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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

Toni can't imagine anything more
difficult than to tell girl that you love
her. l tell you it takes courage.
Dick-Yes, but think of the courage 1t
takes to tell girl that you don't love
her after you've once told her that you
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

No. 9O.-Double Diagonal.
I. Princely residences.
2. Severely.
s. Elementary.
4. Rain falling.
5. One who indites.
6. One who inhabits certain place.
Z. One who revels.
Diagonals: From upper left to lower
right hand corner. an artist; from up
per right to lower left hand corner,
talk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

Il pours the oil of life into your sys-
tenn. It warns you up and starts the
life blood circulating. That's what Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea does. 50
cents, Tea OF Tablets. +. A. Shurtlef
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

Mrs. Stingy-What do want to leave
us for, Bridget? I'm sure we have treat
ed you as one of the family.
Bridget-Indade, an you how, ma'am
an Olive stood it long 'nough.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

"What are you so gloomy aboutP"
81 am unable to keep out Of debt"
"My boy, you don't know what
trouble is. can't get anybody to trust
me-"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

The Senior-I'm due to turn In a
thesis subject this week. and I simply
can't decide on one.
Her Sophomore Sister-HOw would
The molecular energy Of fudge dO?-
Puck,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

10. s9.-Buried Psychological Celebri-
ties.
That chrome must be put away.
Go. give them Ida's picture. pray.
While expand or amplify
So plain that Alan Tate may try
To understand the Roman laws.
He'll do the best he can because
Myrtle and Ernest wrote with ease
OF Indian aborigines.
And what a scholar Gussie seems!
Why, sir, l saw her write two themes!
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

81 say, old chap, do you think look
like an Englishman?"
"You do, my boy, but don't tell the
English said So"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

Her-And you say she was loudly
dressed?
Him-Well, not exactly that, perhaps,
but her silk skirts made q lot Of noise.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she
has been duly appointed executrix OF the last
will and testament Of
GEORGE A. WILSON, late Of Paris,
In the County Of Oxford, deceased. All persons
having demands against the estate of said de-
ceased are desired to present the same for settle.
ment, and all indebted thereto are requested to
make payment Immediately.
April 18th, 1906. ANNIE b. WILSON.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

Shirt waists Of China silk In both
plain and fancy patterns arc stylish and
pretty.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she
has been duly appointed executrfx OF the last
will and testament OF
ABEL IRISH, late of Buckfeld,
In the County of oxford, deceased. All parsons
having demands against the estate Of said de.
coasef are dcsired 70 present the same for settle
ment, and all indebted thereto are requested 70
make payment immediately.
April 18th, 1905. AAkX y. AR1sH.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
No. es.-Arithmetical Pushes.

No. 95.-Arithmetical Pushes.
1. 80 plus finish equals to loan.
2. 500 plus uncooked equals to at
tract
3. plus to scold equals angry.
A. plus an exclamation equals to
establish.
8. so plus brink equals small mold
ing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

Chicago Cook-The mistress has a
new husband.
The Waitress-Do you think he'll stay9
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

No. O1.-Floral Puxxle.
A falsehood and deficiency make a
flower.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

"A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind. Bleeding. Protruding
Piles. Druggists ere authorized to re-
fund money II Paso Ointment fails to
cure In Q % Il days. 90 cent?.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If 1t fails to
cure. E. W. GROVES signature is on
each box. 25c.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
1HEaRgaz4zb
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No. ss.-A Numerical Narrative.

8 raised the 6-7-4-3-2-11-13 and looked
out. The 1858 3-4-2-5-13 was about
to start. "2-S-5-6-11-9," 8 cried,
s34-5-2-S and lO-12-11-S lie before me.
4-2-5-S 1920. lady. at my shabby
6-12-2-3; 2 13-2-10-5-12-13's eyes follow
me. lib this 8-7-4-3 S-9-1011-13 let
ter my instructions are written; armed
with lilo 5 81 8 happy 1918"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
FOR SALE,

The above named are standard vari-
cites for the New England states and the
plants are the best that it is possible to
grow. Plants will be ready to set from
May LIST to May 18th. Place your order
early. Call on or address,
c. E. BENNETT,
South Paris, Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
LOST.

