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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-06-09


School began with the baccalaureate
sermon at the Universalist church Sun.
day afternoon. The sermon wal. preach
ed by Rev. C. G. Miller, pastor OF the
church. The graduating class numbers
twenty, and was marshaled by Philip
Young, a member OF the class. Music
for the service was furnished by the reg
ular church choir, Miss Ruby Clark,
soprano; Mrs. L. e. Smiley, contralto
L. s. Sessions, tenor; and F. w. Walker,
bass; assisted by Alden Chase Of Bry-
ants Pond, who sang q solo and sang .
duet with Miss Clark. The sermon was
one Of much strength and practical value
and showed to the graduates that the life
before them was one that required toll
and earnest endeavor II they we're to
reach a successful outcome. The grad
uating exercises take place at the Opera
House Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock,
and the graduation ball Is the next even
ing, Friday, at the same place. Tickets
for the graduatiou-and gallery tickets
for the ball 20 on sale this Monday even
ing. the graduation tickets at the post
Office and the ball tickets at Stones drug
store.
The commissioned officers of Company
D 20 Tuesday OF this week to Augusta,
where an officers school Is to be held
for the remainder Of the week.
Timothy Aldren of Boston 10 . guest
at Fred Lovejoy's for week or more.
Urshal Cannon takes the place OF
Guy F. Stevens "a conductor on the Nor
way and Paris Street Railway, while the
latter is q; Augusta, being . lieutenant
OF Company D.
The Universalist church 10 being new
~ shingled and other repairs made.
The Swastika Club was entertained
BY Miss Helen Holmes last, Wednesday
evening and will meet With Mrs. Arthur
Shurtlef at her homo In South Paris
Wednesday evening of this week.
Daughters were born during the past
week 70, the wives Of Guy. Curtis and
Elmer Morrill,.
The marriage Of Herbert Melvin 81
this vlllage aud Miss Mary r Bennett oil
South Paris, who has WORKED here fol
several years, took place ct South Parii
Tuesday, Rev. c. G.. Miller performing
the ceremony. After their wedding trip
| they win reside on Beal Street, where
they hav" I. 49, Wy for occupancy
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-06-09


member by paying the regular fee'
twenty-five cents.
Speaking of brown-tails, the Demo
cTat has been interested TO observe some
elm trees of good height which were
we'll peppered over, and from wnicn
none Of the nests had been removed.
For rough guess there were at least
two hundred nests on each tree, and
possibly more. Since the leaves started
close watch has been kept on the trees,
and now that the leaves are about iui'
size, it is impossible with a good glass
TO discover any sign of the foliage hav'
ing been eaten. Everything indicates
that from some cause or number OF
causes, the larger part of the brown-tail
caterpillars died during the winter. Bn'
there are probably enough left for SEED,
and il is certain that they are not al
dead, for more or less of the caterpiiiars
have already been observed travelling.
On the first page of this issue OF the
Democrat is published Mark Twain:
story, 1.-The Notorious Jumping Frog Of
Calayeras County" This in the first Of
series which will appear. Twenty -ioul
famous authors were recently asked &C
name the best short story in the Engiisf
language. Needless to say, the seiec
tons made are among the classics OF
English literature. The Others, wnicf
will be published later, are, "The Mar
without Country" by Edward Everett
Hale; "a Lodging for the Night, o.
Robert Louis Stevenson; "a Municipal
Report" by o. Henry; THE Fall OF the
House Of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
The Man Who Would be King" oy
Rudyard Kipliug; "The Case OF Richare
Doubledick," by Dickens; "The Outcast'
OF Poker Flat" by Bret Harte. A note
worthy fact is that, Notwithstanding sn'
principal motif of fiction, there 10 oni!
one Of this collection which can even In
cidentally DO termed "loye story"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
How Bill Got Along

