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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14
TOM THUMB.

INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES OF THIS
DWARF. Hrs LOVE FOR HoRsEs,
ETC. -
A Hartford paper has interviewed a
gentleman who was Tom Thumbs man
ager for several years. He says:
"Tom Thumb was incapable Of joke
or any bright saying; he was by no
means precocious. His intellect was de-
fcient. He was perfect in his dwarf
manliness, but his mind as well IS his
body was dwarfsd, and one had to lead
him about as child il led. He had NO
memory. When was with him in Eng
land, we had the entrance into polite and
noble society. For instance, ! would say
to him: DO you remember. General,
when we were at the Duke of Devon
shire's, yesterday and he would reply
that he didn't remember anything about
it. He might sometimes have a general
knowledge that be had been somewhere
in that part of the country, but that was
ALL
"Did he have no power as converse
tionalist -
"No; although be met great num-
Der of people, he never could say any
thing to them, he would simply answer
their questions and then stop. Once in
awhile he would see something and speak
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14
THE MISSING LINK.

In her book on Japan, Miss Bird de-
scribed the curious people called Ainoi,
who live In the province Of soudal. and
are supposed to be the aboriginal race OF
the country. They are thickly covered
with silky brown hair, and Miss Bird as
serts that she saw two boys whose backs
were covered with fur IS fine and soft 90
that Of 0 cat" 4 creature, similar in
most respects to the Amos, is now on exc
hibition as ~ the missing link" At the
Royal Aquarium, London, According
to the published accounts, she was
caught with her parents in forest near
Laos, by Norwegian explorer named
Book. When the little one attempted to
wander, the parents called her back with
q plaintive cry. "Kra-o," and that is the
name which has since been given to her.
The father died at Laos, and the King Of
Siam retained the mother at Bangkok,
but allowed the child to proceed to Eng.
land. Her eyes are large. dark and lus.
trous, the nose is fat ened, the nostrils
scarcely showing the cheeks are fat and
pouch.like, the lower lip only rather
thicker than is usual in Europeans but
the chief popularity is the strong and
abundant hair. On the head It is black,
thick and straight, and grows over the
forehead down to the heavy eyebrows,
and is continued in whisker like locks of
hair down the cheeks. The rest of the
face is covered with fine. dark, downy
hair, and the shoulders and arms have
covering Of hairs from an inch to an inch
and half long, Kra'o has already
picked up few words of English. She
is said to be Of frank, affectionate dis
position, and shows truly feminine de-
light in her clothes, jewelry and ribbons.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14
do LEWIS.

Dr.. Dio Lewis was born at Auburn,
N. Y, in 1898, studied medicine with
DR.. Briggs of that city. took his medical
course in the Harvard Medical School at
Boston, began the practice Of his profess
sion in his native place in ls45, and two
years later removed to Buffalo, where he
practiced from ls47 to 1852. During
his residences in Buffalo. he wrote a num-
Der Of papers on the causes and treatment
Of cholera, which ravaged that city dur.
ing ls4s and 1881. These papers at
trated much attention, and afterwards
published in book form.
In the autumn Of 1882, DR.. Lewis
took his young wife, then seriously threat
ened with consumption. to the South.
The visit to the Southern States was re.
peated during the two following winters.
During these three winters Of leisure,
Dr. Lewis seriously reconsidsred his life
work, and after consultation with family
and other trusted friends, resolved to
"shift the switch" Since 1855 he has
been engaged In lecturing and writing on
the subject Of public and personal by.
giene. With the exception of two visits
to Europe and three summers Of saddle
life in the mountains Of California. he has
beenunceasingly occupied with the "ounce
of prevention"
His labors have been varied, interest
ing, and most effective. During four
years he lectured almost every night,
giving his days to the invention of his
new system of gymnastics. In 1860,
having completed this system, he aban-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14

INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES OF THIS
DWARF. Hrs LOVE FOR HoRsEs,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14

