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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
The Secret OF Centuries.

That dead secret OF the centuries
the cause OF Asiatic cho.era-has been
finally discovered, thanks to the subtle
assiduity OF n British consul. The
story is, rs il should be, full OF the pie
turesque. 1t seems that the Moslems,
who are hidden TO make pilgrimage
once q year to Mecca, hold it the most
sacred OF the rites while there 10 drink
the waters OF the mysterious well,
which, under various names, figures in
the writings OF Mohammed and his fol
lowers. The waters OF it are dark aud
deep, and when drawn have brackish
appearance, tepid temperature and nau-
sesting taste. What the we'll is fed by
the Moslems refuse TO tell, but the ira
dition Is, that like the mysterious
river OF Kubla Khan, its sources spring
under a sacred city in Tunis and course
around under the Mediterranean, cross
ing the Nile, and run measureless to
men down to q sunless sea under the
city OF Mecca. The consul at Jeddsh
got some OF the water, bottled it and
sent it to an English chemist for anal
ysis. This operation revealed mass OF
putridity and death in the liquid which
alone are sufficient to explain the NOR
tality among the millions OF pilgrims
that seek the shrine from year to year.
The perple1ing part Of the matter is
that if such thing as cleaning out the
we'll were suggested to the Moham-
medans there would be revolt from
Senegal to Batavia, for this precious
spring is regarded as a means OF divine
publication. To be touchsd with Q
drop OF it is sure cure; to battle in it
makes the most afflicted whole. Should
the Christian nations hint even that
they object to the presence Of the pill
grims from Mecca passing through the
ports there would be no end OF diplo-
matte wrangling and difficulties, which,
to spare, we must run the constant risk
of cholera Observation-Disclosures
Times
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
them in England. and BY my suggestion

then in England, and BY my suggestion
brought you back to America, and 1t
the little iArm you remained till sent
you TO school. Your mother trusted
you 70 my care, although was only .
boy in years. and your father gave You
you to me, Ina in his dying hour. III
you can love her, Roland, when she is
. woman, let her be your wife. I shall
die happy thinking il may be So were
almost his last words. Shall il be so,
darling?'
Mrs. Hillyard, coming back for Ina a
moment later, started back with little
shrek at the tablesu she saw on open
ing the door.
But Roland, holding the blushino,
smiling, half-weeping Ina firmly be-
side him, drew his sister nearer, whis-
pered the story Of the evening in her
ear. an sent her, quietly rejoicing flor
she had never really liked Miss Stearns,
to kiss aud bless the little bride.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
Ocean, Depths.

The first OF fifteen volumes on the re-
searches Of the Challenger e1pedi-
ton has appeared, and the Times in
reviewing it gives the following wonder
full facts Throughout the whole ocean,
on the surface and at every successive
topth below, there is life and as the
creatures come and die their remains
fall in a perpetual shower, containing
not only hard eIuvie, but the elements
OF food, to the bottom, where they are
the appointed aliment OF many creatures,
large and small, in the still and dark
world. From depth OF several miles
the Challenger brought up creature,
of a proper scientific class and name,
seven feet high. II is curious to note
how life accommodates itself. In these
regions OF darkness the eye either ex-
pands to large size to catch any strag-
Cling ray, or is atrophied for want OF
use, or seems to change into another
organ, with functions yet unknown.
Many Of the creatures at these depths
are more or less phosphoEescent; and
they who feel for all life will be com
forted to know that even many miles
below the light of the sun in the watery
heart OF the world there can still be
light, Whatever purpose it may answer.
But water still is the chief ingredient
OF life even there below. til the food,
the blood, and the strength OF these
door creatures-far more than the COM
parstively weak constituents ot our own
physical frames. 1t is water alone in
side that can withstand the pressure of
two and half tons to the square inch.
That amount OF pressure is found to
crush beams OF pine wood as il they
were passed through rollers but it
has no effect upon sponges, nolluscs,
and even lighter creatures that almost
disappear in the air and sunshine. Such
are some OF the creatures and such the
laws of life TO which we are introduced
in this volume new world to most of
rs. and calculated to set men thinking
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
" Tired OF Life.
Nil tina ida tire of life:

