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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-09

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Arthur Hall and Victor Pearson are
still hauling wood to the village.
Fred Bennett sent eighty bushels OF
potatoes to Berlin, N. H., last week.
Little Miss Mary and Master Harry
Hall, aged and IL years, respective
ly, were thrown from their sled while
coastiBg recently, but it didn't hurt their
courage.
MrsiDunn visited at Mrs. Morse's last
week.
Mr.. Dunn is convalescing.
Paul, Eugene and Ralph Bennett are
taking music lessons of Mrs. Horace
Irish.
BY the way, there is considerable
musical talent in this vicinity. Montrose
Bennett has purchased violin, which
makes six different instruments that he
plays. Augustus Mayhem, our veteran
violinist, has played for three genera.
tions, and commenced on the fourth, and
yet he is far from being an old man.
w. L. Harlow has sold his oxen to j.
BRIGHAM of Paris. Although welding
the OK goad Is one of the "lost arts"
MIR. Harlow has raised and sold more
handy steers for the last twenty-five
years than any man in Buckfield.
Fred Cooper has purchased a pair OF
work horses.
Arthur Elwood of Skowhegan is visit
ing relatives in Paris and Buckfield.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-09
County Officers.

John NJ. PhllbroOk, Chairman, Bethel.
Jonathan Bartlett, East Stoneham.
Randall L. Taylor, Mexico.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-09
WEST BuCKEIElD,

The farmers are hauling sawdust.
Dan Emery is moving into the village
into Mrs. Isabel Shaw's rent.
Gertie Bonney has returned to Nor
way.
Fred Cooper has bought him a pair OF
work horses.
Shirley Bonney went to Auburn Sat-
urday with Scott Briggs and bought him
a horse Of Jonas Edwards.
Gertrude Warren of North Buckfield is
at work for Mrs. Harry Buck.
A few are making maple syrup.
Ella Keene went to Norway Monday to
visit her sister, Mrs. Annie Sanborn.
Mr.. E.. B. Austin was around taking
valuation Tuesday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-09
Al South Paris.
County Commissioners.

Regular sessions Second Tuesday OF May.
First Tuesday Of September. Last Tuesday OF
December.
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they gave Fair Warning that he claimed

to be a Soroerer. and that after he looked
a Soubrette In the Eye and made a couple
OF Passes she was his willing Slave and
took Orders from no ono else. The Girls
said they were ready TO take a Chance.
Besides they had been va~ccinated.
The Boy with the Wardrobe of many
Colors did not show any Eagerness when
told that he was wanted UP at the Flat.
He began to back Water and fake up Ex-
cuses. They had 10 tell him that the Girls
had seen him on the Street and were dying
for an Introduction. At last he fixed him
self up until he smeiled like the front part
of a Drug Store and they took him in Tow.
He began to lose out from the Minute that
he came up the front Steps. His Reputa-
ton had preceded him. and it was the kind
that would sink a Ship. The nifty tailor
made Damsel of 1901 doesn't ask any better
Sport than 10 walk up and down on the
tonsorial Wretch who fancies that he is
Irresistible. AS soon as a Man bills himself
as a Girl Tanner the whole Sorority wants
TO get out and stab him to death with Hat
Pins. For some Reason the latest variety
Of New Woman rssents the Suggestion that
she is a Soft Mark for the curbstone Mash
er who stands in front of Cigar Stores and
does the Ogle.
1t may have been True that Rainbow Bill
cut a wide Swath in Kansas City and Wis
tied all the warm Tsmalea IN st. Paul, but
UP In the dinky Fiat he was one cold Por-
ton Of Lobster a la Newburg. The Girls
spared him back INTO a Corner and kidded
him to a -Frazsle. They passed the Sar-
castle Shots at the Rate Of one per Second
with no Return. although frequently he had
told that he was a great Hand for Repartee.
They hurled the Javelins into him until he
curled like a Rubber Band. The fascinating
Wiles that had played such Havoc among
the Society Bellies at other Points some
how refused TO come TO the Surface. All
he could do was shift his Legs and look
Sheepish. In the whole course of the Even
ing he found his Voice s times, but he
didn't say anything that would nave in
duced a Girl TO leave her comfortable Home.
After the first half hour they wouldn't
have known that he was there at all if he
hadn't got in the Way occasionally.
Moral-Copper all Confessions.
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TOOLS USED BY BURGLARS
COLLECTION OF ODD INSTRUMENTS
AT POLICE STATION.
Queer-shnped Pieces of Steel and
Many Sorts of PistoIs-Use
of 'the Outsider"

