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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

struments that have been devised for finding out
the spots of touch and those of pain. Electrical
methods have also been used for this purpose, but
the results obtained by electrical means do not
agree with those of mechanical methods.
zone of the simplest 'pain-fnders'," says Mr..
Wilson, "is a small scale-like device by which
weights can be added to press sharp point into
the skin. Difficulty has been encountered in max
ing the subject discern the difference between
discomfort and actual pain.
"The pain threshold, that wavering uncertain
ty which barely marks the merging of conscious
into pain, increases in definite realization in
curious proportion to the area of the skin exposed
to the stimulation of pressure. Thus an instru-
ment which affects minute of the palm Of
the hand and which produces consciousness of
pain with a small weight, would with nearly five
times that weight affect similarly an area 81
times as large.
"The tips of the fingers are particularly SEN
sitige to touch, but the degree of sensitivity
varies considerably in different people. A man
whose hands are rough and whose fnger-tips are
thick, feels touch less keenly than a pianist
lingering the strings of violin tends to make
the tips of the vionst's left hand less sensitive
than are the hands of a musician who plays
organ a piano.
Each finger differs in sensitivity, and there is
often considerable difference between the fingers
of each hand On the inside of the cheek little
pair be felt because of the lack of the nerve
fibre endings Spots of cold are particularly
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10
The FIRST POSTAGE STAMP Used More
Than FORTY TWO CENTURIES Ago

/ the first postage stamps used in 1910,
only 80 years ago, but Psychologists now claim
they have evidence that postage stamps were in
use 23OO years before Christ, or 1920 years ago
What is claimed to be the first postage stamp
and also the oldest portrait of a human being
has been discovered in the University of Penn
sylvania Museums collection of clay tablets from
Babylonia, according to announcement by DR..
Leon Legrain, curator of the Babylonan section.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

dle-power total, funnel, powerful suction fan
driven by an electric motor, and large box
shaped net. The operation of this device is sim
pie. The bugs attracted by the lights and
flying toward them they must pass over the
The intense heat burns them while the sue
ton fan draws their remains into the box-shaped
net. In a recent test the machine Melted nearly
ten pounds of bugs in less than that many
minutes. By number the total haul was esti-
mated in excess of 1000 bugs.
The lights of the apparatus are turned on dur
ing the rehearsals that all the bugs in the i'm
mediate vicinity harvested, to speak, leav-
ing the air free until the banks of arc lamps or
mercury-vapor tubes are flashed on for the actual
filming work.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

the result of rolling an engraved cylinder over
the clay 1t is clear and distinct-the features
we'll defined the day it was made. The as
tonishing thing is that it shows the king god
smooth shaven.
There are two supposed portraits before the
one just discovered, but in neither of them is
there any apparent effort at realism. Each has
a long beard, and among hundreds of representa-
tons of gods each has beard. 1t seems likely
that boards were considered solely belonging
to the gods and that kings wore false ones to
make appearance more impressive.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10
Do MIRRORS Make You LOOK UGLY?

4 MEDICAL authority recently stated that
- too much looking in the mirror tends to de-
preciate the appearance
BY constantly gazing at ones reflection. it
seems, the eyes have tendency to get hardened
and to lose their light. Anyone test this for
himself. Let him gaze at mirror, say, for three
minutes, and he will gradually behold his eyes los
ing some of their luminosity.
Again, too much mirror gazing tends to i'm
press the gazer with sense of his imperfections,
for most faces have imperfections than
beauties. This sense of imperfecton will grad
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

"The portrait shows a man seated on a throne
with an undoubted nose, well defined mouth and
general characteristics individual that it must
have been taken from life. 1t is significant that
the picture shows lock of hair projecting on the
forehead from beneath the turban hat and
other from behind.
Before the days of Ibi-Sin we never heard
of a king giving anyone seal containing his
portrait, but in this instance the seal not only
distinctly says the king-god has sent the seal to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

will be so affected by it that his appearance vii
deteriorate.
This avoidance of the mirror has been recon-
mended to several people who were rather an
noyed with their looks. One found it wa
such success that he now tries to shave withoa-
a mirror, and is willing to risk few cuts rather
than go back to his old method of staring at him
self each morning till he felt suicidal about hi.
appearance.
1t is theory that anyone can easily test for
himself or herself
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

cabinet to project the sound through the ugual
outlet.
When one holds conch-shel to his ear, what
does he hear? The familiar saying is that b
listens to the of the sea rolling and break
ing upon the glistening beach; and it is true that
the sound calls up before his minds eye soma
such picture, the more wildly that he knows IL
source whence the shell has come. But in reaIity
he hears only the faint outside sounds that ara
caught by the peculiar shape of the shell sounC-
ing board and concentrated in his ear This deviC
of Nature for gathering the sound combines sati
factorily with the vibrating apparatus of the tall
ing machine. The soundboard of the shell catches
the vibrations and faithfully reproduces them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

