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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
Barrels.

A barrel Is not always barrel, foS.
according to a Massachusetts, judge
the matter Of state lines has consider
able to do with It Some time since Q
Boston man purchased 200 barrels OF
sweet potatoes In the state OF Mary
land. When the sweet potatoes arriv-
ed in Boston the purchaser sold one
barrel Just Us It had come from Mary
land, but It appears that the barrel
weighed only 100 pounds instead Of $50
pounds, the legal weight In Massachu-
sets. In that state when a person
buys a barrel Of potatoes the weight
must be not less than $50 pounds. The
Massachusetts, courts ruled that the
purchaser Of the Maryland sweet po-
tatoes violated the law when he sold
the barrel that was underweight, al
though the barrel was legal one In
Maryland. Therefore barrel Is not
a barrel In Massachusetts, when II
weighs less than $50 pounds.-Utics
proas
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

luc an raise relief. The other has to
stay here an run the hospital an most
likely be eaten. Don't let It slip your
noodle that we've been six days gettin'
here. an. traveiin' light an an played
out, It can't be made back IN less n
three days"
For a minute Smoke pondered the
miles Of the way they had come, "
honing the miles In terms Of time
measured by bis capacity for exerton.
II can get there tomorrow night" he
announced
"All right" Shorty acquiesced cheer
fully. IAN. I'll stay an be eaten"
"But I'm going to take one fish each
for the dogs" Smoke explained. land
one meal for myself"
"An' you'n sure need It II you make
Mucluc tomorrow night"
Smoke, through the medium Of Car
lux. stated the program. make fires.
long fires. plenty Hres," he concluded
"Pienty Boston man stop Mucluc. Bos-
ton man much good Boston man plen-
ty grub Five sleeps ! come back
plenty grub. This man, bis name
Shorty. very good friend Of mine. BE
stop here. he big boss-savvyT
Carluk nodded and interpreted
"An grub stop here. Shorty. be give
IN grub. Ee boss-savvyT
Carluk interpreted. and mods and gut.
tural cries Of agreement proceeded
from the men
Smoke remained and managed until
the full swing of the arrangement was
under way. Those who were able
crawled or staggered in the collecting
of firewood Long Indian fires were
built that accommodated all. Shorty.
aided by q dozen assistants. with
short club handy for the rapping OF
hungry knuckles plunged into the
cooking.
First, a tiny piece of bacon was dis
tributed oil around and, next, spoon
ful of sugar to cloy the edge Of their
razor appetites Soon on a circle OF
fires drawn about Shorty many pots
of beans were boiling, and he, with a
wrathful eye for what he called the
renigers. was frying and apporhonins
the thinnest Of Hapjacks.
"Me for the big cookn'." was his
farewell to Smoke. "You just keep
a.hikin'. Trot all the way there an
run all the way back. It'll take you
today an tomorrow to get there. and
You can't be back inside three days
more. Tomorrow they'll eat the lest
of the dogfsh, an then there'll be
nary a scrap for three days. You
gotta keep a-comin'. Smoke; you gotta
keep a-comin'."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

on his feet, swaying from side to side
and still making fight with his hands
Smoke OWNED what was the matter.
thrust violent fingers between the rope
and the neck and brought the moose
slack with jerk With great heave
Of the chest Cultus George got bis first
breath.
"Win you take that team outT'
Smoke demanded.
Cultus George did not answer. he
was too busy breathing.
"Oh, we white men are hogs" Smoke
dled in the interval. resentful himself
at the part he was compelled to play.
"Wed sell our souls for gold. and all
that But once in awhile we forget
about 1t and turn loose and do some
thing without thought Of how much
there Is in It And when we do that,
Cultus George. watch out What we
want to know Is. are you going to take
Mt that teamT
Cultus George debated with himself
he was no coward. Perhaps this was
the extent of their bluff. and II he gave
in now he was fool And while he
debated Smoke suffered from secret
worry lest this stubborn aborgine
would persist in being banged
"How muchT said Cultus George.
Smoke started to raise his hand for
the signal.
me CO." Cultus George said very
quickly before the rope could tighten
"An' when that rescue expedition
found me-" Shorty told 1t In the Annie
Nine, that ornery Cultus George was
the first In, beatin Smokes sled by
three hours. an. don't you forget 1t.
Smoke comes in second at that. Just
the same, 1t was about time. when
heard Cultus George a-yellin' at his
dogs from the top Of the divide, for
those blamed Siwashes had ate my
moccasins. my mitts. the leather lac
in's, my knife sheath an some Of 'em
was beginnin' to look mighty hungry
at meme bein' better nourished, you
zee.
"An' Smoke? BE was near dead BE
hustled around awhile. helpin' to start
q meal for them 200 sufferin Siwasb'
es, an then he fell asleep. sittin' on bis
launches, thinkin' he was feedin' snow
into thawin' pail. fixed him my
bed. an dang me II didn't have to
help him into 1t, he was that give out
"Sure I win the toothpicks. Didn't
them dogs just naturally need the six
salmon Smoke fed 'em at the noonin'T
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

