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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
North Paris.

Mr.. F. D. Welcombe and family have
returned to their home in Massachusetts,.
Rev. j. A. Parker is to move into Seth
Benson's rent.
The devil wagons grow more plenty
and the pleasure rides for the women
and children less often.
Il Il reported that Mr.. Holmes has
sold his farm.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Orange Trees.

An orange grove in full bearing Is
one of the most delightful sights the
eye can witness. The trees are beau
tiful shape II left as nature made
them. The limbs come nearly to the
ground, so close that an orange picker
goes under the tree fiat on his back
and often cuts 100 oranges from the
tree before he comes out. Oranges are
never picked, but are cut of with
shears having a spring between the
handles. An orange that has no stem
on it Is considered a "cull" and Is not
packed by first class packer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Northwest Bethel,

II. A. Skillings and son Albert of
Harvard, Mass, have been at Seth
Mason's for while.
Henry Perkins has purchased pair
of team horses.
Miss Linda Lawrence from Massa-
chusetts made calls on friends here re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Small and Charles
Small spent the 9th with relatives at
this place.
Stearns Brothers are threshing with
gasoline power.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Saunders went
past here last week on their way to
Gilead.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. L. Wilson of Dor
chester, Mass, have been visiting here.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Under the. Chandelier.

Next time you go to. party watcf
some OF the women az they stand un
der the chandeliers. Notice how light
shining from above brings out unsus
peoted lines and angles in all but the
youngest and freshest faces. It Is q
severe test Of beauty.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
NOTICE.

In the District Court of the United States for
the District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of
LEWIS A. HOWARD, In Bankruptcy.
of Mexico, Bankrupt
To the creditors of Lewis A. Howard In
the County of Oxford and district aforesaid:
Notice is hereby given that on the 10Th day OF
Aug, A. ID. 1905, the said Lewis A. Howard
was duly adjudicated bankrupt and that the first
House, in South Paris, on the 18th day of Sept,
A. d. i9o5, 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 such other business as may proper
| ly come before said meeting.
South Paris, Aug. %, 1905.
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Third Person Seat.
Fall Clothing.
What Kind OF a Hat win You Wear This Fall
Lace Curtain Sale.
Libel for Divorce.
Abstract OF Plaintiffs Writ.
Found.
Pigs for Sale.
Fall Hats.
Barrels for Sale.
School Supplies.
Glenwood Ranges.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05

Lnndan,s InfenalfY.

London Is the most intense Of al
cities. New York Is noisler; there Is
more rattle in Paris; In London alone
you have that snbdued roar, that indie
scribable murmur which suggests an
irresistible volume Of life that is deer
a. well as strong.-Christian
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Coming Events.

Sept 5-Oxford Pomona Grange. North Buck
field.
Sept. s, 7.-Oxford Baptist Association, West
Sumner.
Sept. ~ l5-Maine State fair. Lewiston.
Sept l3-Reunion First Maine Cavalry, Lew
iston.
Sept. 10, 20, 2l.-0xford County fair.
Sept. 81, 2-Annual meeting Maine State Board
OF Trade. Rumford Falls.
Sept. %, "a, ss.-Androscoegin Valley fair, Can
ton.
Sept. ~. q, 2s.-Fair at Riverside Park. Bethel
Oct. 3, 4, 5.-west Oxford fair, Fryeburg.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
North Albany,

Mrs. Imogene Browne is visiting her
son in Norway.
Miss Sadie Emery is spending this
week with her sister, Mrs. Carrie Penley,
at Bethel.
T. G. Kimball of Gilead is in town for
few days.
John Kimball, Herman Brown, and
Abner Kimball are working on the state
road at the town house district.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Park, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hilton, Miss Burnell and Miss Hall are
camping a few days on the farm owned
BY E. S. Kilborn of Bethel.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05

