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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

According to New York law, the
bushel shall consist Of seventy pounds
Of lime or coarse salt, sixty pounds Of
wheat, peas, potatoes, clover seed Or
beans; f1fty-seven pounds Of onions;
ffty.six pounds Of Indian corn, rye Or
fine salt, flfty-fve pounds Of faxssed;
ffty-four pounds Of sweet potatoes;
flfty pounds Of cornmeal, rye meal Or
carrots, forty.eig c pounds Of barley o.
buckwheatI forty-hve pounds Of herds
grass, timothy seed or rough rios; too
ty-four pounds Of sea island cotton
seed; thirty-three pounds Of dTisd
peaches; thirty.two pounds OF oats;
thirty pounds Of upland cotton seedi
twenty-five pounds Of dried applesi
twenty pounds Of bran or shortA For
q fractional part Of the bushel Like
fractional part Of the above weights
shall be required.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
Ordsr Of tho Thistle

The Order Of the Thistle Is Scotch
order Of ancient origin Tradition has
It that 1t was established A. d. 7S7 a.
the result of vision Of bright cross
seen In the heavens by Achaius, king
Of the Scots, and Hungus, king Of the
Picts, while they were engaged In
prayer on the night before the battle
with Athelstan, king Of England. 30
far as the records show, however, Il
was either re-established or founded IN
1857 by James II. Of England by the
appointment Of eight knights.
The order collapsed, but was revived
by Queen Anne on Dec. 81. 170S In
1877 It was decreed that the member
ship should consist Of the SOVEREIGN
and sixteen knights, but others OF the
royal family were admitted
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
SorapIns Q Bat.


Baseball players are as supersthous
az kulus. In no way is this more lucid
ly illustrated than In the care which
some Of them lavish upon an ordinary
baseball bat. Manufacturers, says the
Popular Science Monthly, oil and shell
lac their bats to make them sleek and
fresh, and the superstitious baseball
player proceeds to use glass, bone.
sandpaper and what not to remove the
finish. Whyf Oh, "just because" to
give q woman's reason. he may have
q notion that the bat will last longer
without it. But the truth Is that the
shellac really acts as q preservahve OF
the wood.
Some baseball players imagine that It
Il impossible to make strong hit with
a new bat, because the bat IL 50 sleek
that the balls glance of It. Others BE-
lieve that scraping bat fills up the
crevices and cracks and thus lengthans
the Life Of the bat
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
Producing Some Potash.

Since the outbreak OF the worlds war
there has been ussd very little potash
for fertilizer purposes. Its price became
prohibitive. Germany has supplied us
With potash for years and We produced
very little In the country. Wood ashes
we're our chief source Of supply. We
need potash not only for making am
muuition but for our land. and this has
led our nation to produce It.. Not very
large amount 10 yet being made. but II is
sstIm a.ed by the u. 8. Geological Sur
yey that in i9l7 We will produce about
aS. 200 tons, or two and one-half times
more than In 1916.
Potash 10 being obtained from kelp, .
seawsed, natural salts. slunits and dust
from cement mills, distillery slop, wool
vsshings, and wood ashes: The war
| is responsible for the rapid Development
Of the potash industry and It Will con.
t,nne after its close. This is one good
thing THAI has come out OF the terrible
sacfifice.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
t,o,.telns for MIX; i; Jerseys for Butter


Holstein cows were found to eat less
feed for q given amount OF milk pro-
duced than Jerseys In cooperative dairy
work conducted among farmers through
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station,
but in economy OF butterfat production
the Jerseys led.
More than $50 COWS of each breed
owned by farmers who sent records to
the Experiment Station were included
in this study. The Jerseys ate 100
pounds of digestible nutrients for each
hundred pounds of milk produced, while
the Holsteips consumed but 81 pounds:
For each pound of butterfst produced
the Holsseins consumed 26 1-3 pounds
Of dipestible nutrients and the Jerseys
only 10 So pounds.
The Jessys ate Is Is per cent more
dieestible nutrients and produced i 20
per cent more milk and SO 1.S per cent
moro buttsrfat than the Holsteins on
the basis OF q thousand pounds live
weight for each animal. The Holsteins
we're assumed to averge 1900 pounds In
weight and the Jerseys 800 pounds
Ohio Ex. Station Press Bulletin.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
ARE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE
Women Possess This Faculty More
Than Men and Usually Get What
They Decide They Want.

