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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05
J. K. G. Pitkin, Esq, United States
Marshal, New Orleans, La.

Harper & Bros, of New York have
justissued new school Geography which
contains many novel and valuable fea-
lures. In an appendix may be found a
special geography for Maine and Massa-
chusetts. The maps OF these two States.
10 this department, are unusually excel
lent and complete. We find every town
in Maine correctly located, the counties
well defined, the rivers, in all their tor
tuous courses accurately lined, while the
railroads are laid in red. aud thus become
SIS prominent on paper as they are in the
economy of our commonwealth. 1t is
need .ess to speak of the excellence in
illustration, as il is well known that no
house in America excells the Harpers 10
this department.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05

advocated and aided to perform until they
reached the position to which they as
PRED, and that is the predicament in
which the White League governors are
placed. If the administration now de-
clares boldly for the protection Of life and
property in the South, the declaration
will be hailed with pleasure by the great
body of true republicans.-kennebec
Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05
On Trial.

Until further notice, the OXFORD DEMOCRAT
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eeipt Of which they will be entitled TO the paper
for one year.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05
Newspaper Decisions.

I. ANY person who who takes paper regularly
from the Oftce-whether directed 20 his name or
anoJher's, or whether he has subscribed or not
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2. ID a person orders his paper discontinued,
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continue 10 send il until payment is made, and
collect the whole amount, whether the paper Is
taken from the Office or not
8. The Courts have decided thatrefusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the post office,
or removing and leaving them uncalled for, Is
pFtma Tdcie evidence OF fraud.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05
Boss Tweed is said TO be growing

Boss Tweed is said TO be growing
restless in his prison quarters, because
the overtuIes he made for bis release
have neither been fully accepted nor de-
clined. He still processes willingness
to tell all he knows if he can be set a,
liberty, but the hitch seems to be that the
Attorney General has grave doubts as to
whether he can be trusted to keep his
word.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05

S. H. & A. r. Doten OF Portland. ad-
vertise full line Of lumber, consisting
all the most valuable and useful woods.
Read their advertisement, and trade with
them. Wen guarantee fair deal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05

Rev. DR.. Estes will preach in the
Baptist Church. BuckGeld, next Sabbath.
A. NJ. and at West Sumner in the after
noon. Rev. Mr.. Farley OF Buckiield will
occupy DR.. Estes'S pulpit in the forenoon.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-06-05
North Paris.

We learn that an aged gentleman by
the name of Murdoch committed suicide
in this place last week by taking poison.
He was buried last Sabbath.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17
A Desperate Situation.

This morning the company belonging to
Montgomery. Queens circus passed
throug h the public streets. The last
wagon in the caravan consisted of a cage
containing a lion and liOness and tiger
and their keeper. The tiger crouched
stealthily in one corner of the cage, the
lioness in another, and between them sat
the keeper. During the entire parade the
lion manifested good deal of uneasiness
at the presence of the tiger in the cage,
and made several attempts to approach it,
but was prevented from doing SO by the
keeper. when opposite the Nevada Block,
on Montgomery street, however, the two
animals managed to rush upon one an
other. Then followed one of the most ex-
citing scenes imaginable. The keeper
rushed in between the Infatuated animals
for the purpose of separating them, and
the curious and horror-stricken crowd
rushed instinctively toward the cage to
render assistance, were it possible. While
engaged in separating the beasts, the lion
seized the keepers thigh and drove his
teeth deep into the flesh. The excited
crowd on the outside then began to raise
their voices in alarm, but the man whose
life was thus placed in jeopardy coolly
told them to be quiet, and seizing an iron
bar he struck the lion on the head several
times, finally compelling him to release
his hold and return to his corner: Blood
flowed freely from his wounds.-SGn
FTancisco Bulletin.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17
Prerequisites Of Success.

