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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
II Wns Not All There.

A couple of old philosophers living in
the country were one day discoursing
on mind and matter with their backs
to the fire and their faces tui led to-
ward the table, which was being set
for dinner. That morning the servant
had caught rabbit in the warren be-
longing to the master Of the house and
was about to serve it up in the form OF
a stew.
"Oh, no." said one philosopher; mind
and matter cannot blend"
"Still," replied the second, "some great
intellects have thought the contrary"
THAT is an error. And, look here;
when l gaze upon this rabbit, which
only this morning thought, moved and
obeyed the instincts of its kind. can-
not for moment doubt the existence
Of those two elements which enter into
the composition Of every creature en-
dowed with life. No; thousand times
no! The whole rabbit is not there"
Just then the cook entered the ROOM
She was observed to blush and grow
fidgety. At last she said in n trembling
voice:
"You are quite right, sir. shouldn't
have told; but, as you have guessed the
fact, / admit that it isn't the whole raD-
bit. There is a piece missing out Of the
back, which | gave to my cousin Of the
twenty-seventh of the line. who arrived
day."-Papillon.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
Joke Not ON the Farmer.

The scene was Brooklyn rapid
transit car. Uptown in Brooklyn pas
senger got aboard. one who bore In his
tanned and scanned face. brown and
gnarled hands, bent shoulders, whisk-
ers growing from his neck, not his face,
and in his clothes the evidence that he
was a countryman from the agricultur-
al "deestricts." The conductor was flip
and smart. To him the countryman
handed five pennies as his fare. The
conductor disgusted, showed his feel
ings in the way he regarded the pennies
in his palm. He went up to the motor
man and back again, stopping to tell all
acquaintance sitting Immediately in
front of the countryman of the agricul-
turist who carried pennies. Then the
acquaintance thought he would have
some fun with the countryman. Wink
ing to all about, he turned to the old
man, saying:
Say, old man, did you ever get up In
the night and shoe horses?'
Without change Of countenance,
but most promptly, the old man replied:
NO. but | have shooed chickens In
the daytime"
Everybody roared except the ac-
quaintance, who Immediately called on
the conductor for transfer to the
crosstown line.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
SIZES AM SONS.

Secretary Cortelyou ; one Of the few
remaining men in pu5.I life who affect
the pompadour style VI brushing the
hair.
Colonel William T. Villas has pre-
sented to the Grand Army Memorial
museum at Madison. Wis, an oil paint
ing Of himself by request.
John d. Strassburg has been post
office employee in Louisville sixty
years. He Is eighty-five years old and
says he will work as long as he can
walk.
When President Roosevelt visits the
Rocky mountains. he has expressed the
desire to climb Mount Shasta. the giant
Of the Sskiyous. which towers l4.4lo
feet above sea level.
Mail Carrier Rowland. who recently
got the contract to transfer Uncle
Sans postal BAGS ut st. Louis. Mich,
is the father OF nine sons who agSre-
gate only forty-two feet in height.
August Noel. an aged negro who died
the other day near New Orleans. had
worked for the three generations or
the Mccall family of Louisiana rs
slave and later as an employee for lO4
years.
Henry Rose. the wealthy Cuban
planter. who. it Is said. gave the great
er part of his fortune in aid OF tile Gu
ban revolutionists. is confined in the
BloomingJale Asylum For the Insane,
In New York.
D. Milburn, son of the well known
Buffalo lawyer in whose house Presi-
dent Mckinley died. is member OK
the oxford boat crew this year. His
almost equally athletic brother has
missed the eight"
George W. Dunn Of San Diego coun.
ty, Cal, is still at ninety an indefatt-
gable roamer over the Pacific slopes IN
search of rare bugs. bulbs and seeds.
He has been at his active pursuit for
more than half a century.
The Swedish explorer Sven Hedin Is
only thirty eight years old. 1t was e1-
pected that after his arduous and dam
gerous trip to central Asia he would
rest a few years. but he is already
busy with new Asiatic plans. He has
also spoken of IN attempt to reach the
north pole "in an entirely new and
comparatively easy way"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
SPORTING NOTES.

