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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20

MODEST "GIx'LxN AN BRUDpERs.
The very first letter opened by the secre-
tary of the Lime Kiln Club As he turned
to his desk caused grand Autter Of ex-
citement in the hall. II contained .
communication from the president Of .
well known college conferring upon
Brother Gardner the title Of LII. d., and
upon Sir Isaac Walpole that Of A. B.
$50 de Lawd, but jiss lissen to dat"
yelled Trustee Pullback, as he rose up
and swung his hat.
There was q grand yell from every
member present, and during the excite
ment Samuel Shin managed to get in his
work on the stovepipe, knocking it down
for the fifth time this summer. When
the excitement was somewhat subsidized
the president arose and said:
"Gem'len, ! am tooken by surprise.
Had a pocketboook wid Fifty dollars in il
dropped frew de roof, de cold chills
couldn't creep up my back any faster
But, surprised or prepar'd, dar am but
one course to take. shell decline de
title"
A groan of anguish resounded through
the hall.
"Gem'len. you forgit dat titles am only
worn on de sleeve" continued the presi-
dent. 1--WE hev seen judges put of de
bench for corrupshun. We know Alder
men who kin be bought fur money.
Doctors Of divinity hev stolen horses, and
bachelors of art hev robbed smokehouses.
l has tried hard to win de title of an hon.
est, hard-workin' man, who kin behave
like gem'lan at all times an in al
places, an dat's title 'nuff fur me. / am
pleased at de compliment, an l am pleased
to zee de club take it as an honor, but
must firmly decline to lengthen out my
name"
"Gem'len an brudders," began Sil
Isaac as he rose up, ~ am an ole man
lie gittin so tremblin' an feeble dat l kin
hardly walk about, an ] know dat de-
time am not fur ahead when dey shell
h'ar my knock at Heavens gate. he,
tried to do right by all. an dat feelin' an
Wort fousand times more to me dan al
de titles all de colleges in the land kin
kiver me up wild. Tell 'em dey hev my
thanks, but dey kin tie de title to some.
body who needs it afore he kin git trusted
at de grocery. ."-Detroa Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20

FREE TEA AND COFFEE. - The figures
which Secretary Sherman sent 70 the Sem
ate Thursday show that the people have
gained nothing by free tee and coffee, and
that the Government has lost good rev.
enue. When the Government got from
ten to three million dollars for revenue
from tea the price ranged ffom 80 to Sill
cents per pound Since the repeal OF The
duty the Government has lost from eight
to sixteen millions year, and the price
paid has been from "a to SO IL cents per
pound. Before the repeal the price Of
coffee was from 10 TO IL cents, while since
the repeal the price has been from ~ l-2 70
I6 l-2 cents per pound, and the Government
has lost from eight to twelve millions an
nually by the repeal. OF course the prices
given by the Secretary are the invoice
prices at the port OF entry In gold.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20
THE SPIDERS LESSON.
ny JULIA WARD HOWE.

BY JULIA WARD HOWE.
A tyrant in my border dwells,
In Austrian black and gold;
Wrought all I'm silver are his cells.
Fine-spun. thousand fold.
His dwelling has no dingy roof.
Nor dismal underground;
The sunlight gilds,its tender woof
On fragrant bushes bound.
And at his ievee. every morn.
Such briiliants do appear
As ne'er in any court were worn
BY Christian monarch dear.
No prison dungeon has this wretch.
Where victims. out OF sight,
His cruel jealousy may fetch
And keep In hopeless night.
Yet subtle stratagems he springs
on harmless passers-by.
Winds his son silk about their wings.
And hangs them up to die.
came 10 sweep his work away
Win sw1ft, impatient hand,
But here the lesson of the day
He teaches. as stand.
The tyrsnt Luxury doth SO
Our winged souls entwinc,
And binds US fettered In a show.
To mock the free sunshine.
The subtle web afar I'll leave
OF rattering deceit.
The gorgeous spider shall not weave
His fetters for my feet.
The hand with justice armed.
Can see the snare that binds TO death.
And scatter II, unharmed.
-lScribner.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20

and tenderly carried to it, destination,
came to hand on Christmas eve, and the
delight in the house Of Norwood may be
imagined, but not described. We are sure
all who read this little poem Of real life
viii join in the wishes for . Merry
Christmas, and many of them, to little
Cora Norwood in the far east state Of
Maine. - Albany Press and Knicker-
booker.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20

The fellow who drops counterfeit
coin on the church plate is the one who
occupies the last pew in order to save the
interest on his cent while the collection i
being taken up.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20
SOME THINGS TO DIsBELIEvE.

