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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11

ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, SO.
On this sth day Of JAN. A. D. 1910, on read
ing the foregoing petition, 1t is
Ordered by the Court, That hearing be had
upon the same on the 18th day Of JAM, A. d
1910, before said Court at Portland, In said Dis
trict, at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon; and that no
tice thereof be published In the Oxford Demo
crat, newspaper printed In said District, and
that all known creditors, and other persons In
Interest, may appear at the said time and place
aud show cause, II any they have, why the
prayer of said petitioner should not be granted
And It is further ordered by the Court, That
the Clerk shall send by mail to all known cred
itors comics of said petition and this order, ad.
dressed to them at their places Of residence as
stated.
witness the HON. CLARENCE HALE. Judge
of the said Court, and the seal thereof, at Port.
land. in said District, on the sth day Of JAZZ
A. ID. 1910.
Isl JAMES E. HEWEY, Clerk.
true copy of petition and order thereon.
Attest: JAMES z. HEWEY, Clerk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11

Another aviator gone to his death in
France. But learning TO fly is such a
form of progress as must necessarily
exact heavy toll in human life, and
this aviator is only one of the items OF
that toll.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11
We Do all Kinds off,.
JOB PRINTING.
Atwood ( Forbes South Psrls
NOTICE,

NOTICE.
The subscriber hereby gives notice that be has
been duly appointed executor OF the
last will and testament Of
SARAH J.,kARTIN, late Of Oxford,
In the County o4>pxford, deceased. AL per:
sons having deaen> against the estate Ct sa ls
slement, SO ~ no nd thereto arc requested
December siss, i i asHkk P. MARTIN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11

If you know enough about the case to
believe that the courts have made the
great error of conyicting an innocent
man in Charles w. Morse, you are per-
fectly justified in signing petition Tor
his pardon. Courts are a human lnstitu-
ton, and do make mistakes. But no
man, unless he really believes Morse was
innocent, and has enough knowledge OF
the matter to justify his belief, has any
business asking for his pardon.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11
Here and There.

The Washington news is, in brief, that
there is the deuce to pay, all around.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11

China-ycllow China--is adopting the
metric system. And we in enlightened
America still stagger under our heredi-
tary hodge-podge of weights and meas
ures, which grows every year harder TO
throw off.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11
J. F. Plummer, SO. Paris.

Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.
In the matter Of
ENOS A. FARNUM, In BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge OF the DIS
trict Court Of the United States for the District
of Maine:
ENOs A. FARNUM, Of Milton Plantation, In
in said District, respectfully represents that
on the 7th day of August, last past, he was
duly adjudged bankrupt under the Acts Of
Congress relating TO Bankruptcy; that ne has
Of property, and has fully complied with all the
requirements Of said Acts and Of the orders Of
Court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, That he may be decreed
by the Court to have full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under said
bankruptcy Acts, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge;
Dated this 4th day Of jan, A. ID. 1910.
ENOS A. FARNUM, Bankrupt.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11
Green wood.

Surprising Mr.. Prince, and possibly
some others, would like to know what
kind of weather we are having away up,
or down, here in Maine since the new
year came in. possibly few lines bear
ing on that subject will not come amiss.
The first zero morning for the winter
was on December 80, when it was just
that. The new year came in with the
temperature three below, and the next
morning, Jan. 2, it had risen to 49,
Monday it was fairly pleasant until along
in the afternoon, when it rapidly grew
cold, and the next morning the tempera-
ture had sunk to 10 below, and the day
following the cold was so intense that
but little work was done outside. The
next morning the glass showed the same
temperature, 10 below, but moderated
during the day, and as night came on
there was a first class snow storm in
progress, which continued while, when
the wind shifted, turning the snow into
rain and sending the mercury again up
to the freezing point with sharp crust
on the snow.
Thus the geography states the fact,
when it says that our climate Is one OF
extremes. A calf was born one of those
coolest nights, not far away, and Its life
saved by being carried into the house.
A day or two later another came along
nearer home, but not until the weather
made it comfortable in the barn.
There is a lady living not far away,
whose brother owns an orange orchard,
or grove, as they are sometimes called,
in Florida, and every autumn he sends
her a quantity of oranges and another
kind of vegetables, known as grape frui,
not "grape nuts" One of them was
sent here recently aud proved quite a
curiosity, since we never saw nor heard
of that kind of fruit before.
It's general appearance is that Of an
orange, but two or three times as large
and of lighter color; the rind thick aud
compact. The pulp is easily divided in
to sections, is fbrous and filled with sub.
acid juice like the orange; but it has g
bitter taste and that is what spoils 1t as
an edible fruit. If Luther Burbank, the
plant wizard, who has caused the cactus
to grow without spines, could deprive
the grape fruit of its bitter taste, II
| would be blessing indeed.
An interesting letter was recently re.
ceived from our cousin, Mrs. q. B
Maxim, of Buckfield, although it con
tanned some doleful news, the death Of
Nathaniel Bartlett of Caribou, and also
that of a niece, daughter of the late
Moses and RUDE Durham Alley OF Hart
ford. Mr.. Bartlett was our school and
classmate all through our boyhood years
We were hardly surprised to learn
that Mr.. Robinson of East Sumner had
cancelled their golden wedding in con
sequence of i'll health in his family. We
extend to him and his our kindest re-
CARDS, and trust the fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage will be happy one al
the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