-suu.0!s la.l.olaFs viii Do iaraissed IA tLi. ".
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lie place.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14

OPINION OF DIR. MORT, LATE GOVERN
NEXT CHEMIST, on ALLCoCK's PoRoUs
Pr AsrER.-My investigation of ALLCoCk,s
Porous PLASTER shows 1t to contain val
liable and essential ingredients not found
in any other plasters. These Ingredients
are SO perfectly proportioned that the ALI
cocks Porous Plaster will not cause bis
tiers or excessive irritation, and ! find 1t
superior to and more efficient than any
other plaster.
HENRY A. MorT, JR., Phi D., F.C.S.,
Prof. of Chemistry, n. Y. Med. College, etc.
No. 81 Broadway, N. Y, May %, 1883.
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NUMBER 81.

Of it to me or some other Of his clos,
friends, but never to stranger"
"Was he great reader:'
"Tom Thumb never read book. news
paper or aught else. During all the
time was with him ! never saw him
reading. He never took the least inter-
est in tina news or the romantic as found
in novels"
"What did he do with himself during
the little leisure he had :"
"Well, he never had very much lei
sure; be used to occupy it in playing
billiards or in smoking He dearly loved
horse-and over diamonds he went
wild. The fancy may have taken boy
ish freak although men Of rare intellect
can't help but admire the exquisite color
of an old mine gem. He at one time
owned great many horses and diamonds.
IL has been asserted in the newspapers
aud out of them, that the General drank
to excess. Now, | will say this in his
behalf, so long as was with him ! never
saw him under the influence Of liquor.
He smoked several strong cigars every
day, but he was never an incorporate
drinker."
"How about his married life-was il
happy"
1t was truly a happy life. The dwarf
couple had more pleasant conjugal rela-
tons than the average Of grown people.
She knew how to handle him; she had
tact and everything went smoothly, and
yet don't quite Understand why she is
now in Cincinnati"
Wasn't he rich at tie time of his
DEATH"
81 suppose he must have been, al
though | have no means Of knowing
now" said the ex- manager Of the
dwarf. He made a great deal Of
money and spent great deal, but he
ought to have saved goodly sum. He
certainly made Barnum rich. have al
ways supposed the great Snowman got
the lions share Of the profits. The Cen
eral broke with him because he suspected
he could make more money by manag-
ing his own tours. The dwarf also
made his own parents rich. They were
poor and shiftless until Barnum discov-
cred their prodigy Of son, and, with all
his wonderful tact, displayed him to an
admiring world. They had a certain
percentage of the earnings until the
source Of the income was of age, and at
one time were worth 100000. Tn.
lucky investments and circus dwindled
the pile until there was little left. The
General himself began to gather In the
coin after be had attained bis majority,
In England, although It may seem fa'
bulous to you, he often received $500 g
week"
Mr.. Richard 2. Rose has Ia his pose
session al interesting relic Of the late
General Tom Thumb, In the shsre OF 9
pair Of boots worn by him when 81 years
old. The boota are not over 4 inches
In longth, and Mr.. Rose has never yet
found child able to walk who can put
them on,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14

-" Don't you think that Charley is
convincing speaker asked Charley's
friend at the close of the lecture. " Yes,
was the reply; she convinced me that
he was talking for effect half the time,
and lying the other half.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14

A PLAN FOR AN ORGANIZED COMPANY OF
FRUIT GROWERS IN MAINE. - How
MAINE May Grow HER OwN APPLE
TREES, AND SAVE HER MONEY AT
HoME.-A QUESTION PRESENTED FOR
Discussion.
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-13
Sanitary Blunders.

