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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-14
Impoverished Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
YOU need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need q concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-14
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLOw."

on practical agricultural topics
Is solicited Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENKY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat Paris, Ne.
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CHAPTER III.

|UN( HE house where the three cap
tains lived was as near salt
water as it could be and re-
tSEGEW main out of reach of the high
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-14
CAP'N ERI
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN

Copyright A. Publishers l56 Fifth Avenue
New York. Reserved
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-11-14

. OMETHING over a fortnight
81 went by, and the three cap
sW5 tains had received no an
.4J swers from the advertise
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22

Probably the best test of the com mercial situation is the great dry goods distributing machinery Of the country; and a thorough inquiry among these distributors indicates particularly op- unisdc conditions, says Banker Clevs. The dry goods !obbe-s of the country almost without exrep-ton report that for the first half of this year their bust ness has shown distinct improvement both in volume and in profits over the corresponding months Of 1so4; they also report their stocks in good coadi- ti7n and preparations for a decidedly improved fall trade; and perhaps the uos- significant feature of all is that the greatest optimism E expressed ia the grea- growing sections of the country. From the industrial stand point the great iron and steel industry may certainly he considered the most accurate barometer of approaching conditions. and receur reports quite generally indicate that the glass n th5s direction is rising. The demand for steel rails has recently shown distinct Improvement with ne 1e-assity o1 the psr- ot manufacturers at ercoursE.u- buyers by making expressions ID r-sees- and ths demand for structursI shapes f7r huiiti-zs and fir bridges hrs ot late developed particular ar- tivi-T- aot alone sq- immediate re- Quireneu-s. but for da-ra-5as well f-- 70 the t1t1ra- The general a1p t-t -1st- -@ss is also working into g7sl shape. and the fsesl year tEa- closed with rEe mo-tb of June was the largest. from s1 export standpol1-- that -s hare -z- eIT.erielced-a fact ttar.s -a--lcuLs-.v s-1ifcant tn view et Ele small ez-r--s ot agricultural products reSrl-l-z firm -ha smaller wheat crop and from -Ee tizh p-zve Of corn s1i p-7risic.z -s- s-i--z therct-pu-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
The silent Drums In France.

The French minister of war proposes
 10 abolish the drum. says the London
 Chronicle. This was done by one of his predecessors a quarter of a century
 ago. but an incident at a theater con peIie-i him to cancel the order. The curtain went up on one of those pieces of fun the Trench call '-revUes" and disclosed a scene described as the bow eis of the earth. Enter several men Ia dark military cioaks. carrying mysteri- GUS packages and generally o0mPOrtinz themselves Ike conspirzto-s. The pack ages are o.ezed. and there emerge- drurnsi The eouspirzt0rs are drum rua-s who have descended into the bowels Of tbe earth to s1jJy a gentle ts-too oa their beloved bTt fe-bidIen instruments. when the drums broke into a joy5-z roll as of caPtives re iease5. thers was a peal of laughter fry-1 the suiiezce- and sVerybody knew fhs drum was saved That is ho- they e4-rse- he uzr d=-e "a Frznee- Per- harss VI. Fafsazu1 v-i5l hare letter lucs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
IS WEALTH 4 CRIME?

How long has It been a crime in the United States for a poor man to be- come rich: That notorious fakir from Fakirville, the grotesque gargoy,e from Boston's temple of ill-fame, made speech in Kansas the other day. The people turned out to see him as they would any other well-adver- tised curiosity-man. ape or mon- key. To hold their attention. the Bos- ton ranter made an indiscriminate at tack on notable fnanciers who had -risen from poverty to wealth. With characteristic rashness the speaker ill the same speech. boasted that he had made SJ.uOoUo0 in a single Wall street deal. That made no difference with his logic. for he was attacking othe- men who had become rich. and they were all an abomination in his sight. The Boston blatherskite centered his attack on three men who have risen from humble circumstances to places of power in the financial world. and who notably illustrate the possibilities 1f success for the humblest lad in d free country. namely. John A. Mccall, president Of the New York Life; \. N. Brady. of gas and trolley line fame: and Thomas II. Ryan. who has re- gently placed the control Of the great Equitable Life in the hands of such eminent gentlemen as ex-President Cleveland. George Westinghouse and Judge Morgan J. O'Brien. The Bos- ton fakir admits that the wealthy men whom he so brutaIly assailed are all gentlemen of high character. and generous impulses. but he says they became rich too quickly. That is the substance Of their offense. The won der i- that the Kansas crowd who iis- tened to the Boston brokers sensa- tionalism did not ask the animated b-azen image where and how he sn- cured his own millions. Let the re- oris of Amalgamated and of rotten Bay state Gas. as written hy Tom Lawson himself. tell the wretchei Story. .-Ieslie's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22