Which account the plaintiff AYERS is for labor by
him performed and material by him furnished
In the erection of said buildings under con.
tract by him made with said defendant, the
owner Of said buildings, the last Of which labor
was performed and the last of said materials
were furnished within ninety days of the pur.
chase of this writ and this suit is brought to en-
force the plaintiffs lien for same upon said
buildings above described situated on said
above described leased premises Yet the said
Defendant, though often requested, has not paid
the same, but neglects and refuses 80 to do; to
the damage of said plaintiff Gas he says) the sum
of five hundred dollars, which shall be made to
appear, with other due damages; and have you
there this Writ, with your doings therein.
witness, ANDREW p. WISWELL. Chief
Justice Of our said Court. at Paris, the third day
of July in the year Of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and five.
CHARLES F. WHITMAN, Clerk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
A Chance For Science.

scientists have discovered that q
caterpillar can eat GOO times Its weight
of food In a month"
"Say," replied the dyspeptic. billion
aire, II wonder II the scientists have
ever done any experimenting In the
way of grating caterpillars' stomachs
on other things" Chicago Record
Herald
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
RUGS.

Rugs will save your floor and carpet
and beautify your rooms. Sizes, colors
and prices suitable for any place.
ONE LOT moquet mats, yard long. Is
inches wide, several patterns, sl.O0
ONE LOT best moquet, many colors.
neat patterns, ! 81 yards long, q
inches wide, $3.50
ONE LOT best moquet, rich colorngs,
pretty patterns, 2 yards long, yard
wide, :3.s7
Large line of Smyrna Rugs, all sizes
and prices.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
South Rumford.

Miss Marge Fleck returned to hel
home In Harrison Aug. 9th.
Mrs. Frances Hutchins has been visit.
ing her son, James 8. Hutchins at South
Bethel.
Mrs. John Russ, who worked for Mrs,
j. e. Stephens at the Falls through
August, returned to her home on Hall
Hill Aug. 81.
Carl o. Russ of Oxford has purchased
tobacco store at Mexico and will take
possession the LIST of September.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she
has been duly appointed administrative Of the
THAXTER P. HUSTON, late of Dix1eld.
In the County Of Oxford, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons naSlng
demands against the estate of said deceased are
desired to present the same for settlement, and
all indebted thereto are requested to make pay
ment Immediately. ~,
Aug. 10Th, 1905. FLUELLA l.. HUSToS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
NOTICE.

In the District Court Of the United States for the
District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter OF
FRANK w. SMITH, In Bankruptcy.
of Rumford Falls, Bankrupt
To the creditors of Frank w. Smith In the
County of Oxford and district aforesaid:
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day OF
Aug, A. ID. 1905, the said Frank W. Smith was
duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be held at the Court
House, in South Paris, on the 18th day Of Sept,
A. D. 1906 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 such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
South Paris, Aug. Is, 1905.
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee in bankruptcy
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
That Cosy Feeling,

The visitor-What delightfully."-
snug little fat you have! The Renter
Isn't It? When we open the door we're
In the middle Of the room, and when
the sunshine comes in we have to move
some of the furniture out.-Chicago
Tribune
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Anonymous.

A Birmingham churchwarden was
reading at vestry meeting list Of
subscriptions to the parochlal funds.
The list began as follows: 1.-THE vicar,
guinea; Mrs. =, half guinea; an
anonymous donor, myself. Is shillings."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
IrresistibYe.

She-How do you suppose his Satan.
ic majesty succeeded in tempting
Mother Eve? He-More than likely
he told her that apples were good for
the complexion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05

The new residence of Mr.. j. Fl. Nc
Namara Of Millinocket has q unique
foundation. II is made from the old
grindstonss which have passed their
poofulneao &C the mill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, IS.


