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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

Mrs. Silver is stopping at her fathers,
w. III. Child's.
Oscar Kimball has gone to Hartford
to work for Mr.. Silver.
+. A. Durham has been away packing
apples for +. L. Barrett.
Deacon Durham has been in very poor
health for several weeks.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
HERE AND THERE.

1t is true that we read of railroad
disasters in the daily papers almost every
morning, and some people have acquired
a fancy that railroad travel is dangerous.
But let us look at the latest summary of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
According to the statistics given in that,
the average man" in America must
have travelled as passenger little less
than 4, 1000, 900 miles in year in order to
get injured, and some over 64,OOO,OOO
miles to get killed. In Maine, accord
ing to the report of the railroad COM
missioners for the year ending June 80,
1901, one must have travelled as a pas
senger 1868, 800 miles before he would
have been injured, and might have
travelled Isl 1851 miles without get
ting killed at all.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

Cure your cough.
A Few More Hats at Cost.
Road Taxes In UnincOrporated Townships.
County Commissioners Bills.
Barren Cows.
Announcement.
For Sale.
Prospectus of Eastern Argus.
Petition for Discharge.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
NORTH STONEHAM.

Mrs. Lydia McKeen of East Stoneham
visited her son, II. B. McKeen, last week.
Willis McKeen went to Bridgton to
visit his sister, Mrs. Lottie Luck, New
Years.
Two men by the names of Twitchell
and Churchill built camp near Riley
McKeen's this fall, and were staying
there hunting and trapping. During the
deer season they took some boarders.
Churchill went to Paris on business.
While he was gone his bank book and
$40 in money disappeared, and Twitchell
went away. They are investigating the
matter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
SOUTH RuMFORO.

Stillman Phinney is cutting cord wood
for A. J. Knight on his wood lot near
Zircon. Mr.. Knight has camp there
and four other men working for him, and
two or three teams hauling bark from
there to the Falls.
At Arthur Sloan's camp above Charles
Adams there are four men chcpping
wood, and as the men have their families
with them, it makes quite a settlement.
A new baby born there Jan. 4, increased
the population to fourteen.
Maggie Bessey had party Thursday
evening, Jan. 8. Music, games, dancing,
and treat of apples and corn balls
made the evening pass quickly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
SINGLE COPIES.

single Copies of the Democrat are four cents
each. They viii be mailed on receipt ofprlce by
the publishers or for the convenience Of patrons
Jingle copies Of each issue have been placed on
sale At the following places In the County:
South Paris, Parlin's Drug Store.
Shurtleh's Drug Store
Norway, Noyes' Drug Store.
stones Drug Store.
Buckheld, Alfred Cole, Postmaster.
Fryeburg, A. 4. Lewis, Insurance once.
Paris Hill, Mrs. Harlow, Post ONCE.
West Paris, Samuel T. White.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
LAW COURT DECISION,

A rescript was sent down from the law
court last week in the case of State VS..
Harry Brown of Waterford. The rescrpt
is as follows:
Oxford County.
State vs.. Harry Brown.
Rescript Strout. j. Defendant was indicted
for throwing into Crooked River quantities Of
sawdust shavings. bark and other mill waste In
violation OF chap. SS Of the private laws OF 1901.
That act prohibits the throwing Of such waste
Unto any Of the streams rivers or brooks lying
wholly. or in part In the towns of Naples. Casco
and Raymond"
Gro ,Eed River runs through the towns OF
Albany, Waterford, Harrison and Naples. The
Indictment charges that defendent threw such
waste into Crooked River 10 the town OF Water
ford The case is here on exceptions to the over
ruling Of demurrer to the Indictment. The
mischief against which the statute was intended
waters flowing through the towns Of Naples,
Casco and Raymond. Such mischief ls edectuallr
accomplished II the waste is thrown into waters
flowing through said towns, or either OF them, at
any point before the water reaches them. The
entry must therefore be:
Exec ptions oyerru,ed Judgment for the State.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

''Wireless" wonders continue to multi
ply with startling rapidity-''in the air, !"
that is. Marconfs manager asserts that
commercial wireless service will be in
operation between England and America
within six months; and Kentucky in
yentor declares that he has solved the
problem of practical wireless telephony.
He has perfected an apparatus for send
ing and receiving vocal messages through
the electrical envelope of the magnetic
field of the earth. He says that a trans
hitting apparatus of no gigantic magni-
tude may be placed at some central part
of the United States, with proper earth
connections, and the signal service flash
ed simultaneously to all parts of the
country, and that at cost of few dol
lars each home in the land may be
equipped with receiving apparatus,
and thus, with the earth connection, re-
ceive the weather forecast and other
news of the day. 1t sounds like an iri-
descent dream, and yet it would be no
stranger than many other things We
have witnessed in the past few decades.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
CHANCE COMMENT.

