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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
THE LAST HERD OF BISON.
1T is AT FORT PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA,
AND CONTAINS ABOUT FIFTY FULL
BLooDED SPECIMENS.

The only herd of bison of any i'm
portance now left in the United States
from the millions which few years ago,
roamed over the entire country between
the Missouri River and the Rocky
Mountains consists of about fifty full
blooded buffalo and the same number OF
mixed bloods, all now the property OF
James Philip of Fort Pierre, who is
known all over the range country as
''Scotty" Philip.
This herd is the product of hunt
twenty years ago, when Frederick Du-
pree, an old French trapper, foreseeing
the early determination of the species,
started for the Little Missouri country
to capture few calves for the purpose
of raising a herd. In this hunt he led a
band of Indians and half-breeds, who
only accomplished the purpose for
which they set out after long and dan
ge,ous search among the few small
punches of buffalo, yet known to be
roaming in that country. Only half
dozen calves were taken alive, and from
these the present herd has grown.
Mr.. Dupree allowed the buffalo to
range practically wild on the Cheyenne
River, with no further attention than to
see that they did not get out of that part
of the state, where they were kept until
his death. In the settlement of the
estate none of the heirs cared to take
them as his share of the estate, and they
were sold to "Seotty" Philip, after an in
effectual attempt to dispose of them to
the general government.
Just what the value of the herd is is
problematic, but as it is the only herd
left in the country on which to draw for
specimens, this will give it an increasing
value as years go by.
Having had practically the same free
dom as in their native state, the speci-
mems of the herd are somewhat different
from those usually seen in parks and
menageries. One bull out of this herd
was sold for show purposes about ten
years ago for $1,000.
At present the full bloods, consist ng
of all ages from four-mOnth-old calves
to huge bulls, are confined in pasture
of l 900 acres, which has been enclosed
among the rough lands in bend of the
Missouri River, about eight miles up the
stream from Fort Pierre. The fence
which restrains them is seven feet high,
with posts five feet apart, and is COM
posed of strong woven wire, over which
are numerous strands of barb wire.
The herd is an attraction to visitors
from all over the Northwest, as an op-
portunity of seeing these animals is not
so common as in the past.-New-Yor ork
Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
PROBATE NOTICES.

To all persons interested In either of the Estates
hereinafter named:
At Probate Court, held at Paris, In and
for the County Of Oxford. on the third Tuesday OF
Noy., In the year Of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and one. The following matter
having been presented for the action thereupon
hereinafter Indicated, it II hereby ORDkRED:
That notice thereof be given TO all persons IN
terested, by causing copy OF this oruer 70 oe
published three weeks successfully In the Ox-
ford Democrat. newspaper published at South
Paris, In said County. thai they may appear ., =
Probate Court TO be held az Paris, on tne
third Tuesday of Dec, A. ID. 1901, at OF the
clock In the forenoon, and be heard thereon III
they see cause.
PERCY, HARLAND and GLADYS DAMON,
wards, Of Paris. Petition for license to convey
by mortgage certain real estate belonging 70
sal wards fled by Walter l.. Gray, guardian.
JENNIE B. PIKE, late Of Hiram, deceased
Account presented for allowance by Joseph
Young. administrator.
SARAH ID. HAWKINS. late Of Norway. &c.
ceased Final account presented for allowance
also petition for distribution of balance remain
Ing In their hands presented by Eugene Z
smith ami Fred II. Cummings, executors
ADDISON Il. HERRICK.
Judge Of said Court.
A true copy-Attest
ALBERT D. PARK. Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
be heard Alc.de Jolivet completing his
telegram. singing musingly with mock

