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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
A SWEET OMELET.

A sweet omelet is very desirable for a
luncheon dessert or home dinner and
is made in the first place exactly like a
plain omelet and in the fold you place
some jam or jelly and dust the whole
with powdered sugar. An orange ONE
let is very delicate. Place between the
folds some slices of fine ripe orange, and
sugar we'll; garnish the dish with orange
slices.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

Terrible plaques, those itching, pes.
tering diseases of the skin. Put an end
to the misery. DOan's Ointment cures.
At any drug store.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
OYSTER OMELET.

Take five large oysters and place them
in pan over the fire and heat them until
the juice flows. Drain this carefully of
and cut each oyster into small pieces.
Season to taste with salt and a dash of
cayenne pepper. Now take one scant
teaspoonful of flour and cook in one
tablespoonful of butter and add to the
oyster juice. Stir this into the we'll
beaten yolks of three eggs, then add the
oysters. Beat the whites of the eggs
until very stiff and add. Cook in an
omelet pan and when brown underneath
fold over and serve.-McCall's Magazine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

1t may be foolish to struggle against
the inevitable, but all have more or less
admiration for the man who refuses to
let it knock him out in the first round.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

Brute-"There goes man whom I
envy; and curious as it may seem, he
envies me-" Friend-"How can that bep"
Brute-"We were both after the same
woman-and married her."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

Neglected colds make fat grave
yards" DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup
helps men and women to happy, vigor
Gus old age.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if il
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
on each box. Csc.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
WILL, CITRE CONSUMPTION

A. A. Herren, Finch, Ark, writes,
"Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
preparation for coughs, colds and lung
trouble. ], know that it has cured con-
sumption In the first stages" F. A.
Shurtleff & Co., South Paris. Grin
Stevens, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

Foley's Honey and Tar is peculiarly
adapted for asthma, bronchitis and
hoarseness. F. A. Shurtleff & Co.,
South Paris. Grin Stevens, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
No. 132.-Charade.

No. 132.-Charade.
My SECOND, beheaded.
Gives FIRST without doubt:
For obvious reasons
THIRD can't find 1t outi
Ny SECOND Is evil.
Yet SECOND and THIRD
Will make. when combined.
A muscular word. >.
As a verb or q number
MY FOURTH may APPEAR
You surely won't TOTAL
That this Is not clear!
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

Foley's Honey and Tar contains no
opiates and can safely be given to chill
dren. F. A. Shartleff & Co., South
Paris. Grin Stevens, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

John-"It's an easy matter for man
to get married. All he has to do is to
find bigger fool than he is." Kate
"Yes, but it is rather difficult for some
men to do that, imagine"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

You never heard of any one using
Foley's Honey and Tar and NOT being
satisfied. F. A. Shurtleff & Co., South
Paris. Grin Stevens, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

Johnson-"He said I was an addle.
pated jackass. What do you advise me
to do about it?' Jackson-"See a good
veterinary"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
How Pleasant!

Oh. / despise the fool who thinks
That only money makes the man.
And yet how pleasant 1t would be
II men had cause for judging me
Upon that foolish plan! Q
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
WHAT is FOLE.

WHAT is FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE
Answer: 1t is made from prescrip.
ton of leading Chicago physician, and
one of the most eminent in the country.
The ingredients are the purest that
money can buy, and are scientifically
combined to get their utmost value. F.
A. Shurtleff & Co., South Paris. Grin
Stevens, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

"And why" asked the teacher,
"should we always hold the aged in
respect9" Z" Cause it's generally the
old men that has all the money" Robbie
replied.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

Bad blood and indigestion are deadly
enemies to good health. Burdock Blood
Bitters destroys them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
lmuortant to M ofhers.

Teacher-"Now, children, can you
give an example of a toothless animal?''
Anders (briskly,-"My old grand,
mother -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

Somehow the game that is not worth
the candle never lacks for either players
or candles.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
w. j. WHEELER, Agent,
South Paris, Oxford County, Ne.
For Sale!
The 7, N. Croker Homestead on Paris Hill.

