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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27
Short Speeches.

An inquisilivc French bishop once
caught Tartar in the Duke dc Roquel-
aire. The latter, passing in haste through
Lyons, was hailed by the bishop with
eli! !" The Duke stopped. "Where
have you come from ?" inquired the pre-.
late. Paris" said the Duke. "What is
there fresh in Paris?" "Green peas."-
"But what were the people saying when
you lclt?" "Vespers." "Goodness, man."
broke out the angry questioner. "Who
are you' What are you called ?" "1g-
noiant people call me Hi hir Gentle.
men term me the Duke dc Roquelaire.
Drive on postillian."
One morning woman was shown into
DIR. Abernothy's room; before he could
speak she barred her arm saying, "Burn." 5"
"A poultice," said the doctor. Next day
she called again, showed her arm aud
said, Better" Continue the poullice. ."
Some days elapsed before Aberne,hy saw
her again; then she said, "Well. your
lee'" Nothing" quoth the great mcdi.
co; you are the most sensible woman |
eve: saw"
Lord Aberdeen, the premier of the CO.
alition Ministry, was remarkable for the
little use he made Of his tongue. When,
by way OF reconciling him to accompany
her on sea trip, the Queen smilingly ob.
served, Il believe, my Lord, you are not
often sea sick ?" always, madam" was
the brief bu: significant reply. But"
said her Majesty, mot very sea sick ?"
"Very, madam said the uucompromis.
ing minister.
Wellington. we need hardly say. was
not given to use too many words. One
example of his economy this way will
suffice. The Duke wrote TO DR.. Hutton
for information as to the scientific acquire
ments of 3 young officer who had been
under his instruction. Tho doctor thought
ne could mol do less than answer the
question verbally, and mado an appoint
ment accordingly. Directly Wellington
saw him and said, 81 am obliged TO you,
doctor, for the trouble you have taken.-
- lit for the post?" Clearing his
throat. mo man more so, my Lord;
can -" That's quite sufficient" said
Wellington, Il know how valuable your
time Isl mine, just now, is equally so. |
will not detain you any longer. Good
" Chambers Journal,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27

God looks to the heart. Everything
else is OF little account with Him. Gen
uine contrition of spirit. sincere love to
ward God. humble reliance upon the
blood of the Cross for pardon, q spirit
that takes Christ as its example and treads
in his steps-these are the dispositions
God will honor. And they in whom they
are found in the highest degree, what
ever may he their condition in the world.
whatever their position and treatment in
this nominal Church, will be the highest
in his regard, and the most honored with
the token OF Christs favor when He
comes 10 judgment. Dean Goode.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27

St. Louis is the healthiest large city
in the United States as demonstrated by
the report of the New York Board Of
Health. The report shows that, for 1872,
the death rate per thousand was in New
York. 2s6, in Philadelphia, 22.9, in
Brooklyn 25.9, in ST. Louis only 16.9,
and in Chicago 1913. Such showing is
certainly most satisfactory. If our
streets were but kept in proper condition
and no aid thus given to disease, it is
doubtful if anybody would die in st.
Louis at all P-St Louis Journal Of Com.
merce.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27

Holding her babe with ono arm, she
put the other around his broad shoulders
and drew him close to her side. lie bent
his head 10 kiss her.
"Yes, Guy" she said, II forgive you /;
but you must never doubt me again"
Never again, Violet" ho answered,
tenderly. You have cured NE complete.
ly; We shall never sec another skeleton ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27
II You Please.

Boys, do you ever think how much
real courtesy will do Tor you9 Some of
the greatest men were ever cautious in
this respect. When the Duke of yelling.
ton was sick. the last he took was little
tea. On his servant handing it TO him in
q saucer. and asking if he would have il,
tho duke replied, "Yes. if you please"
These were his last words. How much
kindness and courtesey are expressed by
theme He who had commanded great
armies, and was long accustomed to the
tone oi authority, did not overlook The
small courtesies OF life. All. how many
boys DO y? What rude tone OF com.
mand they often use to their little broth.
srs and sisters, and sometimes to their
mothers. They order SO. That is i'll
bred, and shows, to say the least, want
of thought. In all your home talk re-
member I'll you please" To all who
wait upon or serve you, believe that "lf
you please" will make you better served
than all the words in the whole diction
ary. Do not forget three little words
"If YOU please"
"SpoSk gently; il is better fir
To rule by love than fear.N
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27