he heard Alc.de JO1vet completing ulS
telegram. singing musingly with mock
cry:
Paris."
Alcide Jolivet thought 1t better not to
mix sacred things with profane as his
colleague had done, and he answered
by joyful chorus Of Beranger to the
verses Of the Bible.
At that moment a commotion shook
the telegraph office. A shell had en-
tered the wall. and cloud Of dust fill
ed the waiting room.
Alcide Jolivet was just finishing his
verse, "as red as an apple, who, with
out a penny" but without stopping
threw himself on the shell, took 1t In
his hands before 1t exploded, threw 1t
out of the window and came back to
the wicket. 1t was all done in an in
slant.
In FIVE seconds the shell burst out
side.
Then, continuing his telegram with
perfect coolness, Alcide Jolivet wrote:
A shell Of sixty pounds weight has burst
through the wall Of the telegraph Office. Expert
some others Of same caliber.
For Michael Strogoff there was no
room to doubt but that the Russians
were repulsed from Kalyvan. His last
resource was, then, to hasten over the
southern plain.
But. then the general discharge OF
guns was heard terribly near the tele-
graph station, and hailstorm Of bull
let's crashed through the window. Har-
ry Blount, struck on the shoulder, fell.
Alcide jolivet was at that moment
about to transmit this supplement to
his dispatch:
Harry Blount, reporter OF The Daily Telegraph,
ials at my side. struck with piece Of bombshell.
But the operator told him with i'm
perturbable coolness:
"Sir. the wire Is broken"
And, leaving his window, he quietly
took his hat, which he brushed with
his sleeve, and, always smiling, went
out through a small door which MI
chael Strogotf had not before noticed.
The station was then invaded by
Tartars, and neither Michael StrOgoff
nor the journalists were able to effect
their retreat.
Alcide Jolivet, with his useless dis
patch in hand, ran to Harry Blount,
stretched on the floor, and, kind hearted
as he was, took him on his shoulders
with the intention to fee with him. 1t
was too late!
Both were prisoners, and with them
Michael Strogoff, taken by surprise
when he was about to jump through
the window into the hands Of the Tar
tars.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
VALUE OF OLD HAY.

bay depreciates in value by long keep
ing: not, however, as much as common
ly imagined, providing it is stored in
suitable building, where it remains dry
and mice and rats do not work in 1t
much, which they are not apt to do.
Practical farmers consider that hay two
or three years old is worth more for
feeding than hay year old. As they
say, sit goes farther" probably due to
the fact that it contains less moisture,
and that . given bulk of it will contain
more feeding mattsr.-Exchange.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
POULTRY SHOW.
STATE ASSOCIATION HOLDS ITS FIRST
EXHIBITION IN LEWISTON THIS WEEK.

The Maine State Poultry and Pet
Stock Association holds its first annual
exhibition in Lewiston City Hall, Dec.
II, is, 10 and 20. Half fare rates on the
railroads for the entire week. A vast
amount of work and time has been put
in by individual members of this society
and it is believed that, as result of the
same, the first exhibition, on the above
mentioned dates, will be one of the
largest and best ever held in New Eng
land, and especially one of the most help
full from an educational standpoint. The
main object of this organization is edu-
cational, and while the interests OF
the breeders of fancy poultry are care
fully guarded, the enormous and impor-
tant interests Of utility and business
poultry are taken into special consider
alton.
As is we'll known in the bird depart
ment there are two elasses-an open
class (open to breeders living anywhere
on this good earth) and q state of Maine
class, open to breeders and farmers Of
the state of Maine exclusively.
1t has seemed to the management to
be particularly fitting, in connection
with this exhibition, to 60 outside of the
usual methods employed in the running
of poultry shows, and hold q series Of
meetings during the show for the pur-
pose of instruction, relating to the
breeding, to business poultry, and so 1t
has been arranged to have each after
noon and each evening special program
of this kind. Gentlemen of national
reputation in the poultry business have
been employed to speak on vital busi-
ness topics concerning poultry, includ-
ing Editor Robinson of Farm and P0ul-
try, Boston, and Professor Gowell of the
Maine state experiment station. One Of
the most unique and valuable features
of this part Of the exhibition will be
series Of lectures and tests on the sub
| ject of egg testing and fertility conduct
ed by the worthy president, Mr.. Chas.
L. Cushman of Auburn.
Another important feature OF the edu-
catiOnal part of this exhibition will be
the throwing up on a screen, through
the lantern, pictures Of all the great
breeds Of fowl. A part OF this feature
of the exhibition will be given each day.
The slides used are the finest in this
country, and are taken almost exclusive
Ily from the celebrated drawings and
paintings of that noted gentleman and
artist, Mr.. Sewall, known by poultry
men the world wide. In connection with
this a lecturer of note, familiar with the
breed under consideration, will tell the
story of that bird a. the pictures are
presented.
A banquet win be served at City Hall
on Tuesday evening, Dec. 17th, at which
200 ladies and gentlemen arc expected to
be present. Arrangements viii be made
to see that this banquet Is an interesting
one from q breeders standpoint, and
also that little fun can be had through
It and at 1t. How to dress poultry
oaponising, etc., will be taught during
the exhibition.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17


