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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
Grain tor the sklm MIX Cali.

whole milk 10 natures balanced ra.
sion TOT the calf, and Il should be fed
curing the hrst two weeks Of the calls
iife. Whole milk, however. Ia too az.
pensive for prolonged calf feeding. be-
cause the fat il contains n ~ortb
approximately 400 q pound.
10 view OF this price, 1t is advisable
10 sell the tat and feed skim milk with q
substitute for butterfat. The chief
once OF fat In the calf ration 10 to supply
neat to the body. When the fat Ia re-
moved and skim milk is fed, the energy
can be supplied more economically in
the form of grain.
PROTEIN is also expensive, but ab-
solutely essential to development of the
calf's body. None OF the growth pro.
ducing proteins are removed by skim
ming the milk.
When the calf is about two weeks old,
It may be taught to eat grain. If It is
with older calves, It will take grain with
out any special attention. Otherwise,
1t may be started to eating by rubbing
small amount of corn meal or bran on
its nose. In licking its muzzle, the
oS' VIII uoVoiop su oppotvo tOG kCatU.
The grain may be kept constantly before
the calf for few days. Three parts
cracked corn or corn meal aud one part
wheat bran is good mixture. To this,
one part oats may be added II desired.
Linseed meal or blood meal may also be
added in small quantities, but neither is
necessary.
The grain should be given In the dry
form after the skim milk has been fed
After the calf Ia old enough to eat grain
freely, it should be fed at regular inter-
walls. During the first two months the
grain taken will be less than one pound
a day. This should be gradually
increased 80 that at the age OF ak
mouths. when the calf is weaped, about
two pounds will be taken daily.
When only few days of age, the
calves will begin to nibble bay II 1t is
within reach. 1t is preferable to feed
for the first two or three
after which alfalfa or clover
bay will give better satisfaction.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
Berry Pickers Wanted.
@ISper cent Increase in Prices Paid

nave fifteen acres of cultivated
a4p0srrieS TO be picked in August and
spio'psct is that the crop will be the
~"ss' for many years. I expect to
"" least fifty thousand baskets and
prepared to take care of several
~asand more.
"al need a very large pumber of
ri'n about August 10th. Berries are
" ate this season. Nearly three
''sa la'sr than usual.
40 board about thirty five at the
0oass. Board furnished at sS 50
N'st Twill give a discount Of s1.0O
~'sef 90 the board bill to all good
'' Who stay until the picking Sea-
O'es This will make the board
~ oa'y A.SO per week and the price
~s'a picking will be &c per pint In
Of l-2c per pint basket, the price
ave paid for many years.
HF. MAXIM,
Locke's Mills. Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
To Make Cows "dlve Down. u


There are certain cows that cannot be
cured of the bad habit of holding up
their milk, which In some Is due to q
deformity of the teat or udder that may
or may not yield to proper treatment by
"a qualified veterinarian or stockman.
Where the trouble Is OF nervous origin
one of our subscribers suggests method
that has worked satisfactorily for him.
He says:
81 suppose that every dairyman has
at least one cow in his herd that does
not let down her milk readily. She NAV
have the same good care and gentle
treatment as the rest and yet this con-
ditiou persists. have several Of this
variety in my herd. One day became
somewhat exssperated waiting for each
of these 10 let down their milk so I bit
upon Q plan. I changed the order Of
my cows so that these "hold ups" would
be MIXED In succession. / started on
number one and milked what abe cared
to give down a. . starter. Then went
TO number two and did the same with
her, and so on through the "hold ups".
Then went back to number one and
she gave down her milk with no further
trouble, az did the rest of the "hold ups".
I decided this was quite saving on
time aud patience, but something else
came to my attention. In weighing my
milk for the week / noticed that my
average per day for the week was 6
pounds ahead Of the previous week.
Why was this? I asked myself. I
figured that by starting the stimulus on
these "hold ups" and then giving them
extra time to secrete the milk, they
were able to produce more for the milk
ing. liked this theory so we'll that I
tried 1t on my whole herd, milking a
quart or so from each COW the first time
through and then finishing a. had done
with the "bold ups''. I found that In
two weeks my milk production had been
increased approximately 4 per cent, with
no increase in feed and no COWS coming
in fresh. lThe small amount Of extra
time taken In milking this way con.
sidersd as negligible. My milking is
now done by this system."-Hoard's
Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
''0VER THERE
The Thrill and the He'll of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McCintock Of Lex
ington, Ky, and the Canadian Army has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read, For he Tells the Facts-Unadorn-
cd. Wounded, q Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, he Was Invalided Home,
but Is Going "0ut There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full Of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14