I SOME 1f11G<0O ~ Dl0DClAAIGN e.
When q man sdvertises for partner,
and wants young man 10 put in small
investment Of one hundred or Eve hun.
dred dollars and promises to him realisa-
ton of fifty or one hundred per cent.
profit, don't believe il. When q man
offers to give away knowledge Of the ut
most value for the cure Of consumption,
and any and all other diseases, by merely
sending . three-cent stamp to prepay
postage, don't believe it. When man
proposes to do his utmost to make every
one else rich, and looks to other people,
interest more than his own, don't believe
it. When man Offers to give you some
thing Of great value for somsthing Of less
value-in other words, to give you some
thing for nothing. don't believe it. Many
persons advertise on purpose TO 6lch
young men Of money gained by bard
labor, and before entering into any spec
ulation which may be offered you, take
advantage of the many means at your
comamnd and ascertain the facts with ref
erence to the proposed business before you
invest, and thus save your money and as
sist in effectually breakingup allswindling
establishments.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20

Man expects everybody to be true
to him but himssf.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20
AN OBSCURE HERO.

Here u q story which comes 10 ~ from
New York: An engineer named Edwart
Osmond was recently running q passen.
ger express train through from Philadel.
phia to Jersey City. II was one of ths
swiftest and heaviest trains, which ar,
only entrusted to the most experienced
engineers. The train was making sixty
miles an hour, when . heavy connecting
rod Of one Of the driving wheels on the
right Of the engine broke, and one end ol
it, swinging upward with terrible force,
struck the cab beneath him, and shatter.
ed it into thousand pieces.
Osmond fell senseless on the engine.
He was both burned and scalded, and the
pain quickly restored consciousness. The
engine, with open throttle, was rushing
forward with frightful velocity to certain
destruction. .
Inside the long train Of cars men were
talking, smoking, laughing; women play.
ing with their babes. The fireman let
himself down from the tender and escap-
ed. Osmond might have done the same.
Instead, be crept along the side of the
engine, carefully let himself into his place.
and with his burned hands reversed the
engine and applied the airbnke. The
train stopped. People inside the cars
went on with their reading and their gos-
sip, and the children played with their
mothers, who wondered, indiferently,
perhaps, why the train was stopping
again. They never will know how, in
one brief minute, they passed over the
very mouth Of the grave, and were snatch
ed back by the quiet, high courage Of one
poor workman.
To our mind there Is something finer
in the calm integrity to duty in the face
of danger and death which is 20 often
seen in the lives of our obscure American
mechanics who 6ll posts Of responsibility,
than in the dash and sudden courage Of q
daring soldier on the battlefield.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-01-20
THE HISTORY OF A PIG.

Mr.. Rogerson, the son of gentleman
Of large fortune in England, after receiv-
ing an excellent education, was sent
abroad to make the grand tour. In this
journey, young Roeerson attended 70
nothing but the various modes of cookery,
and the methods Of eating and drinking
luxuriously. Before his return his father
died, when he entered into the possession
Of very large fortune. He was now
able to look over his notes Of epicurism,
and to discover where the most exquisite
dishes and the best cooks were to be pro-
cured. He had no servants but men
cooks. Footman, butler, housekeeper,
coachman, and grooms were al cooks.
Among those more professionally SO were
one from Florence, another from Siena,
and another from Viterbo, who was en-
ployed for the special purpose Of dressing
one particular dish only, the "dolce pic
ante" of Florence. He had also Ger
man cook for dressing the livers Of tur-
keys, and all the rest were French. Mr..
Robertson had a messenger constantly
travelling between Brittany and London,
to bring eggs, Of a certain kind Of plover
near St Malo; and single dinner, con-
sisting Of two dishes only, sometimes cost
him upward Of fifty guineas. He count
ed the minutes between his meals, and
was wholly absorbed in devising means
to indulge his appetite. In the course Of
nine years he found his table dreadfully
abridged BY the ruin Of his fortune, and
he was verging fast to poverty. When
he had spent fortune Of q hundred and
fifty thousand pounds. and was totally
ruined, q friend gave him q guinea to
keep him from starving; but short time
after he was found dressing an ortnlan
for himself. A few days later be died by
his own hands. m 9rra
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-13
REVENUE FRAUDS IN LOU .STANA.
Some Recent Discoveries which Tmplcate a
Number Of Government Officials
[finnrinr. Int1rnHlI !

