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feet in theory, but they apply a remedy
only to the cases Of persons wno have es-
capped from the damaged ship to the rag
ing sea outside Most OF them woul1 BE-
useless. and some of them suicidal, if
worn by passengers on a ship a1re, for
the elements of u number of the devices
are so explosive thet they would blow the
unthinkng wearer into smilhehreens in an
instant.
Another inventor submits model mat
tress on which a passenger may sep
blissfully in hours of repose, or float dis
daihfully in hours of danger; but the time
required TO transform the couch into
life saver is just about eight times as
much as is often needed for a hurried
trip into eternity
Some methods of life preservers are
submit ted to which the jury's objection
about inflatable substances do not app y.
Ono of these. invented by an old Eng
lish sea captain, has the merit of serving
a double purpose equally practically. If
everything is going all right aboard ship,
Tho thing looks just what it is, comfort
able arm chair. The seat of the chair Is
formed by two transverse straps of wife
Gather. II any sudden exigency necessi-
tales the passenger going overheard, he
unstraps the leathed band, pulls the
framework of the chair up under his arm,
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is not expected that the names of the win
ner or winners will be announced within
month. Your correspondent learns, how
ever tnat ii was partially decided TO
rule out all inventions whose hfe-saving
qualities depended either upon any inflat-
ed belts, germants. or equipments, or
which employed any material whose eff
cacy could be destroyed by perforation.
1his decision very materially lessons the
range of likely winners, for the greater
part of the devices exhibited rely entirely
upon the buoyancy they impart to a hui
man being, thus providing against death
by drowning.
Variety of Inventions.
Inventions of this sort extend over an
infinite range of ingenuity. If protection
against drowning were the only condition
to be fulfilled to win the Pollok prize,
any one of these infatable devices could
lay a strong claim 10 the award
The old-fashioned hfe-belt idea is work
ed out in a bewildering variety of meth
DDS, from the simplest to the most com
plicated system. One exhibitor contem-
plates the presentation of a little pad of
rubber about as big as a card-case to
every passenger who mounts the gang
plank. "All passenger has to do" says
the inventor, lis to hang the pad around
self in the sea, the pad will swell until
it is buoyant enough 10 float an ele-
plant"
Another competitor for the prize ex-
hibits set of lifesaving pajamas which
ARE just like any other garment until
the wearer falls into che water; then they
initiate themselves and it would take fif
teen horsepower TO pull them under"
French rubber manufacturer eXhib
its an admirable system of air pads that
could be worn constantly al sea, and
which require only about thirty seconds
blowing to distend them from a perfectly
fiat state to the shape of toy balloons
capable of sustaining the weight of two
men in the water.
Still another inventor submits a species
of automatically initiating life belt, the
principle of which is based on the ex-
panding influence of water on acetylene
gas. with which the belts are charged.
Many of these ingenious devices are per
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and attaches it there by fastening the
straps over his shoulders. The thing Is
light enough for a child to handle, for be-
side the woodwork, the only other things
about the chair are two large tubes OF
aluminium, charged with air. A projecting
nail or sharp corner, or collision with
nointed object in the water, infiicts little
damage on this life saving apparatus.
The exhibit of life RATS Is vast ana
varied. They are made of every possible
sort of substance, and of every possible
shane and size One is built on the archi-
tectural lines of string OF linked sau-
sages; most OF them are doubled par
relied and two or three have three or
more air chambers The Catamaran idd
il worked out In extreme. For all OF
these RATS the same pre-eminent virtue
n claimed ~ unsinkableness. In most
cases this merit was demonstrated Dy the
expert tests, but other qualities were re-
CURED too, the chief OF which was their
norta bilitv and get-at-ableness. Some of
the inventors seemed TO have forgotten
all about this quality. or 10 have assumed
perhaps that steamship lines would keep
a supply OF the RATS floating about 'ne
ocean. after ordering the captains never
10 get shipwrecked unless life raft was
near.
one OF the most amusing samples OF
this sort Of sent-mindedness on toe
part of inventors is the model OF go
called life raft submitted by Hun
earian ship carpenter. II IL shaped Ike
a gigantic pear. and the interior IL ar
ranged IN four stories The lowest, a sort
or sub-cellar, Is laden with ballast weigh
ing many IONS. 70 disposed ~ 70 Keep
rear" upright Above chat are the store
rooms for the provisions snd general
supplies on the newt moor are The sleep
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as the captains bridge on an ocean
steamer. Another shows 1t slowed on
top of the deck house. For both Of these
methods a thoroughly practical apparatus
with which the ship is equipped enables
two persons 80 launch the raft right side
up, with the utmost speed. When this
apparatus, hastily sprung into position
by turning q crank. is in place. the raft
glides smoothly to the sea surface, even
If loaded to its maximum capacity. Oars
or sails may be employed as a motor for
the raft.
Other practical inventions of the same
exhibitor are a series of patent davts,
infinitely simplifying the usual methods
of shipping ltfeboats. By the use of
these davits, worked by powerful winches
operated by two men, boat with her full
complement of passengers and stores al
ready aboard can be lowered In less than
one minute, however rough the sea. An
improved releasing gear operated by one
person, disengages both ends OF the boat
simultaneously, doing away with the dan
gerous hanging up of lifeboats, so Of
ten responsible for great loss of life.
A patent process for closing bulkhead
doors is ano her practical British exhib-
it The invention Is made applicable equal
~ by electricity, by hydraulic or steam
pressure OF au omatically. BY the simply
ture OF force whatever. all the bulkhead
doors of a ship may be closed simultan-
eously from the captains bridge or the
chart house. Experts consider this most
valuable contribution to the means OF
preventing wholesale loss of life at sea.
An inventor Of New York city sends
model oil rocket design to spread Oil on
the troubled waters. in its most literal
sense which has been of en- proven TO De
an effective means Of preventing disaster
al sea The mortar or cannon shoots
metal proiectre a dis anee of a couple
of hundred yards The projectile is loaded
with oil which is automatically release1
from the fac,n by the impact OF the rail-
ing object against the water The class
Jury were much impressed by this lnVen-
tin Another American invention OF
c artling character is the model OF snip
sent by a New Yorker, who has patented
a projecting rubber bet fitted on rubber
sprinRs. covering the entire circumfer-
ence OF the vessel. The purpose OF this
arrnor is TO serve as a buffer in case OF
oo,IsIon. the inventor considering that
me elasticity of the rubber would send
two colliding ships bounding back again
like billiard balls.
In fact. 1t would take a book TO de-
ecribe al 1.-The clever, quaint. interesting
eccentric things sent TO the snow. Even
n The general result d d not warrant the
award OF the entire prize. 1t is the unam-
nous ,opirion Of the exp TT jury that the
evbihition has been a great step TOWARD
The develooment of improved methods OF
life saving at sea.
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"It Cured Me.D

