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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16
BlSBEE BUYS SPEED.

b. II. BIsBEE OF EAST SUMNER BUYS IN
NEW YORK THE FASTEST MARE EVER
OWNED IN MAINE.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16

B. X. Dow killed pig months old
which dressed $40 pounds. Who beats
that?
Simon Dow is visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. b. X. Dow, for few days.
Charles Starbird has gone to Haver-
hill, Mass, to work this winter
j. G. Crawford is laid up with an alb
scess.
James Thompson is stopping with Mr..
and Mrs. Co. G.. Fuller and doing the
chores this winter.
p. A. Crawford has bought 20 sheep
of Abner Benson.
James Thompson's health is quite
poor and he thinks he will not be able to
stay at G.. G.. Fuller'S and do the chores.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16

A paragraph now floating around
through the miscellany columns of the
newspapers says that Tomatoes are
said TO ripen best by the light of the
moon" But that's moonshine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16
ERYERnaG

Noyes Drug Store, Norway, is JUS
filled this year with useful and orna-
mental Christmas gifts.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16
WI! SONS MILLS

\. X. Bennett was taken to the Maine
General Hospital at Portland Wednes-
day for surgical operation.
Dr.. Pulsifer of Berlin has kindly
stayed by the sick the past week.
E. 5. Bennett is laid up with a cut
foot.
Died, Dec. 5, of pneumonia, j. c..
Bean, aged 20. He had been town
treasurer nearly twenty years. Mrs.
Bean died very suddenly last July.
Born, Dec. 6, to Mr. and Mrs. r. S.
Bean, a daughter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16
ChiIdren's Dresses
Dressing Sacques

Now is the time for warm, wool dress
ing sacques.
One lot of wool eiderdown in pink,
blue and reds, collar trimmed with black
braid, crocheted edge, fastens with rib
bon and frogs, $1.OO
This is only one from our large stock.
Others from SOC. to S1.0S
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16
Rugs

These are useful as we'll as orna-
Many styles and patterns from
75c. to S3.S7
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16
Silk Moreen Petticoats
Perfumes

A full line of Pratt's perfumes and
toilet preparations. All first-class goods.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-12-16

Christmas owat friends still h
look Glad
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08

there are not good schools II he can
manage in any way to make home for
himself in a community where there
are good school facilities.
All things else being equal, that city
or section which has good public schools
Will be the city or section to attract the
most desirable settlers. If any man
doubts this let him make inquiries
among men who have children to edu-
cate. There IS no stronger inducement
that any community can offer to settlers
Of desirable class than frst-class
schools Negatively speaking, unless
community has good public schools 1t
viii not attract settlers Worse than
that, its best families are very apt to
pick up and move away. as in the case
Of the Tennessee man. The conclusion
is irresistible that from whatever point
Of view public schools are a factor and
a necessary factor in the progress and
prosperity of any community.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
Where 1t Started.

In Virginia and North Carolina our in
dependence was asserted long before the
Declaration was signed in Philadelphia.
The spirit of revolt was In the air
years before the Fourth of July. IS,
especially in our Southern colonies. which.
according to Edmund Burke and Lord
Chatham, contained a larger proportion
Of liberty loving people than the North.
In every early assertion of independence
Southern men took the lead-in the Vir-
gina Legislature. at Mecklenburg, y. c.,
and at Philadelphia.
II these Southerners did the most Of
the talking and writing at that time they
also did most Of the fighting. Every
historical record containing the facts
shows that the South furnished more
troops than the North In the revolution.
The North was practically licked and
was Swarming with tories. when the bat
tie of Guilford Courthouse, in North Car
Dina. turned the tide in our favor. and
led to the surrender Of CORVALLIS at
Yorktown.
The North has always had a set of ac-
tive fellows who We're better at writing
history than in making it. The scribblers
and artists up there have been busy for
generations magnifying the part their
section took in the revolution. and our
Southern children are still studying their
text books and growing up in ignorance
of the fact that the men of the South
started the war. Won its decisive battles.
saved the colonies. established the Union.
formed its Constitution and mapped out
the policy which has made this the great
est and most powerful nation on the
globe--Atlanta Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
THE BUSINESS SIDE OF PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.

