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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-06-03
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Com. of Fisheries, Dixfcld. Me.

/ What is it. in liquor, that kills men,
that glazes the eye, weakens The nerve
and takes from them ssnsibility and affec-
ton What is il in the glass that makes
the Young man turn from his mothers
look and shrink from home and every
thing pure and holy One word
will suflice-alcohol does it all. Take
this from all the liquors and you
make them harmless. This one
element, innocent in its appearance, as
Satan always is, contains all the fiends,
and devils, and cruelties the imagination
can create. 1t is one of the triumphs of
modern science that we have it in ito
simple form and can extract it pure from
those substances in which it is found. In
cider we find from TO 8 per cent. in
ale about Z per cent. porter 4; in Port
and MADEIRA wine %; in Champagne
from 30 10 25; these are all fermented
liquors and give no traces of ii, before
this process commences. In distilled
liquors as distinguishable from tue iorm-
er in the alcohol. all comes from without
and must be introduced during the pro
cess of manufacture. In brandy we find
from 80 TO "a per cent; in rum 90; gin
% and in all distilled liquors over 90 per
cent, or moro than one half is pure alco'
hol. Therefore the liquors which con.
tain the most of this life destroying sub.
stance are the most dangerous. while
those which have but very little are In
themselves comparatively harmless.
Americans are more drunken than any
other class of people, from the fact that
the liquors they use contain SO large an
amount of alcohol. European nations
make use Of lighter and less dangerous
drinks and consequently live longer.
Where then is alcohol found, and
where does it come from? Some peo.
pie say that it is found in nature and we
have n right to use Gods gifts, and so we
have, but no right to abuse them. But
alcohol is not from God, and not q sim
gle drop can be extracted by the most
slsillful chemist the world ever saw lrom
anything found in nature as nature lound
it. The trees, grasses and flowers have
it not. From whence then does it come.
and by what art is it obtained?
1t IS result of fermentation, or, TO
speak directly. of roltlng; no traces of
il can be found in healthy nature. but in
its death. 1t is not in nature as God
made it; the apple when ripe contains
nothing of it. but rs it decays then it APP
pears. From decay and the descending
gradations Of life came deviltry and
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HsrOism Begins at Home.

We often hear people speak Of II hero
ic action with certain surprise at its per-
iormance not altogether complimentary
to the performer. "iIe forgot himself
they say "he surpassed himself" "he
was carried away by a noble impulse"
This is not true. A man does not forget
himsefin emergency; he asserts him.
self, rather; that which is deepest and
strongest IN him breaks suddenly through
the exterior of calm conventionalities,
and for moment you know his real
value; you get n measure OF his capaci-
~. But this capacity is not created, rs
some say, by the emergency. No man
can be carried farther by the demands Of
the moment than his common aspirations
and sober purposes have prepared him
to 20. brave man does not rise 10 the
occasion; tho occasion rises TO him.
His bravery was in him before-dormant,
but alive unknown perhaps 10 himself
for we are not apt to appreciate the slow,
sure gains Of convictions of duty sLeadi.
ly followed; of patient continuance in
we'll doing of daily victories over self,
until a sudden draft upon us shows what
they have amounted TO. We are like
water springs, whose pent up streams
rise with opportunity 10 the level OF the
fountain head, and no higher. A man
selfish at heart and in ordinary behavior.
cannot be unseiish when unseishness
would be rewarded openly. If he will
not be unselfsh when he ought. he can.
MOI be so when he would. Is it not "a
question practical for every home What
sort of characters are we. parents and
children. forming by every day habits OF
thought and action2 Emergencies are
but experimental tests Of our strength or
weakness; and we shall bear them. not
according TO sudden resolve, hut accord
in 10 the quality of our daily living.
TIE oak does not encounter more than
two or three whirlwiuds during its long
lie; but it lays up its solid strength
through years Of peace and sunshine,
aul when its hour of trial comes it is
ready. The children of 10 day, protect.
cd, cared Tor now, must soon begin TO
fighl their own battles with the world;
nay more-must make the world in
which they live. The future America
lies in these little hands. They are
Brought forth aud reared in hour.
Of change, alarm, surprise
What shall we DO TO make them SUI.
iicient for the times upon which they
have fallen p ["Homc and Society"
SCribnor's for June.
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Salmon in Maine Water.
Interesting Statement Of Fish Commits
sioner Stanley.
DIxFIELp. May 9th, 1873.

