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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07

There is one thing that has become
more and more apparent in the last few
months, which we would like to have
explained by some of our good friends
in Aroostook county or elsewhere, and
that is why there is such an output Of
Aroostook farmers who are seeking
farms in the older parts of the state.
If this movement had been noted years
ago, when Aroostook farmers were get
ting the hard end of the business, we
could all have understood it, but now
when they are getting such fabulous
prices not only for their potatoes but
for every other crop grown, why they
should sell out and buy farms on older
and in many cases poorer soil is some
thing we can't just understand, but we
would like to have the opinion of our
intelligent readers on this subject. 1t
is, we believe, safe to predict that more
than hundred farms in PenobScot,
Piscataquis, and Kennebec counties have
been sold within the past year to farm
ers who have come from Aroostook
county to engage in precisely the same
business that they left there. 1t is GER
tsinly a movement that demands more
than passing notice.-Turf, Farm and
Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07

The usual fortune Of complaint is to
excite contempt more than pity.-Jom'
son.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07
CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER VIII.
HERE were two roads which
led from Fairview Hall to the
Tome of the WiltOns. one by
river and the other over the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07
NUMBER %.
WORLDS FAIR HOTEL
ACCOMMODATIONS.

st. Louis HosteIries Prepared to Handle
Vast Thronss-Priees Not to Be In
ercased-Hotsl Inside Of the ex.
position Grounds With Ca.
paeity For 5000 Guests.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07
CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER TX.
"A Is he spoke fresh. youthful
IA voice was heard In the hall.
f|.r Father. Kate, where are
SS-J you: Come see our string
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07
Hoods Jarsaparilld
and Pills

Make the blood pure, vigorous and
rich, create appetite, give vitality,
strength and animation, and cure
all eruptions. Have the whole family
begin to take them today.
.Hood's Sarsaparills has been used N
II family for some time, and always with
good results. Last spring I was all run
down and got bottle Of 1t, and ~ usual
rsceived great bsnsnt" Miss BEuLAa
BoYcE, Stowe, VI. y
Hoods oarsapariIla promIooe q
ouro and ksepo tho psomise.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07
The Central Maine Fair.

The Central Name FAIR 0mclalS are
now pushing the buildings and the gen.
eral preparation of their grounds, and If
nothing intervenes to prevent they will
soon be in condition to handle their
patrons. There will be four meetings
on the grounds previous to the fair that
will be held while the buildings are be-
ing put into completed condition, but
the best show of all will naturally be the
fair which occurs the third week in
September. The buildings that have al
ready been contracted for comprise 200
modern stalls, 300 cattle sheds, an ex-
hibitiOn building two stories high, 104
feet long and 40 feet wide, an office
building at the gate, 40x45 feet, and l0O
feet added to the grand stand, making it
$50 feet long. These buildings are dis
tributed in a very convenient manner,
so that the fair exhibits can be seen and
studied at the best advantage, the neat
stock, the sheep and the swine are shown
on four acre field, distant and apart
from the other exhibits, but readily
reached through conveniently con-
structed subway, that connects the cat
tie department with the horse depart
ment. The horse sheds are all at the
lower end of the track, the entrance
thereto being at the head of the stretch,
adjacent to the stalls. There will be
broad, we'll kept roadway, passing COM
pletely around the grounds, giving fine
view of every part of them, the cattle
department included.
So much for the work being perform
ed by the officers. Now we would like
much to know what is being done by
those who are as much interested in the
success of the exhibition as the officials
can possibly be. 1t is high time that
the officials were beginning to get re-
ports from the probable exhibitors, and
it is not any too soon for the exhibitors
to begin to make plans as to what they
are to show here. 1t should be remem-
bered that the premiums for the fair
here will be classified the same as at
Lewiston, so anything intended for show
at one place is eligible at both. While
the management will run more or less
along the old lines, they hope soon to
be able to announce some new features
that ought to be very effective and IN
teresting. Of course there will be a
baby show, very large and we'll balanc-
ed art department, conducted by one
thoroughly conversant with the needs of
such an exhibition, great showing OF
antiquarian curiosities, both great and
small. 1t is the desire of the manage
ment to have parade of old vehicles,
farming utensils, ETC., etc., and liberal
prizes will be offered for the best dis
play made along these lines. If our
readers have any articles great or small,
that have become valuable by their age,
or from their use, the Central Maine
Fair would be pleased to know about
them, so that arrangements can be made
to exhibit them. If every person who
reads this paragraph will run over in
their minds the valuable relics they are
reserving there are but few but what
would find rare articles that the visitors
at the fair would be pleased to inspect
We should be pleased to be put in COM
munication with any one who has any
thing of this character.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07
CHAPTER Y.

