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as to its appearance. If one can out
look the shadow which his own selfish
ness of sorrow and disappointment
may cast before him, but it seemed
that evening. when l saw Mary Cav
endish dressed for the governors ball,
that she was the crown Of all.
verify believe that never since the
world was made. not even that beauti-
full first woman who cOmprehended In
herself all those witcheries Of her
sex which have been ever since to our
rapture and undoing, not even Eve
when Adam first saw her in paradise,
nor Helen. nor Cleopatra, nor any Of
those women whose faces have made
powers of them and given them inches
in history. We're as beautiful as Mary
Cavendish that night. And l doubt
if it were because she was beheld by
the eyes Of a lover.
l verify believe that I saw Alright
and gave her beauty no glamour be-
cause of my fOndness for her, for not
one whit more did | love her in that
splendor than in her plainest gown.
But. oh, when she stood before her
grandmother and me and concOurse
of slaves all in a ferment Of awe and
admiration. with flashings Of white
teeth and upheavals Of eyes and fling
ings aloft of hands In half savage
gesticulation, and courtesied and turn
ed herself about in innocent delight at
her own lovc''-nSs. and yet with the
sweetest H. and apology tnat
she was know ng to 1t! That stuff
which had been sent to my Lady Gull
pepper and which had been intercepted
ere it reached her was of most rich
and wonderful kind.
The blue of it was like the sky, and
through it ran the CLEAN Of silver In
flower pattern, and great string of
pearls cleaned on her bosom, and
never was anything like that mixture
Of triumph in and abashedness before
her own exceeding beauty and her
perception of it In our eyes in her dear
and lovely face. She looked at us and
actually shrank little. as II our ad-
miration were something Of an affront
to her maiden modesty, and blushed,
and then she laughed to cover 1t and
swept courtesy in her circling SHIN
mer of blue and tossed her head and
flirted little fan, which looked ike
the wing or butterfly. before her
face.
"Well, how do you like me, MADAME"
said she to her grandmother. "And
am | fine enough for the governors
ball?"
Madam Cavendish gazed at her with
that rapture Of admiration in beloved
object which cap almost glorify age
10 youth. She called Mary to her and
stroked the rich folds Of her gown;
she Strengthened flutter Of ribbon.
"'Tis a fine stuff of the gown" she
said, "and blue was always my color.
| was married in 1t. 'Tis fine enough
for the governors wife, or the queen.
for that matter"
She pulled out fold so that long
trail of silver flowers caught the light
and cleaned like frost No misgivings
and no suspicious she had. and none
by that time had Mary, believing as
she did that her sister had bought all
that bravery for her and that it was
hers by right. and only troubled by
the necessity of secrecy with her
grandmother lest she discover for what
purpose her own money had been
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The hootinS owl

Then as live that white cat OF
Margery Keys led ME In that mad
chase around Beverly's house. and
when | came to the north side OF 1t
l saw a candle gleam In a window
and heard baby's wall, and knew
twas where his infant daughter was
tended, and rs we swept past out
thrust a black head from the window.
and a screech rs savage as any wild
cats rent the peace Of the night. and
I believe that the child's black nurse
took us, no doubt, for the devil HIM
self. Then all the dogs howled and
bayed, though not one approached US,
and a great bat came tanning past,
like a winged shadow, and again l
heard the owls hoot. and ever before
as. like a white arrow, fed that white
cat, and my horse followed In spite OF
me.
Then-verily speak the truth. though
It may well be questioned-did that
white cat lead us straight to the tomb
which Major Beverly had made upon
his plantation at the death Of bis first
wife and in which she lay. and twas
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nnoRATE NOTICES.

