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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-04-15
The Oxford peimucrat.
SOUTH PARIS.

SOUTH PARIS POST OFFICE
Office Hours 6 90 to I 90 A. u; 5 90 A. u. to
sOOP.M.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Commencing November 3, 1901,
TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PARIS
Going down-6OS A. NJ, daily, Sundays In
,,nIe,5 80 A. NJ, 4++ P. NJ
Going up-lO 90 A. NJ. rs p. NJ, S00P. n,
daily, sundays included). Sunday only, sI6
An.
CHURCHES
y,rst Congregational Church. Rev. W. +.
R-o.ks. u. D., pastor. Preaching services, 10 as
N and : 90 p. NJ; sunday School IL M; Y.
p : g. l. att p. NJ; Church prayer meeting on
rre..lav evening at 80 O'Clock. All, not other
o. con uected, are cordially invited.
yetbo.list Church, Rev. A. W. Pottle. Pastor.
na sunday, morning prayer meeting. $50 A.
:. rrrarhing service 10 AS A. NJ; Sabbath School
- ~ EpwOrth League Meeting, SIS p. u. /;
coming PRAYER meeting p. NJ; prayer meeting
rre.Iay evening; class meeting, Friday evening.
Bsutist church, Rev. T. J. Ramsdell, Pastor.
IN Slp. iav, preaching service 10 As A. NJ; Sab
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-04-15

SOUTH PARIS POST OFFICE.
Office Hours 90 TO 90 A. -; 90 A. u. to
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-04-15

Aretas Z. Stearns, Rumford Falls
6ershan Z. Bickford. Rumford Falls.
Leland B. Lane, Falmouth, Mass,
D.. G. NJ. Bishee, RumsOrd Falls,
9sille J. GOnyS. Rumf0rd Falls.
John j. Calhoun. Rumford Falls.
Dr, j. Abbott Nile, Rumf0rd Falls
Alden u. Gates, Rumford Falls
Iuelus Z. Bates, South Paris.
FRED w. Sanborn, Norway.
DIT r. III. Andrews. West Sumner.
Hosea B. Whitman, Mexico,
Mr.. Lane is to be cashier of the bank
Tie Is native of Sumner, son of thu
late John NJ. Lane. He graduated from
Bowdoin College in 1881, and after beins
admitted to the bar in Iowa and practic
ing law there some three years, he re
turned from preference to teaching as
profession. He has been principal o
the high school in Falmouth, Mass.
Tor the past eleven years.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24

| My life had not been saved from the
shore, but from the sea. An American
vessel becalmed in the oting, had
made out the brig as the sun rose, and
the captain, having his time on his
hands in consequence of the calm and
seeing a vessel anchored where no YES
sci had any reason to be, had manned
one of his boats and sent his mate
with it to look a little closer into the
matter and bring back report Of what
he saw.
What he saw when he and his men
found the brig deserted and boarded
her was CLEAN of candlelight through
the chink in the hatchway. The flame
was within about a threads breadth
of the slow match when he lowered
himself into the hold, and if he had
not had the sense and GOODNESS to cut
the match in two with his knife before
he touched the candle he and his men
might have been blown up along with
the brig as well as 1. The match
caught and turned into sputtering red
fire in the very act of putting the can
die out, and If the communication with
the powder barrel had not been cut
off the Lord only knows what might
have happened.
What became of the Spanish schoon-
er and the pilot have never heard
from that day to this.
AS for the brig, the Yankees took
her, as they took me, to Trinidad and
claimed their salvage and got it,
hope, for their own sakes. was land
ed just in the same state as when they
rescued me from the brig-that is to
say, clean out of my senses. But please
remember it was a long time ago, and,
take my word for it, 1 was discharged
cured, as have told you. Bless your
hearts, I'm all right now, as you may
see. I'm little shaken by telling the
story, as is only natural-a little shak-
en-, my good friends; that's all.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
He Spoke Too Quick.