1t is often asked what the police do with
the burglar tools they gather in. On a
visit TO the police station and the detec-
tives' room one will find neatly packed
away in a series of lockers queer-shaped
pieces Of steel, pistols OF many patterns
and other used by the thief.
These tools range from the slender skeleton
key used by the sneak thief to the Jimmie
and hammers used by the safe blowers. In
looking over this mass of odd material 1t is
surprising to see what ingenuity men dis
play in making implements of robbery.
In the lockers in the rear of the detec-
tives' room the tools are piled until there
is no room for any more and then a day
comes when it is necessary to "clean
house and all the material which has ac-
cumulated is taken down stairs. Here it is
piled carefully in one section OF the big
cellar. Each piece is placed with others of
its kind. A record is made OF everything
taken from a burglar and is given TO the
superintendent Of police. who places il in
a safe in his office. where 1t remains.
A detective was asked what became Of all
this stuff and if ever an auction were held
where some Of the surplus was disposed OF.
He said: mo. we never sell anything we
take from crooks. All the queer tools we
keep down stairs in a pile. We have many
very fine makes OF pistols. but these we
retain as though they were of no further
use TO any one"
The detective then produced what APP
peared TO be a woman's curling iron and
asked his visitor what he thought il was.
He then explained that the instrument was
what is known in burglars vernacular as
the outsider" 1t is two pieces Of steel
made spoon shape and at the end there is a
small file. The two pieces OF steel are
joined together in the middle with a spring
and the other ends are placed in wooden
handles. making the instrument resemble a
curling iron. The instruments is used by
thieves who work outside 81 door that is
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9cked on the sid and with the kov -

locked on the inside and with the KEY re-
raining In the lock By the insertion OF
'fhe outsider" into the keyhole the key
can be clenched and turned by the thief.
There is in the police station a number
or queer-looking packages which have been
taken from safe blowers. II Is said that
any smooth safe blower will carry with
him only enough tools TO do the Job and OF
little worth, so that he can leave them be-
hind him without loss. Some OF these
packages can easily be deposited in a
Rocket handkerchief. and many are. The
outfit comprises in some cases a small bar
Of hard soap, a few ounces OF dynamite. a
small phial filled with nitroglycerin and a
couple OF fuses. Other safe blowers carry
with them heavier tools. such as drills.
hammers and steel wedges.
1T is a noticeable feature OF the coIlec-
ton that the old-time dark lantern is
missing. TIL detectives say that the light
fingered gentry keep up with the inven-
tons the same as men in more legitimate
business. The passing Of the dark lantern
was brought about by the introduction OF
electricity for lighting lanterns. The
clumsy dark lantern. which often caused
b~iistered fingers. is no longer in use. A
tabular affair with a storage battery in
one end and an incandescent lamp in the
other. protected by a glass bulls eye"
NOW serves the purpose. BY the pressing OF
a; ring on the top Of the tube the poles Of
the battery are connected. causing a light
TO shine through the bulls eye. This In
strument can easily be carried in a pocket.
OF late there has been little 10 add 10 the
collection OF tools i'm the police station. The
last safe blower caught In this city was
a9out a year and "A half ago. This man IS
now serving a long sentence in the North
eEn Prison. a short time ago a young man
was picked up by the detectives as a sus-
picious character. and on searching him
they found two skeleton keys In his pocket.
This was enough 10 confirm the detectives
IN their opinion Of the young fellow and
they locked him up. The next day at his
trial he was given the full limit OF the law
for having in his possession burglar tools.
getting 500 days in the wOrkhouse. These
Keys have the appearance OF being little
Fsaan
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ever cut any Melons outside of the Switch

