Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-12-14
IN GENERAL.

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"Sermons in dr. lead one of these papers
10 suggest that we are coming TO variety
of religious exercises In colors and may
vet find 1.-The Baptists running to water
colors and missionary societies to Indian
I ink"
Iowa Is just now the resort of people
| who seek divorces. As IL is stated the
Legislature of that State will soon repeal
the laws under which they are easily Sc
cured, parties who are tired OF marital life
will find the Maine divorce laws As favora-
BILE TO them as any ever existing In Iowa
or Indiana. We venture to say that the
proportion OF divorces 10 marriages in
Maine for the past year, was as great as in
any State in the Union.
The ills which flesh is heir to are more
often due to impurities In the blood than
is generally supposed. The purliication
OF this vital fluid enables the system to
ward of its worst enemies. There is no
doubt that Hoods Sarsaparilla Is one OF
the best blood purifiers in the world, and
we feel confident that those who give IL a
trial will not be disappointed.
A remarkable family fiat children live
in Barren county, Ky. The father, Smith
land Chamber, weighs 1870 pounds, and his
wife only III, but siS-year-old daughter
weighs 230 pounds. The latter Is about a.
tall as other girls of her age. but measures
eighty-four inches about the waist. son
died when about five years old weighing
| 200 pounds, aud some younger members OF
the family are growing fat rapidly.
John Cornelius, OF Plumstcad, Eng
| land who was one OF the light brigade
making the charge OF the "noblc six huud.
red" fell dead recently. He was employed
| In breaking stones on the highway, though
his services TO his country merited an east
or life ia his old Philadelphia ImeTi-
caa. Now see here, don't ask too much of
| England, she has pensioncd over 10000 OF
those six hundred and the rest ought 10
| shift for themselves
The newspaper advertisement, an cx-
change truthfuly says, is never firing
worker in the Interest or its employer
When the bill-dstributor has disappeared
| from the streets, and the bills trampled
| iuto pulp, the advertisement Is performing
its silent mission In the family circles. II
appears TO a constituency three or four
times larger than the actual sale OF the pa
per, for there are few newspapers that do
not pass from hand To hand among three
or four persons with every issue.
Two women saved a train on the Han
nibal 4 ST. Joseph Railroad from destruc-
ton about a week ago. Train-wrcckcTs
had opened switch and blocked the track
| by loading Hat car. This being diScoy-
cred by Mrs Rowe, they took lamp and
stood on the track to warn the approaching
train. The wind blew hard enough To ex-
| tinguish the light on ordinary conditions;
so one OF the brave women held her hand
over the chimney OF the lamp until 1t was
burnt and blistcrcd. But the engineer
saw the beacon IN season.
The most remarkable and unexpected
| feature OF the population returns OF Phila-
delphia Is the fact that the natiyc-bOrn pop.
uation has increased In greater proper
ton than the flreign-born-in short, that
| in spite of immigration, always greatest TO
manufacturing centre. the Americans have
multiplied faster than the foreigners. In
| 1870 they were - per cent Of the whole,
| but now they constitute more than three
fourths, or is. There has also been a
small increase in the proportion OF males,
who then constituted 40 per cent of the
whole against i per cent. now.
A curious story ancnt the Irish land
troubles comes from Carlow. The owner
of a large property in that county received
| a memorial signed by seventy Of his tenants
stating that they would not any pay rent
over Griith's valuation. When the agent
came % collect the rent he asked each ten
ant ~ he came In if he had signed the me-
mortal aud II he were willing To abide the
consequences In each case the answer
was in the affirmative Accordingly he
announced, that from that day fourth their
rent was increased twenty per cent, IL be-
ing that amount under Gritith's valuation.
Rev. Stephen H. Tying, IN sermon at
New York on a recent Sunday, told story
OF Abraham Lincoln as follows AT the
close OF scientific convention held In
Washington, the members called In body
At the White House 10 see Mr. Lincoln.
| As they were waiting in the east room the
| President entered. 4 member addressed
! him, aud amer some fulsome remarks said .
| Mr.. President, We trust during this time
OF trial In which the Nation is engaged,
| God Is on our side, and will give Us victory.
To this Mr.. Lincoln replied, Sir, my CON
Germ is not whether God i on our side.
Ny great concern i To he on Gods side,
| for God is always right.
An idiot, % years, who was recently
examined before the students OF one OF the
! leading medical schools OF St Petersburg,
showed that he had lost all the mental fac
uties except memory aud mathematical
calculation, but possessed these IN re-
markable degree. In the lecture room the
| Professor requested him 10 square numbers
containing five and six figures; 10 extract
the square root of like number and so on,
all OF which questions were correctly an
swcred In the space of few seconds.
None OF the m4thematicians present could
do anything like II. Then the Professor
requested some one to read poetry aloud
for few minutes, and the patient repeated
it Us literally as a photograph.
The turkey is not only popular in New
England, but in France IL is apupular dish,
where II is served with truifies. In Eng
land the turkey is roasted with sausages
tucked under his wings to give the meet
richer flavor. Henry, Nv. OF France was
a great lover of turkeys, and 1t Is related
that during the reign of Henry, the Arch
bishop of Bordeaux won on wager tur-
KEY with truffies. He reminded the loser
OF the bet, who replied, my dear Arch
bishop, the truffies this year are not good"
Bah" responded the Archbishop, THAT
is story started by the turkeys" 1t is
said that between November and February
Paris consumes 43, 900 turkeys with truf-
! fies. which cost about s. each. Rhode
Island can beat this all to pieces.
There is judicious movement among
the Buffalo teachers looking toward the
establishment in the public schools OF that
al, Of ;nrnnila snciafics for the nrnf acf ion