Stopping off at his home
town on his way East, he and
Emily were married.
Bill now lives in a little sub
mb just outside of the great
city and his present salary
would allow him to belong
TO any clubs he wanted, but
he prefers two little pudgy
hands and a wee nose press
ed against the window watch
ing for him when he comes
home in the evening, and if
YOU look close you can see
Emily standing just behind
that curly head, also watch
ing for the daddy that comes
swinging up the street.
Jim9 Oh, Jim is about the
same as he used to be-same
old job, no further along, and
when Bill asks him why he
doeSn I cut out the booze he
answers the same as he did
years ago, m going to,
Bill. 1t doesn do me any
good, and | never seem to
get anywhere
Here you have a happy
home, good job and every
thing you want Gee You re
a lucky guy
"Oh. yes, Jim, l guess I'm
pretty LUCKY all right.
Come out and see us some
time. HI. c.
(The End.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
Bishop Butler and John Wesley
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY

lordshlp the staggering pro-
nouncement:
my commission is to preach
everywhere. am priest Of the
Church UNIVERSAL
We are not told how that
bombshell affected the good bish-
op. but right there. from an ac-
counts. the dialogue abruptly
closed. The bishop went back to
his study to write a preface to
the second edition Of the AN
alogy," and Wesley strobe out to
found the Methodist Church-an
institution that was to sirdle the
globe with a zone of fiery enthu-
sissm. and reach the proportions
that should astonish mankind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

WIEN Bin t arrived al . the
firm out West the first thing
that impressed him was the an
tiquated system Of doing bust
ness in the Office. The man
ager, AN old man, who had
been with the firm many years,
at first resented Bills coming
out there to wake things up or
to brighten up the infeld
bit, as Bill called it.
The clerks all seemed dopey
and stood around talking
about most anything except
what they were being hired
for. When Bill asked to see
the advertising account, the
manager told him he would
find it very small, as he be-
lieved firm as old as this one
and as well known didn t need
to advertise much,
Yes. said Bill. "evetN. one
knows a chicken lays am egg,
but if the hen didn't cackle at
the time she did it, they might
forget about it SO | think the
first thing we had better do is
to look into the best advertis-
ing mediums and let the peo-
pie know what we have to
sell.
Then Bill started ON a SyS-
tematic house cleaning, and at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

SO far as the bishop was con-
cerued, was the conviction on the
bishops part that Wesley was
IAN undesirable citizen" or was,
at any rate, an undesirable priest
to have roaming around preach
ing to The sinners Of his diocese.
You must leave. Mr. Wesley.
You have no commission to
preach here
Wesley Notwithstanding his
We'll known humility. was never
lacking in The disposition 10 night
FOR 0hat he believed 10 be a good
cause, ana when The bishop told
him tHat he had mo commission
To preach" De threw bach "a, his
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
Garrett P. Serviss
Writes on IS
At the Ends Of the Earth
INDUSTRIOUS Forms Of Life at MI
Macquarie Island, Where
a Wireless Station Has
Been Established. So
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

TF you stand at the North Pole
you can look in only one di-
rection-south NO matter
how YOU may twist around on
your heels. it is always toward
the South that your eyes are di-
rected, North, as a terrestrial
direction, has vanished. You have
arrived at the end of the north.
You are where it lives" Or else
we may say that north has sud
denly sprung into the sky, and is
now at an unattainable distance
directly over your head. A mo-
ment before your foot touched
the pole north was straight ahead
of you, and you had all the four
cardinal points to choose from
east, west, north and south. Now
three of them have vanished, and
south alone remains. The re-
verse is true at the South Pole,
where all directions on the earth's
surface are alike north.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
Good Conversation


tive words and adding them to
ones vocabulary may be help.
There should not be an attempt
to use stilted expressions. long
words or high sounding phrases.
A fatal habit is to use slang. The
practice Of reading aloud every
day q few pages Of the best Eng
lish prose is help to the voice
as well as to the mind.
To talk well 1t is necessary to
learn to think, to remember, TO
observe and to keep informed Of
the events of the world.
People who talk well in society
are never duh. silent, tacitum at
home. The habit of talking pleas
antly at home is not practiced
sufficiently. Those who are cheer
full and communicative at home.
full of goodwill, who tell of their
experiences Of the day, who talk
intelligently OF universal or per-
sonal matters who have the pow
er to draw others out and get
them to talk, are on the road to
success in conversation.
Good conversation is really
give and take 1t is recipro-
cal and is dialogue. not mon
ologue. The aim is supposed to
be for MUTUAL pleasure. To
listen eourteously and with sin
cere interest is a charm in con-
Versation.
Nothing is more ruinous to
conversation than lecturing. or
laying down the law" When to
this is added an emphatic man
ner al pleasure for Others is at
an end. Among cultured per
sons there is the charm of de-
lightful discussions, without ar
gument. and, Of course, without
contention.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
The Social Club
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK,