In discussing the question Of public
education ne have from time to time
tried to impress the fact upon the tax
payers OF the State that there is u bus
mess side TO the public-school system.
First of all, if we would keep pace with
The progressive States of the Union We
must have an educated citizenry, and tc
that end we must have good schools.
This is peculiarly an age of education
in its broadest sense. We must educate
men to work intelligenuy-to work with
the head as well as with the hand That
has now become an axiom Of industry.
But that is not the whole of the bus
mess side Of the pubrc-schoob qu,as-
ton The Atlantic Educational Jour
nal tells of man who was born and
reared in one of the leading counties of
East Tennessee lie received a college
education and took up farming as a vo-
cation. He now has a wife and i've
children. Recently he sold his farm
and decided to move to another locality.
When asked why he decided to forsake
his old home, he replied:
II am sorry to pull up and leave, but
] have five children. My Oldest is a
boy fifteen years old. In graded
school lie would be about sixth grade.
When i was at his age l was ready for
the junior class in college. l went to a
subscription school. The public schools
have broken up the subscription schools.
but don't fill their places.
I'VE had last session in my district
two and half months Of school. The
teacher is paid u small salary, and, of
course, YOU can't get q good teacher 10
teach such a short time on poor sal
airy. We have had as much as eight
months in n year but not often. The
schools arc not graded, and the job OF
teaching is given out 10 cheap teachers.
The school trustees have bought diction-
aries and expensive maps that are
worthless and rarely used and in one
instance $500 worth of useless stuff OF
this kind was bought.
Il must educate my children. / have
waited and worked in vain for good
schools in the community, and one time
] was a director. ] can't wait any lon
ger can't let my children grow up
IN ignorance and ] am going to a place
where they can get good schooling"
We do not vouch for this story, al
though we have every reason 10 believe
that it is entirely true. But. whether
no or not, the illustration illustrates
The man in this age who has the prop.
or regard FOR the training Of his chill
dren will not live In community where
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
TREND OF THOUGHT in DIXIE LAND.

the good that may come OF success, ana
the others prefer going down win
corpse tied around their necks II all
get what they are after we presume they
will be content.
fscussinc the question of the scarcity
of farm labor in the South. the New Or
lears State says:
"The truth is the negro IS ceasing 10
be reliable as an employe LOT nahiils
a, crop, and it is merely a question OF
time when our farmers and planters VIII
realize that the only remedy is lHmlsra-
tion from Europe, and that steps VIII
have to be taken to import farm laoor
from the agricultural dlstrlcts OIL llie
OLD World, It was this kind OF lm1niSra-
zion that built up and made prosperous
Tho rreat states of the Northwest, and
# is the kind the South needs and should
secure to supply the growing demand LOT
farm labor.
u.1e Jacksonville Times-Union is In Ia
yor of the purchase of the necessary land
and the establishment of the proposed
Appalachian Park, and thinks the oppo-
neuts of the scheme are drawing the
oout .'just a little too fine TO argue
| that the government, which has millions
OF acres IN reservation ldIiuS III LIS "
cannot lawfully own and care for the
park" It says:
True the lands reserved in the west
we're already public property, but When
the property of the whole people can De
reserved for a specific purpose, why can
not the whole people acquire property
for the same purpose?
There are thousands OF southerners
WHO will offer a hearty amen to the foi-
lowing from the Atlanta Journal:
"Now that we in the South have begun
to observe the Fourth of July like true
Americans, maybe the time will soon
come when we will observe Christmas
like Christians-cr at least not like saw
ages"
The Birrnin CHAM Age-Herald ADDS TO
the list of great things Accomplished IN
the nineteenth century the rise of ath-
letics.,' and gives 1860 as the date of the
ltginning of the rise OF the passion for
athletics It says:
This passion has spread until 1t af-
fects all No city is now without an
ri ietic club. and all bow in one way or
another to the new manner. Athleuclsm
means in the long run stronger men and
women and the effects of this great nine
teerth century movement are already
manifest in many directions.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08

