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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOIN0S OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris Hul.

First Baptist Church, Rev. g. W. r. Hill, pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday a. iOao a. y.
Sunday School at y. Sae6atn EVENING sS,v'c ~
go. Covenant Meeting the last Friday before
the LIST Sunday of the month at so p. =. All
not otherwise connected are cordlauy inv1seu.
Mrs. Emery q. Barton of Cincinnati,
O., is the guest Of Mrs. John Pierce.
Arthur Shaw returned home last week
from Pittsburgh, Pa, where he went to
run Miss Burchfield's car home for her.
N. W. Parlin of Maple City, Kansas,
and Mrs. Florence Metcalf OF Weld, were
guests the past week OF their cousin,
DR.. NJ. NJ. Houghton.
Miss Louise Diman returned SATURDAY
TO her home in Providence, X. L.
Mrs. L. C. Ingraham, Mrs. Davies and
Miss Davies have closed their summer
home in this village and returned to
Brookline, Mass. -,
Prof. and Mrs. William Roy Smith,
who have spent the summer In England,
sailed from Liverpool on the sixteenth
expecting to reach Bryn Mawr, Pa,
early the present week.
The extreme hot wave of last week
was followed Wednesday night by &C.
we're thunder shower.
Rev. C. A. Kuickerbocker closed his
summer pastorate at the Universalist
church Sunday. He will occupy the
pulpit at Shirley, Mass, for the present
Ralph II. Hallett of Boston is the
guest of his relatives at Paris Hill.
One day last week a partridge made
her appearance at Z. B. Curtis and tried
to get into the chicken enclosure. Mrs.
Curtis caught the bird in her hands. 1t
showed no signs Of fear and Is now
settled down to comfortable home
with the Curtis family.
As part of a probable crop OF about
two Thousand barrels Of apples, U. b.
Heald has four hundred barrels Of hand
some Snow apples that will soon be
ready for the market.
H.S. Kuickerbocker "broke camp
Monday and returned to Boston.
Miss Julia Carter returns this week to
her work in the New York Public Libra
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

81 wish I could impress upon your
minds In some way the necessity Of
paying attention TO the little things In
connsction with road work.'-. CAisf En-
eiseer Sargent at state road ooaseatioH.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he has
been duly appointed administrator OF the
estate Of
LILAs Wool BURY, late Of Paris.
in the County Of Oxford, deceased. and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased are
desired 10 present the same for settlement. and
ali indebted thereto are requested TO make pa.
Sent. ibth. 1914. HAROLD T. BRIGGS.
8QI
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Safety First.
Mackinaws.
z. l.. Merchant & Co.
New DOL Dresses.
Convincing Testimony.
Nine Appointments.
Probate Notices.
Promo Camera.
Cider Apples.
Corn Fodder
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
PARTRIDGE DISTRICT

School began this week with Miss
Marion Tyler as teacher. Miss Tyler
boards at Freedom Strout's.
Miss Sadie Lawrence is visiting rela-
tives at Hiram Linscotts.
Walter Cox of Massachusetts, is visit
ing his father, Andy Cox.
Robert Small is repairing the old Rip
ley buildings on Ripley Hill, and We I'M
derstaud that he is talking OF letting
them to parties for children's home.
Mrs. w. S. Mason wishes to thank
her friends for so kindly remembering
her ON her birthday.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29
Here and There.

While the results of the Maine cleo
ton are somewhat different from the
figures given in the Democrat last week,
il seems to be yet little early to give a
definite statement. An inspection OF
the ballots is going on, and some changes
result. A number of the legislative dis
tricts are close, and some of them will
be changed from the first announcement.
The legislature will be close on joint
ballot.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

Really, brethren, we feel compliment
ed when we see extracts from the Demo
crat in our esteemed contemporaries
and we don't think we are real fussy
about the matter of credit. But when
We find in our exchanges in the course
of three days, three paragraphs original
ing in the Democrat, two of them the
bright product of the editorial brain, one
reproduced without credit and the other
two credited respectively 10 two other
newspapers-why, it almost seems as II
you ought TO be little more careful.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

