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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-01-28

His psrdsnality filed the place. Yet not
because he was fat man. II was his annoying
cough. Hd cured Il with Adamson's Botsnic
Cough BalIAm and sank into happiness and
obscurity.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-01-28
SUNDAY RIVER.

Wanted good snow storm.
Business here at a stsndstill.
Loren Trask hurt one Of his horse:
badly getting out birch.
Orrin Littlehale ia at home frou
ChArlestown, where he has been work
ing. TO see his new daughter.
Charlie Bean has been at home sics
with the mumps.
Warren Emery Is laid up with felon
Matte Swan OF Bethel Is working FOL
Mrs. Trask.
William Eames has had serious Tins
with carbuncle. Glad TO hear he Il
better. Ceylon Russell Of Waterford II
with him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-01-28
GEORGE A. WILsoS, Juasc'
ALBEIT ID. PARK. Register.

OXFORD. 81 Al o Court Of Probate held a
Paris. within and for the County OF Ox.
for,t on the third Tuesday Of Jan. A. ID. $50.
Osear II. Hersey. Admir-. with the Win annexed
Of the e<tatr OF MATILDA WOOD. late OF Buck.
neid. In said County, decreased, having prcscnses
deceased for allowance:
ORpERxp, That the said Administrator give
notice ~ ali persons interested, by causing q
copy Of this order TO be pupnsneu
thrce weeks successivcly In the Oxford
Democrat, . newspaper printed at South Paris, In
said County, that they may appear az Q froossr
Court, 20 lie held at Paris. on the third Tues
day OF Feb next at nine O'Clock In the forenoon.
and show cause. II any they have. why inc sA"e
should not be allowed.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-01-28

OxFORD, sat Court Of Probate nea -
on lie thIri Tuesday Of Jan. A. .. lsss.
Emma r. brown, Admrx. on ~ e>ssse o.
ALONZO BENSON, late Of Dxneld: in seaa
count OF ADMINISTRATION Of the eseats OF said
deceased for allowance:
ORpEREp, That said Admix. give notice 20
ali persons interested. by causing copy on tnis
order 70 be published three weeks succcssiveiy
| In the Oxfor,i Democrat printed 81 s0uth fans,
that they may appear ~ . Court OF Probate 70 &c
| held at Paris. on the third Tuesday OF feo.
next at Q O'Clock In the forenoon, AMI SHOW
cause, II any they have, why the same snou"
NV GEORGE A. WILSON. Judge.
Il tYue e0py-afeeat -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-01-28

James Monroe Is securing al this late
day fame Of which perhaps he little
dreamed when he enunciaied his now
famous doctrine. II We accept the views
OF some ''Reformers, the Monroe doe
trine was special statement Of a par
ticular case. and is prOmulgators had
no thought that they were stating a
broad principle. on which q national
policy was 20 b. based.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-01-28
BRYANT POND.

Tile commandery has in preparation
the popular military drama, "By Force
OF IItpulse.-
Rdv. c. A. Hayden Of Augusta will
lecture nj the Uniyersalist church Wed
nes CAV evening, Jan. %. Subject
''Chlracter Building"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-01-28

F. Al Thsyer, furniture, Billings
Block, south Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-01-28
ORIENT INSURANCE CO.,

or HARTFORD, CONN.
incorporated Ia 1867. Commenced Business In 1872.
Charles 3. Whiting. President.
Secretary, James U. Taiatos.
Howard W. Cook. Asst. Secretary.
Capital paid up In cash. 100000.
ASSETS DEC. 81, 1876.
Real Estate owned BY the company.
unincumbcred. . $s,3i9 IS
Loans on bond and mortgage first
nens), l8,+h 30
pany, market sniae, 1885, lss Il
Loans on collaterab, $50 90
Cash IN company's principal Office
and In bank, 1881 Is
Interest due and accrued. 1871 OF
Premiums In due course OF collection, s65, 5ll S.
Aggregate Of all the admitted assets
Of the company ct their actual
value. t3,A2, aB Is
LIABILITIES DEC. 81. 1895.
Net amount of unpaid losses and -. :,
Amount required 70 safely re-insure
ell outstanding risks, e83. 6ol ~
All other demands against the CON-
pany. viz: commissions. etc, 1,@0e 81
Total amount Of liabilities, except
capital stock and net surplus, u, -, 81 o.
Capital actually paid up In cash, 5o0.ooo %
Surplus beyond capital, 6l3.83s -
Aggregate amount Of liabilities, In
clnding net surplus, 2,3l2,3o -
Oxford:
WI. J. wHEELER, South Paris, Mains.
w.R TARBox. Erysbarx, Maine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
Japan.

