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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

The people of the United States have
paid into the national treasury more than
six dollars for every dollars reduction oil
the national debt.-ArgHs.
Have they indeed! 1t was generally
supposed that the money paid into the
national treasury came partly from the
pockets of the importers and the whlskey
and tobacco manufacturers. partly from
the sale of government lands. partly from
tax on national banks, partly from profits
on coinage and from other similar sources
A direct tax has been assessed by the
general government but three times IN
the history Of the country. The customs
revenues in 1878 were $50 millions.
American consumers, it is true, indirect
" paid most of this in higher prices. but
only whiskey and tobacco consumers paid
any part of the ITO millions OF internal
revenue that year. The proceeds OF the
sale of government property is no incon-
siderable item of the ordinary receipts,
and in no way does it come out OF any
body's pockets. Bank tax fees and COIN
age profits burden only particular corpora
tons or individuals; thay do not affect
the general taxpayer in the slightest.
Furthermore, on the supposition that the
Argus has reckoned correctly, the appl'.
cation of one dollar in every sly Of revenue
to the payment of the debt would not be
bad showing. Debts are paid out OF
the surplus of income over expenses, and
the stricter the economy the more rapid
the payment. The Argus, not taking In
to account the debit side Of the account,
has not shown that the other FIVE dollars
were not expended economically and
iudiciously. -4duertisen.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10
SEE
WHAT THE PAPERSSAY.

An awakening book. a thrilsng book, indeed
50 powerful and 80 real book about the South
has not been written before. -CiRetRrdtf Com
iaCreidl
IL this book don't move men. and start the
patriotic blood OF the nation into warmer fo~.
then Ne have mistaken the American people -
Chicago Inter Ocean
win rank among the famous novels which
represent certain epoeAs Of history 50 faithfully
AaG accurately. that. once written. they must be
read by everybody who desires 20 be well IN
formed Portland (Mel Asvsrttscr
1t Is well written. interesting. and demon
.;rstes the utter h0pclessneSs Of revOlUtionixing
the politics and society OF tie South. II Is 9
radical wsrk. but old Confederate Democrats
can shuekIe over many Of its pages. "-Fko'oHa
xtSsD Southern states
The book u al extraordinary one. The stated
aovel reader will End Il fresh and thrilling
rse statesman may gather lessons OF wisdom
from It's pages. "-Bos'Oa Daily Adrcrtiscr
written in brains - Rochester Rural HOnae
Sketches not 20 be matched in the whole
rAnss Of modern fiction - Boston Traveller.
Destined TO create fllrUrc in literary, poll
.icAl aud soc<al circles second only 20 that pro
luced by UDcle Toms Cabin a quarter Of
,catury AGO ST. Paul MIMI Dcspdieh
Worthy Just nov % national consideration
Hartford C0UTGHt
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/. brilliant in conception and execution, and
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10
A BUGLE CALL.

Among the numerous converts to the
Hancock boom claimed by the Democrats
was General Grant. The great silent
soldier has spoken at the right time and
in the right way. and this is his reply:
M,NIroU, Col, July u, 1850.
Colonel Drake DeRdy, AcJudnt- General,
Boys ia Blue" Netc York City.
Publish order telegraphed. In my opin-
lou the best interests OF the whole country,
North and South, demand the success Of
the ticket headed by Garfield aud Arthur.
L. :. GRANT.
The following is the orler referred to in
the dispatch:
Tue ORDER FOR ORGANIZATION.
HEADQUARTERS UNION VETERANS
UNION, BOYS IN BLUE"
NEW YORK, July 22, 1850.
General Order,
!. The number for each State of the
National Committee of the Union Neter-
ans Union will al once proceed - organ
ize the Boys in Blue in their respective
States 20 promote the election of Garfield
aud Arthur.
H. The organization OF the Boys in
Blue" will report To the Department Com
maudcr> in their respective States. By or
der OF L. ). GRANT,
Commander.in-Ch Chief "Boys In Blue. "
DR,XE DEK,Y, .Adintant-Gencr'tl.
Faithful TO the country which he serv.
ed so well in peace and in war, he Is also
faithful to the great party which stood at
his back and made it possible for him to
win the laurels which he wears, and he
now comes TO the front to summon his old
comrades around him TO guard in peace
what they won in war. His name will
be tower of strength TO the cause; and
General Order No. will be a bugle call
20 the thousands of old soldiers who love
and honor their old commander.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