OF course newspaper men are very
careful about what they put before the
public, either with pen or shears; but
we do occasionally run on to slip like
fh;o.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

Arrangements are being made to
liberate Geronimo and his band of 800
Apaches, who have been prisoners for
twelve years. Geronimo has, by special
arrangement, been one of the star at
fractions of the Indian Congress which
exhibited at the Pan-A merican Expo
sition. If the old chief has one-quarter
the ability and generalship attributed to
him by the spokesman of the show, he
is as bad man to have ~ large as
Aguinaldo.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

Political gossip of enterprising Wash
ington correspondents represents Mr..
Littlefield as likely to receive an early
appointment to the bench of the United
States Supreme Court. While such a
suggestion is deserved tribute to the
legal ability which Mr.. Littlefield has
displayed, il is authOritatively stated
that he has no ambitions in that direc-
ton, and that he is neither seeking nor
desiring the honor of such an appoint
ment.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

Terms :-el.50 year II paid strictly In advance.
Otherwise ts.eo year. Single copies cents
ADVERTISEMENTS All legal advertisements
are given three consecutive Insertions for el5O
per Inch In length Of column. Special contracts
made with local. transient and yearly Adverss-
ers.
jon PAINTING New type, fast presses, steam
power, experienced workmn and low prices
combine to make this department Of our busi-
ness complete and popular.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
County Officers.

Charles T. Whitman, South Paris, CPk Of Courts.
Ellery G. Park. Bethel. County Attorney
j. Hastings Bean, South Paris, Register of Deeds.
Eckley Ballard. Fryeburg,
Register OF Deeds, (western Distrtct.)
Addison =. Herrick. Bethel, Judge OF Probate.
Albert ID. Park, South Paris, Register of Probate.
George NJ. Atwood, South Paris. County Treas.
James K. Tucker. South Paris, Sheriff and Jailer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
COMING EVENTS.
NEW ADVERTISER ESTs

Feb. 4-o1ford Pomona Grange. Brysnt's
Pond
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

The legislature of New York has pass
ed new marriage law, designed, it is
said, to do away with the existing
nuisances and scandals connected with
"common law marriages in that state.
The practical effect of 1t seems to be in
question. While some hail it as destin-
ed to accomplish the desired purpose,
others point out serious defects in it, and
pronounce it "almost lax enough to suit a
free-love community" That is the way
some well-intentioned laws come out.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

In recently published article Ex-
Senator VIM. E. Chandler calls attention
to the need of protecting the president
from the great army Of private visitors
who wish to do their business with him
personally, and the multitude of details
of administration which now use up his
time and wear out his strength. The
president, as Mr.. Chandler says, is re-
quired to see thousand men and do
thousand little things while he should
be doing half-dozen great things. Ger
tainly M railreaadd corporation or other
large business concern would require
that the man at its head should bother
himself with one-half the number of
petty details that are regarded as part
of the presidents duty. 1t would be
utterly unbusinesslike. True, this is
republican government and we are a
democratic people, but that does not
justify lack Of common business sense.
There was time, many years ago, when
attention to all details laid no very heavy
tax on the presidents time; but the
country has grown enormously, and
methods should be changed to meet
changed conditions.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

Oxford County Court Directory
and County Officers for
1902.
Supreme judicial Court.
Terms for 1901.
Se,ond Tuesday Of February.
Second Tuesday Of October.
Terms for 1902.
Second Tuesday OF March.
Second Tuesday of October.
Probate Court.
At Sosth Parls.
Third Tuesday Of each month except August.
Al FYeburs.
Fha Tuesdays Of June and December.
Al Rumford Falls.
Second Tuesday of February, second Tuesday
OF May, third Tuesday Of August, second Tues
day Of November.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
BANKRUPTCY.

