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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-04-09
NUMBER Ii.

ly into his face and said: "How about
the cars. Mr.. Mallory? | think you've
lost themP"
Jim laughed. "But I've found some
thing better than the cars, Molly!" And
then he told her that other story OF the
cars, when he had first met and fell in
love with her.
"And you don't mean TO say that you
were that old codger in the corner"
asked Molly.in amaze.
IL do, Miss Molly"
MY! but didn't we girls go on?"
81 should think you did. ! found out
al your hair-dressirg secrets-all about
the crimping and frizzing you know
and say. Molly, do you do your curls
now over q slate-pencil? and do you
ever get caught in your hsir-pins by such
young gentlemen as Hess and Langford
now?
"My goodness did 90 on like that ?"
jest ike that; and thought the
story in the end Of the Scotch cap was
rather a pllcky climax. And when l
listened to it, and saw what gay little
bird of paradise you were, had no idea
such q tender heart lurked beneath"
Molly laughed little and blushed
little as she said: "Well, don't know
how any one could have seen another in
such a horrid dilemma without doing
something to help him out Of it. | re-
member, though, how scared l felt as 1
Jumped up; for, you know, had to get
of there to hide the action, for l knew, /
should feel silly enough, snd | knew it
would be terribly embarrassing ell round.'
Yes, and in that way learned your
Christian name; for all those four girls
wondered what Molly was getting OF
there for"
And that was why you stopped under
my window, sir, wss it, when my bird
called Molly?"
"Oh, you saw me at once, did you,
Miss Molly?'
Il saw you lift your hat TO ME, sir"
answered Miss Caledon, rather confused
ly."
And Molly, my girl r returned jim
Mallory, now dropping his gay tone, Il
shall lift my hat always to the angel in
your nature l discovered that day in the
street csr."-Nora Perry IN Boston Globe.
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Westera Correspondence.
GREELEY, COLORADO,
March Is. 1873.

March Is, 1873.
Mr.. Editor A most unusual disaster
has befaiion the stock men OF Weld 20.
The storm to which | referred in my last,
proved even more severe than was sup
posed. Full and reliable reports have
not yet reached us, but enough is known
to cast shadow over the pleasing pros
pect. Hundreds OF fat beet cattle lie
dead in the windings OF the South Platte,
and thousands OF sheep have been
smotbered in their carols or on the open
plain.
When the fierce blast from the north
east struck the cattle on the north side of
the river they commenced to travel with
the storm. the largest and best condi-
toned animals making the best time,
while the very poor or young animals re-
mained behind, and were doubtless saved
through their inability to 60 very fast
Lowing and running before the storm.
many of them ran over the high banks of
the river, upon slopes of snow, beneath
which was deep water. The snow and
thin ice gave way aud left the cattle help
less and chilled in the icy water. One
man reports twenty-seven head in one
hole, mostly fat steers, and il is probable
that more are under the water out OF
sight. Vast numbers seem to have
crossed over the shadows, and will be
found and returned 10 their ranges the
coming season. The places where they
crossed are marked by heads and horns
sticking above the water. Some seem to
have escaped from the river only to reach
the south shore in so benumbed condi-
ton as to lie down and die. Nearly half
of all the cattle on the north side have
crossed over. Ii there were any Indians
in the valley they might now have a
great feast since very few OF these ami
mails will ever be removed from the
water There is g provision in the cattle
law that no animal that dies on the range
shall be skinned This provision now
deters the men who secured the passage
of the law from skinning their own
brands. 1t is claimed that when "skin-
ners" have been allowed to 60 into the
cattle country, they have been in the
habit OF killing animals for the sake of
their hides, and claiming that they were
found dead. 1t is not impossible that q
band Of the stock men may yet organize
to secure the hides OF their animals.
So far as heard from more sheep have
been lost than cattle. In some instances
the strong wind blew over the sheep sheds
and scattered thousands of sheep. Lost
upon the plain, great bands huddled to-
gether and were soon drifted in and
smothered. We hear of seven hundred
perishing in one spot. -Four days after
the storm, live sheep were shoveled from
the drifts. Reports are coming in OF four
thousand sheep lost out of total OF FIVE
thousand.
This disaster to the stock interests of
our county, is the severest and most sud
den ever known. Men whom the besuti-
ful, open winter had lulled into feeling
of security, have realized in 'one brief
day that they are ruined. Had the same
storm occurred in midwinter, when the
river was frozen, the cattle, at least, and
some of the sheep would have crossed
over in safety. Ia few weeks hope 10
be able to calculate the losses with some
approach to certainty. Oh.
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postrp,
OfFTogers.