WEIGHrY REAsoSs.-Judge Orion, a
well-known and highly respected lawyer
in Wisconsin, having announced his pur-
pose to leave the Democratic party and
support Gen. Garfield, gives the following
weighty reasons for his action:
Whatever the Democratic party may
have been in the past, it is essentially aud
absolutely the party OF the South to-day
or the lSJ Electoral votes required To elect
President this fall the Democratic party
counts the l37 votes from the solid South
made up OF the States which seeded
or wanted 10 secede and dare not--solid In
advance for its candidate. The balance,
~ votes, they hope TO get in the North.
Thirty-dve OF them they confidently expect
from the city OF New York, for the State
OF New York outside the city is as strong
IL Republican rs Wisconsin. The
record OF the Democratic party in Congress
for the last four years has justly excited
the suspicious of Northern men. &.
This practical question then presents itself
10 every honest voter OF the North: Is II
wise or just, and ought the American peo-
pie, TO place the republic in the control OF
the party OF the South? Will the National
credit be safe in its hands, Will the Ma
tional Treasury be safe in Its hands! VIII
the principle that the Republic is Nation
be honestly respected and acquiesced in by
q people who individually believe that 1t is
a lie, established by might and not right!
Is the right Of all classes at the South re-
spected, so that their elections can be con-
sidere,l a fair and intelligent expression Of
public sentiment, or are such results simply
dictated by q class desperate. for political
powers viii the North be true to the
noble history 1t has made now to pass the
Government over to the control Of the very
men who fought to destroy 1t? Will this
be just to the memory Of those slain in its
defence? Can the politicians of the easy
going South appreciate the needs of the
great, energetic, progressive North; and
will they be disposed to regard themf
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

Its all nonsense for Republicans to
denounce Hancock for hanging Mrs. Sur.
rat. All Republicans could have asked
is that he had been allowed to keep on
hanging rebels. There would now be
fewer Democratic voters if he had contin-
ued in the good work. --.a
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

Hon. Fred A. Conkling, brother OF
Senator Conkling, has come out for Han
cock. and has been elected president OF a
Hancock end English club in New York
city.
As Mr.. Conkling "came OUT for Gree
lev, and has been Democrat for these
many years there does not appear to be
any significance in his support of Han
cock. The boom needs boosting, how
eyer.-Belfast Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

The Stree ballot in the Democratic
platform means, in Maine, said Congress
MAJ Frye at Auburn Friday evening, let.
ting An Infamous Governor and Council
reverse the verdict Of the people at the
polls.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

We know Of $2O05 that won't be used
for purchasing voters this fall.-Leriston
Gdzette.
No, Swan has paid back the 81 100000
which he borrowed from the town treas
ury, and no one ever saw the 81 ,005.00
claimed to be the price of Harriman's
treachery,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10
Republican Meetings.

HON. EUGENE HALE, Of Ellsworth,
VIII address the citizens OF oxford County AT
the following times and places:
LOWELL VILLAGE,
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. -.
WATERFORD FLAT,
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST IL.
BRYANT'S POND,
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 10.
RUMFORD CENTRE,
FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST Is.
DIXFIELD,
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST IA.
CANTON,
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST Il.
Hon. A. II. WALKER, of Lowell,
WIN speak with Mr.. Hale at
WATERFORD FLAT,
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST II.
Afternoon meetings at 30; evening meet.
ings at 30 O'Clock.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

There Is today more probability OF
the election Of Weaver than Of either Gar.
field or Hancock, and this probability will
grow stronger from now until election.
+. 4 Bland.
Not by eighty-6ye cents on dollar.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

The 4rgua announces a "harmoAi.
Gus" fusion in Oxford County. 1t has q
queer idea of harmony. don't you think
50, Bro. Seitz. -"'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

81 hope the Democrats will nominate
straight candidate for Congress. It's
just what want them 70 do. don't
want any lukewarm support. Iwant those
fellows either 20 stand up or sit down.
They must show their colors. "-E H.
FogO.
We are inclined TO think they will
Lewiston Gazette.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

