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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
in the District Court of the United States for the
District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter Of
of Rumford. Bankrupt
To the creditors Of Charles II. Morrison In the
County Of Oxford and district aforesaid:
Notice Is hereby given that on the 18th dav OF
Jan A. d. 1906, the said Charles II. Morriso ON
6rst meeting Of his creditors viii be held at the
Court House in South Paris, on the eth
day of March. 4. d. 1906, at 10 O'Clock
In the forcnoon, et which time the said
creditors NAV attend, prove their claims,
and transact tuch other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
South Paris, Feb. II. 1876.
WALTER L. GRAY,
Referee In Rankin tcv.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

Wife (reading)-This magazine says
the average paper dollar lasts five years.
Husband-Huh! When you get hold of
one it doesn't last five minutes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If it fails to
cure. z. W. GROWS signature 10 on
each box. 25c.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

Mother-Do you think it is good
thing to spank a child? Doctor-Well, it
often relieves the parent of a bad fit Of
temDer
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

Eyes, she's made name for herself. {"
"In what way?" "Why she used to be
Ellen Cummins Brown. Now she is
Aileen Comyns Brown"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

"Are my clothes resdy?"
''Not yet"
"But you said you would finish them,
If you worked all night"
81 know; but didn't work all nigh"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

Occasionally you hear Of . man who
was struck dumb with astonishment, but
nothing like that ever happens to .
woman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06
CLERKS OFFICE.
FOR SALE.

Second quality, dry, hard wood,
all round, good size, $3.50 per cord,
delivered. This is a good trade.
Also later, second quality green, all
round.
E. w. PENLEY,
A. K. JACKSON.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

"Papa, can you fix dollya operated
on her and al her utensils are coming
out"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

No. 3O.-oid Fashioned Valentines.
IJumble.l
J.
Swee, rose red violets you sugar blue
the the is and SO are.
2
Sugar as vine grows the round stump
sure as the so lump sure are my you.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06
No. 3l.@u M bles.

No. 3l.-Jumbles.
20. s. S. s 5 S, opine."
Stands for belongings
Theirs. yours or mine.
m. NJ. NJ. ] sue"
Long dead. it's true.
Yet undecayed. beheld by you.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06
/ GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, Blind. Bleeding, Protruding
Piles. Druggists are authorized to 70.
fund money II Paso Ointment fails 10
cure IN Q 10 II day.. 30 esnts.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

Split . boiled lobster down the back,
remove intestines and stomach, brush
with butter and broil until delicate
brown over q hot fire.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

No. o9.-Ficture Puzzle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

No. 2..-Missfng Words.
lRhyme.l
You may train the eagle
To stoop 10 your -.
Or you may inveigle
The phenix OF the -;
The lioness. you may move her
To give DER her -,
But you'll ne'er stop a lover.
He will find out his -.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06
BAKED OYSTERS on roI

Set the scrubbed oysters in . hot oven
until shells open; remove six oysters to
. neat slice Of buttered toast; dust with
sa1t and pepper.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
Can a Robin RuAt

Writes a valued subscriber: II saw
freak In birdology Just now as ! wss
coming from my house to ny esnse'
and called the attention Of two osAsrs
70 It who were standing near By. xssss
were several robins running about In
the ward adjoining Ivy lot, and among
them was one With white head and
neck. VIII the president Of the Auau-
bon society please tall US how to ae-
count for NJ"
Pending Mr.. Pearson's explanation
we would suggest that robin never
runs. since he can use one Veg onty
spontaneously with the other, and both
have to 60 the same way at once. IL -
a funny thing about robins hogs. but
they are dependent to q degree. FER
hans the robin ran because he was
white headed. Now, why he y white
headed is another question. The prin-
ciple Of the albino characteristics OF
heads that once were black and now
are white has never been solved ex-
cent by those concerns which advertise
to make white heads black, and they
won't tell.
But IL this robin has learned how 70
run he is the oldest In the flock Ger
tainly. We put it down to old age al
a hazard.-Charlotte News and I'd
| server
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
Insurance Against Unemployment.