Look after your boys nights; keep
them at home, and give them magazine
10 read or new game to play; petty ras.
cality comes from sidewalk loaling, and
the seeds of consumption are quickly
sown among those who hang about the
corners when the bed is waiting forthem
Ten dollars for books and little things to
make home pleasant is much better than
q sheriff's fees or coffin plate.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27
YOUNG PEOPLES CORNER.

| am composed of p letters.
NJ 3, 10, 4, Is, ), is plan. and flower.
Ny 49, !, 20, s. IL, IS an article Of female dress.
My G, Is, lS, :, Is to harbor.
Ny p, 90, u, IL, is TO fastea.
Ny II, 10, p, are alike.
Ny whole is a proverb.
Mexico. g. 6. K WIS.
lO2
Problem.
Divide Siil among a certain number OF men,
and give each man as many dollars as there We're
men. How many men were there and how many
dollars did each receive? N.Y.,
ANSWERS.
90, Mount Washington
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27

Great souls attract calamity as noun
tains The thunder cloud; but while the
storm bursts upon them. they are the
protection of the plain benealh.-Jean
Pdnl.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27
Qoetrp,
III r. II Il II I C. a.

III HEPI TTC1.
nN JENNIE 4. BOpGE.
This evening Slu ter OF delicate flowers
Came fresh from the woods TO me;
There April sunbeamS snd April showers
Had cOlored them wonderfully.
>cycu small petals vi lavender hue
Cd Whiie with reseate stained,
slightest stem, just piercing through
Tie crimson calyN white veined
Long slender atein- aud leaves dsk green,
>hajVd with beautiful brown;
''yrr all woven acecy sheen
Ot soft aud delicate down.
Oh iair, trail iarling>' such soitened bloom,
- NOur starry shapes MAS given
Nuu tii m, silent, shadow room
Wila Thought, OF ood and Heaven.
The wonderful hand that sovcneth sll
THE being IL poW,, hath made
r,ueiied these petals - lovely and small
Nnt tleadcl ,hci, lisat aui shade.
l,t hcar,s OF ghC loWly and meek rejoice,
ThJg the tender infinite yire
Makes thc humhles, carthi, Hover it. choice
Always and cycryVhcr..
-g,r,i4nI JruHs-finf
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-27

about IsoO---Postasc in tas
County, Free
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OBJ @fturo Democrat,
Published Every Tuesday Morning. by
f. E. SHAW,

rSRMS Two Dollars per year-SI.s0 81 pa.
ia advance
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-10
Its Definition.

Hon. William Allen, the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Ohio, in q
late speech gave the follwing rather
lengthy but excellent definition of
Democracy. He says:
"Democracy is sentiment not to
beappalled, corrupted or compromised
1t knows no baseness it covers at no
danger; it Expresses no weakness
Fearless, generous and humane, it re.
Dukes tho arrogant, cherishes honor
and sympathlzes with the humble. 1t
asks nothing but what it comedies; it
comedies nothing but what it demands.
Destructive only of despotism, it is
the sole conservator of liberty, labor
and property. 1t is the sentiment of
freedom, of equal rights, of equal obi-
cations. 1t is the law of nature per.
vading the law Of the land. The
stupid, the selfish and the base in
spirit may denounce it as q vulgar
thing; but in the history of our race
the Democratic principle has devel-
oped and illustrated the highest moral
and intellectual attributes of our ma
ture. Yes--that is noble, magnani-
nous, a sublime sentiment, which ex.
pands our affections, enlarges the cir
cles of our sympathies, and elevates
the soul of man, until, claiming an
equality with the best, he rejects, as
unworthy of his dignity, and political
immunities over the humblest of his
fellows. Yes--it is an ennobling prin.
ciple-and may that spirit which ami
mated our fathers in the revolutionary
contest for its establishment continue
to animate us, their sons, in the i'm.
pending struggle for its preservation"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-10
Mr.. Wallace as a Railroad Man.


