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The Washington times., 1905-12-10

KauffmanH. acting as the Interpreter
said il was his business to pretend he
knew what everybody was talking about
at the conference all the time Some
BODY unkindly remarked they thought
this a big job for Kauffmann.
Here follow some of the things ne said
the conference had TO arbitrate and
straighten out;
The attention of the Gridiron peace
conference is called 10 the frightful
struggle that has been going on in In
diana for many years between Vice
President Fairbanks and Senator Bev-
eridEe This has brought about much
distress and suffering along the banks
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
.GR|D|RON CLUBS
ANNUAL DINNER
FEAST Of h|RTH
Plenty of Wholesome
Fun Accompanied by
Good Food.
EVERYBODYHADALAUGH
Peace Conference Parody
Which Picked Some Peo-
pie ITO Pieces


Last night the Gridiron Club gave =
banquet. with mirth usher ans
laughter as toastmaster.
Beneath the clusters OF electric lights
and around the banquet board a grave
Cabinet oficer deigned TO punch a.
giggIiug Senator below the hfth rib: a.
govetnor-eleet INDUCED in suf1aws that
would have sounded 10 his CONSTITUENCIES
as not a all like certain high and logical
sentiments he has recently uttered for
their benefit brizadier general in the
army or the United States lad a slight
suspicion that civilians were pretty good
fellows after all. and hundreds of news
paper correspondents entirely forgot
what thoughts they would have mad OF
any other men who would have carried
on in such a childish and nonsensical
manner
Everybody Laughed, But
AS result of all this revolution in
sentiment everybody voted that tha
banquet made "a comic opera look Ike
thirty cents. and had vaudeville show
dashed TO the mast bowling for mercy
in shriekfng gale
There was music. song that had a
line. Everybody works baI Fairbanks:
eIoquence the kind that is eloquence
when: jokes on ali the big bugs:
and through ii all the young men
laughed with men upon whose heads
the hand OF time had borne heavily.
Everybody laughed but the people in the
hotel-the Willard--for things sounded
rather, jambled to those who were nat
in the banquet hall
The hit OF the evening was the Peace
Conference. It was the most rough
house peace conference ever pulled OF
and calm was restored not by the
strenuous methods OF Pe2cemaker
Roosevelt. but by the nlilder method
made popular by DR.. OsIer. chloroform-
During the conference, such Quarrels
as those between Fairbanks and Bever-
idge. Forake- and Taft. and spooner
and La Toilette were aired and finally
chioroformed with great speed and an
al freseo finish that was extremely deli
catessen.
Throughout the dinner there was
wireless telegraph system working over
time and the messages that jumped into
the room were startling. IL somewhat
disconnected.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
DISASTER FOLLOWS
NORTHEAST GALE
Vessels Driven Ashore Be
tween the Capes.
DETAILS ARE MEAGE ER
Not Fully Known 't7herher All Crews
of Inflated Craft Have
Been Lost
DETAILS ARE MEAGE R

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 2--Vp TO a
late hour tonight four vessels are re-
ported ashore or in distress between
Cape Henry and Cape Hatteras as the
result OF the fierce northeast gale and
thick weather that set in early this
morning and is still sweeping over
the southern coast
No further tidinSs have been re-
ceived concerning the steamer Aragon,
ashore seventeen miles of Bodies
island. with n crew OF eighteen aboard.
other than that the vessel has been
sent higher on the beach. The crew is
thought TO be safe and the vessel still
holds together. although much OF heI
cargo OF lumber has been lost.
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May Change Mind