"Major" Taylor, the sensational col
ored cycle sprinter, was defeated twice
in Melbourne, Australia, recently.
1t has been announced that Trainer
James Robinson has signed a contract
to train all Princeton athletic teams
for another year.
George II. Sutton, an armless billiard
player Of Milwaukee, has been doing
sensational stunts" with the cue In
New York academies.
1t is announced that Q game between
the Columbia university lacrosse team
and the Oxford Cambridge twelve Of
England is now certainty.
Monroe Salisbury has purchased a
green PAGER that stepped from the half
home in 1903 recently, going the last
quarter in 31A seconds. He did 1t cas-
lily.
Harvard has just discovered a new
shot putter who has beaten the per-
formances Of the best athletes the
crimson ever had. He is F. z. Schoen-
fuss.
The trustees of the estate Of the late
Frank Jones have decided to close the
stables. This brings to an end one OF
the finest breeding farms in New Hamp-
shire.
Owing to lack of interest on the
part of colleges represented in the In
tercoilegiate Bicycle Racing associa-
ton it has been decided to dlsband the
Yale bicycle team.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
Peculiar
To Itself

In what it is and what it does-con-
tanning the best blood-purifying,
Alternative and tonic substances and
effecting the most radical and per-
manent cures of all humors and all
eruptions, relieving weak, tired,
languid feelings, and building up
the whole SYSTEMS true only of
Hoods JdrsdpdrilLd
No other medicine acts like IT.;
no other medicine has done so
much real, substantial good, no
other medicine has restored health.
and strength at 80 little cost.
II was troubled with scrofuls and came
near losing my eyesight. For four months /
could not see to do anything. After taking
two bottles Of hoods sarssparilla I could see
to walk. and when had taken eight bottles l.
could see a we'll - ever" Susn A. HAIRs--
TON. Withers, N. @.
Hoods earsaparIlla promises 70
cure and keeps the promise.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
pRORtTE NOTICES,

To all persons interested In either Of the estates
hereinafter named:
At Probate Court, at Paris, In vacation,
In and for the County OF oxford, in March,
IN the year Of our LORD nineteen hundred and
three The following matter having been pre-
sented for the action thereupon hereinafter IN
dicateG, II Ia hereby ORDERED:
That notice thereof be gwen 10 all persons IN
terested by causing copy OF this oruer 10 oe
published three weeks successiveiy In the Ox-
ford Democrat, newspaper published Ut South
Paris, In said County, thar they may appear at a
Probate Court 10 be held at Rumford, on
the second Tuesday of May, A. ID. 1893, at OF the
clock In the forenoon, and be heart thereon II
they see cause.
WILSON TISDALE, late Of Quincy, In the
state OF MaSsar husetts, deceased; duly au' nenu-
Gated copy OF will and petition for PROBATE there-
OF, presented by Mary Esther Tisda.e, the ex-
ecutrx Of said will.
ADDISON Z. HERRICK Judge OF said Court.
true cOpy-attest:
ALBERT ID. PARK. Register.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

DR.. Daniel c. Gilman. former presi-
dent Of Johns Hopkins university, was
recently elected president Of the Amer
lean Bible society in New York.
Rev. Reuben A. Beard Of Cambridge,
Mass, has been elected district secre-
tary Of the Congregational Home Mis-
sionary society for New England.
A cathedral Of the Greek church, to
cost over a million dollars, is to be
erected in Cleveland, o. The Russian
crown is to contribute largely to 1t.
In the Dakota presbytery, composed
entirely Of Indians, there are twenty
seven churches and 1,45S communi-
cants, ministered to by fifteen Indian
preachers.
DR.. s. D. Mcconnell, who is widely
known as a broad churchman, declares
that the time will come when the very
names Of leading denominations will
be forgotten and Christian only will be
known.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28