There is woman in MIlritas, re.
lates the San Francisco Argonaut, the
victim of several crushing SORROWS,
who has a novel cure for dependency,
indigestion, insomnia and kindred ills.
1t is unpatented. She determined one
day to throw off the gloom which was
making life n burden in and about
her, and established a rule that she
should laugh three times day
whether occasion presented or not.
She trained herself to hugh heartily
at the least provocatioD, and, without
one, would retire to her room and
make merry by herself. Now she is
in excellent health and buoyant spir.
its, and her home has become a sunny
and delightful abode. Husband,
children, neighbors and friends were
gradually infected with mirth every
day. aud now all of them are healthy,
happy and wise.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

A new disease has como to tho ros.
sue of the young art students of both
sexes who are looking for q respite from
labor. 1t is known as the "academy
headache" Still, it applies to Others
than students, and is oftentimes 80 un.
pleasant that it may well he rhunned.
A well.known oculist has discovered
that when it is necessary to direct the
eyes considerably above the horizontal
line a number of times q great strain
is thrown upon the muscles which 70.
tate the eye upward, as we'll as upon
the muscles Of the upper eyehds,
which have, Of course, to be correg.
pondingly raised to accommodate the
eye ball.
"This being so." says the ooulist.
''It is time that those who arc
responsible for the distribution OF tue
pictures in galleries should recognize
the fact that the human eve is not
constructed for looking upward for
any length Of time, and ii considore.
tions of space oblige the whole Of the
available wall area 10 be utilized the
higher pictures should be tilted at n
suitable angle in order TO minimize
the strain on the eye muscles. Now
York journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
HUMOR OF THE DAY.


Take care of the poor Indians and
the poor Indians will take hair oj
you. Texas Sitter.
els she rich?" eyes, but she
doesn't know anythingP" ''Wby don't
you propose ?"-Truth.
She They say he married her for
her figure" He-"Hhat was quito
natural" She-"Oh, no, it wasn't. y
Pick -Me-Up.
A West Union man, after training O
dog for several years, can at last make
the dog do almost anything it feels
like doir g.--West Union Gazette.
Teacher-"Wha is the true test OF
grcatness?" Little Johnnie-"To have
your hired girl interviewed by report
ers whenever you do anything. -
Cleveland Leader.
Dora-"And now, Augustus, how do
you like my new coiffure?" Angus.
tus-'Weally beautiful, pom honah
makes You look thirty years younger,
bal Jove Standard.
Bess-"Why didn't you either &C
cept Tom or refuse him when he pro.
posed?" Kate-"Why, you see, we've
got a philopena and I couldn't say
yes or no. Yale Record.
The Fiancee-'Tm surprised at
youl / saw you flirting with her u
The Fiance-'-I swear, Priscilla, you
are mistaken Beauty has no charms
never had any charms-for me -
Puck.
"This," said the stranger, pointing
to the passing cortege, .'is n very scan.
tily attended funeral" "Well," said
the resident, apologetically, "you sec
the deceased wac & baseball umpire.
Waterbury.
"You don't make allowances for our
boy" said the fond mother. "rhat
shows how little we are appreciated, 1"
said her husband, as he finished draw
ing q check. 81 don't do much else. I"
Washington Star.
Nell-"Miss Bjones uses French
phrases in the most peculiar manner. "
Bell-"Does she?" Nell-"Yes, in
deed? Why, at breakfast yesterday
asked her how she liked her eggs,
and she said they were very chick. y
Philadelphia Record.
All, radiant rose, with your grace so de-
mure,
Your beauty the eye and the spirit con.
tents;
But there still turks the thorn. None would
guess, am sure,
That you cost me a dollar and twenty-five
cents.
Washington Star.
Voice lat the telephone) Major.
will you please bring your family and
take supper with us next Sunday?"
fervant Girl (replies back through the
telephone)-"Master and mistress are
not in at present but they can't come
to supper as it's my Sunday out. -
Boston Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
Moving a Running Factory.