left to himself in the deserted
IIL hall the old sailor walked
151n over to the body OF the old
GsA1hl soldier. Many a quaint dis
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-06-07
Jpring Medicine

There Is no other season when good
medicine is 50 much needed as in the
Spring.
The blood L. impure, weak and
impoverished-a condition indicated
by pimples and other eruptions on tho
face and body, by deficient vitality,
loss of appetite, lack Of strength, and
want of animation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27

HRear Admiral U s. N" To the unen- frightened public 1t Is difficult to see why a man holding the rank of rear admiral should not be entitled to call himself rear admiral" but 1t seems that in naval usage there is a very broad distinction which amounts to a great deal, especially in social intercourse. Officers of the line of the navy are addressed as MT. when their rank is below that of commander, while those of higher rank are addressed by their titles, and they do not enjoy hearing constructors. paymasters, and other staff officers, who they say do not perform military service, and have not ac- qured right to the title, addressed as ad- miral merely because they have been at the head of buerau which carries with 1t the relative rank of rear admiral. The controversy is one that has ragged for years and is little understood or appre- ciated outside naval circles In number of instances 1t has been referred to the secretary of the navy and has been de- eided adversely to the members of the staff Rear Admiral Upshur Is the third oldest officer In the navy and is a well known stioker for etiquette but in this matter 1t is generally understood that he has the support of nearly all of the line officers but few of them are as outspoken with regard to what they consider the un- warratned assumption of their titles by staff officers. Admiral Upshur's conten- ton is that the officer against whom he has preferred charges is not rear ad- miral but only a civil engineer, and in using the military term he Is doing what amounts to sailing under false colors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Girls VIII Have to Go.

The Secretary of Commerce has settled the much discussed question of what to do with the Geisha girls who have been one of the features of the St. Louis EX- position, by ordering that they be de- ported at the end of the exposition. 1t Is believed that the talk of keeping them in the country was inspired by syndi- cate of theatrical managers who wished to use them as features on vaudeville circuit The girls came to this country under a special permit of the Japanese government and a promise that they would return to Japan at the close of the exposition. Evidence brought before the immigration bureau showed that 1t was the desire of the girls to return to Japan An attempt was also made to show that Gelshas are actresses and that per- mission to enter this country could not be denied them. but the department has de- cided that this contention was not sus- talned by the evidence. The question has been one of no little annoyance to the de- partment, and the precedent which has been set in the decision Is not likely to be reversed or revoked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
New Fashions Developed.

The horse show developed the new fash ions in mems attire for the winter One thing was evident. The best dressed men are becoming more conservative day by day and the fashions change little with them. Men dress a great deal according to their individual styles. They use the same last for boots and shoes and the same block for hats. Alfred Vanderbilt. who was sen so much at the horse show. wore the suitings of gray or brown mix lures in sack or a morning coat Alfred Vanderbilt affects odd hats, which have somewhat of a horsy appearance. He wears quiet ties, usually the four-in- hand or the once over Ascot. The Gerry boys stick to their quiet grays for the morn- ing, and most of the jeunesse doree follow suit. Franklin Hummer dresses a great deal This autumn he has affected rather a belled shaped top hat which Is appro- priate to a man who Is becoming slightly stouter and is not very tall Oliver H F. Belmont wears most startling clothes and looks as if he came out of an old cruikshank picture. His hats are straight up and down--when he wears the top hat-and his collars are somewhat of the poke variety or again like those Henry Clay used to wear.
 But there has been no return to 1880 or any of the exaggerated fashions of a few years ago. Men look now as if they were ordered by the dozen. The salmon and shrimp pink ties which come from Lon don were worn by few, but were not generally liked, and they will not be fashionable this year. All the Germans and Frenchmen wore boutonniers both in the afternoon and the evening" The Americans never use posies for afternoon or evening dress. Once in along while the gardenia breaks out, but 1t is only a short-liyed fad Dark red flowers small crimson chrysanthemums or dahlias were among the blossoms sported by the for eign element.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
OFFICIAL ENMITY
 IS AGAIN REVIVED Feud in the Navy Over the Use
 of Titles GEISHA GIRLS MUST LEAVE Will Not Be Allowed to Remain After the Fair closes-Roosevelt May Buy Country Place-Wash-
 ineton Gossip.
BY w. T. MANNING.

Washington, November 26-The old fued which has existed between the line and the staff officers of the navy over the question of titles has broken out anew in the shape of charges which have been preferred by Rear Admral Upshur, re- tired against Civil Engineer Peter c. Asserson, retired, whom the admiral charges with being guilty of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline in violation of law and navy regulations. Rear Admiral Upshur alleges that Civil Engineer Asserson who holds the rank of rear admiral has been using visiting cards inscribed with his name, and the words
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Will Buy Country Place.

