at hand, by adding cement and
water Zone part cement to three parts ag-
gregate) he can make his own reinforced
concrete fence posts for the same money
posts. He can make them in the fall
and winter, or at odd times the year
round
The best fence in the world ia made Of
heavy woven wire, well galvanized, and
strung on concrete posts with corners
sufficiently braced to carry the high ten
sion A fence of this type that ia pig
tight, horse-high and bull.stroDg ipdi-
Gates the character of its owner, adds
dollars to the value of the farm and a
wealth OF solid satisfaction to the man
able and willing to erect it. The man
who puts up such fence will never
have to replace il.
A permanent farm fence should be at
least fifty six inches high and the posts
not more than twelve feet apart. The
posts should be a foot square at the bot
tom, taper to six inches at the top, and
set two feet deep. Wires smaller than
No. 9 are not worth buying, and stay,
top and bottom wires ought to be still
heavier.
The heart of a fence ia the corner post.
1t should be set deep and made as large
as the imagination and purse will stand.
The best style Of corner post, in my es'i-
nation, is made by setting three heavy
posts eight feet apart. From the bot
tom of the corner post heavy twisted
wire extends to the top of the next post,
aud from the middle of the corner to the
middle Of the next post is set brace of
six-inch rough timber or sawed four
by-four. The brace and wire should be
duplicated between posts number two
and three. Such a corner or gateway will
hold fence strung tight enough to
turn anything that wears hair.
While you are at 1t, get woven wire
gate that will hang till the cows come
home and never sag. l like a pattern
that swings both ways and catches auto
maticslly as II swings.
After a handsome. convenient and
strongly built home, the beat investment
the prosperous farmer Of 1915 can make
is to put up fence that will last until
his grandchildren need II.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
Building hints-fieat and Ventsla.
tlOn.

Believers in cooperation must concede
central heating plant in the home than
to operate several separate stoves. Econ
omy Of money In fuel cost Is not the only
consideration. Women who have to
tend stoves and clean up the muss they
make appreciate the lessened labor that
heating plant down cellar would cause
But they who have never been freed
from this stove tending can hardly real
ize what a convenience it Is to have q
heating plant in the cellar.
You can never get house as uniform
ly heated by stoves as by furnace, bot
water, or steam. The floors are bound
to be cold except where the cat sleeps,
and that is right up close to the stove.
So II you are planning new home, or
remodeling the old one, be sure and
plan for modern heating plant.
The important thing in choosing Q
heating plant, is to get size large
enough to heat your house in the cold
est weather. A few dollars more in cost
will save you many dollars worth Of
fuel in vain attempt to heat with fur
mace or boiler that is too small.
A hot air furnace improperly installed
will give poor service. But when fur
mace is put in right, every room can be
heated in any kind of weather. All that
need be remembered is that every room
must have complete circulation of air or
there will be more or less failure, es-
pecially 10 certain rooms in cold, windy
weather.
HAT oannot antar uploeo oold air cap
somehow escape. With steam or hot
water system II is different because heat
ing Is by radiation. No additional air
enters the room bv either Of these sys
TENS, while with furnace, hot air act
ually enters the room and therefore alike
volume of cold air must escape In or
der that hot air may continue to enter.
Some make q provision for cold air In
each room being piped back to the fur
mace where it is reheated and the circu-
lation thus kept up. But this provides
for no ventilation other than gets in
around the windows and doors, which
may or may not be sufficient. l prefer
to have the cold air leave the room by
an independent route and 90 into ven-
tilating f1ue, except where but few
people occupy any closed room.
Fresh air costs more than reheated air
already in the house, but it ia always
safe. II is easy to so arrange the sys-
tenn that the cold air goes back to be
again heated when occupants are few,
or turned into ventilatDg flue when
many occupy aroom.
With hot water and steam, ventilation
should receive attention because air in a
room ia continually reheated.
Those who are wondering how they
might add more moisture to the air Of a
furnace. heated home are invited to in
quire how the editor has solved that
problem. Maybe they can do the same.
Bv all means consider a modern meth
cd of house heating You don't have to
move to town to be comfortable.-Suc-
cessful Farming.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
PROLOGUE.

