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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
Prophetic Geology.

The science of geology attains one OF
Its highest objectives when 1t presents
deduction that points the way to obtain
practical results. An illustration OF
such deduction was given In connec.
tion with the proposed disposal OF
chemical waste from one of the new
Government plants now under construc.
ton at Sheffield, Ala, for the fixation OF
atmospheric nitrogen. This plant is 80
situated that surface drainage from 1t
would be difficult and expensive, and
furthermore, there seems to be danger
that the discharge Of chemical waste In
to the neighboring streams would pro-
duce bad results. The problem was
incidentally submitted to geologist,
who ascertained that the plant rests on
limestone, kind of rock that Is likely
to be honey .combed by caves. he advis.
ed trying underground drainage by
means of drill holes. The plan propos'
ed met with the usual opposition from
so-called "praotical men," who made
the customary disparaging remarks
about "scientific theories" but q trial
hole was started close to small lake
near the plant, and when the drill
reached depth OF ITS feet and trench
had been dug from the lake to the hole
the water quickly disappeared through
some subterranesn passage. Geology
also won some local praise by reason OF
the lake bottom yielding up about b
bushels of fresh fsb.
Other holes are to be drilled to insure
adequate drainage when the plant is
10 operation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28

An incident recsutly occurred st Fred
Hayden's cottage, writes the Northwest
Abbott correspondent of the Piscataquis
Observer, which illustrates the strong
affections the lower animals feel for
their young. Recently Mr.. Hayden and
Elwin went to the cottage which bad
been vacant for the winter. In moving
some quilts f1ve little squirrels were
spilled on the floor. one of them being
killed BY Mr.. Hayden stepping on IT,.
The mother squirrel was quickly ON the
scene, taking one ct time and hastensd
up stairs with It. The fourth one she
dropped at the foot OF the stairs and
rushed back With frantic haste thor
oughly looking over the contents OF the
room for the flfth one. She even climb.
ed 70 the waists OF the men and smelIed
their hands In her search. Tor her lost
baby.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
Male Nurses and Pharmacists Wanted


There are several desirable openings
iu the Hospital Corps of the United
States Naval Reserve Force for men be-.
tween the ages of 18 and %, who are
citizens of the United States.
Young men who desire to take up q
calling where q satisfactory wage is
obtained Immediately and whore there
is every opportunity for advancement,
instruction, education, and pleasant
duty, or who contemplate tho study Of
nursing or other allied subjects, are
invited to consider the Hospital Corps
as q field for employment or elementary
training.
Graduates Of training schools for
nurses of hospitals or men who have
served % attendants In hospitals or. In
institutions, and pharmacists, will find
In this branch of the naval service an
opening to pursue their chosen profession
with added training and inducement.
Referring to the duties In brief: bospi-
tai corpsmep act as nurses to the sick,
administer first aid to accident cases,
assist at surgical operations, care for the
medical stores and property, compound
medicines, and attend to the clerical
work OF the department. l.
For enrolment In the Hospital Corps,
| u. 8. Naval Reserve Force, apply in
person st the Office of District Medical
Aide, Room 1910, Little Building, Bos'
ton, Mass.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
Art Of HarnessIns a Horse.

The students In the field artillery
branch Of the service who attended
the officers reserve training camp at
Fort Riley never knew before there was
Just one way to harness and unharness
a horse, or that 1t was such a compli-
Gated Job. Some Of them were reared
on farms or ranches, but they never
groomed horse like Uncle Sans men
do, says the Kansas City Star.
Every student has two horses he
must care for. he must harness them
tip, ride one and lead the other. When
he is through he must unharness them.
Sometimes he works BY the hour har.
Messing and embarrassing, 20 he. 100
viii be able to deit In the dark.
After that comes the grooming OF
the horses. Il sounds simple. but ie
isn't. The lessons Of the students IN
grooming are practical ones and the
horses have to stand for IT. whether
they like It or not. Sometimes horse
Win spend al moNains being groomed.
not because he needs II but because
to students need The traininG
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
More Turnips-Bettsr Sheep.