"Graybeard broke up rheumatism on
me-" says Mr. Chas. Thomas. the jew
eler on Whitaker street. And put me IN
better health than / have enjoyed In a
long time"
Take Graybeard Pills for that dizzy
feeling-Losf appetite. and follow It up
with bottle u Greybssrd =, Is all you
need. Respess Drug Co. sole props.
Savannah, Ca.--ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-26

planning the devices or methods. The duty
was a most exaeting one, for the collec-
ton of life-savng inventions is enormous.
They were sent from all parts of the world
and many of them evidently represent
years of care and preparation.
In such big exhibit of ideas" there
are naturally many things of an eccentric
character. plainly the handiwork OF
'cranks;" bur, on the other hand, many
thoroughly practical devices are submitte /
whose application hereafter will surely
tend to minimize the loss of life by acct
dents at sea. asfNlAE
The Problem still UnsoIved.
The jury, however, regard the great
problem OF llfe-saving in shipwrecks as
still unsolved. While admitting the inesti-
mable value of some OF the inventions,
they consider that none Of them quite fui-
ILLS the specific object of the founder OF
the Pollok prize. Some of the devices.
cay the jury, would vastly lessen the
chance OF accident on vessels but such
accidents may occur. for which no sure
means of saving life by the wholesale as
II were, has been provided. For this rea-
son the jury are of the opinion that the
sum OF 10000 should not be awarded IN us
entirety TO any exhibitor, but that a GER
tain part OF IL should be awarded 10 the
inventor OF the best method or me'hods
proposed, while the balance OF the prize
should he set apart az an incentive lot
further competitions OF the same kind 20
be held during The next two or tnree
years. II the group jury approves tnia
decision OF the class jury. perhaps only
two or three OF oil the exhibitors repre-
scented az Paris will come IN for snare
~ the prize.
The utmost secrecy IL preserved by the
commission az 20 the Inventions that have
been deemed Of the highest merit, for u
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-26
EAGLE A GREAT FIELDER
swoops Into Danbury and Catches
Dropped Rabbit on the Fly.