From its hlly home the LynchburS
News ably discusses the oyster question.
1t says:
st is not pleasant to learn that the
canning of oysters has decreased on
account of the decrease in the supply
of oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Surely
in these days when SO much attention
is given to fish culture it ought to be
possible by protecting the oyster beds
to maintain or even increase the an
nual supply Of this toothsome biValVe.
It is pertinent to inquire where Nlr-
giuja is in this business. She has
every facility that is enjoyed by Mary
land for the successful prosecution OF
the industry an = ..r=a
The Northern Neck News commends
Governor Montague's speech at the recent
BANQUET rendered the Constitution makers
and before finishing up says:
IF some man who is kicking himself
frothy over some item and swearing ne
does not like the Constitution and never
will like it with that item in it will pause.
TO think how long the convention would
have lasted had members who thought
as he thinks been pigheaded he will then
realize that it is the wise man who
knows that no human product is per
feet"
The Blacksburg News. of Blacksburg,
Montgomery county, Va, by w. o.
Firth. makes it's bow to the reading
public in it's first issue, Vol. /, No. l,
published on Thursday last. 1t is a nice.
clean. seven-column. four-page weekly,
and will hereafter come from the press
on Thursday of each week.
Tho Rockingham Register gives two
verses in the history of a West Virginia
statesman as follows:
EX-GOVERNOR A. w. N1cCorkle, Of West
Virginia, has left the Democratic party
and SAYS he hopes never to see anoth-
er Democratic administration. Mr.. Nc
Corkle is best remembered by his ap-
pearance before the Ways and Means
Committee of Congress in 1898 to
lodge a protest against reduction of
tariff on COAL
Referring to the report, which by the
way is not true, that the negroes of Viz
cinia have raised $4,000 with which to
fight the new Constitution, the Clinch
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08

The Raleigh Post takes a shot at those
''unreconstruoted' editors in the North
who become terror stricken whenever
somebody proposes to do tardy justice
to the men who were the South's leaders
in the dark days OF the Civil War. The
Post reminds them:
'.1he suggestion to erect q suitable
monument to General Lee in Washing
ton was made by a distinguished North
erner. The South has not made, nor
will it make, any such suggestion or re-
quest. Neither Davis nor Lee, their as
scciates or following, need monuments
in the North to emba1m them or their
virtues in the hearts Of honest people
Of either section or in the consciences
OF men who respect tue greatness. strict
fidelity to honor and country"
The Savannah News thinks Amba ssa-
dor Choate did not add to his popularity
with his countrymen by rushing away
from that London Fourth of July banquet
after the first toast to don his court
dress to meet the Prince Of Wales and
adds:
''Ihe American opinion will be that Mr.
Chcate should have staid at the banquet
2rd aided In making the eagle Scream
that on the Fourth of July, at least, MI.
CEcate might have kept out Of court
dress and from dancing attendance upon
the Prince OF Wales
Tie New Orleans Picayune thinks the
Mississippi River is yet to return to its
ancient glory as a freight carrier. and
says:
III the great river were made what it
can be and what it should be, it would
as a highway of commerce, offer for
transportation from the heart of the con-
t,nent to the sea facilities and advantages
that would be impossible by any other
route
The day will come when these advan-
tages will not only be fully recognized,
but they will be utilized. The popula-
ton of the Mississippi Valley will not
pei it..
The difference between good political
sense and political assinnity was plainly
exhibited by the Democratic conventions
of Pennsylvania and Minnesota At least
so thinks the Montgomery Advertiser,
which says:
"Ghe former had not a word to say
about national issues, While the latter
rang in an endorsement of the princl-
pies of the Kansas City platform. The
Pennsylvania Democrats want TO win Tor
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
Takes Issue With the Preacher.