No nation I'm the world is so far adj
vanced as the Danish as regards pub
lie care for those who are in need. The
Danish state aided voluntary insur-
auce against sickness is without a
paralleI Danish poor legislation Is
more humane than that of any other
country. and is still progressing in the
right direction and Denmarks old age
penslon law. though not yet ideal, has
attracted much attention in different
countries. The next move Will In all
probability be an insurance law
against unemployment. n special COM
mission which has been at work Tor
some three years for the purpose OF
framing proposals in its report on I'M
employment proposes to form unem-
nloyment funds or societies which, IKE
the sick funds, shall receive public ala.
The exchequer is to pay one-third OF
the amount of the calculated annual
premium. the municipalities may con-
tribute up to one-slXth of the amount
of the premium and the members OF
the fund-that is, the insured-are
themselves to find the rest. the ala III
cases of unemployment must not eX'
coed two thirds of the average wages
within the branch in question.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
stranue Burial of n King.

A picturesque account of the funeral
ceremonies over the late King Moro
dom of CambOdia at Prom Pen, the
capital Of Camboda, has been received.
The body. inclosed in a large wooden
Urn. was paraded through the capital,
surrounded by an escort Of 5000 Cam
bodlan warriors, and military honors
were accorded the French troops.
Meantime the new king, Sisowate, ana
all his priests remained fiat on their
faces for three hours before the I'M
mense funeral pyre which had been
nrenared. After the procession the urn
was placed on the pyre, and Sisowate
set fire TO several pans Of perfumed
alcohol placed round the urn. Fagots
OF sandalwood had been supplied TO
all the European and native notaDies
who were present, and with these they
fed the flames. When the urn caught
fire King Sisowate began to pray IN u
loud voice, and the prayer was echoed
vigorously by the priests, the women
of the palace and the mandarins. Inc
official mourners gave voice to long
drawn wall, which was uttered through
large megaphones. The pyre burned
for twenty-four hours.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23

In a lecture before the College OF
Law Henry w. Sackett said:
when the young practitioner nrSt
starts out In the great metropolis on
his own behalf or in partnership with
other men in the same position as him.
self he meets with one of the hardest
tasks of his whole career-getting busi'
ness for himself. AS a noted lawyer
once put 1t, he must have constitutions
al fitness for the job
High scholarship, lofty principles,
profound knowledge Of the law, integ-
rity, combined with up to date Dusl-
ness methods, are the necessary quail
ties. Men Of incorruptlble integrity
are now the leaders of the profession
I'm the metropolis, men who are clean
not only In private life, but also IN
connection with their clients. Contrary
TO the general belief, lawyers for Dig
corporations prevent more wrongs than
the corporations commit, and tnose
committed are, l know for a fact, al
most without exception done In direct
opposition to the advice Of counsel
The young lawyer need have no rear
OF contamination from city practce'
There never was time when the NOR
nj and ethical standard was higher III
the New York bar than 1t is today
among the leaders Of the profession -
New York World.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
A Familiar Topic.

A college professor from an institu-
ton that only recently decided to ad-
NIT women students was telling OF his
difficulty in growing accustomed to the
"co-eds" after he had been used to-
class rooms full Of boys.
zone morning l asked the class to
write short essays Offhand, allowing
half an hour in which the papers were
10 be completed and handed in. The
subjects. as explained, might be OF
the students own choice.
"'Select something with which you
are most familiar l suggested.
"The one coed in the class was the
first to finish her piece. AS she left the
room I glanced at the title. 1t was
How to Make a Seven GOred Skirt
Well. l just threw it in the wastebas-
ket and graded her 100."-Ncw York
Post
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
YOUTHFUL WARRIORS.
p,zarro completed the conquest of

