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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-04-19
Bankrup.'s Petition for Discharge.

|" a e %a:sf' a. Of cqs.Sz In Bankruptcy
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge Of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for the Distric
of Maine:
A LRERT A. CONANT Of Hebron. in tn,
n County Of Oxford, and State Of Maine
In said District respectfully represents tina
on the 18th day Of April, 1909, he wa
duly adjudged bankrupt under the Act
duly surrendered all his property and rights o
property and has fully complied with al
the requirements of said Acts and of the orders
of Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, that he may be decreeC
by the Court to have full discharge from al
debts provable against his estate under sai1
bankrupt a cts, except such debts as are eX
copied by law from such discharge.
Dated this 18th 'lay Of April, A. d. 1901.
ALBERT 4. CONAST, Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, SIS.
On this 10th day of April, A. ID. 1904. or
reading the foregoing petition, It is
upon the same on the 9th day of May, A. ID
1904, before said Court at Portland, In said Dis
trict, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published in The Oxford
and that all known creditors, and other persons
In interest, may appear at the said time anc
place, and show cause, II any they have, why
the prayer of said petitioner should not be
granted.
And 1t is further ordered by the Court, that
the Clerk shall send by mall TO all known cred.
itors copies of said petition and this order, adj.
dressed to them at their places Of residence as
stated.
Witness the Hon. CLARENCE HALE, Judge
Of the said Court, and the seal thereof, at Port.
land, in said District, on the 1877 day Of April
A. ID. 1904.
[L.s.] JAMES +. HEWEY, Clerk.
true copy of petition and order thereon.
Attest: JAMES 4. HEWEY, Clerk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-04-19
Tailor Made Suits.

you are thinking Suit for this spring. why not buy 1t now
while our line completes What would be of more service than pretty
Suti great many have the Eon Jackets which make good
separate coats We show you large line Tor Ladies ana misses
Many of the Misses, Suits made to fit small women
oNE OT Misses Suits with coored threads running
,.oLst stitched with
silk, pretty skirt, S'''''
LOT Misses jacket with large capes and Guns silk
mined astens buttons neat flare SKIRT sSo
MANY OTHER STYLES FROM $3.50 TO $500.
ONE or % SHIFTS Of Chevot in blue Elton jacket
doube satin lined flare skirt $1,000
ONE LOT Ladies' Ch blue and black Eton jacket with belt
s.nned heavy buttons and braid has
o.. t.,. ' $500
Many other styles would like show you you are hard to ut
|or like something different could make to h We DO h
class suit and dressmaking reasonable prices
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-04-19
Mr.. LittIefield Renominated

A wELL-ATTENDED CONVENTION AT
LEWISTON Is ADDRESSED BY HIM.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-04-19

Friends all over Maine were panied to
learn of the death of Charles Walton
Small of Portland at Augusta on the 10th.
Mr.. Small, while engaged at Augusta,
was taken with a severe attack OF
appendicitis, and died few days after
undergoing an operation. MIR. Small
was a son of Ruel Small, the well known
stenographer, and a grandson of the late
Judge Walton. He was stenographer
for Judge Savage, and was called one Of
the best court stenographers in New
England. He had been admitted to the
bar and was working into a good prac-
tice. Only 80 years of age, of splendid
physique, brilliant intellect and great
energy, he seemed to have most prom
Using future before him when death cut
him down.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-04-19

And now the telephone is charged
with being transmitter of disease. Not
on the wires, however. 1t will still be
safe to call up the pest house. The al
legged transmission comes about by
means of the mouthpiece of the trans
mitter which is used successfully by
different people.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-04-19

There seems to be no doubt that the
Russian battleship Petropavlovsk was
wrecked in some way, and turned turtle
and sank in less than three minutes, with
600 men, including Admiral Makaroff, on
board, but what happened to her is not
so clear. The Japs say they did 1t with
a torpedo. The Russians prefer to ad-
nit that they Numbered on to one of
their own mines. A later report ascribes
the accident to the blowing up of the
boilers. And finally, the suspicion is
voiced that the Japanese are using SUBJ
marine boats, without even the enter
prising newspaper correspondents know
ing ANYTHING about it.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-04-19

The worst disaster that has befaller
the United States Navy since the blow
ing up of the Maine occurred Wednesday
when by an explosion of powder on the
battleship Missouri during target prac
tice Twenty-Five men were killed and
others injured, so that the death list now
numbers thirty-two. This is several
times the total casualties of the Spanish
war. A peculiar feature of the affair is
that although the word explosion is
used in describing it, there seems to have
been strictly no explosion about it. The
powder, not being confined, burned, and
the men were killed by the flames and
fumes. In the handling room was three.
quarters of ton of powder. If that had
been confined and had actually exploded,
it would have torn to shreds the bodies
of the men, and badly wrecked that part
of the ship. Although some of the brass
work was melted by the heat, the reports
do not indicate that much damage was
done to the ship by the shock.
The Press., 1904-02-04
The ZOdiacal Light.