dars. There stood the Tartar tents. There
Feofar- Khan, the terrible emir Of Box
hara, was encamped, and there on the
following day, the 7th Of August, were
brought the prisoners taken at kaly-
van after the annihilation Of the Rus
sian force, which had vainly attempted
to oppose the progress Of the invaders.
OF the 1000 men who had engaged
with the two columns Of the enemy,
the bases of which rested on Tomsk
and Omsk, only few hundred re-
mained. Thus events were going bad
ly, and the imperial government ap-
peared to have lost its power beyond
the frontiers Of the Ural, for q time at
least, for the Russians could not fail
eventually to defeat the savage hordes
Of the invaders. But in the meantime
the invasion had reached the center OF
Siberia, and it was spreading through
the revOlted country both to the east
ern and the western provinces. If the
troops Of the Amur and the province
of Takutsk did not arrive in time to
occupy 1t, this capital of Asiatic Rus
sia, being insufficiently garrisoned,
would fall into the hands Of the Tar
tars, and before 1t could be retaken the
grand duke, brother Of the emperor,
would be sacrificed to the vengeance OF
Ivan Ogareff.
Feofar's camp presented magnifi-
cent spectacle. Numberless tents OF
skin or silk glistened in the rays OF
the sun. The lofty plumes which sur
mounted their conical tops waved amid
banners, flags and pennons of every
color. The richest of these tents be-
longed to the Seides and Khodjas, who
are the principal personages OF the
khanate. A special pavilion, ornament
ed with a horses tail issuing from
sheaf of red and white sticks artistical-
" interlaced, indicated the high rank
of these Tartar chiefs. Then In the
distance rose several thousand OF the
Turcoman tents, which had been car
ried on the backs Of camels.
The camp contained at least hun
dred and fifty thousand soldiers, as
many foot as horse soldiers, collected
under the name of Alamanes. Among
them and as the principal types OF Tur'
kestan would have been remarked the
Tadjiks from their regular features,
white skin, tall forms and black eyes
and hair. They formed the bulk OF the
Tartar army, and of them the khanates
of Khokhand and Koundough had FUR
nished a contingent nearly equal to
that of Bokhara. With the TadJiks
were mingled specimens Of different
races who either reside in Turkestan
or whose native countries border on 1t.
There were Usbecks, red bearded, small
In stature, similar to those who had
pursued Michael. Here were Kirghis,
with fat faces like the Kalmucks,
dressed in coats Of mail. Some car
ried the lance, bows and arrows OF Asi'
attic manufacture, some the saber, q
matchbox gun and little short han
died Ak, the wounds from which inya'
riably prove fatal. There were Mon
gols, Of middle height, with black hair
| plated into pigtails, which hung down
their backs, round faces, swarthy COM
plexions, lively deep set eyes, scanty
boards, dressed in blue nankeen trim.
med with black plush, sword belts OF
leather with silver buckles, boots gayly
braided and silk caps edged with fur
and three ribbons futtering behind.
Brown skipned Afghans. too, might
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.
A HANDSOME MARBLE STRUCTURE
DESIGNED FOR WASHINGTON.