little heed to the rising of the storm till
its fury was all about him. ""Twon't
last long like this. Them suddent ones
20 as they come Jest keep her head ter
the wind" he said to himself. Shell
ride it out" And then the snow was
wrapping him, blind and thick, and all
at olce the dark had fallen. WAL"
he muttered, "ef one O them concerned
big coal steamers don't come rsppin'
along I'll weather it. It's tussle, but
we're good fer it. eff the stick holds.
Pleasant an ne.
II was tusslc. 1t tool: all his will
and all his strength to keep the boat
trimmed to meet the squall and riding
OH the top Of the great seas that came
roaring and hisSir:. on and only just
fell si.ort of T:.s..i!.g over ard filling
the little Pleasant. and when the furi-
Gus Lour was as; lie would have given
all the rake o. fish to lie down in the
bo...@:n of the boat and get his breath.
The sen WAS still rolling, in long
SVEN SsSStSufiS sNSii' tAb lhS oiio"
was falling in thick sheet through
which not glimmer of light pen
etrated. Only Il wide. faint dimneSs
seemed to swim up grayly from the
great tops and hollows about him. He
felt that the boat was drifting, but he
could not tell il what direction. He
thought perhaps the tide was running
in, but as he looked about him there
was nothing by which he could make
sure. The Ipswich light, he said. ought
to be Just out here. The revolving
ruby and gold of the light at the shoals
ought to be on the other hand. Plum
island light ought to be over his shoul-
der. If he could but see Il spark OF
ones of them, he would know how to
shape his course. but there was not a
ray over all the wide welter of the wa
ter through all the dim veil of the snow.
He felt as if he had gone blind. He
listened for the dull blare Of the whis-
tling buoy. but the snow muflled every
sound, and one wave tossed him still
to another.
1t had grown cold. The snow stung
now like sleet Rope and sail were stiff
with ice by George it'll be my wind
in shoetr' lie exclaimed, and he fell
back in the boat, and the thought of
his wife's terror and grief struck him
to the heart like knife. 1t was Christ
mas eve, and the children would be
caperng and carrying on. opening oys
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
THINGS THEATRICAL.

Grace Whitworth has been engaged
for "The Volunteer Organist" compa-
ny.
Alexander Clark has been engaged
by the Shubert brothers for next sea-
son.
E. II. Sothern will appear next sea-
son in Justin Huntly McCarthy's "The
Proud Prince"
A new four act drama by Elmer
Grandin has been completed and given
the name when Her Soul Speaks"
Robert Hilliard is to star in drama
tization Of Mrs. Burnetts novel, I'm
Connection With the De Willoughby
Claim"
Frank W. Sawyer has obtained the
American and Canadian rights to the
nielodrama 1.-The Worst Woman In
London"
Miss Millle James is to appear next
season in some Of Miss Lolita Crab
trees plays, like "Musette," Bob"
Zip" and Little Nell"
Laura BiSgar Is playing in vaudeville
sketch in which she is supported by
DR.. Hendricks. who figured with her
in the Bennett will case.
Frank w. Sanger has bought the
American rights to ''The Queen of So
ciety." Cecil Raleigh's new melodrama,
which is now having a successful run
In London.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
CARE OF THE HORSE.

Drive slowly the first hour after a
meal.
II a horse is warm, make him drink
slowly.
Thorough grooming cleans the hide
as well as the hair.
Let the horse roll on dry earth or
sawdust once day.
Give the horse all the water he wants
before feeding; none after.
The profitable farm horse must pos
sess action, with not too heavy body
to carry.
Take off the harness at noon 80 that
the horses can get the full benefit OF
the rest.
Battle the shoulders with salt water
every evening for month after begin
ming to work In the spring.
When the horses have been idle a
good part Of the winter, they should be
put to hard work gradually.
Better drive ten miles to good far
rier than to have the shoes put on by
one who does not understood his busi-
ness.-St. Louis Republic.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28

OF all the agricultural interests in
Maine, dairying is evidently destined TO
become the most important. Now it is
to be hoped that in building up our herds.
careful attention will be given to the
breeds best adapted to the purpose.
There should be at least one or two reg
istered stock cows of the breed selected
in every herd, then breed for an object
in view. Ii is surprising what can be
accomplished by good management in a
few years from two or three cows. Ii
every herd in Maine would make such a
start now, ten years would find our barns
filled with thoroughbreds and our dairy
products easily doubled and the quality
greatly improved. The esooner our farm
ers get it into their heads that there is no
such thing as general purpose COW the
better for them. Dairying isa speciality
and dairy COW is necessary to make
success of the business. All this has
been said before, but are yOu needing its
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD. IS :

