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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
North Paris.

Apple packers have been through
here and have got the lots all packed but
two.
B. K. Dow killed spring pig that
tipped the scales al $40 pounds. Who
has larger one to beat this?
John Butterfield has sold his oxen to
Mr.. Daniels OF Paris.
VIM. E. Curtis sold pair OF steers to
Francis A. Littlehale.
Ernest Mason has been away on .
visit to Bethel for few days.
VIM. E. Curtis and wife visited friends
at Paris Hill recently.
R. B. Movers u hauling apples Tor j.
q. Crawford. :
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
Tho Mosquito Plant.

In northern Nigeria there Is tree,
called in scientific language Ocimum
viride, which mosquitoes cannot toler-
ate. Two or three plants kept In every
room and placed along the veranda are
enough to shut out trespassing insects.
A mosquito gently inclosed In leaf
of the plant will lose consciousness In
q few seconds. The bruised leaf has a
scent not unlike that Of wild thyme
and eucalyptus. The natives Of north
ern Nigeria prefer an infusion Of its
leaves to quinine In malarial fever both
for themselves and their children.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
whof

Who taught the raven in a drought
to throw pebbles into hollow tree
where she espied water, that the water
might rise so as she might come to It?
Who taught the bee to sail through
such q vast sea Of air and to find the
way from flower In a Aeld to her
hive?
Who taught the ant to bite every
grain Of corn she buried in her hill
lest It should take root and growi-
Bacon.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
81 THANK THE LoRDr'

cried Hannah Plant of Little Rock, Ark,
''for the relief got from Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. It cured my fearful rum
ming sores, which nothing else would
heal, and from which had suffered for
Eve years." It IL % marvellous healer for
cuts, burns and wounds. Guaranteed Of
r. A. shnrtlsh 4 Co.'S drug store; %
cout.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
West BuckfieId.

A. S. Hall and wife returned from
their trip Tuesday.
Brothers day at Mountain Grange the
18th inst
C. B. Harlow, wife and daughters.
Marion and Hortense, of Woodstock,
were guests at the homes of S. E. Briggs,
Isaac Turner and Will Fogg last week.
Joseph Boulos of Portland was at
Harry Bucks Wednesday and Thursday
nights of last week.
Mrs. Bonnie Taylor has been very
sick. Mr.. Taylor has q new photograph.
Grange Circle meets with Mrs. Abby
Harlow Dec. 9th.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
Hugo ~ an Rnxli.hm.n.

A woman who was called upon to
write a paper at a suburban current
topic club on Victor Hugo went to the
Carnegie library erected there and col.
lated her facts from number Of ency.
clopedias. When she had finished, hav.
ing quarter inch Of space at the end
Of her paper. she thought she would
add something original and wrote,
Whatever we and succeeding genera.
tons may think Of Victor Hugo, we
must agree on one thing-that he wrote
good English."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28

lola Reed IL living at the Alfred jail
and will remain there for the present.
She isn't . prisoner, being just the guest
of the jailer. It would have saved Iola's
mother lots Of worry had the child gone
there to live . long time ago.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
SON LOST MOTHER.

consumption runs in our family,
and through it lost my mother" writes
e. B. Reid, of Harmony. "For the pas,
five years, however, on the slightest sign
of Cough or Cold, l have taken Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
which has saved me from serious lung
trouble" His mothers death was a sad
loss for Mr.. Reid, but he learned that
lung trouble must not be neglected, and
how to cure 1t. Quickest relief and cure
for coughs and colds. Price SOC. and
$1.00. Guaranteed at F. A. Shurtlefl
& Co.'s. druggists. Trial bottle free.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
A DISASTROUS CALAMITY.

It Is q disastrous calamity, when you
lose your health, because indigestion and
constipation have Slapped 1t away.
Prompt relief can be had In DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They build up your d.
gestive organs, and cure headache, dir
illness, collie, constipation, etc. Guaran-
teed ct r. A. Shurtlef q Co.'s drug
store; Is cents.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
Bekhel.