saunderson found II very hard work
selling books. The volumes be had
to offer, one Of which be had to carry
with him a. Q sample. were very
heavy, and nobody seemed to want
them. But he was . persistent man.
and even the stubborn Mr.. Bowling
could not send him away unheard.
"we have al the books we can use"
she said, "and we really can't afford
any more reading matter. Why, !
haven't even opened the second vol
ume Of that Roman history you sold
% last spring. Now, II you were sell-
ing one Of those adjustable ironing
boards"- "I've got just the thingr'
said Saunderson cheerfnlly. There
are twelve books in this set, and you
can use either one or two or three, and
20 on up to SIX, to int your board any
way you want to. And between whites
when your iron y heating you have
nood literature to rsfresh your mind"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14

That System Worked First Rate
With Us.
shallow graves of the dead. Most OF
the soldiers legs are Scared to the
knees with bites.
The one thing of which we constant
" lived In fear was a gas attack.
used to wake In the middle Of the night
In cold sweat dreaming that heard
the clatter and whistle blowing all
along the line which meant that the
gas was coming. And finally really
did hear the terrifying sound, just at
a moment when 1t couldn't have sound.
ed worse. was In charge OF the daily
ration detail, sent back about ten miles
to the point of nearest approach OF the
transport lorries to carry In rations,
ammunition and sand bags to the front
trenches. We had lot Of trouble re-
turning with our loads. Passing q
point which was called Shrapnel Cor
ner. because the Germans had precise
range Of Il, we were caught In ma
chine gun fire and had to lie on our
stomachs for twenty minutes, during
which we lost one man, wounded. /
sent him back and went on with my
party. only to run into another machine
gun shower q half mile farther on.
While we were lying down to escape
this 4 concealed British battery Of
ave inch guns, about which we knew
nothing, opened up right over our
heads. Il shook 10 up and scared ~ %
that some Of our party were now worse
OF than the man who had been hit and
carried to the rear. We finally got To-
eether and went on. When we were
about mile behind the reserve trench,
stumbling In the dark through the last
aid most dangerous path overland. We
heard q lone siren whistle. followed By
. wave Of metallic hammering AID Wild
footing which seemed to spread oveE
III OF Belgium q mile ahead Of o. An
any Of ~ could say was:
"Gasis
An ron could - IN the DARK was Z
collection Of white and frightened
faces. Every trembling finger sesmed
awkward - . thumb ~ we got out oul
gas masks and helmets and put them
On, following directions - nearly q
we could. / ordered the men to sit
still and cent two forward to notify
= Aen l1ndqueEtlel Ehaq - e1l
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
No.2. The Bomb
Raid
By Sergeant Alexander McCllntock,
D. G. NJ, 87th Overseas Bait,
Canadian 0ren. Guards.
Copyright, 1917. by the Bell Syn
dicate. Inc.

Sergeant McClintock 70 an American
boy of Lexington, Ky., toho hos seen
serpice IN France, Das decorated for
brapery, tooanded, inOaHded home and
n0to 10 returning to accept connsts-
sion. THIS u the second article IN the
series. In the fret article he descrto-
ed his training up to the point sohere
he reached the front line trerches.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
The Daylight Hour.

At little before daybreak came
"stand-to," when everybody got but
toned up and ready for business be-
cause ut that hour most attacks begin,
and also that was the regular time for
q dose of morning and evening hate"
otherwise a good, lively fifteen rinutes
of shell fire. We had some casualties
every morning and evening, and the
stretcher bearers used to get ready for
them as a regular matter Of course.
For fifteen minutes at dawn and dusk
the Germans used to send over "whiz-
bangs" "cOal boxes" and "minenwer-
fer" (shells from trench mortars) IN
such a generous way that it looked as
If they liked to shoot 'em off, whether
they hit anything or not. You could
always hear the "heavy stuff" coming,
and we paid little attention to 1t, as 1t
was used in efforts to reach the bat
teries back of our lines. The poor old
town of Dinkiebusch got the full ben
eft Of 1t. When a shell would shrek
it's way over, some one would say,
There goes the express for Dinkie-
BUSCH" and a couple Of seconds later,
when some prominent landmark OF
Dinkiebusch would disintegrate with a
loud detonation. some one else would
remark:
Trains arrivedw
About the only amusement We had
during our long stay in the front
trenches was to sit with our backs
against the rear wall and shoot at the
rats running along the parapet. Poor
Macfarlane, with flash Of the old hu-
NOR which he had before the war, told
rookie" that the trench rats We're
80 big that he saw one of them trying
on his greatcoat. They used to run
over our faces when we were sleeping
In our dugouts, and I've seen them In
ravenous swarms burrowing into the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
lava II Slow to Cool.