Ladv's gold watch, about 10 days
ago, gold letter S on fob. The find
or will report at Democrat Office.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
TIMBER AND GRASS ON RESERVED
STATE OF MAINE.
Treasurer's Office.

Tressurer's Office.
Augusta, April IL, 1906
Upon the following townships or tracts Of land
NOT liable to be taxed In any town the following
assessments for county tax Of 1906 were made
by the County Commissioners Of OXFORD
County on the 18th day of March, 1906:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
HOMEMAKERy COLUMN.
Correspondence ON topics Of interest to the ladi
II solicited. Address: Editor HonEnAKRRs
COLUMN, Oxford Democrat. Paris. Maine.
preparluS Food for an Invalid.

Preparing Food for an Invalid.
In cases of illness, food Is certainly Of
equal, even possibly Of more importance
than medicine. It's preparation de-
mands some knowledge of the chemical
changes which food undergoes in cook
ing and careful appreciation of the
elementary principles Of cooking.
The three virtues Of good cook are
economy, punctuality and cleanliness, Of
which cleanliness is the most important.
Never let sick person see you taste
thing, and, above all, not with the same
spoon he Is about to use. In serving
food to an invalid, the whitest linen, the
brightest silver and the most delicate
and pretty china should be selected, and
everything should be dished up neatly
and delicately, without spot or blemish
anywhere. Everything should be
thought of and carried up together, that
there may be no waiting while salt and
sugar are fetched. Neither should salt
and sugar be added freely in cooking,
especially the latter, for as rule ones
taste for sweet things goes with health.
Above all, let nothing be greasy.
When arranging tray always use the
prettiest tray cloth and the daintiest
china the house affords, never emitting
fresh blossoms; If the odor of flowers
is offensive, then sprig of mint or
parsley may take their place. If q
dainty basket full of flowers is placed on
the tray with glass of hot milk you will
find the patient taking the milk with q
relish that would have been missing had
the milk been served alone. By many
such little devices you will help to short
en- the long, lonely hours of conva-
lescent patient.
AS to the actual cooking, too much
care, thought and trouble cannot be ex-
pended ON 1t. Few people are capable
of making even beef tea and mutton
broth decently. AS these often form the
staple articles of the diet of an invalid,
it is of the utmost Importance that they
contain all the nourishment capable of
being extracted from the meat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01
zee Noaa.

This is another good way to serve .
raw egg; Beat the white to stih froth
and stir into It the yolk we'll beaten;
season with . little sugar and Q tiny
pinch Of salt. While stirring pour very
slowly into this one-half cupful OF hot
milk. Crate . little nutmeg over the
top or sprinkle over little cinnamon
Ex.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

cries and prayers for mercy rent the air Over all
this horror the sun shone peacefully from an un-
clouded sky. the sea rippled shoreward as gently
and musically as before
How long did it last? | cannot tell No one
seemed 10 take note of time. 1t was a horrible
nightmare, dream from which we presently were
TO awaken. But not The agony and suffering
before us We're too ghastly and vivid 10 be the
product of mere imagination, conscious or sub
conscious. The shock may have been four or five
minutes in reaching us and passing
We anXiously scanned the sea for anv unusual
appearance, but all smiling and serene
as before. Orders given to prepare for the
worst additional anchors cast, matches were
hattened down, guns secured. life lines rove fore
and aft, and for few minutes all was the orderly
confusion of a disciplined man-of-war preparing for
action. Many hands make short work and in a
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

few minutes could again gaze shoreward, where
the uninJured were thronging the shore and crowd
ing the piers crying to the shipping to transport
them to the apparent safety of the ships.
OF course, this more than could witness
unmoved, and orders were given to prepare
landing party of forty men. The gig, with crew
of thirteen men, showed off She had
reached the shore safely and had landed her crew,
leaving only the customary boat keeper in charge,
when attention distracted by hoarse,
omnous murmur arising from knew not where.
Looking shoreward presently, TO our horror we saw
vacancy where but moment before the pier had
been massed with humanity; all swallowed up by
an incoming wave in the batting of eyelash.
Amid the floating wreckage the gig borne
by irresistible tide toward the hattlemented
MORO, the seaman gallantly struggling TO stem the
current. Finding his efforts vain, and certain
death awaiting him he laid in his useless oars and
waved farewell to his shipmates as the boat dis
appeared forever III the froth and comb OF the wave.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

