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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
licorice sticks, lemon drops, jaw break

licorice sticks, lemon drops, Jaw break
ers, peanuts, wafiies, lobster croquettes,
sardines, cinnamon drops, watermelon,
pickles, popcorn, ice cream and sausage
with raspberry lemonade and cider.
Penrod had admitted to himself that
Maurice could do 1t and afterward at
tend to business or pleasure without
the slightest discomfort, and this was
probably no more than a fair estimate
Of one Of the great constitutions Of all
time. AS a digester, Maurice Levy
would have disappointed Borgia.
Fortunately, Maurice was still at At
lantic City, and now the convalescent's
heart leaped. In the distance he saw
Marjorie coming-in pink again, with a
ravishing little parasol over her head.
And alone! No Mitchy-Mitch was to
mar this meeting.
Penrod increased the feebleness Of
his steps, now and then leaning upon
the fence as II for support.
"How do you do, Marjorie" he said
in his best sickroom voice as she came
near.
To his pained amazement she pro-
eeeded on her way, her nose at cele-
brated elevation-an icy nose.
She cut him dead.
He threw his invalid's airs to the
winds and hastened after her.
Marjorie" he pleaded, whats the
matter? Are you mad? Honest, that
day you said to come back next morn
Ing and you'd be on the corner, was
sick. Honest, l was awful sick, Mar
jorie! had to have the DOCTOR
"Doctorr' She whlrled upon him,
her lovely eyes blazing. II guess we've
had to have the doctor enough at our
house, thanks to you, Mister Penrod
Schofield. Papa says you haven't got
near sense enough to come in out Of
the rain after what you did to poor
little Mitchy-Mitch"-
"What?
"Yes, and he's sick in bed yetw Mar.
jorie went On with unabated fury.
"And papa says If he ever catches you
in this part of town.
"Whatd do to Mitchy- -Mitch?'
gasped Penrod.
"You know well enough what you
did to Mitchy- -Mitchw she cried. "You
gave him that great big, nasty two
cent piecew
"Well, what Of it?"
"Mitchy- Mitch swallowed It"
"Whatw
"And papa says II he ever just lays
eyes on you once in this neighboT-
hood
But Penrod had started for home.
In his embittered heart there was In
creasing a critical disapproval Of the
Creators methods. When he made
pretty girls, thought Penrod, why
couldn't he have left out their little
brothers!
[To BE CONTINUED
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Eyes, before warned you. I've been
waiting here to tell you, Bob. you
mustn't come near the house. II I
were you I'd stay away from even this
neighborhood-far away! For awhile
I don't think 1t would be actually safe
for
Margaret, will you please
"It's' all on account Of that dollar
you gave Penrod this morning" she
walled. First he bought that horri-
BILE concertina that made papa SO furi-
ous'-
"But Penrod didn't tell that r.
"Oh, waitw she cried lamentably.
listen! He didn't tell at lunch. but
he got home about dinner time in the
most-well. I've seen pale people be-
fore, but nothing like Penrod. Nobody
could imagine it-not unless they'd
seen him. And he looked 80 strange
and kept making such unnatural faces
and at first all he would say was that
he'd eaten a little piece Of apple and
thought it must have had some MI
crobes on 1t. But he got sicker and
sicker. and we put him to bed, and
then we all thought he was going to
die, and, Of course, no little piece OF
apple would have-well, and he kept
getting worse, and then he said he'd
had a dollar. He said he'd spent it for
the concertina, and watermelon, and
chocolate creams, and licorice sticks,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Crack Of q Bullet.

That bullets neither whine. hiss,
howl, hum nor whisper, novelists to
the contrary Notwithstanding, II In
formation given by Edward @. Cross
man In Outing. With one possible ex-
ception-when in certain conditions Of
open country modern military bullets
hiss to those standing back Of the nr-
ing line-nothing is audible except Q
sharp crash Of air closing around the
bullets base when It travels at high
speed. At a velocity Of 1,600 feet Q
second, or more, the noise II like
nothing 30 much as long and very
violently cracked blacksnake whip"
Those who stand far enough from the
rifle hear the bullets crack and later
the dull, thudding noise Of the rife II.
self, which has been outspeeded. Jack
London makes a soldier hit at 600 yard
range first hear the sound Of the mod.
ern rife and then feel the blow OF the
bullet. But the bullet would have kill
ed him half a second before the sound
from the rife reached him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Why 10 the Sky BIusf