Nov. 20 Mr.. Pushard opened the new
drug store with flne stock Of medi-
cines and drugs and brings to bis work
the best of recommendations.
Tuesday, the W. G. T. o.. met with
Mrs. Chandler. The Union in recogni-
ton of the esteem in which It held Miss
Dow and In appreciation of her earnest
and untiring efforts for the basic princi.
pies of the organization, held q memorial
service.
Thursday, the Ladies' Club spent the
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. A. N.
Clark, making final plans for the Christ
mas sale and supper to be held Dec. Z. !.
Thursday evening, pleasant and
social party met at Prospect Hotel for
an evening Of Finch.
1t is with regret the friends OF MT: A:
W. Grover will hear Of his continued Ill
health. The trip to Denver to attend
the G. A. R. encampment did not result
as his friends had anticipated.
Mr.. N. r. Springer, of the firm OF Mer-
rill & Springer, at West Bethel, has got
moved into his fine residence he has just
completed on Main Street. The house
is sunny and commodious and is one OF
the finest residences In Bethel and Mr..
Springer and family will be warmly
welcomed to our village.
Mr.. L. E. Clay of Paris, agent for the
N. E. Homestead, was in Bethel Friday
in The interest of his paper.
Mr.. William L. Grover of Harrison,
for many years resident Of Bethel, has
been the guest Of his sister, Mrs. Ceylon
Rowe.
Prof. W. R. Chapman is i'll at his
Bethel home and his friends regret his
convalesence is not as rapid as it was ex-
pected when he returned from the
hospital.
Editor Bowler has been in Toronto in
consultation with the Grand Trunk
officials in regard to excursions and this
time it is Mexico. If Mr.. Bowler enters
into a contract, his success in the past
will warrant good party In the new
venture.
Schools closed Friday in town and the
academy also closed for recess Of two
weeks.
Mr.. Brown, master of the grammar
school, is to be joined by his wife here,
and they will live In Mr.. S. Whitney's
house, as soon as Mrs. Brown closes her
present term of school.
Mr.. A. F. Copeland has purchased
about three acres of land of Mr.. Eben
Kilborn on Chapman and Vernon
Streets. This contains several building
lots.
The students of Gould Academy had
full house to listen to the entertain.
mant given in Odeon Hall Friday even
ing. The singing by the girls chorus
and boys quartet was worthy OF much
praise. The House That Jack Built
| furnished much amusement. Mr.. Car.
ter gave his recitation in his usual pleas
ing manner. The farce was immensely
entertaining and very much credit is due
Miss Foss under whose supervision the
entertainment was prepared, also the
pupils who did work worthy of praise
| The following program was rendered:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
East Waterford,

George L. Stevens has moved for the
winter to South Waterford where he is
engaged numbering.
Mrs. Ellen Hilton and three youngest
children have moved to Lewiston.
Mrs. Nancy Hilton is for the present
with her daughter, Mrs. Albert B. Bean.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
DickVale.

Geo. S. Smith has the cream to collect
here for the coming year.
Ethel Robinson is teaching here as
substitute.
Several from here will visit Dixfield
Grange next Saturday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
ATWOOD 6 FORBES,
Editors and Proprietors.
GEORGE N. ATWOOD. A. L. FORBES.

TERMS :-el.5o year II paid strictly In advance.
Otherwise t2.o0 year. Single copies cents.
ADVERTISEMENTS: - All legal advertisements
are given three Consecutive insertions for $lSo
per Inch In length Of column. Special contracts
made with local, transient and yearly sdyertis
ers.
jon PRINTING New type, fast presses, steam
power, experienced workmen and low prices
combine 20 make this department of our busi-
ness complete and popular.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28

The secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. in
New York does not believe in sand
wiching courtship with religion, and adj
vocates separate churches for the two
sexes. "No man can hold hymn book
with charming young woman and pay
attention to what the minister is say
ing" he says. But if man couldn't
enjoy religion under those circum-
stances, when could he?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28

