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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
How a Ca,amount was kiiled.

81 don't mind telling how l did IT,"
said John o. Smith, who recently shot
q catamount near Frenchto wn, n. j.,
weighing twenty-si1 pounds. lyon
see, my barn is only short distance
from a stretch Of woods which lies be-
tween here and Stockton. The other
morning | went into the barn to get
robe for the wagon. Ny shotgun rested
against the wall in the harness-room.
lust as / went in for the robe. l saw a
head at the back window, which wasn't
an ordinary head. Grabbing my gun. l
started around the barn. The animal
got to the corner before / did, and
jumped out at me. / had no time to
shoot, for the catsmount-that's what
it was-had Its claws on me before |
could do anything. 1 yelled like
trooper, and, reversing my gun, struck
the critter on the head with the butt.
The catamount was stunned for the
moment, and sort OF let go its hold,
giving me chance to move back a few
yards and bring the gun to my shoulder.
Just then ny wife appeared on the
scene, and / yelled to her to run ard
bring ont pail OF hot wster-the hot
test she had. Then l fred, and hit the
cuss square between the eyes. 1t o1ght
70 have settled him, but il didn't. 1t
only him mad, and he crouched down
10 Jump on me. | lodged, and got in
another blow on the animals head, lay
ing him on his back, but not killing him.
Nv wife had then returned with pail
Of boiling hot water, and she threw it
al the catamount. Part Of il scalde1
The animal, but the most OF it struck
me, and took the skin clean off Of one
Of nv legs. from the knee down. 1
danced around with pain, and the cata-
mount raised up as though he meaut to
show fight again. / gave him another
blow on the head, which settled him.
This is the first day I've been out
SINCE
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
A Game PLAYED BY Horse Sharpers.

"For sale, for want Of use, bay Ham
bletonian mare, six years old, 10 l..
hands high, warranted sound, kind and
fearless; can tro. in three minutes. "
The above appeared in u morning
paper a few days ago, and an old gen
tleman from the country read it in the
cars.
Just the thing to make Kate wed
ding present. I'll call and see about
it."
And he called at the stable where the
bay Hambletonian was on exhibition
She pleased his fancy, and he bought
the mare and sauntered forth.
"Hello, Mr." exclaimed q man IL
the street; "y-u don't know me, oil
course. I was introduced to you by
Mr.. SO and SO at such a place." mon
tioning names ard places dropped by
the old gentleman at the stables. 81
have Just been I'D at that stable with
the intention of buying that mare, hui
/ learned you had been there before me,
And am sorry for you, old friend"
"Sorry! How?'
"Why, you have been fearfully swim
died, that's all. They have just sent
her off to the 81 able you mentioned,
and it strikes me ) QUILL not seethe SELL
ers again in hurry"
"You don't mes to say it's the gyr
game?"
"That's just whit mean. But had
you not bought the mare l would have
given something for her, almost useless
though she is for carting purposes"
The old gentleman thought hard; he
did not like to take the animal home
and show that he had been made
fool OF.
"why," he aid, presently, elf you
really want her you can have her I'll
part with her at sacrifice. I'm dis
gusted."
"What did you give for her9'
81 gave s120."
"My dear friend, she's not worth
$50. However, she may be worth $50,
and as I'm almost friend Of yours I'll
give you that for her"
The offer was accepted. And yet
that same mhre answered every portion
of the description given in the adver-
tisement, except the words, "For want
of use." Consequently, should any one
have led the sellers into supposed
trap, nothing could have come OF it.
But the confederate who accosted the
unsophisi icated countryman afterward,
by bis in genious hints, troubled the old
man, anel in the end the gang made $40
by the transaction.
The ways of the horse dealer are va
rious and rough, and the ramifcations
of their operations are unpleasantly eI-
tensivo.-Philddelphia Record.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The polar regions Of Mars, like those
OF the earth, appear to be covered with
ice or snow.
The weight OF tie Uranium varies, in
q general way, with the weight OF the
skeleton, but not proportionately, like
the weight OF the brain.
Various kinds Of foul water, which
are sure to kill when injected under the
skins OF rabbits, become harmless as
soon as they are shaken up with COM
mon sand.
The moon is gradually increasing the
length Of our day, by enlarging its own
orbit, so that VIC may reasonably look
forward to day Of /, 400 hours, instead
Of twenty-four.
The fact that color is nothing but o
function Of the eye has been distinctly
shown only within few decades, al
though Schopenhauer announced it on
theoretical grounds. This discovery
must exert marked influence on art
theories.
Professor Padicirio, OF Montpelier,
thinks he has discovered direct
method Of destroying the phylloxera.
He uses prussic acid. The destruction
of valuable vineyards in Europe by this
insect within ten years is estimated at
three thousand million francs.
It is generally supposed that thick
covering Of snow affords the best pro-
lection from the severe frosts OF winter
to the soil beneath. Experiments by
Deherain and Kayser prove that grass
turf is much more effectual.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
CLIPPINGS FOX TIE CURIOUS.