The name of "zodiacal light" has
been given to a singular appearance
frequently witnessed soon after sunset
or just before sunrise. 1t may be seen
at all seasons of the year in low lati-
tudes and is obviously due to illumi-
mated matter surrounding the sun in q
very fat or lenticular form, nearly CO.
NEEDING with the plane of the eciiptic,
or, rather, with the SUMS equator. The
attention of astronomers was first d.
rected to it in the year 1858 by Cassini
and was long regarded as being the
SUMS atmosphere. This idea, it is now
thought, is incorrect, it being generally
believed at the present time to consist
Of an immense assemblage of rocks,
sand, cosnical dust, fragments of met
al, etc., such as the earth Is continual
~ encountering in the form of aerolites
or meteorites. 1t may not be out of
place to mention in this connection that
the rings of Saturn are believed to be
composed of similar materials.
The Press., 1904-02-04

IF you come ncrcss very shabby
looking EnglishwCman on the con
tipent." said travelled American. lin
nine cases out of ten she will turn out
to be somebody Of rank. When | was
In Florence, was Il great freQuenter
of the UfiZZi galleries. and tLerc.I met
a number of times an old;sh English
woman with young girl, w. ON l
took to be governcss and pupil. rs the
former was evidently cdnc.ltii the
latter's taste for art and would analyze
the styles of the different artists and
make the girl pick out their pictures
through her knowledge of tecAn que.
1t was cleverly done, and as the o der
woman saw that WAS Interested in
her art lectures she kindly inc udod
me in the curriculum. The girl was
shy and stiff. like most of her V; un
countrywomen, and | never herd her
call her companion by any name. so
still retained my first impression until
one day when Il smart young person.
who was evidently Il lady's maid.
brought in some wraps and add essed
the older woman as your grlc"' Hnu
the younger one as your ladySh!p.' the
two proving to be the Duchess OF -
and Lady Emily. her granddaush, en-"
philadelphia Ledger.
The Press., 1904-02-04
Saved FROM THE KNIFE
cal-cura Solvent, the Wonderful New Msdl.
cine Will Dissolve and Expsi Stone and
Gravel from the System. Your Money
Back H Il Does Not Cure.

A surgical operation is no longer neces-
sary for the removal of Stone and Gravel
from the Kidneys and Bladder, since the
sseao medicine, Cal-cura Solvent, discovered
by the wen-known physician and surgeon,
the late DR.. David Kennedy, quickly dis
solves and swiftly expels Stone, Red and
White Gravel, thus freeing the patient of
the Inflammation and pain, caused by the
presence of these lime formations. Better
than all, Cal-cura Solvent prevents the
formation of Stone and Gravel and all uric
acid conditions of the blood. The medical
profession has accepted and heartily en-
dorsed the principal upon which DIR. Ken
nedy based his claims for Cal-cura Solvent.
II your druggist does not have Cal-cura
Solvent, write to the Cal-cura Company,
Rondout, N. Y; but ask your druggist first.
81. 90 q bottle. Only one size.
Guarantee: Your druggist win return
your money If Cal-cura fails to cure, and
The Cal-cura Company will pay the drug
gist. Remember, CaLcura Solvent cures
gS% OF all cases Of Kidney, Bladder and
Liver disorders.
The Press., 1904-02-04

Mr.. Herlihy looked at his latest pho
tograph, taken in his Sunday clothes,
and his gaze bespoke keen disappoint-
ment. ...
"O'd never "a had this TUX If 1t
hadn't been for thin children telling
me about the improvements in photo.
graphing" he muttered, holding the
card upon which his likeness was
mounted farther and farther away
Improvements is it? Old loike to
show this pictur' soide be soide wild
the wan OF had twinty years ago and
lave it to anybody which o. thin two
made the betther man O. me. There's
an old, anxious, toired out look to this
new wan that was niver in the other.
'"There may be improvements in pho
hographing," said Mr.. Herlihy as he de-
posted the cabinet sized card face
down in his table drawer, ''but Owe
Tit to see thim."-Youth's Companion.
The Press., 1904-02-04
MARINE ART.
Virtues and Defects of the ships
That Sailors Paint.

