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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02
rr...s,.. Of ~. er..s Canyon.

Tragedies Of the Crane Canyon.
Tragic stories are told Of men who
have lost their lives In the search for
precious metals which may lie hidden
or uncovered. says Harriet Monroe In
The Atlantic. The great primeval
food cut It's broad v through all the
strata of rock. with al their veins Of
metallic ore. down to the earliest
shapeless mass, leaving In Its wake the
terraced temples and towers which
seem to have been planned by some
architect Of divinest genius to guard
their inacces sible treasures till the end
Of time. And the river. rising far to
the north among mountains rich In
mineral, has been washing for ages
the sands away and depositing thus
gold aud silver and lead In the still
crevices Of the inaccessible chasm.
Here the earth laughs at her human
master and bids him find her wealth
II he dare and bear II away II be can.
A young Californian who accepted the
challenge and set forth upon the turgid
water to sift Its sands for gold never
emerged with his hapless men TO tell
the story Of his search. Only near the
brink Of the cleft are few miners
burrowing for copper and sending their
ore up to the rim on the backs Of hardy
burros. az who should prick the noun
tain with . pin or measure the ocean
with q cup.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

No. 8Tl.-wsrd Pussles.
Find words all ending with the same
four letters expressing certainty.
l. OF great value.
2. Satisfaction: delight.
8. To make certain
4. To ascertain the sixs Of anything.
5. An opening.
Q. The act Of crushing or squeezing.
Find words all ending with the same
three letters meaning . mischievous ami
NAL
I. A difficulty: to rub surface.
2 A narrow cotton material
3. To avoid danger.
l. A fruit
8. To put on clothing with grace and
art
& A woven material
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

Old Lady-s0eodnessi How danger
ous Il h TO 70 spiA Aellpon., Dal5oeu-
ist-Not half g d1nSofou&ee e y -
cone down, mA'am.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02
Xo d16-LAffeRa.

In Amsterdam tbs common.
Yet Holland wants II still:
It's on every moor and mountain.
Yet not on any hill.
Why is o the only vowel you can heart
Why il u q miserable letter?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

Iupoesibls 10 forces An acclesot. Not
Impossible 70 b prepared Tor Is. Dr..
Thomas' Eclectric on. Monarch over
pain. -e.s
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

Two nilliou Americans suffer the tor
turing psnes Of dyspepsfa. No need 70.
Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At any
drug store.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

The superb. new, steel. screw steamship.
Governor Dinsley," Capt John Thompson.
and the stsunch and elegant steamer. "Bay
state" Capt A. L. Dennison. alternately leave
Franklin Wharf. Portland. and INDIA Wharf.
Boston az go =. M. daily, except Sunday.
These steamers meet every demand OF mcdern
steamship service In safety. speed, comfort and
luxury OF travelling.
Through tickets for Providence, Lowell.
Worcester, New York, etc
J. y. LIsCOMB. General Manager.
T. n. Bartlett Agent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02
M. S7a-Kings.

!. The king Of the workers in hay.
2. The yelling king.
8. The gluemaker's king.
4. The king of the cradle.
8. The grateful king.
q The inebriate's king.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

As to Peoples.-Some peoples are born
free, some achieve liberty, while some
are weaker than Great Britain, and have
liberty thrust upon them :
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02
=. sno.-A RfaaIe,

Ne. 9oo.-A 1ia4Ie.
From . number that's odd cut on tie
head;
II then will even Be-.
Its tan. l pray. take next away;
Your mother then you'll see.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02
Ao . . o.

80 o %
I. "The Heur-delis." 2. The distance
from the end Of the thumb to the end OF
the little finger extended" 3. The mid
die or body of a church" 4. Ireland. 5.
THE tides which occur about four or
Eve days before the new and the full
moons" q. A being allied to fairies: &C
cording 10 The Persians. "a descendant OF
the fallen angels debarred from paradise
until be has made atouement for his own
sins."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

y. L. MiLLETT.
Manufacturer Of Picture Frames,
opy,osrrx q r. Dxror. SOUTH PARis.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

BrsoaAn's PILls win dispsl shs ''bluss."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02
Eina Enoina For Sale.