Such is the caption Of an article re-
lating to Senator Wallaoe's late rail
road speech, which we find in the
Pittsburgh Telegraph, (U. s. District
Attorney Swoopc's paper,) of the 22d
of August. The editor remarks:
ave have copy Of a characteris-
tically clear and pointed speech deliv-
cred by Hon. William A. Wallace, of
this State, Vice Prcsidentof the Texas
and Pacific Railway, at the celebra-
tion of tho opening of tho line between
Dallas and Shreveport, on the 18th of
August, Mr.. Wallace says in less than
ton months the Texas and Pacific
Company has graded and bridged
nearly 400 miles of railway, have laid
the track, built the machine shops,
and fully equipped with engines and
other rolling stock, nearly one-half
thereof, have the iron and ties upon
the ground TO complete the whole be-
fore the 1st Of December, 1878, and
have changed the gauge and fully
equipped an old line Of sixty-six miles,
so that by that date they will have in
full operation nearly five hundred miles
of railway within the State Of Texas.
In doing this they have expended
about sl0,000,000, and neither bond
nor mortgage TO the extent Of one
dollar has been executed for this pur-
pose. The Texas road to the Pacific,
Mr.. Wallace claims, will be six hun
dred miles shorter than any OF its ri
walls, from ocean to ocean, while the
case and cheapness of water transpor-
tation from points on its line to the
Mississippi will enable ores and other
heavy articles TO reach the northern
cities at cheaper rates than by any
other route. By the completion of
tho Jefferson division of the road CON-
munication between Galveston and st.
Louis will be made one hundred and
fifty miles shorter than by any exist.
ing line, and the people of the whole
of Texas will thereby have a speedy
and short line north. We quote this
extract from the conclusion of Mr..
Wallacc's speech. 1t will be seen he
talks sound sense to the Texans"
Here the editor quotes au extract
from Mr.. Wallace's speech, which will
be found in full on our first page, and
we deem it unnecessary to give the
extract alluded to.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-10

81 had more money than no had to
carry on the suit" said a very mean
individual who had just won a lawsuit
over a poor neighbor, "and that's
where | had tho advantage of him
Then | had much better counsel than
be, aud there | had tho advantgae ol
him. And his family were sick while
the suit was pending, SO he couldn't
attend to it, and there | had the ad.
vantage Of him again. But, then,
Brown is very descent sort of man
after ALL "Yes," said his listener,
"and there's where he has tho adsan.
tage of you"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-10

Under shed in Harrisburg, Pa,
says New York correspondent, there
stands wagon loaded with pine
boards. 1t is partial wreck, for
those boards were loaded on one day
in 1872. The shed, too, is tottering
with age and decay. To see that this
ancient load of lumber remains undis-
turbed, in obedience of a solemn VOW
made by a man named Baily, seems
to bo what Baily has lived to tho age
of ninety-eight years for He was
"cut out" in the affections of q young
lady. The climax came when be
returned from Philadelphia one day,
sixty-one years ago, with this lumber,
which was to finish house he was
building for himself Hc found that
the girl had married his rival. He
married another woman, who died
about six years ago; but he would
never let that load of lumber bo dis
turbed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-10

In a Western State there was occa.
sion, in suit before a justice, to re-
quire surety from two persons in be-
half of plaintiff for the cost of prose
cutting the action, and IL was agreed
by plaintiffs two council that they
should both sign themselves. The
senior did so, and turning to his junior,
whose reputation through the country
was that of jolly, clever, impecuni-
ous fellow, who never paid anything,
remarked "Now, d., it is your turn
ID. looked at the paper, and then, in a
quizzical way, shook his head and re-
marked ono, on the whole guess |
won't dilute the security"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-10

SYMPTOMS OF GUILT.-Thosc mur-
derers of Mrs. Surratt who have not
died a natural death or committed sui
eide are trying to shift that crime off
their shoulders. Holt blamcs John
son, and calls Bingham, Halan and a
lot of political harlots TO prove IT, He
has not yet called Ben Butler to the
stand. He would no doubt say that
they were all guilty alike, which
seems to be the proper verdict in this
case.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-10

Lafayette, Ind merchants forge each
o'bcr's namo to beer orders for fun.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23
NO

The election of q Short-term Senator
In California has not yet been effected.
A ballo. was taken yesterday, but the
resu t was about the same as hereto
f,rc-vcrv much scattered. Hager is
still working in the lead and may sue
coed, if the honor is conferred on any
Democrat. y sufficient number of
Democrats having gone over from Far
lev to Booth to elect the latter to the
long term, we cannot see how the Dol
lies can we'll get around giving the
short term to the Democrats. An &C.
crptable candidate, however, seems
difficult to find. Hasar is said to be
Objectionable. Governor Haight S VS.
he don't want the Office and wouldn't
take it under any condition of affairs.
powncv has also declared that he is
not a candidate, and Farley having
been in for the long heat, cannot, with
Justice to himself, enter for the quar-
ter dash. Phil. Roach or Colone!
Lewis might be induced to accept the
honor: i'll fact, both are candidates
Still, we think, Hagcr stands the best
chance. The Democrats having NOM
mated in caucus cannot consistently
Withdraw him. In the meantime there
is talk that the Legislature will to-day
adjourn over the holidays.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23
PRINTING PAPER.