His the "Hu Youi Mush
oni chooki Chooki" spirit
the vim, dash and go" of
a husflfng mining country
like the Yukon-fhat Jack
London has put into these
Smoke Bellew storiea Mr.
London writes Of real men
men whose daily job 10 to
Join tssue with danger and
sudden death with never a
whimper. You can't help
feeling the thrill that runs
In the veins of these iron
muscled giants of the gold
fields, particularly since
Jack London, a good, husky
figure of q man himself
hos been through many OF
the adventures he writes
about and has the knack of
taking you along and OF
making you "hh the trail"
With him. "Smoke," once a
tenderfoof, now a sure
enough sour dough. has the
test Of his life in one story
and ts saved from defeat by
q mere girl. In another he
drops. ashe supposes. to sud-
den death to save the life of
q friend. Beyond question
Jack London has struck the
rich mother lode of fc-
hon In these wonderful sto-
rtss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
CHAPTER ~.
Tho Now Gentleman's Man.

r YALF the time the wind blew Z
gale aud Smoke Bellew stag.
gered against II along the
lnke beach. In the gray OF
dawn a dozen boats were being loaded
with the precious outfits packed across
Chilkoot. They were clumsy. home
made boats. put together by men who
were not boat builders out Of planks
they had sawed by hand from green
spruce trees. One boat. already loaded
was Just starting. and Kit paused Il
watch.
This wind, which was fair down ths
lake. here blew In squarely on the
beach. kicking up a nasty sea In the
shallowa The men Of the departing
boat waded In high rubber boots al
they showed 1t out toward deeper wa
ter. Twice they did this. Clambertnl
aboard and failing to row clear. the
boat was swept back and grounded
Kit noticed that the spray on the sides
Of the boat quickly turned to ice. The
third attempt was partial success
The last two men to climb In were wei
to their waists, but the boat was ahoat
They struggled awkwardly at ths
heavy oars and slowly worked oo
shore. Then they hoisted sail made
OF blankets. had It carried away In
gust and were swept a third time baci
on the freezing beach.
Kit grinned to himself and went on
This was what be must expect to en-
counter. for he. too. In his new role o.
gentleman's man was to start from th'
beach In a similar boat that very day
Everywhere men were at work. ant
ct work desperately, Tor the CLOSING
62 q xt2tae Nas . i@minaat tas
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
Making Pork.

Making Pork.
IL. 8. Corbett, Professor Of Animal Industry, II
Farmers Week as Orono.)
lifters and rightly SO. Statistics show
that the hog produces more human food
per pound of food fed than any Other
animal except the dairy COW. On al.
most any Of our farms there are unused
buildings which can be made draft
proof. Such buildings will answer the
needs of beginner. Where the busi-
ness is to be conducted on large scale,
ii is not wise TO make too many make
shift arrangements for the housing OF
the animals. There are many types of
houses but in most cases the simpler
ones prove to give the most satisfaction.
To succeed with swine, the farmer
must know what the market require
ments are aud which are the best types
of hogs to produce and feed for his spe-
cial market. There is less difference be.
tween the various breeds of hogs than
there is between individuals of the same
breed. As the breeding season ap-
proaches, it is necessary to have both
the boars and sows in proper condition.
Animals intended for breeding pur
poses should be matured but not fatten
ed. Fat animals do not make good
breeders. During pregnancy sows
should have plenty OF exercise and va
riety of feeds. Healthy sows that have
been properly cared for during preg'
nancy will have little difficulty at far
rowing time. As this time approaches,
the SOW should be fed light, laxative
ration, put in a clean, roomy pen and
supplied with fresh, dry bedding. Sows
should be kept quiet and fed very little
the first twenty-four hours after farrow-
ing.
From the time the pigs get a good
start until they are weaned, the SOW
should receive about all she will eat OF
ration made up Of equal parts of corn
meal, wheat middlings, and ground oats.
When the pigs are from four to six
weeks old, they will begin to eat with
the sow. They should be fed separately
by penning off creep. The same ra-
ton may be fed to the young pigs as the
sow. Forage crops should provide an
important part of the food supply. The
swine raiser should arrange to develop
his market animals az much az possible
on forage crops, leaving the heavy grain
feed for the fsttening and finishing peri
obs. Most forage crops are suited to
swine feeding. Pigs will not make
profitable growth on pasture alone. 1t
is necessary to supplement it with a
small ration. Early marketing means
quicker returns Of money, less interest
charges and more profitable gains. At
the age of weaning, the pig is making
very rapid and profitable growth. 1t
takes fifty percent more feed to put
pound of gain on one hundred fifty
pound pig than to put pound on one
weighing forty pounds, and So percent
more feed for $50 pound hog. Keep
steady daily increase from birth to
marketable weight.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

