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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31

Amount Of adjusted losses
due subsequent to jam.
AIRY ] lsA,
Amount OF reported losses
awaiting PROOF &c,
Amount reserved for rein
snrAnco on existing poll.
.ies insuring ~ .59l ,2?3 20
participating insurance
Ifl per cent. Carlisle net
premium, n0nparilclpaI.
Ing and l,O7s.ll3 -
ut ; per cent. Carlisle net
prcmiuml
Dividends outstanding,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31

AT meeting of the corporatorS OF
the Androscosgin Insurance Company,
held Saturday morning. an organization
was effected by the choice Of Hon. Sidney
Perham rs President, and c. F. Dunlap,
Clerk. The following gentlemen were
chosen Directors: Z. F. Packard. Ara
Cushnan, Geo. II. Pilsbury,J. &. Coburn,
S. E. May, E. A. Little. F. Il. Swan,
Portland; Oliver Moses, Bath; Jesse
Davis Lisbon; F. G. Butler. Pennington ;
Sidney Perham, Paris. The directors
will open books for subscriptions TO the
stouk, immediately.
-Marcellus L. Slcarns who becomes
Governor of Florida on account OF the
death OF Governor Hart. is native OF
Lowell in ills State. lie was student
at Walerville College when the war
broke on. and enlisted rs orderly ser.
geant in the 9Th Maine Regiment. lie
was wounded while in service and came
home at the close Of The war with first
lieutenant's commission. Shortly after
wards he went to Florida, where he has
since been actively engaged in the poll
tics OF that State. lie is only about
thirty four years OF age.
BrOUnfeid.
Mr.. Reuben Linscot Of BrownIield. lost
his arm last Tuesday by the saw of a
single machine. 1t cut of the elbow
of the lett arm so that it was necessary
TO amputale above The elbow. DR.. j. p.
SWEET performed the operation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31
BORN.

In Sumner March lS, 10 The wife of J. Mclieu
Buck, SON. weight, eleven pounds)
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31
Diyisible Surplus,
sI,7I2,55f al

From tile undivided surplus Of sl az 81 81, the
board OF trustees have declared . rcvcrsOnary div
idcud. available on settlement Of next annual pre-
MUM 20 participating policies proportional ~
their contributions 20 surplus, The cash yalue or
such rcycision may be used IN sct'lemcn. VI pre-
mum, n the policy holder DO elect.
MORRIS FRANKLIN. President.
WILLIAM II. BEERS, Ncc.Prest and Actusry.
FREELAND HOWE, Agent.
NORWAY, MAINE
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31

CRstOria is Liotv tlsL Substitute tor & -tor
on. o; l- ihe only 81 srl...- iu cNittcarc h.ch
10 certain 90 ASH . 10 80 tJHi, Iv l.ais thc bow
v.. cure wind cole 7nd PRODUCE tursi sleep. 10
rcatads Eg thcr minerals. morphine ov aicohoi /,
ana o. pleasant 20 JIAc. Children ucvl not cry
auI mothers may ret. dvcSl I'm
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31
Household
PanaCea
AND
Family
Lininent
Prepared by

4 teFArt ~
CURTIS 4 BROWN,
NJ - fgl;gn Street, New York.
fyIsf-g-an-l~
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sqi,R,s7Sa
AssETs.


ASSETS.
Cash in trust company, IN
bank and on hand, 81 GJl ,JSi 20
Invested IA Us, y. Y. State
and other stoccs, (market
value 1885,, 3D. 20, cost 4sJ0,l96 %
Real estate, Los, ia IL
Bonds Rni mortgages seed
by real estate valued at
400 600 buildings there.
on insured for over l3,.
20" 00J and the policies
signed TO the companyas
additional collateral So
CuTityl ill15 rs IS
Loans on existing policies
(thC reserve held by the
company on these policies
amounts 10 f,0jl,ll9y - 9i2.ll20o
Quarterly aud sem-annual
premiums due ,uhscqucng
10 January !, ls1l, SIS 3G5 IS
Premiums On existing pol,
cics 10 course OF transmits
sion and collection (est
mated reserve these
policies $4,000, Included
IN liAJilitirsJ 2S7,g5i3l
Amounts due nom agents, 20 II
Interest accrued to JanI,I Ia, 81 -
--24, ,s7s 81
Add excess OF market value
% securities sIlsl %
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-03-31
Total assets, Jan. !, Isl
ATTROPEIATED AS

Add excess of market value
OF securities over cost,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01
On the ansSed Edge;