There were no roses TIL the first child died,
No violets, nor 6Slmy hreathed hearts-eAse,
No hehOtrope, nor. buds so dear 10 bees,
The honey hearted suckle, no gold.
And lowly daudeiiOn. nor. stretching wide,
Clover ana coWslip-cups, like rival seas,
Meeting and parting, a. the young spring breeze
Runs giddy races PLAYING seek and hide
For all the howcrs died when I've lefl Paradise
And all The world was nowerless awhile,
Until littiC child was laid in earth:
Inen from IT, grave grew yiOlets for lts eyes,
And from It's lips rOse-petals for is smile
And 30 all flowers lrom that child's death took
birth.
-lScribRsr.
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TAXIDERMY.

Am prepared o. set CO al kinds OF Birds and
Animal. la the most artistic manuer. Haue
birds a speciality. Birds taken in pa- ment Ji
wOrk-tOF example, cut OF every -iN Blue Jay 3
sen 4t .ytiI return one Handsomely strtc- z
ami mounted on a sand % the ,cnic.. Cash
paid IRON - .o siQQ each for good specimens
Of Hawks aud Owls.
Prompt attention paid % an orders by mail or
express. Price SIS furnished 0n aupllcatiOn-
r.. L. PEARK, Fryeburg. Ne.
mArl2.3n
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The SmaRolr.

Of ar .r, birds that Wim tLy air
l'd r.thr- be -Hc swallow.
Aud, -rruCr days, when days were far,
iH t'..u7.. follow, follow
The Furrylur clouds across the aky,
AMI wien trc >Iugin, winds I'd ly.
Ms eager wings would need no rest
% n ksrc hut a swallow,
I'll scale OBJ, highest mountain crest
AMI scund the deepest hollow.
NJ ipre-. could my pathway hide;
No ocean plain should De too wide.
I'i lnd the sources of the Nile,
ia see the Sandwi i,h Islands,
And Chlmborayu'- granite pile,
And scotland '- rugged highlands;
Iii -Sim the sands OF TlmbuctOo,
Cou-tauttnoplc's mosques Ia view.
III Us among The isles of Greece.
The pride OF great Apollo.
And circle round tine bsy OF Nee,
n were but swallow,
And view the suuI, htlu- OF France,
The VINEYARDS merry with the dance.
I't see my shadow in the Rhine
Dart swiftly ike an arrow,
And catcl the breath ot eglAutiuc
Aloug the bank, % larrow
I'l roam the world and never tire.
IL could have my hearts desire
ST. NIchola,
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luck and IN-Luck.

Luck and H-LucE.
BNNN W STORY.
Luck's the gjddsst OF all creatures,
Nor Ike ~ one place long % stay:
She smootls the hair back from your features,
Kisses you guick-and runs away
Dame ii-lurk'- IN No such furry,
Nor quick her close embrace sire quits,
she -ays she's in NO kind Oi hurry,
And sits upon your bcJ-auJ kntts'
- Prom re German Of Vcinc.
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u holds artificial flowers given from sns's
wreath admlriug mariner.