Between now and the announcement;
of the committees Williams. Of course.
mas time to charge his mind and leave
Shacsleford and Lamar on the Com
mere Committee. but Il Is thought that
ne has gone too far now to retrace his
stess
member Of the House said yester-
day that Lamar was the wrong man
TO Try any funny business on. I; is
expected that Lamar win make good
this statement
Both he and Shackleford. although re-
ncent- were evidently not too pI...sa
with the report that Williams had eatl1,
sccnsed then Of breaking their caucus
pledge
They viii be no better pleased. il is
said. when they hear thai Williams
has taken The ground that they ought
To be disciplined for their behavior.
The removal from the committee being
their punishment
Ar- Lamar. when told Of Mr.. VIII
iams' remark. was retlccnt on the sub
Ject- but finally gave out this statement
As Loyal as Williams.
SoO can say that observed both
Ne spirit and tbe letter OF that caucus
>sTeement as thoroughly and as fully
~ Mr. John Sharp Williams did
Mr. Shaekieford. when asked whether
he thought he had broken the caucus
agreement. said:
Il have nothing 10 say now
lis tone indicated that he would have
much 10 say when the committee ap-
pcintments had been made public show
ing thar he and Lamar had been left
on the Commerce Committee.
Both gentlemen seemed indignan nj
when told that Mr.. Williams had de-
cided 10 take them OFF their committee
or the cole ground that they had been
guilty OF breaking the caucus faith.
In place OF the deposed men. Rus
cell of Texas and Bartlett cf Georgia
viii be put on the committee. This
violates rule OF the Speaker that no
State shall have two men on the same
committee. Adamson OF Georgia is
already the ranking Democratic mem
ber OF the committee, and Bartlett. of
the same State. will 20 on Qfvfno
Georgia. which has been so prominent
I'm its night on the private car lines the
forbidden two members en- thfs Com
merce Committee.
Hot Times Coming.
The friends OF both Lamar and
ShaeklefOrd make no effort 10 con
ceai their belief that the two removed
members Of the committee will make
things hot for the minority leader All
that IS awaited before the storm
(Contiuued ON Second pa1eA
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
OIL Such a Headache.

Toward the last OF the banquet .
stunt was pulled of called reading
thought messages Somebody put g. slip
of paper TO your forehead and and you
had to read what was in the paper.
Everything went of ali right until the
last one. Then a guest at the end OF
one OF the tables couldn't read his mes
sage. Tais was strange and gained the
curiosity Of the club the message
I was evidently long one Finally IL
( had to be opened and read. 10 the dis
grace and discontinue of the owner OF
the forehead II was hard to read be-
/ cause its contents were unexpected. un-
heard Of II said;
Fairbanks says nothing"
The thing dumfounded the meeting
/ and everybody went home.
/ As soon as the guests and the mem
bcrs OF the club filed into the banquet
hall the lights We're turned out and
there was shown the Gridiron in electric
lights above the stage, while the club
quartet sang We're Dining in the
same Old Place.
+ Then the menu was seen. II was a
T iarse piece of thick paper On which
/ we're printed the constitutional amend
.nents These amendments soon began
/ TO looA like food TO the members and
their guests and they proved satisfac-
tory. from the Cape Cod oysters to the
I Champasne.
I In the early part OF the evening the
/ three initiates. Oulahan. Walker and
| Small. were admitted 10 the brotherhoOd
I OF the club being made 10 say many
/ things they did not mean and not being
/ allowed 10 say anything they did mean
Then came the songs. Everybody
I nrlr Int E~af mis- mol
Joe, very pretty sketch of the
: Speaker OF the House; and The Rail-
roads, take-oT on the railroad rate
I business.
/ Peace Conference.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Barge Goddard Wrecked.

Tire barge Goddard. which tie Ara
gen had in tow. and was compelled TO
drop previous 10 going ashore. has
been washed up en- the beach four
or I'VE miles further south, and will
probably go so pieces,
Owing to lack Of facilities for get
ting news from the ccast, the fate OF
the crew of the barge is unknown
Late tonig1t a schooner was report
ed anchored southwest OF Cape Henry
flying distress signals. Her name Is
unknown. and il is not known what
has happened 20 her. but she appears.
as well as ccn be determined. TO have
been badly battered by the storm
Nothing further has been heard from
The schooner reported ashore off Gull
Shoal. north Of H9TJeras. late this
afternoon. but ss the wind has remained
high ard the sea rough it is feared that
the vessel and probably the crew. have
bee, lost
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$4,000 in Prizes.