1t is only thirty-five years since the first
comprehensive health law was enacted in
Great Britain; and it was not until the Grim
death of Prince Albert that the English pub
lie were awakened to the need of sanitary
reform. Much had been previously done to
improve the condition of hospitals, prisons
and factories. Smoke nuisances had been
abated and graveyards in crowded cities
closed. Domestic sanitation was, however,
an unworked field, which is only now begin
ming to be cultivated. The principle laid
down by DIR. Carpenter that "the house is
the unit of sanitary work. had not been ac-
cepted. Building details had been left to
the architect, and it was not until medical
men awoke to the alarming spread of zymot-
ic disease, due to bad drainage, that people
began to question the providential theory of
disease and raise the warning cry, 'Iook TO
your drainsp' The most surprising fact is
that while the evils complained of have been
found in both city and country houses, and
in the homes of rich and poor alike, vet
they have been most destructive to life and
health, in the finest residences here and
abroad. The same ignorance and thought
lessness which led Peter the Great to select
flooded marsh as the site of his imperial
caplLal are repeated IN the arrangements of
the noblest European palaces. Violet le
Due relates that he had occasion to visit the
Tuileries with an old lady of the "ancient
regime" who noticed with satisfaction what
were 10 him insufferable odors from certain
sanitary conveniences in the building, and
said that they recalled to her the time before
the revolution when she was a maid of hon
or After the death of Prince Albert, his
usual study seat was found to be directly
over a cesspool, whose emanations were un-
doubtedly the cause of his disease The al
most fatal illness of the Prince of Wales at
Sandringham was ascribed to like cause
The ancient palace at Darmstadt, where the
Princess Alice was carried off by diphtheria,
was afterward found TO have many leaky
drains and unventilated cesspools. Within
a year Badgshot Park, the newly-built resi-
dence of the Duchess of COnnaught, sup
posed TO be perfect in sanitary arrangements,
has been discovered by DIR. Playfair to be
filled with sewer gas. These experiences
of royalty show in the most vivid way how
little attention has been given to the santa
ry arrangements of the costliest and most
palatial dwellings. Mr.. Rawlinson, the en-
inent English engineer, declares that Bel
gravia is the worst severed part of London,
and that the drainage of the government Of
fees and official residences in Downing
street is so indescribably bad that he would
rather resign than live there.-Charles F.
Wingate, in the North American Review.
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-13
temperance Camp Meeting

DRESDEN, Aug. u.
The evening meeting convened at 7,30 Sat
urday. A. j. Chase presided, and made the
opening speech. He was followed by the Rev
81. G. Munson of South Berwick, Secretary of
the State Alliance; Mrs. H. Barstow of Bangor.
State Superintendent OF the Juvenile Tenn
plars; Major Fl. A Shorey, Bridgton Rev. w
S. Mcintyre, Waterville; Neal Dow, Portland;
and B. S. Kelley, Winthrop. The meetings
during the day were successful. The Satur-
day meeting opened at ten o'clock, R. W.
Dunn of Wateryille, presiding making a
brief address. The speakers were j. W. Dom
agan Of Bangor, Rev. W. S. Mcintyre of Wat
erville, Mrs. B. C. Jersey Of Winthrop was
present as soloist The day is general field day,
representatives OF various organizations parti
cipsting Tomorrow will be devoted to the in
teres.s of the Women's Christian Union. Sew
eral prominent lady speakers will be present
and deliver addresses Among the number
will be Miss Lucia Kimball OF Chicago Mrs.
Buell. OF Connecticut, Mrs. Roach of Washing
ton, D. c., and Miss Pngh of New York.
A Good crowd attended the Temperance
camp meeting today under the auspices of the
Womans Union, Mrs. Stephens, the president
presiding. 1t opened at ten o'clock with a
praise meeting, followed with meetings in the
forenoon, ofternoou and evening. There was
speaking by Mrs. Caroline of Buell., Conn.
Miss Lucia Kimball of Chicago, Mrs. Roach Of
Washington, d. O., Mrs. Pugh of Ohio and
others. The meetings have been very success
full during the sst three days.
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-13
Travelling Shows.