From the New York World.
Danbury, Conn, Aug. 2S-Like light
ming from cloud monster bald-headed
eagle flashed down in crowded street OF
Danbury yesterday and. Selling within
,uo Yards of the ground a rabbit that had
fallen from its talons high in air, scared
into the sky again, before the hundreds
who saw could realize what had happen
ed. A..
Persons on White street one OF the
principal business thoroughfares' got their
first warning of the fierce birds nearness
Nv hearing a shrill cry above them ana
then the whirr of wings. Looking up they
saw a white rabbit a hundred rect or 80
from the earth, falling through the ar.
Above IL. with wings half drawn in' cut
Ing the air like a knife. came the eagle
after its prey. which had slipped rom
its claws. Ls ~.
The rabbit had almost reached the
Ground when the eagle overlook II ana
scriblnR a sharp circle and crying IN tn
umnh. mounted into the air with the rap
hin fast in it's talons.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-26
REEFS PUNCTURED PEACHES.
So brother william Sued Brother
Jeffrey for 500.
rom the New York World

From the New York World
Chester, N. r., Aug. 2S-Wifham a.
litter. a farmer of Amity, Orange ceun-
IS. grows peaches. his brother. jeffrey w.
Utter. raises bees.
William alleges that his brothers bees
IN seeking material for honey have pune
nlred and sucked the substance from MS
peaches. TO his serious loss. he was
brought suit against Jenrey 10 recover
800 damages
William places his loss at 100 baskets OF
peaches and demands pay at 81 a basket.
The beekeeper has employed one OF the
leading lawyers OF the county and VIII
defend the suit, his chief defense being
that n the damage was done by bees the
plaintiff cannot prove that II was the
defendants bees that did IL.
Both ltlgants are rich.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-26

ing quarters and hospital, and above that
the dining and living room.
AS a design for a floating model. the
plan was excellent. but 1t was somewhat
impractical as a life raft Where would
you put it aboard ship" one of the jury
asked the inventor.
II hadn't thought of that" replied the
Hungarian.
why, on the deck of course" suggest
ed another juror. winking to his compan-
ion.
"Ya-as, OATS So" assented the inventor.
Put i'd on de deck"
But you would have to build ship
around it," said the chairman of the jury;
land il would have to be four times
wider than any ship ever built"
So the Hungarian's design did not get
even honorable mention Yet there was an
idea in his head and that idea was adj
rnirably worked out in other exhibits.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-26
A Delicious smoke.

The Herbert Spencer is an elegant cigar
and is truly a delightful enjoyment TO
inhale the fumes Of this fine tobacco II
Is evhilarating and delicious.
See that the name Of Herbert Spencer
e On every wrapper of every cigar, with
an, which none are genuine.
The Herbert Spencer cigars are only
so,a bv the box Of 30. Conchas at $3.50. and
perfec,os. s4.5O at Lippmsn Bros. whole
sale druggists, Barnard and Congress
streets. OF this city.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-26
FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA.
PARIS EXHIBIT THE RESULT OF
SINKING OF BURGOYNE.

Jury of All Nations Tries 10 Decide
which Is the BEST Life Saving Ser
vice-A Twenty Thousand Dollar
Prize still to BE WOn-The jury
Saving at Sea Is Yet to Be Solved,
Great Progress Has Been Made.
However.
BY Valerian Gribayedoff.
Copyright, 1900, by V. Gribayeloff)
Paris. Aug 24.-'It's an i'll wind that
blows nobody good" or. as some other
proverb- maker expresses it, from great
calamities Oft issue public advantage"
When on the fourth of July, 1898, the
French steamship La Burgoyne went
down with all on beard off the Newfound-
land coast, the world was Mortified by the
disaster, and the newspapers of different
countries renewed the discussion of meas
ures to prevent such wholesale lose of
life
Among the passengers on the way from
the United States to France, who were
lost on the Burgogne, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Pollok of Washington. d. C.
More keenly and personally afflicted by
the calamity than the general pubic, the
heirs Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pollok decided to
found a memorial prize to be awarded for
the best method or device for saving HUI
man life in shipwrecks. To this end the
estate set aside the sum of 500 900 to be
styled the Anthony Pollok prize, and ask
ed the concurrence of the United States
and French governments in whatever
mee sures should be deemed the most prac-
teal for the furtherance of
ahe project. Both governments
promptly acceded to the request, and it
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-26