A bill has been introduced in the low
or House of Congress, says the Grass
Valley Juton, to repeal the duties on
printing paper. There would be a full
measure of justice in the passage of
the bill. The high duties on printing
paper have enabled our paper manu-
turers to form one of the most uncon-
sc:onable rings" in the country. Under
the plea of protection to an Ameri-
can industry they have been enabled
to retain the high duties, have thus
controlled the market, and bled the
newspaper men of the country most
numerically. When we state, as we
do from our knowledge, that publish
ers in california pay more now for N
inferior article of newspaper than they
did in the flush days and high prices of
1923, readers can readily understand
the injustice Of which printers have a
right to complain.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.
FROM

SAN Francisco, Dec. %.
The weather remains cloudy and
cold. The bar is breaking badly. To-
ia! rainfall for the season is 93l-lOO.
1t rained hard last night.
Ellen Delaney, arrested for shoplift-
ing, tried to cut her throat in the CITY
Prison, but was prevented by a trus,y
from lnf1icting more than a slight
wound across the throat.
On Christmas there will be a mile
and a half dash, over the Ocean View
Park Course, for $1,000, the weather
permitting.
Smallpox and scarlatina is increas-
ing in this city despite the rains which
have effectually cleansed the sewers.
Phillip More was brought before the
Police Court to-day on examination for
having threatened to murder a young
lady, who, for reasons best known to
herself, declines to become his wife.
She testified that on several occasions
he tried to enforce his suit by drawing
a bowie knife on her, and at last wrote
her a letter in which he wore that he
would kill her the first time they met
He is not a bad looking man, and tho
young lady is quite handsome. Saw
ing her earnings in the shoe factory,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23
ELKo ITEMS.

The subjoined items of interest are
from the Independent Of last Saturday:
OFFICERS.-At the last stated Coun-
Gil of ShoShone Tribe No. ;, Improved
Order of Red Men, the following Off
cers were elected to serve for the ensu-
ing term: Sachem, II. A. Harville;
Senior Sycamore, G. Cohn: Junior
Sycamore, V. {, Bartlett; Chief of
Records, c. {. S. Wright (~re-elected);
Keeper of Wampum, \. &. Clarke:
Trustees, +. \. Rogers, J. B. Fitch, Nj.
p. Haynes; Clerk of Trustees, c. c. 5.
Wright.
The case of T. NJ. Jones for the kill
ing of Henry Mccain, alias the Wild
Irishman, in Starr Valley, occupied the
attention of the Court all of last week.
but Went to the jury on Monday night,
and on Tuesday morning he was dis
charged.
THE entire property Of the Ingot
Mining Company will be sold under
mortgage on the 22d of next month at
the Courthouse in this place.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23
FOREIGN NEWS.

ONTARIO

ONTARIO, Dec. 90.
4 man named Timothy Topping
killed his wife and four children this
morning by cutting their Threats with a
butcher knife. He also tried to muir
der his two oldest children, but they
succeeded in diSarming him and fled
for help to the neighbOrs. On their re-
they found he had cut his throat.
At latest adviceS he still lived. The
cause assigned for the butchcrv is in
sanity caused by financial troubles.
LINDSAY, Dec. %.
David Eesbit was hanged this morn
ing for shooting Miss HopewOod on
the 18th of July last.
SPAIN.
MADRID, Dec. 90.
Eighteen lives we're lost by the ex-
plosion of the magazine in Cartagena.
MEXICO.
MATAMORAS, Dec. %.
1t is reported by telegraph from Ce-
ralvo to-day that a NJ. Sander. a prom
inent merchant of Rio Grande CITY,
Texas, was robbed and murdered on
the road near Ccralvo. He had been
in the interior of Mexico for some
months, and was on his return
home killed by a party of Mexican
banditti.
The streets were thronged at an early
hour this morning by partisans Of the
rival candidates for Mayor. Several
hundred, headed bv a band of music,
concentrated on the plaza, where the
judges were to meet to count the vote,
About II O'Clock the present Mayor at.
tempted to leave the City Hall with
the returns without announcing the re.
suit, when a general fight occurred
Sevcra hundred shots were fired, wher
troops, several hundred strong, planted
several pieces OF artillery covering &
square, the and cOmbatants retired.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23