mountains by the steamers, was begin
ming slowly to dribble up the Dyea
valley and across Chilkoot 1t was a
portage Of twenty eight miles and
could be accomplished only on the
backs of men.
Tenderest OF the tenderfeet was Kit.
Like many hundreds Of others. he car
ried a big revolver swung on car
fridge belt. A strapping six foot In
dian passed him. carrying an unusual
II large pack. Kit swung In behind.
admiring the splendid calves OF the
man and the grace and ease with
which he moved along under bis bur
den. The Indian dropped bis pack on
the scales In front Of the post. and Kit
Joined the group of admiring gold rush
ers who surrounded him. The pack
weighed l25 pounds which fact was
uttered back and forth In tones OF awe
"Going to Lake Lindeman with It
old manY' Kit asked.
The Indian. swelling with pride
grunted an affirmative.
Here Kit slid out of the conversation
A young woman standing In the door
way had caught his eye. Unlike other
women landing from the steamers, she
was neither short skirted nor blo0mer
clad She was dressed AZ any woman
travelling anywhere would be dressed
The bright beauty and color OF her
oval face held him, and be looked over
Iong--looked till she resented. and her
own eyes, long lashed and dark, met
his In cool survey. From bis face they
Travelled In evident amusement down
to the big revolver at his thigh Then
her eyes came back to his. and In them
was amused contempt She turned to
the man beside her and indicated Kit
The man glanced him over with the
same amused contempt
.Chekako." the girl said.
The man, who looked like tramp IL
his cheap Overalls and dilapidateo
woolen jacket. grinned dryly. and XII
felt withered. though he knew not why
| did you see that man with tns
grip Kits neighbor asked him excit
| edly. "Know who he tsT
Kit shook his head.
.Cariboo Charley. a0 was jus
pointed out to me. He struck It big OF
| Klondika Old timer. Been on tn
Yukon dozen years. Hes just come
out"
"What does 'chekako' meanr Nj
asked
"You'rs one; I'm one" was the an
swer-"tenderf0ot"
Kits flrst pack was q success. VI
to Finnegan's Crossing they had man
aged to get Indians to carry the 2,oV
pound outfit From that point thei
own backs must do the work. The!
planned to move forward at the rat
Of q mile a day. It looked easy-ol
paper. =.
6inea 1ohR RallaI m R lsA Z
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

Take a candy pail holding q half-bush-
el (a zinc half bushel measure with the
bottom worn out Is better still,) tack a
sack to the sides of II, and you will have
no trouble in measuring up corn, oats,
and vegetables OF other farm products
by yourself, filling the vessel while II
rests on the ground or floor; then rails.
ing It and letting the contents pass
down into the sack.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
Copyright, 1914, by tn. Wheeler Syndicate.