mems Ball.
At this same Hotel there lived two or
three Young Fellows who did not use Bril-
liatine or Scented Soap, and not one Of
them had ever made Cruel Sport of the
trusting Affections of a Railway Presidents
only Child. They thought they were good
and lucky if they could sally out after
Nightfall and while away a careless Hour
with a few nice Stenographers and Music
Teachers. All they expected was a little
Coon Stuff on the Piano and then some
Dutch Lunch.
It happened that they told the Girls about
Rainbow Bill. who lived down at the Hotel
and was receiving come-back-to-me Let
tiers every Minut or two from the Leaders
of Kansas City's 400 and the Prize Beauties
of Lexington, KY, to say nothing of the
Hot LOCKER whose Old Man had just built
a. $3.50. 600 Hut outside of Philadelphia The
Girls said they would like to meet one who
had got in right will so many Of the First
Families, but they were afraid that he
wouldn't pause to daily with them. seeing
that they were on Salary. Perhaps one
accustomed TO show off in a spacious Draw
ing Room would find his Style more or less
cramped when thrown into a 6x9 Parlor OF
a so Flat. However, the Boys said hey
would try to inveigle Rainbow Bill. Only
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all he said was True he would show a Pink
Envelope with Sealing Wax on the bach
of it,.
Those who had obtained a Flash OF these
Missives noticed that they were addressed
in Blue Ink. with a little Curly Tail to each
Capital Letter, thus proving that they must
have been written by Heiresses.
One Peculiar Fact in connection with the
Killings made by this Commercial Don Juan
was that all the Victims of his Fatal
Beauty lived at least 200 miles away. Here
in the Town which was Headquarters for
him he seemed comparatively Harmless.
He could put on his fawn-coloreG Prince
Albert with "a Red Carnation and a jaun-
dice-colored Cravat and carry his gold
headed Cane all up and down the main
Thoroughfares and then come back to the
European Hotel without having any OF the
Elite tagging after him and trying TO Date
him up. In fact, II he hadn't Confessed so
often no one would have suspected that
Rainbow Bill. the human Mardi Gras. had
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08

had massive Jewels on each hand and a
Watch-Charm the size of a Paddock. When
he had combed his Hair so that il stood
up in front a la the Polite Brakeman and
whitened himself with Talcum Powder and
splashed himself with Musk and eaten a
few CachouS to perfume the Breath he was
more than Satisfied with himself. He wore
sharp-toed Patent feathers with Green
Tops at all Hours Of the Day and Night.
Bill read the Smart Set every Month and
told how much his Clothes cost, and before
he had conversed with a Stranger very
long he would bring up the Subject OF Silk
Underwear. One of the yearning Ambitions
OF his Life was to own a Seal-Skin Over
coat.
When Bill was on the Road there was
never a Waitress with a waspy Waist and
high-heeled Shoes that did not tremble vio-
lently when she handed him his Tenderloin
of Beef Larded with Mushrooms. 1t is not
often that a poor Working Girl gets a
chance to see the real Kafoozalum, al
though she often reads about him in T h
Duchess"
AT the Hotel which he illuminated with
his Presence Bill was won't to gather a
few Friends about him and tell OF all the
@AHEE NADANN ~ AHI1 ANNNIAs TIC lCA 4 NC
understood that when he held up one Finger
and whistled they came running from all
Directions.
His Stock Narrative always began with
a Scene in a ParlOr Car. According 10 his
Tell it was practically impossible for him
10 ride any Distance In a Pullman without
having some Society Girl OF ravishing
Beauty FIX a hungry Gaze on him and begin
10 wigwag for a Better Acquaintance. She
was usually the Daughter OF a Cincinnati
Millionaire with a Swell Place on Walnut
Hills, or mayhap ne learned afterward that
she belonged 10 a Prominent Family living
on Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. If he cared
10 mention Names he could tell OF a certain
Party that moved in the very highest Push
OF Fifth Avenue who wanted 10 break off
an Engagement with a Guy from Boston.
and all on his Account. HI was a Devil
among the Women and he admitted II. As
soon as a Lady had counted up his Rings
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Susie \. bcst. IN LnDincott's.
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and Lockets and got a good Whit Of the
Musk she Capitulated and fell in a Swoon.
Sometimes when the Pipe was drawing
very freely he would tell all about being in
vited out to spend the Evening with a GER
tain Queen whose Father owned one of the
principal Banks in Omaha. To prove that
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/ Mr.. Benjew. and the undersras.