The portrait is on what
amounts to a postage stamp,
which, apparently, also served
as "a seal for a registered
package, dated about $500
B. C.
It is a picture Of Ibi-Sin,
the last King of Ur, known
to Bible students as Ur of
the Chaldees, the city-state
from which Abraham emil
grated some two centuries
later to found a nation in
Palestine.
"The package or sack
bearing the SEAL" DR.. Lee
grain explains, appears to
have been sent by the high
priest of the Temple of Ur,
in which Abraham later wor-
shipped, to a banker named
ShuIpae, and probably con-
tanned gold.
at is Of unusual impor-
lance to archaeologists be-
cause it probably gives a
clue to the personal appear
ance of the Sumerians, who
were not a Semitic race.
"The portrait is on a
claw nnstapa stannn and IL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

the high priest of the Temple of Ur, but shows,
picture of the event, which is amazing from ar
archaeological point of view -
Possibly the fact that Ibi-Sin was 3the last
of his dynasty and may have seen the end coming
responsible for this remarkable gift"
The stamp is one of many recovered from
ancient Babylonia and is said to differ in no re
spect from the seals our forefathers used
except that it is of clay. Today these seals may
be seen attached with tape to documents the i'm
pressions on them being coats of arms and SC
forth of individuals who signed the documents
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

brush. After initiating the tube he is ready for
the water.
The lower half Of the blind comprises COM
modious boots, the metal soles of which keep the
craft in upright position. With his legs and
feet encased in these waders, he lifts the tube
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10
A Sand RIVER That FLOWS UP HILL

and cobbles in the way show the attrition ance
polish of the flying particles.
The approach to the summit through the
ridge is somewhat more than half the circumfer
ence of an enormous, irregular funnel, and wheu
the wind is on the drive, one could no more fac
it in the narrows the ridge than one could
face the blast of a high-pressure pneumatia
polisher.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

and Then
Manoeuvres
His Craft by
Movement of
His Legs to
Get Within
Range or
Retrieve
His Game.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10

him iguratively to Crawl up" on his game with
out detection.
The combination boat-blind as described in
the Illustrated World, consists of tube, buoy,
made of rubberized material and oval in shape,
and which, when filled with air. will easily sup
port the weight of man, his gun, ammuni-
ton, and requisites for comfort during his vigil.
Upon arrival at his shooting ground, the sports
unfolds his contrivance, and with
few turns on thumbscrews securely fastens
the light steel supports ofsthe roof" and
\ seat. Then with patent clips he camoufages
y the top of the device with grass light
The Duck Hunter Wades Into the Water
= Until Floating Depth Is Reached
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-10
The Combination Boat
and Blind Rolls Into
q Compact Bundle
for Carrying (Top).

n TO longer need duck hunters suffer from
exposure on cold and rainy days, hid llp
ing in rice marshes or lying in open tlLI
boats-in cramped postions-waitng for l'tI
flock Of birds to alight or fly over them v
within range.
sportsman who has experienced these
diseomfcrts has designed novel blind which
is colapsible and folds into compact bundle
so that 1t can be easily carried. When ready
for IL affords complete shelter for the hunter,
who may paddle about or float in the water as
long OF he desires, cleverly camouiaged, enabling
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
TEMPTED BY BRIGHT LIGHTS
Adventurous Bessie Attempted te
Make Her Way Into Vaudeville
In City of Dallas.