dnlgent; when we fly padded wings. and,
hears not death come her!
Nive the hanger of curtains the great night
whose stars are her sole fault. Because regards
are useless. when. under our clenched claws
a neck IS twisted.
tOf this terrible hymn there are nine
verses of six and seven lines alternately. }
This meeting of the Night Birds is a
conspiracy. They persuaded that It
is the Cock who makes the sun rise every
morning. As light is their chief enemy
they astonished that they never before
thought of suppressing it by simply kill
ing the Cock. This they resolve to do.
and the light OF day being forever put
out. they viii he able to reign eternally
in the obscurity which is their Kingdom
At the end of the first act the Cock,
having led his hens. into the forest for Il
change of diet. returns just in time to
make a bad break. Meeting a handsome
young game-cock. he foolishly confides to
him that he has fallen in love with a raw
fishing Hen-Pheasant (Mme. Simone lie
Bargy). The first act finishes by a TRADE
of the Dog (M Mattinp. good and sin
cere friend of the Cock He regrets that
the Cock should thus reveal the secrets of
his heart to such a worthless young
ro,uder as the Game-cock.
In the third act the provisions Of the
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Dog are justified The Game-cock ON.
Rousselle) is caught making love to the
Hen-Pheasant. and although fighting is
his business and he is armed with steel
spurs, the magnificent and valorous Cock
finally Stays him with only his own
weapons. Concerning this scene there
is still great debate. Shall NJ. Guitry.
who is a tall and portly man of fifty
years of age. go Hopping and careering
about the stage like a fighting rooster. in
mx-up that. to be realistic. must be
twice as swift as a glove fight, or shall
the cock-fight take place-like the burn
ing of Joan of Arc in Sarah Bernhardt's
new piece-behind the scenes to be re-
vealed to the audience only by the emo
tons Of the actor-spectators?
The fifth act has been suppressed, and
the fourth act contains the denouement
Already the Cock has received a touch
of melancholy from the perfidy of the
Game-cock and his own shame for hav-
ing participated in a fight to n finish.
He has only to learn of the conspiracy
of the Night Birds to complete his dis
gust. All life seems dull and ugly to
him. What disanchantment. a. who
have always loved the light and preached
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the effulgent sunlight.
He looks around astounded lie can
not understand.
Il did not crow" he falters.
Il did not crow. and yet the sun has
risen? Can the sun then rise without my
commando"
1t is a terrible moment The whole
barnyard is aghast. The Cock stands
wondering.
Then l am nothing: ! never produced
the sun. / have lived in an illusion.
have been ridiculous. Did my hens know?
Were they laughing in secret? Has the
world been cognizant of my littleness?
Have l been the only one deceived?
No his hens had not known They
like all the other birds and animals, had
always believed They still believe.
They clutter around him with the same
pride and delight as before; they follow
him about and flatter
His life is delightful as ever. No
one seems to have noticed. He is always
Chantcler the magnificent.
He still crows in the morning, and the
sun still rises.
But in his heart he knows his Growing
does not make the sun rise.
STERLING HELLO.
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THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE A KING