Various species OF ants keep aphides
as men keep cows, to supply nutri-
tious secretion.
The greatest chemists Of the ancient
world were the priests Of Vulcan at
Thebes and Memphis.
It is remarked that suicide is more
frequent among Spanish women than
those Of any other country.
The age Of alchemy extends from the
middle OF the fourteenth to the first
part Of the sixteenth century.
Originally, as sun-worshipers, men
buried their dead facing the East.
Afterward, among Western Christians,
they were buried facing the East-the
Holy Land.
The shoe black plant, from New South
Wales, has a scarlet flower producing
mucilaginous juice, which gives glossy
finish to leather. The blossoms may be
used with or without brush.
Redwood is exceedingly durable
seeming almost impervious to the influ-
ence Of moisture. Nearly two-thirds OF
the wine crop of California is fermented
and stored in casks and tanks made OF
this timber.
It is a curious fact that Benjamin
Franklin has two descendants in the
cabinet, Folger and Brewster. is
another curious fact that Folks cabi.
net contained two descendants OF Frank
lin, Wilkins and Walker.
1t is estimated that $4,000. 600 cubic
Yards Of limestone have been displaced
by the great excavation known as the
Mammoth Gave. The average temper
allure Of the cave is tifty-six degrees
Fahrenheit the year round.
The search for pearls in the mussels
of Ohio has been h considerable indus
try for years. Pearl hunting has been
reported also in Tennessee, with q
favorable result.
Not taking into account typhoons,
monsoons and other extraordinary
storms the Atlantic ocean is the rough
est. The greatest depth Of sounding
taken is 4, 655 fathoms.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
The Value Of Local Papers.

Every honest rejecting mind knows
that the local newspaper adds much to
the general wealth and prosperity OF
the place, as we'll as increases the repu-
tation Of the town abroad. 1t benefits
all who have business in the place, en-.
hances the value of property, besides
being public convenience, even If not
conducted in the interest of the ruling
political power. Its columns are not
filed with brilliant editorials, still it
benefits you in every way. 1t increases
trade, it cautions against imposition, it
saves you from loss, it warns you Of
danger, it points out different advan.
tages and increases your profits. Now,
if you want such paper you must sup
port it by advertising your business in
it; assist in increasing its circulation by
getting your neighbors to subscribe
with you for it. If you want such
paper, you must not consider it an act
of charity to support it, but as means
to increase YOUR own wealth as we'll as
that Of the place in which you live;
therefore, support it by advertising and
subscribing and paying for it.-Nsrs
Kansas has 300 Presbyterian churches
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
Earn, md Garden Notes.