One of the structures which will stand
on one side of the great court, one and a
half miles long, extending from the
capitol to the Washington monument in
washington, will be the agricultural
building. After examining the plans
submitted by competing architects the
judges adopted the plans OF Lord q
Hewlett, whose drawings are now on
exhibition at the agricultural depart
ment in Washington.
The building will be about 500 feet
long, and its height from grade to cornice
will be nearly 100 feet. The material
will be white marble, and the estimated
cost is between 8, 900, ,OOO and $1,000, 900.
New York Tribune.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
NOTICE.

In the District Court OF the United States for
the District Of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter Of
EDWIN Z. PHINNEY, In Bankruptcy.
Of Buckaeld, Bankrupt.
To the creditors of Edwin L. Phinney 10 the
County Of Oxford ana district aforesaid: /.
Notice Is hereby given that on the SNth day Of
Nov, A. d. 1901. the said Edwin L. Phinney
Was duly adjudicased bankrupt. and that tne
first meeting Of his creditors WIN be held as the
Court House. In South Paris, on the sOth Gay
Of Dec, A. ID. 1901. at 10 O'Clock In the
forenoon, at which time the said creditors may
attend. prove their claims. appoint trustee, ex-
anime the bankrupt and transact such oenef
business a. may properly come before said
meeting.
South Paris. Dec. 2, 1901.
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
[yo sz cosrxuDl

Bicycles are generally considered
very modern invention. but some Of
the Egyptian obellsks, 1t is said. bear
figures mounted on two wheeled vehi-
cles resembling the old velocipedes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
AMONG THE FARMERS.
I" SPEED THE PLow."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Me-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
CHAPTER z.

r a days march from Ka'
lyvan, several versts be-
yond the town Of Dia-
chinks, stretches a wide
plain, planted here and
there with great trees,
nrinninallu ninas and ca.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
Aching Joints

In the fingers, toes, arms, and other
parts of the body, are joints that are
inflamed and swollen by rheumatism
that acid condition OF the blood which
affects the muscles also.
Sufferers dread to move, especially
after sitting or lying long, and their
condition is commonly worse In wet
weather.
ut has been lons time since we have
been without Hoods Sarsaparilla. MY
father thinks he could not Go without II.
He has been troubled with rheumatism
since be was boy, and Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla is the only medicine he can take that
viii enable him to take his place In the
field" MISS ADA DorY, Sidney, Iowa.
Hoods Jarsaparilld
and Pills
Remove the cause of rheumatism-no
outward application can. Take them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
CHAPTER TX.

r was fortunate that NJ
chaelStrogo6 had left the
posting house 30 prompt
". The orders Of Ivan
Ogaref had been imme-
diately transmitted to all
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
NOTICE.

DISTRICT UF MAINE.
PORTLAND, Nov. 80. 1901.
Pursuant to the rules of the Circuit Court Of
the United States for the District of Maine,
notice Is hereby given that Charles &. Warren
OF Fryeburg In said District. has applied for
admission as an attorney and counsellor Of said
Circuit Court.
A. III. DAVIS,
Clerk U. S. Circuit Court. Maine District.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-17
C. JONES',
Smith q, Machi mist,

SOUTH PARIS, MAINE
,,an,t.rturer of general machinery, steam en-
49, mill work, spool machinery and tools,
Ssots' set screws, taps, dies and drills made and
aired. Sewing, moving and threshing ma
eSines, pumps Of al kinds, presses, guns, pis-
vi, @Ss,red. Steam and water piping done to order.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-20
or Kentucky
Welded Today.
One Of EnsIand's Rich
est Men
Is Now the Husband Of q
D Beauty.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 2O.-(spl.)-
Miss Patti Ellison and Sir Charles
Ross, were married here yesterday
ut the home of the brides parents in
this city. The wedding had been set
for today, but was advanced q
day as Sir Charles has to go East on
business. Rev. ]. Kensie Smith per-
formed the ceremony. Miss Ellison
is the daughter Of Andrew Ellison
and the great granddaughter of Gen.
Chas. Scott, Of Washington's staff,
and third Governor Of Kentucky. She
is a famed belle. Sir Charles is the
ninth of his line, created in 1872. He
fitted out his own regiment and fought
in South Africa. He is the inventor
of rife and is rated the third largest
land owner in Great Britain, with over
865, 900 acres and 5000 tenants.
The bridal couple will go to London
and after visiting Sir Chardes' estates
will return to Canada, where Sir
Charles has large interests.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-20