be able to do such a thing and at the
same time angered by the colossal self.
ishness Of the Indian. Smoke gave the
signal. Nor was Cultus George any
less astounded when he felt the moose
tighten with a Jerk and swing him OF
the 6oor. His stolidity broke on the
instant On his face, In quick success
sion. appeared surprise. dismay and
pain.
Smoke watched anxiously. Having
never been hanged himself, he felt
tyro at the business. The body strug.
gled convulsively. the tied hands strove
to burst their bonds. and from the
throat came unpleasant noises OF
strangulation. Smoke held up bis
hands.
slack awayr he ordered.
Grumbling at the shortness Of the
punishment the men on the rope low.
cred Cultus George to the floor. His
ewes were bulging, and he was lottery
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
Profitable Change.

A well known conjurer one day Wis
Ited a Scotch village. After perform
Ing many astonishing tricks he asked
for halfpenny, which a collier lent
him. The conjurer then said he would
turn It into a sovereign. He did so, as
the people thought, and handed 1t
around for them to see. When II
reached the collier he coolly pocketed
II and said to the astonished con5urer,
"WiH ye chenge me anither"-London
Nail.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
Full and Accurate Accounting.
HOW ONE OXFORD COUNTY FARMER FIG
URED COSTS.

e. H. French In New Engla nd Homestcad.)
| 1t is peculiar trait of New England
ers and perhaps of mankind in general
in business of any kind, to minimiz,
costs and magnify receipts-in the mind
This applies as much to farming as tC
any line of business. We like to thinh
We are making profits, whether We real
ly are or not, and more often the profits
exist only in our mind. How many
farmers have failed, not for lack OF
knowledge as to growing their crops OF
handling stock, but for their failure to
keep accounts and know actual costs
and leaks! How many business estab.
lishments have failed, not for any lack
of salesmanship, advertising or push,
but solely from their inability or failure
to accurately know costs!
One of the most hopeful signs of the
times in agriculture is the tendency to.
day to study costs and to charge up
keeping accounts is, to be sure, the real
ization that certain line of business we
may be in is actually putting us in the
hole, which is not calculated to make
any man happy. But to farmers, In par
ticular, the blessing of this disappoint-
ment, parodoxicsl as 1t sounds, lies In
the fact that, knowing the leaks we can
either stop them or change the direction
of our energies into wiser and really
profitable channels.
In Maine, for instance, there are farm
ers raising potatoes for living and
hauling them % miles or more to rail-
road points. Even with this handicap,
there might be profit in the best years,
but certainly not on the average, If a
man figures all his costs. How much
better for those farmers If they kept
complete accounts, and finding potatoes
Improbable, turned 10 the production of
less bulky products. Sheep raising,
dairying, poultry keeping, any one of
these would, rightly handled, be solu-
tion Of the problem where transporta-
ton costs are so heavy.
Many farmers think they know the
cost Of an acre of potatoes, but you
might ask many Maine farmer before
you would find one who could tell you
the actual cost of an acre of corn, either
sweet or yellow. Along these lines the
work Of the county demonstrators, un-
der the beneficence of the Rockefeller
directed in Maine by the col
lege of agriculture, is of prime impor-
tance, as showing farmers actual costs
and also how to increase yields and
profits.
In Oxford county, they struck re-
sponsive chord in the person of L. E.
McIntire Of Waterford. As to methods,
there was hardly room for Improvement
in this instance, as there isn't q more
thorough farmer in Maine than this same
Mr.. McIntire. But he was all ready to
fall in line and keep detailed cost ac-
counts for his own benefit and perhaps
as an object lesson to brother farmers.
In the demonstration plot was 6 1-2 Il
acres of sweet corn, planted in May,
1914.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
SynthstIo Dyes.