The Peruvian man -Ot-War America,
said to be the fastest ship afoat
at that time, had hastily got up
steam and attempted to get to sea
She was we'll out when the reCeding
water left her partly afoat and
broke her back With tunnels still
vomiting smoke and apparently under
full command, she was backed down
by the current toward the wrecked
Fredonia, then rapidly setting in to-
ward the Moro. The next moment
the Fredonia capsized. Not one Of her
crew was saved.
Facing the Moro and short lis
tanCe away a rocky islet rose a few
feet above the surface of the sea. In
it was heWn a fort mounting two
tifteen-inch Dahlgren guns; the garrison
numbered about a hundred men
When a short distance from the Moro,
the islet disappeared beneath the
waves. Whether it sank or the waters
rose, we could never tell, we only knew
it disappeared, and when it reappearcd
after a few moments, like a huge
whale, not only was the garrison gone,
but the guns and carriages as we'll
Imagine, if YOU can, how the water
lifted those immense masses of iron,
offering no holding surface, from their
resting places and tumbled them out
OF the eight foot parapet.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
By CAPTAIN L. G. BILLINGS. u s. NJ

once II hls HE, an addition TO which i be
Ventured that fear, IN the braveSt and stoutest
cran, sometimes justified. OF many forms of peril
which haunt the water well land, nothing is
conparab Die to Is dreaded by seafaring people
Is the earthquake and the accompanying tidal
wave common to the west coast of South America
The recent disaster which visited Valparaiso with
such appalling consequences brings vividly to mind
the great tGrCUotc (earthmoYe) which devastated
the same region some Years ago and which il was
my fortune TO have personally encountered. As it
corresponded many respects TO the August Catas-
troThe. and Is il the last seismic disturbance
OF agntude that hapesS coast line prior TO the
recent visitation review OF II may have timely in
terest. al the time assigned to duty on board
the naval steamer Wateree, then attached TO the
Pacific Squadron. She was a trim ironClad of
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

For again, presently. came the same hoarse bel
lowing roar Once more the shaking, palsied earth
waved to and fro. This time the sea receded until
the shipping left stranded, while as far to
seaward as eye could reach we saw the rock ribbed
bottom of the ocean, before exposed to human
gaze with struggling fish and monsters of the deep
left high and dry. While the round bOtt toned ships
keeled over on their beam ends the Wateree rested
easily her flatter base, and when the returning
sea, not like a but like abnormal tide came
sweeping back rolling the other vessels over and
over leaving some bottom up and others masses
of Wreckage, vessel rose easily over the bill
lowing waters unharmed.
At that moment the began defyng the laws
OF nature. Currents contrary directions, and
borne here and there at express speed
Vt irregular intervals the seismic shocks recurred
but violent prOtraCted as the first
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

10 meet the eNlgenCleS OF blOCkadng
duty IN the narrow and tortuous rivers
81 the South. She carried an enormous
battery and crew, and was quite a large
vessel, though She drew only about nine
feet II water and could steam and steer
equally well IN either direction. having
q Tudder al each end.
August, 1908, found us quietly an
chored of the pretty city OF AREA.
north OF Valparaiso, whittier we had
flowed the old store ship Fredonia.
Area numbered about ten thousand
inhabitants, and was the only port Of
entry Tor a rich and prosperous region
The town was picturesquely situated
III a CLEFT OF valley running up into the
sea coast range Of the Andes Thread
ing the valley was small stream that
furnished water for irrigation. whereby
the desert coast blOssomed with
fertility that never ceased to surprise
IL Was blocked IN on one hand by the
perpendicular cliff OF the Moro, five
hundred feet high, which, without a
single break TO mar its imposing but
cruel front, was ever lashed by the
long surges OF the Inightiest Of oceans,
and on the other 10y sloping heights,
rising one above the other till lost in
the clouds.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
A CHASTITY Scene