Peasants on the slopes OF Mount
Aetna can still boil water over the lava
that flowed from the volcano during
the eruption Of 1910. Lava, according
to Walter Woodburn Hyde Of the UNI
versity Of Pennsylvania, writing In the
Geographical Review, often reaches q
temperature Of 1000 degrees r.
Even the ancient poets recorded the
tenacity with which lava retains its
heat, and Borelli. describing the great
eruption Of 1860, says the lava took
eight years TO cool. IL Is related that
steam was still rising In 1880 from
lava elected I'm 1857. And this is not
astonishing when we remember that
the stream Of molten lava which
reached the sea at Catania on that oc-
casion was at least 600 yards In
breadth, forty feet deep and contained
3.532. 100000 cubic feet IL banked up
against the walls Of Catania. which
were sixty feet high. until IL flowed
over the top and destroyed large part
Of the city. The huge promontory that
acts like a breakwater TO the harbor ID
the remains Of that stream Of lava that
lowed into the sea-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14

NJ T. Roshrock. Pennsylgan,s.:.
a.. - ccrmIssiopsr Of Forestry, says 80
1ns.s~ s Ria lifetime hs has ssen oss'
seventh Of the states arse 49, .,ic.
dncs wealth. He says q one 49,.
sWoodsd, ssstlsd. cleared ru''ed-
1795."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14

II you have no silo and s,sd o.s e.s' y. n
...sirrotIon ouehs not 10 b pns -
ss,cs vsrs psvsr needed % muoh - -
~sil - thIs sssnlng vinesss
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14

wavbe you thInk you oan esve W.
hv fscdisr The hoess enough n sns
.orrinr o Lest III day. That 2 good
- . naks 3 joo los hosoe ooeeos'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
Have You Made Good
the Defciency2

Prudent business men, and num-
ssS men of ordinary means, real
ing how much the purchasing
nger of a dollar has diminished,
raking enough additional life in
Ennce to bring the Protective
nwsr Of their life insurance at their
iah up to the strength it had when
hsr policies were issued. Every
inly man knows only too well that
3.cost Of almost every item of fam
y maintenance is far above what IT
US three years ago. He looks at
q price Of butter, eggs, meats,
1u, potatoes, coal, clothes, And
Ihsn He Increases His Life Insur-
noe.
should be glad to confer with
Pu relative to increasing your fam
FprOtection. Fully protect your
anlly, BY attending to this business
natter, and this duty, TO-DAY.
I'VE Serve"
IeleDhone 7A-2 Dav mr. NiOht
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14

alarm was over. They lost their way
and were not found for two days. We
sat there for an hour, and then ven
tured to take my mask OF. As nothing
happened, I ordered the men to do the
same. When we got into the trenches
with our packs we found that the gas
alarm had been one Of Fritz's jokes.
The first sirens had been sounded in
the German lines, and there hadn't
been any gas.
Our men evened things up with the
Germans, however, the next night.
Some Of our scouts crawled clear up
to the German barbed wire. ten yards
In front Of the enemy fire trench, tied
empty jam tins to the barricade and
then, after attaching small telephone
wires to the barbed strands, crawled
back to our trenches. When they start
ed pulling the telephone wires the
empty tins made a clatter right under
Fritz's nose. Immediately the Germans
opened up with all their machine gun
and rifle fire, began bombing the spot
from which the noise came and sent
up IS o 8" signals for artillery fire
along mile of their line. They fired
$4,000 salute and lost a nights sleep
over the noise made by the discarded
containers Of shillings' worth Of jam.
It was good tonic for the Tommies.
The Prince Of Wales.
A few days after this a very young
officer passed me in a trench while !
was sitting on fire step writing
letter. I noticed that he had the red
tabs Of q staff officer on his uniform,
but paid no more attention to him
than that. No compliments, such as
salutes to officers, are paid in the
trenches. After he had passed one Of
the men asked me If didn't know
who he was. said didn't.
"Why, you d fool" he said, that's
the Prince Of Wales!"
When the little prince came back l
stood to salute him. He returned the
salute with a grave smile and passed
on. he was quite alone, and I was
told afterward that he made these
trips through the trenches just to show
the men that he did not consider him
self better than any other soldier. The
heir of England was certainly taking
nearly the same chance Of losing his
Inheritance that we were.
After we had been on the front line
fifteen days we received orders to
make a bombing raid. Sixty vOlun-
teers were asked for, and the whole
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
In addition to these men, we had pa

