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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-07-24
NOTICE.
To Contractors and Builders,

Sealed proposals for the bnilding OF Pythlsn
Block In south Paris will be received by tne
Undersigned unit. Wednesday, July 18Th, Al r.
n
Plans and specifications may oe seen AZ tne
once OF James 5. Wright, In South Paris
The Committee expressly reserves the righs 70
reject any or all proposals.. cr
y. DAYTON BOLSTER
GEO. A. WILSON,
SP. STEARNS,
ALBION TAYLOR,
Building Committee
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"Pa, what Is financial difficultyT
"Well. It is having 80 much money
you don't know what to do with 1t or
having SO little money that you can't
DO q thing."-Detroit Free Press.
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TRAINS FROM PORTLAND To ISLAND
POND Run As FOLLOWS.

>un.iay excursion train leave Portland ; 10 4.
n south Paris i0l9. Bethel lilo. arriving st
Beriin ia IS p. N. Returning. leaves Ter IN Nv
FN Bethel SOS. south Paris 642, arriving In
Portland 500 y. n.
TIE train which leaves Island Pond at l-5e A. N,
And the one which leaves Portland Al SD r N,
run every day; Sll others every day esceps
sunday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-07-24

The famous clock In the Palais de
Justice In Paris dates from 1870 and
ID the work Of the celebrated De Wick,
whose tursct clocks are the earliest on
reliable record.
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Shopman-Here is very nice thing
In revolving bookcases, madam.
Mrs. Newrich-Oh, are those revolv-
ling bookcasesi l thought they called
them circulating libraries. = London
King.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
"srKIp rHH PLow.-

Correspondence on practical Agricultural topics
10 solicited. Address all Communication In
tended for this department to HENRY d. HAN
Paris. Ne.
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A too sudden change Of feed win
cause cows to shrink In milk.
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Mako the COW tho medium to tan
feed into milk.
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Pearls are. sometimes found in mus
oel shells.
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IT;L[IIfI;IIIIIK7E


TRAINS FROM ISLAND POND TO
PORTLAND Run AS FOLLOWS;
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A.
Smith q Machinlst,

SOUTH PARIS, MAINE
N.nufsrturer OF general machinery, steam en-
-. NH work. spool machinery and tools,
80. .et screws. taps. dies and drills made and
SSs.si,ed. sewing, moving and thresh'ng ma
ssipss. pumps OF al kinds, presses, guns, pis-
- solves. traps etc, neatly and promptly re
49, ssS-,si steam and water piping done 20 order.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
THE MASSACHUSETTS A. P. A.
It's Abolition n m Organization Eio-
lcntIy Opposed.

BOSTON. Mass Feb. 24.-Massach@-
setts members of the American Pro ectiye
Association have thrown Go@n the gaunt-
LEI 10 Supreme President Fl. +. Bowers. Of
Clinton. Iowa At a meeting he'd IN
Everett yesterday, the members declared
their absolute freedom from the di tatioI
of President Bowers as a result OF his
recent order, suspendng all the Officers O.
the State body OF Massachusetts, and dis
solving the State council. The meeting
Yesterday was held secretly. but ii be-
came known that the members of the safe
organization dc not intend to have the
councils under their jurisdiction and TIE
association organization in the State sum-
marily abolished Both President Alexander
Knox and Secretary Frank j. Batcaeider
are opposed to what they term the
chronic despotism' of the present order.
President Knox saws in an in eTyiew.
The present State officers of the Ameri-
can Protective Association have succeeded
in driving from the ranks OF the organlZa-
tion those men who have u ed the assuCi-
alton TO further their own selfish, po isical
ends Men who use politics as a source OF
revenue ard OF selfish advancement nave
no place in this organization. Men who
p A. vote though they could never de-
liver it, for their own political and fnan-
ciaI benefit. are chagIiued at finding that
their only political standing has been
taken from them. We feel in this mat
ter that the Supreme President, 29t0
miles away. may be misled and de- eived by
these men. and it is our duty Z our
organization that We maintain the po=itio
we have taken.
The decision of Supreme President
Bowers. dissolVing the State organization,
and the attitude taken by the state OH
GERS. resulted in the organization Of this
State dividing upon the question Of the
Justice Of the decree. The Insurgents
were stronger in point of numbers than
those who stood by the Supreme PIesiden-
and as result the secret meetiEg yes
terday was attended by delegates from
every council in the state. Mr.. Knox was
reelected president ard Mr.. Batchelder,
secretary.
The evening times., 1900-02-24