SENATOR SARGENT states in debate
in the Federal Senate that since the
ranking privilege has been abolished
it has cost the Government 100000 for
scales to weigh the extra mail matter,
and that it is now costing the Govern
ment more money to send documents
over the country than it did under the
ranking system.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23

DELONG's HORSES. - The Japan
Mail of Nov. 20 has the following little
Item:
At the sale Of the effects of the Hon.
Charles T.. belong a pair of handsome
carriage horses We're sold to an agent
OF his Majesty, the Mikado, for the
sum of 5000 .Hcr.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23
EASTERN DISPATCH ES,
BY Overland Telegraph.
GsrECIAI. TO THE DAILY SENTINEL
FLORIDA.

FLoltl1'-N
KEY WEST. Dec. %.
information reached here yesterday
from Havana tina serious compl cations
i'm regard to Cuba have arisen between
the Spanish and British Governments.
The adviceS did not state the precise
nature of the difficulties, but 1t Is
known here that the British Consul
General at Havana has received dis
patches from Lord Granville Ia instruct
all naval commanders i'll the Vest IN
dies Immediately to rendezvous III Gu
ban ports. Ii is stated in official circles
that it is generally known 4 the
British Government will aSsuredly de-
inand the punishment of Buricl.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 90.
1t has been known for some time
that the Spanish Government has fur
nished evidence with regard to the Nir-
rinius and her claim to the right to
! bear the flag of the United States, and
that the President submitted the evil
dence to the Attorney General for his
opinion thereon. 1t seems now to he
understood that the Attorney General
has given an opinion thatthe vessel had
forfeited her right to bear the flag OF the
United States, and at the time of her
capture was carrying it without right
and improperly.
The majority of the Senate are not
in favor of u total repeal of the bank
rrptcv act. but of amending it in such
particulars as will guard the debtor
from exactncSs of II small minority of
creditors. leaving the question of in
voluntary bankruptcy TO be deter
mined by those largely interested.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Dec. 90.
The Colorado. Powhattan, Monitor
and Manhattan arrived at Key West
on the DIST. They passed the Ossipee
with the NirCinius in tow on the morn
ing of the 10Th.
The Polish eXiles propose to erect a
statue of koSciu>ko in Central Park.
A London dispatch SAY the ship
American, from Barrow for New York,
foundcrcd off the banks of Newfound-
land. The captain and three men were
drowned. The remainder of the crew
took to the boats, and after being out
six days were picked up and landed at
Dartmouth on December 10Th.
Harry Genet, the latest convicted
member of the late ring, was permit
ted to visit his wife by Il deputy sheriff
in charge of him last nighl and has not
been seer since. He was to be sen
fenced to-day. Sheriff Grennan offers
a reward of five thousand dollars
for his recapture.
Sharkey, the escaped murderer, is
said to be concealed in a garrett in this
city. Five detectives. well armed, are
reported TO have left headquarters this
morning to take him.
The cry of murder was heard from a
tive-stOry tenement house on Broom
street, early this morning. The police,
on entering, found the body of Michael
Ryan with his throat cut. and in the
room occupied by Ryan found his sister
with her throat cut. Ryan's vest, from
which his watch had been wrenchcd,
was found or the roof. His pockets
were also rifled.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23

HOUSE FOR Observation-Disclosures
Minister belong has MISUNDERSTANDING
ten to Carson friends, 10 procure him a
residence for his family. We suggest
the Ormsby House, as the Capitol
building is now occupied, and no other
building but the Mint being large
enough to accommodate a prospective
United States Senator. The st. Charles
is, perhaps, the best and most sub
stantial building in town, but Uncle
George Tufiy is very particular as to
who are his tenants, and some difficult
ty might be experienced in getting pos
session of the house. We suggest Nir-
ginia City as a place of residence, as
the "cOw counties" sre rather too indie
pendent for a straight-out Republican
to hope for political success in.-Curson
Tribune.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-23
OREGON.

PORTLAND, Dec. -.
Mrs. Farley, who lives in the south
ern portion Of the city, in a fit of insan-
itv, killed her babe three months old
and then put it in the stove and burned
it to a crisp. She is raving crazy and
was taken to the asylum.
The river is reported clear Of ice be-
low St. IIelcns, the Navigator coming
up through the slough. River steam
ers are now running between here and
Victoria.