Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-08-23
GENERAL NOTES.

The christian name of DIR. Bliss, who
.,,snds the President Is Doctor" When
-. was born he was named doctor vii.
isrl Bliss" from DIR. Willard, who olliciated
Al his birth.
tramp attempted to enter a toll
honse. kept by Mrs. Mollie Hunt, widow.
assr Greenwood, lnd. Mr.. Hunt gave the
man all her money through panel which
ha broke out of the door, bat he persisted
m his attempt To enter. and she shot him
dead. He is known as tramp, passing
under the names John Miller, - Brien, g
and Lewis Cook"
DIR. Weisse has been shooting at dead
hodies TO lind out where the ball lodged in
,he Presidents case, but DIR. Bliss says
that shooting at dead bodies 10 find the
ssact IL would have on live ones is absurd.
An opinion Is that neither OF them know
much about IT, It's the old story. Where
ignorance is Bliss, it's folly 10 be weisse. E"
NJ. Munkaesy, the Hungarian painter.
has inst declined To take less than Sle0, 600
FOR his new picture OF "Christ before Pr
Iate IL il not so long ago that this bril-.
isn't and now wealthy artist was a cabinet
makers apprentice, aud was thankful to
Earn small sums in his leisure hours by
nAintng lowers upon the furniture OF the
peasant farmers or his native town.
Jesse aud Frank James, the notorious
outlaws, who, IL Is believed. were the lead
or, Of the party OF desPeradoes that robbed
he Rock Island train last Saturday night,
AM the sous OF a Kentucky Baptist clergy
man and were educated at Georgetown
College, Scott eoanty, nv. They have been
ruilty OF the most audaciOuS bank. train
and highway robberies ever committed ia
the west
Ex-senator MerrimOa OF North Caro-
Nna. Is reported 10 have said recently in
speech at a prOhibitory meeting in Iei'ls-
yiue. IN that State - have never meldled
with liquor, have never drank it, have
hardy kept il a. medicine in my family.
an vet Il has me,idled with me, has made
nv boy a wandering yagabOnd, has broken
ms Nite'S heart; yes. when was asleep,
thinking him at home in the house, he was
beiug made a0runkard in the bar-roOms OF
Raleigh.
The New York Baker dai Brsk,r gives
correspondent an easy rule for calculating
the rate per cent. paid by bond on the
amount actually invest "A when the price
pad Is above or below par. The rate viii
readily be found by dividing the amount or
interest which the bond annually pays.
Thus. In the case mentioned, when $50 Is
paid for per cent bond whose par is
sl0O, the amount OF interest per annum
would be s.. Divide this by 10 aud the
resu,, i ). - Is per cent, the rate actual
ly paid on the investment
About twenty years ago a somewhat
abg>iye opponent OF the Bapti>ts was pub
fishing a book against them at the office of
ne printer OF the acts OF the Mississippi
legislature. By some iuadyertenee the
sheets got mixed, and before the confusion
was detected several copies of the acts
we're 50 bound as To- exhibit the following
astonishing piece OF legislation, the grand
result Of a thirty years war against Inner
,.on BE II enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives OF the State OF
Mississippi that bdy means - put undcr
he water, and tizo means TO pull out
A very peculiar instance OF tie fiuctu-
alton OF values in commercial commodities
: shown BY the comparative returns OF the
exports OF petroleum for the years 1880
and 1851. The amount in gallons exported
IN Is was ~, 3O4 so less than the amount
exported in lsSO, yet the value Of the eN-
ports for ISL 50 greatly reduced IN quan-
uiy. exceeded the value OF the exports for
l>s0 ty s4,69j.97l. IL would seem ditlicOlt
70 fix the standard OF values with 80 slip
perry product a. oil.