Sheep give back 10 the farm more in
proportion to what they take from it
than any other animal.
1t is the opinion OF Mr.. James Wick
that apples will keep better IN moist or
damp cellars than in dry ones.
Do not allow the cattle to tramp over
the mowings when the ground is soft
enough to retain the imprints Of their
hoofs wherever they go.
One dollars worth Of food when the
COW is dry is worth $3.50 after she
comes in. An animal in poor condition
cannot digest as much food as one in
good condition.
In France when vinegar is to be msdo
clean barrels are rinsed with old vine
gar before the new substance is put IN.
The rinsiDg is said to make vinegar in
about half the time required without
this practice.
The second calf is q better breeder
and better beef maker than the first
calf, which, especially if bred from
very young COW, is usually lacking in
many of the qualities which go to make
good flesh and good form.
A heiier coming in at two years cid
is the best time for developing her fu
ture milking qualities. Com Portable
quarters, generous feed, regull rity in
feeding and kind treatment will do
much, however, in rearing fine mixer.
A farm can be stocked with sheep
cheaper than with any other animals.
Sheep will come nearer to utilizing
everything which grows on the farm.
Less labor will be required for getting
feed and stock together. The returns
will come in sooner and oftener than
with any farm stock except hogs. Less
money is required for SHELTER and ienc-
ing, and less labor is required in herd
ing, when outside pasturs gels accessi-
bic and preferred. And finally,
handsome income on the investment
can be had without the sale of the ami.
mails Observation-Disclosures CuItirator.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
Household Hints.

Common plaster of paris figures may
be made to look like alabaster by simply
dipping them into strong solution Of
alum water.
A nice way to cook new potatoes in
the skin is to steam them instead OF
boiling. Put them in a steamer over
pot of boiling water it takes longer
than to boil, but they are always mealy.
Persons who are accustomed to use
tea.leaves for sweeping carpets, and find
that they leave stains, will do we'll to
employ fresh.cut grass instead. 1t is
better than tea.leaves for preventing
dust, and gives the carpet very bright
fresh look.
Peach, pear and other fruit stains can
be removed with chloride of lime. A
tablespoonful dissolved in a quart of
water, after standing few hours, strain
off into two gallons Of soft water. In
this soak stained articles over night be-
fore wash.day. If all don't come out
saok again in more lime.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The albatross, the largest of ses
birds, flies with the velocity of 100 miles
an hour.
As late as the time OF James I. the
disposal of the hand of a young orphan
heiress lay with the king.
1t is estimated that there are at least
ten brakemen killed throughout the
United States in single day.
An earthen projectile has been sue
cessfully used in pigeon shooting as
substitute for the living birds.
The blast furnace is supposed to have
been first used in Belgium and been in
troduced into England in 1853.
In one hand Of corpse the Lap
landers place some money to pay the
fee Of the porter at the gate OF Para
disc.
Button said that pair Of behring's, il
undisturbed, would produce in twenty
years bulk OF herrings the size OF the
globe.
By the law OF King Ethelbert, for
breaking mans front tooth the fine
was six shilling for molar one and
canine, six.
Notwithstanding England's indebted
ness to her mechanics, but one working
man has ever been buried in West.
minister Abbey /; this was Graham, the
clockmaker.
In New Zealand are frequently found
the bones of those large, wingless birds,
called by the aborigines "moa." The
largest representative known was ten
and one-half feet high.
To make shoe-pegs enough for Ameri
can use consumes annually l00,000
cords OF timber; - make lucifei
matches, 800, 600 cubic feet of the best
pine are required every year.
The total area of land available fol-
wheat culture in the United States is
not less than 100000, 600 acres. The
entire wheat crop for one year would
not suffice TO SOW SO vast an area.
The Emperor Augustus was so pleased
by cure effected on himself by his
doctor, Antonius Musa, that he raised
him to the rank Of knight aud relieved
the whole profession from taxation,
The ancient Hindoos, attaching NO
Importance to events, had no reliable
chronology. The only date Of which
there is any certainty is that OF King
Chandrsgupta, contemporary with Alex
ander, reigring 3l5 b. G.
Among the Arancanians in Chill, when
a Young man thinks OF marriage, he
goes to his friends, and il he is poor
they make a contribution toward his
expenses. One gives q fat OK, another
a horse and another pair OF silver
spurs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
Anecdotc of General TOombs.