The Worcester (Mass,) Gazette says:
A well-k manufact1ret of that city
visited his family few days since at one
Of the popular summer resorts, not thou
ssnd miles from Falmouth. Happening to
have On unusually well filed tocke.-book,
upon retiring for the night he placed it in
ono Of his boots for safe keeping, emitting,
however, to say anything about it to his
wife. Fatigued with the long ride, he soon
fen a1feep, and upon waking early in the
morning Godsht in vain for his boots and
his money. Rcdsits his wife with anxious
inquiries about "those lcn.s,' he learned
that she had found them lying around, and
had set them outside the door for the hotel
boot black. A few seconds later a we'll
developed manly form, with only " ole or
two clothes on" was noticed makiug rapid
strides for TIE porser's lodge, with the
" ragged edges Of anxiety, remor.c, ruin
and despair" mapped out on his usually
besming ccun.eoance. II re;aa,ns for us
to ado, as a simple act of justice to all
parties, that che porter was honest, the
money restored, and our manufacturer
firmly convinced Of the propriety Of having
no secrets from his wife in future.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01
Doctors In Russia,


From The London Medical Tinss.
A night medical service had just been
organised at ST. Petersburg BY the medical
men of that city an arrangement which
meets real want of the public of the
Russian capital, who, however, had hither.
to not taken the necessary stsps to provide
it. Russian medical legisla Hon does not
allow liberty of work to medical men, who,
when required either by a sick person or
any one believing himself to be i'll, are not
permitted to reftse help. The physician,
surgeon, sccoucbeur, midwife, OF assistant
who should e,het retusc to act when called
on, or neglect Is d 80, is buni.aed by a
fine on the Frs. occasion Of from to 10
roubles It's. fl. to 35s}; on the second
occasion of from 10 TO IS, and tho third
time from so to 100 rouble., while tie
physicians and surgeons who are IN Govern
msnt employ may be deprived of their
office. These laws are sanctioned BY usage,
and 40 longer than this year two Russian
physicians were tried for an fnfraction Of
this law, and one Of thstn condemned for
havin: refused to afford assistance to an
invalid during the night. The Courier
Medical Russo, whence Ne Obtained our
information, insists on tbs necessity Of
these coercive measures directed
against medical men; the more so that at
the present time everything relating to the
public health in Russia is regulated by
municipalities in cities. and by the terrific
rial, cantonal, and departmental councils
in the provinces. The same Journal also
urges that in England custom no longer
sanctions coercive laws directed against
medical men, while in Prussia they we're
erased from the statute book in 1869.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

The difficulty Of lighting railway CARR.
ages with gas has hitherto been found in
surmounsable-ns least for journeys Of
great length. In 6rss place the ordi
nary gas reservoir was too cumberous, and
even if this defect had been met by pump.
Ing the gas into strong resorts under pres.
sure, SO as to carry it IN a smaller space,
the lighting power would have been con-
siderably inquired. Herr Julius Pptecb,
Of Berlin, has Low mastered the difficulty
He abandons coal gas altogether, and
makes his gas from oil. lie packs it in
iron retorts at . pressure Ct 80 pounds to
a s9sare anSh, and supplies It to the lamps
through al Ingenious regulator. Some fers
Of The Confidential railways have already
adopted his 'js:es Of lighting. In Eng
land an esperiseutel carriage has been
fitted with it On the London and North
western railway. Tie :neipeer states that
II carries gas enough il receiver made of
vroushtiron, 3-s of an inch ,hRs, S feet
10 inches long, and foo: 4 Il inches 10
diameter, to run over 1000 miles.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

A PHILAxTHRorIc Gown. D, Mccor-
mick, Of Sonora, has little COW which will
weigh about 500 rouuds. but her moth srly
instinct Is largely developed. - the following
viii sshoS:
Last ~ek Mr.. Mccormick had occasion to
wean pig ron its mother, and it was about
this time il vas noticed i, nursed the COW
and they both seemed to take up with each
other in the most aEectionate manner-,be
little fellow ssanai.s ON bis hind legs to get
his regular meals. A few days amer lit
::sr Of pigs were weaned, and too fell in for
their ra'iOns-matins seTen ina, never
missed meal. although they cannot ali eat
at the frst table. This il recorded as being
one Of the many singular things in nature
Tvolsnm< tCal. Independent
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01
REDUCTION, OYER y Pen CENT.