The cash Irizes were as follows: Sl.5G3.
81 .00o 1906 500. $500. $50 and $40
In addition 90 these awards there We're
several incidental prizes Tor fast work
II. sprints since last WEDNESDAYS 50 thar
the total amount OF che cash won by
the riders Iur.nG the week win figure
over Sl0.O0l
EDDIE Root one Of last years win
ming teams. was quickly awakened and
he quaffed a big goblet of champagne
while his handlers were fastening his
feet with straps TO the pedals OF his
bicycle Bedell was taken care of in
the same way and promptly on the
hour Of 10 o'clock the leaders started
off in their mad whirI for supremacy
Both men loafed from ,he start. Root
forcing BeGe'l 10 do the leading. tarry-
ing behind the Lynn Brook man by
FIVE yards. They y ens over six laps
AT a snaHs pace in this order. Then
BcdeI made a sudden sprint. bat Root
was right on his traces. aao l.sst yeaE :
winner won again. beating Redcll by
three lengths at the finish,
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

100 feet of good dressed Lumber, S2,oo.
Frank Libby & Co.. & n. Y. ave.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Worst in Seye-al Years.

This has been enc OF the racst tempes-
tuous days experienced on the Virginia
and North Carolina coasts Ger several
years. The weather has been Continu-
Ously thick. and the rain h"s fallen in
torrents and this has been driven by a
wird that swept down the coast some
times at velocity OF fifty miles an
hour
The wrecSiaE steamer Rescue. of Mer-
ritt &; Chapman. viii leave here TO go 10
the assistance of the distressed vessels.
Three months ago The Rescue pulled
lhe Aragon of The same beech on which
she now lies. only few miles farther
lC-th.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
In Good Condition.

As the teams left in the big contest
pedaled painfully around In the after
noon there were q few eN,rI lines m
their faces and they faltersd a little on
the sprints. but otherwise they looked
as .nt" as when they started. Many OF
th.. riders weighed more after the race
than they did before.
prank u. Kramer. of East Orange.
\ rode an exhibition quarter mile,
rnpaccd. IN = 2-5 seconds.
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Peace Conference.

After this and a few other constitu-
uonal amendments. the peace confer
ence got busy. with the following war
ring parties present. represented by the
newspaper men mentioned:
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Hot Times Coming.

!. tContinued on Second Page.)
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31
Al Apimal Story For
Little Folks
Mr.. Bear Is Dipped

On very warm spring day, when
tie woods were more attractive than
I've dusty hIghroad, Mr.. Fox and Mr..
Dear, who at that time were great
chums, set out to pay a call on the
barnyard dog. They had dressed them
selves In their best Sunday clothes,
for Miss Barnyard Dog was great
belle at that time and also knew the
way into the hen yard ana had been
known to treat her friends to many
chicken dinners. AS they trudged
along both began to grow very hot
and dusty, and the fine clothes they
wore did not help to make them more
comfortable. Mr.. Fox began to VOL
der how he could get rid of that heavy
coat Of his, for it made him weary to
carry it.
81 have It," he whispered to him
self. make old man Bear carry 1t
for me-"
81 sayw he said to Mr.. Bear. "Bet
YOU a ham bone I can run to the
stump in the woods over by the pond,
back of Farmer Browns, in five min-
utes."
Taken" said Mr.. Bear. "You can't
do It,"
Garry my coat and I'll show you,"
cried Mr.. Fox.
Mr.. Bear meekly took the coat and
Mr.. Fox was off on the jump. He ran
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31