children should be taught to read as
early as possible so that they may learn
the written and spoken language almost
simultaneously. If a child gets 1T into
his head that cat" is spelled with *
and know" without the first and last
letters. it will be hard for him to dis
abuse his mind of that impression in later
years. and if he forms the general habit
of phonetic spelling before he is ten or
twelve wears old, the chances are that
he will never quite get over it, AS ev-
eryone knows, the years of early child
hood are the ones in which the memory
is most active. During this period the
child learns, by association and repeated
impressions, things which he will re-
member TO the last days of his life. and
since correct spelling is one of the i'm
pegtapt branches of education, it is well
that he should learn this half uncon-
sciously. instead of waiting to have it
dEified into him when his memory is al
ready stored with incorrect forms OF or
biography. Generally speaking, the child
lowed plenty of story books will not make
mistakes in spelling words in ordinary
use. On the same principle, the boy or
girl who has always been surrounded by
people who speak correctly and with
pure accent will do so himself, without
reflection. whereas if he is Obliged to ac-
quire correct accent and pronunciation in
school or from books he will never be
quite sure of himself. and will always be
liable TO relapse into the Incorrect
speech of his early years.
But whatever methods there may be OF
getting over the difficulties OF our awk-
ward English orthography, it is practical
ly certain that the peculiarities which
come from the various elements of our
language-the SaXGn. the Norman French.
the German. Greek Latin, Spanish, and
Dutch forms Of spelling which are still in
use-will remain TO veX the soul of every
English and American schoolboy who has
not been early taught their proper use.
In the interests of literature and the
science OF etymology. it is well that this
should be so. The common medium OF
expression thus preserves, in multi
tude of poetic and interesting ways. the
history OF English speaking nations.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
INHERIT TWO MILLIONS.
The Stadler Family Enriched by
German IncIe'S Death.

GENEVA, y. Y. Feb. 2i.-JOseph Stad-
Ter, a cigarmaker employed in the shop Cf
Thomas d. Rogers in this city, received
word yesterday that he, his brother, and
his nine sisters. had fallen heir to the
s.. coo 0GO estate of John Stadler, an uncle,
of Hamburg, Germany, who died about two
months ago. John Stadler, the deceased
uncle. started in life in Hamburg as a mill
wright He was thrifty, eventually be-
came a miller and built up large -four
exporting business. When he died he left
no surviving relatives except the eleven
children of Martin Stadler, his brother.
Information of the death of their uncle
and the filing OF his will in German pro-
bate courts, came to their ears through the
German Consular offices in this country.
The oldest of the heirs is John Stadler. a
car checker in the yards OF the New York,
Lake Ontario, and Western Railroad at
Utica One of the family lives in Little
Falls. the others live in Oneida. John
Stadler, of Utica, will sail for Hamburg
next week to establish the identity of his
father his brother and sisters, and their
relationship to the deceased miller. In the
meantime Joseph Stadler will continue to
make cigars for Mr.. Rogers.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
GEoRGTA'S FRUIT CROP.
The state EntOmoIogist Says the
Prospects Are Excellent.


Prospects Are Excellent.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 24.-State Ento-
moIogfst Scott has returned from a tour
through the orchards of South Georg a. In
speal;ing of the situation he said the in
dication for large production of fruit in
the State this season was very favorable.
The freeze is early enough to save TIE
nothing in the way Of weather to intel fere
with the crop other than a late frost. This
is not probable. If the frost does not come
the production of the orchards will be
large
"AIl owners of orchards in the south
western part of the State are now engaged
in spraying the trees to kill the effect of
San Jose scale. This work is going on
very generally among those fruit growers
who know the value of saving the trees
from this insect
..Kerosense oil is commonly used for the
purpose. and being placed on the trees at
this time of the year will be more bene-
fetal than at any other time.
The scale has appeared this year for
the first time near Fort Valley and is
now JUST DeSluuihS W ldhC hoAu VI thS
orchards. At Triton every orchard is af
fected | think the scale will prove bene-
fetal to fruit growing in Georgia
Great care is necessary to keep the tree
from the scale and those farmers who grow
fruit as a side line to their general farm
ing will have to give it up as they do not
usually pay sufficient attention to the
trees to keep them free from the insect.
I'm this way all the small orchards at
tached to farms will die out, leaving the
field clear to those who make a speciality
of peach growing. This will be almost GER
tain to bring better class of fruit on
the market"
DR.. Scott said that the Bacon orchard
consisting of 10000 trees which has been
entirely burned on account of the scale,
will not likely be replanted in peach trees,
but will be reset in pecans, which are be-
coming very popular in the southern por-
ton of the State. Recent agitation of the
peacon growing industry has caused many
of those having land formerly not Utilized
to begin planting their vacant fields in
pecans, and as soon as the trees begin
bearing large quantities will be shipped
from the State
The evening times., 1900-02-24
spelling Reform"