a correspondent Oh the Augusta luA'I
Chronicle tells the following anecdote
OF General Robert Toombs:
II seems that the general, some little
time back, took the cars at Union Point
for the Gate City exposition. he chose
q back seat and placed his carpet bag
alongside himself. At one OF the up
per stations man unacquainted with
the celebrated Georgian accosted him
roughly as lie entered the car, saying:
"Sir, take that carpet.bag away, for 1
want to sit down." General Toombs
calmly pointed out to this brusque
stranger that there were several unoc'
cupied seats in the forward part OF the
car. But the man insisted that the
general should put his clrpet-bag on
the floor. This Toombs refused to do,
but added: If either the carpet bag or
myself must go on the floor, will 60
and not the carpet-bag." Suiting the
action to the word the general sat upon
the floor and the man took the vacant
seat. This attracted attention, and
some gentleman approached the stranger
and told him who General Toombs was.
After this the man apologized and Of
fered the seat back. But the general
waived him away and said: keep it,
sir; you are entitled to it for your rude
ness" Then. turning to the other &C.
cupants OF the car, he said: II will bet
the drinks for all the drinking men
that that man pointing to the stranger,
who sat aghas) is from Atlanta, since it
is utterly impossible for such audacity
to be matched elsewhere" Ny inform
ant stated that the generals wager was
a safe one.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
FOR TIE Farm AND HOME.
InnurinI Value Of CaftIe Foods.

NnnurinI Value Of Cattle Foods.
1t is found, says an exchange, that
the oil cakes yield the richest manure,
as they contain the largest amount OF
nitrogen and phosphoric acid with
considerable amount Of potash. Next
these, beans and peas, malt dust and
bran. Clover hay yields a richer
manure than oats, wheat, barley or
corn, while meadow hay stands before
the cereal grains. The various grains
and the roots, like turnips, carrots and
Swedes, contain about the same pro-
portion of nitrogen in their dry sub.
stance; the roots, however, supply much
more potash. Potatoes stand below
other roots in manurial value. Straw
takes the lowest place as manure
yielding food, bean and pea straw being
more valuable for the purpose than the
straw OF the cereals.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
MOrpliOu,ania.

When physicians discovered that pain
could be subdued by inserting under
the skin small pointed instrument
provided with tube containing NOR
phia, they little thought that they were
paving the way for new vice. Yet SO it
was. There are in our merry England
beings who are as wholly under the
domination OF morphia as ever the
Chinese were under that of opium
Women have yielded by degrees to its
fatal fascination, until at last they prick
the skin q dozen times q day with the
tiny syringe that has such terrible re-
suits. The ope. alton is almost painless;
the immediate effects pleasant. A de-
licious languor supervenes. Happy
thoughts and bright imaginations fill
the mind. Some see beautiful visions,
others feel only pervading sensation
of comfort and we'll being. On few
the effect OF morphia is to excite to
some intellectual effoit, il effort that
can be called which is pure delight,
glorious feeling Of untrammeled
power or uncrippled exercise OF the
highest faculties. 1t is as though the
mind Lad suddenly developed wings.
But at the very height Of the enchant-
ment the influence OF morphia begins
to subside. The glory fades. The
wings trail, and The feet that are their
sorry substitutes become weighted as
with lead. As with the workers, 80 with
the dreamers. The visions are OBJ
scured. The sensation OF comfort gives
place to oLe Of discomfort irritation,
even pain. The mental vision that
had just now looked through q rosy
mist sees all things as through Grape
veil or a November fog. Can it be
wondered ut that the dose is renewed,
that tho poison is absorbed again and
again, that the intervals become shorter
between the reign OF the potent drug?
And the end2 The punishment is
terrible indeed. By degrees the mind
becomes darkened. Hide,us ballucins-
tions seize upon it. Selicontrol is
lost. Imbe cility overtakes the weak.
Madness threatens the strong.
These are the personal consequences.
There are others TO be bequeathed to
sons and daughters, and later genera
tions. These can be guessed at. The
nes vice has not reigned sufficiently
long for The world to have seen them
e1emplified, but dark array OF posi-
bilities suggests itself only too readily.
The heritage OF insanity, OF inebriety,
Of imbecility, with its future to be
traced back TO those tiny tubes which
hold only drop or two, and to which
men once looked as TO q blessed means
Of relieving pain, forgetting that bless.
ings and cufses 60 hand in hand in q
crooked world. Dipsomania has now a
powerful rival, speedier in its results
than its own revolving process, and
eventually as degrading. The name oil
the later-born sister fiend is Morpho-
mauil.-Lonion Truth.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23

Twelve thousand shovels are manu-
featured in the United States every
week. And yet, remarks Burdette,
when a man wants his own individual
shovel after dark, no has to paw and
claw around over two tons OF soft coal,
feeling for it, making remarks in the
meantime that are enough to blister
any coal shovel that ever hid itself be-
tween the end OF the shed rNd an empty
barrel,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
WHENCE COMES The Un-
BOUNDED POPULARITY OF
ALLC0CK'S Porous PlaStpPS :?