Every sheep owner should make an
effort this season to provide some form
of succulent food either In roots or
silage for next wintnr's feeding. Sheep
generally have come through the past
winter In thin rundown condition, ow-
ing to the fact that most hay was late
out, and consequently was coarse and
dry, making very poor feed for sheep,
% oil sheep owners we'll know. How
ever had they been provided with
proper amount of succulent food, such
% turnips, beets or silage, oil of which
can be produced at . comparatively
small expense, they would have come
through in good thrifty condition, and
would have been provided with . good
udder, we'll filled with milk; consequent.
II would have owned their lambs, and
instead of poor lambs that could stand
oil four feet on ten cent piece, they
would have Strengthened ont and made
growing their business. Turnips are
the most favored by sheep owners be-
cause they are produced cheaply and
everything considered are the safest and
best. A daily ration for an average
sheep 10 from pint to . quart or from
one to two pounds of roots. and from
two or three pounds of silsge. The
amount that should be provided for
each sheep depends upon the condition
she is In when coming to tho barn. II
she 10 thin, she should have from two to
three pounds of clover or fine mixed,
early ont hay per day, with ono pint or
about one pound Of roots. II no clover
or fine mixed bay 10 available, each
sheep should be fed the full amount OF
two pounds of roots or three pounds OF
silage. A conservative estimate Is from
Eve to seven bushels Of roots for each
sheep for the winter. Grain will prob
ably remain high 10 price during the
next year and consequently 1t is up to
every stock owner to provide as far as
possible, all the roots, grain, etc., be
will need during the next year. The
most successful sheep owners provide Q
good fall run for their focks, either Q
piece of rape, or field run, or both.
II the sheep can have good field run,
that 10 generally all they need to bring
them to the barn In good flesh. II that
is impossible, they should be provided
with the rape which 10 very fattening.
Ine usual ptac'ico iu rsis'nk ioPo 10 w
either fence ins section Of the pasture,
or fit piece from the field adjoining
the pasture. The same 10 fenced In and
when ready for the sheep, section OF
the fence or gate las the case may be) is
removed and the sheep allowed to feed
from one to two hours day for three or
four days, and then allowed to 60 in and
out at pleasure. 1t is estimated that
one acre of rape will provide feed for
80 or 40 sheep and will continue to grow
until killed by the frost. i
Rape needs good rich, mellow seed
bed, and about three pounds OF seed per
acre sowed broadcast, and requires
about sixty days growth before turning
the sheep on to it-Depsrtment OF
G. q. CRAWFORD, Sheep
Specialist.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
Bates College News.

At q recent meeting of the Student
Assembly of Bates College, the follow
ing elections were made to tho Student
C"unoil for the college year OF 1918.
1919: president, Wendell Harmon. OF
Worcester, Mass, ce-president, Philip
Talbot, Of Gardiner. Me-, secretary and
treasurer, Carleton Wiggin, of Sanford,
senior members, Cecil T. Holmes, OF
Sangerville, and Clinton A. Drury of
East Haverhill, N. a., junior members,
Stanton Woodman, Of Por tland, and
Harold May, of Oneonta, N. Y, sopho-
more members, Donald Woodland Of
New Bedford, Mass, and John Gusick,
Of Gardiner.
Bates students listened to an address
recently by Major Belford, Of the
Canadian Field Artillery, who is speak.
ing to college audiences In this country
In campaign to foster q more perfect
understanding between the two great
English.speaking nations Of the allies.
The newly issued number Of the
Bates Bulletin contains new list OF
Bates men In the service of the United
States. The Bates service flag now con.
tains two hundred and thirty stars, with
several more to be added in the near
future. The last issue of the Bates
Student, the weekly newspaper OF the
college, which will appear on Friday of
this week, will include special supple
ment, containing complete list OF the
men In the service together with other
material OF interest to them and their
friends.
The regular college exercises closed
on Friday. Last Chapel exercises were
held In the morning, and the annual Ivy
Day exercises of the Junior Class were
held In the afternoon, beginning the
weekend Commencement program,
which is to be terminated by the Com
mencement exercises proper on Wednes-
day, May 20.
The Interscholastic Tennis Tourna'
ment, held on the Bates courts last
week, resulted in a victory for Cony
High School of Augusta, both in the
doubles and the singles. The winners
receive cup from the Bates Athletic
AeeOciatiOn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
NUMBER 22.

mutters to himself, "Just wait until ]
hit rest billets and am able to get my
own back"
Just before daylight the men turn
to" and tumble out Of the dugouts, man
the fire step until It gets light, or the
welcome order "stand down" Is given.
Sometimes before "stand down" is or.
dered, the command "five rounds rap
Id" Is passed along the trench. This
means that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly rs
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck with
the emphasis on the "duck"). There is
great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all of
first. because the early bird, In this In.
stance, catches the worm-sort Of gets
the Jump on the other fellow, catching
him unawares.
We had q sergeant In our battalion
named Warren. He was on duty with
his platoon In the fire trench one after
noon when orders came up from the
rear that he had been granted seven
days leave for Blighty, and would be
relieved at five o'clock to proceed to
England.
He was tickled to death at these
welcome tidings and regaled his more
or less envious mates beside him on
the fire step with the good times In
store for him. he figured 1t out that
In two days time ne would arrive at
Waterloo station, London, and then
seven days bliss!
At about flve minutes to five he
started to fdget with his rife, and
then suddenly springing up on the fire
step with a muttered, "Ill send over
a couple Of souvenirs to Fritz so that
he'll miss me when I leave" he stuck
his rifle over the top and fired two shots
when "crack" went a bullet and he
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28

