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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08

TO the 6ea6nOf0. joel 01 course eQ0eO
his entreaties, and Mildred remained.
Returning late, Mrs. Baxter again
urged the girl to stay overnight and
the next day prevailed upon her to
make them q visit Of Q few days. NIL
dred being something Of the 'salaman.
der type, all being fish that came to
her net, and convincing herself that
anything she could get out Of old Bax-
ter was clear gain, very willingly re-
manned. The next day Mrs. Baxter
received telegram saying a near rel
ative was very III. She told Mildred
she must take the next train, and
begged her az a great favor to "stay
and take care Of Mr.. Baxter" she
would not be gone long. But Mrs.
Baxter's visit stretched out into weeks.
She wrote often. speaking Of the prog
ress Of the patient and hoping to be
soon home, adding she trusted Miss
Cook was taking good care Of him.
During her self-imposed absence
for there was no Ill relative-Emma
was doing some speculating as to the
outcome. She was giving Joel chance
to find out Il he really wanted to ex-
change her for the girl. Finally she
decided to 60 home, and face the re-
suit, bitter though it might be. MIL
dred met her, exQuisitely gowned, and
smiling,. Emma found her husband
up in his room looking tired and rather
worn. He seemed glad to see her. But
that was undoubtedly just bluff.
"Good heavens Joel what have you
done to your hair3 It's awful black
in front, and three shades lighter in
the backi" she exclaimed.
"Well, I tried to do 1t myself, and ]
made mess Of it." he explained.
Mrs. Baxter always touched up" her
husbands hair. and kept 1t a nice, even
brown, and she carefully concealed her
amusement at his discontinue.
"Great Scottl" he growled, rummag-
ing in the closet. "Tve bought two
pairs Of slippers since you've been
gonel That fool maid never puts 'em
where I can find EN-"
Again Emma concealed smile.
"Look here Emma, I just can't dress
for dinner. I'm all in. ! wish you'd
have 1t sent up. and tell Mildred I'm
not we'll enough to come down"
Emma found his slippers, made him
comfortable, and promised to send up
his dinner. Later on she heard from
Mildred about the good times she had
been having. Judging from the places
where Joel had taken her, and the con.
tinuous round Of gaiety they had pur'
sued, It was no wonder Joel looked
worn and tired.
The next evening Mrs. Baxter
caught Joel with his dinner
clothes In his hand. he gave them q
vicious throw onto the bed, and turned
on her with:
"Therel I'll be hanged If I'll put
them onl I'm going down Just as ]
am, II Mildred Is shocked"
n haven't been shocked all these
years when you didn't dress for din
ner," quietly observed Emma.
mo-" he answered. "See here En-
ma, couldn't you tell Mildred you and
I are thinking Of taking a trip away
to the mountains. Wen 60 away to.
gether, and have a good old rest"
Emma was 80 happy she made an
errand into the next room to do away
with the tears that would come.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Tho Sound Of Guns.

Conflicting statements have been
made from time to time as to the dis
tance at which the guns can be heard.
On a still night when an easterly
breeze is prevailing I have heard the
dull thud quite distinctly In South
London, Observes a writer In the Lon
don Chronicle. II is this disquietng
sound, not less than the din OF an oc'
casional air raid, which gives London
ers an idea how near the conflict really
is. Now records are being prepared
which show the extent Of the distance
at which the guns are heard. Scien-
lists at University college declare they
can be distinguished at a range Of 200
miles. This would include places Ike
Warwick, Hull, Cromer, Brighton and
Weymouth. Sound travels at rate Of
about 1000 feet second, 30 that the
sound Of the guns In Flanders reaches
London about twelve and q half MIN
utes after the explosions occur.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
From Weak and Lame
To Well and Strong

TRY them. Foley Kidney Pills will
do for other men and women-Quick-
ly-what they have done for Ars'
Straynge.
Last year. I got almost down with
my back" writes Mrs. II. T. Straynge
Of Gainesville. Ga, r. No. 8. 81 suf-
fered from Inflammation Of the blad-
der, and whenever stopped doetoring
I grew worse. ] tried Foley Kidney
pills, and after taking them awhile
my bladder action became regular and
the stinging sensation disappeared. i
am now stronger In my back than I've
been for several years, and since get,
No return Of the trouble"
Start In now TO use Foley Kidney
Pills. You win feel an Improvement
from the very frst doses, showing
how quickly they act on kidneys and
bladder. They stop irregular urinary
action. ease pain In back and sides.
timber up stiff Joints and aching mus
cles. They put the kidneys and blad-
Der In sound. healthy condition. Try
them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
HospitaI for War Boots.