through the meadow past the bill,
down the valley into the wood. Jumped
into the pond and had good cool
bath. smoothed out his hair nicely, PUT
on his clothes, and then, seating him
self on the stump near the cool trees
he waited for Mr.. Bear.
Rather warm" remarked Mr.. FOX.
You seem weary"
Tired to DEATH" jerked Mr.. Bear
Grossly. but won the ham bone.
Excuse me, Brother Bear said MI.
Fox cunnlngly. taking his coat ana
starting for Miss Dogs; ''it's no race,
You forgot to take the time OF start
Ing" and. with a wink, he was on.
Boys and girls, don't forget to look
after the little matters In life and be
very careful who is your partner
Pittsbarg Dispatch.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31
Key to the Puxxler.

No. 277.-Word Square: /. Heart. 2
Error. 3. Arise. 4. Roses. 8. Tress.
No. Photographed Puzzle: Milan
Kissengen.
No. 279.-Sliced Words: 1. Pleasure
2. Restrain.
No. 2SO.-Bird Puzzle: Marrow, Eng
lish sparrow. Dark, meadow lark
Pole, oriOle. Love. mourning dove
Fail. quail.
No. 2S1.--Diamond: 1. V. 2. Beg. g.
Large. 4. Vermont. 5. Stone. 9. Inn
TT.
No. 2S2. = SubtractiOns: Sanction
sank; tension. ten: nation, nay; men
ton. men; junction, junk; benediction
benedict; operation, opera.
No. 2S3.-Easy Enigma: Manhattan.
No. 2S4.-Rhymed Trees: I. Joke,
oak. 9. Cash, ash.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31
The Ways Of Maine.
Mr. York Timaa.)

Thomas w. Lawson tells Of friend
who had taken . trip to the Maine woods
for days hunting. The hunters time
being limited, he wished to crowd -
many hours into day Is was possible,
40 he ordered the host at the little back
woods hotel to call him at 4:S0 In the
morning.
Promptly at 4 80 he was walked from .
sound sleep by thump on the door OF
his room.
"Well," he asked sleepily, "what's the
matterp"
s.It's half past four" came the answer.
"All right, I'll be right down." he said,
a. he pulled the covers up to his chin for
another little nap. There was silence
for about five minutes, when he was
awakened once more by q terrible clatter
on his door.
"What's the matter, now?" he asked,
thoroughly aroused.
"You just sign this receipt"
"Sign what 'receipt'p" :,
"T6is receipt showing that I called
you at half-past four. You don't
come down at 8 o'clock and say I didn't
call you. Not If I know it."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31

Make note now TO get Ely's Cream
Balm II you are troubled with nasal ca
tarrh, hay fever OF cold in the head. 1t
is purifying and soothing to the sensitive
membranes that line the air passages.
IL is made 10 cure the disease, not to fool
the patient by short, deceptive relief.
There is no cocaine nor mercury in 1t.
Do not be talked into taking substitute
for Ely's Cream Balm. All druggists
sell it. Price 80 cents. Mailed by Ely
Bros, SO Warren Street, New York.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31
Bankruut's Petition for Discharge.