"A new line OF eiegant fire proof safes
from the largest manufacturers In the
United states can be seen at Lippman
Bros, wholesale druggists in this city.
Price and quality will be OF interest"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-06
EAST HEBRON

The ice that is covered with snow has
given many fall.
Some wells became dry last week, and
holes were cut In the doorysrds and
water dipped out TO ill the cresmeries.
William Brown Is having severe sick
turn sgzin.
The aged people are sick with colds
since the cold weather set in In earnest.
Our citizens are hauling sawdust from
different mills. Water being too low 70
run the mills steam mills furnish large
percentage OF the amount stored.
Thomas Foster OF Sumner IL visiting
relatives in the place.
Our teachers all closed their schools
last week, and Miss Bonney returned to
winthrop the day her term closed, Feb.
I'd.
Annie Shaw returned from her school
in Buekfield this week.
The Changers are rehearsing q new
drama 70 be presented to the public in q
short time.
On Monday evening very few gathered
at the hall to the box supper as an
nouneed, and the supper was postponed
until another week.
Turner Minstrels had the hall Frida y
for an entertainment.
Entertainments are the chief employ
ment Of those who wish to patronize
amusements.
Frank Packard Is out around at work
again. doing every kind Of work his
shoulder will allow. His arm Is still In
the sling.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-06
SWEDEN.

on the dSv OF Jan. 29Ih. all OF tn,
buildings on the plsce formerly oSnec
by Mrs. o. v. Edwards were entirely
destroyed by fire. The place at this
time was owned and occupied By Mr.. snC
Mrs. Roy Lord. When first seen DIR,
appeared through the roof near the chin
ney, and a strong wind WAS blowing, &C
soon everything was reduced TO ashes
Piummer's team WAS out breaking rosd'
and being near there carried Mrs. Lore
and baby 10 Mr.. A. II. Warehouses;
Enough of the neighbors cam 10 time
70 save most OF the furniture, stock, snc
farming tools. The buildings were In
sured In the Hrrison Co. for Sl400
This seems quite loss 20 cur town n
they were called one Of the incest sets OF
farm buildings In this vicinity.
Bear Mountain Grange had seven new
members join last Saturday night, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard, Alice Plummer, Lens
York, Frsnk Monroe, Harry Haynes snC
Arthur Everett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Flint are run
ming the dormitory connected with
North Bridgton Academy. Wilbur viii
son l. attending school there.
Mr.. Charles w. Bennett slipped on thu
lev steps ia front Of his house and frsct
ured several ribs. AT present he Is i'm
proving.
The community was very much sad
dened 20 learn Of the death OF our highly
esteemed former neigh5or. Mrs. Aarol
Woodbury.. Our remembrsnces OF he
As n member Of our little society are o.
the most pleasant, and We feel that he
life work here WAS great benefit u
MANY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-06
e,,uroaD eA,ts powea CASE

The report Of Gen. C. P. Msttocks,
the suditor, has been filed In the sui;
brought by the Rumford Falls Power
Company against the Rumford Falls
Paper Company, which has been Ia his
hsnds for some time.
The Rumford Falls Paper Co. leased
from the Rumford Falls Power Co
water power at the rate Of o. per horse
power. They used water In excess OF
their rights under the lease and suit wa.
brought TO recover for the use OF the
surplus water.
The Power Company claimed that II
should be compensated for the surplus
water at rate double the amount speci
fed In the lease. The claim for CON-
pensation for any surplus water WAS de.
MED by the Paper Company.
The report allows the Power Company
to recover the amount specified In the
lease less 8 per cent for possible errors
In measurement for surplus water used
by the Paper Company. The total
amount awarded To the Power Company
Is $40, 052 ~. To this Is to be added two
years' interest.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-06
Swallowed by the sad.