The main difference between men
and women is nowhere so marked as
1t Is In the distinction between char
acter ard ability.
A mans ability is entirely separate
from his character. A many may have
genius and no character at all. He
may have small abilities and large
character. In man the two things
appear to be entirely independent Of
one another.
But q woman's character is deter
mined by her ability, and her ability Is
determined by her character, writes
T. L. M. in Life. In reality, therefore,
women are much more simple than
men, although they do not appear to
be so. Women are more complicated
outwardly than men. They offer more
superficial variety. But closer obser.
walton and association among them
tend to make them more alike.
Men, on the other hand, grow moro
complicated as you come to know them
better. This is because their abilities
and characters being unrelated anc
the proportionate measure Of each sub
ject to variations, new combinations
are constantly being presented. The
various things which 60 to make up
the motive power Of woman, on the
other hand, are more closely related
Women, therefore, concentrate more
than men, although they do not seem
to do so, the process being unccn'
scious.
That explains why, II woman
wants a thing and a man doesn't want
her to have It, she, always gets 1t.
When man wants thing he plans
to- get it just as much as he car
through the ordinary processes Of his
mind and will. When woman wants
thing she makes no plan at all-bui
she gets It much more often than the
man, because everything in her whole
makeup, conscious and unconscious, II
working for 1t.
II you want to see conservation Of
energy and the perfection Of eflcienc,
watch the working Of that perfectly
co-ordinated machine-a woman-get
ting a thing from q man that chi
wants.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

worked On the building Of cars In the
factories In England. and In cases like
this they are allowed to specialize on
the cars they are familiar with. The
only other mechanics who can claim to
bs their superiors are those Of the
Royal Flying corps. and they are abso-
iutely the cream Of the mechanical
world and are one Of the highest paid
bodies Of men IN the British army.
Another branch Of the mechanical
transport which b very much M to
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
PROBATE NOTICES.

10 al persons interested In either of the essstes
hereinafter named:
AT Probate Court held At Paris, In and
~ ,e' me County Of Oxford. on the third Tuesday
81 ~ October. In the year of our Lord one
..nvvussnd nine hundred and seveneeon- Ino
gyuowng matter having been presented ror
sne acron tnereupon hereinafter indicaseds
At Is hereby ORDERED:
rnat notice thereof be given to al persons In.
sssssed. nnsss. BY causing copy Of this order 20 %
guonsned three weeks succcssively In the Ox-
~ ~ democrat published as South Pax1s, IN
ccn.. csu .ouHty. that they may appear = frooass
yToun 70 be held at Rumford, on the secono
.Lluesday Of November, A. d. 1917. q nine OF ne
saey see cause.
nentamin e. Kssns late Of Hebron. de.
~ Sssed: VII, and pcsision for probate thereof aoo
80 appointments Of Alton A. Keeno or soms
mn suitable person - admiuiserntor WIN tne
W W snnexed presented by said Alt0u A: kecne
Mabel e. waserhouse. children and hefrA
ApplsoN I. HERRICK. Judged sid Court
eS HLBERr d. PARK. Rssisasr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06


date Is the department Of stores and
accessories. The men In this depart.
ment are not necessarily trained men,
but they must be good managers, as
they keep In stock all spare parts
which are likely to be called for Be-
sides this. they have charge Of the
petrol oil. grease, carbide, tires for
Eght cars and, In fact, everything that
Is likely to be used on an automobile
The petrol Is all sent from England in
two gallon tins These tins are sealed
hen they are filled. and II seal 10
broken when q tin of petrol Is issued 70
a driver. or II 1t appears to have been
opened he may refuse 1t and demand
one with the seal intact In this way
the chance of receiving defective or i'm
pure petrol Is avoided.
There are practically all known
makes Of motor trucks and cars ut the
front, as many Of them were com.
mandeered at the beginning Of the war.
Then again, all the motor manufactur-
ers In England are working day and
night to keep the armies supplied with
these vehicles. There are also good
many American makes In use there.
The work Of the chaplains at the
front is not spoken of very much, yet
they work as hard and do as much
good as any men In any other branch
Of the service. They are usually at.
tached to the royal army medical
corps. I have seen q chaplain holding
service In a field on a Sunday morn.
ing, and during the service the enemy
commenced to shell some huts close by.
firmly believe that II 1t had not been
contrary to orders he would have con-
tinued to worship just the same a.
though nothing was happening.
The royal army medical corps Is q
tremendous unit, and there. too. will
be found some of the bravest men In
the army. even though they are non
combatants. This corps Is always re-
ferred to rs the r. A. NJ. c.. and the
British Tommy speaks Of 1t as the
Rob All Ny Comrades"
There is a reason for this, OF course.
and as near as can make out II II
this: When a man is sick or wounded
and is obliged to go into hospital all
his belongings are taken from him He
is supposed to get them back when he
is discharged from hospital, but when
one considers the thousands that are
taken care of by the hospitals II Is
only reasonable to believe that great
many of the little bundles are bound
70 20 astray. Tommy cannot see th!s.
however, SO he grumbles and growls
and often refers to the corps In uncom-
plimentary terms.
fTo ho continuedN Jra p.rL7
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
Two Views Of the oass.