Pizarro completed the conquest OF
Perm nj thirty-hve and died at forty.
Cortez effected the conquest of Mex
leo and completed his military career
before the age of thrtysix.
The great Condo defeated the Span
iards at Rocrol at twenty-five and won
all his military fame before the age OF
twenty-five.
Peter the Great of Russia was pro-
claimed car at ten years Of age, or
ganized q large army ut twenty, won
the victory at Embach at thirty. found
cd ST. Petersburg at thirty-one ana uled
at the age of fifty-fve.
NAPOLEON was major at twenty
four general of brigade at twenty
and commander In chief Of the army
Of Italy at twenty-six. He achieved
all his victories and was finally over
thrown before the age of forty -one.
Frederick the Great assembled the
throne at twenty eight, terminated the
first Sileslan war at thirty and the sec
ond at thirty-three. Ten years later
with a population Of but 5,Ooo'ooo, he
triumphed over league of more thal
1OO,OOO,O00 people.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
Cuban Dlarrhoea.

U. s. soldiers who served in Cuba
during the Spanish war know what
this disease is, and that ordinary
remedies have little more effect than
SO much water. Cuban diarrhoea IS
almost as severe and dangerous as
mild attack of cholera. There is one
remedy, however, that can Away. be
depended upon as will be seen by the
following certificate from Mrs. Minnie
Jacobs, Of Houston, Texas: 81 here
by certify that Chamberlain's Collc,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured
NV husband of a severe attack OF
Cuban diarrhoea, which he brought
home from Cuba. We had several
doctors but they did him no goo d.
One bottle of this remedy cured him
as our neighbors will testify: thank
God for so valuable medicine" Fol
sale by. eCo
Accomac, AL Contingencies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
pr,rcs Rupert Won the Prize.

The prize of $3.50 offered by the
Grand Trunk Pacific company for
name to give to the city which VIII
mark the western terminus or the
great Canadian transcontinental road
has been awarded to a Miss Macuon-
aid of Winnipeg, who suggested the
name of Prince Rupert. In all there
were 1900 names suggested, but the
company had stipulated that the name
be euphonious, appropriately significant
az Canada. and especially of the north
west. The Prince Rupert whose name
IA thus to be perpetuated was dash
ing cavalry officer who fought Crom-
wells troops, distinguished himself
later In the navy and after romanuc
career I'm the old world became an ex-
pIorer In the new. The aptness OF his
name as the title of the new city lies
in the fact that Charles H., as re-
ward for his military and naval services
gave him great grant Of land In Norm
America. which made possible the es'
Enlistment Of the company known as
"the Governor and Company OF Al
yenturers Of England Trading into
Hudson's Bay" now more commonly
called the Hudson Bay company
Youths Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
PENGUiNS FEEDING.
The Change That Takes Place VINE"
They Enter the Water.

Tho annearance Of the keeper OF the
nenruIns at the zoo, with his pan Oh
live rudgeon, is the signal for sudden
md intense excitement In the cages
The penguins wave their little nippers
and waddle to the door, whence tney
Moor eagerly down the wooden steps
leading to the pool The cormorah'
croaks and sways from side 10 sue
and the darters poise their snaky heads
and spread their batlike wings. AT 'iie
waters edge the penguins 90 NOT
,ounch themselves upon the SURFACE
ike other water fowl, but Instantly
plunge beneath.
Once below water an astounding
change takes place The SLOW uneain
w bird is transferred into swift anu
brilliant creature, beaded with glopuies
Of quicksilver, where the air cilngs "
tho close feathers, and dying through
tho clear and waveless depths win ar
rowv speed and powers OF turning Id.
Greater than in any known form OF
aerial flight. The rapid and STEADY
strokes of the wings are exactiy SIN
liar 70 those of the air birds. whlie its
feet float straight out level with the
body. unused for propulsion or even as
rndders and as little needed In Its prog
ross as those of wild duck when on
! the wing.
/ The twists and turns necessary 10
! follow the active little fish are maze
wholly by the strokes Of one wing ana
the cessation Of movement In the other,
and the fish are chased. caught ana
! swallowed without the slightest relax
o+,on of speed in submarine flight
which Is quite as rapid as that OF most
birds which take their prey In midair'
In less than two minutes some thirty
rudgeon are caught and swallowed De
low water. the only appearance OF the
birds ON the surface being made by one
or two bounds from the depths. when
the head and shoulders leap above the
surface for u second and then disap
pear.
ANY attempt to remain on the sur
face leads to ludicrOus splashing an(
confusion. for the submarine blru can
NOT float. 1t can only fly below TIT
surface. Immediately the meal Is I'm
,shed both penguins scramble out o
+he water and shuttle with round DacK
and drooping wings back to their Gag
to dry and digest.-London Spectator
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
british Army Red Tape.