DIAFlELD, May ON, 1919.
10 The Editors Of The LeUiSton JoHrnai;.-
Thinking that a statement oi what is
being done 10 re.stock our rivers in
Maine with salmon and other migratory
fishes, might be OF interest 10 your read.
els. and more especially to those living
near the waters of the Androscoggin, /
give you brief history of what 1 am do.
ing here for that river.
The goth of February, l placed in my
Matching boxes, 10000 salmon eggs
taken from the salmon's breeding estab-
lishment at Buckspori, under the man.
agement of Chas. G. Atkins, Esq. The
salmon wore caught in the Penobscot
river during the previous summer in
weirs confined in pond till fall, when
they were ready 10 spawn, from which
the eggs were then taken, fecundated
and placed in his Matching boxes and
kept till they were advanced toward
Matching, sufficient to be moved.
The time ] brought the eggs from
Bucksport was during one of the coolest
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NUMBER 20.

everything offensive; from life or the
ascending gradations come good results
and everything beautiful. Alcohol, then,
has an ignoble birth and a wicked career;
il il the foe of every order of life, vege-
table and animal, and will cause almost
immediate death TO everything but man;
but kills him by the slow. lingering pro-
cess. lie then spoke of the agony OF
living when one should be buried, when
the very fibre and substance OF the
man is gone. full of aches and pains.
no hope, burden to himself and friends,
why should he live ? If alcohol only
operated like the knife and killed quick.
people would perhaps then have the
same feeling towards it, and men might
Let it alone Rev w. II. Murray.
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and most severe storms of the winter,
being out all night between Dixlield and
No. Jay depot. on an open sled. yet they
suffered no injury.
| now have in my Matching boxes $780,
900 young salmon, the product OF the
10000 eggs. They will be ready TO
turn into the river in the course of two
or three weeks. They are not yet clear
of the egg sack, during which time they
do not iced After that disappears shall
turn them mostly into the small brooks,
leading into the rivers, letting them SHIFT
for themselves; putting liberal share
into Swift River at tho foot of Rumford
Falls. being the highest point the salmon
over ascended.
Some of the first settlers on Swift
river tell me that when they first came
there the river was alive with salmon.
After the dams were built at Brunswick.
none were seen in the river. With fish.
ways built over our dams i see no reason
why they should not be as plenty rs
they ever were.
intend to turn few thousand into
the waters of Rangely Lake. 1t is thought
by some of our scientific men that they
viii! remain there and breed, finding their
food in our large lakes instead of tho
ocean. and spawn in its tributaries. The
experiment is well worth trying. and il
they do not make these waters their
home. they will not be lost-only have
longer journey to sea.
Arrangements have bsen made by
several States, assisted by the u. S. Com.
missioner OF Fisheries. by which we hope
to obtain larger amount of salmon eggs
next year and | hope for years to come.
We also have in Mr.. Atkins hatching
boxes at Bucksport. 200, 900 salmon eggs,
under the supervision OF my colleague,
+. NJ. Saltwater, Esq, of Bangor
These are to be moved to the headquar-
ters Of the Penobscot and st. Croix
rivers.
There was turned into the Little An.
droscogsin at Norway, last spring, 20.-
900 young Salmon (hatched at the es,ab.
lishment of A b. CrocketD. | under.
stand that some OF these salmon have
been caught at Brunswick this spring.
Any person catching any on the river
or knowing of any being caught will
confer a favor by informing me-as |
wish to know where they have made
their appearance. their numbers, size, &c.
am enlarging my Matching house, and
putting in dams Tor ponds (under the
supervision of Mr.. George Hayford, who
has had considerable experience in trout
culture) preparatory to putting in sever
al hundred thousand trout eggs bred
from the Rangely trout-the largest
brook trout in the world-hoping another
fall We may have a supply for all who
may desire. Mr.. Hayiord has in his
pond large lot bred from the Rangcly
trout weighing from one TO two pounds
each-some being over three years old.
II any person desiring our report Tor
last year will send me his name, shall
be happy to send him one.
Respectfully Yours,
HENRY o. STANLEY.
Com. of Fisheries, Dixfcld. Me.
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Qoetrg.
For the oXlorl DemOcIa at,
THE SEEN IND UNSEEN.