vorkmanship. Has double cylinder and pump
capable OF throwing two streams Of water $50 n
frpm l 3 inch pczile WIN engine goee - fees
4 inch su, ton hose. 4 noxxles IRON II Inch
Gown 90 inch. / wrought iron hose cart With
,ooi boz and traction roller-capacisy 500 fcet OF
Ia inch hose. For further particulars address
JAMES b PERKINS.
Berlin Mills Co,
Berlin. n. II.
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WAN ] eO wfshing 70 cam % per vesk
.hoald vr1ss ~ once 70 hsssoon d Co. osvego'
NJ
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

A little light work should NOT make
Q Woman's back ache
And It wouldn't u the kidneys were
right.
Sick kidneys are to blame for three
fourths of the pain and misery In this
world.
If all the kidneys in the world could
be made strong and healthful, back.
ache would disappear like magic.
Doan's Kidney Pills
Are making we'll kidneys Just - fast
| % people let them. They never fail.
Have cared thousands a men and
women.
Read this testimony Of their merit.
Ma ]. r. Jencks, of $50 Bank
street, wife Of the foreman 1t the
Brown Carriage Co.. New London. Ct. |
says:
.It took Eve OF SIX boxes Of Doan's Kidney |
. Fills 70 radically cure me OF backache. In the
Nintcr Of 1904. and ali can add to the state
nept gave q that time for publication n |
sss ny o1Sos Pspsss = sns s cOs ZEE
tiousiy and ~ emphaticalIy endorse Doan's /
Kidney Pills today - did when they were
fra 6fuught to my notice OVER three years
ego. Ny advice 10 anyone suffering lion
either weakened OF ovcr-excited kidneys b
to procure Doan's Kidney Pills 1t drug
sore, take : eourse Of The treatment. and she
resuits promised VIII inevitably follow"
Doau's Kidney Pills for sale BY IN
da1efl Prizes 50 cents. Nailed By
roetes.M ilbusu Co, Buffalo, N. y!
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-02

COLD WEATHER pupolN0A
Authors Of recipes ofesn complain Of
tho apparent Inability Of their resders -
follow directions sccaratsly. IL = -
Genital that I'll deeaibs sh0ald be care-
fully carried out u heotical rssolts are
10 BE- produced each time. In The school
Kitchens much emphasis b rightly NJ
upon the careful weighing and meAsGf.
lns and deft manipulation Of ingredients,
but the pupils ara also taught The sheet
Of each article which h used and the
reason for each process, ard how 70
make solicitations u any Ingredient
named In the recipe ID not available.
Housekcepers have been sl0w 70 grasp
the idea that the same law may run
through group Of foods, and that Il ID
wiser 10 study such laws than e u 70
spend The time In searching for new
recipes. Afser Q fundamental formula
% mastered, IL 10 desirable 70 learn how
TO make variations on the one theme.
Credit has been claimed for original
recipes when but single ingredient has
been varied IN an old standby. When
We think OF the limited range OF food
products and OF the number OF cook
books already In existence, the right 70
claim much originality must be doubted.
Necessity and accident probably have
had more to do with evolving the hun.
dreds Of recipes In our cook books than
has deliberate invention. We may trace
certain stages IL development In some OF
the puddinss which have been favorites
with several generations.
Take for example the apple dumping
and the plum pudding; an old writer
derives the name dumping from the
unceremouious way 10 which balls Of
dough were dropped into the boiling
liquor In the pot above the IRE. Il ID
probable that the use Of the pudding
cloth or bag came much later. To-day
the steam cooker and moulds Of tin,
agate and carthen ware have almost
entirely superseded the Pudding bag.
The modern tendency 70 shorten proc
eases makes rs divide our pudding into
individual portions before cooking.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17