1t is reported from Washington that
the sudden break" between CarraDza
and Villa caused profound sensation"
there. Apparently they would have us
belirve that the people of Washington
are pretty green.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

A Maine daily advertises to give away
q folder giving the list of members-elect
of the legislature, but fails to advertise
that it will print Few edition daily IN
I'll the "inspection Of ballots is finished.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

Kaiser Wilhelm is reported I'll as the
result of falling into . trench partly
filed with water. Perhaps by this means
the Kaiser will find out something about
what war really is.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

From the viewpoint of some OF the
Democratic papers of the state, the tenn
perance cause has received a serious set
back in Virginia, through the adoption
of state prohibition by majority of over
$4,000.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

And now we have found out what
made the prices of food jump when the
war broke out. 1t was the consumers
themselves-so says a prominent whole
saler. Why, of course, the consumer al
ways "gets it both ways, going and com
ing" He not only has to pay the ezra
cost, but has to take the moral blame for
the increase Of prices which are fixed BY
some one else.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

1t Is becoming evident that every ma
tlon involved in the present war is de-
terAined that the outcome of it shall be
the destruction of militarism in the
other nations.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

One submarine safely sinking three
cruisers has demonstrated that battle
ships are worthless. One siege gun has
demonstrated that Notifications are of
no avail. Continue the war little
longer, and we may have demonstrations
of what we are beginning to suspect,
that this whole fighting equipment isn't
worth as much as "scrap of paper"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-29

One commodity it is predicted will
come down in price quite materially in
the next year or two-radium. Now If
We could only eat radium.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17
CLARA + LAUGHLIN.

Clara T. Laugh.in returned the other
day from Europe, after having been IN
France ~ during the offensive invasion.
Having spent a part ot the summers for
the past several years in France, Miss
Iaugnln naturally IS sympathetic with
sense of personal loss, over the dcstruc-
ton Of works Of beauty particularly that
of the Rheims Cathedral
For Miss Laugh.us latest book,
"Evcrybpdys B.rthr'ght," which has just
been published 10y Reyen, not only Is set
In among field, where Jeanne dare played
as child. but the chief scenes are laid
I'm the cathedral itself. She was so
grioved at the news concerning the fate
II the cathedral, which she has especially
loved and has visited many times, that
70 was difficult for her To discuss the sub
ject.
Miss Laushlln several years ago he
came Interested I'm the subject Of walled
medieval towns. so each summer whom
abroad with her mother she planned to
visit these relics IN turn. Later ON she
utilized much OF her observation and
knowledge in her writing And 50, when
Fnc camo to set tho scene OF "EverYhody's
NIrthrigut 1t was natural for her 10
choose Rheims and to make Jcuune's
heroism he Inspiration FOR the Eirlhood
Of to-day,
81 love tho French said Miss L1ughlin
"Partlcularly ] love tho French pcnsnntry
Just this summer, when We motor,l
through Rheims. went as usual to the
cathedral 20 s!t for whllo ana silently
enjoy ne beauty. A litlo girl with a
hugo market hn-rct on hor arm slIpuol
into the pew beside me She said her
prayers, then looked W at me with a
friendly smile, For a while We sat there
peacefully and happily, side by side.
Finally got up m go when ! got out
to the street noticed she had sided on
after me, Sun ,mllinr / went tn my
hotel Hours aft,r, when We loft IN our
motor 7 looked over ana saw that same
mite, with her market basket s,'ll smll-
| ing. Il breaks my heart TO think what
| may have happened To- her since"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17