~TNIlIY organized Social Club the ladies Of the town
ladies little known, DANES Of
The object of this Social Club the charter members said
promote feeling where good feeling had been dead
fh.l ga promoting and endeayorng to he kind
A dozen sunny sisters in a sunny frame of mind.
Unfortunately the club, Miss Jenkins told Miss Green
I1at Mrs Jackson couldn't join-her husband
Insu Mrs. Jackson mp said her husband dear
old maids had always acted queer
And Mrs llosou made reply that Miss Green her friend
And bawcd Mrs. jackson tin her breath end
Miss oVhiu, knocked necessarily member got her bump
She Said that Mrs. Jmson q dowdy and trump
Ne iofe, Mrs. Jimson when this message got her.
Replied That Mandy Hawkins low small
Amid lc beez, Islander Of each good old maid wife
Social Club was Uttered after ondbref week of life
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

ID IsHoP BUTLER and John
d Wesley, What 60 royal
pair-the great thinker
and the mighty organizer, the
author Of the immortal "Anal-
ogy and the founder of the great
Methodist Church
In 1888. somewhere around
This date. the good bishop and
the unruN priest locked horns IN
a somewhat animated conversa-
ton.
Butler, wuo vas tae soul Of ur-
banty and kjndnuess, met tn
Wesley one who was just as ur-
bane ana Just as kind bur who
had "a backbone hat no one could
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
BY MRS. FRANK LEARNED.
Author of Etiquette In New York To-
day"

Author of Etiquette In New York To
day"
TINE essential things. which
make good talker are
charm Of mind and man
ner, humor, sympathy, respon-
siveness, readiness to see connec-
tons which are interesting,
quickness to understand illusions.
Although it may be said that
these qualities are gifts pos
sessed by few persons. much may
be done to attain success, or
ease in conversation, by deiber-
ate effort and perseverance.
Time, thought and practice are
required to develop any art. No
one can excel in music. painting,
golf, tennis or bridge without
practice II is neither priggish
nor pedantic to wish to improve
conversation. To be a success in
the world of society or business
one must know how TO interest
men and women by learning to
talk pleasantly and wen.
The cultivation OF a clear, we'll
modulated voice is Of Importance.
A high, shrin. undisciplined, nasal
voice, with a 'twang," actually
OFFENDS the ear of hearer A
voice of that sort betrays a lack
OF culture. BY speaking an oc-
tave lower than that which is
carelessly used the voice may be
brought under control
a cultured manner of speak
ing necessitates clear enuncia-
tion. care in the selection Of
words. correctness in grammar
and pronunciation. Simple. d.
rect language Is best The habit
of choosing beautiful OF descrip-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
Flock Around Ireland.

But the hideous sea- mammals
that flock around the island, and
crawl out upon its shores, are
even more suggestive of world
foreign to the Inhabited
parts of the globe A more mon
strous beast than the antarctic
sea- elephant could not be imag-
ined. Its huge nose is compared
to semi inflated sausage skin"
It wallows and rolls over the
rocky shore in a most extraordi-
nary fashion 1t yields a kind of
oil resembling whale. and worth
800 ton. The sea-leopard (see
its formidable head in the photo
graph is another of the extraor-
binary jewellers around the ant
arctic end Of the earth. 1t is
species Of non-fur- bearing seal,
of ferocious aspect and no COM
mercial value.
The penguins also yield an oil
worth about $50 a ton, and thou
sands Of them are killed every
season, the oil being extracted at
boiling works that have been
erected for that purpose. Except
the oil seekers the island has no
human inhabitants.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