In order TO close the estate, this valuable prop
erty Is offered for sale and will be sold at q
bargain. The house Is two story, well adapted
for two families and In fair state OF repair. Adj
joining this, large barn. The lot contains three
and one-half acres. and on this is fine orchard.
This Is rare chance to secure most desirable
homestead. Part of the purchase money can
remain on mortgage. II desired.
Also small garden lot nearly opposite the
homestead. Also one undivided half OF the +.
N. Cooper pasture, containing IS acres more or
less.
For particulars and terms inquire of
WILSON q GRAY, South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

"My sons getting collection of
coins," said Farley, land we're all hav-
ing quite rest, for he's so much inter-
ested that it keeps him quite quiet. :"
''My sons also getting collection of
coins" answered Hawley, but he keeps
us in constant state of commOtiOn.
You see, he swallows his"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
No. 134.-Half Square

/. To urge forward. 2 Raging. 8.
Decease. 4. A deep hole. 5. A mascu.
| line nickname. 6. A letter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
No. 133.-word Building.

NJ. Aoo'-"OFu DuAAos
I. A letter sometimes inaudible.
2. A masculine pronoun.
8. A much used word, sometimes
called an article and sometimes an ad-
jectiye.
4. Makes the thermometer rise.
8. The name of one Of the planets.
8. The floor of fireplace.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
Good Arithmetic

Good Arithmetic.
She-You're a fatterer. only BE-
heve half you tell me.
HeAThen I'll tell you twice as much,
and you'll have to believe 1t all!
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
HOMEMAKERS COLUMN.

Correspondence on topics Of interest 70 the hdis
IL solicited. Address Editor HOMENARER'
COLUMN, Oxford Democrat. Paris. Mains.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
&SRAs&'.sG2
(1HE PUzzLEE


My whole Ia a pleasant season
1. No man has two. 2. Desires OF
good Joined with expectation. 3.
Heeds. 4. To pretend. 5. Sounds. q.
Dwarf.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
No. 137.-A Bowl of Nuts.

NO. IoI.-A HOWI VI NUE.
What nut is q beverage?
What nut grows on the feet?
What nut Is part Of the house?
What nut Is a country?
What nut suggests fog?
What nut Is a girls name?
What nut Is an animal?
What nut begins a Mother Goose
rhyme?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
IVGTs 4 Pond Pianos.
The Conservatory Expands.

The New England Conservatory of
Music is about to move into its beautiful
new buildings on the Back Bay. This
Is the largest school of music in the
world, and its pre-eminence among
American institutions has been conceded
ever since 1t was founded in 1858 by DR..
Eben Tourjee.
Twenty years ago, when the depart
ment of pianoforte instruction was being
developed, few Ivers & Pond pianos
were purchased. Since then, as the con-
servatory has expanded, there have
gradually been acquired 26S Ivers Il
Pond pianos. With the expansion in
cidental to moving into the new build
ing, the board of directors of the con-
servatory have placed their order for 81
additional Ivers & Pond pianos, making
q total of 300.
Higher tribute to this famous Boston
art product would be hardly possible
than 90 years continued patronage by
this most critical of musical Institutions.
From the Boston Herald, the leading
newspaper of New England, in its issue
of July IS, 1902.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
STOPS THE COUGH

AND WORKS OFF THE COLD.
Laxative BromO-Quinine Tablets cure
: cold in one day. No Cure, no Pay
Price Is cents.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26
BAKED HAM oMELET.

Six eggs, one scant cupful of milk, one
even teaspoonful of corn starch, one cup
full of cold boiled ham, chopped very
fine. Beat the whites and the yolks OF
the eggs separately. Beat them lightly
together without mixing thoroughly.
Add the milk in which the corn starch
has been dissolved, and last of all stir the
minced ham in very quickly. Pour into
buttered pudding dish and bake i'm
mediately in hot, steady oven for fif-
teen minutes. Should it brown too
rapidly, cover until the omelet is fairly
set. Do not let it stand after it leaves
the oven as it will fall and become
heavy. 1t will require little longer
for cooking than one made without
meat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-05-26