Among the principal combinations Dion
Boucicaults company takes the road at
Cleveland on September 8. Daly's "7-20-S"
combination opens at Philadelphia on Sep
tember II. Edwin Booth begins in New
York on October 7. John Mccullough
starts at Denver on August 20. John T.
Raymond's ''Fresh'' will take the road at
Chicago on Sept. 10. Fanny Davenport's
"Feodora,' company appears first in New
. York on Oct. l, playing there for q month.
The Janauschek combination opened at Op-
den, Utah, on July 81, and will work east
ward. Edwin r. Thorne will wave his
BLACK Flag at Leadville, Col, on Aug. 1
and ?, and go thence to Colorado Springs.
j. X. Emmets Fritz" starts out from Troy
on Sept. 3. Joe Jefferson's "Rivals'' takes
the road from New York on Sept 3. Kiral-
fy's Excelsior Combination will open at New
York on Aug. 20 for a month. Lawrence
Barrett appears in this city for two weeks,
beginning on Aug. q. Mrs. Langtry's COM
blnation opens at Montreal, for a week. on
Oct. 20. The Rose Eytinge Company shows
in New York for week from Sept. "a. The
Vokes Family display their agility and crack
their jokes for two weeks at Chicago. begin
ming on July 30. Wallack's "Jesse James,
Company opens in New York on Aug. 20.
for Aug. q. There are no less than six
Madison Square companies-twO young
Mrs. Winthrops,' two "Esmeraldas," one
Hazel Kirke," and one 'Rajah." There
are four ''Collier's Lights o. London
ompanies-Southern, Western, Central.
and Eastern. Brooks & Dixon have two
"Romany Rye" shows. Mr.. and Mrs WI.
Florence receives calls in the Quaker City
for week from Sept. "a. Theodore Thomas
and his orchestra began to furnish music to
the Chicago people on July 80 for fort
night. Tony Pastors Specially Company
will begin tour through New York State
to Rondout on Aug. 6. and will be in ST.
Louis on Aug 90. The Anna Dickinson
Hamlet combination and its black tights
will open at Harrisburg, Pa, on Sept. 10.
Some of the names of these combinations are
peculiar. There is Calamity Jane" show,
"Friendy Tip" "a Wifes HONOR
''Muldoon Picnic,'' "Strictly Business" q
''Ten Mile Crossing" Flying Dutchman,"
"Fint and Steel" ''Fun in Boarding
School," an ''Only Farmers Daughter, a
Check" "Power of Money! Friend
and Foe" and Furnished Rooms COM
pany. There will be plenty Of opera IN New
York Grau, leading off with Aimee IN FTeneh
opera on Aug. 10 for three weeks.-N. Y.
Sun
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-13

V. Arrangements for the transportation of the
troops will be made by the Brigade Quartermaster
Commanding officers Of regiments, and Of the Bat
terry and "Frontier Guards will forward to the
Assistant Adjutant General, Augusta, as soon a:
possible, the number of men in their commands who
will be present for duty at the eneampment, that
proper requisti0ns may be made.
vi. Attention is called to the department of the
on the trains and at stations, In moving to and
from the encampment; The senior ofdcer present
with the troops hereby directed to charge himself
with the duty Of looking TO the good order Of the
troops ON the train and he will be oDeyed and re-
spected accordingly. Any damage done 70 property
by the troops will be charged to those participating
or present and consenting, and the amount OF the
same will be taken from their pay rolls
sruct their men in fhe minor details Of camp duty
as well as the more important matters OF guard ana
police duty. The revised regulations OF the army
and the tactics contain all that required and non
commissioned officers in particular, should be 50
familiar with them to be able to answer any
questions that may be put to them on the subject
by the inspecting officer.
VIII. The Regimental commanders and the Cap
tain of the Battery will appoint suffers for their
respective commands, who shall have the exclusive
right of making sales to the troops under regula-
tiOns to be prescribed by these headquarters. No
other persons will be permitted to trade, or erect
booths for refreshments or amusements within the
limits prescribed by Sect. of General Orders No.
"a, A. q. o., S. which is as follows: "The author
ity Of Brig. Gen. John Marshall Brown command
ing LIST Brigade M. " NJ, will, during said encamp-
ment be extended to a distance of one-half mile
around said camp with the exception of any road
roads within said distance, and all authority in
tended to be given ~ Sect lot Of the Militia Law
is hereby given the Bgadier General to be exercised
during said eueampment."
TX Suitable mess tents have been provided for
the infantry which will admit Of each regiment
messing by itself. with table for each company,
and regimental commanders will make their ar
rangements for cooking in conformity. The manifest
convenience and economy Of this plan viii commend
itself to ALL The tents will be opened only at
the hours prescribed for meals.
X. Special attention is called to paragraph 513 of
W
which win be required, which is as follows: "513.
There shall be daily at least three roll calls, viz at
reveille retreat and tattoo. They will be made on
the company parades by the first sergeants, super
intended by commissioned officer Of the COM
pany."
Xl. All orders and circulars from these headquar-
ters will be read by company commanders at the
company meeting Immediately following theiI
receipt.
HENRY NJ. sPRAGUE,
Major and A. A. G..
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-13
L!0:!R!|NG, SHORT 4 HARMON.
aug 2 DIV
MINOR TELEGRAms.