Integrity of character and truth in the
inner man are prerequisites of success in
any calling, and especially SO in that of
the merchant. These are attributes which
never fail to command respect and win
admiration. No one fails to appreciate
them, and if they lido not pay'' in the
vulgar sense of the phrase, they bring an
amount of satisfaction and peace to the
owner that all the wealth of CrGsus could
not yield.
There is no better stock in trade than
these principles; NO capital goes so far or
pays SO we'll, or is SO exempt from bank
ruptcy and loss. When known, they give
credit and confidence, and in the hardest of
times will honor your paper in bank. They
give you an unlimited capital to do bust
ness upon, and everybody will endorse
your paper, and the general faith OF man.
kind will be your guarantee that you will
not fail Let every young man, upon
commencing business, look well to these
indispensable elements of success, and
defend them as he would the apple of his
eye. If inattentive and reckless here, he
will imperil everything. Bankruptcy in
character is seldom repaired in AN Ordi-
nary lifetime. A man may suffer in rep
utation and recover; not so the man who
suffers in character.
Be Just and truthful. Let these be the
ruling and predominating principles of
your life and the reward will be certain.
either in the happiness they bring to your
own bosom, or the success which will at
tend upon all your business operations in
life, or both.-American Manufacturer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17

IT ~ the pace that kills, and of all forms
Of overwork, that which consists in an ex-
cessive burst of effort, straining to the
strength. and worrying to the will, hurry
OF all kinds-f0r example, that so often
needed to catch train, the effort required
TO complete task of headwOrk within
period of time too short for its accom-
plishment by moderate energy-is inju-
riOus. Few suffer from overwOrk in the
aggregate; it is too much work in too lit.
tie time that causes the breakdown in
nineteen cases out of twenty, when col
lapse occurs. Most sufferers bring the
evil ON themselves by driving off the days
work until the space allotted for its per-
Torrance is past, or much reduced.
Method in work is the great need of the
day. If some portion of each division or
time was devoted to the apportioning of
hours and energy, there would be less con-
fusion, far less hurry, and the need OF
working at high pressure would be great
" reduced, II not wholly Obviated. A
greatdeal has been written and said OF late,
to exceedingly little practical purpose, on
the subject Of overw0rk." We doubt
whether what is included under this de-
scription might not generally be more ap
propriately defined IS work done in q
hurry, because the time legitimately ap.
propriated to its accomplishment has been
wasted or misapplied. Hurry to catch q
train generally implies starting too late.
High pressure is, says the Lancet, either
the consequence of a like error at the out
set of task, or the penalty of attempt
ing to compensate by intense effort for
inadequate opportunity. If brain is bar
tered for business in this fashion, the
goose is killed for the sake of the golden
eggs, and greed works its own DISCOUNT
ure.-Scientifc american.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17
Sequel OF q Social Sensation.

Months ago Western society rang with
the accounts of grand wedding. A fair
daughter of one of the oldest AM: wealth
lest families in the Mississippi Valley had
been united to foreign nObleman. The
arts of Worth were exhausted in the prep.
aratiOn of the trOusseau. Members oil the
aristOcracy from all sections of the coun-
try were present, and never was there a
more brilliant social event ia the history
of anyone present. The dark whiskered
nObleman was reported to be enormously
wealthy. In his own country he lorded
over vast domains and bid his bOndsmen
tremble. His exits and entrances were
attended with a flourish of trumpets.
When he walked he was attended by vas
sails armed to the teeth. He was supposed
to own vast castles, the most improbable
of which he inhabited, and spent the sea-
son in making fierce fOrays upon the bear
that ab0unded in the Businesses of his ma
tive forests. The wedding was succeeded
by dizzy round of festivities, and sOcie-
ty was ablaze. The impressive foreigner
finally departed with his beautiful Amer.
lean bride, and it was said that they
would proceed forthwith to the native
land of the nObleman, and proceed imme-
diately to inhabit one of his palatial cas-
ties. A sturdy Hibernian at work yester-
day among the hotel ruins, turned over
some rubbish and found . scattered pack
of letters. Some Of the people in the in
closure began curiously to examine the
documents. One of them was from the
Russian Capital. The date was several
months back. It was from the bride of
the nObleman, and represented that his
pretensions Of great wealth were false. 1t
was even doubted whether he was nobly
connected. 1t was feared that he was an
arrant impostor. The writer represented
herself as being in absolute need in money
for the purchase of necessities. The let
ter was addressed to very near relative
This is one of the secrets that the ruins
gave up.-St. Louis Globe. Democrat.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17
"He Is NY Minister"