VAEtuCB anu De1CCtS OF tme SmAW9
That Sailors Paint.
1t is an axiom with sailors that there
never was man who put in three
years before the mast who did not
think he could paint ship better than
the most skillful landlubber that ever
welded q brush. In the homes of re-
tired sea captains specimens of this
kind of marine art are often displayed
on the walls to admiring friends and
are handed down as family heirlooms.
A good place for the man who has no
seagoing relatives or friends to see
such pictures is in some of the win
dows of ship supply stores on South
street in New York. Sailors buy them
occasionally.
Ships that sailors paint are absolutely
correct in every detail. From brig to
a full rugged three master there is not Il
block or tackle missing from stem TO
stern or from masthead to water. line.
No marine painter could get i'll half so
much detail if he tried But tile, ships
painted by sailors look as if they were
caught fast in frost tipped waves
There is absolutely no life or any sug-
gestion of motion about them even
when represented as going under full
sail. When n sailor tries to get ina bit
of landscape as Il background, as he
usually does. he makes matters bore
lessly worse. AS Il general thing it is a
lighthouse or a fort looking for all the
world like little images that children
take out of their toy ;irks.-New York
Press.
The Press., 1904-02-04
Origin Of the Bowerx.

Even many native New Workers. do
not know how the Bowery came by it's
name, according to the Pittsburg Dis
patch, which thus proceeds to their en-
lightenment: No less a person than the
famous old one legged Governor Peter
Stuyvesant was responsible for it.
When the city Of New Amsterdam
sprang into existence many farmers
: from Holland came over to seek their
fortune in the new world among them
old Peter. They settled outside the
town and proceeded to develop the
land by clearing away the woods and
planting it with grain. fruit trees and
ornamental shrubs they had brought
with them. Peter Stuyvesant called
his residence and grounds the Rou-
werie. and the lane connecting it with
New Amsterdam became known as
Bouwerie lane. the settlement itself
taking the name of Bouwerie village
Stuyvesant's farm extended from the
junction of what is now Third and
Fourth avenues to Seventeenth street
and eastward to Second avenue. where
at the corner of Tenth street his home
was located.
The Press., 1904-02-04
A Sailor of Bravery.

What threatened to be one of the
worst disasters in the history of ship
ping was the burning of the Ocean
Monarch. The fire was discovered in
her fore hold an hour or two only after
she left the Mersey. There was n
strong breeze, and she was headed for
the Welsh coast.
By some unlucky accident an anchor
was dropped, and the big ship was
brought up all standing head TO the
wind. The flames came roaring aft,
where GOO passengers and crew were
crowded.
A Brazilian frigate, a yacht and q
pilot boat were near, but they only at
tempted to picH up those who jumped
and swan. SaseR}y nm came an
American clipper ands rounded into the
wind barely 200 yards away. Il ne
first boat was Frederick Jerome. only
an able seaman, but one OF the bravest
seamen that ever lived. In a flash his
boat was alongside the burning ship,
and he climbed on deck amid the
scorch and smother. There he stayed
until the last soul of 900 was saved.
His clothes were on fire seven separate
times, and he was scorched almost be-
yond recognition. His only reward
was the medal of the American HUI
name society.-Pearson's.
The Press., 1904-02-04
WALES.

E. Phelps of Stafford spent Sunday
with friends in town.
Rev. George Camp is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Myron Royce.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Dimmick of Stat
ford were in town Sunday.
Pushy, the telegraph operator, is on
the streets with new pair of blacks.
Alvin Converse, who has been quite
i'll with a severe cold, is improving.
The schools had their promised
sleigh-ride to Warren last Saturday.
A good time reported.
Miss Willow Dimmick of Stafford
spent Sunday with her parents Mr..
and Mrs. E. Dimmick.
The pound party at Rev. George
Rogers, Wednesday evening, was we'll
attended. All were invited.
The Davis class, which is giving
free lectures every four weeks, held
one Tuesday evening. All are in
vited.
John Bissell, who was injured by
being thrown from his sleigh in Stat
ford last week, was doing we'll when
last heard from.
A party from here had sleigh-ride
Wednesday night to Brimfeld, and
was served with a turkey supper at
Landlord Ellery's.
Mr.. Gould, who has been doing the
baking at G. F. Williams bakery,
left Monday. The baking is being
done by the Misses Royce.
E. Hall of Holland, the milkman,
met with slight accident Tuesday
morning, breaking his sleigh. No
damage to himself or milk.
The Press., 1904-02-04
COVENTRY.