The war girl is again setting new
records in q factory near the east end
of London. Here, however, 1t Is not
shells, but boots which she Is turning
out. It is more like q surgery Tor
boots than q factory because, within
40 minutes, a pair Of boots from Fian-
ders thick with mud and hardly
recognizable are completely restored
to strength and soundness. The boots
are scrubbed in warm water, dressed
with castor oil, the heel and tap is
stripped off, then the outer skin OF
the upper part is taken of with a ma
chine invented during the war. The
sole and heel are renewed, the whole
blocked into shape and finally restain'
ed, polished and made ready for use
again In the army; all in 40 minutes
About 300 girls are working In this
boot hospital.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
suPpORT OF PRESIDENT.
The Cow the Butcher Refused.

A man Id Oregon with forty high
grade Jerseys, who had Joined the
Myrtle Point Cow Testing Association,
had three cows which he thought were
boardsrs. He sold them to the butcher
for thirty dollars each, but when the
butcher arrived one of the three was
rather thin and too small, so he refused
to take her. The owner was rather dis
appointed and was looking for q chance
to sell her when the tester made his
first round. The owner claimed 1t was
no use TO test her, but the tester insisted
that be might as we'll weigh her milk
and make q trial tast. Her test showed
6 per cent fat, and 90 she was kept for
another month when her next test also
showed six per cent. At the end OF the
year she was not only the best COW In
bis herd, but the best COW In the entire
association OF ak hundred cows. The
following year she also held the associa-
ton record and this last year she made
q net profit over cost of feed OF Sl47 %.
just to think that an animal because OF
her size and thin appearance was to be
sold to the butcher for thirty dollars
Now you could not buy her little black
day y-old calf for that.
In another herd OF seventeen the
owner thought that all the cows
were about tho same. After testing for
a year and selling three to the butcher
he found that In the year just passed he
has. by putting the same feed into the
remaining fourteen, received practically
- many pounds Of butterfst.
Many dairymen after year or two OF
testing drop out thinking that they can
derive but little future benefits. An
example Of what persistence will dc In
continuing In the work from year k'
year has been noticed. Three years ago
dairy man with forty COWS started test.
ing. His first years average was .2S6
pounds OF butterfat per COW. By quilting
be raised his average to 296 pounds the
folio wing year, while this Last year by
further culling Of COWS with low records
and old COWS he raised his average TO
$50 pounds or difference Of A pounds
of butterfat Per COW. This advance 10
records has not been due to the riddsnce
| of the bosrder GOV alone, but also to a
moro exteusive study Of the feed pr 10
lem. Hsis strong member of the a.
ISOLATION and 10 striving for the 400
mark.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Emma 5
Experiment
y
By John Eains
By John Eains

Emma Baxter had gradually come
to realizing sense that her husband
was tired Of her, and had begun to
look around for younger wife. They
had been married nearly thirty years,
and she had attended steadily and
faithfully to the domestic side Of the
partnership while Joel was out In the
big world accommodating fortune.
Quite naturally these very different
pursuits had very different effects on
the two people. Mrs. Baxter had not
felt that she could take the time for
clubs and mental culture while the
meals were to be bought and cooked,
and the children's clothes to be looked
after. Then when their circumstances
no longer demanded that she should
cook the meals there were the children
growing up, and their interests to be
looked after, entertaining their
friends, and consulting dressmakers
Later on the business of betrothals and
weddings took her time, till now when
she seemed to be no longer needed for
these things, and everyone else had
gone on in the pursuit Of his or her
own happiness, she discovered that her
husband had also found her no longer
necessary or In fact desirable.
At first this brought sinking at the
heart, and good many tears. But
Emma Baxter was not the sort to
waste much time in tears. She had al
ways been resourceful woman, one
who faced a situation, and courage
ously tackled it. She proceeded to do
so now. Something like lawyer she
started out to consider both sides Of
the case, and to take the testimony Of
both parties. She took Joel's testi-
mony first. He was being greatly at.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Big AIR DRAGONS
Craft Of the Future win Be
Arnored Dreadnaughts.
Winged Fighters Promise to Be Do
veIoped Much the Same % That OF
Naval Construction.