It is reported in Washington that Pres ident Roosevelt contemplates the pnr- chase of & country place not far from the city. President Cleveland during hls two terms was the owner of very hand some country place near Washington ana resided there during the summer months' coming into Washington. each day to at- tend to official business. After the expira- tion of his last term he disposed of the property and in a pecuniary way the in- vestment proved most profitable one It is understood that the place that MT. Roosevelt Is considering belongs to John M. SIegmuller. a merchant of Washing ton, and Is located in Virginia three miles from the city. The house and place are complete in every detail and 1t Is under stood meets with the requirements of the president in every respect Among MT Roosevelts neighbors. should he buy the
 place. will be Surgeon General Rixey or
 was attracted to the place during his
 vIscits to Dr. RiXey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
SOCIAL SEASON IS BEGUN IN EARNEST Maids and MatronS Are Now
 in the Lists NEWS FASHIONS DEVELOP Very Little Change in Styles for This Winter-Box Arrangements for
 the Opera Explained.
 Other Gossip.
MEMS FASHIONS DEVELOP
BY DIEDRIcH kNIcKERBockER.


 New York, November 26.-It may be said the. Heralds have sounded their trumpets and the fashionable matron with her hopeful, marriageable maid have entered the lists of this seasons so- cial tourney On Monday night the op- era season began the week before the Horse Show acted as a magnet to draw the people to town and the Saturday football games furnished the occasion for outbursts of exuberance of high spirits. It Is the final time for summer "easi- ness" preparatory to the time of winter stiffness" Apropos of football I notice. it serves to bring old chums together men who were college chums, and wo- men who were rivals in the days of their youth. Such a week as last with the Horse Show, the theatre and the foot ball game as climax, would have proved somewhat too strenuous for any but the well-seasoned society girl, but she appeared at the opera last Monday night looking as fresh as though she had just returned from summer outing. The debutantes must need take a very prominent position at the moment, and for the ninety-ninth time if may be stat ed that there are a number of unusually pretty girls who are coming out this winter Miss Constance Knower, whose engagement to Coleman Drayton Jr. has Just been announced, and who has to have been one of the debutantes, is an ex- tremely handsome girl Miss Mildred Barclay is also an extremely pretty girl; Miss Ripley and Miss Kane from Tuxedo, are also nosabl, arrivals, and Miss Grace Ruggles bears a name associated with a gracious and well remembered person. allty-that of her father the late James F. Ruggles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Ball Dress for Opera.


 Full ball dress at the opera is to be the crder this winter and it will be so ar ranged that all the big balls will take place on opera nights, also all the large private dances. To read over the list of boxholders. or people who occupy opera boxes during the season Is somewhat con fusing to the average reader. who cannot quite understand how so many families can be accommodated in che box and all leading families, who are accustomed to a great deal of space in city and country houses. A more careful examination proves that the box is taken for different performance, and while the terms Todd nights and "even matinees" are a little confusing, those who have taken boxes know what It all means and find that one appearance a week is all that is possible. lot of well known people have seats in the orchestra chairs, and 1t will not be difficult for any habitue of the Metropoli- tan Opera House to quickly identify i'm portant personages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Visitor From Rome.

Another visitor to New York is the Rev. Dr. Nevin of Rome. pr. Nevin is the chaplain of the American church in that city, and i1e Is one of the most notable figures in the colony. He has always been considered as almost holding diplomatic position, as he has ministered to the spiritual needs of the American Legation and Embassy for years Every American who has lived any time in Rome knows Dr. Nevn. and his present visit here has been productive of much entertainment for him. Another we'll known American clergyman abroad is the Rev. John B. Morgan, the rector of the American church of the Holy Trinity on the Avenue de rAlma in Paris He is a near relative of J. Pierpont Morgan. and he married his cousin. He has lived In Paris for over thirty years and has per- formed the marriage ceremony and re- cited the services for the dead for many of the most notable families in this coun- try. He is the most genial of men, It has been through his efforts that the church. which is a beautiful structure. has been built, and various guilds and benevolent activities established. Dr. Morgan has net visited American in some years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27

crews thus provided will provlAa only a small proportion of the men needed for the big battleships and cruisers that are coming Into commission. Counting the ships now in use and adding those already under construction. the navy requires about twice as many officers and men as is now allowed by law, and the authori- ties have about come to the conclusion that relief must be had even if the de- mand for increase in the personnel of the navy results in a decision on the part of congress to cut down the programme for new ships until those already provided for are manned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Navy Needs Men.