Editor Of The Times:
Sir.-It seems to me that the author
of the sermon printed in The Times OF
the 10Th instant entirely misapprehends
the purport of the passage OF scripture
quoted by him as the basis OF ms re
marks-viz., Thou art Peter and on TINS
rock I will build My Church. II he IS
of Roman Catholic procl'vllties, we can
easily understand why he should deem
it necessary and proper to enter INTO
q discussion of the character and work
Of the Apostle Peter
The Roman Catholic Church relles
mainly on that passage and one or two
others Immediately following to suostan-
tate and confirm its claim to the SUI
nra1nacy of ST. Peter and of his success
ors as Head of the Church, with power
to direct both its temporal and spiritual
administration and with authority TO
control its members, not only IN this
life, but to determine the salvation or
damnation Of their souls in the future
world
Protestants deny and abhor such a
doctrine. They believe that st. Peter
was not preferred before the other apos-
ties, and had no authority not possessed
by them.
The great of this world are not chosen
as the pecullar instruments ~ e->e1u''
the Divine will "Out OF the mouths
of babes and Stockings thoc hast perfect
ed praise" "a little child shall LEAD
them
Thou art the Christ, the son OF the
living God, and on this rock will build
NV church." You have spoken truly, Pc
ter: you have stated a positive fact. GU
have announced doctrine which could
not have been made known to you by
human reason. but it has been revealed
to you by divine insalaticn. Ny fata-
er in heaven has made the revelation t9
you and you have proclaimed it to the
world
Il am the Christ. the son of the living
God. and on this impregnable rock l will
build My church, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail, against 1t" Our Lord
constantly speaks of Himself as the au-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
MP. RoosEvELTs CANDIDACY.

An Associated Press Dispatch from
oyster Bay. printed in Sundays Times,
announces that President Roosevelts
| speech at Pittsburg on July 4th, IN RET
erence TO the trust question, was the
forerunner of a determined effort by him
to have Congress take up that subject
and enact definite legislation at its next
session for the control and supervision
of trusts.
Mr.. Roosevelt is running for office
every day of his life and is doing every
thing that he can to curry favor with
the public. He is ambitious to be Pres
ident for another term, 10 be nominated
by his party and TO be elected by the
people Necessarily therefore, we must
Interpret all such efforts on the part OF
the President as attempts to get votes.
Mr. Roosevelt is so anxious to be Pres
ident that he is even willing to tackle
the trusts, which are the backbone Of
the party which he represents
But he may everyday his hand. 1t is
a popular thing to denounce trusts, but
II Mr.. Roosevelt puts IlllSell III oppoSl-
ton to the great business interests of
this country he will be defeated as sure
~ as he is a candidate. The grand
stand play may be overdone.
But what does Mr.. Roosevelt expect
10 gain for his party by this sort of
talk Everybody knows that the Re
publican party is the friend Of trusts,
and the Republican party always takes
care of its own. Mr.. Roosevelt recon-
mended in his late message to Congress
that certain laws be enacted to regulate
the trusts and prevent them from doing
mischief, but Congress adjourned with
out adopting any of his recommends
tons.
There is one way to regulate the
trusts and that is to repeal all laws
that give them peculiar advantages over
their competitors. But everybody knows
that the Republican party will never do
this and all the rest of Mr.. Roosevelt
talk is mere moonshine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
thor and founder of the church.

thor and founder of the church. L
am the vine; ye are the branches. Il
am the way. the truth and the life. 1 am
end. Other foundation hath no man
laid but what is laid. which is Jesus
Christ The stone which the builders
dlSallowed is made the head of the cor
ner. Behold 1 lay in Zion for a founda-
ton a stone, tried stone, q precious
corner stone, sure foundation
The church has existed from the be-
ginning of the world and has always been
the same. deriving its authority in the
earliest ages from belief in a NIessa h
to come. Qbelieve the learned c q les
tell us that the first organized church
was in the time of Abrahan). hut now in
the Gospel dispensation has for its head
ana foundation a Messiah who has come
ana IN a sense reorganized it and endow-
ed it with peculiar privileges
God who, at sundry times and in
divers manners spake in times past unto
the fathers by the prophets. hath in these
last days spoken unto us by His Son
whom He hath appointed heir of all
things
Happy are we that we do not put
our trust in falible and imperfect man.
either the Pope of Rome or the holy
apostles, who, ST. Paul tells US. are men
of like passions with ourselves
NO other name will heaven approve
Thou art the true, the living way
B. NJ. PARHAM.
Richmond, Va, JULY .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
"ATTACKING BRYAN"