Chicago Tribune.
Educational circles are laughing AZ an ex-
ceedingly funny story told 0f r Andramin
BanJaws. formerly or lsls city. but now
president OF a Western college.
IAN Undergraduate addressed this question
"a him ons day.
fNr. BSnJaws. In this sentence, I will
knife hirH II he does Il again. is knife used
correctly? 90
anstahtly the distinguished educator re-
sEondfd.
I'm ~cOrrsct use OF the knife, as I sun
Bhsed everybody knew. Il IN eating pig
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A Drove OF Mavericks was herded every
Night in a sad European Hotel. One OF
them was a Lady-Killer. who didn't deny
IL. He had left a Trail OF Broken Hearts
from Penobscot, Me, TO Puget Sound. He
had a Style of Beauty made familiar by
the Wood-Cuts in the Weekly Story Paper.
He was the Police Gazette's idea of a Gent.
Also he was an identical Ringer for the
polished Villain OF the Ten-Twent-and-
Thirt Repertoire Troupe. He had a long.
silky Gamblers Mustache and he wore en-
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broidered Suspenders He was Elegant In
every Detail kTrust him for that.
His name buld have been Chiffon Trav-
ers or LiouT Lyndhurst, but his Parents
could nor ftretell that he would grow up
90 be licuFed once a Week. so they
called him Bill
he wore 81 1nn Fronts and Velvet Collars
and put BriNantine on the Mustache. Bill
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Thanksgiving Trust.

Lord. ! give thanks
Last year. Thou kn0west. my best ambitions
failed;
back with scoSrgings OF defeat was failed;
Ny eyes felt oft the sharp salt wash Of tears;
No guerdon blessed the ~tireloss toll OF years:
Fast In the snareS my helpless feet were tied.
Yet in my woes Thou didst with me abide.
Lord, i give thanks
Susie n. Beet, IN Lppincott's.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-11
APLICACION DEL MAlZ

Hasta muy recientemente ell tnaiz Sc uti!i
7aba tan SOLO como articulo para la al1menta-
ci0n del hombre para algunos de los aEima-
les dom6sticos, pero Ia ciencia, que no descui-
da NADIA ha encontradO e diversas mate
rfas, de las cuaes SAGA muy buen partido Ia
industrial; de modo que, por grandes que las
cosechas sean, adelante Sc dfspondra facil-
mente no solo del grano, sino tambien de as
mazorcas desgranadas, hasta del tronco,pues
que va NADIA Sc desperdicia.
Una de las mas importantes aplicaciones
que tiene es la de la fabrica ci6n de polvors sin
humo Los Gooiernos de las naciones prinei~
pales han gastado ya. dntcamente en- la fabr-
caci6n de ese explosive, mlones de litros lie
alcohol de malz, y 10 parece que su enpleo SO
hava de restringir por ahora
No menos importantes para los producto-
res de msfz son los otros veinte productos de
dfversas elases que Sc sacan de el y gra-
cias A las cuales Sc utiizan, como va hemos d.
cho las mazorcas hasta ell tronco, parties que
antes no tenfan aceptaci6n, excepto agunas
yeces como materia com bustible de muy esca-
so valor. Entire esos dos productos Sc cuentan
dos especie de gucosa, tres de azdcar, dos de
almid6n, tres de gonna, dos de acete, gluten,
dextrina, pasta una materia que puede ser
vir de subsistuto para la gonna elias tica, articu-
10 cada vez mas escaso valfoso.
Estos productos Sc empean en- la prepara-
ci6n de jarabes, cervezas, cuero, conseryas,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-11
EI pu|gar y ell cerebro

Las ciencias m6dicas naturaes saben
desde hace mucho tempo que las extremda-
des tanto de los animales como del hombre,
Sc desarrolan roporcionainente con reaci6n
la nteligencia, tambien que ciertas regio-
nes del cerebro correspondent estan en- comu-
nicaci6n directa con ciertas parties del cuerpo.
De la aplicacion de este ntimo principle
ha haolado recientemente ejemplo muy no.
table,
Habfa ell famoso Hospital de San Lucas
de Chicago muchacho que sufrfa epilepsia
que POGO POGO Sc iba quedando imbecil y
paralftico, pesar de todns los tratamientos.
Empez6 por perder ell hueso los dedos pull
gares, al POGO tempo le hab1a invadido la
paraliss TODD ell lado derecho El m6dico que
le asistia Sc flo Ell detalle de por donde ha
ba empezado la paralisis, es deeir por la afro
fa de los pnlgares, decide operar al chico
en- la parte del cerebro que correspondfa a
aqnelos dedos.
Qn.t6e IN pedacito de bueso del craneo
en- aque sitio vic que, en- efecto, aQueia par
te estaba hipertrofada y producfa una preston
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-11