We should judge from the appear
ance in the last Irish World that farmers
IN Ireland raised oysters on their hnd.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

EIGHT TO SEvEN.-History repeats it.
self. We are to have the old combina-
tion-eight to seyen-orer again, thus
f i.s.s.t ssszts VS.. i.sSss-f
and everybody knows at which extremity
of the familiar formula victory perched.-
Hartford Post.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

Good news. Moses Hull says he
prefers Garfield to Reconsideration
Gazette.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS,
FOR PRESIDENT:

|, 'f1 FOR PRESIDENT:
ia MES A. RIFE l. ID,
OF ONO.
FOR vIcE-PREsiDENT
ESTER A. ARTHUR,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS:
,,Ior,e JOSEPH S. wHEELwIIGHr
NJ IRA IL. ross. ,..
Second District-QTlS HAYF0RD.
Third Disirict-EhtyIN FLYg.
E ft%s H pislrietILEw MS p ynIiNsoN'
State Election, Monday, September 18th.
FOR GOVERNOR:
DANIEL F. DAVIS,
OF coRNTH.
FOR CONGRESS:
WILLIAM P. FRYE,
OF LEWISTON.
FOR SENATOR'S:
AUGUSTUS II. WALKER, Of Lowell.
GEORGE ID. BISBEE, of Buckfeld.
FOR PROBATE REGISTER:
HERRICK c. DAVIS, Of Paris.
FOR COMMISSIONER:
WALDO PETTENGILL, of Rumford.
FOR SHERIFF:
WILLIAM DOUGLASS, of Waterford.
FOR TREASURER
GEORGE II. WATKINS, of Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-10

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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18
A Point Of Courtesy.

There is one little piece of kindnes;
which almost all people, old and young
have opportunity to perform, and by
whose practise they can very materially
add to the comfort and happiness of less
fortunate persons. 1t to avoid looking
at deformities or marks of disease when
they are met in the street or at home. II
a person has misshapen foot, or lacks
an arm or leg, or bears upon the face
some Disagreement, or is evidently suf
fering from disease, we may be sure that
the fact is sufficiently impressed upon his
mind, by his own thoughts, and by the
marked attention of the unklnd or the
theughtless, without any stares or re-
marks of our own. The keen suffering
given to a sensitive person-and all per-
sons with a noticeable deformity may
we'll be supposed to be sensitive on that
SUBJECTS such as one who has felt it
can understand to the full. Of course it
is the most natural thing for the eye to
fall upon tkat which is marked or I'M
natural. We ought deliberately to school
ourselves not to add, by look or by word,
to the unhappiness of those who have
already enough to bears. 8. Times.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18
A Trying Time.

To the ordinary lad, entrance into
society is a fiery ordeal. 1t is great
trial either for a tender or ripper age,
for an overgrown boy to go to door,
knowing that there are o dozen girls
inside, and knock or ring with an alb
solute certainty that in few moments
all eyes will be upon him; it is severe
test of courage to 60 before these girls
and make the tour of the room without
stepping on their toes, and to sit down
and dispose of his hands without put
ting them in his pockets is an achieve
ment which few boys can boast. But
even if he acquits himself tolerably well
during the evening, his trials are not
yet over. The time for breaking up
arrives. The girls don their moods and
put on their shawls, and look So saucy
and mischievous, 80 unimpressible and
Independent, as if they did not wish
anybody to go home with them. Then
comes the pinch, and the boy who has
the most pluck goes up to the prettiest
girl in the room, with his tongue cling
ing to the roof of his mouth, and, crook
ing out his elbow, stammers out the
words, "Shall see you home?" She
touches her fingers on his arm, and
they walk home, feeling as awkward as
two gosines. Well life has its trials.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18