Bankrupts Petition tor discharge.
- ASA .sS e. BARrLETT. in.
dividually and as member I In bankruptcy.
of the firm Of Bartlett
Buzlell, Bankrupt.
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE. Judge OF the DIS.
trict Court Of the United States for the District
tsA e. BARTLETT, of Mexico. in the Coun.:
"A ty Of Oxford, and State of Maine, In said
District, respectfully represents that on the lst
day of April, last past. he was duly adluugeu
bankrupt under the Acts Of Congress relating 70
his property and rights Of property and has fully
complied with all the requirements OF SAID ACTS
and of the orders of Court touching his bank
ruptcy. ,.,,,,,r.,,r and
az member Of the firm Of Bartlett Il Buzzeil,
may be decreed by the Court TO nave tuiI
discharge from all debts provaDie against NE
estate under said bankruptcy Acts, except snch
debts as are excepted by law from such dis
| charge. - ,oo,
ASA Z. BARTLETT. Bankrupt
Order OF Notice Thereon.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, So.
On this 18th day Of Oct, A. ID. 1905. on reading
| the foregoing petition. it IL
Ordered by the Court. that n hearing be had
upon the same on the 80 day OF Vow, a, ID.
1905, before said Court at Portland, In said Di--
trict at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon; and that no.
| tice thereof be published In the oxiofI Demo,
crat, a newspaper printed In said District. and
| that all Known creditors. and other persons In
interest, may appear at the said time and place,
/ and show cause, II any they have, why ue
pray er OF said petitioner should not be Eransel !.
/ And IL Il further ordered by the Court, That
| the Clerk shall send by mall 20 all known cred
tors copies Of said petition and this or'ier, al
| dressed 10 them at their places OF residence A.
stated.
| witness the Hos. CLARESCE HALE. judge
/ Of the said Court, and the seal thereof. AZ Port
i land, In said District. on the ltth day Of ct
A. ID. 1895. .......... -,
H.. =. JAMES y htNhf, Ieft
/ true eopy OF petition and Oricr therrvn
/ Atie-t: JAMES v. Htwtl, Clerk
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31

a horse and sometimes was unable even
to ride in car. My condition was crit
ical when sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
[ used three boxes and they cured me.
Now can go anywhere and do as much
as anybody. / sleep well and feel no dis
comfort at ALL"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Sprague will
be mailed on application to any part OF
the United States. Address Foster-Mil-
burn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all
dealers; price, fifty cents per box.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31
He Had Them.


(Louisville Courier ournal)
Once, as the story goes, two Irishmen
were engaged In discussion, when Pat
asked Mike what socialism was.
"'Well, socialism is sort Of an equal
division of property declared Mike.
"What's mine 10 yours, and what's yours
ia mine. That's the idea.
"If you had $2,000,000, asked Pat,
would you give me one millionP"
"I would that said Mike. That's
according to my principles
"Tf you had two houses would you
give me one of them?' was Pats next
question. Mike insisted that he would.
"sAnd If you had two fine horses
would you give me oneP'
"Mike declared that he would follow
his principles.
"tAnd If you had two goats would you
give me one of them?' finally asked Pat.
81 would not. / have Them de-
clared the socialistic disciple"
And there is not in the books, be II
remembered in these days when so many
men are pretending to be socialists, q
better definition Of socialism than that
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31


md. though rou hpe IN rilde,ness. the uo'it
wiH beat u path To your door"
:, In the little town Of Chemnitz, in saxony, ther'
lived chemist who spent years trying to 20
one thiHS-to make black stocking that wou
be absolutely fast black.
This chemist succeeded, and the path the word
beat 20 his door is very wide and wei! worn III
deed. by his discovery Louis ller!nsiori made
himself world famous. and his little town ol
Chemnitz became the center OF the stocking in
dustry OF the entire world.
You don't have to look very far back to n
member the time when to wear black stocking
was to a stocking that would ta'le that
would discolor the feet. Ilermsdorf Dye changed
have forgotten former stocking troubles AMI
are accepting the many ch2ap limitations oi
Hcrns.Lor Dye with which the market is being
flooded.
1t is true economy to be very careful in buy
ing back stockings.
MACY'S representative goes to Chemnitz each
year to buy the original Hermsdorf Dyed Stock
ings, made in Chemnitx.
These stockings bought almost a year in ad
vance. are made TO- our special order in Chem
Hermsdorf process, and each one is guaranteed
absolutely fast black. 1t is needless to say that
MACY'S stocking department Is famous.
In order to get these stockings at the very low
est prices we buy them In enormous quantities,
thousands Of dozens at q time. To get q still
further reduction in price we actually pay fol
these stockings before they are made. (Tbis il
an example Of MACY'S Business Methods.)
So, after adding customary small margin
Of profit, We can sell you the original Hsrmsdori
Chemnitz, for q little leB than other dealers ask
you for the domestic imitation kind.
Postage ON stockings 10 about 10 cents per hall
dozen pairs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31