Gentle Bessie, tired Of the humdrum
life of giving milk and butter for the
hungry mouths of some family, and
bored with the pastoral quiet of the
farm, determined the other night to
have a taste of the gay life of the big
city at least once before she crossed
the River Styx. Accordingly she
sought out the brightest lights of the
city, vaudeville house.
But first her bovine majesty saun-
tered gayly up Elm street from La
mar, gazing in the show windows as
she roved. While in this vicinity she
even attempted to enter a street car.
Then, pursuing her primrose course, she
plodded on toward the center Of the
city until she was confronted with the
gray, yellow lights Frightening the
front of q vaudeville show. Not con-
sidering whether she would be well
come guest, Bessie walked into the
lobby Of the show, thereby nearly
causing the head usher to be smitten
with Mysteries. He finally recovered,
and, taking courage and a stick, he
rushed at Bessie. Feeling that she
was not wanted there, Bessie walked
out again.
At the door she was met by re-
ception committee consisting Of two
policemen who had been summoned
and without ceremony she was roped
and led away to the city pound, where
she broOded over the sights of the big
city as she had seen them.-Dallas
News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
SURVEY WORLD BY WIRELESS
Scheme to Be Tested In Determining
the Boundary Between South and
West Australia.

It is proposed to utilize wireless
telegraphy in determining the exact
position Of the boundary between
South and West Australia. The bound
airy Is fixed by act Of parliament as
the 10th degree Of longitude east
Of Greenwich. The exact position Of
the longitude will be ascertained by
the use of time signals from high
power wireless station situated at
some point between Greenwich observa-
tory, in England, and Sydney, In Aus
tralia, the signals being received ST.
multaneously at both stations.
Most Of the great observatories OF
the world are now collaborating In a
REORGANIZATION of the longitudinal
division Of the earth's surface by
means Of wireless time signals. and
this Is one of the earliest uses Of the
system to settle disputed position.
Given favorable static conditions, 1t
has been found that signals from the
Lyons wireless station, in France, can
be received in Australia as well as at
Greenwich, and signals from other sta
lions, more favorably situated, are also
being tested. The cooperation Of the
United States as we'll as the British
government has been invited. The
scheme is the first step toward COM
prehensive determination Of the whole
longitudinal survey Of Australia.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
Expect New Boom In Yukon.

That, with the discovery of the large
silver areas in the vicinity Of Keno
Hill, the Yukon Is entering on a new
industrial era, is the statement made
by Colonel Thompson, NJ. P. for the
territory, who recently arrived in OF
tawa after a three months absence In
the Northland. He expresses the
opinion that the new silver find will
take the place Of the gold that first
put the Yukon country on the map
Keno Hill is on the Mayo river, a trib
utary of the Stewart, $50 miles south
east Of Dawson. The camp has popu
lation of about 500. The ores are ga
lena, carrying very high values Of
lead and silver, the latter running
from so to $50 ounces to the ton. Dis
cOveries have been made over an ares
so miles in extent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
DEFECT IN EXISTING MAPS
That They Are Not Drawn to Uniform
Scale isFelt to Be an Eduea-
tIonal Handicap.

It has long been the dream OF geog-
raphers to make a series Of maps OF
the world on a uniform scale. Indeed,
It is considered unfortunate for school
children that the Biographies do mol
show all countries by maps on
single, uniform scale, for unless q
student observes very carefully fne
figures showing the scale OF each map
or the figures showing the area OF tne
country mapped he is likely to get the
impression that certain distant lands
which are generally mapped on a
small scale, are smaller than those
with which he Is most familiar. Take
Australia, for example: The maps In
the biographies now used In most OF
our schools show it on small scale
about one-third as large as that used
for the map of the United States; YET
Australia Is, in fact, nearly as large
as the United States-0nly about one
fortieth (2h per cent? smaller. emma
is generally shown smaller In area
than the United States, yet 1t Is about
one-third larger.
The work Of preparing maps OF the
entire world on uniform scale OF one
to one million-that is, maps on which
one unit (any unit-inch, centimeter.
millimeter, etc. represents one million
like units on the ground-has been
under way for several years, and the
United States geological survey, De-
partment Of the Interior, has made
considerable progress in its work on
the parts Of this map that were as
signed to the United States. The
principle used in preparing these
maps, If adopted by the publishers OF
school books, will give the children &C
curate impressions of the relative
sizes of the countries of the world.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
IN DREAMS THERE is TRUTH
Ones Visions While Asleep Arc Said
to BE of Things He Would
Like to Do.