Having bought in New York, a great stock
of WALL PAPER at very low rates can
now appear before the public with a larger
selection than ever before, and ut rates more
than TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT less than
former prices. l offer
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01
DElza ~ 1 ChNTEsARlAN


4 Long apA Eve.tfai tass.
Judge Basil Hauii.on, the kalamazoo
centeDsrian, just died ss the ad,.aesd a..
Of lo5 years: preserving his faeulties clear
70 the last, and peacefully ending. . pssce-
ful life. There were some interesting facts
about the old gentleman. lie Was one of .
family Of twenty three children. Sic Of
his elder brothers marched xiumphantly
forth to fight the British under IT, leader.
ship of Washisgton. The old genti-nsn
himself had known the father Of his coun-
try, had voted for his second term, and had
voted fo- every President ever since. lie
was married at nineteen in the year 1890,
clipping with girl Of sixteen, With whom
he lived until tie year les1. The twain
were man and wife for sixty seven years
The new tangled instutiop o divorce had
not bees heard If il time 70 ruin thsr lives
and divide their household, and for thess
many yes.s. there had been no danger Of s
sepsratioa but by death L.oos. During
these years Of uninterrupted happine.s they
had seventeen children, # whom eight are
still living. There are slso eighty-ons
grand children ard q number Ct great
grandchildren. 4. nearly q. can b.
estimased. the firth of the elandest,ne un-
ion of Basil Hamilton and Martha Still
well was 22o souls. n: tqonea.ou. s,est.
Of history which occurred in his life to
change the apparent dessiuy of the world
appear dim and shadowy in the past. Born
March Is, III, be was older than the
Repcblie. Washington was farming at
Mount Vernon; Jefferson va. Is years of
age; George II. was on the English throne;
Nelson wss . midsbipman; the future
Duke Of Wellington was baby in srms;
Robert Burns vas . school tct; !t.l.sr
Scott and Muras were &c. born; Marie
Antoinette, at l6 was barely foreshsiow-
ing that exquisite beauty which was ole Of
the agents pt.parinf fcs the overthrow of
the Nd regime; Napoleon w.s an infant,
and Lafayette was studying at Paris. The
century Of history slammed by this life wss
.ts greatest. The Kalamazoo Telegraph,
to which We are indebted for = bioxraph Of
the deceased, displays an e1celIen. wood
cut likeness OF the eentenarian.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01
scnsa q onn lIsm I'm the PRlPif.
Springfield Republican.

There IS manifest in the quarters where
we should least expect to see it, disposition
to pull down snd destroy all that there Is
good 10 Deseher's life sad preaching, DO
cause the mas hisaseH kas Esilsn Under sus'
picion. The same writer's. whs are wiring
ing theirhands over che damage to rsiigicn,"
etraighrSat. Sc. about doing tat very dam
age by making Mr.. Deechers best work Ia
the pulpit responsible for his errors. In the
western papers this disposition is unusually
strong, aud there w have attributed it to the
force Of the Western Prssbytsrianism.
When We find the same disposition in the
Wa,chmau and Reflector, and other religious
papers, howetet we are quite at loss to un-
ders.snd il. This paper expresses the opinion
that as one consequence Of the scandal, sen
satonalism inclusive Of Sensational preach:
ing, is to eor.e utdet Sharper review thar
ever before. 1t mar D. Lat gold is, some
time, to 10 as high as tinsS." This i'm
Plies that Nj. Beecher 10 sensational
preacher and .tinsel. On the contrary We
venture to say that there hardly exists in
this country pulpit that has dealt so little
il sensationslism as Ply mouth pulpit. II it
y sensational to stand before his people
without the screen of desk, to walk about
his platform and admire the fresh nosegsy
with the same cat homen air that marks the
man in his own parlor, if 1t is sensational to
preach to the people the old truth in . per-
.sctly simple style, to draw Lessons for them
from the same vineyards, harvests, r.tStardi
seed, birds and lilies. Of the field which fur
nished the Master with texts. then M.
Beechsr Is sensational pi-scher.
Nby sensational preacher is meant one
>ho works upon the feelings, then certainly
Nj Beecher ranks far below many other emf
nent preachers. Es'hAs always addressed
pce-emiaently the eommen' sense Of men, not
always their logic. but their conihen sense,
both ofhead and Of heart. The thousands
who have heard him lecture as we'll As those
who have heard HIM from his pulpit and who
have heard ais sermons know this. SO far
a he has appealed to the feelings, his preach
ing has bad thin noble qualitY,ths. he sought
TO sllsy the sensation Of fear and arouse the
sensation o. loye to the Supreme Being. But
With all its quality, be is Jet far less sensa-
honal than many Of the most evangelical
clergy, inciuiing. We behave. MI. Talmage
and Rev. J D. Fulton Hs il certainly far
less Sensational than tho. ortodox preachers
eta century ago. When Rev. jonathan Ed
wants, N his cold and stony manner. could
aspisttne torment Of the damned with such
terricie force that the congregation became
HhyA;srieal pass Of crinsing. bowling hu-
manity, 80 that the preacher Lad. to leave
his desk and 90 down among them and cen.
sole ,hsn into comparative quiet, before he
could finish his diteourse,-then was the age
Of sensational preaching
If these religious and ctAer papers want to
60 this very thing, and make this scandal .
seaLdamage to religion, By invoking in Mr..
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01
LIVERY STABLE
Down With High Prices!