and Immediately there grew ND the
fiercest imaginable rivalry to win the
prizes.
Politicians, seeing the chance TO gain
power through this newt mania, interest
ed themselves in the New Year parade
had clubs named after them, gave their
assistance, helped TO get members and
contributed literally of money.
But this interest of the politicians or
wealth did not stop the progress of clubs
not SO gifted. Their members only be-
came more determined than ever not to
let the politician handled clubs outdo
them.
Now the parade is the most ostenta-
tious ceremony imaginable.
Hardly has the parade of one year been
finished. before the club members are
planning how they can do better for the
next year.
For captain of the club is usually pick
ed the man who is willing to spend the
most money for his costume.
He doesn't have 10 be an Apollo, this
first man in the club line, for there is so
much robe that the individual wearing
1t becomes little more than an animated
clotheShorse.
For months in anticipation of the com.
ing Of the big day he consults with the
maker of the costume
There are no mistaken ideas of delicate
shades or quiet effects in the robe he
orders. Everything must be subordinated
TO briiliancy and luxury II must have
colors. loud. gorgeous co ors, IL must have
dimensions, ii must be of hue brilliant
enough to turn TO the blush the far-famed
field of the cloth of gold
He submits to. having it tried on. he
studies effects, he delves into the ancient
lore TO find out what period will furnish
him the most stunning effect
Broad street. the main thoroughfare o.
the city, thirteen miles long, and straight
as a ray of light, Is the parade ground
the court where for one brief day the
king mast get the glory and the Differences
that is to him the reward. for his prodigaI
outlay of money.
Broad street is a wide tloroIehfara
lined by handsome residences.
Yet its width is not too great for ths
cape of the gown worn by this king.
1t is a first condition that its snreaa
must take in the entire street from gut
ter to gutter
To keep il out of the dirt, fifty pape.
are required to hold up the folds and
these pages. in order to aid the effect are
CARRIED in colors similar to the gorgeous
robe worn by the monarch of the day
Along the line he goes scepter in hand
taking the applause. He takes his prizes
he returns to the clubhouse and reans
more plaudits.
Next day at the shop he perhaps bor-
rows money for lunch. but he is content.
Guess that rig of mine didn't knock
their brains out yesterday SAYS the
monarch. deposed by the coming of a new
day. and the belief that it did is his re-.
ward.
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tent, tEu,irl. .na savings of a year nave
been swallowed up in the process.
1t is for the celebration of New Year
day in the distinctively Quaker city
fashion that the money is invested, and
the conditions that exist there in the
southern portion OF the city cannot be
duplicated anywhere else in the United
States.
The captains Of the various clubs now
vie with each other to such point in
the contest for the handsome prizes that
the costumes which they wear represent
a bigger cash outlay than the costliest
gowns worn by the queens of society at
the opera.
In yesterdays parade several of the
captains wore robes that cost more than
q thousand dollars
The train OF one royal robe was 50
elaborate that it required fifty pages to
carry 1t. In making the elaborate How
ers that adorned its velvet surface one
woman had been kept busy for an entire
year.
Yet the man who for one brief day
thus donned the trappinss of royal sta
ton Is only a BARTENDER, and makes less
than $50 Il week.
Nothing like this celebration is known
anywhere else in the country. II really
forms, one of the most characteristic
features of life in Philadelphia, and it
represents such departure from the
careful living methods of tine founders of
the city that it is hard to think how
William Penn could find words of con-
demnation strong enough should he re-
turn to witness the spectacle.
Above all things the Quaker stood for
avoidance of ostentation. He hated
royal show, he scorned titles. He be-
leved in the most modest garb. Also he
preached and practiced the closest econ
omy.
His successors in the southern section
Of the city have strayed far from the
original teachings.
New Orleans has its Mardi Gras, but
New Orleans Is largely French city.
Those who founded it came from the gay
French capital. and they brought with
them their customs. There Is much III
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time by many house guests, columinous
(much of it uninvited) correspondence
and elaborate housekeeping arrangements
which she personally supervises. it is sell
dom that Mrs. Carnegie finds it necessary
to digress from her rule to give over the
morning hours of each day to her daugh-
ter Margaret, reading and talking with
her. playing games. and, if opportunity
offers, riding, driving or walking in the
open Mrs. Carnegie. like her husband, is
an enthusiastic disciple of the outdoor
life and love for this healthful sort of
existence is being fostered in the only
child Of the Carnegies
"Hie Mrs. Carnegie is fond Of out
Hoor HE she Goes not go in for stren,,
GUS athletics and she has no fads. unless
a passionate love for music can be con-
s'dered one. She has a. strong nreferenoa
for the music of the pipe organ and it
was she who has been the insn;ra+,o, ~
Andrew Carnegie's numerous and mucb
appreciated gifts of pipe organs to
churches on both sides of the Atlantic In
not few instances Mrs. Carnegie has
herseiI paid the salary of a good organist
4" oFoer tnat the people Of a poor con-
gregation might derive the fullest homo.
MS from an organ installed by her hus-
pand-or through his aid-for Andran,
carnegie. following his usual custom
prefers to contribute from one-nalf tn
1our-f1fths the cost of the instrument
rather than to donate it outright.
Mrs. Carnegie's simplicity IF taste a.
tends to dress. though it may be added
that this simplicity is of that dificu,+-+o
attain variety which involves the use of
the richest materials, the most nerfec+
harmony OF colors and the most artistic
ensemble erect. Mrs. Carnegie has ber
own personal charities quite anart fro,
'hose TO which her husband gives so
much OF his time. and on several occa-
SONS IN connection with her helpful vo,l
on behalf Of the thousands Of tenants 90
the Skibo estate. this naturally rosewood
and retiring Lady Bountiful has .c,,.,,,,
been induced to make an impromntu n,,,-
lie address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