SOME of the people didn't like him.
They were free to express their dislikes.
Nor were they careful where they did it,
and to whom. Some did it in the sewing
circle. AZ one young lady did so to an
other, and asked her opinion, her reply
was: "He to my minister.''
She did not regard him as perfect. A
better minister would have pleased her.
But he was her minister, and she did not
feel at liberty to set herself against him
and to join with others, and members Of
the church, too, in backbiting him. 1t
had been written: Thou shalt not speak
evil of the ruler of thy peoples" and
would it be any less sinful to speak evil
of the minister who had been set over her
in the Lord!
Ministers are but men. They have their
failings. None of them are perfect.
They are not above the need of charity.
And If we would not impair their inf1u-
ence, and stand in the way of their use
fulness, we must be careful how we
handle their reputation. When that is
gone, all is gone with minister. His
capital for doing good is lost. Whether
he be bad man or not, when his people
come to think him 50, or to suspect that
he is so, whatever his other qualifications
may be, he can accomplish but little for
their spiritual benefit. Like CHsar's
wife, he must be above suspicion. And,
that he may be SO, he must guard we'll his
own reputation; and all who would desire
and seek his well. being and usefulness,
must consider well what they may say
concerning him.-N. Y. Observer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17
FACTS AND FIGURES.

OVER Z, 600. 900 oranges were raised in
California last year.
TEXAS is larger than France by more
than 40, 600 square miles.
SOor falling on the carpet from open
chimneys, or carclcssly handled stove
pipes, ii covered thickly with salt, can be
brushed up without damage to the carpet.
THE Modoc Indians, now numbering
"a males and @ females, are located on
very fertile tract, containing 1000 acres,
IN the northeast corner Of the Shawnee
Reservation, Indian Territory.
THE decline In the value of twelve lead.
ing stocks in the New York market from
the highest price of last year to the low.
est of this year il $165, 00O, 900. This is
almost equal to the loss of wealth caused
by the Chicago fire.
The total subscription for the relief of
the sufferers by the Brooklyn fire was
about 90, 900. About 49, 600 have been
disbursed, and the remaining go, 900 will
last year. Between 500 and 600 persons
are partially supported BY It.
The real estate In Paris held by or in
trust for the ex- Empress Eugcnie and her
son Is officially rated ct 81 .O65 600, on
which there are mortgages to the extent
of gao. 600. Her other estates are valued
at like sum, incumbered to about the
same amount. The personal property OF
the exiled Bonapartes Is vari0usly esti-
mated At from i've TO fifteen millions.
THERE is an almost complete equality
In the worlds sexes. In France this bal
ance is nearly attained, where for every
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17
How He Fooled Her.