to mop up cOcktails or pink tea. kil
murmurpd deprecatingly. Besides.
wasn't brought up right Now. II when
| was a youngster I had taken some OF
those intensely masculine vacations
you 90 In for-I wonder why you didn't
invite me sometimesr'
The older man looked at bis nephew
with unc0ncealed disgust "Well. I'm
going to take another one OF those
what you call masculine vacations
Suppose asked You to come along
Hal and Robert are going In to Klon'
dixie, and I'm going to see them across
the pass and down to the lakes, then
return
he got no further, for the young man
mad sprung forward and gripped bis
hand my preserverr
John Bellew was Immediately SUB
picious He had not dreamed the tn
vitation would be accepted
when do We startr
1T will be a hard trip. Youu be In
the way"
mo. l won't m work"
Each man has to take q years sup
plies in with him. There'll be such a
jam the Indian packers won't be able
to handle It Hal and Robert will have
to pack their outfits across themselves
That's what I'm going along for-to
help them pack. Ii you come you'll
have to do the sama"
when do we startr'
Tomorrow"
"You needn't take It to yourself that
your lecture has done it." Kit said at
parting. II just had to get away
somewhere. anywhere. from OHara."
Kit Bellew landed through the mad
ness of the Dyea beach. congested with
the thousand pound outfits Of thou
sands of men. This immense mass OF
luggage and food. flung ashore In
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

Scummy drinking vessels cause sick
ness. They should be scalded out every
now and then Filthy water drunk daily
is very irritating to the bowels. Water
is the principal constituent of the flesh
bones, feathers, aud eggs Of fowls, and
necessarily large quantities of it are con-
sumed daily. Therefore, 1t should bt
seen that the water supply is not only
pure, but fresh.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
CHAPTER u.
The Making OF . Man.

OOHN BELLEW grew anxiouA
Capturing a bunch Of Indians
backtripping from Lake Lnds-
~ man. he persuaded them to put
their straps on the outfit They charg
ed 80 cents a pound to carry 1t to the
summit OF Chilkoot. and It nearly
broke him. As 1t was, some 4OO
hounds of clothes bags and camp out
at were not handled. he remained be
hind to move 1t along. dispatching kit
With ~ Indiana At the summit All
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

Generally speaking. to gain something
you must lose something. Success
comes from making your gains greater
than your Losses.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

1t 10 not always the finest looking COW
that does the best at the pail. Hand
some is as handsome does.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

A good coat OF paint will prevent the
wooden feed pail from shrinking and
going to slaves.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

1t requires diplomat and gentle
man to induce the dairy COW to yield to
her utmost. The british man should
be banished from her domicile.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

Dairying increases as agriculture be-
comes more permanent, and agriculture
becomes more permanent as dairy ing en-
ters In.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

Atnigbt feed rather solid fcOd-pi
head oatmeal, cracked wheat, etc.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

It takes q lot of the hens energy I
warm up lee cold feed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30

Economical gains can not be put on
hogs with corn alone, especially this
year.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED TIE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topic
10 solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY d
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-30
HEALTH
and Happiness