To the Sheriff of any County in our said State,
or either of his Deputies, Greeting:
We Command You, to attach the goods and
estate OF Charles l.. Saunders, commorant OF
Paris, In the County Of oxford and State OF
Maine, and especially the stage building, the
dance hall and the Office or entrance building,
together with stationary seats In front OF the
stage building and all appurtenances thereto
being all buildings and appurtenances situated
on the following described leased land, except
the booth owned by +. A. Shurtleff and Com
pany, said leased premises are situated on the
northerly side of Pleasant Street In said Paris
and are bounded-southerly by said street-east
erly by Chas. E. Benefits land-and northerly
and westerly by Childs' stand-being known az
Electra Park and owned by Mrs. Billings, to
the value of five hundred dollars: and summon
said defendant, III he may be found in your pre-.
cinct,) to appear before our Justices OF our
Supreme Judicial Court, next to be holden at
Paris, within and for said County Of Oxford, on
the second Tuesday Of October, A. d. 1905, then
and there to answer unto Silas z. Maxim OF
said Paris. In plea Of the case, for that the
said defendant. at said Paris, on the day Of the
purchase of this Writ being indebted to the
plaintiff, in the sum of two hundred forty dol
lars and seventeen cents, according to the &C
count annexed, then and there, in consideration
thereof, promised the plaintiff to pay him the
same on demand.
NnAE
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
ATWOOD 6 FORBES,
Editors and ProPristers.
GEORGE N. ATWOOD. A. Il. FORBES.

TERMS al 50 year II paid strictly In advance.
Otherwise ts.o0 year. Single copies cents
ADVERTISEMENTS: An legal advertisements
are given three consecutive Insertions for $l.S
per Inch In length Of column. Special contracts
made with local. transient and yearly adversis-
ers.
Jon PRINTING New type. fast presses. steam
power, experienced workmen and low prices
ness complete and popular.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
[sEAL STATE OF MAINE.

SEAL STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD, So. Sup. Jud. Court, in vacation.
August !, 1905.
ORDERED: That the plaintiff in this action
give to the defendant notice of the tendency
thereof by publishing an attested copy Of this
writ and of this order thereon once week three
weeks SUCCESSFULLY In the Oxford Democrat,
the last publication to be at least two weeks prior
to the second Tuesday Of October, 1905, that he
may then appear at q term Of the Supreme Judi.
cial Court then to be begun and holden at Paris,
in the County Of oxford, and make answer.
A. II. SAVAGE,
Justice 8. j. Court.
true copy of writ and order of Court thereon.
Attest: CHARLES +. WHITMAN, Clerk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
| ace Curtain Sale

Nothing adds the cheeness of your Lace
Curtains you fresh dainty patterns your and
pocketbook More twenty styles for fall sae odd
pairs marked down.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
Found.

A purse containing a sum Of
money. Is now at the Oxford Dem
ocrat Office.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05

ONE DOZEN PAIRS, no two alike
prices were sl.OO, sl.25, sl.5O, sl.75,
$500, now 1918, sl.OO, sI.25, sl5O
extra values.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05

Covetousness swells the principal to
no purpose and lessons the use to Ill
pusposee-Ytytog.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05

Latest styles in fall and winter suits,
rain coats, overcosts and odd trousers
now ready 70 show Jon. !. a. Noyss %.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD, IS. Sd. Court, In vacation. !
August %. 1905.
ORDERED: That the plaintiff In this action
give to the defendant notice of tn, tendency
thereof by publishing an attested abstract Of
this writ and TN attested copy Of this order there
ON, showing the date of said writ, when and
where returnable, the names and alleged resi-.
dcnces Of the parties thereto, the nature Of the
action, the nature and amount of the alleged
claim, including the items in the account annex.
ed, the date Of the attachment by virtue OF said
writ, and the date Of the officers return thereon,
once week three weeks successively In the Ok.
ford Democrat, the last publication TO be at
least two weeks prior to the second Tuesday OF
October, 1905, that he may then appear at Q term
of the Supreme judicial Court then TO be begun
and holden at Paris In the County Of Oxford,
and make answer.
A. r. SAVAGE,
Justice 8. j. Court.
A true abstract of said writ and true copy
Of the order thereon.
Attest: CHARLES r. WHITMAN, Clerk.
Wright d Wheeler, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
wHITTEMoRE DISTRICT.

Mr.. Chas. Whittemore, wife and
daughter, Mabel, of New York City,
Mrs. r. w. Stewart of Antrim, N. H.,
Mr.. Chandler Garland and wife, Mr..
Geo. Sanders and wife of Boston, are
visiting at Mrs. j. B. brakes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-09-05
STATE OF MAINE.