n In the idle tire Of life:
The idle hearts, that duties shirk;
The idle brains, that have no thought
The idle hands, that have no work.
The good man knows that life is good
And strives to make his own complete;
The thoughtful know that n d great
The lsving know that 1t Is sweet
Yea. even when life halts with palIi'
OR falls with anguish by the way
Great souls IL patiently detain,
And hope, and bear, and bumbly pray
Because life is so grand a thing;
Because beyond its pain and siriio
They see fair eternity
That must be bought by noble life.
Then. thou who art 70 "tired OF life.'
Go work, 20 love, so try to think,
Go find some duty, howe'er small,
And then beside il do not shrink
Go take thy place; il may be low
And In the rear of mortal striie,
But fill IL we'll, and then know
Thou wilt no; say, I'm tired Of life
-Aiq1s T. Bd1,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The cry Of Egypt want my mummy
Two newspaper editors fought duel
the other day in Mexico. Weap'es--
paste-pots at ten PAGES.
The Brooklyn Unio"-Argns asks:
Who shall decide when doctors dis
spreeY Answer The undertaken.
A rustic speudthrift The farmertha
"ran rapidly through his property
wore a red shirt and had his brindle bui!
behind him.
A serious charge: II was said oi
man with q very rubicund nose That he
looked as il he might be the collector
Of the port.
A cute observer remarks that the
man who stopped his paper to scono-
mize Is like a man who goes barefoot u
save his shoes.
The most absent minded man IN the
world has been found. In tit OF alb
attraction he told the truth about what
he caught while fishing.
Not yet accomplished :" How sensi-
bly, your little boy talks" exclaimed
Mrs. Smith. yes" replied Mrs.
Brown I" he hasn't been amors COM
pany yet"
The Beers OF Africa haye been cT-
tinguished, but the bores OF America
are still at large, and continue 70 he
aggressive abou. newspaper oiLc"--
Philadelphia Sun.
There is no tyre small enough II
which to approximately set mp the namo
OF person who can find inhn.'e enjoy
mcnt in typographical error IN 8r'TS'
paper. Cincinnati .Sd'Uri9y NisIt
A Nevada girls love letter: " Tax
Jimmy, its all up. We ain; soi'g q"
get married. Ma says you're too .'rr.,
and I guess she's right. In s.oE,
but can't you 60 TO Elroca ag' e.
fled down.?
He was wealthy. but pcun-ions. arj
this is what he said TO the sutton !or
his daughters hand: yes, yog con
have her. Bat Won mns. ,I.rc "iA
her. can't afford the eTpan ." o.
swell wedding, and the romance Of ;t"
elopement will make mp for tie Ia. oi
show and we'll save 500 on expense
Go it."
I'm a very sick man, Observed "
tramp, larguidly, a. lie anchored h'm-
self at restaurant table; "the d'cicr
saws must have strengthening fool
Give me something with plenty of ir''
in IT," The waiter shaded The corners
OF his mouth with BIS hands -ad then
beloved in stentorian tones, One Lcg
OF nails p
It's a mighty mean man who wfer
yor haven't seen him for 4 few ,,afs
and meet him away from home aud yoa
appear glad to have seen Lin and r'-
mind him OF the old times You've had
together, will say: "Yes, Jolly good
times, weren't they? Don't yo1 re-
member that IS I loaned you and never
saw again 2
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
Playing Barn-Yard.

One day Billy and Sammy were play
ing in u mud hole and Bill said:
Nov, Sammy, les play VIC was a
barn-yard. You be the pig AID lie down
and waller, and I'll be bull and heller
like everything.
So they got down on their hands and
knees, and Sammy and he went into
the mud and wallowed, while Billy bel
lowed like distant thunder. By and-bye
Sammy came upmuddy-you never saw
such a muddy little fellow-and b
said:
"Now, you'll be the pig and let me
beller."
But Billy said Il amt very good
pig, except for dinner, and it'll be time
huff for you to heller when yer mother
sees yer close"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
K.,cr,mep,. In reeains PIr..

An extensive breeder, after cooking
food for eight or ten years, goes upon
record in favor OF cooking. and eI-
presses the belief that one-fourth Of the
grain is saved thereby. The following
experiment is given in his case: Two
sows, of the same litter, and the same
every way, excep. in weight, were Sc
lected. No. weighed 202 pounds and
No. Q weighed $50 pounds. No. ! was
fed for seventeen days on cooked I'M
ground corn, and from tho consumption
OF two bushels and twenty-one quarts,
gained thirty-siI pounds. No. 2 was
fed for the same time on raw whole
corn, OF which she consumed three
bushels and thirty quarts and gained
thirty pounds. Another instance is
given in which the shoats were fed on
raw and cooked corn for six weeks, the
result being that while those fed on
raw corn gained ten pounds to the
bushel, those fed on cooked corn gained
fifteen pounds TO the bushel-results
which are certainly worth the candid
attention OF breeders. And these are
only few OF many experiments that
have resulted similarly. II there are
no different results from apparently
Just as fairly conducted experiments, !,
would seem that there would be moth
ing more to say upon the subject. But
there are opposite results recorded,
On the farm Of the Agricultural college
OF Iowa, pigs Of the same breed and
alike were fed in separate pens respect
lively upon dry corn, soaked corn, boiled
corn, dry meal and cooked meal, and
the gain per bushel fed was as follows
Dry corn, 1926; soaked corn, o.33
boiled corn, 10; dry meal, ll.6d; cooked
meal, 1916. In this experiment, aftel
fifteen bushels had been fed, tho gair
was as follows: Dry corn. ID; soaked
corn, 10 "a; boiled corn, 1850; dry
meal, -. 40; cooked meal, 9.46. In thu
first case, dry corn produced the bes
results, and in the nett, dry meal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
4 Nihilist Escape.