WAsHfNGTON Jan. Within the next few
days the public will be officially Informed OF
very extensive revenue frauds In Louisiana,
although 1t remains To be proved that M orrls
Marks, the revenue head OF that district. is
implicated. Some months ago there was ren-
son to suspect the transactions 1T certain
deputy collectors In the parish 0f st. Mary
aud others In ths I'm me,iints Heighbofhood,
and specIaI agent WIS srut tttttft7 IT. =fefk
up the case Under the present revenue sys-
TEN II Ia the duty Of the deputies to travel
about their districts. making assessments for
licenses, and when the money III collected
they are supposed To present the dealer with
tho regular govefnm' Mt amps that show he
In entitled to carry on business. In the dis
tfcts referred to. 1t Ia fouud that fUr several
years past, ever since the present adujiuistra-
tiOn came into power, these deputies have been
collecting under the law from dealers, aud, in~
stead Of Issuing stamps, have be n giving their
Individual receipts, which. under the law, are
worthless, aud making no returns to the
collector OF the amount taken In. When
the time cHtne around for making fresh
assessments. they would simply repeat
ihe operation, the d. alels snpposing every
thing was done In order. Within he past
few days the most convincing prUef OF the
guilt of one Of the deputies has been laid be-
fore Commissioner Raum, aud he promptly
ordered the mans discharge by telegraph.
At the same time he sent down u special
corps Of department experts to ferret out the
whole facts and make an itnWeiiate report.
1t cannot yet be learned what Ia the exact
amount OF the frauds. but In rough estimate
1t reaches up in the thousands. some three
or four deputies are implicated In the
swlndie. all of them being Republicans Of
good standing" who were warmly indorsed
for tho placps by the Rtdicals of Louisiana.
including the distinguished members OF the
Returning Board. Com missioner Raum has
for private secretary II. Conquest Clarke,
Kelugg's former shrewd aud INSCRIPTIONS
secretary, who has been openly charged with
using his present position to aid his friends
In Louisiana In their dealing with the Reve-
nue Department. Wells OF the Returning
Board, is here To save his friends who have
hNen cAllght stenlinR.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-13
GREENBACK DOCTRINES.
The Platform Recently Adopted by the
Greenback Labor Convention
at Washington.

telegram from Washington briefly an-
nounced that tbs Greenbaek conference had
fixed upon June . as the time and Chicago as
the place for the convention Of the National
Greenback Labor purity. The following la
the preamble accompany ing the call:
We have reached u crisis In our country'8
history and All epoch In human affairs. Our
government which WIS designed for the po-
litical veal of mankind. has passed under the
control Of binkers, stock jDbbsrs, land grab
bers and professional politicians to the exclu-
sion OF those whose labor produces It's wealth
and pays Its taxes. The constitutional rights OF
the people are denied or usurped by the
money power The fruits OF productive en-
terprlse are grasped by corporate monopolieS.
The large share of accumulated wealth and
undeveloped resources OF the nation are CON-
centrated In the hands OF small class and
all property interest and stability or our irl~
stttutiona, on tho part Of large majority OF
voters, is dlssipated. U5urie,Is interest and
enforced ideness have filled the land with
pauperism, crime and misery, and the air ig
ominous with lnurnnrs OF dlscDntent. The
very foundation OF popular government Is
questioned am assailed, and the Republic
itself is In imminent peril. The people of the
District of Columbia, containing popuia-
tion OF 10000 souls, have been, by the act
OF Congress. wholly disfranchised, and laws
have been enacted In various States to curtail
this sacred right Of suffrage, the very corner
stone OF every republic Deeply impressed
by the gravity OF this crisis, we cheerfully
sacrifice oil minor differences and unite for
the purpose OF restoring the government to
the control of the whole people through the
representatives chosen by them, uninfl lenced
by bribery, intimidation or sectional ilate. and
recovering their complete sovereignty over
their elections. currency, lands and lines OF
Internal communication. and, finally, to em-
body In law and enforce the right OF each la
borer to the results OF his toll.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-13
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.