Leander S. Billings of Paris, in said County
plaintiff, 70. G. l.. Saunders, commorant of said
Paris, defendant.
SEAL
ABSTRACT OF PLAINTIFFS WRIT.
Writ dated July 8, 1905; returnable to the
Supreme judicial Court at said Paris on the
second Tuesday Of October, 1905. The action ID
to enforce lien on certain buildings erected for
stage, covered and closed In, and other build
ings, erected on leased land In the said Paris
known as Pine Tree Park, formerly called Elec
ira Park; said lien being for lumber and mate
TIL to defendant In the erection of said buildings
The items in the account are as follows
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-02

lation and in the end they inevitably
lead to normal DEATH"
1nrEngland they have a national
health society, which is tireless in col
lecting and deducing information from
the study of vital statistics. The mails
of this society have been filed with
inquiries from an anxious public as to
what occupation offers man the pros
pect of longest life. and Mr.. Schofield.
lecturer of the society has quite re-
Gently answered those who sit upon the
anxious bench.
According to the Health society, the
ministry is the most healthful of all
occupations. Clergymen of the Church
of England live more than twice as
long as the average members of other
professions. Non-conformist preachers
die q little faster than those of the
established church. This is thought to
be due to the fact that their stipends
are not quite so assured.
After the dissenting clergy come
farmers and agricultural laborers, gro
GERS, lawyers diapers, coal miners,
watch makers, artists, shoemakers,
bakers, clerks, chemists, tailors, edit
| ors, butchers, doctors, painters, musi-
clans, cab drivers ana omnibus men,
chimney sweeps and publicans, street
| hawkers, city laborers, and last, a bad
| last, barkeepers.
Mr.. Schofield is of the opinion that
farmers would stand higher up on the
list than they do If they spent less
money in drink. Grocers also owe
their high death rate, he thinks, to the
amount of spirits which they consume
Clerks live to the present average age
which is 43 years.
| Mr.. Schofield thinks that descent
from good stock, temperate habits an6
small but assured incomes are potent
factors in the longevity of the clergy
and other long lived professions, but
he admits that, while the profession
followed must be taken into considera.
tion, the personal equation is the mair
| factor.
| Some very wise men are hopeful o.
the future of humanity When all thei,
plans are carried out to perfection
they say they can see no reason why
modern man should not live as long a:
we are taught to believe in the old
fashioned Bible classes that Father
Abraham did Undoubtedly tn,
achievements Of science and santa
| tion are marvellous. and ii would seen
that at all events the length OF human
life, has been increased. Yet in tn,
main the world is not very receptive
Ito the teachings of science, and a grea,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-02
BY Stephen RonsaI


K OSLER. after hurlingaa "a scien-
tific nut hard to crack into the
- academic world, has wisely re-
tired into the students cell. His friends
report that the only words which the
distinguished recluse can be induced to
utter are not entirely novel, and sound
somewhat like silence is golden in
the several languages which the learned
doctor commands. When approached
by the swift footed emissaries of the
press, with their ready pens and tab
lets. the Baltimore savant has been
heard to say "nevermore' in accents Of
tragedy which for their deep and sonor-
GUS melancholy would put Poes raven
to the blush
Whether his thesis is right or wrong
1t is certain that Prof. Osler has en-
riched the world with an all engrossing
topic of discussion and conversation.
When the professor emerged but for
single moment from his study, long
enough, however, to show an innate
news sense which many an editor has
since envied, we were tremendously iii-
terested in two questions of the dav.
The one was how the beef trust taxes
our bellies most unbearably, the other
how to keep the hands of the system"
out of our pockets. These were vitality
interesting topics. They were "fea-
tured and played up" in every paper
throughout the land but DR.. Osler's
problem, Life Long or Short?' was a
question which appealed to an even
larger public. for in this land of the
prosperous and the carnivorous there be
some, not few. who do not buy meat.
and there be thousands who do not care
whose hands are In their pockets, be-
cause they know from patient and re-
peated research that these same pockets
be empty.
With birth and before begins the in-
dividual struggle against the destruc-
tive powers of death. The most tender
infant has to contend with uric acid and
other kindred forces inimical to life.
Every human body is a battlefield on
which sooner or later death scores
its triumph. Upon the way in
which we are favored in the important
matters Of heredity, environment and
blind chance depends the duration of
the struggle.
"How old is he?" we ask when man
is down and the world speculates upon
his chances Of recovery. This is the
voice of an old superstition which
thought man as old as his years, but
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-02
Automatic Loa