The fighting airplanes Of the future
will grow larger and larger. They will
soon become the dreadnaught OF the
air. The development, writes Wash
ingion correspondent, will be much the
same as that Of naval construction.
This is the prediction Of q govern
ment expert. 1t is based on the brief
report from London telling OF the con-
struction by Germany Of metal.inclosed
battleplanes, which Germany is build
Ing to meet Americans in the air.
"From the outset have been con-
vinced that the United States should
devote much of its genius and con-
structive ability to the development Of
q powerful fighting airplane," he said.
Germany may be building q sort Of
aerial armor-clad, but the kaiser will
have no monopoly in this respect
my judgment is that development
Of an effective fighting force in the air
will follow much the same line as naval
construction. In modern navies, In fact,
in all navies of history, the heavy ship
Of the line, which could take and give
the most punishment was the backbone
of the feet. This will be true Of the
airplane flotilla Of the future.
"All Of the allied nations now are
building much heavier battleplanes.
This tendency will increase. At all
times there must be light and excep-
tionally fast scout machines, just as
we must have scout cruisers also.
Large and speedy battle cruisers also
may be development Of the immedi-
ate future, but the slower and more
stable machine with a real punch, the
airplane that can give and receive q
maximum Of punishment and still re-
main aloft must be the backbone OF
the aerial fighting forces Of the fu.
ture."
The most powerful airplanes which
have been seen in this country are the
Caproni biplanes and triplanes at the
Langley flying field, Newport News,
Va. The big Handley Paige battle
planes turned out by Great Britain also
have great carrying power and are
capable Of a large measure Of destruc-
i've work. It is predicted that these
powerful flying machines will soon give
place to planes Of far greater capacity
and capable Of withstanding vertt-
able broadside in sky battle.
The new American Liberty motor
continues to meet every test to which
It Is subjected.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08

as ne walked away. He die not know
how tumultously her heart throbbed
one evening at the tea table when
he said as he slowly and carefully
folded his napkin back into Its original
creases:
"Well, Miss Semira, I think that I
must tell you that ! have decided to
make q change"
I'm your business?" she asked with
her eyes fixed on her plate.
swell, yes; the change have in
mind will give me partner in my
business. But what I was going to
speak to you about was change In
regard to my meals. It isn't altogether
convenient having my room In one
place and taking my meals In another.
Moreover, I do not quite like being q
mealer."
"Of course, if you wish to make O
change you are at liberty to do so. I
could not promise you any better meals
than I have been giving you even II
you stayed with me-"
II wouldn't want any better meals
any place."
20, thank you"
"The meals are all right, but I never
before was what they call In this town
a 'mealer' and don't like 1t. l would
enjoy my meals a good deal more If
they were served by-well, by my wife.
There! Semirn, don't look so fright
ened! It is what have been wanting
to say for q long tilne, almost from the
first meal I ate with you! Let me
stop being q 'mealer' and let me be
your husband instead"
He had reached across the little
table and taken her by both hands and
was looking into her face with shining
eyes. Her eyes met his in q moment
and he must have seen something OF
hope and encouragement for him IN
them, for he was by her side In q mo-
ment with his arm around her waist
and his cheek to hers.
The next day Miss Doane received a
call from Mrs. Sampson, who said:
"Well, S'mira, its turned out just the
way Sampson an me have been sayin'
for two months that 1t would turn out,
an I'm glad of it even If / have lost a
roomer. Anyhow. you gained mealer
for life. wish you Joy, really do"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
1ommy's "Manx" Shirt.