scarce, and very ltftle WIS thrown upon the
market knew Of only ono trausaetton~-one
of the original t0ckhpdets sold To friend
enough stuck ut 5000 tu reI,ay him for tho
money he had subscribed nj fret. The stock
jumped In q few days to $500 per share, and
tho friend who had bought at 5000 sold out
two-ffths Of bis interest aud covered bis out
lay. The stock then went mp IN regular
jumps, and is at present about $4,000 per
share"
Probably the first exhibition In this coun-
try OF photographing at night by electric
light was seen at Sixth Avenue and Four
teenth street last evening Theexhlbltor was
Mr. Dana, the photographer. The light was
produced by Fuller Inachine Of 3I horse
power. The lamp WAS set In u btigui metal
funnel like that which encoses the headlight
OF locomotives. opening widely outward. A
food Of light WAS cast upon the person sit
ting to be photographed sheet OF ground
glass, held close to the funnel tempered and
dlffused tho light. A gentleman was photo
Rrnphed In thirty three seconds, aa short O
time as would have sulfieed on n bright day.
and tho negative, when subjected to n bath Oh
chemicals In the photographers dark closet,
was as distinct as though 1t had been taken
In sunlight. Gnmpletad photographs could
be prepared from H., Mr.. Dana said by to-
morrow morning. Mr.. Dgna says that pho
tographs by electric light may ba made as
faithful likenesses as any others, and COST no
more than those taken In sunlight.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-13
RUSIA.

LONDON, Jan. 12-Ths Mems has ths rof-
lowing from ST. Petersburg. The Moscow Cd
cite now Bays that the statement which 1t
published on the eighth instant that Count
SebouvainiT was likely to be appointed Min.
lister Of the Interior, with the department. OF
police IN his ministry. 10 supsrsede the third
section. Ia without foundation.
The same dispatch says: The Jonrndt Of
Siberia, the only unofficial newspaper In all
Siberia. has been suppressed indettnitely, the
censor not having been informed OF the
InInes ~ Its contributors.
1T. PETERSBURG. jan. 12.-.An article In the
Goloa recon uiends that Lhe ceasou OF kudjh
tu China be ouly gradual, In order to avoid
dieorders on the frontier.
LONDON. Jan. 12.-The Standards Berlin
dispatch says: The entire stall of the Gov
eruor General of European kussia have been
summoned to ST. Petersburg to discuss the
question Of the reorganization Of tho police
system The Car is profoundly dissatisfied
with the present force.
Berlin dispatch says: NJ. Dantzett had
private audience with the Gar. during
which he was ordered to mako some impor-
tant statements to Germany CONCERNING the
movement of Russian troops to Poland.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-13
PLATINUM FOR MIR. EDISON.
The Discovery Said to Have Been Made
in California Testing the
Horseshoes.
IN Y. Sun.l

Thompson's Flat. on the Feather river. In
Butte county, California, seems In u fair way
OF becoming famous. Mr.. Edt6on's agents
have, 1t s said discovered platinum there In
paying quantities. Heretofore the great
platinum mines In Russia have been con-
troIled by two large firms, ono in England
aud the other In France These firms have
been accustomed to regulate tho price Of the
material to suit themselves, and have always
taken care that the demand should exceed
tho supply, In order that the price should
be kept up. The amount OF platinum
used IN Mr. EdisonB first ilght--that is
to say, In the spiral principle first illustrated
In The SHn-cOst about tifty cents for each
lamp. LII the carbon light now In use the
two fine pieces of wire that support the horse
shoe have together been eetimated to be
worth only seven cents. When Mr.. Ellison
begins To manufacture his lamps in large
quantities, 1t IL expected that the Increased
aemahd for platinum will tend to Increase
the price. Should this prove to be the case,
Mr.. Edison Intends tn mice his own platinum
at Thomrsons Flat, Instead OF submitting TO
the demHnds of the foreign platinum monopo-
lists. Mr. Edison Is Of the opinion that Ia
discovering the metal In paying quantities In
this country he has virtually discovered the
value OF the only remaining unknown guam
tity necessary to Hn absolute solution OF the
electric light problem.
Some interesting experiments were made In
MpDlo Park yesterday, which have determined
Mr.. Edison to reduce the sza OF the carbon
h0rSeShDeS Ia the gtDDeS. Two lights mat
have been burning constantly for nearly $50
hours were taken down In order to ascertain
whether they had d, preclated by combustion
since first lE bted. By means of the galvano-
meter, an accurate test was made and the re-
suit was compared with the original tests.
No reduction had been made. That is to say,
the amount Of oxygen that had gained ad-
mittance had been SO Dtinltesimai that the
combustion OF the carbon could not be meas
ured by the finest and incest test 1t was
found, too that by re, ucing the siz3 Of the
carbon horsesnoes one-third, eleven lights
could be generated per horse power instead
or eight. By increasing the resistance OF the
lamps from 100 to 300 ohms Mr.. Edison finds
that he can still further Increase the number
OF lights per horse power. This, however, is
found to Increase the cost and will not be at
tempted. Although Mr.. Edtson's lights are
each Of only eighteen candle power, or equal
to one ordinary gas jet, their intensity may
be increased fourteen fold II necessary, al
though, of course, at relatively greater ex-
penSe.
In an interview with reporter for the
Louis Vile Courier journal, few days ago,
Mr.. z nckney L. Green, speaking OF the Edi-
son Electric Light Compapy's stock, said:
when | went to New York. about seven
weeks ago. the stock OF the company was
valued at 5000 per share, just double Its face
value, At that time, however, the stock was
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-13