A certain well known Frenchman, an
octogenarian, spent most of his time
In his younger days in Paris hunting
up valuable books among the second
hand bookshops. He rarely came
across find" but his fervor never
abated. He was a bachelor and for a
housekeeper had an extremely plain
woman, who, however, had caught
from her master the taste for old
books and occasionally came home
with an armful when she had been
marketing. One day the housekeeper
appeared with parcel Of books wrap
ped In paper and asked her master to
look at them. Among the rubbish was
small volume bound in red morocco.
What have you paid for this?' the
master gasped after looking at the
title page. Thirty sous for the lot"
the servant replied "But, my good
woman, this book alone is worth 10000
francs!' the bibliomaniac went on and
the moment after regretted the unwise
speech. The woman pricked up her
ears, and In vain did the master try to
recall his remark. "I'll give you 100
francs for it," he said. "But monsieur
said just now it was worth 10000"
III give you 800" "'No, no." "Seven
hundred and fifty" But it was no use
and, to make a long story short, the
master married the bonnie in order to
obtain the first edition of the "Hen-
cameron" Q559).
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
THROUGH THE HEART OF THE
ROCKIES s.

Everybody knows that the scenic
and most interesting route across the
continent is by way of Salt Lake
City-"the City of the Saint" -and
the Canon of the Grand River, Ten
nessee Pass, Eagle River Canon, the
Royal Gorge, the Black Canon of
the Gunnison or Marshall Pass, all
of which are views seen from the
car windows of the Denver & Rio
Grande R. R. Through Sleeping
and Dining Car Service to Denver,
Omaha, Kansas City, st. Louis or
Chicago. Stop-over privilege is
granted on all classes of tickets.
Personally Conducted Excursions.
Write for copy of "Crossing the
Rockies" to l. A. Benton, General
Agent, Passenger Dept, Salt Lake
City.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24

Rousseau, the originator Of the
"Comic Tribunals" amused himself Of
an evening, along with a few friends
in pulling down the signboards and
changing their places. Next day he
would write in the papers, when will
the prefecture Of police rid us Of the
gang Of ruffians that disturb the pub
lie peace and annoy our worthy shop
keepers?" The authorities, thus put
on their mettle, set few extra de-
tectives at work, with the result that
Rousseau himself was arrested and
taken before the commissaire.
"Your nameW inquired that function
airy.
Rousseau"
"Your professionT
ACTRESS at the Odeon."
"What did you say?"
ACTRESS at the Odeon."
my dear sir, this is not the place to
carry on the silly jokes you have been
practicing in the streets. You might
have to smart for it, you know"
Monsieur lie commissaire," said
rousseau, tine pretty women at the
Odeon theater are not to be prevailed
upon to take the parts of old ladies'
and the manager has decided to en-
gage a few gentlemen for the purpose,
and I am among the number 1 was
therefore quite correct in saying that
am an actress at the Odeon."
And the commissaire gravely wrote
down, IN. Rousseau, actress at the
Odeon."-Magazin DIES Families.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24

Stops the Cough and Works off the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No Cure, no
pay. Price 25 cents.
OLD PAPERS 20 cents a hun
dred at the Signal office.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
A SAILORS STORY

