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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
West Bethel.

when smiling Spting with winkling feet
Through meat and woodland gaily dances,
The happy birds with carols sweet
Salute the maid as che advances;
Then verdure decks again the vale.
And early flowers are found In lunches,
And men resort to heer aud ale.
And give up drinking whiskey punches"
The snowdrifts which have lain so long,
Haunting the hidden .oss,
Like guilty ghosts have slipped away,
Unseen, into the brooks.
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.
Hay is quite plentiful.
River driving is now the chief bust
uesS.
The ice went out of the Androscoggin
last week.
Fred Wheeler is the new clerk in the
store of A. j. Haskell.
Potatoes are % cents per bushel and
eggs Is cents per dozen.
Miss Flora j. Wheeler of jefferson,
n. H., is visiting in town this week.
Charles Ruggles has gone to Norway,
and E. Payson Philbrook is filling his
place as night Waterman in the mill OF
Merrill, Springer Il Co.
Vinal B. McLain and wife have gone
to Cambridge, Mass, where he has a
fine situation as a foreman in piano
mandatory.
William c. Chapman of Gilead, owner
of the land between the railway station
and river, is having all the large pine
and spruce trees cut and hauled to the
rivers bank.
After an illness of many months Mrs
Mary Ann Dow died Tuesday morning
March 2Sth, aged 81 years. She was 6
daughter of Nathaniel Raynes of New
Gloucester, and was twice married, frs
to Andrew Grover, by whom she haC
five children, three dying in infancy
Mr.. Grover died in Upton in 1871. He
second husband was Benaiah Dow o.
West Sumner, where they resided hap
PLY together until the death of Mr.
Dow, after which she bought farm il
Grafton, and that was her home unit
four years ago when she came to Yves
Bethel to spend the remainder of hel
life with her eldest daughter, Mrs. Hat
tie A. Grover. Her other daughter
Mrs. Addie Lapham, has assisted hel
sister since last summer in most tenderly
caring for the helpless mother up to tht
time of her death. The interment wal
in Upton, beside the remains of her frs
husband.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
East Bethel.

Work has commenced on the new
Grange Hall.
Mr.. Dennis Cole has returned home
from Washington, D. G.
Miss Clara Kimball from Berlin, N. H..
visited the past week at G. NJ. Kimball's
Miss Amy Bartlett returned to Cor
ham Normal School last week.
Mr.. Insley Young from Massachusetts
visited the past week at II. E. Bartlett's
Mr.. John Fifield is visiting at g. K
Hastings.
Mr.. r. C. Clark went to Boston last
week for an indefinite stay.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
WHAT IS CATARRH 2

lHYoMEI CURES THIS COMMON AND DIS
AGREEABLE DISEASE.
Hysmei cures catarrh by the simple
method of breathing it into the air pass
ages and lungs. 1t kills the germs OF
the catarrhal poison, heals and soothes
the irritated mucous membrane, enters
the blood with the oxygen and kills the
germs present there, etfectually driving
this disease from the system.
If you have any of the following symp-
toms, catarrhal germs are at work some
where in the mucous membrane OF the
nose, throat, bronchial tubes or tissues
of the lungs.
offensive breath huskiness Of voice
dryness OF the nose discharge frIm the nose
| pain across the eyes stoppage OF the nose ut
pain In back OF the night
head aching Of the body
p in in front of the droppings in the throat
head mouth open while sleep
tendency to take cold Ing
burning pain In the tickling back OF the pa
| throat ate
hawking to clear the formation of crusts In
| throat the nose
pain in the chest drynrss Of the throat
| a cough In the morning
| stitch In side loss of strength
losing of flesh splsms of coughing
| variable appetite cough short and hack
low spirited ut times ing
raising of frothy mu. cough worse nights anu
| Gus mornings
expectorating yellow loss In vital force
matter feeling of tightncss
difficulty In breathing across the upper part
frequent sneczing OF the chest
Hyomei will cure the disease, de.
stroy activity of all germ life in the
respiratory organs, enrich and purify
the blood with additional ozone, and
after few days use of this treatment
the majority of these symptoms will
have disappeared. In few weeks the
cure will be complete.
Catarrh or catarrhal colds cannot exist
when Hyomei is used. This is trong
statement, but F. A. Shurtleif & Co
emphasize it by agreeing to refund your
money if Hyome does not cure.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Annual Lace Curtain Sale.
The Boy and His Clothes.
Spring Opening.
Shoes.
Spring Line of Plush Robes.
Stationery Sale.
Easter Millinery Opening.
American Law.
Rain Coats.
Lace Curtains.
Millinery Opening.
Remember.
Blood Circulation.
Parlor Millinery.
Wanted.
Sherin's Sale.
Black Ink.
Why Suffer with Headache?
Are You Going 20 Paint?
Notice OF Bankruptcy.
To Let.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
Here and There.