The navy is short of men, ana large increase in officers and men is absolutely necessary if the new ships coming Into commission are to be adequately manned. The navy authorities are retieent in dis cussing the matters, but 1t is known that they are seriously annoyed in devising ways and means to do the work with the force available The only method that presents itself at present is by putting old vessels out of commission. but the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
New Railroad Is Proposed.

Atlanta, November 26.--At a meeting of the stockholders of the Atlanta and Car olina railroad company held here today, the organization of the company was per fected by the election of officers and directors.
 The company proposes to build an cleo trict line from Atlanta to Greenville. s. C., which it is expected will eventually give Atlanta a direct line to the At lantic seaboard. The capital was raised from s5O.O0O to s2,O0O,0O0, and arrangements were made for the speedy beginning of active operations of construction. John R. Hasch of Haschton. s. C.. was elect ed president
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Five Point GrOeers.

of residents of the city of Washington, and although no name has been announce ed it is understood that the nominal chair man of this committee will also be a Washingtonian. Although the date of the Inauguration is three months away, 1t is the custom to begin the preparations for the event as soon after the result of the election Is known as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Preparing for Inauguration.

Plans have already been started for the inauguration ceremonies for President Roosevelts installation. and it promises 10 be quite the most elaborate in the his- tory of the United States. Chairman Cor telyou will undoubtedly have the general charge of the arrangements, and in the details he will have the assistance of a very numerous inaugural committee, which as usual will be largeiy made up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
,Mhat Hurts Most.

"what rasoaliy paper it is to tell ma i,o,ous lies about that way" said Council man crooht's sympathetic friend.
 "oh,o replied the councilman Tt lsh as had as some of the other papers that tell the malicious truth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
TELEPHONES END. TERROR OF FOREST Lumber Companies Connect
 Offices With Camp GREAT HELP TO INDUSTRY Men Are More contented and News of Threatened Log Jam Is Often
 Communicated in Time
 for Action.

Quebec, Que, saturday-Througho | the forests from the St. Johns to vancou- yer lumbers camps belonging to the same interests are connected by telephone, the lines running thence to the saw mills or wood pulp works at frontier towns, from which communication can be had even with the metropolis
 It was formerly the custom for each lumber interest to maintain couriers. like the Voyageurs of the Hudson Bay com pany- These hardy men, with knapsack would travel twenty-five miles a day through the wilderness over rough forest paths.
 Now the mill calls up each camp in turn al stated hours and receives reports and gives instructions to the foreman. Let
 ters are read to men showed up in the
 forest fifty or hundred miles away and answers are dictated by the lumbermen to a stenographer, who transcribes them in the office and then mails them to their homes.
 Men Kept contented. | The relative contentment among the mon whlchis established by this frequent com munication is highly advantageous to the
 working force and therefore to the em ployes.
 The applications of the telephone to the operations of logging are alike useful. The lines are run up upon trees along the banks of rivers, and telephones in shelter ing boxes are attached to trees and con- meet to the line
 The peril of logging Is the massing of the legs together at some narrow place in turbulent stream and piling upon each other in jam to which a contribution river.
 The formation of a jam results from some obstacle and generally comes with out warning. It requires great labor. fraught with peril, to move the logs from tnelr position. It is frequently necessary to use dynamite, and much lumber Is de- stroyed by such explosions Warning Given. With the use of the telephone warning 1 of the formation of a jam can be given
 by one of the men patrolling the banks.
 who telephones to men up the river to
 stop the flow of logs at calm places.
 termed trips" It is an easy matter to
 break a small jam. Assistance can be obtained by summoning men from points l lower down the stream. 1 As soon as the small jam Is removed the men above are told through the telephone 1 to release the logs at the "trip" and the l stream of logs Is resumed.
 Under former conditions larger num-
 Der of men were employed and when | jam was begun 1t was necessary to send messengers one to three miles through the forest to direct the gangs to stop the flow ], of logs and to summon help from down l the stream. Then after the jam had been
 broken second messengers must be sent up the stream to release the logs at the l trip"
 By telephonic communication the rate or sending logs down the stream is in- l creased by the avoidance of deIavs Beyond this the use of the telephone
 renders log driving feasible on smaller rapid streams where it was out of the | question before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27

Perhaps it is not etched enough; send 1t to the Gawk Engraving Co. Peoples phone 276.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27

Age-Herald Industrial Re- view, wrapped for mailing, five cents per copy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27

No man should be elected as an alderman who has any thing to sell the city. We are all human. Vote for B.
 B. Martin for alderman Fourth ward, Monday, who has nothing to sell the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27

GREEN ( co, uNDERTAKERs.