Il
Edwin Hutchinson is i'll with the
measles.
Miss Evelyn Purdy is at Samuel
LeDoyt's.
Mrs. Lucas of Danielson is at VIM
Bradbury's.
Miss Grace Bradbury of Naugatucl
visited with her parents over Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid society met with
Mrs. VIM. Weaver Wednesday after
noon. i
Sunday morning Mrs. Frank j.
Tracy tripped over the rockers of 9
chair and fell, breaking her hip.
William Wolf, who recently return
ed from Idaho, is working on the
Spring Manor farm in Mansfield.
George CLARK and Frank Day went
to Stonington Monday to enter the
machine shop there as apprentices.
Horace Newell has resigned as
treasurer of the trustees of the Meth
odist church, and Walter Pike has
been chosen to fill the vacancy.
Edward Crooke of New York, who
has been living on the Brannigan
place for q year or more, has bought
Thomas F. Clak's farm just over the
line in Mansfield.
Our village baker, Mr.. Weaver, has
changed his route. He goes through
South Wellington Tuesdays and Fri
days; Andover, Wednesdays and Sat-
urdays; South Coventry, Thursdays.
Robert Emmett Wilcox died Friday
evening, aged "a years. The funeral
was Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Wilcox
was a blacksmith and unmarried.
He leaves one brother, Wallace W.
Wilcox.
There was a fire at the Methodist
parsonage Monday night. The lath
caught fire around burning chimney.
Mr.. Maine summoned the neighbors
and they succeeded in extinguishing
it. The damage is estimated at about
800.
The Epworth League has chosen the
following officers: President, William
Weaver; first president, Miss e.
A. Newell; second vice resident,
Mrs. Charles Lathrop; third vice-pres-
ident, William Wolfe; fourth vice.
president, Mrs. Sarah Wolfe; secreta-
ry, VIM. Smith; treasurer, Mrs. VIM.
Weaver; organist, Miss Hattie Smith.
The Press., 1904-02-04
MANSFIELD.

| Benjamin Il. Benton was IN NOT
witch Saturday ON business.
A. B. Campbell has his new barn
and grain room nearly completed.
Frank Haskell, who has been ON the
sick list, is somewhat better at this
writing.
Charles Robertson finished filling his
ice house to-day with nice, clear 10
inch ice.
Mrs. Stowell Whitehouse and daugh-
ter of Atwoodville spent the Sabbath
with Mrs. E. W. Williams.
A. J. Tilden of Stafford Springs
spent Tuesday at his old homestead
with his father, E. W. Tilden.
The Ladies' Aid society held bake
bean social in the conference room at
Gurleyville Wednesday evening.
The gentlemen of the NJ E. church
per in the church parlors next week.
Mrs. Baker was at 7. R. Dimock's
in Gurleyville last week, caring for
Mrs. Dimock, who is on the sick list.
A party from Gurleyvillle took a
sleigh-ride to the social held at Mans
field Center last week Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. James F. Clune and little
daughter of Willimantic were at Mrs.
Clune's parents at Hanks Hill last
week
Senator Olin S. Chaffee was one of
the callers at the highway commits
sioner's office at the capitol, Hartford,
Monday.
Misses Helen Whitaker, Lulu
Blakeley and Lena Johnson are keep
ing house in Frank Dunham's house,
Gurleyville.
Mrs. Gleason of Spring Hill died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Church, last week. The funeral was
held Friday at Spring Hill.
The pupils of the Gurleyville dis
trict school, No. IA, are planning to
give an entertainment some time this
month. The date will be given later.
Mrs. George H. Baker is the proud
possessor of as handsome tea rose as
you will run across at this time of
the year. 1t is literally covered with
buds and roses, some % or more by
actual count.
News was received this morning of
the death of Mrs. Moses @. Turner of
Vernon, who was formerly a resident
of this town. She leaves two chill
dren, Austin F. Turner and Kate L.,
wife of Walter l.. Chamberlain, for
merly of Staffordville.
Levi A. Hall of Spring Hill died
at his home Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Hall was 70 years of age, and
had large property interests in Will
limantio.- He has been in poor health
for nearly year. Mr.. Hall leaves a
wife, and his only other relative is a
nephew who lives in Mansfield.
AhO OuAS 6ALAO44Onh htu4OUAO O1uD
of Stafford Springs is to give an en-
tertainment and dance at Hillside
hall next week Thursday evening.
Lynch's orchestra will furnish music,
and E. Fields will be the prompter.
Tickets for entertainment and dance,
90 cents; entertainment alone, Is
cents. Supper will be served for %
cents each.
The Willing Workers of Mansfield
Center held a social in the Congrega-
tional church vestry last Thursday
evening. The sum of $5S was raised
Each member of the workers had
earned dollar fors the society and
written poem how they earned it.
These poems were read by the COM
posers. This feature was an enter
tanning part of the evening. The po-
ems were on sale.
The Press., 1904-02-04
Foley's Honey aud Tar cures the cough
caused by attack Of la grippe. 1t heals
the lungs. Sold by e. Il. Taft, druggist
Baby. Elnbber.