A remarkable feat which was re-
Gently accomplish ed, moving of fac
tory in which the machinery was
maintained in operation is described
in the American Machinist The shop
referred to is situated in Boston, and
was moved to make room for the work
being done in the elevation of the
tracks OF the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad. The move.
ment of the shop was about three hun.
dred feet in one direction and fifty
feet in another, and was effected with
out suspending work, the shop being
operated just as if nothing unusual
was going on.
The building is of brick, $50 by fif-
ty feet, about one.hslf its length is
three stories hil and the rest two
stories. Electric motors were at
tached to the shafting to supply the
power, they receiving their power by
wires run from generating plant
put mp for the purpose. The shop
was thus moved bodily distance of
$50 feet and kept in operation during
the transition, which was particularly
desirable on account of rush OF busi-
naca
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
The Sealy Ant

An animal made of n-plate, of the
shape of an elongated fir cone, about
three feet in length, which crackles
md rustles with every movement, is
one of the latest acquisitions OF the
Geological Society Of London. Its
name is the pangolin, or scaly ant
eater, and it belongs to the same fam.
lily group as the armadillo and platy-
pus. 1t has excited great attention at
the "Zoo," for it is-if we are COR
rectly informed-the first animal of
the kind which has been exhibited
there. It's home is where the termites,
or white ants, are found; for the ami.
NAL feeds on these destructive crea-
lures, and possesses claws which are
designed to break down their strong
holds. The claws are also necessary
for burrowing in the ground, for the
pangolin excavates a cave for himself
and his mate eight feet or so below tho
surface of the earth, and in this strange
home one or two young are produced
every year, The pangolin ut present
at the "Zoo" is fed upon ants aud
their eggs, and also exhibits partial
ity for cockroaches scalded in milk.
The scales with which its body is
covered are hard and sharp as steel,
and it can give q terribly cutting blow
with its powerful tail. 1t can roll its
body up into ball like a hedgehog
when it so Wills, Public Opinion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

Harold Freder ic, the London cor.
respondent of the New York Times
writes: Both in England and on the
Continent We are likely to hear good
deal that is unpleasant this winter
about the cost of bread. The recent
advance in the price of wheat has
boen seized upon by bakers every.
where as warrant for on advance
amounting to a cent on the four. pound
loaf, and they les it be understood
that further rise is not improbable
if wheat continues TO go up. Unfor.
tunately, it cannot be remembered
that, when wheat began to drop five
yea-s ago, the bezers put down the
price Of their loavos in proportion, and
there is naturally lot of bitter talk
about the rapacity OF middlemen.
This will not grow less as winter comes
on. Every European country, in
Guiding England, hes administrative
machinery for regulating the size of
loaves. To this provision about the
price of them could be fixed without
much difficulty, and it is not improb-
able that movement to have this
done will obtain good deal of mo-
mentu.n before spring comes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Hollow shatting gains favor.
There are aluminium duck boats.
The Krupp Works have 1900 fur
naces.
There is project on foot for sup
plying Lyons, France, with electricity
by damming the Rhono at Jonage.
DR.. Max Wilt, Of Heidelberg, Ger,
many, has discovered five new asteroit
on photographs Of the heavens. Thi,
brings the number of minor planets up
to 423.
Over ninety-fve pei cent. of the
vessels which passed through the Suez
Canal during 1895 used the electric
light, so as to be able to continue the
trip through the great waterway dur
ing the night.
A new instrument, called the pho
nendoscope, enables the skilful medi.
cal man to hear the sounds emitted by
all the organs in the human body the
heart, the lungs, the liver, ETC., and
discover if they are in o healthy condi-
tion or otherwise.
Professor Liversidge, OF Sydney
University, has made chemical expert
ments which show that there are over
100, 900, 900, 900 tons of gold dissolved
in the ocean water of the world if the
rate of one grain per ton, which he
found on the Australian coast, holds
everywhere.
The mountains of the moon are i'm
mensely larger in proportion than
those of the earth. The moon is but
one-forty ninth the size of the earth,
but its mountain peaks are nearly as
high. Twenty-Five are higher than
Mt. Blanc, which is within a few feet
of three miles high. The highest is q
little more than four miles and half.
A twelve-year- old boy at Parma has
just had his heart washed. He was suf-
fering from acute pericGrditis, and his
doctor, using an instrumant invented
by Professor Riva, drew off the puru-
lent serous matter in the sac, and then
washed the heart and its seroibro
covering with a solution of sodium
biborate. The boy recovered rapidly.
Balloons were used in the recent
German army man9uvres. Each corps
had q balloon handled by sixty men.
Six gas carriages. drawn each by six
horses, belonged to each balloon, and
the unloading, filling and sending uE
took only fourteen minutes. The bal
looms we're kept at a height OF 320C
feet, from which the officers tele
graphed to headquarters and sent
sketches OF the enemy's position down
the rope.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
GlCwWOrm RadiatlOns.