COUNTY OF OXFORD, IS:
Taken on execution, wherein. James i'. far.
fridge aud Winfield :. Partridge, of Norway, In
said County of oxford, are plaintiffs and George
L Sanderson, late OF Waterford In said county,
Il defendant and will be sold by public auction,
on the twenty eighth day OF May. A. ID. 1908. at
ten OF the clock In the forenoon. at the office OF
Eugene +. Smith, Esq, In Norway In said
county ali the right, title and interest which the
said George L. Sanderson, late Of said Water
for'i, has TO the following described real estate,
situated In Waterford, in said county, To VIII:
certain lot or parcel of land described as tol-
lows on the road leading from
South Waterford, to Lowell. at the northeast
corner OF land owned by Frank w. Sanderson,
on the southerly siie Of said Lowell road; thence
easterly on the southerly side of said road 70 a
three eornered piece Of lanh formerly owned oy
John Q. Brown, thence southeasterly on line OF
said Brown piece To the Ben Hale road. 80 called,
thence southerly by said Ben Hale road, 10
bound near the center OF said lot made by
Thomas Swan, and Charles Young, for division
corner. Thence westerly to the line OF land Tor,
merry owned by the late Jeremiah woodard, but
now occupied by William n. Haynes; thence
northerly parallel with the lot line to said Lowell
road and 20 the first named bound. and being q
portion Of what Is known as the Walker lot.
Dated at Waterford. aforesaid. the eleventh
day Of April. A. ID. 1903.
Deputy Sheriff.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.
the matter OF

In the matter OF
StLDEN +. WORTHLEY, \ Ia Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.
To the Hon CLARENCE HALE, Judge OF the Ms
trict Court OF the United States Tor the District
OF Maine
SELDEN +. wORTHLEY, of Mexico, In the
y County OF Oxford, aud State of Maine,
In said District respectfully represents that
on the 18th day of Feb, last past, he was duly
adjudged bankrupt under the Acts of Congress re-
lating 10 Bankruptcy; that he has duly surren-
and ha, fully complied with all the requirements
OF said Acts and OF the orders OF Court touching
his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, That he may he teereeu
by the Court to have a full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under SAID
bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are except
ell by law from such discharge.
Date,i this 9Th dav OF april A. ID. 1903.
SEIDEN 4 WORTHLEG, bankrupt
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTRICT OF MAINE. S.
on this llth day of April. A. ID. 1905, on real
Ing the foregoing petition, it Ia
Ordered by the Court That hearing be hat
upon the same on the lst day Of May, A. ID.
1893, before said Court at Portland. In said Dis
trict, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon; and that no
tice thereof De published In the Oxford Demo.
erat, newspaper printed In said District, anu
that all known creditors, and other persons In
interest, may appear at the said time and place,
and show cause, II any they have, why the
PRAYER OF said petitioner should not 0e grsnse',.
And IL Is further or,iered by the Court, That
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known cred
itOrs copies OF said petition and this order. au
dressed TO them at their places OF residence u
stated.
Witness the Hon. CLARENCE HALE. Judge o'
the said Court, and the seal thereof. at Portlani
In said District, ON the llth day OF April, "A. ID
1902.
lL.s.l JAMES +. HEwEY, Clerk.
A true copy OF petition and or'ler thereon.
Attest: JAMES L. HEwEf. Clerk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28


"Oh, joe" she sobbed, "ef we live a
hundred years we shan't ever have
such Christmas eve as this ag'in!
Come. children; come right in out Of the
snow. guess you've had frolic enough
tonight. l spose it was you rung the
bells"
"You bet it was" said Jimmy, un.
winding his comforter.
"Waal," said Joe, slamming the door
behind them, "'tain't often work an
play does the same thing, but your frol-
ic did lot of work tonight, fer eft l
hadn't heard them bells there d "a been
no father an no Christmas in this
house. Got a bowl O. coffee, wife?
George! I could eat the hull bean pot!
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
TRAIN AND TRACK.

There are 57S miles Of electric rail.
road in Canada.
Some railroads are ordering dry re-
frigerator cars to be used in hauling oil
kinds Of merchandise.
There are five trains each way each
day which make the run from New
York to Washington in five hours.
This country invented the parlor,
sleeping and dining cars, the pressed
steel freight car, many Of the best fea-
lures Of the modern locomotive, the
airbrake, the automatic coupler and a
host Of related devices. and 1t runs the
fastest long distance trains.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
IItiIIcIl OF Oak

Timbers Of oak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. 1t pays to use the
right stuff.
"Men of oak are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies are made of the sound
est materials.
Childhood is the time to lay
the foundation fora sturdy con-
stitution that will last for years.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
stuff.
SCOTS Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers of children,
helps them build a firm
foundation for a sturdy consti.
tuition.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists.
4Oo.4i6 Pearl Street, New York.
500. and $t.OO; all druggists.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
SECTION OF LETTUCE HOUSE.