| as early as this. The snuff of the can
die was growing taller and taller, anl
the length Of tallow between the flame
and the slow match, which was thu
length of my life was getting shorter
and shorter. 1 calculate that L had
rather less than an hour and a half tc
| live.
An hour and a half! Was there a
chance in that time of q boat pulling
off to the brig from shore? Whether
the land near which the vessel was
anchored was in possession of our side
or in possession Of the enemy's side,
made out that they must sooner or
later send to hail the brig merely be-
cause she was stranger in those
parts. The question for me was, How
soon? The sun had not risen yet, as
could tell by looking through the chink
In the hatch. There was no coast vii
lage near us, as we all knew before
the brig was seized by seeing no lights
on shore. There was no wind, as l
could tell by listening, to bring any
strange vessel near. If l had had six
hours to live, there might have been
chance for me, reckoning from sun
rise to noon. But with an hour and q
half, which had dwindled to an hour
and a quarter by this time, or, in other
words, with the earliness of the morn
Ing, the uninhabited coast and the dead
calm all against me, there was not the
ghost of chance. AS l felt that, l had
another struggle, the last, with my
bonds, and only cut myself the deeper
for my pains.
l gave in once more and Law quiet
and listened for the splash of the
sweeps.
Gone! Not sound could l hear but
the blowing of fish now and then on
the surface of the sea and the creak of
the briggs crazy old spars as she rolled
gently from side to side with the little
swell there was on the quiet water.
An hour and a quarterI The wick
grew terribly as the quarter slipped
away and the charred top Of it began
to thicken and spread out mushroom
shape. 1t would fall off soon. Would
1t fall off redhot, and would the swing
of the brig cant it over the side of the
candle and let it down on the slow
match? If 1t would, l had about ten
minutes to live instead of an hour.
This discovery set my mind for a
minute on new tack altogether. l be-
gan to ponder with myself what sort
Of death blowing up might be. Pain
full! Well, it would be surely too sud-
den for that Perhaps just one crash
inside me or outside me or both and
nothing more. Perhaps not even a
crash; that and death and the scatter
Ing of this living body of mine into
millions of fiery sparks might all hap
pen In the same instant l couldn't
make it out. l couldn't settle how II
would be. The minute of calmness in
my mind left it before 1 had half done
thinking. and got all abroad again.
When came back to my thoughts,
a. when they came back to me. 1 can't
say which, the wick was awfully tall.
the fame was burning with a smoke
above 1t, the charred top was broad
and red and heavily spreading out to
its fall.
Ny despair and horror at seeing it
took me In new way, which was
good and right at any rate for my poor
soul. tried to pray-in my own heart,
you will understand, for the gag put
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
From Prairie Schooner to Overland
Limited.

Under this title the July Review
of Reviews contains we'll illustrated
article that deals with the history
snd development of the Chicago &
North Western Ry., one of the larg-
est and best managed railway prop
critics in the country. The article is
especially timely by reason of the re-
cent opening of the North Westerns
new double track across the plains
from Chicago to the Missouri River
at Council Bluffs.
1t should be read by all who are
interested in the rapid growth of the
Northwest. Copies of the article
bound in Review of Reviews covers,
can be secured on application to G.,
A. Walker, the Northwestern's repre-.
sentative in Salt Lake City.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
Continued from Saturday issue.


( He was on deck again the moment
after, and lie and the two others showed
the hatch on over me. At the farthest
end from where 1 lay they had no
fitted it down quite true, and l saw 6
blink of daylight glimmering in wher
/ looked in that direction. l heard the
sweeps Of the schooner fall into the
water, splash, splash, fainter and faint.
er as they swept the vessel out in the
dead calm, to be ready for the wind
In the otflng = fainter and fainter,
splash, splash, for a quarter of an
hour or more.
While those sounds were in my ears
my eyes were fixed on the candle.
1t had been freshly lighted If left
to itself, it would burn for between
ak and seven hours. The slow match
was twisted round it about third Of
the way down, and therefore the fame
would be about two hours reaching it.
There l lay, gagged, bound, dashed to
the floor. Seeing my own life burning
down with the candle by my side.
there lay, alone on the sea, doomed
to be blown to atoms and to see that
doom drawing on nearer and nearer
with every fresh second of time
through nigh on two hours to come,
powerless to help myself and speech
less to call for help to others. The
wonder to me Is that didn't cheat the
fame, the slow match and the powder
and die of the horror of my situation
before my first half hour was out in
the hold Of the brig.
can't exactly say how long l kept
the command of my senses after 1 had
ceased to hear the splash Of the
schooner's sweeps in the water. l can
trace back everything l did and every
thing l thought up to certain point,
but once past that I get all abroad
and lose myself in my memory now,
much as l lost myself in my own feel
fngs at the time.
The moment the hatch was covered
over me l began, as every other man
would have begun in my place, with a
frantic effort to free my hands. In the
mad panic was in cut my flesh with
the lashings as II they had been knife
blades, but l never stirred them. There
was less chance still of freeing my
legs or Of tearing myself from the
fastenings that held me to the floor.
gave in when l was all but suffocated
for want of breath. The gag, you will
please to remember, was a terrible en-
envy to me. | could only breathe freely
through my nose, and that is but a
poor vent when a man is straining his
strength as far as ever it will go.
l gave in and lay quiet and got my
breath again. my eyes glaring and
straining at the candle all the time.
While | was staring at it the notion
struck NE of trying to blow out the
fame by pumping a long breath at it
suddenly through my nostrils. 1t was
TOO high above me and too far away
from me to be reached in that fashion.
1 tried and tried and tried, and then I
gave In again and lay quiet again, al
ways with my eyes glazing at the can
die and the candle glaring at me. The
splash Of the schooner's sweep was
very faint by this time. I could only
just hear them In the morning stiffness,
splash, splash, fainter and fainter.
splash, splash.
Without exactly feeling my mind
rang, l began to feel it getting queer
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
Luncheon in Denver To-day, Dinner il
Chicago Tomorrow,

