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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-18
STATE OF MAINE.
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COUNTH OF OXfOBD, 81.
SEAL supreme Jnd''i'lco'rs in vacation
~ Bethel. January 8, A. d. 1888.
Upon the foregoing libel. Ordered, that the
Libelsnt give notice 70 the said Libellee u
appear before tho Justice Of the Supreme
~. Cosfs g Ss holden - -. hsr,s r,ssin r And
day Of February. A. d. lso6, by publishing IN
ateeseed copy Of said libel. and this order there
on, three weeks excessively In the Oxford
Ds0ocnk . nevspaper printed 10 Paris, In our
County Of Oxford. the last publication 70 be
fourteen days q least prior 70 said second Tues
day Of February, lso6. that he may there and
th6a u ear saidI Court appear and show cause, Il
any - have, Why The prayer Of said Hbelsnt
should ~ b gFaSesd.
Juse1oe q ~ Supreme Judicial Court
). \ Rue COPY Of The hbel and order Of court
xS.a.-CaARLRs =. wHIrnAx. C,srt
JA4eD Q. WIGHT,
Az. ~ ubelaat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-18

Don't Let Your
Eyes Hinder You;

Eyes NtnoeT lou,
don't let them
prevent you from enjoying life. II they
ache and pain, IL things seem blurred to
your vision, don't forget that good
! glasses will nix you up all right.
Hills l. the only optician m M
county that has ever personally ATTENDED
an optical school and has diploma i'f
| same.
Look out for quack Doctors. Pfr'.'-
sors, etc, clustering around and boast
ing OF unriysled ability, who try 20 pas
as graduate opticians, but never 81
tended An optical school-simply bus
diplomas by mail.
Hills prices sre much the lo0'.'.
Solid gold spectacle frames. 81 = 9TH
ers ask q. 90 for same. We also HAYES
cheaper solid gold frame. Gold hird
frames, 81 .25, warranted for ten yrt-,.
others ask 81 90 for the same We Off,
cheap filled at SOC. and zoe. Lense, -.
and upwards.
Will our friends In Oxford Go. hiLaY
report to u whenever a travelling OPT
clan calls on rhemg
No charge for examination.
Satisfaction Guarantee
Don't delay IL your sight IL troubling
you, but visit at once
VIVIAN w. HILLS,
Graduate Optician.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Solid and
Silver Plated Ware, etc. Repairing
promptly attended TO. Good work costs
no MORE"
Opera House Block, Norway, Me-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-18
STATE OF MAINE.

Paris, January 5, lse. Personally appeared the
above named Eugene Z. Richardson and made
oath that the staiemen's, above made ~ 20 the
residence Of the said Libellee Are true. Before
JAMES Q. WRIGHT,
Justice of the Peace.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-18

The sound Of the chair factory whistle
10 welcome sound. Since our One SNOW
came q large lot Of lumber has been
hauled. At the annual meeting the fol
| lowing officers were elected:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SATURDAY, APRIL o,

ton; Spain would. be yanquished. But
the war would be chiefly on the sea,
and the conditions of modern naval
warfare are so untried that 1t is quite
impossible to predict. anything with
certainty The torpedo boat may prove
to be the great factor Then it cannot
be foretold which country would first
get in that lucky shot" of which Mr..
Irving Scott spoke a. year or SO ago.
the lucky shot that is 10 decide naval
battle.
While this government would un-
doubtedly capture and retain Porto
Rico, it should not be its policy to cap
ture and hold permanently the Canary
islands; they belong to another hemi-
sphere, and their possession by this
government would probably involve US
in European quarrels; it would at least
give Europe a pretext for disregarding
the Monroe doctrine, for the govern
ments there would be able to say: If
our system of government is not to be
extended in America, then the Ameri-
can system must not be extended to
Europe, and if America persists in eX-
tending her system of government to
the eastern hemisphere. then Europe
will insist on extending her system to
America.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
A SILVER REPUBLICAN PAPER
ON FUSION.