m J. Il. LOCkg.
Scarvely from the leaflets round il
Where Il lay
Could you choose Co. thangh you found t..
Nc,tlol on Jac turf away.
>i4c but small "a disc ung!eamiug-
What is worth.
Reason well might call you drea ming
should you decn II else ,han earth
let thegc a, within a yearniug--
something high,
>uh- lance, ia embryo Burning
for uphsaval toward the sky.
Soon thc ,erl 20 lifc advances.
Next iu air,
l.oftily tlc elm .- branches
Waves u >WerpinS circles thels.
Thus iu human bp,om~ swelling
q a germ,
So abstract, ,n iay>tcfy dwelling
Nou-yNi>tcut, some sfiru.
Win mortality 50 woven,
10 discern
What and where it los thoagh 90 ercd,
Earthly thought moy never learn.
ro.lins struggling reaching, PRAYING
Here or earth.
Hriiy can it wait delaying
Erg g., giant powers hlNr b.ltu.
but 80 lcnsta the strange transition
Oomyth on,
Auu thp spirit germs con litiun
Woudfou, change hath gndrrE que
Higher lar than realm, terrestrial,
D., its disht
EcNvlns iu joys celestial,
Frcc. :hs soul in heavenly light
Guard O youth, ,hi- priceless Treasure
Which . thine;
iet not sins gigantic measure
Et,r blast Is growth divine
\ fragile secl D lnnia. power
Aay b. crushed.
And the soul. in one dark hou-
An a., melo.iy lie hushc,.
>incr its hfc t. lin eternal,
Fuil OF Joy.
Anj i,, death doom Internal.
Keep, q keep from sin, decpy
Z,,nib,otc, HiHn
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PUbiisL d livery Tuesday Morning, by
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BOssier Banner.
w. III. sCANLAND. Proprietor.
BIZ. FORT. Editor.
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oririn Of Truf1es.

The most arristOcratic, the most
interesting, the most mysterious
and the most savory of al the
edible fungi is the truffie, which,
growing in England and on the
Continent of Europe, attains its
highest perfection in France, near
Augouleme and Perigord.
In England, as we have been
informed, truffie hunting is an
hereditary pursuit, and they have
in that country particular brood
Of dogs described and figured in
Idestone's book as the truffle dog.
In France and Italy, hogs as
we'll as dogs are employed in the
discovery Of this mysterious fun,
gus, which, making no superficial
growth above the ground to indi.
cate its presence, and can only be
detected by the superior scenting
powers of these animals.
If Mr.. Frederick Watts, who
presides with so much zeal and
ability over our Agricultural De
partment at Washington, has ev
er inhaled the ineffable aroma o
a turkey stuffed with truf1es
or experienced the erotic powe
! of such a diet, if he has ever tast
de the truffle as found in that sub
| FINEST of all culinary compositions
pate de toi gras, a pie white
does more honor to Strasbur
than it's magnificent Minister, h
will need no urging from us t
put forth all the varied resource
Of his Department for the speed
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Camden Pailrcad.