the old French quarter 10 this day tina,
brings to mind Paris. And the Mard
Gras of New Orleans is nothing more
than the fetes which are held in Paris
and at Monte Carlo.
Moreover. i'll New Orleans it is the rich
who figure in the fetes.
He who is Rex the king. pays dearly
for the privilege. 1t usually takes a bid
of something like 5000 TO win this place
of honor.
Those who appear in the brilliant pa
geant are the socially elite of the town
and when their activities eliminate il
the ball al the old French Opera House
those who appear in the gay dance are
the leaders of the city's wealth and fash
ion.
Their professions run into big sums OF
money. but those who spend it can stand
the gaff for they are used to disbursing
big sums OF money for their pleasures.
But the Philadelphia kings for one day
are poor artisans.
There is no competition in the process
sion at New Orleans. There are no prizes.
no rivalry. There is only one king, only
one queen. The procession starts at a
certain hour. 1t makes the round of the
principal points of the city. the beautiful
tableauX get their measure Of applause,
the paraders wind up for the ball at the
opera house. and II is all over
Different, indeed. is the system In Phil
adelphia.
The whole ceremony started on sim
pie basis years ago in independent. good
natured outdoor frolics. in which, to help
along the fun, the participants made
themselves up in ludicrous fashion as
mokes, clowns. old men. servant girls
and n host of other trivial DISCUSSES.
The costumes that figured in the revels
then were homemade. The materials in
them represented no outlay. Most of the
stuff was simply converted into parading
use from some cast-off garment.
The parades were IA hit, for Philadel-
phia has ever been strongly partial to the
street procession.
Crowds turned out yearly to see the
mumrners as they were called.
Then some downtown business places got
a stroke OF enterprise. and began Offer
ing prizes to the clubs which should make
the finest display or which should have
the best humorous fea lures.
Then there were prizes for the best in
dividual attire.
This made the competition keen. But
that excitement was nothing to what de-
veloped when the municipality took a
hand in the game, erected judges
stand on the plaza of the city hall. Of
fered some five thousand dollars in prizes
and invited guests from all over to see
the display.
This made a sensation among the clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Nine Smone LIE Bagy Who the HenPheasant in Chantcer