The Ogden Standard is a pretty con-
sistept and thorough going silver Re
publican paper. Yesterday its leading
article was devoted to discussion of
! the question of fusion. 1t wants to
know how the silver Republicans are
/ to fuse with the Democrats and obtain
a senator and representative who are
! protectionists. II asks if the Demo-
/ Gratis are prepared to concede these
two most important political plums to
the silver Republicans. Silver Repub-
licanr' exclaims the Standard. What
/ in common sense is there to the name,
and by virtue of what excuse does the
party exist, if it is not to promote the
doctrine of protection? Fusion with
Democracy Fuse what; water and oil,
free trade and protection. The moment
that an alliance is formed with the
Democrats. the silver Republicans shah
confess the utter absence Of even a
pretext for a state organization. They
will make mockery, a farce, a sham
of their pretensions to the dignity of a
party?
The more one considers the question
OF fusion, the more impracticable does
it become One realizes that it really
means the abandonment of party lines.
no matter how specious the reasoning
which declares that it has no such
meaning.
And as to the silver Republican
party There is no reason for its being.
for its adherents. by severing their old
political ties, thereby declared to all
the world that all the political princi-
pies which they had accepted as their
faith were Of infinitely less Importance
than that.of free silver; their old party
retained all its principles, yet declaring
jin the most positive and unequivocal
terms against the very principle they
held to be of first importance Having
abandoned their lifelong party asso-
Citations for one principle, why do not
the silver Republicans follow to its
logical conclusion the course they
started upon? Such conclusion would
lead them into the Democratic party.
for that party makes free silver the
main plank in its platform. Some of
the most prominent silver Republicans
IN the state, among them Mr. Varian
and Mr.. Stephens. have gone where the
logic Of their position on the silver
question leads them, and that is into
the Democratic party, the great silver
party, the party where all hope for sill
yer lies. If our ogden contemporary
were as logical as it is partisan. it
would very soon be within the Demo-
cratic ranks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
THE NAvAJos VOLUNTEERING.

The idea of war has seized upon the
popular imagination and all classes are
affected by it. Volunteers all over the
country are offering their services. The
Navajo Indians on the reservation in
southwestern Colorado have met and
decided to offer their services to defend
the country. Governor Adams has re-
ceived a letter from Robert Mitchell of
Ccrtez, Montezuma county. the organ
izer of the Indians. The letter is dated
Mitchell Camp. San Juan river, April
>, and runs as follows:
Il have the honor to inform you of
100 to 500 Navajo Indians. who have Of
fered their services to defend the
United States against Spain. from a
council held at my camp, and who re-
quested me to write to your eXceilency.
If required. they can be ready in y
hours, properly equipped in horses and
arms to defend their country. Having
had experience of 90 years as scout
with the army in the west and with
all tribes. ! pronounce them the best
scouts of the Indian race"
They would unouestionably make
frst-class scouts and might prove in
valuable IL the event of war and an
invasion of Cuba. Many of them speak
Spanish. and this would be a great aid
to them and the army. They are first
class fighters. Their forte would be
scouting: as regular soldiers they would
scarcely be a very great success. They
could not be allowed to conduct their
operations in accordance with the In
dian theory Of war, though it is little
ii any more barbarous than the Span
ish.
One of the consoling and highly salts
factory results of the present war talk
is the great demonstration of national
unity IT has given. The country rejoices
to think that it is a free, happy and
united land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
CROKER ON BIENNIAL SESSIONS

Considered in the abstract, it seems
very strange thing that any city or
any legitimate business in any state
of the Union should be apprehensive
when the state legislature is in session,
yet all know that they are The New
York legislature has just adjourned
and it is receiving much praise be-
cause of the small amount of bad legis-
lation it has enacted rather than for
the good it has done: its good work
lies chiefly in the absence OF bad work
Speaking of the work of the late legis-
lature, Mr.. Richard Croker says:
individually speaking, my observa-
ton of the work Of the legislature and
its fruits prompts me TO say that the
fewer sessions of that body there are
the better off are the people of New
York City. Everybody seems to re-
joice when the Legislature adiourns,
because there is always something be-
ing done there that is detrimental 10
the interests of the people of this great
municipality. 1t matters not how great
an injustice is done to us by the pas.
sage of a bill while its provisions are
beneficial to some obscure rural sec
ton of the state. The interests of the
not properly nor fairly considered. To
my mind the biennial sessions would
be much cheaper and less harmful.
New York City has for many years
been regarded by the Legislature at
Albany as legitimate prey, and as such
it has been treated. In large measure
the reason for this is the jealousy of
country to town. But in New York
state the politicians have agreed among
themselves on a division Of the spoils,
and the agreement has been carried
out at Albany. And Mr.. Croker him
self has known how and by whom
many of these agreements have been
made Still his criticism is a just one.
Speaking generally. there is no ques-
ton that the fewer sessions of legis-
lative bodies there are the less harm
there is done to the public welfare.
Much harmful legislation is not in
tended to be such, but is so from
crudeness and conflict with existing
laws, while much harmful legislation
is vicious per Sc. How the people of
any state can prefer annual to bien-
NAL sessions is difficult to understand.
Biennial sessions. with length of
time limited, are the proper thing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
FRoF. HART makes DENIAL