Fat babies" said the eminent scien.
fist, ARE unhealthy. You may think
because IL baby is fat that it is in the
pink of condition. but the fat is simply
so much blubber"
my baby isn't fat" said the detected
father, but we can't sleep at night be-
cause he has too much blubber."
The Press., 1904-02-04
SOMERS.

The Christian Endeavor society held
a pit party or social at the house of
W. P. Fuller Tuesday evening.
The electric cars have not been run
ming for several days, and the mail is
carried twice day by Fuller & Man
chester.
Henry Maybee of New York state
has taken a place as order clerk fol-
George Hover, following George
Lockwood.
The regular meeting of the Somers
grange will be held in grange hall
this evening, with an interesting
program for the lecturers hour.
Mrs. W. A. Pease returned from he1
trip to West Chester, Pa, Saturday
night. Her son, Charles W., from
New Britain, spent Sunday with her.
Mrs. Angie Bond and her sister,
Mrs. William @. Pease, are making
preparations to take trip to Califor-
mia, and expect to start within a week
or so.
The Hazardville dramatic club is to
give an entertainment at the town
hall tomorrow evening, consisting of
the three-act drama, "The Crawford
Claim
Frank T. Moore has been chosen q
deacon Of the Congregational church
in place Of Charles Bugbee of North
Somers, resigned, who has served for
number of years.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Som
ersville Congregational church will
serve scalloped oyster supper Friday
evening. An entertainment consist
ing principally of a farce, "The Pub
lie Worrior," will be given.
The Press., 1904-02-04

William @. Whitney, So, former
secretary of the navy, died at his
home in New York, Tuesday, from
blood poisoning, following an opera
ton for appendicitis. Mr.. Whitney
was born in Conway, Mass. His
mother was Mrs. Laurinda Collins of
Somers. Conn.
The Press., 1904-02-04

In the temporary absence OF the
beauty editor this question was hand
ed by mistake to the sporting editor:
"How shall one get rid Of superduous
hairs on the upper lipT'
THAT'S easy" he wrote in reply.
"Push the young man away."-Chica-
90 TrihnnP
The Press., 1904-02-04
An Inch OF Truth.

DR.. David Kennedy's new medicine,
Gale Solvent, has been successful In
cases which have baffled good doctors
and what it has done 1t may be trusted to
do again. Wbetf er your trouble be acute
or chronic the result will be the same
only In old cases you must be- faithful
and patient. For full Information and a
free sample bottle write to the Cal-cura
Company, Rondout, N. Y.
The Press., 1904-02-04

The best physic. "Once tried and you
will always use Chambsrlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets" says William A.
Glrafd, Pease, vt. These Tablets are
the most prompt, most pleasant and most
reliable cathartic In use.
For sale by e. K. Taft, 81. r. Cady
Stafford g. Hall, Jr., g. Co., South VII
linQtOn
The Press., 1904-02-04

have set up my loom, and for the next three
months wiz do weaving for those wanting
same. warps always furnished, and first class
work done. Call and see samples and get prices
before going elsewhere. j. L. SMITH.
Near Grtrnth's Blacksmith shop, village Hill.
The Press., 1904-02-04
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Mothers can safely give Foley's Honey
and Tar TO their children for coughs and
colds, for it contains no opiates or other
poisons. Sold by e. X. Taft, druggist.