The Hartford Courant editor doesn't t have to go to New York state to write up men Of the judiciary. Little Con- necticut has a few cases, may be not as bad as Rockers. but still bad enough to call for censure. About Hooker the Courant says that sensi- tive man, caught in sly, petty, sordid rascalities and publicly exposed as Warren B. Hooker has been. caught and exposed, would have ducked out of sight in an agony of shame. Many sensitive men have killed themselves before now with less reason. Alp. parently. a brass image could not face exposure and public contempt more brazenly than Hooker does. Of course, il may all be bluff and the man may be secretly suffering tortures of the mind. If he is, having got his ''vindi- cation" such as il isl, be will now re sign his judgeship and give New York a chance to forget him. II not, he has still about nine years of his term ahead Uf him, and !n these nine years he will draw from the New York treasury ou salary account about S6i.S00.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
of his. day was an overpowering sens,

of his day was an overpowering sense of its tremendous wealth. What a city to sack" the descendant of the wild Teutonic tribes, who had extorted tribute from imperial Rome is said to have exclaimed. To-day the very extent of British commerce gives rise to similar feeling in the minds of manufacturers descended from Bluch- CTS soldiers. The great contests will
 range around the neutral markets. To secure or increase hold on these de mands smooth working among many conflicting factors in each competing
 country. Some of these may be sug- gested. such as abundance of local sup plies of raw material. or capital to eX- ploit distant sources, together with a fiscal system admitting semi-raw or semi-manufactured material free of taxation. Of importance also is it that the artisan class should be sober. in- dustrious and intelligent. The manu-
 facturer. who is the general of a divis- ion in the army of industry. needs. to | be equipped, not only with scientific knowledge, but with shrewd business instincts of organization. In all coun- tries certain of these properties are possessed to very high degree: in deed in America and Germany intelli-
 gence departments are at work to aid the manufacture, but in several their reports are ignored.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
WELL FINED COPS

Inherited wealth" Mir W. .I. Van Ie-hjlt said once in an interview, 'is death rg ambition" Nevertheless. Po- ,.ramau' simon Rlumel of the East Efzhtv-eictth street station. having news Of S'y1ul1 which is perhaps tO come tp him through the will of q de reas ased uncle. announces that he shall stick n the force. Its good iob.'- l@ says. and ! want t1 d0 something SD ' won't get rusty
 With his Si7f.nsl however BlumeI will ha far from rhe richest man who las cs-+lrueI fu the police rank and Ete PatroImau Woie5-t 0< Oak street -0Tler-< rents from forty tenants of his Si52ds0 property in Flatbush. pa-r0Iuan Thomas O-Raurke. retired when Nr Roosevelt was commissioner -ras 7rrr-h S2GG0Ia. r was while he was a parrolmsn that former Captain Trruiha1 laid the foundations If his S-sHrfn fortune WuIeg-r. O'R0urke Tnvrihs1 and other shreVd policemen f0'I9ve1 -he ciurze which Best Chie-- Deverv fo-1- uIatei in hir motto Put your u0nev i1 bricks srs. nor tar 0-ts- things Icing equal this -r-5r seems 70 promise better tha1 rafting f1- a chance inheritance New York fs probably the r1Iv town on earth -hare the joygus but h1Iste-ous ~5--zla ~sn ezpe-ie1ce the supreme felicity uf being arrested bv patrol nan znrth S211df0 o- upward
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
New Nork Markcta

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
HEARD IN PASSING

If Mayor Weaver succeeds in reliev- ing Pennsylvania of Senator Penrose, the mayor will deserve to have his statue erected in the hall of fame.
 The sun is going to he totally eclipsed next month. The rest of us won't have to wait that long if he keeps up his present gait-New York Telegram.
 A gentleman who worked for the Equitable. but who has been dead for thirteen years. has never stopped drawing his salary He is probably where he needs the money for ice.
 If all the senators. says one writer. who deserve the same fate as Senator Mitchell received it. it may be neces- sary to look for quorum of the sen ate elsewhere than in the senate cham Der.
 The saying attributed to Nj. Witte. that he fears that the Japanese terms will be too hard for Russia. and that the Russian nation would unite to pre- serve the national honor. seems forced. Too much prating about national honor "i-4 bt OUt VI piott HUN. anu " III IoDh like determination not to secure peace. says the Bridgeport Standard
 Rumor persists in reporting that Secretary Wilson is to retire from the cabinet of which he is the member longest in service His position is not unlike that of eX-Postmaster-G c eneral Payne, who derided the possibility of there being scandals in his depart ment. Wilson for several months. when talk was current of the existence of Irregularities in his bureau of sta tistics, pooh-poohed those insinuations and is said to have asserted positively to the president that there was abso. lutely Bridgeport Farmer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
FMkNcIaL ,..J COMMERCIAL.
ciesins Stock Quotations.