The Hon. George Pottle Of Lewiston,
one of the board of state assessors, and
his wife, visited recently his brother,
the Rev. A. W. Pottle. Mr.. Pottle is
now on his thirteenth year as one of the
state assessors.
The ladies of the Methodist society
served a dinner at their chapel last Wed.
nesday which was literally patronized
by the people of the village and vicinity.
A good dinner at ten cents plate is a
drawing card in this fair town, and
demonstrated that when all other
appeals fail, an appeal to the stomach
will bring them in good numbers to the
sanctuary.
At the week evening prayer meeting
at the Methodist church Thursday even
ing seven persons led in vocal prayer,
and all present took some part in the
meeting. A good and encouraging
interest was manifest.
Miss Flora Whitman Of West Buckfield
has attended the fall term of the village
high school, and boarded at the Meth
odist parsonage. Miss Whitman is we'll
advanced in her studies and is an excel
lent scholar, taking good rank in her
class.
Mrs. Lyman Waterman and her four
children paid visit last Tuesday at the
Methodist parsonage, spending the day.
Mr.. Fred Warren and wife visited
Lewiston and returned Friday.
During the past week water has been
piped into the homes of Daniel Murch,
Miss Mary Ann Bacon and Mr.. Emery.
The water is of excellent quality and
intimately will find its way into most OF
the homes of the village.
Mr.. George R. Holland after a pro-
tracted illness died Friday night. he
was out on the street day or two be-
fore.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28

Congress will meet next Monday,
when the presidents message will be
read. Reviews of the message are al
ready beginning to be published by the
real enterprising papers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
Coming Events.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Nov. Sn.-Thanksgiying.
Dec. Annual meeting oxford Pomona
Grange, South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28

Chauncey NJ. Depew seems to have
been star witness before the insurance
committee. No one ever succeeded in
answering questions and at the same
time conveying no information, so we'll
as he did.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
BslcIIf1eld.

Thanksgiving Ii coming.
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. G. Clement are guests
of Mrs. Clements parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. N. Irish.
A we'll patronized dinner was furnish
ed at the NJ. E. vestry Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley F. Rawson re-
turned from their bridal tour Thursday.
Two young men took bath In Swan
Pond in Hartford Sunday. They were
helped out by other boys.
o. E. Waite has closed his labors as
hostler for A. F.. Warren, and goes to
work for Irish Bros. Tommy Tanney
Alfred Cole, I. W. Shaw and Mrs.
Murch have been to market for Christ
mas goods.
FIR. Dyer, Esq, has bought A. w.
Libby's stand and is having water
works installed.
Wilson Commits helper in his barber
shop the past season, Walter Kicker, has
gone to his home in Sabattus.
Chas. Buck has moved to his fathers
place in West Buckfield.
Ernest Damon, after buying F. A..
Taylor's place, has bought wood lot OF
Alfred Cole, and other land of Larkin
Farrar.
Miss Sadie Thorn has taken rent of r.
C. Themes. We learn that she Is to
teach the winter term at Redding.
Thomas Record and Mont Bennett
bombarded a deer Thursday, firing
several shots at him, but lost him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-28
Here and There.

BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29

sence of trouble dispensed over the
bar at the Palace, under the mislead-
ing name of bottled sunshine.
LAS I was saying, the last I heard of
Bill, he was headed east, way-billed to
your village, going easy, at the usual
rate of the Sunset limited, fifteen
miles a day-and is due to arrive in
the near future if New Mexico isn't
whipped off the map again.
Kindly inform the postmaster gen.
eral the janitor, or whoever is boss
Of the roundup of the present where
abouts Of this money order. If he
doesn't want it all at once, insist
mildly of course, remembering that
a gun in hand is worth ten at home
in your Sunday clothes) that he take
at least half cash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29
DOLL AVERTED WAR.
Kindness to Apache Child PreVen'e"
Trouble With the Indians.

Kindness to Apache Child Prevente"
Trouble With the Indians.
A doll once averted a war with reu'
skins. An American general was l!'
ing to put band Of Apaches Dach W
their own territory. from which lne.
had persisted in breaking out Dul
could not catch them without Klliins
them, and that he did not wish 10 10.
His men captured little Indian sn'
and took her to the fort. she wa
quiet all day, but her beady BLACK eye
watched everything. When night cam,,
however, she broke down, just as a..
white child would have done. Inc nien
tried in vain to comfort her, but nna" 49,,
the agent borrowed a beautiful uol'
from an officers wife, which hau W
longed to her little daughter, ana pioLr ~
ised the Apache girl that sbe GU ."an
have it If her sobs ceased. she wv =
fell asleep. IN ua az
When morning came the DOH W." .so
clasped in her arms. Eventuan' s.s
little Apache girl, with her 0oii' .he
sent back to her people. When AN
child reached the Indians with tne U
in her chubby hands it made d s -ort
sensation among them. and the -, n' ~
day the mother came with the cin I'D
the post. She was Hospitality reee a,od.
and through her the tribe was p.s
ed to move back to Its own 'e1i-'
New York Herald.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29
BROTHER IN MOVING PICTURE.
Lincoln Man Communicates With
Long-Lost Relative.

LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 29.-Separated
from his family for more than five
years, George Gebhardt was restored
to communication with his relatives
through the agency of a moving pict-
ure entertainment given at theatet
in Lincoln. George Gebhardt, who is
same name, disappeared about five
years ago.
Adolph, brother of the missing
man, happened to visit the theater re-
Gently. He paid little heed to the en-
tertainment and was about to leave,
when his attention was suddenly at
tracted by a certain familiarity about
the actions of one of the figures on
a moving picture screen He watched
it closely, but could not connect it
with any person he knew. He re-
turned the following night and for
five successive nights he watched the
moving picture. Suddenly he remem-
bered. 1t was the figure Of his
brother, George
Inquiries were at once made. Let
tiers were written to New I York,
where the pictures were made, and
word was received, that George Geb-
hardt had worked for the Edison
moving picture company, and that he
was now a well-known actor, playing
with the Ninety and Nine" company.
Communication was established and
now the Gebhardt family is anxiously
awaiting visit from the long lost
man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29
AMERICAN GOODS IN ENGLAND.

Mr.. John Morgan Richards, VINO mas
spent the larger part of his life in
England, acting usually as the agent
for American articles of import, gives
it as his Judgment that no American
in any direct competition with an
English article of the same character,
quality and price. American articles
which have succeeded in Great Brit
ain, he says, are not numerous and
these have owed their success to some
point of originality or novelty. Amer
lean furniture has been imported into
England on account of it's cheapness,
but with the exception of rOll-tOp
desks, letter-file cabinets and rocking
chairs, it has failed. 1t is said that
the Englishman cannot sit in a rock
ing-chair. But he knows a roll-top
desk when he sees one, and always
buys the American article, and his
wife is excessively fond of the low
American rocking chair. These two
articles have a vogue in England, but
the rest of our furniture boom over
there mas disappeared.
Another line which has been sue
cessful is boots and shoes. The rea-
son Of this is, in Mr.. Richards opin-
ion, that American factories turn out
much neater- shaped and much better
fitting boots and shoes than the Eng
lish could buy at home. In shoes, it
pays to give some attention to the fit
and the look of the article. The Eng
lisnman, especially in the provincial
town, gets horrible shoe or boot, as
he would call it. It is coarse, heavy,
shapeless and a torture to the foot
and the American style, con-
tanning just as good leather
as the English SHOE, and giving evil
dence of comfort within, has made a
hit with the British.
But the American monopoly of the
English snoe market will not last. In
one or two hundred years the English
man will have learned how to make
shoes himself.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29
Report Not Believed.

The persistent rumor. that the
Northern Pacific will double-track it's
line from Pasco to Wallula and bridge
the Columbia there, instead of build
ing new line from Kennewick down
the north bank, is discredited at Ken
newick For months past workmen
have been engaged in repairing the
bridge across the Columbia mere
Whole spans have been taken out and
new ones substituted. When finished
the bridge will be virtually recon-
structed. The work is being done in
view of the additional traffic the struc-
ture will have to bear because of the
new north bank line. So residents of
this town do not fear a double track
on the opposite bank-Kennewick
Courier.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29
The UncOmfOrtab bic Hoxvdab

The elephants how 1ah is that bed q,
Procrustes in which one can pethor
sit nor stand with any approach 70
reasonable ease, and in which "a.
cumbent attitude is Impossible. Its al.
vantages are, first, that, standing in If
a man can shoot Cd every side of him.
second, that it is convenient for tba
carriage of the occupants parapber.
MALTA, his guns on racks on either side
his ammunition in a trough in front
his other requisites in leather pockets
here and there on the sides of the ma.
chine or, as to that, bee blanket on bis
seat, and, third, that in the hinder com.
partment an attendant can sit or stand
to hold that monstrous umbrella over
his head or, when quick loading is re-
quired, take from his hand the gun
just fired and recharge it. Those are
advantages; otherwise the howdah is
an Observation-Disclosures Mag.
azine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29
WENT AT 1T BLIND.
S. S. King Talks of Wheat Output and
Railroad Rates.