u holds artificial flowers given souvenirs from sns's
wreath to a admiring partner.
NOTE PAPER
The newest note paper 10 ornamepted 10 one corner
with real grasses, herbs and wild flowers tied and
gummed The now pocket inkstand II morocco
watch n 10 quite tight and excessively light Tue
dial flies open and reveals black hollow.
NEW IDEAS.
Very different are the hoIows concealed by flowers
IN the folds OF the Rosabee hchu. Mlse Rosabells
10 diva from the Italian opera and her way OF drap
ing white lace hchu over her bosom rs unlike any
thing yet done In That way. Toe neck s bare and
Is shoulder, but tho other and on the front are
ist for the contem pston OF statuaries. Something
OF this kind is done by the elegant actress who
dances the gavot IN the "Petit Due" but flower
dons are her nchu Mile. Granier, apropos, has lately
performed In this operetta at Trouve. She was the
guest the Marquss de Polly the bouQuetieres
OF Paris hung the honored artists box with 1t
y charity performance for the founding OF soup
kitchen, and the receipts exceeded the sanguine
expectations Of ever sanguine baronssses, prncesses
and duchesses
A GREEN SATIN UHDERsKIRr
beautiful toilet worn this occasion green
satin undersKirI, with brocsde habit In lavender
and garance shaies. The vest all plisee. On the
bosom between the outline Of the habit and the vest
was deep crosscut OF garance satin. The laces and
lingerie were muslin and Valenciennes. The hat was
q cavalier elt, with green velvet bow In front and
very large bird on the back.
The New York herald., 1878-09-23
MAY SULLIvAN'S TROUBLES.

Patrick Mccarthy, OF No % West street, was ar
raiansd Doore Judge Murray, at the Tombs. yestsr-
day q charge OF seduction, preferred by May sulli
van, OF No III wcsl street, and held In $1,000
bail Tor examination Mccarthy, who had been
acquainted with Miss SULLIVAN for some time
previous, asked her to marry him. two months
ago. IT. Is said, ana they went together Father Cur
ran pastor oil ST Andrews Roman Catholic Church, IN
Duane street. Tor that purpose Fatner Curran refused
unite the couple because the banns had been pub
lished. Patrick aud the woman accordingly lett the
pastoral residence. IL u short time after tins
that Mary learned that Mccarthy engaged 10 an
other gri and was 10 be married last night. She had
repeatedly sent Tor him and mad interviews with
him relative to matrimony, put on hearing OF
hrs new engagement she determined on appeal
ina 10 the courts warrant Issued by
Judge Murray Saturday ana placed Ia
the nands oi Roundsman Fowsett, who found McCar-
thy engaged IN putting down tho carpet tho house
be had selected for hts bride. His examination Was
bcu IN the JUDGES yesterday, aud Mss Sullivan
told her story above AT naifpast nine this
ing the examination will be renewed. Father Currau
IN expected TO testify.
The New York herald., 1878-09-23
POISONED, NOT DkOWNED.
WHY so FEW OF THE PASSENGERS ON THE
PRINCESS ALICE WERE SAVED.