The Russian socialist, Prince Krapot
kin, who has inst been expelled from
Switzerland, was aided to escape from
st. Petersburg in very ingenious way,
One day he received, in his ration OF
bread, the following message from an
unknown hand: when you hear Beet
hoven's Third Waltz played upon a
piano in the house opposite, ask per-
mission TO go ont into the court" Al
though the prince did not quite under
stand, he nevertheless kept strict watch
fer the sound OF the waltz. Three days
afterward, in the afternoon, some one
began to play it. He immediately asked
TO be taken into the court. Scarcely had
he reached the yard in company with his
two sentinels than he saw the large gate
to the prison yard open to allow loaded
wood.wagon to enter. The wagon had
not entirely passed the gate when, APP
parently by accident, it discharged its
load Of logs at the entrance. The
prince, seeing his opportunity, gave
bound before the wood was entirely out
of the cart, and cleared not only the
gate but two bullets which were fred at
him by his guards. The fallen logs
prevented an immediate pursuit. At
the gate was Cossack horse, saddled
awaiting the prince. He mounted it
and galloped away. Since then the
Russian police have never been able to
find out who it was that played so well
the waltz OF evasion"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
A c.,,.se Of Drcss,nakiss.

n Cole9e q
There is Q college OF dressmaking 10
Cincinnati, the bright idea Of a Mrs. u.
G. Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton is nov
training thirty. eight pupils in the art OF
dressmakins. and cas- OF paper WORK
she exhibits shows the progress made
by scholars in two or three weeks. She
his over 800 applications for admission
to the college during the coming win
ter. The college was founded with q
view OF teaching young women how TO
make living. Millinery, dressmakng'
hair work, embroidery and stamping IN
clude the branches Of study Each
pupil is allowed to remain until she
thoroughly understands the business
and the time usually required is from
six to eight weeks.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
Twilight.

tWht.uts
"a restless mai len. who searches alwsyl
or one whom she never finds"
Indian Leqsnd
She fits like some fair, silen, ghost
Betwixt the day and night
A mantle misty as q cloud
Droops from her shoulders white;
A peace which she shall never know
Breathes wheresoeyer she may 60
She peers through leai-aecked cottage pane
With sad and searching eyes
She gazes over lonesome waves
That see but solemn skies.
She wAnders over wide gray EloOrs,
She looks through dim cathedral doors.
The light touch OF her garments hem
Folds softly the field brakes
The peoples in her pale hand sleep
But her no, heart swaSesl
A hush falls with hsr Silly feet
Louder her ievercd pulses teNt.
Mid palace towers, in prison cells,
By rivers still an 4 fair,
By restless brooks. DER highways dim,
She wanders everywhere,
While her dark ewes VI.h tears grow blind
For one whom she shall mover find.
On, haunted maiden, cease thy search;
Forget and be at res.
She who waits not on Love OF Hope
Alone, alone i best
The old enchantcr's tNe i time,
Who follows Love - sure TO rue.
But on she speeds, sna soon Is lcs'
Within nights strange dark gate,
The wind that listens, means and means.
know not Of her fate.
only know that it il true
Who follows Love l. sure 90 rue.
-StsaR r. S,ret'. ia Good Company.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
foR THs-rARA AND HONE.


When clover IL wanted 10 enrich the
soil for succeeding crop II b better TO
lot II mature rather than to cut It early.
When clover is grown for seed the
roots ore the best developed and con-
tain most nitrogen. This is the reason
why those farmers who preoede wheat
with clover for. fertilizer, first cut q
crop Of clover early and then allow the
second crop to 60 to seed before pillow
ing it in. The roots and scattered
leaves of clover mako most excelleat
fertilizers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

"Did you observe that womanT said
q gentleman to his companion, 81 q
sharp-featured female swept haughtily
past them. The friend nodded to indi-
cate that he had observed her. "Well,
I am indebted to her for the chief hap
piness OF my life" Indeed; I can i'm
agine the gratitude you must feel to-
ward her." "No. you can't only her
present husband can do that. Ten
years ago 1 asked her hand in marriage
and she refused me-"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
spplys eoss Of varnish. They viii last
q long again. - laeFaaIfa
Ina Editor ana tho shoemaker.