AS the setting sun gilded the slopes
of the Andes, we saw, TO our growing
horror, that the graves were yielding
up their dead. In conCentric rows,
like chairs in an amphitheater, the
mummies of the long buried aborigines
rose to the surface They had been
buried in a sitting posture, facing the
sea. The soil, impregnated with inter,
had thoroughly preserved them. ard
the violent shocks, rending the dry
earth above, had uncovered this fright
full city of the dead Words cannot
paint the ghastliness of the scene In
addition to what we had already gone
through, it seemed as if the dav of
Judgment had come. The earth wcs
passing away. We were tasting the
bitterness of universal annihilation,
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

Having previously lowered one of our large cut
tiers rescue number of persons foundering about
some wreckage, and though there sea
running, to aStOnlshment the fast
pulling boat could make no headway, but went
tossing about in the most erratc manner Finding
he could not reach the victims he sent rescue
the midshipman in command attempted to return
TO the ship. That, tOO impossible; and pres
emily his struggles were ended by his boat being
dashed against the America and crushed like an
egg shell Fortunately the crew managed to scram-
bic aboard the America, where they found scere
beggaring description. Order and discipline were
gone. Officers and men about screaming ard
yelling like maniaCs while others, their knees,
imploring the saints for succor. With every
send OF the the heavy guns, cast adrift in vain
attempt to throw them overheard and tighten
thing IN their path and strewns the deck with
bloody victims.
Meanwhile the night had fallen and we had no
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
A Lurking Fear

NEVERTHELESS, behind its charm
~ II climate and scenery lurked the
ever present fear IN the native mind of
another earthquake, AREA being a Il
sort OF rendezvous OF such seismic -
disturbances, having twice been nearly s<e1aan
erased. with dreadful loss of life. In &2[
bsstul ignorance Of what a west coast D
earthquake really was, we had Cele-
brated our national holiday and theirs =
the fourth and tenth OF July, with
zeal and burning OF powder
Besides the Nateree and Fredonia -
IN the roadstead, a Peruvian. also -
a Chilean, man-of-war and several
square rggers, together with quite
fleet OF merchantmen, when on August
S storm burst from the cloudess sky,
overwhelming common rum
] was sitting IN the cabin when in
mid afternoon startled by
violent trembling OF the ship similar the effect
produced by dropping anchor. knowing II could
not be caused by that, | ran deck, where my
attention instantly arrested by vast cloud OF
llst rapidly approaching from the southeast, while
the awful ru1nbling grew III intensity and before
eyes the everlasting hills nodded and the ground
s,yayed 10 and fro like the short, chOppy waves
of a troubled sea. The cloud veiled the city
rletelv and through its impenetrable texture arose
cries shries for help the crash Of crumbng houses
and the thousand coInmIngled noises OF great
calamity while the ship reeled though clutched
by a giant hand. Then the cloud passed
As the dust slowly settled, rubbed our eyes
and gazed again and again, believing were the
victims Of hoax; for where only few moments
previously was a happy, prosperous CITY, We beheld
I mass OF utter ruin hardly house LETT standing,
not one intact, the streets choked with debris
through which struggled frantically the least
wounded Of the stricken wretches imprisoned III
the OF their once slightly homes, while groa1s'
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

TOHERE IS a saving
current On The
seven seas that
u every man Is a
coward At least
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

Thus the Wateree lost the
only one of her crew of
two hundred and thirty
five souls; but our troubles
were only beginning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-27
SUMMARY OF
THE WEATHER