A luxury becomes a necessity just as
soon as we can afford to have it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
KILLING OF A DETECTIVE
THOUGHT HE WAS SET UPON AND
BEATEN BY TOUGHs.
His Companion Is Held for the Crime.
but the Police DO Not Believe
He Did the Deed.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Frederick Adrian
Verdi died early to-day from wounds in
flicted by an unknown person while he was
watching house in Fifty-eighth street. He
is said to have been at one time a pay
master in the navy, and was until recently
in the employ of submarine boat COM
pany as consulting engineer Verdu has
been well known to many persons. but little
knowledge is possessed by them as to his
career. 1t is said he re-entered the navy
during the war with Spain. and was in the
battle of Manila bay with Admiral Dewey.
The police took charge OF man known
as Joseph Hanson, who was found near the
scene Of the murderous attack. His hat was
missing and he showed signs OF having been
engaged in an encounteT. Papers in his
pockets indicated according 10 the police.
that Verdi had been doing detective work
and that he and Hanson had been work.
ing together shadow.ng woman near the
scene for sevcral days.
y servant girl is the only person found
30 far who witnessed the assault. She SAYS
Verdi ana Hanson were walking together
when the woman approached, and Verdi
was struck down while Hanson escaped.
Later, at the station. she picked Hanson
from among nine men the person who
struck the man with q club Later she
is said to have asserted that Hanson struck
the blow which feIled Verdu.
Ii is said that Mrs Verdi is the daughter
of wealthy family. With her husband
she occupied apartments in BROOKLYN from
which she was summoned to- the hospital.
Manager Robert Farms OF the detective
agency by which Verdu and Hanson were
employed said to-day: There was no con-
templated murder in the case. The trouble
grew out of misunderstanding on the part
OF toughs i'm the vicinity of West Fifty-fiffh
street as TO what Verdu and Hanson were
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
ODD FELLOWS ADJOURN.
Close of the Grand Lodge After APP
pointment of Standing Committees.

BALTIMORE, Sept 26.-The Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, which was in
session here all this week, adjourned sine
die to-day to meet In San Francisco next
year. The chief business transacted to-
day was the appointment of standing COM
mittees and making provision for compen-
sation of the grand sire Of the order and
the commander of the Patriarchs Mill
tant- Among the standing committees ap-
pointed were the following:
Rebekah anniversary serviceS-Grand
Representatives John l.. Nolen, of Tonnes
see; William Brown, of Idaho; the Rev. q.
s. Brown, of South Dakota.
To revise the next PatriarchS Militant
Observation-Disclosures T.. c. Deans, of
Pennsylvania; John G.. Whitaker, of Ohio;
Walter E. Blake, of New Jersey.
subcommittee on acknowledgements
+. Z. s. Conway, of Illinois; Z. L. Sitter, OF
the District OF Columbia.
Special committee to prepare rules and
form OF procedure governing appeals to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge-Representatives
Z. Seller, of Michigan; o. l.. Leads, of
Ontario, and John w. Yantis. OF Illinois.
Committee ON form for dedication of
mes-Representatives Billiard. of Mon
Brown, OF Kansas: +. Z. Northen, of Vir-
ginia, and w. j. Burnett, of Indian Terri
tory.
Besides these committees were also APP
pointed on transfers of members by card
or certificate, on printing supplies and on
securing transportation rates for the next
convention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
Annual Report of the Operations OF
the Dead Letter ONCE as Pre-
sented by MIR. Wynne.
HAVANA HEALTH CONDITIONS
CUBANs Ncr KEEPING CITY Up TO
STANDARD OF AMERICANS.
Sanitary Requirements Now Not as
Strict as Under Governor Cen
eraI Woods Rule.

WASHINGTON, Sept 26-The annual re-
port OF the operations OF the dead letter
once for the fiscal year ended June 20, 1903,
has been prepared and Will be embodied in
the forthcoming report OF First Assistant
Postmaster General wynne. The report
states that it is made to appear that
there has been a large and steady increase
in its annual receipts which is due. it is
stated, to the great and constant increase
in the volume Of matter passing through
the mails.
The total receipts for the year were some
thing over ten million pieces-the largest
In the history OF the off1ce-exceeding those
of the preceding year by some $4,000 pieces
OF the aggregate number s.Ss525o pieces
were opened.
The money found in opened letters amount
ed to s4s.ss4. but this sum included money
generally coin) found loose in the mails or
in postoftices and consigned to- the dead
letter Office. Commercial paper found, such
as drafts, checks, money orders, ETC., rep
resented face value Of 81. 49, 63-
The number of merchandise parcels re-
ceived was 34.5S0 which We're restored to
the owners as far as possible: Photos
Letters which contained postage stamps in
varying amounts from one cent upward,
numbered PAS, 955.
The domestic misdirected letters received
numbered 554,201. There were 10, 302 let
Under the regulations deliverable mer-
ehandise matter Is TO be hereafter held for
fore being sold, and this change rendered
necessary an additional sale during the year.
The first sale was held in December. 1902,
and the gross proceeds were 1855 The
second occurred in February. 1903. and the
gross proceeds were $0,244.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
HORSE wHTsPERERs.
Tanners of Horses in Ireland and a
Secret That Died with Them.