The people Of .afazitewoc are Informed
that the undersigned. has. permanently
located here. and has started a FIRST
CLASS LIVERY ESTABLISH ENT,
consisting of the latest style Of CARR
AGES, BUGGIES, BsROUCHES, &C.,
and of the best II hESES. Z;
He asks the .Iatronags Of the Public.
assuring them satisfaction in turnouts and
prices. .sn.;. -
Stable on ninth street, South Side near
the Northwestern House.
ps-ass :. Pcs. TILSON.
MASIr )woc, August /. 1870.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

From tne Ao1oOn Iimeb-
On Aug. q tho race for the Captaincy
and sub Captaincy Of the Middls.e Bicycle
Club took place from Bath to London, q
distance Of LOG miles. yhv ,tstt was from
tie front Of the Abbey, and ali The competi.
tors were up to time. Mr.. Sparrow (who
accompanied the race) started them At
e.cht minutes past S o'clock, and, owing to
the great number of people assembled,
there vas some difficulty in passing through
che crowd. In a few minutes, however,
they xere out Of the town, and the running
was very sharp. Walker and Tyne were
leading. Some of the competitors bsd to
dismoont and walk up Box Hill. They al
passed through Chipr.nhsm at the rate Of
IA miles An hour. snd Cs!ns (l9 mile.) wss
reached in l IL hours. They passed
through Id the following order: Walker,
Leaver, Tyne, Percy, GouldinE. Spsocsr,
and Peanee. No stoppsge va made until
Marlborough &ai reached (32 niIes),
Walker; Tsas, aha teaSet Coming 10 TO-
gether, the distance being got over in 2 3 4
Hours. Sbeacet here passed Sssrrow and
Goulding. From Na!lbofogsh to Nswbury
rs milesJ Walker and Tyne led tie &.y.
At Huheerford, GouldinE's machine gave
way through striking 1 latks projecting
stone while going down bin. Ate: m a.
tempt to repair it be got ~ far - Th.tchan,,'
whsts he was compelled 70 take the lain
for Londod.
Walker and Tyne psrfo rtned the journey
ftoas Bath to Newbury $50 miles) in 4 3.4
hours. teaset and Percy were making
good TIME as nj as y ooIhanspton, but soon
after Lea fss dropped behind, ana w.S psss-
ed BY Spencer as Reading. WALKER soon
afte. made q spufs, and Tyne cav no tsore
Of him. Atrvyf6rt Spencer ovefhauIsd
Percy, and they had smart rsss ~ "a, -
cofnbrooas where Percy stopped 70 fest.
The aifi7sF At the clu6-roo at EensinE.
ton we're as follows: Walker, 3:l3; Tyne,
$50; Spencer, 5:fs; Percy, 6:5s; Leavsr
TBS. Walker had been sotsewhat jaded
at Hounsic-. but, upon his arrival at the
seal, be started, after few minutes' rest,
70 meet the remainder Of The competitors.
The ti4e made By Walker il one hour less
than the fastest stage-coach ever performed
she journey from London to Bath and
isslss the best bicycle travelling On record,
The uAe q the winner exceeding 10 IL
miaes per-hsur, inelsding steppages. Mr..
Sparrow, chs starter although upward of
SO years ofags, followed the Competitors
on bis bicycle, and rerfern4sd the whole
journey in Is hours, including stoppages.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

Khefs vasa time, says the Poi Nall
Gazette, when "eld naidsr we're looked
upon with an eye Of pity, II not contempt,
And It was thought that marriage alons gave
woman any ciaiA. OF late years, however,
there has beea . eAange sfcpinioa in this
respect, and unmarried wome1 not OILY
rank a. high in General estimation as their
married sisters, but bid fair soon to surpan
then. Fcr Is this to b wondered At. A
very few years ago 1t was = rare sight to see
= married. woman dancipG st any ball given
in tie Lo.don season; whereas now wives
lance with greater perinacity than their
siste n o. daughters; and balls are even given
expressly for married vsm.n. The eharae-
ter Of the British has, in fact, completely
changed; instead Of being grave and decor
Gus, she has become . hopping, skipping
creature, delighting every one by her grace
and activity, but at the same time losing in
weight, moral as we'll as physical, what she
gains in enjoyment. In the mean time, the
spinster is rapidly rising-seorning firta-
tion, she leaves vain pursuits to the wife and
mother. The emperor Of China has set good
example in the encouragement Of spinsters
According to . Shanghai journal he has
just de reed that special honors be paid to
two old maids, one Of whom lately died after
q iif: Of devotion to the memory of her be-
trothed, while the other, who is still living,
declined in her youthful days to make
most tempting match, on the ground that she
could not leave her home. Some few cd la
dies in England have an equal claim to rec
ignition Of their merits, and it would both
elevate and npsease them If they were IN like
manner rewar aed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