beautifully patriotic policy which would thus rob
this country the right interfere with vessels bound East
West to ravage coasts.
In the history of the world national honor has
been carried to quite such ridiculous extreme
Of course would be inconvennt for Japan she desired
send feet to attack New York send clear around Cape
Horn
Having this inconvenience in mind we say to her:
Why trouble make this long journey when at the
end of you might find American feet ready to fight
you? Get your ships together and you take them
through the Panama Canal with far less trouble and expense
and you viii have much better chance of finding i'm
porant port undeended The Canal will be neutral and
Of course with ideas of national honor shall be
compelled to send you safely through that you will be
put to the least trouble in destroying New Orleans S
vannah, New York"
To Mr. Wilson friends the British we should be compelled
to say
1t is long and weary voyage around the Horn, or
through the Straits of Magellan We fear your vessels could
reach Los Angeles San Francisco their erand of
destruction without meeting well armed American fleet if
they had to take that route,
Far better that you rendezvous them in some British
harbor say Jamaica and straight through the Canal
If you assemble your vessels quietly shall have little
warning and is almost certain that you will not be inter
fered with on the way
Welcome to Canal AS Mr. Page would say We
derive greatest pleasure from the fact that will be of
more use to you in against than will be to us
MIR Underwood as you know always knows what he is talk
ing about He not given to buster seeing imaginary
dangers.
The which he has called the his fellow
Americans a real menace.
OF what would all Notifications be if ships of all
tons WARSHPS INCLUDED are admitted to the Canal
equal terms?
They would doubtless be decorative and the batteries would
be interesting to the officers of hostile ships who might choose
take little stroll ashore while their ships stripped for action
being slowly towed through the Canal
But should be bound them, and they would
avail nothing interfere with the progress of powerful fight
ing force intent razng cities and killing the soldiers and
citizens who defended them.
We hear much talk of national from Mr. Wilson and
from the railroad lobby which fighting against free tolls
We heard that national honor consisted opening
the attack of foreign fleets of spng
guns.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

the end of three months their
business had more than dou-
bled and was getting better
every day
Bill got "A letter from the
boss in New York about this
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
The Turning Points.

In view of these facts, we may
speak of the North and South
Poles as the ENDS of the earth.
They are the two turning points,
arrived at either one of which
there is no choice left but to start
toward the other
Now. as everybody knows,
these ends of the earth have only
just been discovered, in the sense
of being actually visited by man,
but already they have provided
enough wonders to fill many
books. l speak now not of the
mathematical points called the
poles, but of the regions imme-
diately surrounding them. In the
north the pole seems to occupy
the center of a deep oceanic ba-
sin, covered with a movable floor
of floating ice, while in the south
the pole is surrounded by a hith-
erto almost hidden continent,
which turns out to be the loftiest
in mean elevation Of any on the
globe, and which is buried under
an enormous accumulation of ice
and solidified snow.
Yet both are the abode of life.
Oceanic creatures dwell in the
waters around the edges of. and
underneath, the mighty ice floors,
and birds and four footed animals
inhabit the land areas. Every
where where a glimpse of ancient
conditions can be obtained evil
dence is seen that in former ages
both the polar circles included re-
gions in which temperate and
even tropical climates prevailed,
and which we're inhabited by ami
mails and plants belonging to spe-
cies that now exist only in the
warmer parts Of the globe. Plain
" a mighty revolution-one Of the
great mysteries of the past-has
occurred at each of the ENDS of
the earth"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

picture of/the marvellous sur
roundings amid which some re-
markable creatures dwell.
A Favorite Resort. ]
They are inhabitants of the
ends of the earth, and particu-
larly of the southern, or antarctic
end. These queer animals were
found at Macquarie Island, which
lies southwest Of New Zealand, ana
about halfway from Australia to
the Antarctic Continent. This
lone island, lying in the deep sea
that guards the great polar con-
tinent, has been made a subsid-
larry base for the Mawson Antarc-
Ii cexploring expedition, and a
wireless telegraph station has
been established there, which is
in communication with Australia
on one side and the wild shores
of the Antarctic on the other.
The island appears to be a IA
vorite resort of the animal spec
cies that characterize the south
polar continent and its surround
ing waters. They absolutely
swarm there. They are astound-
ing by their numbers and their
strange forms and habits. Vast
areas of ground are. occupied by
the rookeries of those singular
birds called penguins, which when
seen at a little distance mimic
human beings with their erect
carriage and their apparel of
feathers, which resembles a dis
play of white vests and black
coats. Huge a1batrosses also
abound.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

Representative Underwood of the wise and able House
leaders opposed President Wilson's Canal policy calls
to the attention of the American people the great danger
program Mr. Wilson trying to force Congress to carry
out.
The repeal of the bill, said Mr.. Underwood,
Twill not prevent the fortifcation of the Canal
BUT 1T WILL PREVENT US FROM USING
THE GUNS ON THE VESSELS OF ANOTHER
NATION IF THAT NATION SHOULD BE AT
WAR WITH US.
1--WE WOULD HAVE TO SIT IDLY BY
AND ALLOW BATTLESHIPS OF A NATION
WITH WHICH WE WERE AT WAR TO PASS
THROUGH THE CANAL TO ATTACK OUR
ATLANTIC OR PACIFIC COASTS BE
CAUSE THE CANAL WOULD BE NEUTRAL
AND OUR FoRTIFICATIONS USELESS"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
Given Two Years i'm Prison for Steal.
ing Money.