Golden Penny.
ireland. as well as the far north of Scot
land, had-possibly still has-its horse
which give such permanence and geniaiity
to the Scottish "plowman's whisper" never
seem to have existed I'm the sister island.
whose secret has generally died with them.
The most famous "whisperer" of modern
times was James Sullivan, OF Dunhallow,
whose exploits are fully detailed in Town
sends Survey Of the County OF Cork No
horse was ever brought TO Sullivan which
he did not permanently tame. Ordinarily
FESTIVE animals he would master in a few
minutes. For exceptionally vicious horses
he took about half an hour, during which
time he shut the stable door and forbade
any one to open 1t till he gave the signal.
When the door was opened the horse was
seen lying down and Sullivan by his side,
playing with him as child does a puppy.
There no tying up of the fore leg, or
any other visible means of coercion. How
his ascendancy was obtained no one could
tell; natural interpidity,' suggests Mr..
Townsend, who was an eyewitness of
many of his surprising feats. Anyhow. il
he passed on the secret to his son the lat
ter must have learned it very imperfectly,
for, though he gave himself out as his
fathers successor, he never showed the
same power and soon fell into disrepute.
Many brilliant offers were made to him,
but he could not give up Dunhallow and
the fox hounds.
a successor of Sullivan named OHara be-
came almost equally famous ana was
often urged to explain what the secret
of his influence. But OHara treated his
questioners as Samson did the Philistines,
deluding them with various unsatisfactory
answers. At one time. for instance, he
said the secret lay in rocking" the horse
putting one hand firmly on his crupper
and with the other grasping his shoulder
and then swaying him TO ard fro. gently at
first and gradually increasing the motion
till you throw him. At another time he
protested that his plan was TO bite the ami
mails ear. Both these are well-known
jockey tricks; the stubboruest horse, they
say will be wholly subdued by being
thrown twice or thrice; and If you can get
a vicious horses ear between your teeth
and bite hard you are his master and he
your submissive slave from that time for
ward. AS TO the idea that the ''whisperer'
works by Kindness it stands TO reason that
that method supposes the entire education
of the animal to be in your hands. If YOU
have only half an hour to do your work iri
you must show oVermastering power
well as kindly feeling. horse whose tenn
per has been spoiled by chronic bad treat
ment looks on all men alike as tyrants and
buIliSs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27

doing in the neighborhood. They were sent
up oy Thursday to find certain per-
son. Their mission was not important, moth
ing that would furnish motive TO murder
them. The two men had excited the suspi-
cion of the toughs by distributing pennies
among the children and by hanging about
the neighborhood. The toughs tried to find
out what they were doing, and. failing, set
upon them and beat them. They had no
intention OF killing Verdi.
Joseph Hanson was arraigned this MORN
ing, the magistrate remanding him TO the
coroner. Hanson does not accord with the
description of the murderer obtained by the
police, who discredit the Hamilton woman's
Identification. Hanson'S eye is blackened
and his face scratched, and the police be-
lieve he received these injuries at the time
Verdu was assaulted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
BRITISH HERO ARRIVES.
Gen. Ian Hamilton, Who Assisted in
Defending Ladysmith.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Lieut. Gen. Sir
Ian Hamilton. who participated in the de-
Tense of Ladysmith, arrived from Liver
pool on the Lucania to-day.
General Hamilton will remain in this
country only three weeks, and a portion of
that time will be spent in Canada visiting
various military posts. General Hamilton
said: II have only five weeks leave of alb
sence so that i shall not be able to stay
as long as / wish. L want to look over
the great battlefields of your civil war,
Gettysburg, Antietam, charlottesville,
Fredericksburg and the rest General
Hamilton came here on the invitation OF
General Corbin and other American army
officers, whom he met at the German army
maneuvers, and he will be accompanied by
some of them in his trip to the Southern
ba-tlefields.
The Lucania was in wireless communica-
ton with other vessels all the way across
the Atlantic, including La Bretagne, La
Lorraine, the st. Louis. Aurania, Campania,
Moltke, Vaderland, Minnetonka, Saxonia,
Philadelphia and Auguste Victoria.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
CUBANs NEGLECTFUL.