tumbled of the step, fell into the mud
at the bottom Of the trench, and lay
still in a huddled heap with q bullet
hole In his forehead.
At about the time he expected to ar
rive at Waterloo station he was laid
to rest In q little cemetery behind the
lines. He had gone to Blighty.
In the trenches one can never tell
II Is not safe to plan very fur ahead.
After "stand down" the men sit on
the fire step or repair to their respec-
tive dugouts and wait for the rum Is
sue" to materialize. Immediately fol.
lowing the rum comes breakfast,
brought up from the rear. Sleeping is
then In order unless some special work
turns up.
Around 1880 dinner shows up.
When this Is eaten the men Try to
amuse themselves Until "tea' appears
at about four o'clock, then stand TO-
and they carry on as before.
While In rest billets Tommy gets up
about six in the morning washes up,
answers roll call, Is inspected by his
platoon officer, and has breakfast. At
s AS he parades (drills) with his COM
pany or goes on fatigue according to
the orders which have been read out
by the orderly sergeant the night pre-
Hous.
Betwe IN II 80 and noon he Is dis
missed, has his dinner and Is ION his
own" for the remainder Of the day,
unless he has clicked for digging or
working party, and 80 It goes on from
day to day, always "looping the loop"
and looking forward to peace and
Bnghty.
Sometimes, while engaged In
"cootie" hunt, you think. Strange to
say, but It Is a fact, while Tommy Is
searching his shirt serious thoughts
come to him. Many time. when per.
forming this operation. I have tried
to figure out the outcome Of the war
and what will happen to me.
My thoughts generally ran In this
channel:
VIII I emerge safely from the next
attack? II I do will skin through the
following one, and so onf While your
mind is wandering into the future It
is likely to he rudely brought to earth
by Tommy interrupting with, whats
good for rheumatism"
Then you have something else to
think Of. Will you come out Of this
war crippled and tied into knots with
rheumatism, caused by the wet and
mud Of trenches and dugouts7 You
give It up as bad Job md generally
saunter over to the nearest estaminet
to drown your moody forebodlngs In
glass of sickening FNnch beer or to
try your luck at the always present
game Of "house." You can hear the
sing-song voice Of Tommy droning
out the numbers as he extracts the
little squares Of cardboard from the
bag between his feet.
Continued next week
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

Sulcioe AnnoXs
was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door OF
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One Of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called "Suicide Ditch" Later on
learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the "Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud,
and dreamed mud. I had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, N q D. The floor
of the dugout was an inch deep IN
water. Outside 1t was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivulets were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came a drip,
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. It was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to 1t.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes."
The air was foul. and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's fags with
knife. It was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nall hung q miscellaneous assort-
ment Of equipment. The lighting ar
rangements were superb-one candle
in a reflector made from an ammuni.
ton tin. My teeth were chattering
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters. much.
While was sitting. bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing a letter, looked up and inno-
Gently asked, "Say, Yank, how DO you
6peu COuun6lulAoh
I looked at him in contempt and an.
swered that did not know.
From the darkness In one Of the cor
ners came a thin, piping voice singing
one Of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles in your old Kit
Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile.
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
1t was q good illustration Of Tommy's
cheerfulness under such conditions.
A machine-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me a hard look. I
sneaked past him, sliding and slipping,
and reached my section Of the 'front.'
line trench, where I was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
In - ave you beenT
I made no answer, but sat on the
muddy fire step, shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating In my
face. About half an hour later
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock I was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-.
ton on the fire step. The rain sud-
denly stopped and We all breathed .
sigh Of relief. We prayed for the morn
Ing and the rum issue.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
sCALY LEGS.

In recent address before the Pitts
burgh press club Food Administrator
Hoover said: 81 do not believe any
person In the United States has right
to make one cent moro profit ont of any
employment than he would have made
under pre-war conditions. ] do not
care whether this refers to the farmer,
to the laborer, 70 the manufacturer, to
tho middleman or to the retailer. To
me every cent taken beyond this standard
ID money taken from the blood and
sacrifice Of the American people. have
had this statement met before now that
Il 10 dreamy idealism: But have
found no ono Who was prepared In hia
own instance to defend any such line Of
action"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28
Salvation Army Huts at Front.