A prospective bridegroom made his
first call on bis future bride In COM
pany with q marriage broker, and
while In the parlor waiting for the ap'
pearance Of the family the broker drew
the young mans attention to q glass
closet containing handsome silver sek
"Just look at these thingsw he said
"You can see how wealthy these peo-
pie are"
"But Is 1t not possible that these aft-
cles were borrowed for the occasion"
inquired the suspicious young man, 80
as to give an appearance of>wealthT
"What an ideaT' answered the agent
reprovingly. "Who in the world would
lend them anythingT
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
Alwsvs In the Lead.

The Morning Star announced the
death Of William B. Jones when be
was not dead, writes Simeon Strunsky
In the New York Evening Post The
next day it printed the following no
tice:
/ yesterday we were the first newspa-
per to publish the news Of the death
Of william B. Jones. Today we arc
the first to deny the report. The Morn
, ing Star is always In the lead"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

Nsarly hals Of the shrinkAge In the
potsto crop Of the United States u
reoorded e duo to the failure OF the
had 10 our stats. Maine has slumped
IL her potato yield from the estimats Of
e. 800. .0O0 bushels on Sept. ], to IN
actual 20.s36. 600 bushels on Oct. I
which 10 practically inal for the year.
for the crop vas 7t per cent barvested q
thst tlme. Thus IL ia. 900 scres plant
ed this year have yielded An average 9!
185 buahsls per core, or practically o.
harruls Pc aeres-kaino 4nRmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
CHAPTER ~.
The Boy Sniper.


A MOTHER sniping incident was
~ the case Of Belgian boy only
fourteen years old. On road
which was much used for transport we
noticed that nearly every night some
of our officers would be shot. This
went on for some time, and no one
could explain 1t. One day one Of our
fellows brought in this kid and said
that he had found him with German
rife and ammunition in his possession.
The boy was cross examined and
finally admitted that 1t was he who
had been shooting officers on the Ouder
dom road. He said that he had been
furnished with the rife and told where
he got his ammunition every day. he
said he had instructions not to shoot
any officers with red on their Uniform
(staff off1cers). Now, why he should
have received such an order as this
was a mystery to me.
He said that he had been at 1t for
two weeks, and during that time he
had bagged sixteen officers. He said
he received @ francs (about $1.2O for
every officer he shot. He was taken
to the rear and shot at once. We tried
to follow up the information he had
given as to where he had received his
ammunition, but his friends had all
gone, so l suppose they had been
warned.
About this time, too, We caught an
old man eighty-two years old. In
broad daylight he was out with pair
Of nippers cutting our wires. We
caught men dressed as women and
women dressed as men. We caught
people flying pigeons from their houses.
In fact, we caught spies doing almost
everything to give information.
We were always trying to make the
trenches we had taken over from the
French little more comfortable. We
made wooden gratings for the bottom
Of them, besides the lookout platform.
From empty oil drums we made bra
ziers, and these In particular were
mighty agreeable at night
The country for couple Of miles
back Of the trenches was deserted.
The people had fed, leaving practical.
ly everything. Chickens and pigs were
running wild, and it was surprising
how quickly they got almost as wild
as the widest animals
A pig hunt with fixed bayonets Is q
very amusing thing to watch. Get
about twenty fellows after pig and
they have their work cut out for them.
The pig gives them good run for
their money. but In the end they gen.
orally get him, and then comes the
march back to camp with the pig held
aloft on the ends of several bayonets.
Chicken fishing is great fun, too, but
1t requires patience. You take a long
piece of string and tie little piece OF
bread to the end Of 1t. You find q
spot where there are chickens about.
Scatter some crumbs around and also
drop the piece of bread you have on tho
end of the string. Then you find q
convenient tree and sit down with the
other end of the string In your hand
and wait for the chickens to "bite."
When one comes to your piece Of bread
you begin Jerking 1t nearer to the tree
behind which you are hiding. When 1t
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