Money on call noniinally al 2i. per cent: prime mercantile paper. i9+i. per cent; exchanges. s257. Es5 Is. balances. r2s77, lJ-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
Perhaps the srangest request ev

Perhaps the strangest request ever asked of state executive reached Gov ernor Folk, of Missouri, by mail few days ago. It was in the form of let ter from young man who had served a term in the penitentiary at Jefferson City. He is looking for wife and will only marry an ex-convict. She must be blonde.' he wrote, and weighing about 40 pounds and who has also done time. l don't want woman from either ST Louis or Kansas City. but one who has been raised in the country. Experience has taught me that the less a girl knows about city life and the city ways the better wife she makes. .. ..- -. ---
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22

Acting under instructions from the department of commerce and labor. the American consuls in Mexico. Central and South America and the West In dies have been making reports on the imports of explosives into those coun- tries. It is the commissioner of imnli- grafton, states the Youths Companion. who keeps the most dangerous imports of explosives from the United States by sending all anarchists back to Flu rope
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, Oas year. $500 Js Six montha $z.so thsss msatu. L25 J& One month. <2s Delivered to gay part of City.
SATURDAY. JULY %, 1905.

The New Haven Register begins it's review of the legislatures work by saying that its remarks must be tempered 10 the shorn lamb" This shows a sympathetic feeling for Wa terbury.-American. .-....
 Who, pray tell us is the shorn iamt in this city. None of the lambs were shorn of very much. that We are aware of.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
Barniug by Machinery.

lir.. George Henry Maynard of Den. ar has invented a machine which
 rns socks. doing the work much ore rapidly than could be done by md and turning out as smooth work the best ever seen. says special s9atch from Denver to the Chicago .e.orG- Herald The darner can be st. elled to a sewing machine. and any a-e of speed can be attained
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
Work For wizard Burban k.

When Wizard Burbank has evolved from his experimentation in agTicul. rure a cobless corn and 6 seedless wa. termelon. says the San Antonio Ex. press. be might turn his attention to Nn Cdorlsss onion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
Isr. stock uarkets-

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-04
A TALE OF TWO BRAVE MEN.

Just when cartoOnists are joyfullv
picturing Japan in the act of empty
ing the pockets of an emperor. and
while humanity is carelessly hoping
that the indemnity demanded from
the defeated czar will be so tremend-
Gus as to humble the pride OF Rus
sia for century, there comes
thought for two brave men-Witte and
Rosen-braver, perhaps. than you
know.
Remember. they love their country
and its ruler better. perhaps. than
you love your flag. The radical ir-
stinct is stronger in the Slav than in
the American. for in monarchy the
government means everything.
And it for these two men to en-
dure extreme humiliation for their
country's sake
Dent you suppose that their hearts
bleed when they are face to face
with the proposition Of submissionc
OF course, there is courtesy and pol
ished words and ceremony at the
meetings of the peace commission.
But, wash away the paint Of pre-.
cedent rip off the mask Of diplomacy
and you will have left two man in the
hands of the relentless enemy en-
during what to them must seec1 the
acme of disgrace. These ENJOYS Of
the czar may smile and look the part
of victors, they may pretend and bow
and pose. but
Down in their hearts they know
that a great nation has been even dis
gracefully defeated by a similar one:
that men Of white skin have been torn
and crushed and cornered By q vel!
low race.
Does it hurt?
Could you look in the breasts
of these Russians you would see pic
ture to move one to tears. THEY
ARE BRAVE MEN AS brave as
many who have died On the field of
battle
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-04

Its an awful tax Oh ones in2enu-
ity to pick out presents for ones
friends. but when it comes to picking
out gifts for ones relations a man
finds himself up against fearful
proposition" remarked Mr. e. H.
Sothern the other day. "Now, there's
my brother Sam, for instance. He
is the most finicky, captious, epicurean
sort of a chap, when it comes to re-
ceiving presents, of any one | know.
In NV capacity of elder brother | used
to make a point of giving present to
Sam on his birthday, but l have stop
ned it now since certain little ex-
perience | had with him some years
ago. He had put aside so many OF
nv birthday gifts that this year de.
cided to employ ruse. So went to
Sam the day before his birthday and
said. Look here. Sam. I want you to
come down to the jewelers. with me
and pick out as handsome present
as YOU can find for me to give Rich
ard Harding Davis. Dicks been
awfully kind and nice to me lately.
He let me buy one of his plays which
wasn't any good and-well, l don't
know; I just want to show him ap-
preciate all his little kindnesses. So
Sam and went to the jewelers., and
after half an hours work Sam finally
picked out very gorgeous and elab-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-04