Beechers fall'tAs best pulpit work sai the
most genuine and soal-satisfyiss ministry
that hai blessed both AeHisRhsses for more
than quarter Of century, let theq take the
responsibili.y u such . fearful dewn-pu.lins
upon themselves, for II Is their own act.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

So little speech making has thus far been
h.ard in the new legislative body Of Great
BritaiS, that they call it the silent parIia-
ment.' Does anybody uow doabt the
superiority Of British iAstirutioos;
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

COFFIN rUsTISG.--Moncure d. Conway, in
his London letter to the Cincinnati: CONNER
eial, writes: There is money enough e1.
pended in merlv idle ways every year to re-
lieve all the actual suffering in the country,
and to raise the people full degree in the
scale Of humanity. How is this money .pentl
The other day eolemn group proceeded to
the basement of a church in PENCE near the
Crystal Palace, and there busted an old cof
fin Of one Mary Wragg, who loved neatness
When she died she left bequest of los I'D
annually to have her coffin busted, one
guinea to be given to the clergyman on the
occasion, and two guineas to procure din.
for her coffin busters. The sum ia small Blu,
| refer to TIE solemn continuance Of this
ceremony simply because il is the last in.
stance have of how hundreds OF thousand:
of pounds in this country are annually dis.
tributed by the hands Of moldy skeletons for
nothing at all
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

Fhe-s u another reason fot- sendise
dsa. Better to PARIS. Il would. be- g eors--
plinrns t. McMahon. Nee is n;ktaryI
nan himself.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

From tie Rochester Union.

From tie Rochester Union.
Considerable .outcry has been made in
neighboriug Villages concerning the ravages
Of new pest that has lately arisen, namely
the carpet bug. These bugs are described
as beir about twice the size of the common
eirs<z leetular,as, or bed-bug, and covered
with hair. Their color is . muddy black
The first time these bugs were heard from
in this section was at Dansville last year,
where they did considerable damage. Tbi,
year they have increased and extended their
territory, for it seems that they have become
source Of extreme annoyance in Brockpor
A lady who resides in that village informed
reporter Of this paper yesterday that there
is not single house that has escaped their
depredatioas. In Eez house, she said. ev-
cry room was infested with them, and they
had eaten large holes in every carpet in the
house. Their favorite mode Of procedure is
TO f,llew the seam Of the boards and eat their
way clear through. In some instances the
carpet has been eaten through so clean that
it looks a. if it had been cut with a very
sharp knife. In other rooms they had eaten
large patches out Of it, generally picking
out the centre Of breadth. The lady re.
ferred to says she tried every way to get rid
Of them, but without avail.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-10-02
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT VICKS.
BURG.

The Nicksburg Herald, Of tho 2ith
ult., has the following:
The most distressing accident that
has stnrtlrd the city for years, occurred
about I O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
causing the instant death from inhal-
ing foul air in II cistern, of three wor-
thy citizens. Alderman Dan Q. Ryan,
Mr.. Tom Donovan, and G. w. Smith.
Some little time ago, the board OF
Aldermen ordered the fire cistern loca-
ted under Icrc" street, in front Of Ryan
Il Bros mills, repaired, and yesterday
Mr.. Smith, who had been engaged to
make an examination and ascertain
what work was necessary to prevent
the c'Stcrn leaking, proceeded to the
piacc, ana went down into the cistern
on II ladder.
He was heard to fail from the ladder,
and some one ran to Mr.. Ryan's Office,
" few steps Oft, and reported that Smith
was drowning. Mr.. lsyan ram over
aud descended into the cistern to assist
Smith. He was heard to fall, when
Tom Donovan followed and met II like
fate. \ cotorcd man gave the alarm,
and the mills bel was rung, which
brought q large number ofpeopte and
the fire department to tho spot. AS
soon as possihca rairof grappacrs were
obtained, and the bodies brought to the
surface, but. alas! the poisonous vapois
had done their deadly work; life was
extinct. Physicians We're in alton
dance, aud the usual methods for re-
suscitation were promptly applied, but
all were of no avail.