A Judge In Ohio granted divorces In % min
utes short time ago. Which beats even Knox
county's record.-Rockland Courier Gazette.
1t is averred by some of the spectators
that four divorces were granted in TWEEN
ty-three minutes during recent term of
court in county which it may be as
well not to name.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11

The new Lewiston police force of q
men has l3 Irishmen, II Frenchmen, and
two Yankees.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11

An American professor declares that
there are ''taste buds" in the throat, so
that q man with long neck gets more
taste out of what he swallows than the
one with a short neck. 1t will now be
in order to apologize to the man of
somewhat inferior mental powers, at
whom SO much fun has been poked for
saving, II declar', when | drink lemon
egg, 1 wisht my neck was yard long,
so't could taste it all the way down"
Colorado, the great silver producing
state, long ago abandoned its adherence
to the free silver idea, and Mexico has
adopted the gold standard; but William
j. Bryan still remains.
President Roosevelt has left Washing
ton for two mouths trip. He visits
Texas and attends reunion of his old
regiment, the Rough Riders, and will
later 60 on some hunting expeditions,
the last of them in the woods in Colo
RADIO. OF course his every move is
bound to provoke criticism, but even
those who think he is making rather
too long an absence from Washington
wish him q pleasant and refreshing
vacation.
Having got his library building calls
down to one a day, Mr.. Carnegie Is now
to turn his attention to helping the
small colleges. That's right, Mr.. Car
negie. And while you are about it, put
part of your fund where 1t will help
poor and Woodworking students to get
through the small colleges. The money
thus Invested in culture will give the
world bigger returns than steel trust
bonds. No charge for the suggestion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11

No new trial for Tucker, says the
Massachusetts, court, which adds that
the conviction was in accordance with
the evidence, and that acquittal would
have been miscarriage of justice. But
the great jury, the public, seems to dis
agree with the court on that point.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
ICE FOR ICE CREAM.

ICE FOR ICE CREAM.
. 20 pounds &C., so pounds 1Oc., loo
pounds 15c.
Shaved Ice per bushel l5c.
Shaved Ice per half bushel lOc.
WHOLESALE.
All customers taking 500 pounds and
over at one delivery $3.50 per ton. Less
than 500 pounds at one delivery $500 pei
ton. Farmers supplied at ice house as
wanted at 81 80 per ton.
G.. e. BENNETT,
Dealer In Ice,
SOUTH PARIS AND NORWAY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
In a plnck use ALIENS FooT.E.sE.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease. a
powder. It cures Corns. Bunions, Painful,
Smarting. Hot, Swollen feet At all Druggists
and Shoe Stores, CSC.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
TO LET.

TO LET.
One S room tenement and one E
room tenement with stable room and
garden with each.
J. H. STUART,
| South Paris, Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.
In the matter of
FRANCES l.. PHELPS, In Bdnkruptc
Bankrupt

DHUhTUV.sI
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge Of the Dis.
trIct Court of the United States for the District
of Maine:
ERAN ,Es L. PHELPS, of Rumford, In the
IL County Of Oxford, and State Of Maine, In
said District. respectfully represents that ON
the 18th day of November, last past, he was duly
adjudged bankrupt under the Acts of Congress re.
dered all his property and rights property,
and ha, fully compiled with all the requirements
Of said Acts and Of the orders Of Court touching
his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, That lie may be ,iccreed
by the Court TO have a full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under said
bankruptcy Acts, except such debts as are ex
cepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 3lst day of March, A. %. 1905.
FRANCES l.. PHELPS, Bankrupt
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE. So.
On this lst day Of April, A. ID. 1895. on read
Ing the foregoing petition, 1t IL
Ordered by the Court That hearing he had
upon the same on the 2lst day Of April, A. ID
1905, before said Court ut Portland, in said Dis
trIct, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon; and that no
ticc thereof he published In the Oxford Demo.
Graf, newspaper printed In said District, and
that all known creditors, and other persons in
interest, may appear at thereaid time and place,
and show cause. II any they have. why the
prayer of said petitioner should not 10 granted.
And It Ia further Ordered by The Court, That
the Clerk shall send by mall to all known cred
itors copies of said petition and this order. ad.
dressed TO them at their places Of residence AZ
stated.
Witness the Hon. CLARENCE HALE, Judge Of
the said Court. and the seal thereof, ut Portland,
In said District, on the Let day OF April, A. d.
1906.
LIS. JAMES e. HEWEY, Clerk.
A true copy Of petition and order thereon.
Aeost: JAMES II. HEWEY. Clark.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-11
Notice..
FAMILY TRAD