When a piece Of iron is slowly heat
ed in a fame It at first radiates heat
and as the frequency Of the wave mo
tions becomes greater 1t radiates light
first red rays. then yellow and hnaI
ly. II the heat is very intense. a white
light is emitted. The red rays are
longer and Of less frequency than rhs
blue. When white light Is passed
through a prism the waves are acted
upon and are separated. The red rays
are diverted less from their previous
direction than the violet. This is s1
emplified by light from a clear sky
Refracted by suspended particles IL
the air, the blue rays are diverted
more than the others and give bloc
appearance to the otherwise colorIess
clear sky.-samuel 8. sadtler, 8. B.. ip
Chemistry Of Familiar Things"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Whale Curiositlse.

Little Is really known about his
whaleship. This Is surprising, consid-
ering he Is such an interesting subject.
The blue or sulphur bottsm whale Is
the largest animal living today. Spec
linens have measured eighty-seven feet
In length, which In all probability
weighed about sevenU-fve tons. Odd
ly enough, although the mouth will
permit twelve men to stand In 1t the
throat Is only nine inches In diameter.
These particular whales feed on MI
mute shrimps-abOut three-quartsrs or
an inch in length-and they probably
never touch fish while they can obtain
these. From the inside Of one OF these
whales Eve barrels Of shrimps were
taken. The sperm whale possesses
spermaceti in liquid form In the up
per portion Of its head. From one OF
these whales twenty barrels Of sper-
maceh were taken out Of the case"
This same type Of whale also yields
ambergris, that valuable substance
used so extensively in the nanufac-
ture Of our best perfumes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Need of Fertility.

We farmers need to be preached to
and instructed great deal more than
we are on taking proper care OF the land
We till. have only awakened to the
Importance of the matter In the last ten
years. 1t is really the foundation Of our
success in all dairy farming. And 1t is
very fascinating study when once you
see it's possibilities. have several
pieces of land that for years acted stub.
born and unwilling to do good, profitable
work for me. But now they have come
into line. notice that when once you
have filled up the soil with humus by
plowing under clover, and alfalfa, and
harvard manure 1t answers to tillage
a great deal more responsively. And
when you think Of II, that was the con-
dition of all our good Iowa lands when
We first broke them up. What crops
they did raise! Why? Because they
were full of humus, decayed vegetable
matter. Fill these lands up again, drain
them, phosphate them, lime them and
will tell you they will do nobly for u.s.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
70 crsats Q Vacuum.

Il you have ever worked IN q pAys-
lcal laboratory you probably have ssso
q vacuum receiver and learned bow
dih,cult It is to create a perfect vacuum
even with this instrument.
4 vacuum can be created In Q Single
way by using two drinking glasses, .
small candle end and q piece Of blot
ting paper. The glasses must be the
same size and of the thin glass kind
The candle end is lighted and put into
one glass, the blotting paper b well
dampened and placed on top Of The
glass, the other glass inverted and tts
rim placed exactly over the lower one
and pressed down tightly. The candle
Will burn up all the oxygen In the
glass and 90 out.
The air In the glass, being heated,
will expand, and some Of 1t will be
forced out from under the moist paper;
then as the portion remaining cools II
will contract and draw the upper glass
on the paper and create an air dshs
joint. The upper glass can be taken
up and the lower will cling to it-Kan.
sas City Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
A Lost Sea.

zone Of the most curious experiences
I ever had" says James Oliver Cur
wood, the author, occurred on my first
trip to James bay, the southern por-
ton Of Hudson bay. We reached the
bay Just at sunset. 1t happened that
I was the first to awaken in the morn
ing, and when I crawled out Of my
tepee I gave a yell that reused the
camp. The sea was gone! Not sign
Of that vast grass grown dip in which
It had been. My first thought. and a
natural one, was that was out OF my
head. Where had the sea gone? Had
we really camped on its shore the night
before? strained my eyes. but could
see nothing but that dip speckled with
pools of water. I was in the company
of a Hudson bay factor Mt the time,
and I turned to find him laughing.
Then the explanation came. At this
point James bay was unusually shal-
low, and at low tide the sea dropped
back seven miles! During the night II
had actually left us seven miles In
land
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Cara ~ AhA Mauth.