duties OF a wife and mother, and it must
be confessed that there is something
little absurd about that idea even yet. But
many parents comfortably assume that the
education will be good for the characters
Of their daughters. and that with this
equipment they will be able to turn their
hands to something that will be remunera-
happens and sometimes it does not, and
the latter result is rather bad for the girl
if she chances to be impecunious.
We have a new educational problem to
solve, and it must be solved on evolution
airy lines, precisely as the old one was.
AS the scholar of the Middle Ages was
given training which would prepare him
for the life of a scholar, probably re-
cluse. our young men and women today
must be trained to meet the demands of
modern life. They must not waste their
time in learning things which will be OF
no use to them Generally speaking, 1t is
the height of folly to ignore any special
aptitude which the girl or boy of sixteen
The years between sixteen and .wenty-one
should be spent in acquiring special train
ing. not in examining the mind with So
called liberal culture" which Will come
later in life more easily. The college stu
dent at graduation should be able to step
at once into some place where all of his
training will be of use, not COM
PEELED to slough off most of his
knowledge in order to make liv-
ing If he has displayed in boyhood
a talent for music. he should receive thor
ough education in that. with as much gen.
eral culture as he is inclined to absorb in
the mean time. If he shows an aptitude
for mechanics, let him pay especial atten-
ton to these; or II he delights in science,
let him know something of that at gradua-
ton. But for heavens sake, and his own,
do not let him become, at great expense,
a mere jack at-all-trades.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17
The College Graduate.

During the present month many COM
mencement and graduation essays have
been read throughout the length and
given in these sage productions were to
be followed the country might be better
morally than it is, but 1t would be in
worse mixed condition financially and po
litically. For the next three months the
writers of these essays will be finding out
how the world looks from a graduates
point of view.
The educational conditions in the pres
ent age Of the world are somewhat pc
culiar. Everybody is aware that the pres
ent system of education is not perfect,
but the cause of this state of affairs is
not SO generally understood. The whole
trouble is, in a nutshell, that traditions
are conflicting with conditions. The schools
and colleges are still conducted too much
on the lines laid down in totally differ
ent state of society.
In the Middle Ages, and fhI good many
hundred years thereafter, the scholar was
distinct element in the social world.
He was a specialist He was not expected
to know much about anything but books
The nobleman fought battles and con-
Quoted the government; the yeoman did
the farming and some of the fighting; the
monasteries supplied the learning for the
world. Gradually people who were not
monks learned to read and write, and
sometimes studied other things; but the
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separate and distinct thing, for which q
man must be specially trained. The next
step in evolution was that indicated by
the phrase, "a gentleman and scholar"
liberal education became part of the
natural equipment of a man Of leisure as
well as of a physician, lawyer, or clergy
man. In fact, the gentleman gradually
came TO be better read than the profess
sional man, because. If he had a taste for
that sort of thing he could spend much
time and money in the requirement and
use Of a library and in travel. So the col
lege course came to be shaped partly to
suit the professional thinker and partly
to answer the requirements of a life of
leisure. But II still remained a thing to
which no workingman had right to as
pire, either for himself or his son, unless
he meant to make n determined effort to
secure a "gentlemanly" occupation in
which 1t would be of use. This was the
state of affairs at the beginning of the
present century and for some time after
that.
But today the conditions are entirely
different. The colleges arc filed with
young men and women preparing for all
sorts OF careers, some OF which are distinct
ly professional and others are not. These
young people are otter sent TO college by
their parents without any definite aim in
life. and como out OF It still undecided as
to their vacations. Fifty years ago it would
have been deemed ridiculous to give girl
q college course to prepare her fer the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17

form. He was confident this honor was 20
be his. and his alone. until Mr.. Hanna's
last dinner was given In Washington. AT
this dinner the Hon. Charles w. Fai.
banks turned up with platform, which
he proceeded to read to Mr.. Hanna's guests.
Mr.. Hanna said 1t was the very thing he
had been looking for. and go said all OF
his guests except the Hon. Joseph Benson
Foraker. What Foraker said about it is
not yet matter Of record, but that he
said something is known TO be fact. Any
way. the Fairbanks platform has been
brought to Philadelphia by Mr.. Hanna,
with Mr.. McKinleys o. X. upon 1t. Sena-
tor Foraker may be Chairman of the Reso-
lutions Committee. but he will report the
Fairbanks platform, and then proceed to
gnaw file. Still, the Senator appears to
have made up his mind to be good and
so. even II he should submit few obser-
vations behind the closed doors of the COM
mittee rooms, he is expected to be perfectly
good on the floor Of the Convention.
J. D.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17
ChiId-Lffe in Cities.