The raw materials from which a.
most all the synthetic dyes are made
are only nine or ten direct products Of
coal tar. These are transformed chem
ically into from $50 to 300 intsrmsdi
ate products, which In their turn yield
about 1900 chemically distinct dye
stufYs. Among the processes employed
are high temperatures. great pressures
and low refrigeration.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
IrvIno's Intonsity.

The piercing eyes and intense e1-t
preston of Henry Irving once had the
effect Of making a fellow actor alto
gether forget that he was on the stage
at all It occurred In Manchester dur
Ing a performance Of Macbeth and
In the scene where Macbeth says to
one of the murderers. There's blood
upon thy facet" Irving put 30 much
earnestness into his words that the
murderer forgot his proper answer
csTis BanQuo's, then'0 and replied In
startled voice: "Is theref Great
Scotr He fancied, Is he afterward
said, that he'd broken blood vessel.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

horrible, It was famine unmistakable.
Their faces, hollow checked and skin
stretched, were 40 many deaths heads
More and more arrived and crowded
about until Smoke and Shorty were
hemmed In by the wild crew. Their
ragged garments Of skin and fur were
cut and slashed away. and Smoke
knew the reason for 1t when he saw q
wizened child on a squaw's back that
sucked and chewed strip Of filthy
fur.
"Keep OF there-keep back!' Shorty
yelled, falling back on English after
futile attempts with the little Indian
he did know.
Bucks and squaws and children tot.
tered and swayed on shaking legs and
continued to urge in. their mad eyes
swimming with weakness and burning
with ravenous desire. A woman,
moaning. staggered past Shorty and
fell with spread and grasping arms on
the sled. An old man followed her,
painting and gasping. with trembling
hands striving to cast of the sled lash
ings and get at the grub sacks be-
meath. A young man with a naked
knife tried to rush In. but was flung
back by Smoke. The whole mass
pressed in upon them, and the fight
was on.
At first Smoke and Shorty showed
and thrust and threw back. Then they
used the butt Of the dog whip and
their fists on the food mad crowd. And
all this against background Of moan
ing and wailing women and children.
Here and there In a dozen places the
sled lashings were cut Men crawlsd
In ON their bellies, regardless Of rain
Of kicks and blows. and tried to drag
out the grub. These had to be picked
up bodily and flung back. And such
was their weakness that they fell con-
tinually under the slightest pressures
or shoves. Yet they made no attempt
to injure the two men who defended
the sled.
It was the utter weakness Of the In
dams that saved Smoke and Shorty
from being overborne. In five minutes
the wall Of outstanding, on-struggling
Indians had been changed to heaps Of
fallen ones, that moaned and gibbered
In the snow and cried and sniveled as
their staring. swimming eyes focused
on the grub that meant life to them
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
Women.

Women.
.Women are dreamsi" murmured the
sentimentalist, gazing on group OF
them In silk attire.
"You can bet they are" the practical
1t snapped back at the murmurous one,
.and dreams 60 by contraries, all
S1ghtT-Judge.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