When you dream that you are
slaughtering flock Of potentates It's
more than probable that you're un-
consciously expressing a repressed
desire to kill your mother-in-law. In
dreams man does the things he Sc
cretly desired to do In waking life, but
did not dare.
This was the Interpretation OF the
Freudian theory Of psycho-analysis
given by DR.. William ]. Durant, for
mer instructor of philosophy In Col
umbia university, in a lecture the 9TH
er night in Milwaukee.
"The mask of morality is taken of
in dreams, and man acts In the prim-
tive animal fashion," Doctor Durant
said. "In dreams there Is truth.
Man was not meant for cold delibera-
ton, but for the immediate reactions
Of the animal. BY nature we would
knock other persons down without
thinking about 1t.
"Civilization, according to Freud, is
built on the two great repressions OF
pugnacity and sexuality. Monogamy
as a marriage forM in Freud's view
is after all terribly artificial thing
and q great strain on all OF US.
1--WE love children because they
have no repressions, whereas, we
know we're lied to nine times out OF
ten with adults" The conclusion, he
said, is that hypocrisy and polite
mendacity constitute the essence OF
civilization"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
Memorial to Alps, conaueror.

The ceremony Of unwilling the
Chavez memorial at Brigue recently
took on quite an international aspect
owing to the presence Of the dele
gates, headed by Prince Roland
Bonaparte. who had been taking part
in the F. A. !. meeting at Geneva
Those who took part In the unwilling
ceremony were each presented with q
bronze medallion. bearing on one side
a portrait Of George Chavez. and on
the other a design symbolizing the
fight across the Alps, together with
the inscription: Brigue-Simplon-Domo
dossola. September %. 1910. Among
thoss present were a brother OF
Chavez, the Peruvian ministers In
Paris and Brussels. and representa-
tive Of the French government while
flying overhead was an escadrille from
the Dubendorf aerodrome.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01

al am sighty-thres yesrs old and doctored
FOR rheumatism ever since i came ont OF the
army, over nfty years ago." writes J. B Ashelman.
Like many others, ] spent money freely Tor
so-cslled cures and have read about Uric Acid
until could almost taste II I could nos sleep
nights or walk without pain; my hands were 30
sore and stiff could not hold pen Bot now.
a. n By magic, am agar IN active business and
can walk with ease or write ali day with comfort.
Friends are surprised 81 the change"
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Mr.. Ashelman 10 only one Of Thousands who suf-
fersd for years. owing 10 the general belief IN the
cd. false theory thai "Urc Acid causes Yheuma-
tam This erroneous belief induced him and
I.glohs Of unfortunate men and women TO take
wrong rrssfmsnts. You might just e. well attempt
to pot out Are with OIL a. try 10 get md Of your
rheumatism, neuritis and like complaints BY taking
treatments supposed 70 drive Uric Acid out Of
your blood and body Many physicians and scisnt-
ists now know that Cric Acid never did, never can
and never viii cause rheumstism that lt b nat
ural and necessary constituent Of tho blood; that &
ID found In avery new born babe: and that without
Il We could not hive.
These stAtemenu may seem strange 70 some lokka,
who ell along have been ed TO behave IN the Cd
"Urc Acid" hnmbug. IL took Mr.. Asnelman ffty
years 70 md out this ruth. Reesrnsd how 10 get rid
OF the true cause Of his rheumsssm other dsordsrs
and recover his strength from -rhe Inner N.Y.
leriss,n Q remarkable book now being distributed
free b. an authority Who devoted oser twenty yssrs
10 the scientific study Of this particular trouble.
NOTE: II any reader Of chs pspsr wishes the
book that reveals thess facts regarding the trus
cause and cure Of rneamatsm. facts that were
looked By doctors and scientists for centuries past
SIMPLY send post card OF letter 70 II. p. Clear
water, No. S3i-c Stree<. IlalioweiI. Name, and tt
win be sent By retssn msil without any charge
whatever. Cut out this nogce lest you forget! II
not sufferer yourself LaLI this good news 70 some
addicted friend
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01

you fellsrs feels bout Michael's school,
but here's my hat on 10 him. Guess
Gil lately We Amt ever had the right
hunch bout Michael. It's going to be
an almighty wonderful thing for this
valley what we've always called
Michael's meanness. You, Simmons.
what do you sayP Your Sara was one
Of the drst to begin lessons ct the
school,"
"She been doing the cooking for two
month";" replied Simmons. "And for
the whole Of q month ain't taken one
drop Of my dyspepsis cure. Doc Minot
Gays I'm q new man. Same with Sam
my, same with Everett, same with Ill Of
us! Till the cooking school come along,
ut ourn house, We amt had no reason to
give thanks with our viotuals. And II
anybody doubts what the cooking school
10 doing for us, / invites him TO come
over and cat with ne. This town went
probish long before the country went
probish. And we, hereabouts, knows
twas q mighty good thing. But It's
my idee Michael Mason's cooking school
is going to do most as much for the val.
ley AZ probish did,"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
srATnao or MA1leH.