To All persons Interested In either Of the Estates
hereinafter named:
,,rtbe Comfy OF Oxford on the third Tuesday OF
,rt In the wear of our Lord one thousand
r,ne hundred and four. The following matter
beying been presented for the action tnereupoh
hereinafter indicated. II Is hereoy OhpEHep
That notice thereof be given 10 all persons in-
,erested, by causing copy OF this order 10 oe
pubushed three weeks successfully In the OS-
for,l Democrat. q newspaper puonsheu az oou'n
Paris, In said County, that they may appear az
probste Court TO be held az Paris, on the
tb,rd Tuesday OF November, A: ID. lS4, al .
of the clock In the forenoon, and be heard there
On N they see cause.
EVERETT NEWMAN. late of Dixfeld. de:
ceased; will and petition for probate thereof
presented by John ). Harlow, the executor
therein named.
DANIEL BISBEE, late of Canton, deceased; I;
w{U and petition for probate thereon anu the
sUpoIntment OF Ansel g Staples as admlnistrat,
or with the will annexed presented by EDWARD
l.. Bisbee, son.
Rt'EI. d. MOULTON, late OF Sweden. de.
ceased: will and petition for probate thereot
preseuted by Henry L. Mouton, one OF the exec
utOrs therein named.
GUsTAVUS c. PRATT, late of Paris, de-
ceased petition for license to sell anu convey
real estate presented by Geo \. Wilson, admin
isErator
RI ~
for license 10 sell and convey real estate pre-
sented by Emma y. Fox, guardian.
GEORGE p. WHITNEY. late OF Oxford, de-
ceased petition for license to sell and convey
real estate presented by Walter l.. Gray, ad-
minlsIratOr.
GUSrAVUS C. PRATT, late of Paris, de,
ceased. petition for an allowance out of personal
estate presented by Sarah I. Pratt, widow.
ANDREW j. MILLS, late of Norway, de-
ceased; third account presented for allowance
by Eugene +. Smith, trustee.
LUCY A.TURNER, late OF Hebron. deceased (;
final account for allowance and petition for or
der TO distribute balance remaining In his hands
presented by Waiter L. GRAY, administrator.
ELIZABETH NJ. BARRETT, late Of sumner,
deceased; first and final account presented for
allowance by Selden q. Barrett administrator.
MONROE BOYSTON, late OF Hiram, de-
ceased; petition for order 20 distribute balance
remaining In his hands, presented by John h.
Pike, administrator.
ADDISON Z. HERRICk,
Judge Of said Court.
A true copy-Attest;-
AIRERT ID PARK RegiSter.
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The Hearts !
Highway 1;ii,i; s4St Z /; !

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had. in spite OF !:er wonderful powers
of boGy and mind. somewhat of the
clildsl.ness of age, for as she looked
ut ne the tears were in her stern eyes,
and flush was on the ivory white of
her face, anl her tone had that queru-
lousness in it which we associate with
childhood which cannot have its own
will.
Madam" ! said gently, "you know
that 1t is not possible for me to do as
YOU wish. and also that my days Of
gayeties are past, though not to my
regret, and that am looking forward
to an evening with my books, which,
when a man gets beyond his youth,
yield him often more pleasure than the
society of his kind"
But, Harry" she said piteously and
still like Il child, you are young, and
would not have Then imperiously
again, "Get into thy plum colOred vel
vet suit, Master Wingfield, and accom-
pany my granddaughter"
Harry kissing Madam
Cavendish's hand
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At the great st. Louis stock show, the
greatest exhibition of the several breeds
Of cattle ever held on the continent If
not in the world, the score card was
tabooed, the regulations requiring that
the judging should be made "by COM
psrison.n Exhibitors at our state fair,
some of them, still growl over the use
of the scale Of points.-1aine Farmer.
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A Cracked Derby Hat.

II you are ever unfortunate enough
to smash a new derby hat, so that 1t
cracks and In spite Of vigorous rub
bing and brushing refuses to resume
It's pristine smoothness OF surface, try
the simple expedient Of holding light
ed match inside the hat close to the
broken spot. BY the time the match
has half burned out you will find that
the hat has become soft. II you then
will brush It vigorously with sun
brush for a moment 1t will regain its
former smoothness and look as II moth
ing had ever marred its surface.-Good
Housekeeping.
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Nuremberg ERRs.

Watches first came into fashion IN
the year lat at Nuremberg. and on
that account and because Of their pc
culiar shape they were known as "Nu.
remberg eggs" They We're not all
egg shaped, however, some Of them be-
ing made In imitation Of pears, gourds,
acorus. BIRDS skulls, etc. About the
year 1920 watches began to assume
the shape now generally worn.
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What a BusheI of Corn VIII Make.

Out of a bushel of corn the distiller
gets four gallons of whiskey; out of 1t
the farmer gets. forty five cents, the
United States government gets $40,
the railroad company gets 81, the manu-
facturer gets "a, the drayman gets fifteen
cents, the retailer gets 81, the consumer
gets drunk, the wife gets hungry and
the children get rags.
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him,
and makest him drunk also.-Hab. 215.
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NOTICE.