"What, may ask, was the keenest
disappointment Of your careerP" asked
the anxious interviewer.
The great flnsncier stared coldly at
the ink-bottle. ut was when was four
years old, I think" he drawled, "when
woke up one morning and found my
red balloon shrunken to one-fourth the
size Of the day before"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
In the District Court of the United States for
the District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter Of
CHARLES II. WHITMAN, In Bankruptcy.
of Mexico, Bankrupt
To the creditors of Charles II. Whitman in
the County Of Oxford md district aforesaid:
Notice Ia hereby given that on the 18th day OF
Oct, A. ID. 1905, the said Charles II. Whitman
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be held at the Court
House, in South Paris, on the lst day OF Nov:
A. D. 1906 at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon. at which
time the said creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint q trustee, examine the bankrupt
and transact such other business as may proper
~ come before said meeting.
South Paris, Oct. l6, 1905
GEO. A. WILSON,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31
Food for the Sick.
BEEF JUICE.

BEEF JUICE.
Cut a pound of beef in small pieces,
and cork it tightly in bottle. Set the
bottle in a little cold water, and let it
stand over the fire until it bOils.
Patients who cannot take beef tea, often
relish beef juice obtained in this manner.
BOILED CUsTARD.
Beat up two fresh eggs, leaving out
the white of one. Stir them into half
pint of sweetened milk, and flavor with
q piece of stick cinnamon. Put the
mixture in sauce pan, stir the contents
one way till it thickens somewhat, but
do not allow it to boil. Take 1t of the
fire, and after stirring for few minutes,
pour into a cup, sprinkling a little
top.
MIXED BEEF TEA.
Take one pound each of lean beef, veal
and mutton, entirely fresh, and cut up
into small pieces. Put into earthen jar
with three pints of water and . salt
spoonful of salt, and simmer gently for
four hours, skimming often; then strain.
This is more savory and more laxative
than the ordinary beef tea.
CHICKEN BROTH.
Cut q fowl in small pieces, put it In an
earthen vessel, with three pints of sailed
water, and boil for three hours. 1t must
then be set aside to cool, the fat carefully
removed, and small quantity made hot
when wanted.
cALF's-FooT BROTH.
Cut up two calves feet and put them
into an earthen vessel, with two quarts
of water, q carrot, little mace, and q
pinch of salt. Boil gently for two or
three hours, till only half the quantity OF
water is left, then strain and seasonto
taste.
BARLEY WATER.
Put an ounce Of pearl barley in an
enameled saucepan, with Q quart Of cold
water, and boil gently for two hours and
Q half, stirring occasionally and skim
ming frequently. Strain through muslin
into q jug, sweeten with powdered sugar,
and II allowable for the patient, add the
strained juice of lemon.
RICE WATER.
Boil two ounces of rice In saucepan
with three pints Of water, for two and .
half hours. Stir frequently, skim -
and strain into jug through
: fine wire sieve, rubbing through the
slevs the glutinous part, but discarding
the hard portions.-Ex. !
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-31
TORTURINC PAIN.
half This Mans Sufferings Would
Have Killed Many q Person,
But Doan's Cured Him.

Thousands of grateful people are tell
ing every day how Doan's Kidney Pills
cured them of distressing and dangerous
kidney and bladder troubles
Yet other thousands are suffering every
day from these same ills. Why? They
are either very negligent or very skepti-
cal. Neglect of kidney disorders leads to
dropsy. diabetes, Bright's disease and
other fatal diseases.
Sincere. honest testimony like the fol-
lowing should convince every skeptic.
A. c. Sprsgue. stock dealer, OF Normal.
Ill, writes: For two whole years 1
was doing nothing but buying medicines