made possible by "The Rocky Noun
tain Limited" via Rock Island
Route. Leaves Denver l p. m. an
Colorado Springs LEO p. M. daily.
Free chair cars and dining cars fol-
all meals. Midday luncheon, fifty
cents.
N6R
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
Buy Castle Gate or Rock Springs
coal from Kimball If
Gun repairing at Jenney's.

Blue print Thunder Mountain
maps, accurate, loo each, post
paid. AT Signal Office.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
DENVER a. RIO GRANDS'
AND
RIO GRANDE WESTERN

the scenic llns
world and the only
mental line passing through y. y !.
City. Three fast trains u'n' ,
points east. Through fu' o,l
Tourist cars daily between Nm,
Salt Lake City, ann Denvs.' =,
st. LOUIS and Chicago. p :, thrd
service a la Carte on -, .mpI
trains. For descriptive r.
or other information, adcre'. os
|. A. BESr :. !
Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept, o., sosp
City, Utah, or any ucKe'
Old papers for sale az w., w
Office at 20 cents q hunui'
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
Pacific 8 Idaho
Northern y
ONLY DIRECT
PAIL ROUTE

ONLY DlRECr =
RAIL ROUTE mn
FROM WEISER, IDAHO, IT,
Ruthburg, Heath, and the cele s1aas NJ
Devils Copper mines. Payettes L Ia Ri,s i
Salubria, and Long Valleys, Salmon A''
dows, and Gold Placer Diggings' nav
When travelling west in search u tin i, Oye|
stop off at Weiser, Idaho, take " trp sbOy)
Pacific & Idaho Northern Hallway y u. ms1
ton Of country, and inyestlgs soIrtsd j
sources. You will not be dlsaPEPsoaiTTITSD'
Cool night breezes from the snow-o'pf'
tains, making sleep refreshing;
NO MALARIA; ,mrp |
PURE MOUNTAIN w Wa govern
Plenty of excellent unoccupse,us timbel
land, abundance Of mercnsn'a'''
failure OF crops.
TRAIN SCHEponD All
Dep. Daily Ex. So
Elk. Sunday. 5:@
$3.50 a, IN. Weiser:, 3:2
1924 Middle Valley s:S
I0:55 Cambridge IFS
II 80 q. m. Counci ,.,n;sbed
Rates and further information
application. q p SHELBY,
ceneral Manager. Wes'f' ~
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-12-24
Settler 5 Rates,

Weiser, Idaho. Dec. 9th, 1902.
Editor: AS an item of interest beg 10
advise that from February 10Th, 1908,
until April Both 1903, the following chean
one way second class settlers rates from
Ine east 10 points on the Oregon Short
Line will be in effect as follows:
10 Huntington and main line inter
mediate points.
From.
0nicago. ............ ........... $3.50 so
bloomington. ........... 30 30
evr'a: $3.50. .................. 2S so
% ~ LOUIS, 49,. 81 so
Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchin-
son, st. Joe, Council Bluffs
., and Omaha. ................. % so
Sioux City .................. 25 30
o. raul. .................. 80. 25 40
Your truly,
j. w. LAPISH, Agent.
The Daily soliphone., 1902-04-28
GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE.
Man with Fine TonsiIs Gets Tip from Doctor and Makes Life Mis-
 erabIe for His Wife.