ness about her procedure. but man after
man succumbs to Il TIL the author gets
tired OF repeating 1t and ends the little
book The scene is laid IN Honolulu
and It's envrons, but the scenery is
merely used to set off the young womau's
performances. There Is cumulative
effect in reading OF these all together,
but we fancy more enjoyment will be de-
rived by taking the episodes separately.
wholly different young woman. a
New England school teacher. takes her
amatory experiences more seriously in
Beulah Marie Dixs The Little God
Ebisu" CDufiield and Company. Sh,
propltiates the little image OF luck and
comes out all right, though very differ
emily from the way she anticipated. The
author understands the girls feelings
and the psychology is truer than in most
Of her stories. There Is feline touch
In the account OF the girl who Is saved
from running away with her chauffeur
and who later jilts the man she is en-
gagged To and marrles matinee idol
The plot Is artificial, but the sentiment
Is genuine. It is pleasant story.
All the conventions are observed by
Molly Elliott Seawen in "Bettys Vir-
glnia Christmas" q. b. Lippincott Com.
pany). 1t would be difficult for tn,
heroine 10 have any other kind Of Christ
mas because there is no evidence that
she ever left her native State. We have
the stately home from which she has
been driven and to which she returns
her kindly patrc!an grandfather. the
faithful negroes; a manly lover. and a
fairly smooth love story The authors
interest in all this seems subsidiary
however, to that in the furniture. the
customs and the manners of the people.
The scenery is apparently more impo,
tant than the actors. The story over
flows with kindly feeling and it's studied
simplicity IS noticeable.
a new style detective is the hero Of
Arthur Il. Reeves Guy Garrlck
! (Hearsts international Library Com
pany, New York;. He employs labora-
tory methods in the detection Of crime
applying tho fingerprlnt system to auto
mobile tires and pistols. The certainty
OF this kind OF evidence must be sec
ond only to the difficulty Of securing
IT, The apprehension of criminals is
~ slight importance compared with the
desirabl!ty of hearing what they have
to say TO each other by means Of me-
chanical contrivances. This involvea
finding and entering the place where
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17

outbreak of the war has just reached this
country Marie Van Worst has made her
homo IN Paris for twenty five years and
has "A charming apartment on the historic
Place du palais Bourbon. Here she has
written most OF her books Her mother,
a very old lady OF 81 years lives near
Miss Van Worst In a little rec De caussee
overlooking Sapoleon's tomb.
Miss Van Worst says THE idea of war
came with appalling suddenness to France,
but for some reason or other, even while
the rumuv was vague and fears scarcely
real, / had distinct impression that, at
no matter what risk. | must take my
mother away from Paris. II was like
haunting obsession.
ION the night of July 81 ! walked
across the Tuilerios gardens about mid
night - the quiet moonlight and ms ]
came out on the other side ! heard them
crying in the street that Jaures had been
assdsslnated. | went home and took my
decision then. Calling up the Northern
Railway station on the telephone I dis
covered that no communication was avail
able with that station, and ! felt then
that the trouble was serious. called
my servants and ordered everything IN
my house to be packed. and by O'Clock
N the morgiug these orders had been exc
cutod. At in the morning ! called up
NY mothers apartment and gave her peo-
ole there some directions
when the station wagon arrived I'm
front OF my door 20 collect my luggage
which was considerable the man refused
20 take II 20 the station. Just at that
moment a large wine cart was going
peacefully up the street | offered the
man a certain sum to deliver my luggage
at the station. lie accepted and at 10
o'clock, without any slip or the slightest
inconvenience, my mother and my ser
wants and all my luggage and all my
household belongings. excepting my furni-
ture, were conveniently and safely on ths
way to London.
This story is only interesting from the
fact that it was probably the first and
only easy and complete sortie made by
what might be called the refugees, be-
cause from this on. until the present
time. the exodus from Paris and through
France mas been colossal ana the incon-
NcnlenCc great
Miss Van Worst says that she feels she
is perfectly capable To institute an office
for serene Removals In Case of War;
Miss Van Norsts mother had not left
her home for more than two years and
stood the journey with wonderful forti-
/ tude. CMrs. Van Worst Is the widow Of
/ Judge Hooper &. Van Worst OF New York
and her son is Frederick h. Van Worst
Of IS Broad street, the well known
Attorney
After placing her mother in the train
Miss Van Worst returned to Paris and
spent the day there attending to last
affairs, and In this way she was able TO
/ Judge OF the panic and excitement OF tn.
/ later exodus, and her trip subsequently
.0ok twenty hours. instead OF the usual
seven, from Paris to London,
Since arriving In London Miss Van
+ Worst has taken the Red cross course
/ u lectures and examinations and is now
a member of the Bedford College Hospital
/ Volunteer Corps.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17
AN IDYL OF INDIANA.