Prices of Ice for season of 1905 and
until further notice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
BRoOMsTiCk HOLDS PRISONERS
Wife of Missouri Sheriff Prevents At
 tempted Jail Delivery.

Macon, Mo, Dec. 2S.-But for the heroism of Mrs. K. Graves, wife of the sheriff, assisted by broomstick, there would have been jail deliv, cry this afternoon. John Flake. a .Nesgman, sentenced to three years. took advantage of the liberty allow ed because of Christmas, and pried open the main door of the jail, only q chain being left to hold it. He squeezed through the opening. The other prisoners attempted to follow, when Mrs. Graves seized an old broomstick and beat them back Flake got away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
DOOMED; HANGS SELF IN EFFIeY
Condemned Murderer to Get Nickels
 Depicts Own End in Miniature.

Louisville, Dec. 2S.-In the cell of William Van Dalzn, who is under sen- tence to be hanged January 19 for the murder of Fanny Porter, is a nickel in-the-slot machine by means of which the prisoner represents the way in which he will meet death in a short time. For weeks Van Dalzn work ed laboriously with a knife and such bits of wood as he could get, whit ting out a scaffold He also made trap door and on the end of bit of twine suspended a miniature figure of a man, supposed to represent him. self.
 He then arranged a device by which the trap would be sprung when a nickel was placed in slot, and over the scaffold placed a sign which reads: "Drop nickel in the slot and see how it VII look when I am hang ed"
 To Van Dalzn it is a constant source of amusement to see the scaf- fold and trap in operation, and he caicles , cents from nearly every vis- itor who calls at his cell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
DOGS TOW BROWNING
 HN NTsMAN TO SHORE

Vallejo, Gal. Dec 27.-To the strength, colIrage intelligence and faithful love f his two hunting dogs Hospital ste4 ard Paxton of the ma. val hospital at Mare Island, owes his life. While duck hunting on the bay. Paxton's boat was capsized, and he would have been drowned had he not been lowed ashore by his doge.
 Paxton left Mare Island on Wed- nesday He did not return that night nor Thursday5night, and it was feared he had been drowned, until he appear ed tonight wi ith a tale of as thrilling an adventurd as novelist eves penned. sS
 When Paxton was thrown into the cold water by the capsizing of his boat, incumbered with his heavy shooting clothes and weighted by his cartridges, he was at dangerous disadvantage in the struggle he made for his life. There was no other DOdl III SlSll, HOT pGISOuS OH lllG lOHG- ly shore, and Paxton's cries for help feel on on no human ears. They reached the ears of the dogs, however, who were padding ahead of him for the shore and they turned, af if by common consent and seemed at once to perceive the danger of their master. Swimming toward him as he con- tinued to call, they at first tried to seize his clothing in their teenth. Paxton. however, spoflee to them, and they placed their intelligence at his. command, even as they put their strength at his service. He turned their heads on toward shore, and placing his hands on their Hanks, urg- ed them onward Half supporting himself, half swimming, he managed to reach the shore.
 He reached the navy yard in an exhausted condition. and says he would certainly have been drowned had it not been for his dogs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
THE ISLAND HOME OF A
 VANISHED PEOPLE.