In addition to these men, we had pa
trolls and scouts out In "No Mans
Land" the greater part Of the night,
with orders to gain any information
possible which might be Of value to
battalion, brigade, division or general
headquarters. They reported on the
condition Of the Germans barbed wire,
the location Of machine guns and 9th
er little things like that which might
be Of interest to some commanding
officer twenty miles back. Also they
were ordered to make every effort to
capture any Of the enemy's scouts or
patrols, so that we could get informa-
ton from them. One Of the interesting
moments in this work same when q
star shell caught you out in an open
spot. If you moved you were gone.
I've seen men stand on one foot for
the thirty seconds during which star
shell will burn. Then when scouts or
patrols met in mo Mans Land" they
always had to fight it out with bayo-
nets. One single shot would be the
signal for artillery fire and would
mean the almost instant humiliation
Of the men on both sides of the fight.
Under the necessities of this war many
Of our men have been killed by our
own shell fire.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
Charles e. Merrill

Agent,
massachusetts, Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"srnsD rBn Flow"

Corespondence ON practical Agricultural topic
= soncated. Address al Communication In
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dam
ocrat. Paris. He.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
GRAIN RArIoNs FOR HEIFERs.

Ration /. Three parts bran, one part
corn meal, one part linseed meal.
Ration 2. Two parts bran, two paris
homiuy, one part linseed meal, one part
ground oats. ,,or,
MAINE DEPARTMENT OF AGHiCOL-
rURE. JOHN A. RoBERTs, Commission
or.
July 10. 1917.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14

(By +. s. Adams. Chief. Bureau Animal In.
dustry)
Evening star., 1917-03-12
PLANNING AIRPLANE ROUTES,
Officers of Flying School Also Locat-
ing Landing Stations.

NEW YORK, March 12.-OfIicers at
the government flying school in Hemp
stead Plains. L. L., are working out
plans for surveying the United States
to establish airplane routes and land
ing stations for aviators. The stations
will be marked in such manner as to
be easily distinguishable from the air
and a symbol will be attached to each
marker to denote the character of the
field of landing, its proximity to repair
stations and to hospitals in case of
accident. Il has been found that tent
hangers on the field at Fort Sill,
Okla. are visible eighteen miles at 4
height of 5000 feet.
The camera will have an important
part in the training of civilian avia =
tors. With camera. instead of a
machine gun. mounted on his machine
but operated by eGular gun sights
and trigger pull. the student will be
sent up to bring down" an enemy
machine. IT is presumed that il a
fier can aim veil enough to get a
bulls eye with his camera he coul do
it with a rapid gun.
Evening star., 1917-03-12
NEW LANSBURGH STORE
OPENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Public Will Be Afforded Opportunity
to Inspect Building
and Stock.

Friends and patrons of the firm of
Lansburgh & Bro, 420-43o eth street
northwest, will have opportunity We'd
nesday night to inspect the recently
completed new building which has so
greatly increased the capacity and ef-
ficiency of the store. The work of re-
moving the rear premises of the FIRMS
plant in order to make room for the
new six-story structure began April Is
last.
An orchestra of twenty pieces will
furnish music from until 10 o'clock
and the entire personnel of the sales
force will be on hand to welcome the
guests and to afford them opportunity
to inspect the modern utilities with
which the plant is equipped. These in
clude six electric passenger and one
electric freight elevator of the most
improved type: spiral chutes for mer-
chandise, which. connecting with re-
volving belts in the basement. insure
the quickest and simplest journey from
counter to shipping room, and what is
announced sample of the most
complete cash-carrying and cash-regis-
tering system that is on the market.
Evening star., 1917-03-12
AGAIN HEADS AUXILIARY
OF THE McALL MISSION
Mrs. n. B. F. Macfarland Reelected
President of Washington Branch.
Other Officers.