Whoever the anonymous author OF
I'm Ny Youth" CThe Bobbs Merrill
Company, rndianspo.ls) may be. he or
she has rendered u service 10 Indiana
and the whole Middle West In drawing
a faithful picture Of the l.fe In the
pioneer days and Of the men who have
made the nation. The narrator processes
20 he an old man telling the story OF his
boyhood to the grandchildren he might
have had. He Is an imaginative little
fellow born IN log cabin on the edge
of the forest in little Quaker settle
mcnt. He talks about the place, the
people around him. first his family
and then the neighbors. the things
that happened day by day. with no
formal descriptions, but as they would
strike Il child or as one child would
tell OF them tn another. The sur
rOundings and the life are those in sub
stance that Abraham Lincoln grew up
in a few years earlier Little by little
the knowledge of new things come to
the child and the old man can compare
them with his later experiences.
The story is of the gradual develop
ment Of the boy. for ne is still a boy
when the story ends, and of his
thoughts which he exchanges with a
make believe companion. The impress
sioIs OF the life around him count for
a great deal more; through them We see
very wildly his father and mother, his
other relatives. the little girl he IDEAL
ICES his schoolmates. the country folk,
the Friends in their meeting house;
more than these, the fields and woods,
the farm, the primitive possessions, the
frugal fare. the few pleasures, the sim
PIE thoughts. All this is shown as nat
uraly as It would be in diary written
at the time, bringing back the memory
OF the things bigger than all material
progress that went into the building OF
American character. II the author is "A
Dative Of the State. he or she has writ
ten a better book than any that the In
diana school has yet produced, a book
that should last.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17
FRANK l.. PACKARD.

Frank l.. Packard, whose novel The
Miracle Man has just met "A second
round OF success in the form dramatlzed
and staged by George NJ Conan, made
his iirst reputation as writer Of thrilling
railroad stories because he Is n trained
civil engineer. lie studied not only at
McGill University in Canada but also at
LInstltut Montehore in Belgium. During
his technical school vacations he worked
IN overills and also In the Canadian
Pacific shops II is one OF those jobs
of which a pleasant elderly gentleman in
variahlv SAYS to much pleased younger
one that while there ia not much pay
turre II invaluable experience"
When his course in Belgium was I'm
,rhod ho went into railroad Jobs with real
money in them. From boss!ng n daEaos
me- iuSc 70 tho exalted position of which
he himself says that 81 handled as many
as . 900 colored hrethrcn with one hand
while with the other | eudeavOrcd to
keep citizens sweet tempered as | tore up
their streets
Three years ago, after considerable sue
cess IN the maEaziues, he broke away from
octlve railroad work, took a house near
Montreal and set out to engineer tho
typewriter.
II was while he was engaged in this
work that be began writing railroad
stories for tho magazines, lie cannot
estimate cNact' how many hundreds he
.,s written lie settled IN New York
whore he would he mandy TO the market,
| and Il was not because Of lacl; OF success,
| that three years ago he decided To abln-
| don the metropolis and return 10 rural
| district near Montreal.
at was heCouse ! was afraid OF New
| Work" he said recently when he was In
New York to attend the premiere q.
! 1.-THE Miracle Man" His manner was
| decidedly modest as he continued "OtNo'
men can stand up against II perhaps
| But ! saw that ! was leavn'rr - consider
STABILITY hrst, and my Ideals Of what
| constituted good work second 7 decided
my only salvation was TO get 80 FAR
away from the market that l would have
| no alternative but to write according to
my own lights"
The big theme OF the play, tho power
! ~ faith to overcome sickness of mind
and body. and its selection by Conan
( have many times been commented upon
Mr. Packard has received 81 many lcttcrs
! inquirinE about his own personal brand OF
| faith that he has at last taken refuge
/ in a formal answer Here n rs:
my religion lies solely in an effort
| to deal honestly with the eternal oblga-
| tions Of life; to waste no time wondering
Mt mysteries, but to stand uncovered
| before the marves Of fact, to Advnuc,
and yet leave no wound from my hee
upon anothcr's faith; to survive At no
cost 10 Others and to make my plgrimagr
ever toward the worlds wrllspring ot
ineXhaustihe knowledge. My faith lIo
| in the immortality Of the seasons. tn,
mastery Of the individual over self, anc
in life everlasting through the good "a,
accomplish IN this vale, not OF tears
but of hope"
year ago this fan Mr.. Packar,
started on world tour, sailing from
Montreal direct to Cape lPwn and theI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17
A GENIAL DIVORCED MAN