you have a good paper" writes a
CORRESPONDENT, "and fair in everything
except its attacks on w. j. BRYAN
Our correspondent is mistaken. The
Times has made no attacks on w. j.
Bryan On the contrary, we have
spoken IN complimentary terms OF MS
ability and his honesty. But some peo-
pIe do not seem to draw a distinction
between a criticism and an attack-be-
tween a criticism OF a mans politics and
an attack upon tho man. We have
criticised Mr. Bryan's politics, we have
criticised his methods of dealing with
public men and public questions, but we
have not made an attack upon him. We
have criticised Mr.. Bryan as politician.
because we believe that he is menace
to the Democratic party OF this coun-
try. We have pointed to his prophecies
and have pointed out how far they were
from fuliillment. as means OF show
ing that Mr. Bryan IS an unsafe leader
We have criticised his conduct Of late
and have made prominent the fact that
MI. bTyaIl Is hctti l!iiiitu .Ai"I N-tN' y 1890
be no harmony in the Democratic party,
so far as he can prevent it, except upon
his own terms.
Strangely enough. our correspondent,
while complaining that The Times has
attacked Mr.. Bryan. has no word of re-
Duke for Mr.. Bryan. who has been en-
gagged for some time in making violent
attacks upon leading Democrats in va
rions parts of the country. He has
nothing but praise for Mr. Bryan, yet
Mr.. Bryan has been attacking with all
his might David II. Hill and Grover
Cleveland and every other leading Dem
ocrat in the country who does not be-
lieve in ~. Bryan's pet doctrines. The
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. in its issue of
Sunday last. says:
Mr. Bryan has chosen to follow his
bent He has continually cXcoriated
men who have disagreed with him. or
whom he suspected of disagreeing with
him in the past He has opened old
sores and warmed over old animosities.
lie has attempted to make his personal
opinion the standard of regularity in
y
TiIat was as distasteful TO his friends
as it was injudicious in the premises.
he has attempted to read out of the party
some men whose regularity is at least
as unouestioned as his own. He has
subjected his friends to the humiliation
of seeing him justify the taunts of his
enemies We have surveyed Mr. Bryan 6
course in the last few months with
panied Amusement.
In view of the facts which we have
cited and in view of this criticism from
a paper that was recently one of the
most enthusiastic of all Mr.. Bryan
supporters it seems 10 us that our cor
respondent would do well to address his
words of kindly advice to Mr.. Bryan
rather than TO The Times. But for Mr..
BRYAN there would be no difficulty in
bringing about complete harmony in the
Democratic party. But he is doing all
that he can to prevent this desirable
thing. and it would not surprise US to
see Mr.. Bryan at the head of a boiling
movement in the next presidential cam
paign.
Attacking Bryan" indeed. Mr.. Bryan
IS the most aggressive man in the DEM
ocratic party and he is fighting Demo-
Gratis harder than he is fighting Repub-
leans.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-08
Sun-Preseryed Cherries.

Stone the cherries and preserve tho
juice. To each pound of the stoned frufe
allow q pound of graduated sugar. Cook
juice and sugar together until the latter
is dissolved. then put in the cherries
Cook for five minutes: turn the juice
and fruit out upon platters or in por-
celain-lined pans. and cover each dish
with a piece of window glass. Set in
the hot sun for several days until the
syrup is heavy and thick, then turn into
preserve lars and seal.