Harry s. Simansky, Rumford Falls,
and Charles e. Barker, Rumford, have
filed petitions in bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14

BxxoHAn's PILLS for stomach and Liver Ills.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-01-14
Court of County Commissioners.
Al South Paris.
County Commissioners.

Regular sessions Second Tuesday OF May.
First Tuesday OF September. Last Tuesday OF
December.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Premier Balfour sleeps at least
twelve hours a day.
Lord Roberts has accepted an invita-.
ton of Generals Corbin. Young and
Wood to visit America next year
Sir Ernest Cassell. whom Lord Sails.
bury refused to raise to the peerage.
despite King Edwards request, began
life as a clerk.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has placed an
order with the Herreshoffs for a racing
schooner yacht in which he viii com.
pete at Kiel next year.
The comforting Of the rank of heredi.
tary nobility on the Asiatic explorer
Sven Hedin has evoked a violent con-
troveTsy in the Swedish press.
James Stokes, banker and philan-
thrOplgt, of New York City was decor
ated with the Cross of the Legion of
Honor by President LOubet of France.
Herbert Spencer has again declared
that he is broken by the burden of
years, and has laid his pen down for
ever as far as any large work is con-
| cerned,
Princess Theresa of Bavaria has been
elected by the Munich Geographical
Society an honorary member for her
achievements in the line of exploration
and travel.
Professor Hirth, who teaches Chi
nese Mt Columbia, says the language is
easy to learn, but that pupils need not
hope to talk freely with laundrymen at
the end Of a few weeks.
Viscount Kitchener's new peerage is
granted with a very unusual remain
der. 1t goes first to his male children,
next to his female children, and in de-
fault of both to his two brothers in
! succession.
OF all the Goulds George and his
family get the most out of life. He and
his boys play polo for keeps, and from
yachting to swimming their recreatiOns
are really hardening forms of health
full exercise. or all the Vanderbilts il
is George again, who, with his schol'
arly tastes, reaps most JOY in the quiet
of his splendid North Carolina palace,
Bntmore.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21

him an ovation He comes nearer Dc.
ing a figure head OF a president than
any we have ever had. He is a con.
drmed slanderer of a great and good
man. and he knows he slanderod him
and will not retract or apologize. Our
women have just laid a corner stone
for a monument 10 his lamented daugh-
ter and our veterans and members OF
the legislature approved It by their
presence, and yet some Of the same
creatures would invite Roosevelt to sa-
vannah and Macon and Augusta. ]
wouldn't invite any man To my town
whom ! wouldn't invite to my house,
and no man who fought for the lost
cause or respects Mr.. Davis would do
that. There Is more patriotism today
among our women than among our
men. A friend wrote me from Atlanta
that he was going to have 5000 copies
of General Jacksons great speech on
the "Wanderer" printed in pamphlet
form for distribution at a small cost
among our people / have promised
to help him advertise It, but ! had
no idea that he could sell Of hardly
give away a thousand copies, for our
old men and cultured men and pa.
triots are nearly all dead and this
generation does not care whether Gen
eral Jackson made a speech or not.
/ asked a college man If he had ever
read 1t and he seemed surprised and
asked who was General Jackson. Our
people who have grown up since the
war have fallen into northern lines and
are for money Money is their ambi-
ton, their idol Morgan and Rockefel-
Ter have done more to corrupt the
young men of this country than all
other causes combined. Those who
are smart are looking for some short
cut to fortune-some scheme, some
tricky way to shear the lambs and
get somebody's money for nothing
This is sad, but it is the truth.
Well, the election Is over and we
are just where we were. We didn't
expect anything else. Senator Nor.
gan can take comfort, for he said long
ago that it was best to let the republic
cans have the house as long as they
had the senate. Give them rope, all
the rope, and let the country see
where they will run to, and by the
next presidential election the people
will be alarmed and turn the rascals
out. So mote it be.-BILL ARP, II
Atlanta Constitution.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
RECIPES.