A discovery made by NJ, Henry, and
communicated by him to the Academic Q
des Sciences, states that he lately had
occasion one evening TO place some
glowworms for from half an hour to
two hours upon properly protect
ed" Photographic plate, and on devel-
oping the plate black and white lines
were found which coIresponded toler-
ably accurately to the itinerary of the
subventral light of the worms. That
the glow light produced by these in
scots should be capable ol penetrating
substances opaque TO light, in the
manner OF tho X rays, suggests that
the new rays may in some manner be
utilized to produce the glow light
sought by scientists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
X.RaY Cure of Germ plseasas.

DIR. William Shrader, of the Mis-.
souri, State University, is convinced, as
a result of numerous experiments with
the Roentgen rays, that the rays are
invaluable in the treatment of germ
diseases. Among the most successful
experiments conducted by him were
had upon two guinea pigs, which were
inoculated with solid culture OF
diphtheria prepared in tLe bacteriolo.
gical laboratory of the university.
These pigs weighed 2l0 and 1s5 grams
respectively. One was exposed to the
rays for four hours in a wooden box,
having q rubber cover, and is alive to-
day after lapse of nearly two months,
and no traces of the disease can be
found. The other pig, not exposed to
the rays, died within twenty eight
hours after the injection of the poison.
The post mortem examination showed
that his death was due to the dipth.
iberia germs. Previous to these tests
other experiments were made with the
diphtheria bacili. Tubes were inocu
lated with the germs, one exposed to
the rays and the other not exposed.
In the former the germs were de-
stroyed, while in the latter they lived.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
KEEPING HER WATCH IN ORDER.

They were slipping chocolate at a
cafe and talking of watches.
81 have carried my watch for ten
years." said the senior member OF the
party, "and 1t has never cost me a
penny for repairs"
"Mercy," exclaimed another one,
chow did you manager"
81 took care of it. You know men
are always making disagreeUble re-
marks about women's watches, and
when my husband gave me mine he
said it would probably be out of order
most of the time. And just made up
my mind to show him that there was
one woman in the world who knew
how to take care Of a watch"
''But have YOU never lost it or had
it stolen?"
'Never. dropped it several times
at first, but it eidn't show any marks. "
''But do the works never get out of
order?"
"The what"
"The works inside. Have you never
broken the handspring?
81 never look inside"
''But how do you wind it?"
~ don't wind it. That's how take
care of 1t, and keep it nice.
They all stared a moment. Then
they said, "Oh, you clever thing, and
adjourned sine die.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

The New York Herald exclaims: So
it seems that tho bicycle is willing TO
lend itself TO almost every purpose OF
the rider thereof, good and bad. 1t
furnishes one with the best kind of
exercise in the open eir and creates an
astonishing appetite. 1t recreates the
digestive organs, fills the lungs with
ozone and gives the owner a brighter
and more cheerful outlook. 1t has
dono more for the general health than
all the gymnasiums thet wero over
erected. Its fascination is so great
that even tho churches complain of
sparse attendance, and the box offices
at the theatres assume a rather lugu-
briols expression. Merchants are
glum because people would rather
drive the wheel than attend balls, and
80 ecouUmize in silks and satins and
laces and dismonds. If New Years
present is contemplated, it mast be
machine. oi course, Tor nothing else
will make the hesrt pslpitato with
gratitude. KnickeibocSers and
bloomeis have TAKEN the place OF lress
suits and 'ong trains, aad all the
world wond=Is at the change which
has takoo place in public opinion.
There are ronances connected with
the wh;e also. Chance acquaintance
which he ins with a punct.red tire
ripens .uto something which demands
the presence o, the clergyman with 4
marriage eertldca'e in his hand. l.
parents ohjest the b Ike furnishes a
ready mesns o. elopement, and the
family m.e,,ter is deprived Of the fee
which is gwen 90 another minister
tYentS miles from hone.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
Life In Great Cities.