- - Cd
One day an editor, hard ct work try.
ing to devise q plan TO make delinquent
subscribers pay their dues, was called
upon BY . shoemaker who dropped in
to give the editor some valuable hints
on running newspapet. The editor
overjoyed at the opportunity. gave the
msn his best cane. bottom chair. handed
him q fresh cigar and listened atten-
lively. Quoth the shoemaker, as he lit
the weed: "Your paper needs hun
dred improved features. You don't
grasp the topics Of the day by the right
handle; you don't set the locals in the
right kind Of type; your telegraph
news is too thin, even tho paper itself
is poorly manufactured, not thick
enough and OF too cha va white; You
don't run enough matter, and what you
do run amt Of the right sort; your
ideas about protective tariff are infer
nally foolish, and your stand on the
Conkling matter was bad, bad. l tel
you these things because I want to see
You succeed. I tell You as friend. !
don't take your paper myself, but 1 see
il once in q while, and as paper is q
public affair suppose have as good a
right to criticise as anybody. II man
wants to give me advice let him; I'm
glad to have HIM, in fact"
That's exactly it." said the editor,
kindly; 81 always had . dim idea OF
my shortcomings, but never had them
so clearly and eonvincingly set forth as
by you. 1t is impossible TO express my
gratitude for the trouble you have
taken, not only TO find out these facts,
but to point them ont also. Some peo
pie knowing all these things perhaps
nearly as we'll as you are mean enough
to keep them to themselves. Your sug
ges IONS come in most apProPriat,
time; have wanted somebody to lear
on, as ii we're, for somo weeks. KeeI
your eye on tho paper, and when yor
see q weak spot come up"
The shoemaker left, happy to know
that his suggestions had been received
with such n Christian spirit. Next day
just as he was finishing boot, the edi
tor came in, and, picking up the mate
remarked:
IT want TO tell you how that boo
strikes me. In the first place tht
leather is poor; the stitches in the soil
are too vide apart, and in the upper
too near the edge. Those uppets vii
20 to pieces in two weeks. It's al
wrong, my friend, putting poo
leather in the heels and smoothing j
over with grease aud lamp-black
Everybody complains OF your boots
they don't last; the legs are too short, tn
toes too narrow and the instep too high
How you can have the gall to charg
twelve dollars for such boots beats me
Now, / tell you this as friend, becaus
like TO gee you succeed. OF course
don't know any moro about shoemakint
than you DO about a newspaper, bu
still l take an interest IN you becaus
you are so we'll disposed to me. l.
fact"
Here the eIasperAted cobbler grabbe'
lapstone, and the editor gained tn
street, followed by old knives, pincers
hammers and avis, sent after him b
the wrathial cobbler, who, on regainint
his 5, at, swore by the nine gods that n
impertinent. lop-eared idiot should eve
como round trying 10 teach him hi
trade. Carson (Nr. J AppeaL
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
Household Hints.

Pencil marks can easily be removed
from wall, woodwork and marble by
rubbing with damp wooden cloth and
little sapolio.
Fine wire milk-pail strainers that be
come stopped up may be readily cleaned
by rubbing with damp cloth dipped
into baking soda.
Spirits of ammonia, diluted with
water, il applied with a sponge or fan
mel to discolored spots on the carpets
or garments, will often restore the color.
SCOT falling on the carpet from open
chimneys or carelessly handled stove
papers, if covered thickIy with salt, can
be brushed up without injury to the
carpet.
One pound of green copperss dis
solved in one quart Of boiling water
will destroy foul smells. Powdered
bora1 scattered in their haunts will dis
perse cockroachee.
To clean oiloloth, wash always with
warm milk. Once in six months scour
with hot soap suds, dry thoroughly and
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
LADIES, pEPxRrMENT.
A Hs,,y princess.

. The Princess Of wurtemburg. who
usrried Breslsu doctor whose &C
ouaintar CO she made during his attend
auoe upon her invalid father, has never
res retted her alliance. The pair live IN
one of the subarbs Of the 6ilesian capt.
tai, where the princess spends most OF
her time in nunins and caring tor her
husbands poorer patients.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

Oyster shells, Paris paper says, ale
reduced to powder and used in the
manufacture Of artificial seltzer water,
so that the same shell may appear
twice on the same table-frst in is
natural state; next as part Of the con.
tents OF q siphon.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
Farm and Garden Notes.