The situation that Edward G. Venablc
meditatCs over IN pierre Ninton'
,Charles Scribners Sons) can hardly he
uncommon and it is surprising that
writers OF fiction have not made use Of
It before. II Ia that Of gentleman who
loves his wife, hut has parted with her
according To her wish. They married
for love- but IN time she grew restless
and tired of him; they first separated
and then were divorced, with no stigma
on either. Ills name Is Peter, the
author having accepted for convenience
that accepted conventional brand for a
kindly. h.ameless philosopher; it saves
time a. any rate, and enables him to
got to the point at once.
The hero keeps up his usual course
Of life in New York society but puzzles
over what has happened to him; he
goes over his married life looking for
causes and always taking the blame to
himself llc meets the inevitable
temptations for a man I'm his position.
even that Of helping tine girl who
cares for him by marrying her, but
rcs.sts. lie has found out that mar
r.agr is % i.y too strong for the law to
sever. that he is bound to his wife SO
long as me lives. The authors view
may ho Old fashioned and narrow; II
Is shared by many decent people still
even such as go into society. lie offers
no ar"JUcYts; merely puts the case in
ITS various aspects covering his serious
ness with wit ana humor, but leaving
the reader no choice as to the judg-
mont hn must form, When the wife
Undertakes To marry again the husband
Is reused 10 action, he makes her sec
tIll h.f Wow Of marriage is right and
mat ends the argumcHt; the plea has
'-~~n made and the original portion o:
Inc luol; ends
The second part continues tho story
IN charming manner, Peter wanders
away To- thiuk the matter over; ne de-
c'dcs tp free he wf- in the only way
he can, slips over preCiplce in tn,
Alps ANA is badly hurt, whereupon sh,
comes 10 her right senses, hastens t.
him, nurses him and they begin lif,
together once moro, Mr., Venable doc
not ss 70, h.- tone is conversational
he 0'""r'" Slows how marriage r. ret
bond and leaves the reader 10 form hi
L own "ou'IusioT. Hts Peter may h
qu'>o'..' hut wSImagine that more mel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-17

Tho quiet nature OF the opening part
of Justus Niles Forman's story OF The
Blind Spot" dIurper and Brothers.
hardly suggests the sharp action that
Is t. come later; all the better that
there should be surprise. Il Is mace
plain that the house IN Westminster
county was a lne place, such home as
the rich may have IN the country 70
supplement the grand but hardly ex-
panslyc ana unjostlcd city dom'cile.
That Linda Grey, sole daughter "f TINS
Westcl.s.cr house--and of another In
SiNty-slvth street near the Park-wns
lovely In person and sprlghtly and en-
yacing In speech We were not permitted
TO uoubt. but remembering what We
had found in other novels We SHE'D
somewhat at Arthur Stone. who was a
rcfo~mcr.
We might have spared ourselves the
fear tina, tuts was going to be too
earnest and uplifting story. Arthur
stones conversation with gentle and
loynh.c Alice Marlborough was queer;
persons meeting for the first time do
not usually discuss SO freely and So
thoroughly other persons with whom
they are about To- sit down to dinner.
II was. however, an Interesting and
cheerful dinner that is here described
IJnaa's genial father was clever, and
80 was Linda. and the general pleasant
effect was not spoiled BY A~fhur's ora
ton on common sense ana the Stiffness
Of war.
Was Liual's friend Topiey Latimer'
for whom She felt Tenderness, more
free VIII "a. spirit bottle at this dinner
a.. r. sb.r.l have been" We ma