1t is now said that Tom
Scott belongs to the company
intending to build a rail road
from Memphis by Pine Bluffs
and Camden to Shreveport. 1t
is further reported that survey
ors are at work laying off the
projected road. All the which
we seriously doubt; else why
has not a charter been got or
attempted to be got in Lou
isiana?
tbs our opinion that for the
proposed road from Shreve-
port to Camden to be built we
in this section must take hold
of the enterprise ourselves in
earnest. Then when we know
which is our legislature let US
get q proper company
chartered and with Il binding
charter. Let us get individ-
ual stockholders to the
amount of two hundreds thou
sand; each stakeholder giving
a note and approved security
for his stock. Let Shreveport
take two hundred thousand tC
be paid by taxes in i've years
and let Bossier and Caddc
each take q hundred thousand
payable in same way. 1t may
look unfair to tax lower Bos
si9r for a Camden road. Bnr
such p road would increase
the price Of lands there fully
three fold. We own wild
lands down there in consider
able quantity and would will
ingly pay the tax required OIL
them, if others to be equal,
benefited would be forced t,
pay also.
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ENGLAND and Rrssia

These two great nations are
getting into unpleasant rela
lions, and about q matter Of
very little interest to England
in our opinion. The little
Tartar nation Of Khiva has
been troubling Russia in va
riouS ways, one of which has
been by the enslaving of Rus
sian citizens. The Khivans
are a mixed race of indians
and whites and almost say
ages. Russia wishes to con
quer them as We wish to con
quer the Modocs; and this,
England objects to, because
by that means Russia would
get within five hundred miles
OF Hindostan, This puts u:
IN mind Of an incident in oul
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root of all evil, says Paul. 1t
causes the corruption and with
it, we must and do fight cor
ruption. What is our main
stay against corruption but the
free press, and the great indie
pendent newspapers 7 Yet the
love of money is their sole mo-
tive power. To show our idea
clearly let us suppose an inter
view between Cakes Ames and
Dana, of the Sun, before the
Credit Mobilier exposures:
Ames-I will give you S5O,-
600, Dana, not to expose me.
OF course | value my good
name higher than this, but You
must remember that | will
very probably have to give
hush money to the Tribune.
Herald, Times, and q dozen
smaller papers.
Dana-Let me consider
Your exposure will get the
Sun ten thousand subscribers
l will likely live fifteen years
as shown by the Life insuranc,
tables, and, therefore, you Sc
on pure money basis, | ca
, not accept your proposition.
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BELLEVUE, La,
Saturday Morning, Feb. IS, 1873,

THE NEW YORK OBSERVER
has passed through the ordeal,
and starts out anew on the second
fifty years with alarge list of read
ers and more numerous than ever.
Such a steady course of prosper
ity is unexampled, and inspires
confidence. We heartily rejoice
in the great success of paper
which has always advocated those
sound principles that under
lie the foundations of society and
good government. Orthodox il
the truest sense, both in churcl
and State, its influence is always
good. We see its publisher
proposes to give every subscri
Der for 1873 an appropriately em
bellished Jubilee Y ear Book. Thos
who subscribe will have no caus
to regret the step. s. yeal
Sidney. E. Moore & Co., 81 Par
Row, New York.
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Every farmer ought to take
one or two agricultural papers,
and for us of the South, those
published at the South are to
be preferred. Not from a pa
triotic feeling at all, for there
should be no Southern patri-
otism separate from the ma
tional, but because the South
ern papers treat Of matters
more peculiarly adapted tc
our wants. OF these, the best
for our hill farmers, according
to our Judgment, is the "South
ern Cultivator," published by
W. L. Jones, at Athens, Ga.
on terms of $500 per year il
in advance.
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Free Lunches.