The maximum temperature yester-
day was 81 degrees at 2:15 p. m, and
the minimum GO degrees at $3.50 a.
N.
In his summary of the weather yes
teTday Observer Reed said
unsettled conditions prevail all
througOUt the country; the southern
disturbance is dlssipating over north
ern Georgia: the western depression
has increased slightly in intensity
and moved to the Missouri Valley
and the north Pacific low has
reached Idaho. A cool high pressure
area over Manitoba has caused a fall
in temperature over eastern Montana.
the Dakotas, and eastward to upper
Michigan. Snow is falling in north
eTn Montana and North Dakota and
in parts Of California. Washington,
South Dakota, Minnesota, the Ohio
Valley, east Tennessee and western
North Carolina.
'The general rains in the South
have about ended and conditions this
morning give promise Of fair weather
with light South winds for this vicin-
fly for tonight and Sunday"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-27
THE RESULT Of A
JESS LAFF"
CAMPAIGN
Defeat of AppIeyard Due to His
Ignoring Blast from Wau-
ChuIa Advocate.

The Live Oak Democrat publishes
the following, which will prove Of
more than ordinary interest in view
Of recent articles:
Ali the returns from the State will
not be known for several days, but
with those at hand it is safe to say
that R. HUDSON Burr and Senator N.
A.. Bitch have been selected as rail-
road commissioners with decisive
majorities
The defeat of Tom Appleyard was
one of the greatest surprises OF the
campaign, and it. is not generally
known how it happened, but it was
the result of an attack in the Wau-
chula Advocate, which was made as
soon as MT. Appleward announced his
candidacy. The attack was not
answered until too late in the cam
paign, and the reply, therefore, did
not avail much.
The article in the WauchUla AOVO-
cate, did not in itself do the damage,
as the Advocate is published in a.
small town and has a small subscrip-
ton, but it was printed on slips and
sent out to the voters by mail.
This little article said that Tom
Appleyard was forced to make the
race by the railroads, who intended
to spend enormous sums for his cleo
ton; that Tom was the man selected
to break the commission, and such
a wrecker Of the rights of the masses
was this man that for no amount of
money would the Wauchula Advo-
cate put an Appleyard advertise
ment in the paper.
Tom Appleyard saw the attack and
Jess LATED"
why" said he. mo one will be-
lieve it. I can't afford to dignity it,
with reply. Everybody will laugh
at it and sympathize with the Wau-
.chula Advocate"
But the charges got in their work,
that it don't pay to LESS laugh" at
absurOfties in a campaign.
Everybody who has given serious
thought to Broward's drainage schemeI
"laffed" at his map and at Broward' s.
history OF himself Those who swal-
lowed the story and had no humOrI
in them didn't Taft" but voted, and
he was chosen Governor, and now
has on his hands the biggest white
elephant ever exhibited by a public
official.
q It's all a mistake about not foolingI
the people twice. The drainage mat
ter is to be settled by a vote of the
electors Of the State, and BrOward isl
already on the stump urging the pro-
posed constitutional amendment. He
must be met on the stump by able
debaters who oppose his plans. 1t is
nc time to ''laif." Broward. it is safe
to say. will control one branch of the
next Legislature, and the returns
show the Senate, however, closer than
was expected. The Senate, however,
has good working majority for the
anti-administration forces.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-27
MONDAY WE WILL SELL SOC
LADIES' SAILOR HATS AT Csc.
=. e, BRAWNER'S,
Department Store.
EooIinn the PeopIe.
artnent Store.

1t was noted several months ago
that it was impossible to find any
where in Lincoln's published writ
ings or speeches the saying that
''YOu can fool all the people some
Of the time and some of the people
all of the time, but you cannot fool
all of the people all of the time"
Contemporaries of the great presi-
dent have been searching their
memories to discover if they could
recall when he said it. The Brook
lyn Eagle has learned that ]. L.
Hill of Fletcher, o., says that he
heard the saying in a speech which
Lincoln delivered from a dry goods
box placed on the north side Of the
old courthouse in Bloomington.
There are two other known wit
nesses who say that they heard Lin
coin use the words in the same
speech. Such evidence may fairly
be accepted in the absence of any,
thing to contradict it that the
aphorism has been correctly at
tributed to Lincoln.-Youth's Com
panion-