1 When men in public or semi-public
positions fall foul of the newspapers.
! they usually regret it before they are
/ through The other morning The Her
aid had something to say about Pro-
fessor Albert Bushnell Harris denun-
cation Of newspapers generally. The
report of what he said was taken from
the Boston Journal, a thoroughly re-
liable paper. Now Professor Hart ad-
dresses a communication TO that paper.
in which he says:
L totally and absolutely disavow say
! ing that no sensible man believes any
i Jhlng that he sees in the newspapers
/ OF late or that their sole business is
! 10 Doom war. apparently" and to
/ increase the sales Of the papers Hav-
ing an opportunity to say something to a
! ciuD Of Boston gentlemen about the
I serious difficulties which involve the
/ whole Cuban question, 1 mentioned as
( one of them that we have so little pos
/ tive information; and that no man can
/ safely affirm what is or is not DubIic
! opinion 1 then took occasion to criti-
else certain newspapers, expressly and
IN terms excepting the Boston press.
! because, as l said, it has seemed to
! take a moderate tone; but making evil
Gent some Of the adherence which I
suppose every right-rninded man must
feel for certain metropolitan newspa-
pers It was those journals and not
the newspaper press in general which
seem to me to be urging the country
INTO war, with no visible object except
TO increase their circulation.
The Journal says it accepts Professor
Harris statement of the intent, and even
the language Of his speech. as out
ranking incredibility any short report
by another. though it says the reporter
whom it sent was a careful man Of
long experience. and lacking other in
formation it felt safe in assuming that
he had given fair summary of the
professors opinions
And that is probably what the repor-
ter did do. If Professor Hart spoke
from manuscript such fact would be
conclusive as to what he said. If he
spoke extempore, the reporters evil
dence would be quite as good as his
own, for the reason that an off-hand
speaker is very likely to be more radi-
cal in his talk than he really intends
to be. and when he sees in cold print
what he said when he was ardent It
generally surprises him. surprises him
quite as much as to hear his own
voice emitted by a photograph.
Professor Hart does well TO set him
sen right so soon as ne has. for what
he was reported to have said was ab-
surd and full of prejudice; and people
do not like TO think that professors in
great universities are full of absurdity
and prejudice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
AN APRIL IDYLL.

Bright Phyllis leans over the garden gate
As winsome as she is fair
And Phyllis whispers, My love is late,
Sweet Phyllis with red-brown hair.
An odor is waited upon the breeze,
To float in the soft spring night,
Whose freshness hangs meath the bare
bcughed trees
That bend in the low moons light.
1t is not the scent of violet blue
Which grows by the garden walk;
II is not the perfume of lily tall
That mods on a stately stalk.
For lily and violet stir but now
Meath the sod in the calm night air
While freshness and hope which the days
invoke
Are spreading everywhere.
The April robin is here with his mate
To nest in the apple tree.
The elm buds swell ard the
arth-bound life is throbbing to be free.
The mellow loan of the garden soil
Was turned to the sun today,
And amid this fragrance of springing life
Are the maiden's thoughts astray.
Her lover leans over the garden gate,
AS sun-browned as she is fair,
The vigor of youth in his clear gray eyes
And his bronzed face free from care.
He looks on the girl with a thrill of pride
And a flush of sweet possession,
While thoughts of her worth, the prize of
her love.
Follow in swift succession.
His head bends low, while stray moon
beam
Caresscs the robins mate:
His head bends .ow; here are life and love
And the maiden at the gate.
His head bends low, will his greeting
words
An added meaning borrow?
Though only the maid and the robin
heard.
They'll both sing it over tomorrow.
Lillian Hoxie Picken. in Kansas City
Star
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
PREPARING FOR WAR IN TIME
OF PEACE.