The use Of q tooth wash does NOT
approach the conditions Of laboratory
test, though there can be little doubs
that good deal Of germicidal work n
the mouth is' done by the vigorous ap-
plication Of the toothbrush, and 1t may
be pointed out chat the tongue may
we'll be included in the process. 10 b
effective, however, the action Of all an
tiseptics takes time, according to the
vitality of the organisms they encount-
er, and usually the tooth brushing
process does not occupy many seconds.
This question Of time exposure Ii I'M
portant, but 1t is very generally over
looked and consequently the antseptdc
treatment Of the teeth falls short OF
that effectiveness which Is shown to
be the case In laboratory experiments.
The tooth washing process should be
more prolonged and the antiseptic wash
allowed to remain In contact with the
teeth and gums for some minutes In
stead Of seconds before finally washing
the mouth clear Of antfseptc with
plain water.-London Lancet.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
aaeon on S>a Power.

It was Francis Bacon, after the ships
Of England had destroyed the In
yincible armada" who In a chaptes
entitled "Of the True Greatnesse d
Kingdomes and Estates proclaimed
his idea that sea power Is world pow
er. He said:
1--WE see the great Effects OF Bat
TALES by Sea. The Battaile Of Actum
decided the Empire Of the World. Tns
Battaile Of LepantO arrested tho
Greatnesse Of the Turks. There b
many Examples. where ses-F1gho
have beene FINAL to the Ware; bua
this is, when Princes or States, have
set up their Rest. upon the Battailss.
But thus much Is certaine; That hse
who Commands the Sea, Is at great
Liberty, and may take as much, ana
az little of the Ware, as he VIII
Whereas those, that be strongest Dy
land, are many times neverthelesse 10
great straights."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
CHAPTER XIII.
RnokhAra ~ AnoAta.

mT INDEED, 6octor," said Mrs. scho-
field, with agitation and pro-
found conviction, just after 8
o'clock that evening, II shall al
ways believe in mustard plasters-mus-
tard plasters and hot water bags. II It
hadn't been for them I don't believe
he'd have lived till you got here-I DO
notr
Margaret" called Mr.. schofield from
the open door of a bedroom, Margaret,
where did you put that aromatic am
monia? Where's Margaret"
But he had to find the aromatic spir-
It's of ammonia himself. for Margaret
was not In the house. She stood In the
shadow beneath a maple tree near the
street corner, a guitar case in her hand.
and she scannedAwith anxiety briskly
approaching figure. The arc light,
swinging above, revealed this figure as
that of him she awaited. He was pass
ing toward the gate without seeing her,
when she arrested him with fateful
whisper.
"Bobw
Mr.. Robert williams swung about
hastily. "Why, Margaret"
"Here, take your guitar" she whis-
pered hurriedly. II was afraid II ia
ther happened to find 1t he'd break It
all to pieces!'
"What forY' asked the startled Rob
ert.
because I'm sure he knows It's
yours"
"But what
"oh, Bob" she moaned, ~ was wait
ing here to tell you. l was 80 afraid
you'd try to come in"-
"Tryw exclaimed the unfortunate
youfg man. quite dumfounded. Try.
to come
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Japan First With japanese.

Every Japanese is Japanese hrst'
whatever else he may be second. In
this unified patriotism they are incom'
parable. 1t extends even to the minor
affairs Of life. There Is no japanese,
of high or low degree, who Will admit
any fault of his country to a foreigner,
however strict his censure may De
when talking to his friends. II there
are faults the japanese conceal them.
They never volunteer any Information
as to drawbacks, and they always have
an excuse for failures. No condition
can arise in Japan whereby foreigner
can learn from japanese Of anything
to the detriment Of the country. The
statesmen will not tell you anything.
The coolies will not tell you anything
They are units Of concealment They
put the good face on everything. 1t Is
japan first with them, Japan first al
ways, and always a super-Japan.-Sam
uel G. Blythe In Saturday Evening
Post.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Good Foreign Dairy Products.