In the district Court of the United States for the
District OF Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter OF
EDWARD 4. BLAKE, IN bankruPscy.
OF Bethel Bankrupt.
To the ereditors OF Edward z. Blake In the
County OF oxford and district aforesaid;
Notice Is hereby given that on the End day Oh
Oct, A. ID. 1904, the said Edward Y. Blake was
duly a'ijudicaied bankrupt. and tnat the nrs.
meeting OF his creditors win be held at the Court
House, In South Paris. on the 7th day OF NOV.
A. ID. 1904 at 10 O'Clock IN the forenoon, at wnlcn
time the said creditors may attend. prove tne.r
claims, appoint q trustee. examine the bankrupt,
ami transact such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
South Paris, Oct. "a, 1904
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
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on n rising above the creek, ana then
the cat. with wall which was like
nothing | ever heard in this world,
was away in straight line toward
the silver gleam Of the creek, though
every one knows well how cats hate
ani had disappeared. But,
.s.! - this | will not swear,
...Jasht | saw u white gleam aloft,
ami heard II wall Of cat skyward
nlCng with the owl boots.
And then my horse stood and trem-
bled in such wise that thought he
would fall under me. and | dismount-
ed and stroked his head and tried as
best l could to soothe him, and We
were all the time before the tomb.
which was a large one. Then OF
sudden it came to me that here was
the hiding place for the powder ana
shot, for what safer hiding place can
there be than the tomb OF the first
wife, when the second hath reigned
but short time, and is fair, and hath
but just given her lord that little
darling whose cries Of appealing help
lessness | could hear even there! So
| gave the tomb door pull. knowing
that should not by SO doing disturb
the slumbers of the poor lady within.
and decided with myself that 1t would
be easy enough to force 1t. and mount
ed and rode back as best | might to
the road.
And when | came to the little dwell
ing of Margery Key thought struck
HE. and ! rode close. though my horse
shuddered us If with some strange
fright of something which ! could not
see. | Leut in my saddle and looked
in the door, but naught could | see.
Then dismounted and tied my horse
to a tree near by and entered the house
and looked about the sorry place as
well as | could in the pale sift OF
moonlight. and-the old woman was not
there. But one room there was. with
a poor pallet in corner and chest
against Tue WdIl anu d otooi anu "
kettle in the fireplace. with little pile
of sticks and great scattering OF
ashes, but no one there. and also. II
may be believed no broom.
All this ! tell for what 1t may be
worth to the credulity of them who
hear: the facts be such rs haze said.
put whathar hplipviny II myself or net
yet knowing that that white cat.
though it had been MarGery key IN
such guise or her familiar imp OH his
way to join her at some revel whittier
she had ridden her broom. had done
me good service, and, seeing the pite
Gus smallness of the pile of sticks on
the hearth and rejecting upon the dis
tressful bend Of the old souls back.
whether she had sold herself TO Satan
or not. fingered minute to break
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Gold Watch Lost.

Lost: Between South Paris depot
and the Court House, a Woman's
Small Gold Watch bearing on one
side monogram with the letters ga
w. S." and on the other side three
Jewels. The finder will be suitably
rewarded by returning it to
JAMES R. TUCKER
South Paris.
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NOTICE.