similar resolution 10 that BY The senate,
s,silIuu fer the pppointuaut of a epinmittee tp
ask the npuinn Of the supreme ,i'iie'ai Oolft
"a to the legality uf the organization ~ the
House. Ia ufferinR the resolution nj. ha'a
spoke Of the extraordinary circumstances
under which they met. IIa said tho ohieet of
the organization was to aettle the vital dias-
tIona affecting the organization Of The LA9is-
lsture and state government. The uouse
will obey the decision nf tho court.
THE BRIBERY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
AUGUSTA Me. Jan, t2.--The House com
mittea to investlgats the charges OF hriphfy
met in the hall Ut the Representatives to-
day W. r. White was summoned, but wouin
not respond, declining to reeognizs tha ~.
thority II the COMMITTEES. Swan and Harri-
man repeated the substance of their ainia,
Wits and statements, with some adhitiuail
particulars. They we're cOrrob0rated by the
testimony of Scion Chase
GEN, CHAMpEHJAIa's ORDERS.
Gen. Chamberlain has issued the following
orders.
HEADQUARTERS F1RsT DIVISION
Name Militia I
Augusta. January u, 1880
General Order No. 81
T. The attention Of all military ofgan'za.
ttons now In the service OF the State. and uf
all mon liable TO military duty IN this State,
Ia directed TO the following order:
STATE or MAINE.
Adjutnnt GaHetHfs D1iaa I
Augusta. January 6. 1880
General Order No i2l
|. rho several counties OF this State are
constituted Into the First Division OF Militia
of Maine
O. Major Cen Joshua H. Chamberlain lE as
egped to the command Of the first division.
4 Commanding officers OF all military or
panl5atons acuapted into the sarviee OF tho
State are required To report To him. Hs will
be obeyed aud respected accordingly.
By order Of tho Governor, and commander
in-chief 4 u. LEAvIrr.
Adjutant General.
Special Order No. 4h.l
Major Cen Joshua l.. Chamberlain is here
by authorized and directed to protect the
public property aud institutions of the State
until my sueepsaar IL duly Installed.
ALoNzo GAHCEboa Governor.
IT. I nm now discharging tho duties THUS
dpvolvad on me I'm protecting the public prop
ertv and tho oitizens of the State until the
Governor Is legally elected aud dulyaualIfiDd
Particular attention Ia called to thu law rem
dcring It unlawful for any body Of men. other
than regularly organized corps of militia.
without authority expressly given, tn ASSOC
elato themselves together as a military com
pany, organization. or to parade lnpublie with
arms.
Ill. All persons and organizations will take
notice accordingly. and all orSanized military
organizations will understand that they are
to report To mo for orders until they arc 9TH
erwise ordered by or through me.
JOSHUA II. CHAMnERLAIN.
Major General
WHAT THE FustoNIsTs WILL 20.
Jt Ia announced that the Fusionists will
proceed Mt once TO the election uf Governor
and staff officers II II still claimed that Lam
son will not be recognized as Governor by
Gen. Chamberlain
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-13
Movements Of ocean vessels.

NEw YoHK, Jan. 12-Arrived: Wyanoke.
Arrived out: Argosy, Hanover, Ethiopia,
Battle. Uerdsr, Strmatian.
BOSTON. Jan. 12.-Arrived: Steamer United
States from Savannah
LIVERPOOL. Jun. 12.-Arrived Steamers
Drumauff from Now Orleans, Federico FROM
New Orlrana The steamer Glendowp, from
Norfolk lost overheard 157 head Of cattle
The British bnrk Sarah Douglass, Capt.
Mclean. from Gsalon. October II, for Liver
pool, has put into Fayal with her rudder
damaged.
GLOUCESTER, } IN. t3-saiei January 10,
Brig Hermet for Wilmington.
QUEENS OWN. Jan. t2-Arrived: January
II. bark Echo from New Ofleans.
B0sToa, jan. 13-CIeared Schooner John
II. kr hz for New Orleans. Arrived Schooner
Anna L. Mulrord from Nav Orleans.