boarded up with two inch hemlock,
cypress or other durable kind of lum-
Der or single course of brick If pre-
ferred. Nine or ten inches is deep
enough for this soil. The beds may be
filled up to that point with cinders,
coarse gravel or brickbats, to afford
free drainage and discourage the in
roads of moles, earthworins, etc. In
this case the steam or water heating
pipes must of necessity be carried
about the walls of the house above
the plant levels.
With Il proper air temperature, rang
ing from 10 to 10 degrees ut night to
50 or 65 degrees in the shade during
the day. the soil will remain in cool
and moist condition. just suited to the
needs of lettuce, for considerable time
with the minimum Of attention. The
addition of Il layer of fresh manure,
four inches or more deep, under the
soil would be of very doubtful advan-
taye in the case of lettuce. Radishes
find somewhat higher soil tempera-
ture congenial, but quickly become
drawn and weak if the average atmos-
pheric temperature is raised much high
er than the figures above given.
A house IS by 130 feet can be safely
heated to the required temperature with
hot water circulation by conveying the
flow through three inch pipe near the
top Of the house to the rear end, then
forking and dividing 1t into seven one
and a half inch returns. three on the
south and four on the north wall or, II
steam is used, the respective diameters
may be two and half and one and a
quarter inches for the flow and returns.
The three-Uuarter span house running
east and west is by far the best plan.
Whether the short span is the best
placed south or north is still matter
of opinion. Nine out of ten houses are
built with the long slope to the south.
The only special advantage claimed for
the other arrangement is that the
houses are cooler in summer.
When raised benches are used. the
distance of the pipes from the benches
is a matter of little Importance. AS
slope must be maintained the pipes are
much nearer the benches at one end OF
the house than the other in any case.
The Physical Condition OF the SOIL
However important is the presence
of the plant food ingredients In the
soil. the fundamentally needful point Is
the proper physical condition, without
which no amount of fertilization or
natural productiveness is of any avail.
All understand the need Of moisture.
but unless care is taken to see that 1t
gets where it will do the most good and
that the roots can perform their func-
tions in the depths Of the soil water,
work and fertilizers may alike be
wasted.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
FINLAND.

Perhaps the cry of the Finlanders
will also make itself heard In the
cars palace and the two greatest
wrongs of the present reign-the deg
radiation Of the Zemstvos and the sup
preston Of the Finnish constitution
will be undone.-Philadelphia Record.
BY way of consoling the people Of
Finland for the loss Of their liberties
the Russians purpose to give them
O closer railway communication with
st. Petersburg, but the Firms will
doubtless take notice that the road win
also give them quicker route to'Si'
beria.-San Francisco Call.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
Oyster Meaaurers.

An official Of the state administra-
ton of Maryland is the commander of
the state fishery board. He receives
an annual salary Of $1,000 and has the
appointment Of seventy-five oyster
measurers chosen from the various
Maryland counties on the Chesapeake.
The duty of the oyster measurer is to
prevent the marketing Of very small
oyofara
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
A Rat story.

A Belgian gardener had planted 250
tulip bulbs, but the following day they
had mysteriously disappeared. Rats
were suspected, and an investigation
resulted in the finding Of their hole and
subterranean chamber, where the bulbs
were hidden, packed neatly In rows,
one above the other.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
Rubinstein md the Public.

Rubinstein was professor Of the pi-
ano to Carmen sylvia at one time, and
it was to one of her ladies that he said:
"When | first went to England and
was young and could play, l used to
perform to empty halls; now that am
old and cannot play they all go wild
over me and can't find hall big
enough for me to perform in"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28

How Quickly to Get on Full Feed
Feeders are divided as to whether to
take thirty or forty days to get steers
on full feed >or whether they should be
nut on in one or two weeks. Kansas
station feeding experience indicates
that good gains may be made with
small quantities Of grain when the rat
tening animal IL put ON feed slowly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-04-28
Henry de Vic.

The first artlfcer ever ennobled for
bis work was Henry de Vic, convert
ed Arab. who built gigantic clock for
Charles ", king of France, in 1870.
The clock weighed 500 pounds. De Vic
also received life pension.