That Germany is destined to become
a great naval power seems one of the
certainties of the future. Emperor
William is ambitious to give his coun-
try a navy as perfect and powerful as
the army his grandfather gave Ger
many. There is small chance to i'm
prove the army he found organized and
perfected. but not so the navy. Ger
man steamers that are liable to be
called into the service of the govern
nent are so constructed that they can
readily be converted into armored
cruisers like the English steamers and
those of the American line. But the
German steamers are to be prepared at
all times to be converted into armored
cruisers They are to carry aboard the
guns and ammunition for their arma-
ment. while their officers are to be
trained in gunnery. This means much,
Just what is told by an English Officer:
"A recent event" says he, supplies us
with an object lesson. The French, on
landing at Hainan, took possession OF
the port office of Hollow, and for
more than a week no one was aware of
the fact. And this is exactly what
would happen in war. Let us suppose
that a North German Lloyd mail boat
learns. near Colombo, by signal from
neutral ship, that war has been de-
clared, say. between Germany and Eng
land Within half an hour the ship
could be converted into an armed
cruiser. with white firemen and crew,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
IN THE EVENT OF WAR.


In the event of war. Spain is likely TO
lose the island Of Porto Rico, as well as
Cuba. for it is not likely that the
United states will permit Spain to re-
tain single foothold in the western
hemisphere. after being compelled to
put an end to 1nisrule in Cuba, by force,
says the Kansas City Star. There will
be no lack Of justification for driving
Spain out of Porto Rico, as well IS
Cuba Spanish oppression in Cuba has
been a cause Of loss and a menace TO
trade in the United States. and. Porto
Rico. though few hundred miles far
Their away, is likely, in some future
time. to cause the same sort of trouble,
if Spain is permitted to retain it. More
over. a war viii involve large expendi-
lures by the United States. and in ac-
cordance with recent practices of ma
tons. Spain may. properly be called
on 10 pay an indemnity to the United
states at the end of the conflict. But
il would be practically impossible for
her TO do that. in the present state Of
her finances, and the United States
would have no alternative but to seize
Porto Rico as compensation for the
losses of war. Such an act would sim
ply be in accordance with the proceed.
ure Of every victorious nation which
has engaged in war in recent times
and, besides. it would be justified on
the same grounds as those which are
impelling the United States to intervene
in the case of Cuba
That is all true. But in the event
Of war. which now seems inevitable,
there might be some big surprises in
store for US. OF the eventual outcome
OF the war there would be no ques-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

q meeting of the Democratic State
Committee is hereby called for Sat
llrday, April 9th, at 2 p. m, at the
Herald Office. The meeting Is 10Y
the sole purpose of determining
what action shall be taken respecting
the communication of the unifcation
committee of the Silver Republican
party of this state.
It is also desired that all members
of the executive committee OF the
Democratic Committee be in attend
aIlce.
E. A. MCDANIEL, R. W. SLOAN,
Secretary, CHAIRMAN
Salt Lake City, April 6.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

An Atlanta (Ga.) dispatch TO a Chi
cago paper says that before the week
is over the stars and stripes will float
over the p public school houses in the
city of Atlanta. a petition to this end,
containing the signatures of thousands
of citizens, was considered fayorably
by the council committee on public af-
fairs. and as Mayor Collier and other
councilmen have expressed their aD-
proval of the plan, nothing remains
now but TO make the affair law and
purchase the flags. The scholars will be
required to salute the national emblem
on entering and leaving the building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

be it noted. the latter being trained 10
arms and possibly supplemented by 500
would have served in the army The
German mail boat sights a p. and q.
steamer with Lascar crew and Sid
boys as firemen. and no guns, rife or
ammunition on board. What will be the
result? The specie and coal. at any
rate, would be removed, and the cruiser
would be off to repeat the operation,
with possibly several days start in the
news, having the legs of every man-of-
war in Indian waters"
That, indeed. is preparing for war in
time of peace. There is a lesson in it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

short time since Spain wanted the
United States to recall Consul General
Lee from Havana. And now the gov
eminent is going to be just as nice as
nice can be and recall him. This is to
show what high regard for Spain Uncle
Sam has.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
OREGON SHORT LINES
RATLEoAT