The work that the Salvation Army Ia
doing In France Is beginning to attract
more than ordinary notice on this side
Of the world. The workers both men
aud women, are living in the shell-rack-
ed houses In range of the German guns
and are actually carrying doughnuts and
pies and bot coffee into the front line
trenches to help cheer up the boys while
they are in action.
Letters from Maine boys now in action
are beginning to be received and In al
most every one of these messages home,
they are loud in their praise for the
Salvation Army hut and the labors OF
the war workers over there. The fol-
lowing letter from one of our boys
speaks volumes and Is az follows:
Ny dear mother:
l am writing this In Salvation Army
hut and want to say right here that I
am some surprised at the work they are
doing over here, especially In this sector
where have been located. In one hut
that have been In there are three Sal
vation Army lassies from Lynn, Mass,
and we had just arrived In the village at
tuO 0uu Va iouS uoiSoS ohN W. ~
all soaked to the skin and shivering like
wet rats.
At the hut We we're given hot coffee
and Uneeda biscuits, and will tell the
world that It made "a feel some better.
The girls did everything to wait on as,
and they sure left some impression on
the boys. Even the sight of good
A merican girl. especially from Lynn,
cheers up q fellow about ninety per
cent, and these Salvation Army lassies
have pretty good courage to stand what
they do. Twill take off my hat to
them every time. They win.
All the huts are at the front in range
of the German guns and the workers
labor from seven In the morning until
9:90 at night, and live In tumbled down
she'll racked buildings, with rats and
mice enough to put the Women's Club
in disorder. But they stick to 1t like
regular fellows, and seem to like It. 10
the but where am writing this letter,
they have nothing to protect themselves.
Love to all,
FRANK.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-28

Those varieties marked with an "S"
are bisexual and are good pollinaters.
Those marked with "P" are pistillate
and contain little or no pollen. All the
varieties should be selected with the
view of cross pollination. Even where
the flowers are perfect better results are
had where the varieties are interplsnted.
Every third row at least should be OF .
different variety.
With raspberriss and black kberries,
they rank of about equal importance In
the state. The commercial paintings
are not large, each averaging less than
100 acres. The b'ackberries do not
average quite 90 hardy ss the raspberries
and are found mostly In the southern
half OF the state. All of the varieties
grown in the east are biennial In their
bearing habits, that is, they grow the
cane one year that bears the fruit the
next. This means that all the pruning
of the new canes should DO done during
the first year and not while they are
iruiting. After the second year they
are cut ont and burned.
All new plantations should be started
early In the spring and given
clean culture through the summer.
Where grown commercially ample area
for team cultivation should be given.
The lines six to eight feet apart and the
rows allowed to grow solid rang
ing from IL to 16 inches In
width. Where the disk harrow 10
available this 10 run between the rows
early in the spring throwing the
dirt away from the plants. They are
then hand hoed, and the disk used again
throwing the soil toward the plsnta.
This makes cultivation easy, keeps the
rows to an even width and prevents the
growth Of weeds.
All varieties should be collected with
reference to their hardness - we'll ~ 70
the quality. With the raspberries there
are three distinct types, known 40 the
black caps, tho reds and the purple
canes. The latter being . hybrid be.
tween the other two. The reds arc the
most popular and are harder than the
black caps. The blackberrles, the redi
and the purple canes propagate them
solves BY sending up suckers near the
base of the old plants, while the blach
CAPS must be rooted from the tips OF th'
canes. The suckers always appear u
abundance making It easy to renew tn
plantations at any time.
The varieties that may be recommend
cd for the southern half OF the state ars
listed below.
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CHAPTER X.
The Days Work"


I was fast learning that there is Q
regular routine about the work Of the
trenches, although 1t Is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work in the fire trench
commences at sundown. Tommy is
like burglar, he works at night
Just as it begins to get dark the
word "stand to" Is passed from trav-
erse to traverse, and the meH get busy.
The first relief, consisting Of two men
to q traverse, mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet, ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon ON
Ger Of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations In No Mans
Land. The sentry Is not allowed 10
relax his watch for a second. II he u
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex'
panse of dirt In front of him. The re-
mainder Of the occupants Of his trav'
erse either sit on the fire step, with
bayonets fixed, ready for any emer-
gency, or II lucky, and dugout nap
pens to be In the near vicinity OF the
traverse, and If the night Is quiet, they
are permitted to 60 to same and try
and snatch q few winks Of sleep. Little
sleeping Is done; generally the men SIT
around, smoking fags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some OF them,
perhaps with their feet in water, would
write home sympathizing with the
governor" because he was laid up
with a cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work In Wool
witch arsenal. II 4 man should manage
| to doze OF, likely as not he would wake
with a start as the clammy, cold feet
Of a rat passed over his face. or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
| the sentries In the trench.
Just try to sleep with Q belt full Of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting Into your ribs, intrenching tool
handle sticking into the small Of your
back, with tin hat for pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, With
Goodies" boring for oil In your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil Of
grimy human bodies and smoke from Q
| Juicy pipe being whiffed into your nos
trtis, then you win not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes turn u
the trench for q rest.
While In q front-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing hia
boots, puttees, clothing or equipment
The scooties" take advantage OF thle
order and mobilize their forceA and
Tommy swears Vengeance on them apq