demand properly functioning body and
q clear thinking brain. Nothing so
quickly clogs both brain and body as
constipation. Irregular bowels induce
sluegishness in mind and muscle.
A teaspoonful of the famous "L. F. !"
Atwood's Medicine, taken before or af-
ter meals, relieves the worst case OF
constipation in the shortest time, as
Mr.. j. w. Cady's letter tells:
National Military Home,
Togus, Maine.
ssI first used "L. F." Atwood's Med
ieine 40 years ago, when L came from
the army. 1t relieves constipation and
keeps the bowels regular. For dizziness
and loss Of appetite, it is a superior
remedy. If people would only try 1t,
they'd be convinced"
(Signed) j. W. Cady.
The Big Bottle -S5 Cents at Your
Dealers
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moved himself and his quarter OF u
ton Of baggage from her tent Further,
be took several conclusions away with
him she had fetching name and
fetching eyes. could not be more than
twenty or twenty -one or twenty-five
her father must be French. she had a
will Of her own. temperament to burn
and she had been educated elsewhere
than on the frontier.
The last pack from Long lake to
Linderman was three miles. and the
trail rose up over a thousand foot hog
back, dropped down scramble Of slip.
pery rocks and crossed wide stretch
Of swamp. John Bellew demonstrated
when he saw Kit rise with hundred
pounds In the straps and pick up
afty pound sack of -four and place II
on tDp Of the pack against the back Of
bis neck.
~Come on. you chunk Of the hard,
Kit retorted. "Kick In on your bear
meat fodder and your one suit Of un
derclothes."
But John Bellew shook his head
"Im afraid I'm getting old. Christie.
pher."
"Avuncular. want to tell you some
thing important was raised a Lord
Eauntleroy, but can outpack you. out
walk you. put you on your back or lich
you with my flsts right now"
John Bellew thrust out his hand
christopher. my boy. believe you
can do It. I believe you can do It with
that pack on your back at the same
time. You've made good. boy, though
it's too unthinkable to believe"
Kit made the round trip Of the last
pack four times a day. which ID to say
that he daily covered twenty .foul
miles Of mountain climbing. twelve
miles Of It under $50 pounds he wal
proud, hard and tired. but In splsndil
physical condition.
= Qne lnhllm hetheeed him a ~
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llluG ~ wac bO WV 0Ss e@sS
wetting and who announced with chat
tering teeth the need Of q fire.
"If you give me shot at It ] think
can get her or" Kit said
"How would you 60 about itr 6tns
snapped at him
"sit down and get q good rest t1n Q
toll comes in the wind and then bock
in for all we're worth"
Simple as the idea was, be had been
the FIRST to evolve II. The 6rst time It
was applied It worked. and they hoist.
ed a blanket to the mast and sped
down the lake.
sprague struggled with the steering
sweep for a quarter Of an hour and
then looked appealingiy at Kit. who
relieved him.
my arms are fairly broken with the
strain Of It" sprague muttered apo'o'
getically.
Kit steered the length Of Lndeman.
displaying an aptitude that caused
both young men OF money and disin
clination for work to name him boat
steerer.
Between Lindeman and Lake Ben
nett was a portage. The boat. lightly
loaded. was lined down the small but
violent connecting stream. and here
Kit learned a vast deal more about
boats and water But when II came
to packing the outfit Slime and Sprague
disappeared. and their men spent two
days of back breaking toll In getting
the outfit across
They came to the rapids-nst The
Box canyon and then. several miles
below, the White Horse. The Bo1
canyon was adequately named II
was box. q trap Once In It. th<
only way ont was through
On either side arose perpendiculal
Continued on Page ~
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-04
Keep it Handy for Rheu-
matlsm.

No use to squirm and vince and
try to wear out your rheuma-
tism. 1t will wear you out in
stead. Apply some Sloan's Lin
iment. Need not rub it in just
let 1t penetrate all through the
affected parts, relieve the sore
ness and draw the pain. You get
ease at once and feel so much
better you want to go right out
and tell other sufferers about
Sloan's. Get a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment for 25 cents of any
druggist and have it in the house
against colds, sore and swollen
joints, lumbago, sciatica and like
ailments. Your money back if
not satisfied, but it does give al
most instant relief. Buy a bottle
today. ADV
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-04
Timely Advice TO Men

You need not be ashamed of your
follies, but you ought to be ashamed
not to correct them. If you are not
ready to correct them today you will
be less so tomorrow.
Do it now. This is a motto we see
tackled up in many places and it's a
good text to follow. To avoid delay
in caring for diseases is to avoid dam
age.
If you are not physically sound get
busy with yourself. The debt you owe
to posterity is to permit them to in
herit from you a clear mind, good
nerves, pure blood and sound body
You are not what you should be.
Come talk it over with DIR. Kutchin,
careful specialist, who has had 81
years experience. Ifyou are satisfied
you will find my prices easily within
your reach.
DIR. Kutchin's next visit to Green
vile, will be on Thursday, Feb. 4
at the Hotel James. ADV