Both children and grown-ups. with
coughs and colds, are all the better for
sdose Of Foley's Honey and Tar at
oed time. II wards off Group. stops
ucslins throat, and hacking coughs,
snd makes an otherwise feverish, sleep
ien night Of coughing and distress. Q
quiet and restful one.
:, BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS, Mr.. Chss;;
Siink any other couch medicine. N Foley's
heney and Tar is certain to brins quick reiiet
70 especially effective in cases of bad ccufhs.
sao We tive IL TO our children and recommend
always - . safe remedy. for is eonfsins 20
AZ. sHURTLEFF q CO., South Paris, d
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
NOTICE.

~. ne subscriber hereby g1ves not1oe thes -
sss., - zen duly appointed sdminisfrneor OF -
., SUSAN A. rELLIER, lsas Of Oxford.
SSoaas - the law dirocsa. An poreons hevm9
X%,Ands against the estats Of aid doooe1oa -
su see ~ % present The same fDr eo11l1Deok -
.Ss.a sacscsosed thsre>e ars rsQuas1sd - 49, ~
o.SSzsH : G.Esou. w.,sAvnA naa,<
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
just . stsp.

"You may not believe It, mum, but
wunst knelt at de feet Of z queen"
"And how did you fail 90 low - 10
become q trampT
"It wuxn't much Of q fall, mum. You
see, was q super In de movies."-Hxs
change
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
Her Exouss.

Mother-Alice, I was very much sur.
prised and shocked last evening when
I passed the parlor door and saw Mr..
WOodbe with his face close to yours
Daughter Yes, mamma; isn't Il q
shame? The poor fellow Is 20 awfully
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

FROM MAINE TO THE TRENCHES, HT B,
BULLET, BACK 10 ENGLAND.

An interesting book has recently beer
received by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry D. Cole
Of South Paris, in the form Of diary
kept by their SON, Corp. B. Guy Cole Of
the Canadian forces. It Ii given below,
While the entries are very brief, they
give an outline Of his service; and n
any rate they are sufficiently brief 90
that they got 10y the censor, which might
not have been the case II they had been
moro elaborate.
Mr.. Cole, who had experience in the
Maine National Guard. while on . visit
to the Sherbrooke fair In September,
1915, enlisted in q Canadian regiment.
1t was but short time before he was In
England, then In France and In the
trenches. There he was wounded, and
was sent to England. Medical examina-
tion found him unfit for service at the
front, and he was transferred to another
branch Of the service, which gave him
duty In England instead Of France, and
there he has since been.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
H.ve rhe,r Uses,

swhy do you plant. radishesi They
contain little nourishment"
Maybe 80. but they come along rap
Idly. You know, an amateur garden
or likes to zee few results."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
Ton and DetteUs

The chiropodist is q humble in6lvn-
ual. In the profession he begins ana
is content to remain ct the foot Ths
barber, on the contrary. b ambitious
he begins at the head and stays thsea
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

Haste makes waste, and waste makes
want and want makes strizb bstwen
ths god man and biz VITA
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
AMONG THE FARMERS,
"srxxD rHa Flow

OVVesgondence u ON pracsical Agricultural sou,o,
ssnSs5 S5ed. 90 Address al eommunioasions In.
IsL Lof mia department 10 HMRY ID
ase ea1kp, , Agricultural Rditor Oxford Dem.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
Much Too Much.

Muoh 90 muons
We eat too much. We heat too much
We Try too much to beat too much.
We growl too much. We scowl too
much. We play the midnight owl too
much.
We ape too much. We cape too much
and daily with red tape too much. We
treat too much and cheat too much
and fear to lace defeat too much.
We buy too much. We lie too much
and snivel and deny too much. We
have too much and slave too much,
with one foot In the grave too much.
We sit too much. We spit too much,
wear shoes too tight to at too much.
We mess too much and dress too much,
In sixteen suits or less too much.
We spite too much. We fight too
much and seek the great white Light
too much. We read too much. We
speed too much, hit dope and use the
weed too much. We drink too much.
We prink too much. I think we even
think too much. Oscar Schleaf IN
Health Culture.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

DR.. Austin Tenney, Oculist.
Practice limited to diseases Of the Eye
saa the ntting OF Glasses. At Norway
once opposite Post once last Friday 0i
sAea month. 1890 A. M. % q =. ~. SIt1
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
NUMBER As.


