Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-08-02
IN GENERAL.

A black bear in Idaho undertook 10
hug young lady. and she punched out
one Of his eyes with her parasol. 1t VIII
teach him lesson.
-Ninety-fye out OF every hundred who
enter mercantile life fail, while nearly
every farmer who exercises reasonable
degree OF industry and management makes
good living.
New York has standing army OF po-
lice, numbering 900 men, who are under
81 captains. The expense OF this force
last year was s3,2J0,OOO. This Is $1,000
per day, including Sundays, being s51j per
hour.
A. Ward when he said that Il would
have been at least $40 in the pocket OF
jeff Davis il he had never been born,
made great mistake. J. ID. will make
$1,000 out OF his new book.-Chy Rem.
The famous hospice OF st. Bernard
will be closed in few months. The rail
way through the st. Gothard tunnel takes
all the travel from the old route, aud the
monks have no further calls upon their
self-denyins charity.
DIR. Oswald says that rocking the baby
10 sleep Is not healthy for the baby. II
was certainly not healthy in the case OF
Stephen, and he was no baby, either. DR..
Oswald, however, j. boulder than most of
US 10 thus overturn the custom OF ages
the rock OF ages, as II were.
A short time since two young ladies'
near Camberwell were accOsted by gypsy
woman. who told bhem that for 4 shilling
each she would show them their husbands
faces In pail OF water, which being
brought, they exclaimed, I'VE only see
our own faces - We'll" said the old
woman, "those faces will be your hus.
bands when you are married"
DE Winter Dumas, u coal.black negro,
has recently been appointed TO $1,000
clerkship Ia the Pension Office. Dumas is
prodigy. He was born In London, Eng
land. and graduated from Trinity College,
Dublin. He Is said to speak with case the
French, German, Italian aud Portuguese
languages, and TO be conyersant with Latin
and Greek.
--Workmen clearing the way for rail
road near Mansfield, La, recently found
five rusty army muskets, stacked and stand
ing Just as they were left by Union scouts,
who were surprised and scattered by rebel
cavalry at the battle OF Mansfield, April
5, 1854. One of the railroad party, for
mer Federal soldier, was In the battle, and
among the five guns he recognized his own
by private mark which he had placed on
II sixteen years before.
The mountaineers OF Montenegro keep
no record Of births, and, according 10
Dwight's Turkish Life In War Time, the
government resortcd 10 'the rule of the
string" for determining the age OF recruits,
none under Is being accepted bit or
Irvine is used TO ascertain the circumfer-
ence of the neck OF the youth. II this
circumference IS less taan the length OF
the face, the boy Is under Is. But II the
circumference is equal to the length Of the
face, the young fellow is OF military age.
A stronger temperance sermon will
never be preached than that which an IN
fortunate woman of Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
recently delivered before her husband in a
bar room. Setting covered dish which
she had brought with her upon the table,
she said "Presuming, husband, that you
are too busy TO come home TO dinner, |
have brought you yours" and departed.
With u forced laugh he invited his friend
to dine with him; but on removing the
cover from the dish, found only slip of
paper on which was written, IL hope you
will enjoy your meal; it is the same your
family have at home"
"A pretty bird story comes from Battle
Creek. Mich. correspondent OF the Chi
T.-,I xrh ha
woods, came upon half dozen brown
thrlshes busy at work on some object
upon the ground. Going to the spot he |
the dead body Of female thrush |
which had been killed by shot. The |
birds had been covering 1t up with leaves, |
sticks, little tufts Of grass, etc, until only |
its feet stuck out. On leaving the place |
the birds returned to their work Of burial, !
in low, melancholy key, as IL
a dirge for their dead comrades |
funeral. IL was realization Of the story |
Of the "Babes in the Wood"
A bombshell supposed to have been
fired by Union troops during the war was
encountered in large white oak log at
,awmill near Augusta, Ca, the other day.
A circular saw was going through the
piece Of timber when 1t struck q hard SUD-
stance which broke its teeth and stopped
progress. Examination revealed buried
N the wood TO the depth Of eight inches
arge percussion bombshell, which, accord
&c to the calculations Of those familiar
With the growth or timber, had been there
sixteen or seventeen years, and the tree
lad grown over it until there was but a
slight scar LEFT. TWAS found to be loaded.