WASHINGTON, Sept 26.-Dr. Jos. Z.
Potter. sanitary Inspector of the public
health and marine hospital service. who is
located at Key West. Fla, has recently
made a professional tour Of part of Cuba.
The mines at Daiquiri were his objective
point. and while he reports that there is
no ground for the apprehension that was
felt in the United States on account of sick
ness there. he does not make an entirely
favorable report upon conditions in Ha-
vana. On that subject he says: ST looked
over the business city pretty thoroughly,
and regret to state that the sanitation is
zIce- up 10 the mark of a year ago. In talk
ing to DR.. Trotter | find that he. too is con-
WINGED that there has been falling of in
sanitary requirements from the year pre-
vtous. Along the Prado and outside Of the
old walls a better system seems to prevail.
The cases OF yellow fever introduced from
Mexico were well handled, especially the
eases which developed ashore after two
or three days from landing. There was no
spread, and am told from reliable sources
that crusade was made In the entire block
against mosquitoes and possible infection
therefrom- There is no good reason why
quarantine restrictions for yellow fever
should be continued by any intelligent COM
munity against Havana or Cuba outside Of
Havana
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
ERWIN AN "INNOCENT"
POSTAL INSPECTOR WHO SAYS HE
DIDN'T KNOW THE LAW.
Supposed 1t Was Proper to Accept
Shares i'm a Company Doing Bust
ness with the Government.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.-The hear
ing of Postal Inspector James w. Erwin
indicted for conspiring with Beavers and
Machen to defraud the government, was
continued to-day before United States Com
missioner Heacock.
United States Attorney Worth in the
cross-examination went over much of the
trip made by Erwin and Superintendent
Richardson to Washington. AT this time
Erwin admitted all his expenses were paid
by the Postal Device and Improvement
Company. but he denied that he had Sc
cured any return whatever for his services.
He admitted that he thoroughly Endorsed
the invention, ard supposed that he had
told Machen so. Machen said he was ia
voraby impressed by the invention. and
would order it installed in the free de-
livery system. When asked if he knew
that Machen would be instrumental in Sc
curing the contract for the company, Erwin
stated that he did not understand the gov
eminent procedure in matters OF this kind.
Later. however, he said the contract for
1900 devices came about three weeks after
he left Washington, and that the order
was signed by George NJ. Allen, acting
assistant postmaster general.
Have you been told that Mr.. Machen and
Mr.. Beavers held an interest In the COM
pany?' Erwin was asked.
He replied: 81 was told by Richardson
several months ago that 1000 shares of
stock in the Postal Device and Improve
meIlt Company had been issued to a man
named Harry Sieger, but that it in
tended for A. w. Machen and that 1900
shares had been issued in the name of Nc
Denough, but intended for George w.
Beavers. 1 was not aware of the fact until
told by him, although had suspected for
several years that they were both interest
ed in the company" The witness said he
did not know that accepting shares in
company was violation of the law.
II. II. Espy, secretary of the Postal De-
vice and Improvement Company, testified
that Erwin was rot and never had been
a director or officer of either company.
According to Espy 100 boxes has been sold
to the government for $420 and $3.50
apiece. The company had sold 1000 to the
New Zealand government for So apiece. The
cost at the factory Of the device was S275.
he said. and adding expense, the cost was
1888. Mr.. Richardson as president re-
ceived SIS month. AS Secretary Espy
was paid $50 a month. Richardson's profits
in dividends, he said, had been 81 800, while
he had derived $1,000 in salary.