The Filipino strikes me as unbear.
ably lazy. He las had roads bulk
for him, schools run for him, good gov
eminent and peace secured to him and
an unusual measure Of confdmce
placed In him. He has graduated from
almost no clothes into spotless white,
with patent leather "kicks," q clean
shirt and resplendent tie, 30 that be
looks like the swell member Of a pair
Of black face comedians. he has had
sitting down" Jobs created or discov.
cred for him and has taken with re-
markable alacrity to the ice cream soda
habit, just like any other cultured be-
ing. He has learned to speak English
very well and has been trained into
a really good athlete. But, as far as
I can see 80 far, he Is not much chang
ed since the days when he dawdled
into school, followed by a servant to
carry his books and ink bottle. I doubt
very much whether he will work as
hard or as intelligently to make some
thing Of himself and the islands as
Uncle Sam has worked for h1m.-Chris-
tan Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

Big Business Needs You.
The supply OF Stenographers and Bookkeepers
sneTer equal 70 the demand. Join our classes
n0 o0T Free circulars. THOMAS BUSINESS
COLLEGE, Wateryille. Me- 3Seow49
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
lsNEka:G
F0UR1EESN
MONTHS
X AT Il
THEFR0NT
An American Boy's
Bapfism of Fire
By WILLIAM ]. ROBINSON
Copyright, Little. Brown & Co

Copyrighi, little. Brown 4 Co
The most graphic account Of the
great war that has yet been written
comes from the pen Of twenty-five.
year-old Boston boy. who has Just re-
turned from France, where az dragon
guardsman. dispatch rider and motor.
car driver he served fourteen months
under the British flag. Out Of thirty.
one motorcycle dispatch riders hs was
one Of four survivors
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06

Dec. 29tb. Cloudy and rain. Went
to concert tonight.
Dec. 80th. Cloudy, some rain. Ligh'
diet.
Dec. S1st. Cloudy and rain.
Jan. 1st, 1917. Rain. Some hring or
front.
Jan. Sd. Rain. No. 10 Ambulance
Co. vent up the line. No. took theil
Ian. 4th. Rainy. Light diet.
Jan. 9Th. Clear. Went TO next hu,
twice 70 have knee dressed.
Jar. 9th. Some rain. Dressing u
next hut each day.
Jan. 7th. Rained hard. Short prayer
service tonight.
Jan. 18th. Came to O. r. 8. at Fresno
Jan. 18th. Showed about four inches
Cold.
Jan. sstb. still cold. Left @. R. 8
for the Bait. about ID miles.
Feb. I'd. Went 10 the support thii
AFTERNOON. Pte. johnson shot.
Feb. 9th. Sniped In left shoulder,
on Sd and 4th post.
Feb. 10th. Came TO @. @. 8.
| Feb. 14tb. Came to the base at Etapes
Left at 8 A. n, arrived at 10 P. u.
i Feb. 18th. Came TO CalAls. Came K
Dover on the Strad Antwerp.
Feb. 18th. Arrived ct Queen Mary
ROYAL Naval Hospital, South-eud-on-Ses
| Feb. Gath. Operation on shoulder
Wsr.h aad Transferred 70 the Glei
Emergency Hospital.
| April 18th. Came to Chatham.
| April 18th. Came TO Epson.
i juno 4th. Transferred to tho Cana
|dian Army Medical Corps.
Il June 18th. Went to Nlinbprsh on
Isick fu.lough. via Kings Croes.
| June 2lth. Returned to kpsoms Va
u Kings Gross and Waterloo.
July 30th. Before medical board. mari
Cd g. II.
Jniy slst. Big offensive started b
DHreuch and British.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-03-30
To Destroy Marbles or Wolves in
Back Of Cattle

A variety Of substances can be
used to kill the wolves, or MARBLES, in
cattle's backs, but it is questionable
whether they should be used, as the
animals have to absorb the dead and
decaying matter. A better way is to
squeeze them out and kill by mash
ing. If they do not come out easily,
puncture the skin over them with the
sharp point of a knife. Be sure to
destroy after getting the MARBLES out.
If you will practice this thorough y
one year, you will not have such a big
task the second year. If you can get
your neighbors to follow the same
practice, you can practically extermi.
nate the insect. In the natural order
of things, the MARBLES come out
themselves and fall on the ground.
They burrow in it and mature into a
fly that again lays its eggs on the
cattle that hatch into the MARBLES. -
Southern Agriculturist.