and that brought the SLAYER to their
lips. And behind 1t all arose the wall
ing Of the women and children
'This Is terrible" Smoke muttered
I'm all het up" Shorty replied
I'm real sweaty. An now what r
we goin' to do with this ambulance
outftr'
Smoke shook his head, and then the
problem was solved for him. An In
dian crawled forward, his one eye tx
ed on Smoke instead Of on the sled.
and In 1t Smoke could see the struggle
of sanity to assert itself. Shorty re-
membered having punched the other
eye, which was already swollen shut.
The Indian raised himself on his elbow
and spoke:
me Carluk. Me good Siwash. Ne
savvy Boston man plenty. Me plenty
hungry. All people plenty hungry. All
people no savvy Boston man. Me saw
w. Me eat grub now. All people eat
grub now. We buy IN grub. Got IN
plenty gold. No got m grub. Sum-
mer salmon no come Milk river. Win
ter caribou no come. No grub. Me
make m talk all people. Me tell m
plenty Boston man come Yukon. Bos-
ton man have plenty grub Boston
man like m gold. We take m gold.
go Yukon, Boston man give m grub.
Plenty gold Ne savvy Boston man
like IN gold"
BE began fumbling with wasted fn-
gers at the drawstring Of a pouch he
took from his belt.
'ToO much make IN Noise" Shorty
broke In distractedly. "You tell m
squaw, you tell m papoose. shut m mp
mouth"
Carluk turned and addressed the
wailing women. Other bucks. listen
ing, raised their voices authoritatively.
and slowly the squaws stilled and STILL
ed the children near to them. Carluk
paused from fumbling the drawstrings
and held up his fingers many times
"Him people make m die" he said.
And Smoke. following the count
knew that seventy-fve Of the tribe had
starved to death.
me buy IN grub" Carluk said as
he got the pouch open and drew out a
large chunk Of heavy metal. Others
were following his example, and on
every side appeared similar chunks.
Shorty stared.
"Great jiminyr' he cried. "COPPER"
Raw, red copperl An they think It's
goldr'
"And the poor devils banked every
thing on It." Smoke muttered. "Look
at 1t. The chunk there weighs forty
pounds. They've got hundreds Of
pounds Of II, and they've carried It
when they didn't have strength enough
to drag themselves. Look here. Shorty.
We've got to feed them" =
"Huh! Sounds easy. But how about
statisticsi You an me has a months
grub, which Is six meals times thirty.
which Ii $50 meals. Here's 200 In
dams, with real, full grown appetites.
How can we give IN one meal evenr'.
|. There's the dog grub" Smoke an
swered. "A couple Of hundred pounds
Of dried salmon ought to help odt
We've got to do It They've pinned
their faith on the white man. you
know"
"Sure. an We can't throw m down" !"
! Shorty agreed "An' we got two nasty
Jobs cut out for Us. each just about
twicet a. nasty a. the other. One Of
! % be- ct b mats . TN Of y to Huc'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
7hs Calculus,

The bottom meaning Of the word
calculus" is pebble-calculare. calculus,
pebble. Thus We are taken back to
the very early time when calculating
was carried on by the help Of the peb
bles that preceded the regular numer'
als.-New York American.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
SWEET CORN EXPENSE ACCOUNT
n dressipg 9 cords per acre at IS per
Total cost Of 6 l.e acres. -


The preceding table shows net cost
per acre of S99.69. l was given these
figures before knew what the cash re-
turns would be. When l ventured to
remark that such cost figures might
serve to discourage other farmers from
raising this crop, Mr.. McIntire's quick
reply was that it was useless to practice
self-deception as to costs, and that the
very things which brought his costs up
were the things which he expected
would mean bigger returns per acre than
those secured by his neighbors or Maine
farmers in general. Here is the crucial
object lesson-the value Of concentra-
ton. Too many farmers spread their
efforts out too thinly. In support Of
this position note the returns from the
9 1-2 acres.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
Hts Query.

you've been sentenced 10 twenty
years hard labor. With good time you
can cut that down, Of course" said the
lawyer.
'Good timer exclaimed the prisoner.
'How's a guy going to have any good
time In prisonr'-Detroit Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

1t is usually conceded among New
England dairymen that two-thirds the
value of manure applied may rightly be
charged to the corn crop grown and the
balance to following crops. This would
mean credit against the total cost of
$3.50, so that net profit per acre would
be raised to S8256. Total revenue per
acre is seen to be S153 80, and leaving out
the value of silage, cash revenue of
sl2S.34 per acre for cut corn and seed.
The returns for factory cut corn are fig
ured at 81 cents per pound for actual
corn. Tests are made of different lots
coming to factory by weighing out 25
pounds corn, cob and all, then weighing
the corn cut from the lot. In the above
crop the test was II pounds in 25. All
the loads hauled in are weighed and
checks paid on the basis Of this test.
Attention should be called to the liberal
way in which costs are figured in the
above records. Note the charge for use
of land, the high average value of dress
ing, the size of narrowing item, as COM
pared to plowing, and the large items
for cultivation, thinning, and harvest
ing. All labor was figured at 20 cents
per hour per man and 10 cents per
horse. Besides the dressing, 400 pounds
bone meal and 200 pounds muriate of
potash per acre are broadcasted before
corn is planted and 400 pounds per acre
of good corn fertilizer, analyzing about
2 1-2-10-4, is broadcasted after plant
ing. Note that no fertilizer of any kind
is applied with the seed. This is one of
this good farmers pet theories, for pre-
viOus sad experience 10 missing bills led
him to adopt the present method Of fer
tilizati0n. That the theory is right is
proved by the total absence of missed
hills unless on account of rare boulder,
something very rare on this farm.
Besides this demonstration piece, an
other plot Of corn the past year brought
the acreage to II 1-2. While the costs
we're not kept in detail on the second
piece the yield in cash for cut corn and
seed fro m both pieces was S1398.24.
In passing upon this object lesson in
corn raising, 1t is but fair to say that
Mr.. McIntire's entire farm operations
are conducted with the same thorough
ness. His acreage of titled land is 65
acres. With hoed crops totalipg Is
acres, 100 tons of the finest quality hay
10 annually stored. Glover is every
where predominant, and 1t is not
strange that this fertile farm should
have been named Greenfields by the
ownsx and his friends.
Fourteen miles would have been too
far to profta5ly haul potatoes on the
average price, but the corn factory is
only two miles away, and, moreover, is
owned by the farmers of tho town,
while the hay and silage are Q Did or used
right on the farm by one of the best
herds of Holsteins In Maine. A full
story might bs written of that feature.
A hint al to quality Is conveyed by the
recent purchase for $1,000 of q month
old bull calf, King Hengerveld Alcarta,
BY the famous $50, 900 sire, known to all
Holstein breeders ~ the sensation OF
1914.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