A pretty Y. A. D. nurse who 0ficiates
tn the linen closet Of one Of London's
big military hospitals, according to q
correspondent, relates this enlivening
tale:
A few days ago fresh raiment was
served out to a number Of newly ar
rived Tommies who were In need Of 1t.
Suddenly one Of the men said: "Say,
nurse, what do they call cats that
haven't any tailsT
"Why, those are Manx cats" replied
the unsuspecting nurse.
"Well, then" said the Tommy,
syou've given me q Manx shirt"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Sixteen Now American Cities.

0sASOOU WV SuIVttSOst OsAtVos
Some idea Of the vast extent Of tho
work involved In building cantonments
for the new national army Is given In
the following paragraph from Edward
Hungerford's '.The Camps Of the First
Half Million" In Everybody's:
sixteen new cities for Americai !
Sixteen cities. each Of the size Of Eas-
ton, Pa, or Elmira, N. T.. or Kalama-
roo, Mich. each built to definite and
fairly common plan. and all completed
within from 100 to 120 days. Here,
then, was some slight measure Of the
problem. TO measure It In stil an
other way, consider the building Of ,
community Of wood equal In pcpula-
ton to Cleveland or Pittsburgh Or St
Louis: then the division Of that great
town into sixteen separate commun-
tiles or cantonments-an average OF
one for each three states-and spread
all the way across the face Of the land
from the commonwealth of 1assa-
ehuSsttS To- u afat1 6 WelnlnSton !.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Oct OIL From Grain.

A discovery by Germans Is that for
extracting oil IN quantity from grain.
By a process called degerminating, q
small germ resembling hens egg In
composition. designed for the nutri'
ment of the young plant. Is extracted:
Distilled, this germ yields q very sooo
table oil, and at the same time raw
ingredient for margarine and an al
luminous powder, which latter con-
tains three and one-half times tne
nourishment Of meat Twenty grammes
are equal to one egg, and already it
has been put to use a. an egg suDsu'
tute. All large mills In Germany have
INTRODUCED degerminsdon, ana tne
germs ore being turned into ol. ana
albumin powder.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
None Too Soon.

They were seated in the parlor con.
versing on the uncertainties Of life.
She-The future Is vast unfath'
omable mystery to US, isn't it2
He-Yes, all we know IL that we
have to 60 sometime.
Voice From the Library-It would
suit the convenience Of the household
If you'd make 1t little sooner than
that.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
o,rl. A. Army Dentists.

Should the Preparedness League OF
American Dentists accept the offer OF
services from seventy-fve young
women students Of Columbia univers-
ity, says the New York Herald. Army
recruits soon may have their teeth
looked over by young women dentists.
The young women, having completed
the course in oral hygiene at Colum-
bia, are fully qualified dental hygien-
lists and each has a license to practice
this brand new profession. The young
women want to clean the teeth OF the
soldiers before they 60 to camp.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
AZ the Tanks Appear.

Imagine big mechanism that seems
to have a malign life Of its own, tran
scending human management, Inn
beryious to human attack. Imagine a
giant CATERPILLAR the size Of a small
house, q caterpillar whose skin is steer
and whose eyes are death and spout
Ing cannon. Imagine this monster
crawling down upon you, immune from
everything but the rare direct hit OF q
big she'll; able to climb, delighting to
amble into and out Of holes, implac-
able, resistless, fatal-such is British
war tank-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08