The Channel Islands, which lie off the coast of Southern California are rich in treasures for the anthropOlo- eist and the archaeologist. Though all the islands of the group are within eighty miles of the shore of California they are solitary and unfrequented, and not more than fifty people visit them during the year. Each island has it's tradition as to former occupa- ton by Indians, and there are many traces left of them. A Portuguese navigator who sailed up the coast of California in 1524 stopped for day or two at each of the Channel Isl ands and bears testimony that on these islands was a vigorous and lusty race of natives.'
 The most interesting of these isl ands from many points of view IS St Nicholas. As far back as the mem ory of any one in Southern Califor mia runs it's valleys and hillsides have been dotted with hundreds of white skeletons. Strange utensils of ser pentine sandstone and steatite are found sthere with the human bones. Measurements of skulls, thighs and leg and arm bones have been made by scientists, and the general opinion is that the race which sWarmed over the island was much larger than any civilized race of today and that some of the tribes must have been seven feet three inches tall.
 The skulls of this extinct tribe Of ten measure several inches more than that of large skulls today. Many of those found on the island show that the:r possessors must have met death by means of>a club or battle axe. No one has ever found a skull on St. Nicholas Island which shows the mark of a bullet There are many collar and shoulder bones crushed, which shows that the weapon which dealt the blow must have been stout club of some kind. As the ia vorite weapon of the Aleutian Isles savage inhabitants of a century or more ago was club or a bludgeon, the stray tradition that the inhabit- ants of these isles came down and completely destroyed the inhabitants of the Channel Islands seems to have semblance of truth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27

Engagement Of One of Miss Rcose-
 veIt's Friends Anuouncsa.

Washington, Dec 2. - Secretary Taft's Philippine trip developed q sec ond romance today, when the engage men1 of Representative Swaggar Sherley of Lou usvilie and Miss Mig non Critten of Staten Island, New York, was announced.
 Miss Critten is friend of Miss Roosevelt, and at the latter's inyi- tation was a member of the Philip pine touring party. When Nicholas Lengworth was showering attentions on the presidents daughter the bril- liant Kentucky congressman did not neglect Miss Critten.
 Secretary Taft is pleased over the engagements resulting from his trip.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
"SAM" SDEAD
The Old Rat Dog of the Fire Depart
 nent Is No More.

Sam is dead. Sam was the old rat dog at the fire department, and the manner of his death is peculiar ly pathetic. An old iron grated door, form erly used in the old city jail, lies out in the street in front of the fire station, and Sam smelt mouse un- der the old door Tuesday. After standing barking for half an hour for assistance, some of the fire boys went to his assistance, lifting up the big, heavy docr so that the little dog could get under it and catch his mouse Failing to find the mouse at once, Sam ran back and forth under the door, and finally got out from under it. The fire boys thereupon conclud cd that the mouse had absconded and dropped the door. As they did so Sam ran back uner it, the heavy iron catching him beneath it's weight and instantly breaking his neck.
 It is gratifying to know that the beloved little dog, which had become so conspicuous a figure beside the fire boys while driving to a fire ant while out for exercise, will be giver an appropriate burial.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
SEEKS ID ENJO|N COTTON BELT REsTRAINs c9M- MISSION IN SWAN LAKE
 ROAD CASE.
Wlll Attempt to Prevent the Makinu of That Road Part of Cot.
 ton Belt System.

The Cotton Belt Railway company has sued out a restraining order pro- hibiting the state railroad commits sion from putting into effect it's re- cent order making the Swan Lake road a part of the Cotton Belt and putting into effect on the former the long distance tariff for freight and passenger traffic. January is the date set for the hearing on the important question:, and the business men of Pine Bluff, through the board of trade, will be represented on that occasion. It is believed that the city will gain it's point against the rail- road company, and thus give relief to local shippers from the excessive tariff now in force on the Swan Lake road.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
CHRISTMAS AT SEC-
OND PRESBYTERIAN.

Christmas entertainment at Second Presbyterian church. The house was crowded to the door. The superin- tendent and teachers at that Sabbath school have done faithful work. The pupils had been drilled beautifully. The execution of the whole program was perfect. Several of us have seen Christmas Sunday school cele- brations for many years, but last nights exhibition was by far the best we ever saw. The children recited so much Scripture and sang the songs so sweetly. Every one praised them. There was one little girl six years old with long black curls sang with great sweetness. Especially when she said, What will my papa take for me-" I think her parents might we'll be proud of her What a blessing to have such teachers as we have at that little Second Presbyterian church.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
WANTED TO POSE AS HERO.
sWatchman Tells "Burglars' ant Shoots Himself in Leg.