BuNaAY, the real-estate agent over at
Pencader, suspected that Mrs. Bungay
didn't care as much for him as she ought
to. SO one day he went up to the city
after leaving word that he would be gone
two or three DAYS. While there he ar
ranged with friend to send telegram to
his wife, at . certain hour, announcing
that he had been run over on the railroad
and killed. Then Bungay came home,
and, slipping into the house unperceived,
he secreted himself in the closet in the
sitting-ro0m, to await the arrival of the
telegram and to see how Mrs. Bungay
took it. After while it came. and he
saw the servant-g give it to his wife.
She opened it, and Is she read it she gave
one little start. Then Bungay saw smile
gradually overspread her features. She
rang for the girl, and when the servant
came Mrs. Bungay said to her:
MARY, Mr.. Bungay's been killed. I've
lust got the news. I reckon I'll have to
put on black for him, though I hate to
give M my new bonnet for mourning.
You Just 70 round to the milliner's and
ask her to fetch me up some Of the latest
styles of widows bonaets, and tie bunch
of Grape on the door, and then bring the
undertaken here"
While Mrs. Bungay was waiting she
smiled continually, and once or twice she
danced around the room, and stood in
front of the looking glass, and Bungay
heard her murmur 70 herself:
81 amt such . bad-looking woman,
either. wonder what James will think
of met"
.Jamesr' thought Bungay, a. his
widow took her seat and sang :oflly, q: II
thunders Jamesi She certainly can't
mean that infamous old undertaken,
Toombsi His names James, and he's Z
widower; but it's preposterous to suppose
that she cares for him, or is going to prowl
after any man for husband a. quick -
this"
While he brooded, in horror, over the
thought, Mr.. Toomhp arrived. The widow
said:
Mr.. Toomhs, Bungay Is dead; run
over by locomotive and chopped oil up"
Every sorry to hear IL, madam; SYM
pathize with you in your afliction.".
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17
4 japanese Theater.

The interior of q japanese theater 10.
sembles our own in many respects, but in
many others is quite original and peculiar.
The house is similarly planned-that is,
with the money takers bureau and the
vestibule for clogs and coat at the door, -
gallery running round, In which are pri-
vate boxes, and the cheapest seats running
round the pit. The roofs festooned with
quantity figured lengths Of gaudily. col
0red cloth, and the lighting Of the house
proper Is effected by huge lanterns, SYM
bolically painted, suspended at intervals.
All else is entirely peculiar to the country
and the people. From the stage, running
through the midst of the audience to the
passage between, passes platform known
as the Hama Michi, or flower path, I"
along which the most important actors
make their exits and entrances; process
sions pass, and travelling litters or sham
animals are introduced. Above the stage,
In cage with blinds, are the orchestra
singers, fife, drum, cymbal, guitar and
gong players. The stage itself 70 marvel
Of ingenuity and hardness. That parton
which the actors are is circular, and
works ON . windlass beneath thus the
hurry and confusion 20 inseparable from
shifting flies and scenes IL 0bviated by
the simple expedient Of turning the stage
round, 90 that the half hitherto behind
appears a. the new scene. Though pecul-
lar In their ideas of perspective and the
harmony of colors. the japanese are
wonderful scenic artists. Some of the ef-
fects produced, notably the favorite weird,
solemn, midnight scenes preluding trag-
edy or romantic event, are really excel
lent; for realism the japanese are not en-.
thusiastic, but In their limitations of ma
ture they are generally very happy. No
one who has witnessed japanese juggling
and slight of-hand can wonder that in the
science of "stage- trickism' they are
adopts. Without half the ingenious, me-
chanical appliances used in our London
pantomimes, the japanese actors, BY swift
ness and cunning of hand. can produce
an endless variety Of startling illusions,
and the spectator cannot help, sometimes,
wondt ring whether what he has seen has
really taken place, or whether his eyes
have played him false. Within the last
four or five yeas gas has been introduced
into one or two Of the big theaters Of the
cap tai, but until the year 1873 the means
of illumination were feeble. Three tall0w
flambcaux stuck into scOnces served rs
foOtlights, and even with these It was nee
essary that each leading performer should
be followed by boy draped in black, 20
as 10 simulate invisibility, holding long
bamboo, ut tine end of which 6ickered .
candle, within few inches of the actors
nose, 81 that every distortion end play Of
feature might he observed by the an.
dicnce. -A.t the Year Round
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17