KEELING IN TREEs.-To heel Is a
nautical expression, which signifies to
incline to one side. It is likely that
some old salt, tired of "life On the ocean
wave," introduced the terpl into the
language of horticu ture when he
thought to set out an orchard. To heel
in trees means to cover their roots in q
pit, their trunks being inclined so that
the branches will touch the ground.
Nurserymen ordinarily advise their
patrons to purchase trees in the fall; to
take them to their farms; to heel them
in, and to let them remain in that con-
dition till the following spring, when
they are to be set out. The process is
o good one for nurserymen, but it is of
very questionable value to their pa irons.
1t takes nearly as much time to heel in
trees as it does to set them out. Unless
the operation is conducted with great
care, they cannot be taken from the
place where they are heeled in without
damage. If the earth is removed from
around the roots with spade, they are
quite likely to be cutor bruised. If the
trees are pulled from the pit without
first removing the earth, they are liable
to injury. Ii the pit is quite deep. tho
roots of the trees will be likely to be
covered with water. If it is very shall
low, they will be in danger of freezing
and thawing several times during the
winter. If straw is placed round the
roots to prevent their freezing, mice
will make their home in it and eat the
bark on the roots.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18
The Empress Eugene.

Eugene de Montiio, Countess of
Teba, was a beautiful woman Of 81,
who had had a youth of vicissitudes,
and was well known in many capitals
for her beauty, grace and rank, which,
having no fortune to support them,
gained her and her mother only the I'M
deserved title Of adventuresses. The
malice of party has ragged fercely
against this lady's name, but there is
not a particle of proof to sustain it.
Her ability, her afectionate devotion to
the interests Of her family, and her re-
igious fervor are, so far as the world
knows, as unquestionable as her beauty
and her personal charm. No Queen in
history has better fulfilled Queens
duty as leader of the fashions !;
while she reigned, the dress of
women was at once beautiful, decent,
and convenient. Hers was the prettiest
face, the most graceful bearing, the most
winning smile, in all that dazzling court
of the Tuileries. But she had a Span
iard's love of political intrigue, and an
Andelusian's bigotry, and she contrib
uted powerfully to engage her husband
in the evil way that led his policy to
Rome and his army to Sedan. There
is story told by Arsene Houssaye-
certainly no anfriendly chronicler-
that at the Cabinet Council called to de-
eide the question of peace and war
after the final interview of Benedict
with King William at Ems, the pacee
party carried the day, and the Emperor
went to bed. But the Empress, being
left behind with the council, won over
to her warlike views the gallant De
erammont and the absurd Lebeuf, and
reversed the decision, and then went in
triumph to the Emperor's chamber,
where he was sleeping the sleep of the
just, and gained his assent to the fatal
declaration which vas made next day
by the jaunty De Grammont, with his
hands in his pockets, and by Oliver,
with his cgur leger.--Harper's Maga-
zine.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18

1t vas Sunday afternoon, and young
Mr Staylgight had stopped until they
we're forced To asG him to take supper.
'Fhe best china and the extra silver
graced the table. and one of the best
napkins was placed before young Mr..
Staylaight's plate, for the family desired
to create all the impression possible
upon the susceptible mind. His young
lady was conducting herself with great
credit, and the young man was more
than ever in love with her, when the
mother said, passing the cake for the
second time:
Won't you have another piece, Mr..
Staylaight?"
"No, thank you," said the young
man, in his politest tone, "not any
more"
"Oh, do have just one more" urged
the mother, smiling sweetly; "you
haven't eaten hardly anything"
The younger brother, who sat oppo
site, and had been instructed not to ask
twice for anything. much to his disgust,
saw his opportunity, and snorted out
with great malevolence:
club! I shouldn't think he had!
He's eaten four hunks of tongue, three
biscuit, two plates of sauce, two of them
tarts, and both kinds of cake-and,
mother, sis keeps kickin' me under the
table. Make her stop"
They brought Mr.. Staylaight to by
dashing ice-water in his face.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18
Keeping the Boys on the Farm.