The Chicago University students lately
made a protest against the use Of what
is called reformed spelling in the insti-
tuition. They aver that the proposed
clipping and curtailing of good old Eng
lsh words can be considered as nothing
less than a deformity. An attempt was
made to cause them TO adopt this SPELL
ing. but they objected so vigorously that
the undertaking was abandoned.
1t is not likely that the system will
ever gain a foOthOld among intelligent
people. The time has passed when its
introduction could have been successful
A thorough reform of our orthography
could only have taken place during the
ages when comparatively few of the peo-
pie could read or write and concerted
effort might have been made toward con-
formity to the new system. That time
has passed. knowledge is too widely diff
fused among all classes and reform would
be too difficult for such a movement to
succeed, even if it had everything in the
world to recommend il.
The Chicago University authorities rec
thorough be written without the super
fluous 'gh." thus, "thro" thru" and
"thoro." To anyone accustomed to much
reading the words in question look de-
cidedly queer and illiterate.
Long ago it was said that there is no
royal road to knowledge. 1t is quite as
true that there is no easy road to the cor
rect spelling Of the English language. and
il is probable that there never will be
The words which we use come from too
many different sources and have been
modified by too many centuries of usage
TO make any general rules in spelling of
utility. OF course, there are a few
such rules, such as that for the prece-
dence of "e" and - in such words as
believe" and receive" but for the most
part the speller must be guided by pure
memory For this reason it is well that
The evening times., 1900-02-24
WI TING FANG'S ADVICE.
The Chinese Minister Talks tn Phil
adeIphia schoolgirls.

PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 2f.-Wu Ting
Fang. Minister from China to the United
States. visited the Girls Normal and
High schools yesterday. in company with
United States Commissioner Henry r. Ed
munds After hearing two Of the girls de
claim. he addressed the classes which
were assembled in the auditorium. He
said that he had never had such an ex-
perience before. He added:
"Of the two specimens of American
young ladies | have just heard speak
learn that one is preparing for the stage
and the other to become teacher. Ii is
the duty of housekeeping and preparing
to become proper wives that imagine you
would be best fitted for. After leaving
school you come in contact with gentle
men. which is the natural aim of your
life and you should know how to keep
house and not be mere ornaments.
When one of the girls told Minister WI
that she was preparing to enter the legal
profession he looked at her for an instant
and then said: well. | wish you success.
but lady lawyers are not as we nave
tbor1
The evening times., 1900-02-24
The study of Chinese.

In tine course of his address on the occa-
sion of the university commemOration of
Washington's Birthday in Philadelphia
Thursday night the Chinese Ambassador
gave utterance to a number of things which
could not fail to attract the attention which
would naturally be given 10 a review of our
relations TO the Far East by one of the
most accomplished and astute sons of the
FIoWery Kingdom.
But even the importance of his advocacy
of an extension of the Monroe Doctrine TO
the countries particularly China, adjacent
to our Oriental possessions must yield to
that detail of his address wherein he ad
vises the study of the Chinese language
The prOmptness with which the Germana
undertake and acquire AT least a working
knowledge Of the native tongue has al
ready given them an advantage to which
their cwn commercial status does not en-
title them. and the rising generation
which is to participate in the upbuilding
OF American trade with China will do well
to equip itself for the task by the means
indicated
The evening times., 1900-02-24
A FLOOD NARROWLY AvERTED.
weatherIy, Pa, Saved From a Johns
town Disaster.