OXFORD, %:
Cont Of County Commissioners. Decemoet - -
lion A. D. 1910, held Is Paris, within ana LCs
aid County OF Oxford, on the 09 Iu -. u
Of December. A. d. 1910, bang tne siss asy y
said month.
u1HE County Commissioners for TIE County
Of Oxford, In the month Of september. A. ~ -:
1870 e provided by law msde acsuaa ~ asIsr a.,
Of the County roads duly located ano IRoa az. IA
travel living In unincorporssed soWnsn1k. ssid
trscts Of land hereinafter mennonea ~, c cc,S
County. for the purpose OF ascertaining tn1
Sstion Of said roads and estimating tne smoo - y
needed to put the same IN repair % S e s %
And convenient for public travel; ana sPP, not
ING on said inspection that said roaos wo Scr
IN rood repair and not safe and convenioIs ~
purposes Of public travel and thas ~ sno ssid
be assessed on said lands for the repair 81 s A.
road therein; they do therefore on tne Issn ~
Of December, A. b. 1890. adjudge and oroer tnss
hereby assessed upon the following amos IN un'
INCORPORATED townships and tracts OF IAno LEY.
matter mentioned, for the purpose OF rePs.ns
the roads passing through them during tne y0~i
1921. to wit:
an Andoyer West Surplus. for the purpose "
I J repairing that part OF the County r0aa iesa.
,Sg from Andover Corner TO Upton which nes
in said Surplus the sum Of three hundred ioui.
teen dollars and thirty eight cents ID assessor %
follows:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
NOTICE.

In the District Court of the United States for rh,
District Of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
- ROBERT sOi Hsis ). PERRAULr. In Bankruptcy
OF Rumford. Bankrupt
To tho creditors Of Robert ]. Perrault OF Rum
ford, In the County Of Oxford and District
aforesaid:
Notice 10 hereby given that on the sSth day oil
January, A.p. 1921, the said Robert j. Perraull
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and
thai the arst meeting Of his creditors Win be held
At the once OF the Referee. Nos Market Square,
South Paris, Maine, on the 6th day Of March,
A. ID. 1871, &C 10 O'Clock In the f. forenoon.
ss which time the said creditors may attend,
prove their claims. appoint trustee. examine
as may properly come before said meeting.
South Paris, February -. lsa1.
WALTER L. GRAY,
10 Referee In Bankruptcy
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
Cost Of Caste.

A Hungarian immigrant tells of life
In his native town, a Renaissance Of
what is gone, In the Worlds Work.
II held a good position In bank
In Budapest. Every morning was
driven to my work in fiakker. and
every afternoon / was driven to my
home. I mention that fiakker because
1t can be taken as symbol Of the old
life In Budapest, just as the five-cent
subway ride to business can be taken
as symbol Of life in New York. In
Budapest 1t was easy. gay, frivolous !;
almost every one who made a pre-
tense Of what we called living spent
more than he earned. I do not want
to forget the good things in the old
life-Magyar hospitality was open.
handed, warm. fine; but financially,
Magyar social life was built on straw
almost all were living beyond their
incomes. If a family tried to reduce
It's expenses, to live truthfully, 1t lost
caste.-Bertalan Barna.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-03-01
NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that hs
has bean duly appointed executor or the las
will and testament Of
JEFFERsON FARRAR. late Of Sumner.
In the County Of Oxford. deceased, and gfver
bonds a. the law directs. All persons having de
mands against the estate Of said deceased ar,
desired 10 present the game for settlement. ant
all indebted thereto are requested 10 make pay
JOSEPH W. DAMON.
Buckaeld, Maine, Z. r. d. No. ].
February 18Th. 1891. $40