Mrs H. F. F. Macfarland was re-
Auxiliary of the McAll Mission in
France at the annual meeting of the
local division held at the First Con-
gregational Church this morning. Other
officers elected are: Honorary pres.-
dents, Miss Anna l.. Dawes, Mrs. B. II.
Warner and Mrs. A. G. Wilkinson; vice
presidents. Mrs. T. V. Boynton. Mrs.
J. B. Clark. Mrs. j. L. Gordon and Mrs.
F. f. Edgington; recording secretary,
Mrs. G. II. Livingston: corresponding
secretary, Miss Mary l.. ChRds; treas
urer. Mrs. Frank Suter. and secretary
of literature. Mrs. Arthur A. Smith.
1t is expected that a large number
of Washington members of the McAll
Mission will attend the annual meeting
of the national body to be held in Bal
timore May and ;. at Brown Me-
mortal Church. The following mem
bers OF the Washington auxiliary were
appointed delegates to the meeting:
Mrs. T. V. Boynton, Mrs. Frank Suter.
Mrs. |. w. Ashford, Mrs. W w. White
and Miss Elizabeth Carhartt.
The Washington branch is shortly to
send it's eighth box to France. contain
ing articles of clothing, shoes and 9TH
er necessities. Four such boxes have
been sent in the past year.
Miss Campbell wrote an essay enti-
tied What France has done for the
World" which was submitted to the
editor of the McAl Record, who sug-
gested that il be produced in the form
of a pageant The suggestion was
adopted and it will be produced next
fall by the following committee: Mrs.
Chamberlain, chairman; Miss Elizabeth
Carhartt Mrs F. L. Edgington. Miss
Campbell and Miss White
Evening star., 1917-03-12
VARDAMAN PUT
ON DISTRICT COMMITTEE
Mississippi Solon Named in Final
Report to senate-Make-Up of
Others Affecting Capital.

One additional change in the makeup
Of the District committee of the Senate
was made today In the final report to the
Senate on assignments to the standing
committees Senator Vardaman of Mis-
sissirpi was appointed TO the committee
instead of Senator Tram;uell OF Florida.
who had been assigned to tue committee
by the democratic steering committee.
The District committee, therefore. ir Its
final make-ap is as follows: Senator Wal
ter Smith of Maryland, chairman: Sen
tors Pomerere. Hollis. Sa dlSbury, Martin.
Phelaa, Nardaman and King, democrats.
and Senators Dillingham;. Jones Of Wash
inston, Kenyon, Sherman, Calder and
New. republicans.
The committee on corporations or
ganized in the District of Columbia is
made up of the following: Senator La
Toilette, chairman, and Senator Knox. re-
puhlicans, and Senators Stone. Ashurst
and Kirby, democrats. This Is minor
ity committee"
The committee on civil service, which
must handle measures of great impor
tance to residents of the District during
the coming Congress. is composed of SEN
ato~ Mckellar of Tennessee. chairman,
and Senators James. Hollis. Ransdeli.
Ba,.khead. Kirby and Waicott. democrats.
and Senators CumminS, Ia Toilette, Snoot
and Colt, republicans.
The new members C Shis committee
are Senators Mcclellan. Rankhead and
Wolcott, democrats.
There is one republican vacancy on
this committee, destined for Senator
Hiram Johnson of California when he
comes to the Senate and takes the
oath of office.
The Craftsmanship of the foreign re-
lations committee was given to Sem
ator Stone of Missouri. as was predict
ed. The new members of this impor-
tant committee are Thomas of Colorado,
democrat, and Fall and Knox. repub-
licans.
The new members of the appropri-
ationS committee are Smith of Arl-
zona and Hardwick, democrats. and
kenyon and Sherman. republicans
Senator Jones of New Mexico has
been appointed chairma of the COM
mittee on woman suffrage. succeeding
Senator Thomas of Colorado.
Evening star., 1917-03-12
CAPITAL TRACTION LINES
OPERATING EXTRA CARS
Conductors and Motormen Work
Overtime to Care for the
Heavy Traffic.

Every street car Of the Capital
Traction Company that is in working
condition is being used today in order
to handle the greatly increased traffic
on the lines of the company by reason
of the strike of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company's employees.
About a third more cars are in oper-
alton than what is the case under
normal conditions.
The cars are being manned by the
extra forces Of conductors and motor
men of the company. No additional
men are being employed, it is stated.
E. F. Won Culin, superintendent of
traffic of the Capital Traction Com
pany, said. that the. employees Of the
road have willingly voluteered to work
not only their regular trick" of duty,
but at other hours. Men. who regularly
would not have gone on duty until to-
night, are working today. and tonight