WEATHERLY, Pa, Feb. 24.-This town
of 1900 people narrowly escaped the fate
of Johnstown yesterday. Situated between
here and Hazleton is one of the largest res
ervoirs in the State. used by the Cross
Greek Coal Company. A big fissure ap-
peared in the breast and grew larger as
the water came bursting through The
break was repaired by rapid work of 200
men from the Beaver Meadow mines.
The reservoir covers eighteen acres is
eighteen feet deep, and contains millions of
gallons of water. Weatherly would have
been directly in the path of the over
whelming flood that would have been the
result had the break not been discovered
in time. The inhabitants were not awaIe
of danger until after the leak had been re-
paired.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
THE BOERS STILL HOPEFUL.
A Letter From Postmaster General
Isaae Van AInhen

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb &c. W. Van
der Hoogt, Secretary of the Maryland State
Bureau OF immigration and represen-
tive of the Boer cause in the United States.
received letter yesterday from Pestmas-
ter General Isaac van Alphen. CT the South
African Republic, dated December 20, 1899
Mr.. Van der Hcogt has been unable to
communicate with the TransvaaI Govern
ment owing to the fact that his mail has
been seized by the censor He has fire.
quently within the past three months re-
ceived letters which have been broken open
and the contents taken out Yesterday he
was greatly surprised to find the letter Of
the Postmaster General. which had been
securely folded within several newspapers.
and it is supposed IT escaped the eyes Of
the English censor, who had opened the
envelope The letter in part said:
Il had this morning a long conversation
with the President. who. BY the way keepa
himself remarkably we'll, and discussed
also the fact of nothing having been heard
from you in the past few months. nave
written you quite often and sent you al
most every week some news, with the in
tentfon 10 have it published to enlighten
home and in our army The continued VIE
tories. almost without losses. are mex
plicable and il is clear sign that God
is with us.
"The thousands Of prisoners Of war. with
more than eighty officers, who are in Pre-
toFia make upon us and the European peO-
pie living here a serious impression They
are all treated as every civilized people OF
the world should treat them. but there Is
bitter feeling against some spies We
caught who are also imprisoned.
Our three eanRons which were disa bied
have been repaired by the management of
the Netheriand South African Railroad
Company Long Tom is pretty near ready
for service. The fights are Up TO date stili
going on upon British territory and no
blood is spilled on our soil as yet
I'VE celebrated our national holiday (the
Dingaansday. December l6) with great
ceremony. The churches were OveTeroWd-
ed and many prayers were offered to the
Lord Of all nations thanking Him for His
wonderful blessings.
Thousands Of Dutch Africanders from
Cape Colony have joined our Boer forces.
They suffer very much under British rule.
being punished very severely for the least
offence Two of them have been sentenced
to five years hard labor only bcause they
had given something to eat TO our burgh-
ers
We keep up the good courage. knowing
that the whole civilized wSrld Will stand
by US in our struggle and as far | know
the Americans and my pleasant stay
among them 1 am sure that they are In
hearty sympathy with us
The evening times., 1900-02-24
A. POLII CAL LEADER DEAD.
Mace Hopkins n Noted Organizer of
GolOred Wen.

EASTON. Nd. Feb 24-Nace Hopkins,
coIored. Of Trappe, Talbot county. who
died Thursday night. aged seventy years.
was the great Republican leader Of the
coIOred people in Talbot county. For
many years on the 1st of November he
would summon the colored voters from all
parts of the country and have an eInan-
cipation celebration. On these occasions
he would organize some of the most fan
tastic professions ever seen.
After getting the negroes together and
feeding them. Hopkins. who was nat
ural orator would address them with a
view to soIidifying them to vote the Re
publican ticket. As he said, The firm
would be confirmed. the weak would be
strengthened the wavering would be FIX
ed and the traitors would be threatened
For years the negroes in various parts OF
the county called the 1st Of November st.
Nagp'c IaV
The evening times., 1900-02-24
THE PLANS COMPLETED.
Railway improvements ON the East
ern shere Line.