And as to.the tendency of the growth
of great cities to enervate Nations,
there is no proof of it at all unless we
identify the life of great cities with
the passion for idleness and pleasure
and self indulgence, which sometimes,
but by no means universally, accom-
panies their growth. Whensyou get a
large proletariat living. as that of
ancient Rome and possibly of Nineveh
and Babylon did, on the aims of the
rich and powerful, then, no doubt,
you have the conditions of q thor
oughly unnatural and unhealthy life,
and no one can wonder at the rapid
decay OF such cities and of the Nations
which gloried in them. But where the
honest working class far outnumber
the proletariat, where the middle
classes-of distributors and manufac.
turers and professional men are labor.
ious and energetic, and even the class
that live on its accumulated wealth
contains a considerable sprinkling OF
serious and disinterested workers, we
do not believe that there is the small
est evidence of any greater danger in
the life of the agricultural village or
the pastoral tribe, Indeed, we should
regard Olive Schreiner's picture of the
life OF the modern Beers as indicating
a condition of things more prolific of
morbid elements, with its almost COM
plete absence of any stirring or active
intelligence, than any kind Of modern
life that is honestly laborious at all
The Boer life Is too sleepy, too desti
tute of stirring thought or effort, tc
be altogether natural. 1t needs al
least the old element of danger and
necessary vigilance to render it ever
bracing. Spectator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
A Discovery of Perpetual Mellon

At Freeport, ILL.,, new industry is
to be started. On q quarter section
of land au sTterprising Kensas farmer
will establish thousand black cats
aud 5000 rats, on which to feed tie
cats, estimating that the csts will IN.
crease $1,000 in two years, thor skins
being worth dollar zach. Tho rats
will multiply Ave times ss last as The
cats, and viii he used 10 Feed the lat
Ter while the skiuned cats will furnish
food to the rate. Thus has perpetual
.lotion been discovered at last. -
Warren Sertinol
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
WORST KIND OF A CASE.

"You look thin and careworn, Tad
ley" said the man in the russell shoes.
Insomnia !" replied Tadley, with a
groan.
'Insomnia?" repeated the man in
the russet shoes. "Oh come now, a
man with no more than you have to
worry him doesn't get insomnia"
"It's the baby that's got it," ex-
planned TadleY, as he stepped off the
ferryboat and resumed his struggle
with life. -Rockland Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
A NeW Illuminaut.

A new illuminating gas made from
petroleum has been produced in Ger
many, which, 1t is asserted, can be
supplied OF a quality equal to the best
existing photometrio star dard at
cost OF twenty-five cents per 1000
feet. The generatiye plant is simple;
one able to keep up hundred lights
can bs built foI 800.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

DIR. Arthur Mac Donald, the Wash.
ington criminologist, wants every
man, woman and child in the country
measured on the Bertillon system. He
claims that this would make detection
practically certain, and thus put an
end TO crimc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
NJ. AsBuRY PEPPERS.

sit is queer" said the thoughtful
boarder, "that whisky, being made in
the manner it is, does not smell of the
copper"
"Oh, well" said Asbury Peppers,
"the thing is evened up by the copper
usually smelling of whisky. ."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

A London journalist reveals why Sir
Horny Irving plays in America :
"rheso visits to the United States, -
he says. "are very profitable, and they
enable Irving to spend money lavishly
in England on productions which
would not CT themselves pay well
anough -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
HE MUST LIVE.

"Why have you charged me twice
as much for burying my second wife
as you charged for my irstP" asked
the indignant widower.
81 regret to say, sir" said the
undertaken, "that the death rate has
decreased fifty per cent. in the mean
time. Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
A LOST OPPORTUNITY.

First Dime-Novel Reader 81 missed
the chance of my life last night"
SecondDime-Novel Reader -"How's
that ?"
First Dime-Novel Reader There
was burglar broke in our house, an
never woke p."-Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09
A CHARACTER STUDY.

Mrs. Collaboration clearly one
can read character from portrait |"
Grimshaw-"Yes. Now, for in
stance, this picture of Mrs. Hornbeak-
Hennypeck fully explains the resigned
and hopeless look of her husband. -
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-12-09

A New England newspaper is seek.
ing the origin of the barbarous word
shampoo. It can find it in the
Japanese dictionary, meaning "clean-
ing the human scalp by washing and
rubbing." 1t was naturalized in this
country by Townsend Harris, New
Yorker, who was our first Minister to