In an extended argument as to the
desirability of farmers SONS sticking to
the farm, the Cincinnati Commercial
observes that there is feature in this
matter of sons following the calling of
their fathers that is not sufficiently re-
garded.
"The calling of the father may rise to
higher dignity when the sons adopt
the business, thoroughly learn it, and
proudly pursue it. The accumu-
lated reputation, capital, and business
OF the parent can be inherited and pre-
served by the sons.
Again, it is q law of nature that
holds good in all the animal kingdom,
that aptness for any business may be in
herited, Or may be bred, as we say of
stock. The great desideratum in de-
veloping race of trotters is to insure
an aptness to trot. And this comes not
from stock that has habitually been used
for the draught or chase or race course.
If tile dam trots and the sire trots we
do not expect the offspring to be a
running horse.
The old Spartans understood this
law of developing an aptness for given
calling in the children. The Germans
of olden times developed race of war
riors on the same principle.
"The law of heredity is so broad and
so powerful in its influence that it ex-
tends not only to color and form of our
race, but it extends to the temperament
and even to the tastes. The taste,
though like the muscle and reasoning
faculties, may be improved by educa-
ton. Still the taste and aptness for
any calling may be increased from gen.
Grafton to generation.
"Then, if We are to reach the highest
development as a race of farmers, we
must expect it through the line of de-
scent. The sun must inherit the fitness
of the father, and take up the calling
and business where he left of, and his
son after him, and so on. When this
shall become the custom in our farm
ing families, then shall we see greater
stability in society and higher type OF
civilization. Every parent has the
chief power to bring this work about
The very independence of the farmers
life is to be the germ which develops a
race that cannot be other than an indie
pendent people. Our nation is to
achieve its greatness in the develop
ment of agriculture. ltspower at home
and abroad is to be established and
held through the arts of husbandry,
practiced by skillful and virtuous
race Of farmers. All, then, that can be
done by the State or family to ennoble
and to dignity the calling, and to entail
its blessings and influence from father
to son, will add 70 the stability and
grandeur of the nation"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18
A Strange Death.

DR.. Adolf Sander, physician in Ger
many, In 1874. while dressing contrived
to get a shirt-button between his teeth,
and while laughing the button slipped
into the larynx. All the exertIons of his
surgical friends to remove it were vain.
and it sank into the right lung, which
soon became irritated. Splitting of blood
ensued, and looking forward to his death
as not very remote, he removed to villa
he had near Frankfort-on-the Main, to
pass his last days IN quiet. Here he YVES
surprised by violent fit of coughing, in
which the button was elected. His heath
rapidly improved, and IN a couple of
months regarding himself as quite cured,
he resumed his professional work; but
last year symptoms manifested them
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18

A bogus Stanley is engaged in cram
ming with all the terrible adventures
which he never encountered worthy and
credulous bourgeois, who, lost in admi-
ration. eXca1ms:
"What dangers must you not dared in
in those terrible regions where every
thing. from the lion and oa-constrictor
to the deadly jungle, is the enemy of
human lite..''
"You moy well say So" cries the hero.
"Once on the shores of Lake Nyanza.
was attacked by whole heard of deadly
jungles, and if hadn't had my elephant
rifle with me and dropped the first one
dead in his tracks, would not now be
here to tell you about it."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18
THE MAN IN THE MOON.

The Man in the Moon is conical loon;
His round face is all that he SHOWS
Whether stately and trim, or scanty oflimb,
Is q secret that nobody knows.
IN his lofty estate he is careless of fate,
And he rides through the sky at his ease
He has stuck to his horn since the day he VS.
born.
And he i.ttens or Cynthia's cheese.
To what mystic race, with his quizzica! face,
This wanderer claims 10 belong,
Il the Muses. e'er knew they have Jeff US no
clue,
IN fable, or fiction. or song.
Who is his mother? his sister and brother:
And his pedigree has it q flaw:
Sweet soul, he has none; he is nobody's son,
And the rogue has 10 mo;her-in-law.
when the sun sinks TO rest IL the purple
crowned west,
He comes forth. no frolic TO miss:
And slyly ne creeps through the windows ana
peeps
III lovers in hope, and in bliss
All! what has he seen by peepng between
The curtains wherever he goes:
Eus she MUSES. are good-not one OF them
would
Tell The volume OF secrets he know
He kiss2s the flowers, sud lights the green
bowers
Where lovers delight in his smile;
And the touch % his beams gilds the noun
tlins and ~treams,
And the glad earth rejoice the while.
Equal pleasure he brings to peasant and
kings,
And he smiles on the cook and the queen
And the good and the bad. the stricken ano
glad,
Bask alike in his brightness serene.
Re has shown his kind face to each child o
our race
Since the hour of hunanty's birth;
And on Times shining pages, in all the long
ages,
Is recorded the fame OF his worth.
yher fill Up the bowl to the genial soul.
For we must all leave him full soon;
Lei good cheer abound as the goblet goes
round
Ard hurrah for the Man in the Moon,