Give thanks daily that you are living
in peaceable land, and then do your
part toward keeping 1t 90 by being on
friendly terms with all your neiRhbors.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
As,. anIa In Liza

No man can be both a dreamer and Q
man Of action, and we are called upon
10 determine what role We shall play
In life when we are too young to know
what We do.-Richard Middletoo.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

Keep the pigs healthy BY feeding only
clean food, and keeping beds and quar-
ters dry and clean.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11

Dimculties are things which s6ow
what men are.-Epictetua
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
c.x,o,,. coooanut Irsss.

CoyioHo Coooahut trs'
The island Of Ceylon has about 3D.
100000 trees, yielding 1900, 900 900 Co
eoanuts, many Of which are used local.
" for food and drink.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-05-11
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPxRD THE PLow."

j9fresgondence on practical Agricultural topic,
70 soncited. Address all communications In
s1noeo Tor this department to HENRY ID.
HAMMOND. Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-02-19

SAM AND WATERLOO
By EUGENE TOWNSEND.


Il haven't any prejudice against
you because you are in business. Mr..
Butts" repeated the earl of Water
bury. None whatever. | understand
that the United States Watch com
pany is a prosperous and honorable
concern. Pray put that idea out of
your head. | myself am connected
with a farmer. products institution"
In point of fact the earl of Water
bury was the head of model dairy,
and therefore could have no such OBJ
lection against Sam Butts of Bling
hampton. New York formerly, but
now domiciled in London.
But as for your marrying Lady
Muriel, Mr.. Butts, it is out of the
question" the earl continued. You
are an American. | say nothing
against you on that score. If you
could have had the choice you would,
of course, have been born an English
man. Far be it from me TO peneliZe
a man for a misfortune OF birth. But,
sir. you cannot understand the Eng
lish spirit. You are ignorant of our
sports Only yesterday you remarked
In my presence that you hoped Surrey
would score a run in its eighth inning
Fir. Butts. there are only two innings
In cricket, and Surrey did not score a
run. it scored 237 runs. In short, sir
you have not the essential tempera
ment to admit of an instants con
sideration of your preposterous re
quest. Besides. | intend that Lady
Muriel shall marry Mr.. Charles Ste
phen Langholme. Good-day, sir"
Sammy had known that it was 6
forlorn hope He and Lady Murie
had been in love with each other fol
six months, ever since they had met
in fact. Mr.. Butts moved in good so
ciety: he was presentable youns
man. and a Cornell graduate; but tina
did not make any difference in thu
earls eyes He had never heard o
Cornell and would not have cared
he had heard of it. The earl was in
tensely English, and a devotee o
sport. "The battle of Waterloo wa
Won OH tHe pay ing hOiuo VI A'oAi'
was his favorite slogan. But he di
not call it a slogan He called it a,
original remark, and each time he VI
tered it he thought he was giving
new idea TO the world.
There was nothing the matter wit
Charles Stephen Langholme. He ha
assimilated himself SO well to the pre-
vailing style that there was nothin
to him at all He had no individuality
If you had removed Mr. Langholm