A special license tax ought
TO be levied on all free lunch
houses in addition to whisky
license. The free lunches are de-
signed to increase drinking and
may promote that useful tax
paying custom somewhat
But they also support a large
number Of bummers, who else
would be benefiting the world
in hoeing and picking cotton.
Besides restaurants and hotels
ere taxed and free lunches
injure them. Every lawful
means should be used TO in
crease the number and cheap
en- restaurants and inns.
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history. Twenty years ago,
we lodged one night at the
house of an estimable couple .
in Bienville. The lady seem
ed to dislike the country very
much, and was anxious to
move because the country was
getting two thickly settled. l
asked here how close was her
nearest neighbor and she re-
piled, three miles.
Aside from the fact of the
great distance between Khiva
and HindOstan there are other
reasons why England should
cease to fear. Khiva is sepa-
rated from Russia by wide
deserts and would therefore
be a troublesome acquisition,
and this fact renders it proba-
BILE that Russia but desires it
as a dependency Again
Afghanistan is a warlike
country between Khiva and
Hindostan and would be {
bulwark to the latter country
, So in common with the whole
, press Of the United States W.
: advise the queens government
] not to go to war with Russia
The rest of the United State
press argue 10 that govern
ment that it is too weak t
Il cope with Russia. This we d
y not believe, for England con
d trolls two hundred millions c
IS population of equal proves:
1t man for man as the Russian
2 who number seventy million:
lie We hint this to our Ow
h people; that England is br
v seeking an excuse to Cobb
Or up Afghanistan as a counte
u poise 10 Russia's taking ind
pendent Tartary. The Unite
le States have it in mind to tax
e. the Sandwich islands; al
We this so incenses England tn;
Id she determines to take tt
in Fee jees. This is her unive
IVY sal plan of pacification-
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King Amadeus, of Spain,
has resigned and the Cortes or
Congress of the country has
established a republic. Thus
one wise act has been done by
the boy king. Whether there
is wisdom in the act of the
Cortes remains to. be seen. At
any rate, it would be hard to
make public affairs in that
country worse than they have
been for two hundred years
past. Spain has been tie
great modern example Of the
rule Of the clergy. Tie an
Gent examples were Egypt
and Israel.
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The Washirrton Monument.

: proposition is made in
Congress to pull down this I'M
building. 1t is now
the greatest national monu-
ment we have: for it is a per-
petual memento that we who
can build Pacific railroads
and construct those vast
bridges, boats, ships, docks,
public houses, and everything
of a useful nature, cannot
raise the million or two neces-
sary to finish the house INIT
the big chimney" and which
is to be Of no more use than
an Egyptian pyramid. Ii
should ever keep us in mind
to attempt only the useful.
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The Danbury News says:
The remarks relatives and
friends who attend a funeral
make upon the merits of the
deceased are frequently in
structive. At the funeral of an
aged resident of Slawsons re-
Gently, a neighbor feelingly OBJ
served that the departed
wouldn't rare and cuss about
taxes any more"
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A New Haven revivalist,
the other night, painted the
future state of the wicked in
gloomy colors, and, saying that
his father died a very wicked
man and had gone to hell, was
proceeding, when a young man
rose to 60 out. The preacher
at once announced that there
was a young man going
straight othe same burning
region, when the Seceder stop
ped and coolly asked: "Well,
elder, don't you want to send
some word to your father"
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APPLETONS' JOURNAL is now en-
larged to the extent of four addition
al reading-pages, while a cover en-
closes it. In this from it takes more
definitely its placed as a weekly
household magazine. 1t will cOntin-
ue'to present helthufl sound, instruct
i've, entertaining, and animated liter
ature. 1t will conflne itself, as rule,
TO one serial novel at a time; it will
contain the best short stories at
tainable; it will give picturesque de-
scriptions of places, and stirring mar
ratives of travel and adventure; it
will give highly entertaining papers
upon various subjects that pertain to
the pursuits and recreations of the
people; will give portraits and sketch
es of persons distinguished in various
walks of life; will present lively,
social sketches, having in special
view those things the knowledge OF
which will contribute to the welfare
and happiness OF tie household; il
will describe of life in all quarters OF
the globe; it will discuss the more
important events of the time, and
the advances made in art, literature
snd science; it Will endeavOr to reflect
all the ideas movements, and devel
opements of society; and, while no
ping to enlighten, will strenuously
aim to entertain. with large album,
dance of material, all who resort tC
its pages for intellectual pleasure
1t will employ illustration sufficient
ly to give variety and animation t
its pages; but we shall seek rather
to make it journal of popular high
class literature than merely vehicl,
for pictures.
d. APPLETON &, CO.,
PUBLISHERS, New York