". The favorite col0rs are navy-blue
crdes- barred with white, brown plaided
with white and cardinal, and a very pretty
style showing q ground of clear dark
green, barred with cardinal and white.
These Madras cloths are in great requi-
site for morning costumes at the seashere,
~ neither tempest nor sunshine nor the
crisp salt breeze can dim their brilliancy.
We are not TO look with disdain upon cal
icOes, for now to such perfection of make
and coloring are they brought that they
are universally admired and make up
into the daintiest toilettes imaginable. A
very pretty calico has ground of navy
blue, over which are strewn clusters Of
light blue blossoms frightened by cardi.
nal fecks. It is to the linen lawns, how
ever, that the palm of excellence and
beauty must be awarded. The finest va
riety comes from France, and this in.
cludes the beautiful organizes. One ex.
quisite organize is fine diaphanous fab
rio of delicate pearl tint, over which are
scattered deep pink rose-buds with
white foliage. A beautiful organdie fol
half.mourning has bordering of deli.
cate vine and dropping blossoms ON q
sheer white ground. The rage for yellow
which has taken the form of an epidemic
and is spreading daily, enters largely in.
to lawns and fabrics of that ilk. One
snowy variety, which will doubtless find
many admirers, has q ground of pale
tilleul, over which are strewn in rich pro
fusion gorgeous yellow roses and ofange.
blossoms with leaves of neutral tints.
Percales and cambrics may be had to sui,
any taste, and moaistes show much inge.
nuity in making up these materials t.
great advantage. A very tasteful costume
is of two materials, a pretty oak brown
percale, plain-colored and q striped per.
Gale of inch-wide stripes of oak-browr
and cardinal. The skirt of the plain
goods is ornamented by bias gathered
flounce of the striped, headed by bias
fold. The overdress is a handsomely-de.
signed polonaise, fastened down the from,
with brown horn buttons, sewed ON with
cardinal thread. Three upturned folds
at the front are laid in at the side seams
In front, these are held in shape by un
seen stitches, but at the back they are al
lowed to droop as they may, thus form
ing negligent, graceful drapery. TIT
sleeves are finished by narrow ruffl'
and band, and the whole forms q neat ant
pleasing costume.-N. Y. Cor. Chicag,
Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-17
Spring Ailments.

The remedy for spring diseases, by
whatever name, is: Eat less. We do not
mean that you shall starve yourself, OF
that you shall deny yourself whatever you
like best, for, as q general rule, what you
like best is best for you; you need moi
abandon the use of tea, or coffee, OF
meat, or ANYTHING else you like, but
simply eat less of them. Eat all you did
in winter, if you like, but take less in
amount. Do not starve yourself, do moi
reduce the quantity of food to an amount
which would scarcely keep chicken
alive, but make beginning by not going
to the table at all, unless you feel
hungry; for if you once get there, you
will begin to taste this and that and the
other, by virtue of vinegar, or mustard,
or syrup, or cake, or something nice
thus fictitious appetite is walked up,
and before you know IL you have eaten q
hearty meal, to your owl surprise, and
perhaps that, or something else, of those
at table with you.
The second step toward the effectual
prevention Of all spring diseases, sum-
mer complaints, and the like, is: Dimin-
ish the amount of food consumed at each
meal by one-fourth of each article, and
to be practical, it is necessary 10 be spe-
cific; if you have taken two cups of cof-
fee, or tea, at q meal, take cup and half !;
If you have taken two biscuits, or slices
of bread, take one and half; if you
have taken two spoonsful of rice, or hom.
my, or cracked wheat, or grits, or farina,
take one and q half; If you have taken a
certain or uncertain quantity of meat, d.
minish it by quarte-, and keep on di.
minishing in proportion as the weather
becomes warmer, until you arrive at the
points of safety and health, and they are
two: 1. Until you have no unpleasant
feeling of any kind after your meals. 2.
Until you have not eaten so much at one
meal, but that, when the next comes, you
shall feel decidedly hungry.
Supplies being thus effectually cut of,
that Is, the cause being first removed, Ma
ture next proceeds to work off the sur
plus, as the engineer does unwanted
steam; and as soon as this surplus is got,
rid of, we begin to improve; the appetites
the strength, the health return by slow
and safe degrees, and we 1T length declare
we are as well as ever.-Halps Journal Of
Health.