The St. Joe Gazette of last Thurs
day has the following in regard to
the sentencing of young man to
the penitentiary on the charge OF
stealing a hand bag containing 1925.
Young Gates is we'll known by quite
few people in this county:
Oscar E. Gates was arraigned in
the criminal court before Judge Ryan
yesterday and plead guilty of grand
larceny, and was sentenced to two
years in the state penitentiary. This
is a minimum sentence, and was i'm
posed by the court without the usual
recommendation of the prosecuting
attorney for cIemency. The recon-
mendation was withheld because of
the large amount Of money that
Gates stole.
Gates was charged with stealing a
sman handbag containing 1925 in
currency and several hundred dollars
in checks, from the step Of an Ed
mond street restaurant, where it had
been left by Lee Reynolds, proprietor
of an Edmond street saloon, while
Reynolds was inside teIephoning for
a carriage. Gates left st. Joe and
did not return until a few days be-
fore New Years. when he was ar
rested. Gates had worked for Rey-
DOldS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
Methodist Church Notes.

Mrs. Marley has had charge of
the choir during Prof. Manley's alb
sence. The choir of twenty or more
furnished fine anthems both morning
and evening last Sunday. The re-
hearsal is held tonight at 1880.
Chapter / in Immigrant Forces
will be covered at the next session OF
the Mission Study Class. The meet
ing will be held tomorrow (Friday)
evening at the home of Miss Himena
Hoffman.
DR.. G. II. Mitchell who has so eff
ficiently superintendent the Sunday
school for the past two years has
been elected to that position for an
other year. The aim will be "Great-
err efficiency and bigger school. "
The session hour is quarter to ten
Let all scholars be regular and on
time.
The sermon theme for Sunday
morning will be "The Task of the
Church" This will be of interest to
all, and particularly to the member
ship. At this service also there will
be opportunity given for uniting with
the church.
Alma Kindblade leads Young
Peoples meeting at $50 Sunday ev-
enng. The topic is "From Waverins
to Steadfastness.
Evening preaching by the pastor
at 1880 next Sunday. Strangers will
be cordially welcomed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
Sale of University Lands.

The following lands owned by the
State University of Iowa, the said
lands being located in Decatur coun-
ty, Iowa, are now offered for sale,
to-Wit:-
The southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter Of section 1863
"a.
The southeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 1869
"a.
The southwest quarter of the
southeast, quarter of section 1869
"a. -: ii.
The northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of section 1860
"a 60
s. No forty acre tracts will be divid-
ed in the SALE Bids will be received
until twelve O'Clock, noon, on Mon
day, February End, 1914; Bids may
be filed with Hon. q, j. Ssnkey,
agent, Leon, Iowa, or with the Iowa
State 4 Board GOT Education. !Des
Moines, Iowa. Terms of sale,
CASH. a patent to + issue from
the office OF. the Secretary Of
State upon ! payment of the
money into the treasury Of the State
University Of Iowa
The Finance q Committee reserves
the fight to reject ANY and all bids.
FIN xrtCE COMMITTEES,
Iowa 6tatA 1pGrd Ssof Educ1tion,
1Ya ]. sahkey, Aren't
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
Observation-Disclosures,

On last Sunday evening at the
home of the bride in Eden township,
Mr.. Thad M. Reynolds and Miss
Hazel Roberts were united in mar
riage by Rev. Chas. w. Reeder, the
ceremony being performed in the
presence of numerous relatives and
friends of the contracting parties. ,M
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. w. Roberts, and is
we'll equipped to take her place as
the bride of one of Decatur county q
best young men. The groom is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Reynolds.
of southwest of Leon, and is well
known as young man of sterling
worth and character.
The happy couple will make their
home on the Swanson farm south Of
Palestine church, of which church
both are faithful members. Thus
two of our best young people start
on lffe's journey under the most ia
vorable circumstances, accompanied
by the best wishes of their many
friends. They will be at home to
their friends after March 1st.