The Kansas City Star" comes forward
with touching appeal IL behalf OF chill
dren. pointing TO the well-known fact that
the average landlord in city does not
want tenants with large families of chill
dren, or any such encumbrance al all, if
he can help 1t. 1t is pathetically observed
that the little folks have to exist, and
must have some place to stay, even in
city; that they cannot be turned out into
the cold world, at the mercy of the ele-
ments, as if they were kittens or young
bears.
1t does seem rather hard on the chill
dren that they are not wanted in city
houses, especially in apartments or suites
Of room S, but what is the landlord to do?
1t is not his fault. He knows that his
property will rent better If he makes rules
against the admission Of children and dogs,
and he is in the business to make money,
not to establish kindergarten. So he
rules both these classes of household pets
out of his houses.
There are two things which especially
contribute to this state of affairs, and they
age parent does not train children prop
erly. Most of the people who live in
city are workers, and they need their rest
when they are at home. If they are con-
tinually enjoyed by noisy youngsters who
play Wild West shows in the room over
head, beat drums, blow horns, and gen.
orally raise a small Bedlam in the neigh
lnr Md hafr ffr,a. .aF, &c ,-f,,
interfered with, and their work of less
market value. There is something about
the noise which the young human being
makes which is more annoying to a nerv-
Gus person than any ordinary racket Of
street cars or wagons. 1t has q sort of
personal appeal in it. This applies espe-
cially TO the crying of baby in the still
hours OF the night. That is matter
which the best natured parent cannot al
ways control, and the truth is that a city
Cat is no place for very young children
anyway. They need more quiet and more
room to breathe than they get in the av-
erage apartment OF that kind.
Another reason why children in city
houses are often annoying to the neigh
bors, If not to themselves and their
parents, is that there is almost no place
where they can play and romp and let cut
the noise which 1t is necessary for grow
ing child to make sometimes. II it is to be
healthy. Perhaps in the course Of a gen.
Grafton or two we shall get to the point
Of having neighborhood Fairgrounds. in
which there will be room for all sorts of
games, and where mothers can take their
young families without mixing in a mis-
eellaneous crowd Of all sorts and toadi-
lions Of men. The vacation schools, kin
aergartens, and excursion steamers are
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17
Circulation Statement.
Mr.. Hnnna's "LivcIy scrap"

II. through the inscrutabie ways oil
Providence, it should happen that the great
and good Hanna is unable TO land bis
friend Bliss as the Vice Presidential noni-
nee of the Philadelphia Convention, 1t is
said that his yearnings will turn to the
Hon. Iron Works Scott of California, VINO.
1t is supposed, could draw large check
and convince the other shipbuilders oil the
country that the ninety million dollar pun
on the Treasury for the benefit of the
shipping trust can be made to go next
winter.
The clear view of our correspondent on
this subject is entitled to calm consideia-
ton. There is a great deal 10 he SAID
about the connection of the shipping sui
sidy interest with the traEscontinentai
railways. Both are under a practically
common control They have syrdicated to
an extent not generally known to the
country They have common interest in
the subsidy scheme, and are allies against
the proposition TO construct an inter
oceanic canal. Scott of California wou
appropriately represent two OF the prime
objects of Hanna, which are TO jam through
the subsidy and kill the canal. From the
Administration point Of view more avail
able running mate for Mr.. Mckinley than
Scott would be could not be conceived
Yet the Republican candidate for the
Vice Presidency has not been announced
He may or may not be Scott. He is GER
tain to be a trust man, able to bleed for
the cause and to make others bleed at
every pore Hanna knows who he is, but
is too amiable to spoil fun by premature
announcement.
Were it not for our perhaps uniustifiable
confidence in the flatfooted Dutch obsu-
macy of Theodore Roosevelt We should still
fancy that he had chance TO be the win
ming card. Almost everybody in his party
wants him. His New York friends. includ-
ing Platt, want him in order to get rid OF
him. And the Hanna national machine
would like to have him because he is one
of the few Republicans of note against
whom nothing of a disgraceful or crimina
character can be said. Moreover, he has
q war record" His charge up the hor-
rible heights of San Juan Hill might well
be expected TO offset the rotten beef OF
the head of the ticket, which, in the sense
of practical mortality, would overshadow
the sangunary element in the Rough
Rider. But do not let us think of such
small considerations. There are greater
men IN the Republican party than Roose-
welt, and they do not hail from the Lake
of Chrome. They are of the kind who ap-
pear before courts or sit on benches z:
the reliable agents Of the trusts. Some
body of that sort is needed to sweeten the
ticket. The responsibility of Roosevelt;
might be an advantage. but there is some
thing better than responsibility in the
view of politicians like Hanna. 1t is the
confidence of monopolies in the man NOM
mated and their Willingness to put UP for
him.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17