After living for years in domestic harmony, clouds of discord have gathered about the erstwhile sunny horizon of an east side home. It all came about through the delusion of the head of the family that he is gifted with a wonderful singing voice. He had never displayed any evidence of vocal talent during his early youth, and he thus passed through this stage of life without in curing the animosity of neighbors and friends. He used to occasionally hum an air in the absent-minded way of the preoccupied man-that was all And when he took upon himself the marital ties there was nothing to indicate that he possessed ambitions that would in the future mar the happiness of two loving and trusting souls, relates the Detroit Free Press.
 There came one sad day, however, when he discovered that he had a deep, melodious voice = a basso pro- fundo with the penetrating power of a freighter in a fog. The discovery was made accidentally. He contract ed some climatic difficulty with his throat and went to consult physi- cion. The M. D. made thorough ex- amina tion, and, after saying: 'Two dollars, please" incidentally re- marked: "You have the finest pair of tonsils for singing purposes ] have ever seen in all my profession al career. It's a wonder to me you haven't cultivated your voice long before this"
 That was the beginning of serious trouble. The misguided man at once engaged the services of music teacher Ca prepossessing young wom- an, by the way) and began course of instruction. There were mild ob- iections from his wife at first. She knew he had no voice fer singing, but he was obdurate, and things have finally come to such pass that it will not be surprising if the contro- versy ended in the divorce courts. Of course the music teacher encour- ages the deluded man, and his mania for singing" has reached such a stage as to positively interfere with his business. He is liable to break forth into melody at any hour and without the slightest provocation. No music is too heavy or complicat- ed. He especially delights in as- saults upon grand opera, and with his local disturbances and the com ing of the street musicians of the springtime, the neighbors are talk ing of forming a vigilance commit taa
The Daily soliphone., 1902-04-28
CORN WINE FOR THE PRINCE.
First Acquaintance of the Kafser's Brother and Suite with Ken
 lucky Whisky.

Those who are struggling back to Washington from the Prince Henry tour have a few good stories. One of these relates to Cincinnati ex- perience, says the Commercial-Trib une.
 As the train was pulling out of Cincinnati Admiral Evans approached the princes car, where he was chat ting with members of his suite and others, with two fat bottles under his arm. The American sailor said: "In this, the Queen City of the West, I have been able to secure two fine bottles of the real American drink" '"
 There was shown immediately the greatest interest on the part of the Germans They asked many ques- tions, and Fighting Bob" gave a wonderful lot of information. He said that, so far as general use was concerned, the word whisky was not understood He said it was applied to almost any liquor, red in color, distilled from grain
 But the corn wine, the real Amer lcan whisky, IS procured m US 1ihest shape right here in Kentucky, he went on enthusiastically. This is the American drink, and I want his royal highness to have good drink on it's native soil"
 An order was given and servant brought out large tumblers. Admiral Evans opened the bottles himself and filled each tumbler brimming full. Some slipped it, some took great gulps, and the sailor continued to tell of the merits of the great American drink. The Germans tired pretty hard to finish their great tum- blers of whisky, but finally gave it up, and the sailor man let them off with good laugh for their grave eff. forts. Water was ordered, and the prince paid the proper compliment to the great American drink.
The Daily soliphone., 1902-04-28
Wants to Help Others.

''I had'stomach trouble all my life, " says Edw. Mehler, proprietor of the Union Bottling Works, Erie, Pa, "and tried all kinds of remedies, went to sev- sral doctors and spent considerable money trying to get moments peace. Finally read of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and have been taking it to my great satisfaction. l never found it's equal for stomach trouble and gladly recon mend it in hope that may help other sufferers. "aKodol Dyspepsia Cure cures all stomach troubles. You don't have to diet. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat. The Globe Drug Store.
The Daily soliphone., 1902-04-28
q VALUABLE MEDICINE

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 ''I have not the slightest hesitancy in recommending Chambertain's Cough Remedy to all who suffering from coughs or colds," says Chas.M. Cramer. Esq well known watch maker, Of Colombo, Ceylon. "It has been some two years since the City Dispensary first called my attention no this valuable medicine and have repeatedly used it and it has always been beneficial It has cured me quickly of all chess colds. It is especially effective for children and seldom takes more than one bottle to cure them of hoarseness. l have per- suaded many to try this valuable medi- cine, and they are all as well pleased as myself over the results. = For sale 'by R. c. Grizzard.