A Swedish inventor has patented an
addition to the log by which its read
ings may be directly shown in the
chart room or coming tower The
instrument is connected by means Of
an electric cable to a contact mechan-
ism giving a suitable number OF con-
facts per mile to the part Of the I'M
strument that points out the distances
ON dial graduated in miles. The in
strument points out the miles exactly
according to the taffrail log. It registers
the miles per hour and gives il desired.
signal on an electric bell when
certain distance has been Travelled.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-02

and our cavalry remounts we nave
system of approved sires," argued this
physician, but, of course, for the fut-
ure citizen and soldier we are too prud-
ish to do anything like that. However,
without adopting the radical measures
which we have found necessary for our
cavalry chargers, I'VE could still i'm
prove the physique and mentality OF
the men whos will have to ride them,"
and then deiicately enough the great
physician developed plan of approved
sires witholt infringing upon laws hu-
man and divine.
"Men of so and women of 40 who are
in full health and vigor and who pre-
side over small families of healthy
children" he said, Should be encour-
aged to present the state with more
stalwart sons ana robust daughters.
Unfortunately the state does nothing of
the kind, and on the average the con-
ditions are most discouraglng, and too
often this ideal couple tire of we'll do
ing and are more than contented with
family of two or three. Alas! in
modern conditions it is only the men
tality and physically unfit who reck-
lessly indulge in large families, and
are permitted to do so, though their
offspring are sure to become a heavy
charge upon the pockets and the pa
thence Of the next generation.
''When a couple lives In the ideal
circumstances which l have indicated
the state, which is the only beneficiary
by their progeny, should intervene and
assist them. Fathers OF SO and moth
ers Of 40, who have recently given Il
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-02

ing gray with age. They say that per-
haps the human frame would endure
some 600 or 700 years, the inherited
struggle going on all the while between
the forces of life and death, if we were
not constantly reinforcing the cohorts
of death by the things which we put
into our stomachs.
1 do not preach the gospel of pessim-
ism, but we must be blind if we do not
see the havoc of blind chance all about
us. During the Santiago campaign the
good doctor of the Twenty-first United
states infantry tried to make the men
of his regiment boil their water. They
would not obey him, but he continued
to give them the object lesson of boiling
his own water, with result very diff
ferent from what he had expected. He
was the only man of the command to
get typhoid fever. OF course he did not
get it because he boiled his water, but
in spite of the fact that he boiled drink
ing water. However, it was hard to ey-
plain that to the soldiers.
"Since we know so little about life
how can we hope to know anything
about death?" said the Chinese sage
centuries ago, and this dictum has been
tacitly accepted by millions outside as
well as inside the Copfucian world. But
today we are going ahead in this as well
as in other directions. Up to date
psychologists say, Life consists in
continuous alienation between the up
build and the decay of the highly COM
plicated unities of the protoplasm," and
IL this definition or conception is ad-
mitted we may consequently say we
age there are many definitions. and they
are not all very Illuminating to the lay
mind. Kassowitz is quoted approvingly
by Ernest Haeckel, the popular preacher
of monistic philosophy as saying. "The
senility Of individuals consists in the
inevitable increase in the decay Of pro-
toplasm and the metaplastic parts OF
the body which this produces. Each
metaplasm in the body favors the in
active break up of protoplasm. The
death of the cells follows because the
chemical energy of the plasm gradually
falls off from a certain height, whicn
is the acme OF life. The receptivity OF
the brain and the acuteness OF the
senses gradually decay, the muscles lose
their energy. the bones become fragile.
the skin dry and withered, the elas-
ticity and endurance of the movements
decrease These are the normal pro-
cesses of senile decay by which dis
similation gains constantly on assimi.