A letter Of instruction said to nave
been sent to a British army officer, VINO
reported that Private Blank had lost
his greatcoat, runs as follows: The
calculation Of the value Of lost great
coat should be made by deductlng the
value when worn out from the value
when new, as given in article 70, $780,
clothing warrant, dividing the re-
mainder by the number Of months the
garment should wear, multiplying the
ouoitant by the number of months the
garment has actually been worn and
subtracting the sum thus obtained
from the total value Of the new great
coat. The balance is the amount that
should he charged"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23

1t is to be hoped that persons Win
CHASTITY taste for joking may in some
way enjoy their merry jests after they
have passed from this sphere Of humor.
A Toronto woman, now deceased, pay
ed joke on heirs which she could moi
by any possibility hope to enjoy whlle
living While on a trip through Can
ada six years ago she deposited a box
with a Toronto trust company for safe
keeping. She mentioned 1t in her VIII,
and after her death the lawyers repre-
scnting claimants to the estate gath
cred from afar to witness the opening
Of the package. 1t was elaborately
sealed and contained merely pair OF
corsets. There has been much amuse'
ment over the discontinue of lawyers
and heirs. Who will say after this that
woman has no sense of humOr?-New
York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
A New Word.

"Electrobus" is a word that Is likely
to be accepted in London before long
The London Chronicle has this to say
of words of similarly bad makeup:
1.-THE last edition of Webster has had
to admit eIectrocute' (under protest as
a newspaper world, although the hha'
SYLLABLE of the Latin participle 'secu'
tus.' borrowed from execute Is as
meaningless as the final syllable Top
ped from omnibus Even before 'na'
'electroller' had forced Its way In, WIN
its barbarous 1ier,' from chandelier
In which the ~ belongs to the candie
part of the word. These electro VIC
lences to language seem to be inevita-
BILE. though electro itself means only
amber and should strictly be 'elestrico
In such compounds"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
NEW MOUNTAIN RAILWAY.
II VIII Reach Nearly Fourteen En""-
sand Feet Above the Sea-

Switzerland is the home OF mountain
railways. With an area not larger .han
one-tbird of the state OF New ioFA,
there may be counted about hunureu
railways for the sole purpose Oh Cart!
INC messengers to mountain tops vary
,no In height from few thousand 10
5000 or 5000 feet. The month Oh Au-
pust. 1905. witnessed the opening Oh d
way carrying tourists even far aooso
these attitudes, beyond the clouds' "
1ObOO feet. and, when completed, us
highest point will reach nearly l4'ooo
feet above the sea-at the top Oh 'ne
famous Jungfrau. the queen OF the ber-
ner Oberland.
There are other mountain railways
ON the globe attaining much higher III
titudes than even this, and on the
Oyoyo railroad Of Peru l mysen traV-
eled a considerable distance above TO-
oOO feet. but most of these roads were
built for the development OF cohlinerce
and mining industries. The SWISS
mountain railways. however, are al
most exclusively in the service or tour
lists only. numbering In Switzerland
a,one not far from 100000 every year.
They come to admire the scenic won
ders Of the little country on the roof
of Europe or 70 seek shelter against
summer heat at the many mountain
resorts. >,
The majority of these mountain rail-
WAYS are paying investments. Swit-
zerland, being a country of mountains
is consequently also country or wa
ter courses, fed by the inexhausuDle
store Of snow and ice, covering many
square miles of the Alpine chains.
Alaskan fee fields are bedded In be-
tween the peaks right in the heart OF
| Switzerland. and, although great deal
has been written about the general re-
cession Of glaciers, which In some IN
stances amounts to a hundred ana
more feet year for year, such losses are
quite insignificant compared with the
enormous extent Of these ice deposits
A number Of them have depths OF sew
eral thousand feet, with millions OF
tons of solid. hard frozen ice, continu
ally supplied from fresh snowfaiis
above. They feed Rhine ana hhohe
Pc and Danube, during the dry sum
mer months and the many mountain
streams of Switzerland, forming beau
tiful cascades and falls and rapids
furnish the power which carries tourists
In comfortable railway carriages TO th'
very tops from which they themselves
come. They are led to turbine pi's
drive wheels and generators and ar
thus converted into electric power. In
Swiss. having no coal deposits OF thei
own. have become acknowledged OK
merits in this branch of technical eng
neerIng. furnishing turbines ana eie'
4 trio plants for the whole world. Thu'
( for instance, the gigantic turbines a
Niagara falls, many Of which general
= forces of from ten to twelve thousah
: horsepower each, have been construc
n ed almost without exception by Swis
/ frms.-Century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
buried Cities.