Smothered Cucumbers.-.Pare three
cucumbers and cut into quarters
lengthwise, trim off the portion con-
tanning the seeds and cut the other
part into half inch pieces; put in a
saucepan one tablespoon of butter,
half a teaspoon of salt little pakrika
and the cut cucumber; cover closely
and set the pan over the hot fire, then
draw back where they will cook slow
ly; they should be tender in fifteen
minutes.
Austrian Baked Chicken.-Truss
and wash the chicken; put it in for a
minute in hot water; then plunge into
cold water Divide it lengthwise and
take out the breast bone; then cut it
across in order to have it in four parts
Sprinkle it with a Tablespoonful cf
fine salt, turn the pieces in -four. coat
them thickly with egg and bread
crumbs. Put them in plenty of smok-
Ing fat, which must not be carried to
too great a.heat, and bake slowly to a
golden brown. The fat must be well
drained away and the chicken be serv.
ed hot, garnished with fried parsley
Select a nice plump hen, weighing four
or five pounds. The remainder may be
mixed with thick cream sauce and
cooked celery for dinner the following
day; the bones cooked for soup.
Oyster Fricassee.-Drain and pick
over a quart of oystero. Reserve the
oyster liquor and strain it through
cheesecloth. Make two cups of white
sauce, using the oyster liquor instead
Of milk. Season to taste with salt, cay.
enne and grating of nutmeg, add the
oysters and cook until the gills begin
to curl Stir in two well-Ecaten eggs
cook minute longer and pour out
over rounds of delicate toast, arranged
on heated dish.
Date Puffs.-Cream one-fourth cup
of butter; add one cup of sugar, mix
we'll; add two eggs and one-fourth cup
of milk; then sift in flour to make a
thin batter; beat in two level tea.
spoonfuls of baking powder and one
cup of stoned dates; fill muffin cups
creased, half full; steam thirty min.
utes; serve with liquid sauce.
Florentine Cream.-To the juice ri
two lemons add half a cup of sugar
soak half a box of gelatine in half a
cup of cold water one hour; stir over
the fire until gelatine is dissolved
adding it to the sugar and lemon juice
when it is cold add two cupfuls oil
whipped cream; turn into a mould
stand on ice an hour or two.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21

cargo 10 any port. One OF them, which
has q cargo Of mahogany on board, and il
level with the waters edge. has been drift
ing about since March. 1891.
The perils OF collision al sea have been
reduced since the steamship companies
adopted what is known az the lane routes.
Now The route steamer follows after
leaving New York is fifty miles away from
the route taken by steamers bound west.
One steamer therefore, Is little likely to
meet another and come into collision with
her. But these abandoned ships. not being
under control and carrying no lights are n
continual source of danger. The Gulf
Stream carries them northword and then
eastward, and the captains of incoming
ships have warned the Government ~
their whereabouts. One Of them has been
cut in two and tho two halves are drifting
IN company.
There is scarcely any peril Of the sea
which Is so terrible TO the mariner. No
sound will reveal their nearness, no tenn
perature OF air or wave will make known
their approach. Though IL carry no guns
q "derelct" is often q more deadly enemy
than a man-oi-war.
The ship that steers for no port can only
have one influence, and that IL to be n
stumbling block in the way 10 send other
ships to the bottom of the ocean. God
help us that not one Of as may become n
spiritual "derelict" God pity that man
who has pushed God out Of his life and
goes along in his journey 10 eternity, not
only having sorrow in his own soul but
standing in the way of the progress Of 9th
erg
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
NEWsY CLEANlNcs.