The jury of awards that scored the
butter and cheese at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition at San Francisco in May had
an opportunity to note the effect OF pas.
teurization as we'll as the method OF
making and of storing butter on Its keep.
ing quality.
Both New Zealand and Australia had a
considerable number of entries on exhi-
bition in the large refrigerators which
formed part Of the equipment OF their
respective buildings. Most Of the but
ter was in 58.pound boxes and the
cheese was sixty-pound Cheddars.
There were some thirty entries from
different farmers associations in the
New Zealand exhibit. The quality OF
this butter and cheese was very credit
able to the buttermakers and to the
farmers producing the milk. The
cheeses were nearly perfect in shape,
showing that great care had been taken
by the maker in pressing and bandaging
every one of the cheese which undoubt-
edly were selected from the regular run
of large number of factories.
The butter gave the impression that 1t
was all made by one man. 1t certainly
was made by exactly the same process
in each one of the thirty different fac
tories and since pasteurization Is prac'
,iced in that country. the effect of hand
ling the cream by this process was EVIL
dent in this butter.
Both the butter and cheese was made
in December and when scored in May,
after five months holding in cold stor.
age, there was no sign OF strong or
rancid flavor In the butter; 1t had the
mild, clean flavor which Is so character
istic of all first-clsss foreign butter.
The jury examined an entry of butter
made from one Of the states and shipped
to the exposition where 1t was held
in the refrigerator Of this particular
state exhibit. 1t showed decided evi.
deuce of rancidity. The cream had
probably not been pasteurized and the
factory was not so accustomed to max
ing long keeping butter a. is the case
with the New Zealand factory. As a rule
our butter in this country is consumed
much quicker than that made In New
Zealand and possibly that Is the reason
why We have not yet an established
practice OF pssteurization and -manufac.
ture that produces the mild flavor and
close texture of first. class foreign butter
Another entry Of butter from one Of
the states was better in flavor than the
foreign butter and probably would score
several points higher In our markets
This was the opinion of the judges and
while they all agreed that the New Zea
land butter and cheese were very uni
form and of high quality, 1t was no!
equal to some entries Of butter and
cheese from factories In this country
This is naturally to be expected because
the United States butter was nearer ths
churn than that from New Zealand.
think the particular lesson weshould
learn from these exhibits 10 the impor
lance of pasteurization and the use OF
uniform method Of handling tho mill
and cream In making our butter an6
cheese in this oountry.-E. b. Earring
ton, Wisconsin Dairy School, In Hoard'I
Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
ch;,... Mama. Of Places.

Chinese names Of places often define
their character. Thus the terminal
"yang" means fortress, Pingyang the
fortress Of peace "Cheng" means a
"walled city" "Shan" Is mountain,
"hai" the sea, "Kuan" camp; thus
Shankaikuan is the mountain sea
camp" A cling" Is mountain pass;
Motienling, near Mukden, Is the
"heayen scraping pass"
The sufflxes tao and ito" indicate
islands; "po" or "pho," harbor;
"wan," a bay: "kiang" and "ho," a
river; "kow," a port; "fu," first class
city; "ju," a provincial capital. "Pef
Is north, mani Is south, "king" Is cap
ital. These suffixes help to explain
such familiar names In these days as
Sanshantao, Chemulpo, Talienwan,
Yangtsekiang. Hoangho. Yinkow, Che
fu, Anju, Peking, and Nanking.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Hints.

No horizon 10 10 narrow a. that ono In
which the sun rises and sets on self.
Give the hsiiers long milling period
the first year, that they may got the hab-
It of milk giving for long period per-
manently fixed.
Sweet cream should not be added to
that which IL to be churned less than
twelve hours before churning. It makes
the operation more difficult and much OF
tho fat ID lost in the buttermilk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Aanas&ie Qlnlomat.