to provide, as 1t does provide, that If
this mortal sin, this grievous offense,
this murder of free ballot, this crime
Of crimes, beside which all other
crimes shrink and shrivel into utter
insignificanoe, should ever be COM
mitted, then that Its penalty of pro
portionate reduction Of representa-
tion in Congress, and in the Electoral
College, should be visited upon the Of
Tending states, and therefore the man.
datory duty of enforcing and making
effectual the remedy thus guaranteed,
by appropriate legislation, was en-
Joined upon our lawmakers. Every
one of those states solemnly ratified
this great enactment.
1t was the price-the moderate price,
exacted from them, as the considera-
ton of being restored to their normal
relations to that Union against which
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-20
Mr.. SIEBER'SADDRESS
He Spoke Very Forcibly on
Timely Subject.

Hon. Geo. w. Siebers subject was
"The Crime Against the Suffrage"
He spoke as follows:
In this presence surely no apology
is due for bringing to the bar of pub
lie opinion the accusation of crime
easily the most fragrant in the history
of our people:-a crime which strikes
at the vitals Of popular government,
and which, If not redressed, will be
the end Of free institutions In America.
1t is too notorious for dispute that
in a half score of the states of this
Union,-dedicated, as Mr.. Lincoln said,
to the proposition that all men are Gre
ated politically equal, hundreds Of
thousands of electors are deprived Of
the rights solemnly guaranteed to them
by the federal constitution, not be-
cause they have offended against any
law, human or divine, but for the ac-
cident OF color and the former en-
slavement of their ancestors. No
weightier words were ever spoken by
James A. Garfield than these: bad
local government is certainly a great
evil which ought to be prevented, but
to violate the freedom and sanctity Of
suffrage is more than an evil, 1t is a
crime, which, If persisted in, will de-
stroy government itself. Suicide is
not remedy.
"If in other lands it be high treason
to compass the death of king it
should be counted no less a crime
here to strangle our sovereign power
and stifie its voice. 1t has been said
| that unsettled questions have no pity
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-20
ence to wholesome law.
SHALL DUTY BE NEGLECTED.?

If we shall neglect this obvious
duty, what then?
The pretexts which today deprive
millions of men Of their God-given
and law bound rights. because they are
black, will sooner or later, be invoked
as precedents to deny to other millions
the same rights, because they are
poor, and it would be no more an in
justice in the latter case than in the
former.
A mistaken policy upon an economic
question may be rectified. Industry
will retrieve every material loss. But
participation by the people in poll
tical crime sears the national consci-
ence, obliterates the distinction be-
tween political right and wrong and
shocks the common sense of man.
kind. This is not social question:
it is a matter of political morals, and
the attempt now being made to con-
found the one with the other is as
wicked on the part of those who make
1t, as it is stupid on the part of those
who are willing to be deceived by It.
Because one insists on a man having
the rights which the law gives him,
does not warrant the conclusion, that
therefore, the two are to be received
and accounted as equals in all the
walks of personal life. But II it shall
be said that in our busy and practical
| age there is a reaction from the hui
manitarian politics of n generation
since, 1 answer, so much the worse
for the age, and that allegiance to the
cause of humanity, can never, in the
fullness of time and in the justice of
God, be a losing policy in the affairs
of nations.
If you would have the testimony of
the greatest among the founders of
our great party, to vouch for the cause
which plead, listen TO the immortal
words of Charles Summer:
"A Republic is where every man
has his due. Equality of Rights is the
standing promise of Nature to Man.
In harmony with. the promise of Ma
ture is the promise of our fathers, re-
corded in the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. 1t is the twofold promise:
First, that all are equal in rights; and
secondly, that just government stands
only ON the consent Of the governed