even now doing good work in this line. 1t
is obviously necessary that people who are
doing serious hard work in city be ex-
empt from unnecessary annoyance during
their hours of rest; 1t is also necessary
that the young human being should grow
up in a normal condition and with a
healthy enjoyment of life; and the only
way in which this can be accomplished
is by the segregation of families into GER
tain parts of the city where special adj
vantages will be offered to the children,
while the bachelors and bachelor girls and
childess people congregate in another Sec
ton. 1t looks as if something of the kind
might come TO pass, as a result of rat
ural evolution.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17
AN AUTHOR AT THE WALDORF.
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis Makes
an Introduction.
(From the New York Prcss.)

When a newspaper man gets to be
writer" by which is meant one who
dabbles in literature to the extent OF pub
fishing books with his name on the title
page. the hacks Of journalism are at lib
erty to mention his name. They never
think of mentioning each others LANES.
Richard Harding Davis is writer there
fore We may touch him up. One night his
private table in the Waldorf cafe was
occupied by two MISUNDERSTANDING
strangers, whereat Dick protested to Os-
car He had friend in tow and wanted
his rights. Oscar refused TO throw the
strangers out, and our writer made bold
to request them to take another table.
AS their dinner had not yet been served.
they courteously yielded, and Dick thank
ed them effusively.
It occurred to him presently that some
thing more was due. so he walked over to
their new seats and said: Gentlemen, you
have been so kind that perhaps you would
like to know who we are? My friend is
Mr. So-and-So. and / am Mr.. Richard
Harding Davis" The strangers smiled.
One replied. bowling obeisantly: And per-
haps you would like to know who We are
NV friend here is Julius Caesar, and am
Alexander the Great"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17

lErnm the Boston Advertiser ]


Congressman Payson OF Maine is going around
these days wearing a frowning brow and pail Of
secrecy. He speaks only in sibilant whispers.
and lie spends his days in a large burglar proof
safe The trouble is that Mr.. Payson has a secret.
1t is a secret that ne alone, Of all the world
knows IL is the name of Maine candidate
for the Vice Presidential nomination at Phill-
dephia. This name is carried by Mr. Payson in
an embroidered scapular. which contains the
secret. written in cipher. in invisible ink. and in
microscopic letters on a sheet Of velum paper
smaller than a pinhead. He seems to imagine
that the whole political world is trembling, with
impotence to learn his secret; but when he
gets to Philadelphia he will find that it will not
be necessary to carry his dread mystery around
with him in portable refrigerator to keep it out
nf bary,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17
The Sumo Old Carpetbag.


The commission now in the Philippines appears
to be without authority to tell the Filipinos what
are the plans and ultimate intention OF this
ton concerning them. Consequently. the commits
sion is not in n position to accomplish much in
the way of ensuring the confidence OF the Fill
pinos and Of establishing stable civil government
In the islands. The American people are begin
ming TO wonder il the necessity for continuing
military rule in the Philippine Islands. of which
General Otis speaks may not be due to shorteom-
ings on the part Of our own Government. At any
rate, in order to remove the doubt, an expression
Of intention concerning the Philippines ought not
tn he longer DELAYED
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-17
The Hare in the Northwestern Butter

(From the Chiclg0 Inter-UceanJ
The Belgian hare craze, which seems to have
taken so firm hold in this part OF the country,
promises TO result in a row that will involve the
whole Northwest In fact, the status Of the hare
is likely to become matter OF Congressional de.
liberation for the farmers are organizing and
sending petitions TO the Congressman repIes.h1lS
Iva and Minnesota The petitions cite that Bel
cian hares are really rabbits and aside from their
qualities OF superior breeding they are Identical
in habits and tecundity. of doubtful value as
food. product, and an undouoted menace 10 tne
,pricr,turaI interests Of any country in whh.h
,bay ave- introduced