FL com bate, que tuvo lugar cerca de klers-
dorp dur6 II horas, sin victoria senalada para
ninguno de ambos ejercitos, pero sufriendo
los ingleses la p6rdida de coronel IS soda-
dos muertos.
Las baias de los federales fuerou muchas,
pero Sc desconOcen.
En vista de 6rdenes recibidas del gobierno
ingles lord kitchener ha dispuesto la crea-
ciou en- cada distrto del Africa del Sur, de trl-
bunales miiitares para que juzguen sumaria-
mente todos los beers prisioneros les I'M
popgan les mas severos crueles castigos que
merezcan.
Ell DEPARTMENT. de Ia Guerra, po
acuerdo expreso del Gobierno, ha CON municado
al generalfsjmo lord Kitchener que suspenda
Embellishments todo genero de negoeisclones
con los iefes de las fnerzas beers, y proceda
con toda energfa juzgpry castigar los prisio-
neros que se .encuentren en- So poder hayan
faltado las leyes de la guerra.
~Despachos de esta manana, dan cuenta
de que los beers han penetrado despueS de ven
Ger Ia resistencia ingesa, en- la Colonia del
CabO.
Ell comando Schespers vencio la escasa
guarncion de Mnrraysburg, quemando los
edifcios, por haberse Incorporate los habl-
tantes las caiumnas ingesas
La opinion esta alarmada en- Londres, te-
mi6ndose la guerra de represalia que hasta
ahora no habfan seguido los republicanos.
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Pensamientos piadosos

Tn clerigo que iba bordo de un vapor
Sc acel CO uno de compa1eros de via je y
empezo 4 bablarle sobre los peligros de una
travesfa por Ell mar.
5Ha uensado listed a'guna vez cuan cer-
ca Sc haIa toda persona viviente de las puef-
tas de la muerte
"A cada paso estoy pensando en clio.
-sY no cree usted que la idea de la eter-
nidad nos aivierte que debemos estar prepa-
rados vivir de manera que en- ell momento de
morir partamos de aquf en- paz.
-Esa es cabalmente mi opinion, no hay
persona quien no predique la misma doctri-
ma ; pero la gente esta tan infatuada, que no
me owe nj hace case de mis- palabras.
-iC6mo! sSegdn ESQ, es usted un colega
mio en- ell ministerio sacerdotal? Sin embar-
go. 4 iuzgar por su traje 20 hubiera creido....
Soy sgente de una compahia de seguros
sobre la vida.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-07-11

Alberto esta ell piano..
Va no roza ell mari aqualia mano
mas blanca cue ell marfil.
La tierna meodfa
que q media voZ cantaba, tOdayia
descansa en- el atril.
En- ell salon desierto
ell polyo ha penetrado y ha cubierto
los muebles que ella us6,
de la chimenea
sobre ell rojo tapz no balances
su p&ndola ell rei6
La aguia, detenida
en- la hora cruel de Su partida,
Otra no marcaf8.
Junto al hogar, va frfo,
tiende sus brazos ell sill6n vacfo
que esperandola esta.
e come uzado encaje,
IN rinc6n, espera qHien trabaje
su delcada red ...
De su autor preferdo,
la obra, en- ell pasaje interrumpdo
conserva la senal...
Aparece un instante
del espeio en- Ell fondo su semblante.
He mentido ell cristal.
En- pavorosa calma
creciendo van las som mbras. en- mi alma
van creciendo tam bi6n.
Por Ell combate rudo
vencido al fin, sobre ei piano mudo
yengo q apoyar mi sien.
Al golpear mi frente
la MADEIRA, sus cuerdas tristemente
comienZan vibrar.
En- la caia sonora
brota IN sordo rumor. Alguien cue llora
al VERNE asmf llorar .....
Es un largo lamento
al que Sc liga conocido aumento
que Sc alicia veloz.
En- la estancia som6ria
suena otra vez la tierna nelodla
que ella cantaba siempre q media VOC.
Ricardo Gil.