er or Frenchy ways
Mr.. Hyde is able to make passenger
trains stand still for half an hour
while the common people wait.
Among other things inherited bv
this son of his father is a large blocl,
OF stock in railroad And so the
other day when his va1et awakened
Mr. Hyde and said there was but five
minutes in which to make the 9:14
train, Mr.. Hyde did not have palpita-
tlon OF the heart. He merely yawned
and asked for his dressing gown. He
then proceeded deliberately to the tel.
ephone and told the station agent to
hold the train until he cot there
Whereupon Mr.Hyde ordered his
valet to shave and dress his HYDE.
ship.
The station agent told the conductor
and it was a:4t when Mr.. HYDE was
through with his toilet and apoeared
at the station.
common people protested.
Nothing doing.
Common people suggested that
good money had been paid for the pas.
sage and that Mr. Hyde was net the
train dispatcher.
The conductor was sorrv.
Also during the wait the question
was raised as % whether the road ey.
isted for the benefit Of the public Or
for Mr.. HEds. ,. ci elly for Mr..
Hyde
That being true the common people
should hereafter send gracious dep
utafion. bearing gifts and the assur-
anee o. its most distinguished consid
GRAFTON. humbly petitioning and ask
ing the early presence of Mr.. Hyde.
Joshua made the sun stand still.
No telling what this modern Joshua
may halt Il his ragnant was be dis
regarded
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-04

weight. temperature. ETC., and it's ca
pacity to resist. In multitude of
cases disease is mentally produced.
The people ought to know these
fact, so well known to students of
the mind.
And especially should they know
how to avoid worry and fear and
anger in their effects.
In a single word. the first great
remedy is Relaxation. At some hour
during each day unstring the bow
strings Relax both body and mind.
Give the muscles and nerves COM
plete rest. Then relax the mind. Drop
"very care Tor a few miutes Stop try
ing 20 do Content yourself to be.
Then practice deep breathing Any
bodv's method will do. provided il
fills every lung cell aud sends the
d.aphram as far down as it will 90.
There is nothing new in all this.
And there is aothing fanciful about it.
It is simply being "clever' enough TO
take care Of Yourself
f Mrs. Chaney's simple philosophy
We're followed by more people there
would be less disease aud misery and
crime ttHa fnora hapnin - in the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-04
What They Took,

IL is reported that on recent occas-
ion when Arthur Balfour. joseph
Chamberlain, Lord Beresford and the
Japanese minister were dining out to-
sether, Mr.. Balfour, who was standing
treat. asked Mr.. Chamberlain what he
would have.
Ihanks, I'll take Scotch. Arthur. :.
was the response.
~ And what will you take, Lord
Charles?'
Ill take Irish, Arthur"
And what will you take?" address
Ing the Japanese Minister.
Ill take Port Arthur, thanks" was
the answer.-Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-04
A Good Word.

In the old south it was customary
Tor slaves who could neither read nor
write to ask some members of their
masters family to do their correspond
ence.
One morning Aunt Chloe approach
Fed Aer young miss and requested her
TO write a love letter to Uncle Billy,
an aged suitor
What shall I say. Aunt Chloe -
The young lady inquired
"Dlaw. Miss Annie, write it jes
lax you was er writin' to one err yer
own beauX: but tink Notwithstanding
Is er mighty purity word. jes put dat
IN som "Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-04

crate scarfpin.
"Are you sure that Dick will like
that?" | asked him.
Why. of course he'll like it: he is
fool if he doesn't said Sam. its a
magnificent pin"
The next morning al breakfast, after
few elderly brotherly remarks I
handed the pin to Sam Instantly the
air became blue with the oaths that
issued from him in an unholy torrent
Stung and shocked by the way he
received the gift. | cried out with
equal indienation:
Well. - it, you told me It was
a magnificent pin. YOU picked it out
Yourself: YOU said it was all right.
Yes" Sam shouted back. 81 said it
was all right for Dick Davis; 7
wouldn't be seen dead with il on.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-04
MEN ARE IN TIE MAJORITY
IN Ti1E USlTED STATES

Taking il "hy large. the male sex
Is i'll the majority in em country by
somc .G:3S32i. according to re
cent census bulletin In some Of the
states. however, the women exceed fhe
lren in number. uGtably the District
rt Columbia sachuaetts, and Rhode
Island. Usually men are in excess in
sparsely settled communities and wo-
men in thiclIy populated regions; cit
les. for example. as a rule. have more
females than males. In the later
years of life the women exceed the
men. which seems to indicate that
they are longer lived. In the period
from sixteen to twenty-five years of
age, also, the reports show them to
be in Success Magazine"