Because they have proved
themselves the best external
remedy ever invented. They
will cure asthma, colds, coughs
rheumatism, neuralgia, and any
local pains.
Applied to the small of the
back they are Invaluable in
back-ache, Nervous Debility,
and all Kidney troubles; to
the pit ofthe stomach they are
a sure cure for Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint.
ALLCOCK'S POROUS
PLASTERS are painless, fra
grant and quick to cure. Be-
ware of limitations that blister
and burn. Get ALLCOCK'S
the only Genuine Porous Plas-
ter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
barrel.

The national debt OF the United
States is now less than one-half OF that
of the United Kingdom, it is little more
than a third OF that Of France, and
among other European nations it is ex-
ceeded by the debts of Spain, Russia
and Italy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
Winter: An Elegy.

I look from my lonely window
Over the snowy plain
A hearse and a handful Of mourners
Are creeping through the rain
The flowers are dead and departed.
Tho memory Of summer is gone,
Song from tho lark and the lark from hesrsn,
And the day drags on.
My soul looks out from its grating,
And sees without n sigh
The funeral train OF Youthful hopes
Mournfully pass by
Health, and the joy of existence,
And the faiths that won't to be,
And love, are dead and departing
It's winter with me.
l. Logic Robertson
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
A Gold Ak.

The gold AZ OF King Koffee. OF
Ashantee, lately sent for an unexplained
reason to Queen Victoria, has been de-
posted in the South Kensington mu-
scum. II is q triangular blade Of iron,
apparently cut from n piece Of boiler
plate, roughly stuck into clumsy
handle Of African oak. The handle is
covered with leopard-skin, part of
which, Immediately above the blade, is
deeply soiled, apparently with blood.
Bands OF thin gold, enriched with un-
couth cheyrons and lunettes, are placed
round the handle. The sheath OF the
blade, which is OF tiger skin, accom-
panies this hideous implement, and
attached to il is the sole element which
has anything like artistic merit. This
is a nondescript object OF beaten gold,
shaped like cockleshell, with curved
horns extended from the hinge, and
decorated with lines and punctures and
open work OF quasiscrolls.
Mr.. Kimball The director general OF
the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, says that
twenty.seven exhibitors are going to es-
tablish factories at that place.
Since the law against the German
socialists was promulgated in 1878 the
German authorities have suppressed 75S
socialis. newspapers and other publica-
tions.
A boy at Moline, ILL.,, had to be
whipped thirteen times before he would
consent to be vaccinated; but patience
and O peach-tree limb at last wen the
victory.
He who betrays another's secret be-
cause he has quarreled with him, was
never worthy of the name OF friend; q
breach OF kindness will not Justify q
breach OF trust.
Young Tompkins thinking to take a
rise out of Pat). "why, you've got that
paper upside down, Paddy Pat
"Bedad | any fule cud rade it the othe'
ind oopI Calmly goes on with his
reading.
During dearth Of news in western
newspaper Office, the Office cat was
jammed in the job press, and the editor
Immediately set up the following head
lines: dreadful accident Nine lives
ost."-Boston Bulletin.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23

Sunlight has an important bearing
upon health. introduce it freely into
the house, and particularly into your
sleepinQ rooms.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-23
TO LET.

Two Rooms over the Post. Office, Paris Hi one
large front ROOM and small back room connected !,
suitable for dress. or millIner, either room
will be let, or both together.
crat office, recently occupied by Alya Black esq,
as a law Office.
GEO. Ii. WATKINS.
Paris, Maine, April S, 1852.
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Kansas has 2s9 Presbyterian churches
with 1904 members,