tracted to young girls with slender
figures, very short dresses, and absurd.
ly rakish hats. He had come to the
time when he had more leisure for
amusement. and he liked to take this
kind Of girl to suppers, the theater,
and on little trips to Coney Island.
Furthermore she had reason to believe
that he wanted this girl to sit opposite
to him at his own table, especially
when he invited his gay friends, and
the present Mrs. Joel Baxter was ei.
ther silent or floundered hopelessly In
the sea of modern frivolity. Joel was
not a millionaire, and he could not pay
an unlimited price for his new luxury.
In fact he came near being stingy
when 1t came to home expenditures.
Now for the case Of Emma Baxter.
She looked in the mirror, and took &C.
count of her personal attractions. It
was about the first time she ever con.
sidered this subject seriously. She had
always been too busy doing things for
others to take the time. She was q
decidedly fat figure, very double
chin, hair streaked with gray, and
switch that didn't exactly match.
There were lines around the eyes and
mouth, and the cheeks sagged. To
be sure the eyes were bright and the
mouth still shapely in the line Of the
lips; but on the whole the reflection
was failure taken purely from the
point Of physical attraction. As for
reducing, so many women Of her age
looked worse than ever In the face
after they got reduced. No, that
seemed rather impossible PROPOSE
ton. She had heard Of women who
had their faces peeled, and came out
with the complexions Of infants: but
she couldn't consider that ordeal for
q moment; and she had always said
she would not dye her hair, no matter
what came. Well the question Of phys.
ical rejuvenation seemed impossible.
She might 60 to q hairdresser. and see
what could be done In that line. And
probably her gowns might be made
more becoming. Stll on the whole
the possibility of entering the contest
with the svelte young thing In short
dresses on the ground Of outward at
tractiveness was distinctly out Of the
question.
{ Here Mrs. Baxter sat down. and
heaved heavy Sigh. After all On
what other grounds could she cop-
petei The appearance was about al
Joel could be thinking Of. But was It
allf Emma Baxter sat some time pom !;
dering this In her heart. Then abe
took q resolve. {
The next day when Joel came home
to dinner he found Miss Mildred Cook
there. To say that he was surprised,
would scarcely express II. Mildred
was very pretty. very much up to date.
and the girl to whom he was most del
voted. She had studio, studied art.
and was exceedingly bohemian and IN,
conventional. For these reasons ME-.
Baxter knew she would not mind her
unceremonious Invitation to dine. Bax'
ter could not conceal his very evident
delight at having the young lady TO-
dinner. Mrs. Baxter promised her
that Mr.. Baxter would take her home
In their car. But quite late that eve-
ming Mrs. Baxter on ordering the car
heard that It could not be taken out on.
account Of a break somewhefe. - she
begged the young lady to remain over-
mint NJ taka. = rnotoI,tYln III ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08

One Of our nsighbors has trouble
catching hia horse. Ono day found
the reason. He was helping me, and In
turning one Of bic horses ont to pasture
he struck him with the halter. The
horse kicked and ran, evidently much
to our nelghbor's delight. II We did
that way, our horses also would b
hard to catch. In addition to making .
horse hard TO catch when he ID wanted,
there 10 always the danger that some ono
may bs injured By playful kick.
Horses have long memories, and Il 10
much easier 70 teach them bad habit
than it d to break them Of u.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
campaIonlna for safety.

A safety first campaign to minimize
accidents In navy yards, arsenals and
other government establishments hai
been launched by the federal en-
ployees' compensation commission
working in cooperation with the ma
tiUnal safety council Of engineers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Important Point.

She Would you marry woman
who had sued another man for breach
Of promise3
he How much did the court award
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08

The hog q ~ creature, bat Va
snould remen t he must MAKE
|Grcat de-! o n n . shost une,
- 1oenst - uenneuss
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08

A brick Of -salt should b In every
horse sail Thsre 10 no danger then Of
ovsfsaltins. ard the horses always have
vhat thag Aeed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
Tho Way Of IL

$50 the rich old miser is Ill. Are
his relatives expecting the worst"
Hardly that, but they're hoping for
IL"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
AMONG THE FARMERS.
I" SPEED THE Flow

Correspondence on practical Agricultural topic
II solicited. Address all communications In.
HAGnosD, Agricuitural Editor Oxford Dem.
ocrss. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATION.
SCHOOL FUND

Resolution introduced by State
Lecturer PurInton:
Resolved: That the State Grange de-
clare itself In favor of Law whereby the
state mill fund and the common school
fund may be distributed according to
the aggregate attendance In the com mon
schools, and that tho Grange legislative
ommittee do all IN Its power to get In
to Law bill providing for that purpose
the school funds of the state.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08

Dr. Austin Tenney, oculist.
Practice limited to diseases OF the Eye
and the ntting OF Glasses. AZ Norway
once oppostts Post Once Friday. Dec.
IS. 1880 a. u. % q II. N Au
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-08
FARM PROBLEMS.

Whereas: New England and the
Federal Farm Loan District have many
Grange or farm problems and interests
peculiar to this section Of the country; /;
Resolved: That the executive com-
mittee be instructed that whenever In
their Judgment the interests of the order
require It, they join with these districts
In working out Grange;.and farm prob
lems.