v New Rochelle, N. Y., Dec. 27.-The X ambition of Fred Bitter, special
 x policeman of New Rochelle, to be- < come real detective led to burglar \ scare at the Wykagyl Golf club, in up. x ner North street, at an early hour Ni0f the morning hour. To make his Huff good, he shot himself in the E1eg, taking pains to use small re-
 yplver.
 Ns Bitter is employed to protect the gsclub and sleeps in the clubhouse. A asfew days ago he purchased uniform NAnd since that time he has been zeal S|ous in unearthing burglar plots. S# Early in the morning the New Ro- sschelle police received a hurry call Elfrom the club, stating that Policeman Bitter had been shct by burglars. De- Eteetives Cody and Fanelli rushed to
 sthe4 club house, mile out of town, and found him on the floor of the cafe grooming with pain. He said three burglars wearing silk hats had pried open a window and were busily gath ering up the plate when he heard them. He got up andswas in the act of turning on a gas jet when the bur glars attacked him. In the struggle Bitter said, one of the burglars shot him. :.
 !. According to Bitter's story his as sailants then jumped. through small window and escaped The detective Afound half a dozen chisels, jimmies land saws scattered about the room. Detective Cody was first led to doubt Bitter's story when he found that { none of the doors or windows of sthe. clubhouse had been forced, while rthe window through which Bitter said the men escaped is not large enough | for a person to pass through. When. confronted with these facts at the hospital Bitter broke down land confessed to the detectives that Sshe shot himself and invented the Burglar story for the purpose of inn 5Rressing the clubmen with the fact That he was not only a sleuth, but
 aerc..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
HE PREACHED TO ONE MAN.
3ain Kept All Members of Congrega
 ton Home But Sexton.

Stroudsburg. Pa, Dec. 27.-The Reverend Winner k. Coffman, pastor of the Delaware Water Gap Methodist church, recently preached a sermon to one person, the sexton. The down pour of rain kept every one else at home. The clergyman said:
 .sWe are here to worship Almighty God and should not desist because others are basent Our worship is a debt we owe to God and necessary to cur own spiritual life. Jesus spoke to single hearers, Nicodemus and the woman at the we'll of Samaria. Paul and John wrote epistles to individuals which are preserved with the gospels and other epistlcs."
 The preacher and the sexton sang the hymn chosen, recitedi the creed, bowed in prayer ana read the scripture lessons. The discourse was on the unity of the church.
 When the members of his congre- gation at the Gap learned that ser vices had been held despite the storm they promised to attend in future on rainy days.
 The Reverend MT. Coffman also kept his appointment in the after -,con at the Housewife Union chapel. Even the sexton was absent and the church door locked. The minister tarried until the hour of service. or fered a prayer in the open air and went home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
EAST END NEWS.

Mrs. l.. Smith of McNeil, Ark, is visiting her son-in-law, Conductor Frank Stewart.
 MT. V. B. Dunkum returned yester- day from Hickory Plains, Ark, where he visited relatives for two weeks.
 w. H. Roost has resigned his posi- tion at the Cotton Belt paint shops and accompanied by his wife. left Monday, flor Cleveland. Texas, where he will work at the Santa Fe shops.
 Freight engine 300 is just out of the Gotten Belt repair shops. and is ready for road service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
ENERAL MILES QUITS MILITIA
iif Be Relieved From Massachusetts
  Duty at Own Request.

Washington, Dec. 2s.-secretary Fit has granted the application of kutenant General Nelson A. Miles, fred, for relief from further duty the organized militia of Massa- setts, and the necessary orders to
 effect will be issued today. Since nary 10 General Miles has served pilitary adviser and inspector gen.
 on the staff of Governor Doug pf Massachusetts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
ST. JOHNS DAY
To Be Celebrated by Jacob Brumr
 Lodge of Masons.

The Masons of Jacob Brump lodge and Pine Bluff lodge will hold a joint celebration of St: Johns day at Ma sonic hall tonight Judge A. B. Grace will preside and deliver the oration, and the regular installation of the of ficers of the two lodges will take place, followed by banquet. Jacob Brump lodge will also present aprons to it's members. All visiting brothers meeting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-27
VISITOR.
FUNERAL OF LITTLE s,ss55.ssg s,ss5.;sSsg,.. 7. \ SCssS pJ E1as 01Es VI
 INEZ CULPEPPER.

The funeral services over the re-. mains of Inez, the little four-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. w. Gull pepper, who died at Houston, Texas. last Sunday, were held from the un- dertaking parlors of the Ralph Robin. son establishment on Barraque street, Wednesday morning at 1893 O'clock. Rev. Ross Moore, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated, and the lit. tie one was buried in Bellwood cem- etery