Oil Of turpentine is recommended to
keep harness free from mold.
Combs and wat,les OF fowls may be
prevented from freezing by oiling them
so as 10 prevent their getting wet.
A. b. Gofl. OF Michigan, is said to
have exhibited al onion seventeen
inches in circumference, weighing up
ward OF two pounds.
Sheep should be tagged regularly,
and kept clean. They should be culled
every year, aud those in any manner
deficient in form or age should be Rat
in a separate pasture and fattened for
the butcher.
All manner OF decaying vegetable
matter should be added to the compose
heap instead Of being left TO accumulate
abou. the docryard. where it will prove
fruitful soNce Of malaria. Turn the
heap occasionally and keep it moist TO
prevent fire fang.
To break up setting hens have seven
pens, one for each day Of the week, then
all hens found wanting to set on any
day Of the week should be pat in the
pen corresponding to that day. Keep
them in five days. By this arrangement
it is easily told how long each hen or
pen OF hens have been in.
When people see horses head drawn
up by the bearing reio, aud see him
stepping short and champing his bit,
and hinging foam fakes to the right
and left, tossing his head and rafting
The harness, they assume that he is
acting in the pride of his strength and
iullness Of spirit; whereas the an imal is
really suffering agonies OF pain, and is
trying to gain by these movements mo-
mentary relief.
Some farmers think that top-dressing
with manure is best done during the
winter. In the fall the manure, unless
very fine and evenly spread, will cover
no injuriously much OF the plant.
When spread in winter, on the contrary.
it acts as a mulch and protection
while the plant is dormant, neutralizing
the effects of freezing and thawing. An
authority on the subject advises that
artificial fertilizers be spread on grain
lands in the fall, and barnyard manure
after the snow comes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

Mrs. Christiancy's father testified in
Washington the other day that, pre-
vious to accepting Mr.. Christiancy, his
daughter had refused twenty-five offers
of matrimony.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-24
ocres Sandy Greek,

forty acres Sandy Creek.
KENNEBREW Atkinson Agent---fonf
hundred and seven acres, Comlte River,
adjoining Atkinson seventeen miles from
Baton Bouge. :. ri
LEVY. Jonas S--Undivided half OF
two hundred and forty acres OF land 1or-
merly Levy and Umberhagen, Bayou
Manchac. -,
LOBDELL James-Two lots, three
and four. square number tifty-fonr 3 ].
MORGAN j A-One hundred and sew
enty-four acres. Comite River. ;,
MUSE, Mrs NJ R-Six hundred ana
forty-four acres, Comite River, bounded
northwest and east by W X CLANCY,
south by J b Carney, north by McCantz;
NELSON. Mrs None hundred and
sixty acres, Sandy Creek.
ROLLING, S None hundred acres,
Jones Creek, bounded by Brogden, PIKE
and Gordon :.
sARRhDET & Co.-North half OF lots
numbers | and Q square number 23,b' !:
UNKNOWN Owners-Six hundred and
forty acres, r 5 SIR L. Sec fifty Eight
west of Comite river north OF Cunning
ham tract, entered by VIM Cooper.
UNKNOWN Owners or heirs OF Conrad
Six hundred and thlrty-nine acres
rs, S Ri Z, Sec IS west OF Comltc flV
er. on Fland road woods.
,, UNKNOWN Owners or Est +. Bahr-
, Fifteen and 40-10Oth acres, northeas
/. half of northwest quarter Of 1 8 ~ ~.
: UNKNOWN Owners or Roman Forstal
4 &. Co-One hundred and sixty acres
= bounded north by John Arnold, east D,
Mrs. Browning, south by Mullen tract
!. west by Comite River. ;. .
TERMS OF. SALE--CashN withont INIT it
b amount of back taxes, DAMAGES and penaltle
= taxes of 1873 and 1880 and costs not included
j. w. BATES.
i Sheriff parisl of East Baton Rouge, and exoti'c
h fax Collector. ,,,,
PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE. March l'ti' isei'
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-24
POSTPONED Tax Collectors Sales.

esTATE OF LOUISIANA, VS.. DELlN-
- oucnt Tax Debtors Parish Of East Baton
Roughly virtue Of the authority vested in 7. me
by law. viii proceed to sell at public auction,
ai the Courthouse door of this parish, WITHIN
lenal sale hnIlrs. ON