WHY so FEW OF THE PASSENGERS ON THE
PRINCESS ALICE WERE SAVED.
From tho London Whitehall Review.1
We submit that the error-wilful or accidental,
whichever It may havo boen--of the captains OF the
two vessels the Of The death OF
the majority Of this multitude. 1t Is simply ncredi-
BILE that out Of some eight hundred people who were
suddenly submerged not a dozen shodld have saved
their lives by swimming and II Is equally remarkable
that OF those few none were actually under water
second There must be- unless We are prepared TO
enuncate new canons Of logic, = connection between
cause and effect, and In this case II is
more than evident that a very large number
Of persons able 70 swim succumbed The
Ace and the ywei Castle, but with those who have
rendered the waters Of the crowded Thames aoso-
lutely deadly. In PLAIN English, and it Is
TO be TOO positive with fact staring face
the six hundred aud 0ad souls were poisoned. The
entire sewage OF the metropolis 10 discharged into
the river At Barking Creek In raw condition, con-
verting thereby the stream into common sewer
Now, the immediate effect OF piunging human be-
ing iuto sewage 10 stupsfaetion ana asphyxis. Cap
tain ebb himself, II placed under such conditions
could not save his life. At the moment OF the COL
lison there was actually being turned in,o
scene OF suffering, colossal mass OF ier-
menting sewage, biack US Erebus eflervescsnt with
The vest cases. and, the chemists tell Us, potent
as prussic acid Who doubt, alter this, the real
reason OF The awful NOR taIty? Tho a priori argu.
ment IL luOceu Auu ~ - Vorlueu
amply by the product OF experience. What, we
would ask, could have rendered The task OF ident6
cation 30 suprcmsly dificunY What chemical force
could have changed In about half an hour bright
olive dress to dark brown, and what caused Tho
almost dccom position OF healthy bodies?
The answer to these queries Is obvious. IL was
same horrible compound which deprived these poor
souls OF what chance they would otherwise
have ii. nad a.soSsa oas Ss srs .sps nss
r.ence under water, imagined that The backness aud
disgusting impuruy OF The stream was ~ be attrb-
uteu to tho smoke from the Princess Alice. He was
aware, OF course OF the cesspool into which he
had been precipitated. nor olshs isct that lew
seconds more Of submersion would have render ed
him helpless. A very superficial examination, how.
ever. OF Barking Greek, win it, two ominous col
umns Of sewage, and OF the quality oil the water Just
below. would suffice to provo the accuracy OF our
contention that the cause OF the death Of thess
hunorsds OF people Was sewage poison. For years
the Metropolitan Board OF Works have beon suffered
evade the common law, and to claim immunity,
granted TO no other riverain town, from the just
penalty which ought 10 accrue TOR the oloace OF pol
The New York herald., 1878-09-23

those who in the pit are either crushed to death
with the falling, or burned up Ia the all consuming
flames
THE nxE's woRxrsoA
The colliery In which the explosion occurred Is
c c1aS%,nsy N some seS mss cnsS ,ns ny
from tho south there scarcely any signs OF a
busy coliiery village giving employment directly
and Indirectly, TO nearly 600 people. II lies be-
tween Two well wooded 10 mountains--the Cwmcarn
on the east and the Aynyddislwyn on the
wssi-which rise almost perpendicularly 10 about
aud adjoining the Abercarn colliery, Cwmcarn
colliery runs unde. the Monmouthshire canal, ana
around the PIT shalt Is the usual medley OF COKE ovens
rubbish, forming miniature mountains, ana 70 tue
west the Ebbw river flows at tho base OF me
Mynyddislwyn. The Abercarn Ooiery is the
Sany. ana il hassn output q 1000 tons OF coal per
day, and employing about SIX hundred men ana ooys
to get them. Their other collisries, fourteen 10
ALL lie up the Ebbw Vale and in the valley, just
over the top OF the Myuyddiswyn. Their annual
output Of Goals Is over two million tons Inc
from accidents and the officials consider thst in the
present case no human foresight GOULD have pre-
vented the catastrophe The company took over
tho Abercarn Coliiery IN 1852 after It had proved
failure In various hands from the time that the
first shafts made In 1887, and after working
Il TOR some time with improved machinery they,
in 1853 struck the nine-ieet black vein seam,
which proved fatal on Wednesday to 26o oil their
employees The PIT was worked on the pillar and stall
company completed a downcast air shan into the
Cwmcarn at OF eco e00 which has increased the
fresh air through the workings from 90 600
cubic feet TO 100000 cupic feet per minute. Inc
Cwmcarn shaft IS driven TO depth OF 26s yaros, and
then drift made OF about LOCO yards IN length,
10 communicate with the ola workings. The men
60 down the snait AT Abercarn. ana then rido
In an engine Tor about mile In an sasteriy
direction where they get into the black vein seam,
air shalt. which lies about mile straight south. II
was In this seam that the explosion IS supposed TO
have occurred The men were, therefore, about q
mile of both the Cwmcarn snaft and the Abercafn
and not one man S left tell the horrible tale
The New York herald., 1878-09-23
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rnnrrax Art NOTES.