Statements made by a newspaper
correspondent in Olympia in an at
tempt to give lucid explanation of
why it was that in the agreement be-
tween the railroads and the state rail-
road commission, there was no joint
rate provision made for wheat, are
being taken exception to by officials
Of the state grain commission.
They are expressing amusement at
the assertion of the Olympia corre-
spondent, published locally, and which
was that the farmers and shippers in
eastern Washington are not damaged
by not having such a joint rate for
the reason that, while wheat nearly
always commanded from to 5 cents
more a bushel on Puget Sound, still
more a busnel on Puget Sound,
still, on account of the more
favorable conditions at Portland,
three-fourths of all the wheat of
Washington went there and that of
this years crops at least 20,OOO,000
bushels will go there.
S S. King, chief deputy state grain
inspector, says:
1.-The o. R. & N. reaches only a
limited portion of the wheat belt OF
Uyoc hi ND hof toy n
liberal basis, allowing the whole crop
of the state to be 100000 bushels,
would probably not exceed 16,00O,-
900 bushels. AS the Northern Pacific
also penetrates a considerable portion
Of this same territory, it is not rea-
sonable to suppose that the o. r. & N.
will get to exceed three fourths of this
sixteen million. Take out the por-
ton used by the farmers and the
mills at home in that district and
there would not be left over 14000,-
900 bushels to ship, and would leave
not to exceed 100000 or 11,O00,O OO
at a most liberal estimate for the O.
r. & N.
"As there have been received at the
ports of Tacoma and Seattle since the
beginning of the season over 12,000,-
900 bushels in wheat, alone saying
nothing Of the wheat that has come
in the form f flour, anyone who
will take the time and the trouble to
consider the matter a moment will
readily see that if 2O,O05,O0O bushels
Of the wheat raised this year in
Washington is to be shipped to Port
land that there can be none left with
the farmers to seed their crops for
next year, saying nothing about feed
ing themselves and families. Evil
IDENTIFY this correspondent closed his
eyes and went at it blind"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29

ideas about our institutions are yearly
made citizens. that through political
corruption and collision a great many
nersons who have not lived here the
five years required are indicted into
citizenship.
Most Of the facts cited in the re-
mort have been familiar and it was
with remedies that the commission
husied itself. It makes two main sug
gestions one that bureau of natura-
lization be established in the depart
ment of commerce and labor, and that
means be taken to keep the courts
which issue certificates of citizenship
in touch with this bureau. Instead
of making a declaration two years be-
fore his application for citizenship
the commission recommends that the
alien be required to file petition
ninety days before his final application
and that this petition be before the
court at the time of the hearing and
that previous to the hearing copy
of the petition be sent to the bureau
of naturalization for comparison with
the immigration record of the person
mentioned In order to prevent po-
litical committees from rushing nat
uralization through just before cleo
ton by paying for the certificates, it
is proposed to raise the fee to 81.
The general idea of the commissis-
sion seems to be to make American
citizenship more desirable by making
it more difficult to obtain. This idea
is certainly correct in theory, but it
is doubtful whether congress will
take up any regulations of naturaliza-
ton which appear to be drastic. There
seems no subject on which politicians
are more timid than this.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

No one likes man who Is sr.-
ingly saying BEG pardon "Sl'
The man who talks too mucn ..
rule, does not talk enough at tho 49, a
time. iisnt
Two heads are better than on0 l.,
one Of them nearly always 6ooS uu'
business. ule
Most men have the same ar,,-,
ences. The only difference Is that sa. ~
men talk and some don'r.
When you are working Very bo.,
take some comfort in this: Tbnso n.
are idle don't seem to be having rons
good time. wy
We suppose newspapers do apno,.
their readers good deal. Still, nov.
paper men, as a rule, 10 the best thew
can. 1t is an annoying business
The word ''homemaker" is v.,rt;n.
overtime when applied TO am rich
woman who keeps several servants
The real "homemaker'' work overtime
by not keeping any Atchison Gloho