II has been computed that over 81,
100000 worth Of jewels are lost every
season at American summer resorts
The greater part Of these disappear al
the seaside. and II Is believed that q
comparatively small part are actually
stolen. At the various summer resort
hotels during the season every bulletin
board will be profusely placarded with
notices offering all sorts Of rewards fol
the finding or return Of missing jewels
At some Of the most fashionable re
sorts, such as Newport or Bar Harbor
the owners Of very costly jewels fire.
quently take the precaution OF leaving
the gems In some safe deposit vault In
the city and sending all the way &c
town for them every time they are
needed. That so much more jewelry Is
lost proportionately In the summer
than during the winter Is due to the
rather foolish display which Is made OF
such valuables on hotel piazzas. the
sands and even In the ocean itself. Tho
bathers at the fashionable resorts
sometimes indulge In the caprice OF ap
pearing In the water wearing several
thousand dollars worth OF diamonds
The chances Of losing these trinkets
while exercising or lying about on the
beach are Of course very great-Chica'
20 Post.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-06

There IL no better medicine for the
ba bies than Chsmberlsin's Cough Rem
edy. It's pleasant taste and prompt and
effectual cures make It favorite with
mothers and small children. 1t quickly
cures coughs and colds, preventing
pneumonia or other serious cOnse'
quences. 1t also cures Group and has
been used In tens of thousands Of case;
without a single failure so far as we
have been able to learn. Il not only
cures Group, but when given as soon
as the croupy cough appears, will
prevent the attack. In cases OF whoop-
Ing cough It liquefes the tough mucus,
making Il easier TO expectorate, and
lessons the severity and frequency OF
the paroxysms of coughing, thus depriv-
Ing that disease of all dangerous con-
sequences. For sale by r. A. Shurtlefl
& Co., South Paris, DR.. Orin Stevens,
Oxford, and Williamson & Kimball,
Norway, druggists.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-06

One night during thunderstorm OF
rare severity. In which brilliant flashes
single, double, triple or quadruple, fol
lowed one another at intervals often OF
not more than a few seconds Of time
was surprised to see with great vivid
ness on suddenly Illuminated sky
two nearly vertical lines Of darkness,
each Of the ordinary Jagged appear.
ance Of bright fash Of lightning. ]
remembered to have seen two real
flashes Of Just the same shapes and
relative positions and concluded tina;
the black flashes were due to their
residual influence on the retina.
turned my eyes quickly from the dark
sky outside TO an illuminated wall In.
side the house, and | again saw the
same double dark fash. which verified
my conclusion in an interesting man.
ner. The fatigued part Of the eye fail
ed to perceive the sudden brightness Of
the sky In the one case and Of the wall
In the other.--Lord Kelvin In Elec.
trojan
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-06
EAST SUMNER.

Fred Richmond OF Livermore wss In
the place one dsy last week on business.
Hugh Moore OF the Electro Chemical
Co, OF which Geo. w. Ridlon IL presi-
dent. WAS also Ia town on Mondsy.
"Uncle Morse" also, was around on
bis regular trip.
Schools generally closed on Friday for
the season.
r. l.. Barrett shipped 4 carload OF
apples from the station last week.
Several teams are busy drawing 10
cordwood, bark. peeled poplar and logs.
The distemper Of colds that seems TO
be affecting almost everybody, more Sc
riously affected Isaac Bonney, Orville
Burrows and Jim Bosworth, ss IL con-
fined them In the house for several days
on light diet.
II IL now the first OF February, and
there has been scarcely any road break
ing-on some roads none at all.
The dwelling house recently vacated
nv Chsrles Glover In Hartford, 'nd occu-
pied by q family by the name OF Sucsles,
was totally consumed by fire Thursday
forenoon. One woman and little girl
we're the only occupants at the time,
and scarcely anything Was saved. Cause
was probably = defective chimney. Prob
ably. also, no insurance,ss the building
was poor.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-02-06
MEXICO.

Isabelle r. Taylor died at the dwell
ing Of her son Msnley the 10th Of Jinu-
ary, aged So wears. Mrs. Taylor was the
daughter Of Elias Gsfchell OF Arson
She has been twice married, first to VIM
TAYLOR, second to - Cram. She had
lived in vassalboro, Eustis and Win
throp. She leaves one daughter 10
wsterville, and two sons In Mexico
Alpheus B. and Msnley.
E.R. Stevens and wife have returned
from ten days vislt In Massachusetts.
The dance at Town Hall Saturday
evening was well attended.
Last Thursday three children OF Al
pheus Packard went to Canton. Their
mother, Mrs. Packard, had difficult
surgical operation performed that day.
Frank Dickermsn aud wife spent last
week with Mrs. Dickerman' parents In
Peru.
Rumford Falls development is fur
nishipg employment for every man who
desires to work.
Mrs. Elmer Worthley Is yet at the
hospital in Portland.