In the District Court OF the United States for
the District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of
HENRY kerr, In Bankruptcy.
of Paris, Bankrupt
To the creditors OF Henry Kerr In the
County OF Oxford and district aforesaid;
Notice Is hereby given that on the 22nd day OF
October, A. u. 1904, the said Henry Kerr
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that the
first meeting Of his creditors will be held az
the Court House, In South Paris. on the lth
day OF Nov, A. ID. 1904, at 10 O'Clock In the
forenoon, at which time the said creditors
may attend, prove their claims. appoint trustee,
examine the bankrupt and transact sucn osneI e,
business as may properly come before said
meeting.
South Paris, Oct. "a, 1894
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
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NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that sne
has been duly appointed administratrix of the
estate of
CHARLES I. BRADEEN. late of sumner,
In the County of oxford, deceased, anu given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate of said deceased are
desired 10 present the same for settlement, anu
all Indebted thereto are requested to make pay
ment Immediately.
Oct 18th, 1894. ELLA u. bhApEcS'
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North Andover, Mass, Oct. 49,
Vegetables and fruits of all kinds are
plentiful and of good quality. Apples
are low; some have been sold for 80
cents per barrel on the tree. Barrels
are scarce and high. A good part of
the -four comes in eighth and quarter
barrel sacks by carload lots, especially
pastry -four, bakers having to pay Is
cents more for flour coming in barrels.
Potatoes Of fine quality, but some fields
are rOtting somewhat.
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NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she
has been duly appointed eNecutrix OF the
last will and testament OF
JOSEPH BRIGGS. late OF Paris.
In the County Of oxford, deceased. All per,
sons having demands against the estate OF SAID
deceased are desired TO present the same lor
settlement, and all indebted thereto are request
ed TO make payment Immediately.
Oct. 18th. 1904. CARRIE A. BRIGGS.
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ALBERT ID. PARK. Register,
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she has
been duly appointed executrix OF the last VIII
and testament Of
ELvIRA BARROwS, late Of Paris,
In the County Of oxford. deceased. All persons
having demands against the estate OF said de
ceased are desired To present the same lor
settlement, and all Indebted thereto are requesteu
20 make payment immediately ,,
Oct. 18th, 1894. LIZZIE NJ MohSE.
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The story of reclaiming the clay banks
with leaves recalls what good farmer
in Somerset county did not great many
years ago. Near his cosy home, and in
plain sight from the public highway,
was an unsightly sand waste. But a
short distance away, but separated by a
running brook, was a hard leaden clay
bank, and one of them was as unfertile
as the other. The old gentleman spent
a good many unhappy moments think
ing of this waste of land so near his
buildings, and yet so unsightly to all
beholders. Finally he hit upon plan
and started in on an experiment in one
corner of the field. Throwing cheap
ly constructed bridge across the brook
he utilized every spare moment of his
hired man, hauling sand on to the clay
bank, and as return load took clay
and dumped it on to the sand bank.
OF course at first, results were slow to
be seen, but it was not great many
seasons before he rejoiced to see crops
growing on either side of the brook,
where none had grown before. Believ-
ing that he was on the right road he
redoubled his efforts and each season
hauled more clay and more sand, until
in short time by the liberal use of his
strawy barn dressing, both fields were
completely redeemed and to this day
have borne abundant harvests. For a
number of years he kept them in grass,
top dressing each season until he began
to crop them as he did other portions of
his farm, and to-day they are the most
productive of his entire acres, of which
none in Somerset county are more fertile.
We never behold a sand waste, if it is
anywhere near a clay bank, but what
we want to get right out and tell this
story to the owner thereof.-Turf, Farm
and Home.
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Get the Most
Out of Your Food

You don't and can't if your stomach
is weak. A weak stomach does not di-
pest all that is ordinarily taken into it.
It gets tired easily, and what it fails to
digest is wasted.
Among the signs Of weak stomach
are uneasincss after eating, fits of ner-
vous headache, and disagreeable belch'
ing.
~ have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla at
different times for stomach troubles, and
run down condition Of the system. and have
been greatly benefited by its use. would
not be without 1t In my family. an trou-
bled especially in summer with weak stom-
och and nausea and find Hoods Sarsaparllla
Invaluable" T.. D. HICKMAN. W.Chester, Pa.
Hoods Jdrsdpdrilld
and Pills
Strengthen and tone the stomach and
the whole digestive system.
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Leaves for Clay Land.

1t has always been question as to
how best to use the leaves that cumber
up the yards in our smaller cities and
towns. We recently asked recognized
authority in regard to this matter, as to
how much fertilizing value there was in
them, and as to whether one who has to
purchase fertilizer could save anything
in not only cleaning up his own yard,
but in helping out the neighbOrs. He
said that If the labor of gathering the
leaves and getting them on the land was
not too great they would furnish fine
mulch under apple trees, and if allowed
to rot through the fall and winter would
produce fine results in helping to save
the moisture for the roots. Further
more he remarked that in case of wet,
heavy clay land il the leaves could be
worked into the clay in goodly proper
tion they would have a wonderful in
tluence to tighten up the soil and sep
arate the clods of clay. In this way he
they would be of the greatest
benefit, provided one had the soil to use
them upon, and he remarked further
that he had seen a whole field reclaimed
from a solid and almost useless clay bank
to fertile, loamy soil by the liberal use
of leaves several seasons in succession.
We know many householder less than
a thousand miles from this Office, who
delights in clean, we'll kept lawns all the
season around, who would rejoice with
great rejoicing if more of the neighbors
we're intent on reclaiming clay banks.
The quickest way and unless some one
has some use for the leaves, the most in
is to burn them. When per-
fectly dry they make very good bedding
for young stock, but are practically
worthless for horses after they have
been once used.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED THE PLOw."

