Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-01
IN GENERAL.

In New York will be six per cent instead
of seven.
According TO the astronomers the pcO-
pie of Venus are having laundering time.
Storms sweep across it, sky, lightning StabS
its surface, volcanoes are in full eruption,
and the planet is all torn out.
The present plan adopted by churches
Of making contributions by envelopes en-
ables man To drop two old-faShioncd cart
wheel copper cents into the basket with a.
much style and flourish rs if they were
trade dollars at par.
The Boston Adrerfiser says: SuppoS-
ing the Hon. George Brwou Of the Toronto
Globe had accepted the distinction SO gra-
ciou>ly offered him 10y royalty, he would
have been only knight editor. All well
regulated morning journals have one or
more night editors.
The Louisville Courier-Journdl says
If the people about Niagara Falls don't
want 10 1ind them missing some of these
DAYS they had better be- careful how they
suffer Princess Louise 10 hang around there
loose. The other day when she first looked
upon the falls she threw her head back in
ecStacy and exclaimed; Don't speak; let
me drink in the whole scene"
A stranger passed through Unadilla,
OtSego county, y. Y, recently, who was
mounted upon thoroughbred mustang,
with Mexican saddle, lSriat aud all the
trappingS of fronticrSman. He tarried
for a meal, stating that he had journcycd
I'm the saddle all the way from Nevada, and
was seeking his home in Bennington coun-
". Vt, which he had not visited in 30
years.
An old resident OF Zululand says that
the Zulu king has thus far received no
injury at all from the English. His sole
wealth lies in his crops and his cattle-he
has gathered the former and kept the latter.
Some OF his warriors have been killed, but
then he loses certain number every year
either by maSSacring them himself or by
their flight into Natal. He has gained
enormously in arms and ammunition cap
tured during the war.
The accommodation of Mark Twain's
brother, Orion Clemens, by the PreSbyteri-
an Church, in keokuk, Iowa, was certainly
a proper and necessary thing. Ike pro-
| claimed his belief that Abraham was a fire
worShipper. and that his sacrifice was
offered to 1.-THE sun, the tree and the god
desS of love and beauty Evidently Glenn
ems had no business in a Christian church.
Perhaps he is jester like his brother,
Mount Hood. in Oregon, after several
wears of quiet, i again exhibiting signs of
| activity. cloud OF smoke was recently
seen hanging below the snow line, which
was supposed 10 issue from an old crater
ON the southwest side, some distance be-
| low the summit. Fifteen years ago, the
same phenomenon appeared on wintry
! day, when the sky WAS without cloud To
neck il and the smoke Strcamcd uorthwArd
| In a dense black mass. During the late
exhibition the cloud hung about the noun
tain over two hours, twisting and writing
about with the movement Of che winds.
A colored man, now living in New
York but native OF Virginia has invented
and patented fire escape for the use of fire
companies which is highly commended 10y
| experts i'm such matters. The invention is
| said 10 be the first on which cOlorcd man
| has secured letters patent in this country.
IL i of slight construction, but strong
enough Ia sustain the weight OF heavy
man with a length of hose, and can throw
out 6O-foot ladder 30 feet or more from a
perpendicular line II i also very cheap,
| while the ordinary hook and ladder aCcou-
trementS cost about $500 and are exceed
ly heavy.
There was n lively time ut the Fort
Wayne .Ind.) high school commencement.
The school board had forbidden the present
alton of floral tributes, but early in the eN
erciseS bouquet was given 10 one OF the
graduates. who refused TO surrender IL 10
the President of the Board, amidst the
widest excitement, shouts, yells and Kisses.
4 squad of police appeared, when the bou-
guet was given up TO them, when eight
members of the class left, refusing TO 20
ON with their parts. The balance of the
programme was carried out amid great
| confusion.
Arizona is lively place of residence,
and in some respects rivals even Texas IN
| the matter of pure excitement. The other
day at Phoenix large crowd had assem-
bled TO witness horse race, when Mex
lean, with the laudable but disordered idea
of avenging the death of brother who had
been killed by somebody unknown while
robbing stage near Tuscan q short time
before, mounted mustang, and taking
run of thousand yards, dashed into the
crowd with an old cavalry sabre four feet
long. with which he slaShed away indis-
criminately, badly wounding four men and
making his escape at the other end of the
town.
Governor Coke, of Texas, tells the fol-
lowing story: IL never saw such town
Washington. When came here TO at
tend the special session of the Senate |
purposely went to a quiet place, gave or
ders if anybody called to have their cards
sent UP TO my room, and that the outside
door should always be kept closed, which
would compel callers to ring. Well, would
Won believe il, a few nights ago was sit
ting in my room, when in rushed two gen.
tlemen, unannounced. Said one of them
Governor Coke, | believe. How do you
do. Governor CokeT Their manner discon-
certed me little, but | answered as pleas
antly as l could Yes, / am Governor
Coke; but how in the world did you get in
my roomY They answered cheerfully
oh. the lower door was open, and we just
walked right up l then told them 1t
would please me If they would 60 down
stairs, ring the bell and sendup their cards
In the regular way. They both went down
and did as | told them, and then sent
them word that was not ill.,"
BLUNDER BY 4 MAINE GREESBACKER.-
Representative Ladd of Maine has written
a letter 10 Representative Lowe of Alaba-
ma, Greenbacker, compimenting him for
openly supporting Gen. Tom Ewing for