~ Il x
cit Trains arrive and depart at salt L4Ss
~-S oaily as follows:
Tin Effect March 5. 1881
ARRIVE
Iyn chicago. Omaha. st LOUIS.
n@nSaS City. Denver. Park
From Helena. Butte. Portland.
sal SAL rr,snclsco. Ogden and III
III, ssIIleediate points ..-...........- S:55 an
rom san Francisco, Cache Yai-
!eS: ogden and intermediates
From caicago.' Omaha. st Louis. liz pm
n. sssaS City. Denver. and Og-
From Frisco. siii.oid and Inter
mediate points -. .......- e:35 an.
from &e-eu-. Tintic. Provo Ne
Pnl: Sanpete Valley and inter-
''M Nnsss. tSsin from Terminus. - 20
Fer Chicago. Omaha. Denver.
an snS IS City. St Louis. Ogden
F9r saa FEancisco.. ogden ~" -
Saene Valley and i0terme1iats
FeT Ogden. Denver. Kansas civ. 81" A.
sn1aa, 81 Louis. Chicago and
r,or 'eGSInedia{e points -. -. s:3 pa
EHE Csdsn, Butte. Helena. Port
Fla land en- end San Francisco-- 49,. SIS pm.
Esr,b EuS S Mercu-. Provo.
zoe epo,S Sanpets aVEey.. -. $50 an
Frovo. Nepai, Milford.
frisco and intermediate points 500 Pm
'A alld train fo7 Garfield Beach.
Iooele and Terminus - -. I:S an.
trains south 10 Juzb run daily except
daily except Sunday.
,ySnI1 TICKET OFFICE Under Masonic
HAiI; No. 200 West Second South street
Telephone No go.
- A "a, aaf steamship Tickets on sAl6
20 All parts OF the world
. F1ilnan Palace Car ticke. Office.
e w ESSLES. d. q BURIsEY,
Sea- Irr- Mgr. Gen Pass. & Tick'c AGE.
W. II. BANCROFT.
Vice Pres. and Gen kkR-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

If war is declared Monday, the fol-
lowing Friday should be marked by
the blowing up Of two or three Spanish
cruisers and battleships. as it win be
Just two months Friday since the
Maine was blown Up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

A Spanish editor says: "The flag of
Spain will float proudly in the air long
after the banner Of the Yankee pigs has
been trailed in the dust" But it VIII
not float very proudly in the air before
thai day, nor long after it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

Secretary Alger wants more Of that
emergency fund. What has become Of
his boastful threat to pay certain OF
the army's expenses out Of his own
rnrse2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
STATE PRESS COMMENT.

Ephraim Enterprise: When it is no
longer possible to hold congress in check.
this yellow backed administration, in or
der TO square itself with the people. pro-
poses to do something in the Cuban mat
ter 1t should have done something a
year ago. Congress can act without 1t
now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

Will General Carter and CoIoIlel
Boyle please trot out the Home he
Serves?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

The Washington Post says I'VE are
row making history every 60 seconds. -
Better call it 60 days.-Anaconda Stand
ard. Better call it of.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

There must be PREPARATION for the de-
struction Of the Maine and the wanton
silling OF two hundred and siXty-six
American officers and sailors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

veragua gave his best bull to the
cause of Spain. VIII Wall street sacri-
fee bulls or bears for the good Of the
nafinn2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

Why shouldn't the pope offer to med
late? Millions believe him 10 De lhe
great mediator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09
WIT AND HUMoR.

Philadelphia North American: A Cheap
Article.-Krinkle-Yo friend talks like
a fierce warrior.
Craft-Yes: my friend still believes
peace will be maintained.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

Hammerfest and Tromso, both within
The arctic circle, have electric light
pIants. They also have the northern
lights.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

If congress wants action on the Gu
ban question, let it remember the 1aole
of the Farmer and the Lark
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

If there is a little scrimmage with
spain, Cuba would be freed and Porto
Rico would fall right into Uncle Sans
Ian.