Late explorations of the Italian COAST
near Pompeii have changed the opinion
of antlquarians. The submerged no
man ruins along the coast used TO De
regarded as foundation walls thrown
ont for sea baths, but it was made clear
that they are the remains OF noDie
mansions and that they point 10 the
time when the land on which they
stood was far above the level or the
sea. The shore is. in fact, strewn with
the wrack Of buried cities. Coast ROADS
have vanished, ancient quarries have
been flooded and the breakwaters OF
the harbors Of classical story covered
fathoms deep with water. A great sub
marine sea wall. with concrete piers
seventeen feet high, still protects the
fragments, but neither the fragments
nor the great sea wall have been visible
In the light of day for 1000 years.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-23
MAKING CLOTHESPlNS.
Millions Turned Out Annually at
Maine Factory.


Few persons ever wonder where
clothespins come from; few ever heard
of Bryant's Pond, Me-, and yet man
there has been quietly turning trees
into clothespins for years and supply
ting the world with them, amassing IN
the process as comfortable fortune as
many a man makes in a more preten-
fious business in some money centers'
His name is Lewis Mann, and he began
with a capital of $500, with when ne
purchased an old disused mill ana Dc
gan the manufacture of clothespins.
To-day he is the largest individual max
er of this very necessary article IN the
world.
How large the clOthespin industry
really Is may be gathered from the
fact that no less than 1,25O,OOO nVe
gross boxes are manufactured every
year In the United States alone. Much
of the best machinery now used by MI
Mann Is the result OF his own inventive
~enius and that Of his son Edwin. MI.
Mann's machines turn out 3OOoO'VOV
nail handles, while OF high grace
clothespins they produce more man
$4,000 five gross boxes, or 5o'OOo'ooo
year. ,,.o,
In the winter great piles or Dirch
logs are accumulated about the mills
to feed the great saws which snip 'herl'
info two and one-half foot lengths as
easily as though they were so many
split by another saw into thln SIRIUS
which are in turn converted into long
Thin square strips by gang saws. Dell
hands toss these strips on a reVoiVlhs
drum. which bears them against sun
other saws and turns them out III the
form of oblong blocks.
Falling Oh to II moving belt lhe
blocks are whirled away TO nulhDer
~ Iathes. If the blocks are to be-
come pail handles, they are bored anu
turned in most ingenious fashlon AT
high rate Of speed; if they are destiheu
FOR clothespins. the boring is, of course
dispensed with, and they are simply
turned into the desired shape.
From the lathes n belt conveys the
elothespins to "slOtter,' which rap
idlv cuts the slot. The pins emerge
with two symmetrical legs and are
swiftly borne by still third belt tc
the upper floor. where they and INT
nail handles are dried in vast heaps
at a high temperature in the dry room
bleached with sulphur and finally pol
,xoa x,,t+b xpax in q hinge reVOlVlnj
drum. Thence they descend again l
the packers, where they receive a ma
inspection, and all the pins that az
not rejected are packed in boxes ID
beled "a" or "B," according to quality
The rate of production is amazing
vet few are injured in the making
nearly every pin and handle emergin
after It's tortuous journey in perfe'
polished form.-New York Tribune.