Mrs. Crossdyke lived In the country.
"why do you insist on your new
servants arriving Saturdays nowr
friend asked her one day.
"Well, 1 have had some experience
with these modern girls" replied MIA
G. Previously used 10 engage them
Mondays, but now I get them to como
Saturdays"
But why~ asked her neighbor.
"There's no train back to the city
until Monday afternoon" said Ars. q
shrewdly, "and hubby Is extremely
partial to his Sunday dinnerr-LoU
don Answers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03

According to statistics, the average
number OF eggs laid by each hen In this
country foots up about five dozen.
This 10 counting the good, bad and in
different. But II the statistics were tax
en- from poultry farm reports exclusive
ly, the average would be ten dozen.
With the improved methods Of breeding,
the average with tho poultrymeu will In
few years run ~ high a. $50 eggs per
hen per annum. Individual records
have been reported that are fast scoring
up to the 800 mark, but It 10 very doubt.
full II they will ever get near 1t, for q
ben must have sufficient number Of days
to molt, and the calendar gives 10 but
385 days in the year.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Timing the Laugh.

The old colored man had climbed
into the dentists chair Of torture.
"shall give you laughing gas, IN
clew queried the tooth carpenter.
"Not till after de toof am out, boss
replied the old man. Reckon msbbg
Ah'u feel mo- lax lafln' dem"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
NORWAY, MAINE.
indiana Mans Kidney
Troubles Disappear

liter suffering many months from
kidney trouble" writes w. X. Fox.
az NobleSville. Ind. and after haV-
ing tried many remedies and prescrip-
toas. 1 purchased a box OF Foley
Kidney Pills. They not only did
ne more good than any other remedy
l had ever used. but they positively
set Nv kidneys right. Other mem
ters Cf my family have used same
with similar results"
From every state in the Union come
unsolicited letters telling Of salts
factory results from Foley Kidney
P!gs When the kidneys become
clocred up, get sluggish, and filter
anJ strain out Of the blood only part
OF The poisonous waste matter, the
balance remains and circulates
through the system. uric acid forms,
and swollen. painful joints and mus
eles arc the result.
Foley Kidney Pills cleanse and tone
up the kidneys. so that backache.
rheumatism, sore muscles, aching
FONTS. annoying bladder disorders
and Irregularities soon disappear.
Az. snURTLEFF CO, South Paris
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Shaving.

Shaving was introduced among tha
Romans about b. G. 800. The drs1
shave was deemed the entrance b
manhood and celebrated with great
festivities.
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aavond Him.

Miss SweetthingrWhen We are mar
ried we must have no secret from eac1
other. You must tell me everything
Mr.. saphedde-But-er-feally, I don't
know everything.-Puck.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Association.

"That newly rich family have such
stiff manners."
"Of course. Don't you know they
made their money In starchr'-Baltt
more American,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
No Ainta Eor Her.

Crawford-Has your wife limited yet
about a new bonnet? Crabshaw-
Hinted? Why, she's issued an ultima
tum..Buffalo Courier.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
AMONG THE FARMERS.
" SPEED THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topic
Ii solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to H1NRY ID
HAMMOND. Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Doys and penojls.

Boys are Ike pencils. They need b
D sharpened and pushed before ths5
viii make their mark.-Youth's Con
panion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03

Noses are not sicklss. They should
not be held too close to drudgery's
grindstone.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
Producing Clean Milk.

THE A.B-c THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS,
BUT TWILL DO NO HARM TO READ
AGAIN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03
CHAPTER XII.
The Inner Boy.

went home in splendor.
pretending that he and Duke
were a long procession, and he
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-03

u shall always believe in mustard pIas-
ters-mustard pIastsrs and hot wa.
tar baos,n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-03-04
READFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sailing from
Strong are now in town.
Mrs. Charles Bean is confined to
her bed on account Of illness.
Henry McCausland is now moving
in John Curriers' house.
Mrs. Nathan Adams, who recently
fell and was severely injured, has not
yet recovered.
Mrs. J. l. Hunt Of Manchester was
the weekend guest of Mrs. H. Z.
Sedgley. and was accompanied home
by her niece, Audrey Sedgley.
Miss Julia Millett was the week
end guest of Miss Oma Sedgley.
Mrs. Lewis Morrow is visiting her
sister at Augusta.
Charles Newton. the stage driver, IS
gaining and we all hope that he will
soon be on duty.
Miss Dorothy Miiliken is visiting
for few weeks her cousin, Miss Ruth
Milliken Of Pennington.
John Dixon of Massachusetts IS
visiting his aunt. Mrs. B. E. Leighton.
John Whitney and family from Bel
grade have just moved onto Factory
square.