Paris is to spend $8,oOO,OOO on new
hospitals.
Mountain laurel has been adopted as
the State flower in Massachusetts
There are about 114,5OO telegraph
offices now open in the whole world.
The new Boxer uprising in Szchuan
Is causing alarm among the foreigners.
The harbor Of St. John, N. B., has not
been frozen over within the memory of
man.
Fifty thousand persons have visited
Robert Burns's cottage at Ayr this
year.
Berlin has named one of its new
streets after the late Professor Vir-
chow.
Within four years eighty factories
have sprung. up in Germany for the
manufacture of sand-lime bricks.
Mayor Lows new budget is $97, 49,
OBJ, decrease of $1,500,O00 due to
nearly 100000 reduction in State
tax.
A newspaper for nervous people, in
which all great catastrOphes will be
oOObhlh5AJ AACdtCus - " NC puDlAnuG0
in Vienna.
The number Of steamboats, on the
Rhine increased from 467 in 1884 to
1888 in 1902, although there is a rail-
way on either shore.
1t is officially announced at Antwerp,
Belgium, that the new coal fields dis
covered recently, contain more than
800 100000 tons of coal Of good quality.
1t is estimated now that the Stand
ard Oil Company has obtained at least
100000 acres throughout the Ken
lucky oil fields, and has also begun
the construction of a pipe line which
win cost at least S1,0OO,OOO.
A notable development Of the equip
ment Of the University Of California
College Of Medicine, to consist Of a
great clinical hospital that win cost
! 100000, has been proposed In a report
submitted by committee representing
all interested factors In the university
administration -- ----.-------
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
A KneeIlna Crowd Of 10000!

A great public religious service was
held at Folguet Brittany the other
day, as a memorial manifestation for
the expelled sisters. A vast crowd
consisting of $4,000 adults and 10000
children gathered in field around the
flag OF Brittany, surmounted by the
Royal Crown, and decorated with heur-
de-lys. Mass was celebrated In the
presence Of the thro~0. all Of whom
knelt bare-headed and repeated the
Credo In unison
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21

OUR ADVERTISING RATES
ARE EXTREMELY LOW, AND
ARE A GREAT IND UCEMENT
FOE B USLNESS MEN TO PAT
RONLZE OUR COL E4ENS TRY
US.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
POWER OF A GREAT IDEAL"

The Rev. DR.. J Wilbur Chapman Delivers
abcautiful Sermon on the Comfort and
Helpfuinoss Of Having an Ideni 20
Anchor one To the Better Things Of life
NEw York CIrY.-Thc Rev. Dr. vii.
bur Chapman, who has recently resigned
the pastOrate of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church IN this city in order to devote him
seit TO evangelistic work, has prepared the
following sermon for the press II lis enti-
tied o. The Power of a Great Ideal. " and was
preached from the text, 81 have set the
Lord always before me; because He is nc
my right hand, / shall not be moved"
Psalm l6. s.
II You look at the top Of this Psalm you
will read the Miehtam of David. There
are differences of opinion as to the mean
ing OF this expression. Some have said
that it means victory, and this would seem
TO be true, since there is a particular
Psalm bearing the same title, whose sub
jet matter is on various themes, but all Of
which end in triumph Psalm SO. Chou
hast delivered my soul from DEATH"
Psalm 81 MY heart is fixed. / will sing
and give praise;" Psalm SO, "There is a re-
ward for the righteous" Psalm 80, God
is my defense and the God of my mercy"
Psalm CO. Through God we shall do va
liantly"
There arc others who saw that the eX-
preston means golden, and so we might
infer from the margin, which means that
it Is worthy of being written in letters Of
gold, and may have been in some conspicu-
GUS place in the temple AT any rate we
know that its truth is better than gold
yea, than much fine gold There are still
others who declare that its meaning is
precious, and certain it is that it is a pre-
clous privilege to walk with Christ ever
before us
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-19
Charming Party for Little Ones.

CUTLER, VA, October 1s.-(Speciai)-
Mrs. Z. O. Diggs-Warner gave a delight
full party Tuesday afternoon to her Sun
day school class in honor of the little
daughters of DR.. L. B. Moore, who re-
Gently located here. Soon after l o'clock,
the hour appointed for assembling, car
riages and buggies began to arrive, full
Of bright-eyed little occupants. until there
were more than score OF them, attend
ed by about half as many chaperons.
For several houns the spacious lawn rang
with their merry voices, and various
games were INDUCED in.
The children were then conducted to a
fairy tower, where table, beautifully
festooned with wreaths Of evergreen, in
which the lovely holly berry played a
conspicuous part. was literally grooming
beneath its burden of delicacies. To say
that all did full justice to the delicious
viands, would express 1t mildly.
More games were then INDUCED in, and
all too soon the time came for good-byes
to be said, and the little ones. as we'll
as the matrons, reluctantly turned their
faces horneward. with many good wishes
for their hostess, who had afforded them
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