on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
HAMMOND. Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat, Paris, Me.
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and hautboys and viola da gambas
coming from within. and Il silvery bab-
BILE of women's tongues. with deeper
undertone of mems. and the tread OF
dancing feet and the stamping OF
horses outside, with the whoas OF the
negro boys in attendance, and through
the broad gleam of the moonlight came
the flare and smoke of the torches
II seemed ms if the whole colony was
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-11-08

nenllmuto Cough Cure
Ese eesoAs, celds aad crsSe'
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CHAPTER Mi.

UGH a blaze of light as was
the governors mansion housc
that night | never saw. ana !
heard the music Of vi0lins
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-11-08
CHAPTER NJ.

fMY HAVE seen many beautiful
I4l things in my life, as happens
pSSsSJ to every one living in a
(SSySsj world which hath little fault
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IIvRIGHT { WHEELER,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
SOUTH PARIS. MAINE.
James ;. Wright. Aion u ueeief'
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-24
ELECTION CONTESTS FILED
THIS TIME IN LEONARD WOOD
COUNTY-iNVOLNE the Off.
CEs or SHERIFF, ASSESSOR
AND COUNTY CLERK.

Three election contests have been
instituted in Leonard Wood count, iu.
tOiyiug the tIuc 90 the Offices oft
sheriff assessor and county clerk
Felipe Chuygs y haCa holds "a Ger
tficato OF election as shorn. Croscon.
ciauO Galcros, as county clerk and
Pablo padilla. as assessor Thoir rC.
spoCtye muiOrIt.as are ss follows
Baca. 8. GdllegOs. "a. padIlla. On.
Illegal voting and irregularities at
the election ON November 5 last are
charged ON both sides.
The present lncumhouts of these
offices who arc the contestants. are
jose Armiio, ahorIm, NJ. O.. Baca.
county clerk, and j. b. Giddings. as.
s0aaor.
Edward r. Wright and Manuel G..
de- BaCa Of Santa Rosa, represent the
contestoos, and Messrs Long and Fort
of las vegas. thc contestants. the
present incumbonts
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-24

'hroko many Times n Wo Win
enough wealth locked up ,n BITS teH.q
no fde him over io "a moro 1ruspO r0ul
tmr anil no' esncAl thereby boo the
least IhDrg Ia uo record of amy ouu
over having bH teath extracted in
order tD use Coo gold in thom Ono
dentist. D. d. ,Iuo. anEored ni tbe NON.
pn5 mcn' ui bIll IuvrIaIDi pafeut
into h. chn'r and proceeded i0 ru.
move thD wo.Hr into which boz had
pounded several dollars worth OF eoDl
gold Ih.H would seem tl bC "a he.
SHINING toward The utilization OF thr
losl metal boo. hls method was stern.
h roWnei upon both hy tbO Judiciary
Und tho members of hIH rrulo Sion
With the Increasing popularity of
IlIIrFF and crowns boz dental work and
thU Increase in 900 lines ot the pro.
.oHe.on 10 .F estimated that the noxI
ten years VIII aoo nearly ylUUU.0U0 OF
E0id vanishing annually from tho Wis.
inie supply in thIa manner in IhIs
time f H expected th1f another g..
100000 Nnrn of hIlurs WIu ho bur
ied The .sayeyards oi thC country
VIII chem he vprItablo gold mines As
yef rh0U.s have NOT especially devoted
thcmaeIFcH fl fhc gathering m curpsos
lor IhD r0'd chat may bO boo Ihgb
fc.fn. uu. Boo flr years tO como Do IB
uuHsIHI" fnHi mining boo Uuuus
rUuul. loo tuo dead of might wi'I Ug.
como popular among thu 'O1thH.1mD
elias. of criminals