Mr. Hormuzd Rassam was to leave England on the
2otn inst TO assume work at Ninoveh, where the
caya,ions have becn suporintsndsd, during his alb
sence, by hrs nepnow.
new picture of Gabriel Max on exhibition 10 Ber.
ill., represents Venus and Tannnauser, when tho latter.
world travels.
The Dresden exhibition 10 SAID 70 have shown moth.
ing boy ond "a respectable mediocrity OF talent
The first exhibition Of the scottish Society OF water
Color Painters will open IN October, IN Glasgow
Amateurs will Be glad to learn that the Aitsn0un
viii sbortIy resume tho puDlicaon OF the Interesting
aud OF papers ON "lhe Private Coi-
lections OF Engianj" The pictures at hornDy Cases
scribed atHN
The New York herald., 1878-09-23
GERMAN HORTICULTURALISTS

The German citizens OF Newark gathered by thou
sands at vogi's Uoion Park yesterday to inspect
third annual exhibition OF the German Horticultural
Society. rbe exhibitors arc almost exclusively mar
kct gardeners, with small gardens who vegsta-
bies Ior the New York ana Newark markets, aud
do a business amounting to nearly 81 O0O, 600
annually. They are dong large work In retaining
the salt meadows, and some portions which have
been under cultivation only ave years, are declared
by statiscans 10 be tue most valuable land used Tor
agricultural purposes In the country.
The New York herald., 1878-09-23


whom Mandana Is one OF the chiefs This man earns
his living by ferreting out peoples secrets and
threatening to expose them Ho devotes his energies
10 convaescents whom. In their weak condition, tall
ready prey. He cukivates the acquaintance OF medi-
cal men and nurses; entertains them well, and eau
tousy extracts family secrets which are his stock In
trade There is deal moro that is interesting
in this volume, but the subjects have not been ex-
hustea done justice TO- There Is still room for an
other work on Paris originala
''RoxY."
"Roxy" CHARLES Scribner's sonsj. by Edward
EgeIeston, deals with tho uncultivated inhab-
tants Of the wild West. Mr. Egglestou mas
been particularly happy In his delineations
OF Western character, not OF the Bret Harte type,
but such farmers and others who are found In
prosperous villages Western manners and customs
re accurately and graphically described Tho story
opens with the description OF barbecue ana later on
a country hoe-down. There Is good, though short
chapter devoted 10 u revival Mr.. Eggleston proba-
bly, has had plenty of experience In this matter, nav
Ing been u Methodist preacher himself. He basins
the chapter:-'rhere was u revival in town. Doy you
know what that meansf In country village, where
most OF the sime there IS stagnation
even In gossip, whore a wedding Of any sort Is
capital cvent, where funeral Is ofunversal interest,"
and where even a birth is a matter Of common talk,
IL s-all moral aspects OF the asidea great thing
have hurricane of excitement sweep over the st
waters OF tho little pool. Every one OF the 100
people In the little knew that there revival
going on; every ono OF them carried In his head
each day a list OF those who had been TO the mourn.
ers bench the night before Of those who
vcrted, and everybody knew who had shouted or
raAsn on in any way at the meetings Forlorn
groups OF young men, who looked as though the day
OF judgment had surely come, stood upon tho street
corners and discussed the fact that Bill Works had
gone forward the evening before. some thought
he wouldn't hold out long. But the morning after
Old Tom Walters got religion the town was con.
vused with excitement" IL will be seen by this
quotation that Mr. Eggleston has gotten religious
slang down TO fine point
Roxy herself Is . carefuly drawn character, with
more strength than hrmness. Or course II 10 lovo
story; what novel would dare not to bsP Its loves
are homely, but they are honest Ii the Revue des
Deur Mondes puts .'Roxy'' into French, as It mas
aIreaay Of Mr.. Egglestons novels we think
will have trouble rightly interpret some of
the Westornisms. The attractions Of "Roxy" are
enhanced BY the Ane illustrations OF Walter Shrlaw,
the painter Mr.. Shiraw painted all his pictures on
canvas 1rst before putting them on wood.