SALISBURY Md. Feb. 2i.-Engineer W.
L. Polk of the Baltimore. Chesapeake
and Atlantic Railroad. has completed
drawings of plans for extensive improve
ments to that company's terminal facili-
ties at Baltimore and Claiborne for the
comfort and con venience Of passengers.
also for new stationhouse at Pittsville.
At Baltimore Pier L. will be entirely
rebuilt and large Offices and waiting
room built above the pier \ bridge will
be built over Light Street. with stair
way leading into Camden Street. similar
to the Bay Line piers. This arrangement
does away with the handling of passen-
gers on the freight piers and viii be
great improvement.
At Claiborne the pier will be made
larger the size OF the train sheds in
creased and waiting room built. This
is also a great Improvement. necessi-
tated by the largely increased Ocean City
business. The new building at Pittsville
will be on practically the same plan as
the one at Mcdaniel All of this work
will be begun at once in order to have IL
completed in time for the summer travel
The evening times., 1900-02-24

A few weeks ago we were thinking tha'
Mr.. Mckinley was nearly five years ahead
of necessity rin rebuilding and furnishing
his Canton home so as to have it ready for
housekeeping by next autumn. As a result
of the y-Pauncefote Treaty and OF the
Payne Porto Rican starvation bill, our
view of this engrossing subje t is uLGer-
going a slight change. Probably the Presi-
dent knew that these things would be
sprung upon the country, and also knew
what the effect would be. So, il is possible
that when he ordered the Mckinley cot
tage' to be put in commission he was
prophesying.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
A Woman's Intuition.
CFrom Brooklyn Life.)

Amy-These yachting terms beat me. Vow
what on earth did Bob mean when be said they
did their best to pinch UP the Shamrock. but
couldn't get her within point OF the Coium-
bia? 8.
Susie with sudden inspirstiOn)-
have il. They must have been in stays.
Amy-That's il. Of course: and yOu know the
Sbamrock's waist mean beam measures 50
much greater than the Columbia's No wonder
they didn't succeed.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
The Law-AbidinE Democracy,
(From the st. Paul Globe.)

The Democratic claimants for the offices Of the
State are helping to redeem Kentucky from the
degraded position which il has been made to oc-
cupy in the estimation of the American people.
Their consistent resort to peaceful methods I'M
der the greatest provocaton to turn to violence
has established public faith in the Justice of their
cause Men who can, even in Kentucky. show so
much of self-restraint and regard for law and Of
Ger cannot be successfully held up to public view
as cutthroats and corruptionists,
The evening times., 1900-02-24
CURRENT HUMoR.
A Careful Definition.
From Puck.)

Little Dick-Uncle Richard, what is bric-a-
brae?
Uncle Richard-Bric-a-brac Is anything you
knock over and break when you are feeling toe
matches in the dark.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
Anxious to Please Aunty.
From Puck.)

Aunt erimm-There is one reason in particular
why L do not favor young Mr.. Spoonley-he IS
not staid enough.
Niece Gladys (shyly)-Why, auntie, he staid last
night until nearly half past II, and the night
before till almost IL; but-ah-I think can per-
suade him to remain little longer tonight, if
YOU think best.
The evening times., 1900-02-24

After considerable hesitation the state
Department has decided that il will not
surrender the islands OF Sibtu and
Cagayan to Spain as demanded by that
State. The spanish claim that these
islands we're not included in the Philip
pine cession vas about to be re ognizei
when the Navy Department protested, and
carried its point.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
ALesson in Grammar.
From Tit-BitS.l

LFTOm IIt-BiJs,I
''What is the plural of man. Johnny" asked
the teacher OF small pupil.
''Men,' answered Johnny.
Correct" said the tacher. ''And what IS the
plural of ehild:''
Twins was the unexpected reply.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
Clothes and Fighting,

(From the Charleston News and Courier.)
Lord Woseey is quoted saying: ''The better
a soldier is clothed the better he will fight 1t
NAV be So The Confederate soldier did pretty
we'll considering. with such clothes as he had,
but there is no telling what he might have done
il he had had better ones.
The evening times., 1900-02-24
Rensnning hx Exclusion.

(From the Chicago Daily News.)
Stubbs-There goes a man who SAYS he don't
belive the world is round.
Penn-WelI. he is old enough to know it is
not Square"
The evening times., 1900-02-24

Secretary Root is much embarrassed by
a question which must be answered sooner
or later, and perhaps now. 1t Is. Is TINS
country now in a state of war? IL II is,
then everything is serene. If it is not,
the pay of our soldiers in the Philippines
will have to be cut down about Wcnty Per
cent to a peace basis. The situation in
the latter event will be unpleasant for the
troops; but how is it to be avoided? II
the United states is at war without ITS
own knowledge or consent. who is it at war
with. and where is the ferocious enemy
conceaTed2