and bitter accents, takes up the two sue
ceeding stropheS and so each bad bird in
tones with universal triumph the praises
of the darkness in which it is SO easy to
"Rloody the mariolaine."
Without even taking the pain
To be q hero.''
They triumph in the silences, in which
bones crack in the rock where fear
-drips:'' in the night whose stars are her
sole fault'-the night
That gives revenge
On the grace of the Mesange.'
THE Mesange" is a particularly grace
full and beautiful little bird of the fields,
like a sparrow that has become beautiful
Paris working girls are sometimes call
ed mesange."
Vive Ia mutt.
Vive la mutt, sonple eft benoite
Gu nous volons dune allie en- ouate,
Gu. Qunnd tout dOrt.
Grace mutisme de notre allie
La perdrx m'entcnd pas sur ellie
renir la mort.
Vive la tendeuse dc toiles
La grande mutt don't les etoiles
Sont lie seul tort,
Car les regards sont inutflcs.
LOrSQuen nos ongles retractiles
Tn col tord.
Viye the night. vive The night souple and in
sSMcet martoram herb loved hy young rabbits.
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MRS. ANDREW CARNEGIE AT HER DESK.
Copyright by Walden Fawcett. Washington. n. C.,

some shopwoman; the delicate, hard
warm. bright self-forgetfulness of the
broken ea rted? And of the rarer and
diviner manifestations who shall speak?
OF the overworked and overburdened
who gayly pick up all their kindred's
and their neighbor's burdens to add To
their own: of those under sentence OF
death who smile along their uncomplain-
who passionately give up their lives to
some ideal of liberty or devotion. Tn
knowing such carry strength in the very
folds Of their garments as We brush
them by I'm the street.
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less. but when he wills endurance. To-!
it is there,
And once one has faced suffering
courageously strength pours in on every
side. The ruddy sun that warns man.
the stars that watch his sleep, encour-
age him. The triumphant winds that
sweep down from the sky, the glad,
bright sea that buffets him, flashes salt
and terrible laughter All the elemen-
tai powers, the forests and the very
stones of the mountains communicate
patient endurance. Always life itself
can impart strength to encounter life.
Who has not, in his daily walk, been
fortified by the patient kindness of
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On Courage.

y 00U1o6C.
From Harpers Weekly.
more men have suffered through IT,
nope rear than through all the maiadies
VI earth; more have sinned through fear
.han through temptations: more have
1alien into treachery and shame through
fear than through all the desires and
PASSIONS of the heart. And yet one NAV
De ria of fear without special cleverness
or skill or saintliness-only by applying
VIII. A man cannot will not to suffer.
or want. or die. but he can will not to
be afraid.
Belief. submission and love-these
may not be in each mans reach, but
courage is None SO ailing, so anxious,
SO desperate but he can repudiate self
pity. and shake off fear, hold up his
head and make strong his heart He
may will million dollars and go penni-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

ERE is the great
est newspaper beat
of the season, the
story OF Chant
cler.'' which al
Paris is wild to
learn. I am able
TO give it-not to
Paris, which would
be unjust-but tC
America, which is
my right. l have
IL from the prOli-
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A IL Seats Sold Three
n Months in Advance
Paris Wild to Learn Its
Story and Knows Nothing
Sterling Heilig Gives It Here
Exclusively =" Chantcler
Purposely Dehes Common
Sense and Skirts the Ridicu-
lous, Yet Genius Makes 1t
Overwhelmingly Beautiful.
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harmony! I. who. loving beauty and con-
cord. imagined that my precept and eX-
ample were making the world good. L
am now threatened, not by personal jeal-
ousy like that of the Game-cock, but by a
coalition of Haters of Light. l will be
strong and defend the universe against
Darkness. but how ugly and dishearten-
ing it is,'
And now comes the Hen-Pheasant, to
console. In golden French verse. the
beautiful voice of Nine. Simone LIE Bargy
tells the Cock that love remains.
With sigh, the Cock rests his head on
her shoulder. 1t is late night.
"Je tadore.' murmurs the Cock. The
Hen-Pheasant tucks his head beneath her
wing. and she says:
"Dors!'' (SleepD The Cock sleeps. while
Love watches.
The faint dawn breaks, and the Cock
sleeps on. The light increases. and the
Cock sleeps always. Now it is full morn
ing.
Suddenly the Cock awakes, blinking in
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NE thousand dol
lars to be king for
a day.
.Ashmen, bartend-
ers and humble
me chanics spe r t
that sum for a few
brief hours OF
glory in Philadel-
p h ia yesterday,
and tomorrow they
will return to their
work entirely con-