Mr.. Alphonzo Ross, financial editor OF the
Boston Advertiser, while trying to board a
moving car connected with Rufus Hatch's ex-
cursor train at Scranton, Penn, last Friday
Yves thrown violently against freight car and
received severe scalp wound. He was left at
Scranton. Physicians report that bis injuries
are not serious.
One hundred warehouses have been DESTROYED
by fire at Salonics, Roumels.
Bismarck is said to have become so suspicious
and tyrannical toward all officials OF State
that it is believed that if tue Emperor dies be-
fore him the Crown Prince will not hesitate to
dismiss him from Office.
Carey, the informer insisted on taking his
family with him, and 1t was probably by this
means that his enemies were enabled to track
him. He was obstinate and reckless, and re-
fused absolutely to place himself in such cir
eumstances as would favor his escape.
General Sheridan will remove to Washington
October l.
The Earl of Carparvon will sail from Eng
land for Canada in fortnight.
Paul du Chaillu, the celebrated traveller and
author, is living in London, where he is hard
at work on his new book, entitled, "The Vik-
ing Age"
Miss Georgiana Ball Hughes, the daughter
OF the late Ball Hughes, the well known
sculptor OF Boston, has achieved quite repu-
tation IN London as an artist, where she has
hved Ior many years. Her mother is still a
resident of Boston.
The Dutch government has refused to grant
the 30,OOO guilders which Baron Norkensjold
claims as the discoverer of the northeast pas
sage. The States General offered this reward
in 1896, but IT'S motive was to find passage of
commercial value, while Norkensiold has
merely found scientific" one.
At the farewell concert of Adalina Patti in
London lately, the enthusiasm was intense.
Madame Patti received eight beautiful floral
tributes, and the applause was 50 great that
she sang "Home, Sweet Home in the middle
of the opera, which, Of course, created pre-
found sensation. At the close she sang the
solo In the national anthem.
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-13
working Men in Germany .

Mr.. Robert 2. Porter, late of the tariff COM
mission, gives an interesting sketch in the Tri-
bune of recent visit to the Krupp gun works.
He says: After l had inspected the works aud
admired the gigantic guns and the shops in
which they are made, my guide kindly offere
to take me to the colony to see the homes of
the workingmen. These houses are not far
from the works, but are comfortably located on
high ground, and well shaded with.avenues of
trees. The firm of Fred Krupp at present owns
$3.50 we'll built and to all appearances, healthy
dwelling-houses, in which over 1900 individ-
uals are living. The buildings have two and
three floors, and are constructed partly of stone
and partly of framework, and are surrounded
as much as possible with gardens
The annual rent for the family dwelling
varies from S23 per year for a two-room
house, to S52 for one with five rooms. visit
ed sample of each of the houses at Essen, and
cOnversed with some of the inmates. The in
teriorS OF some of the Essen houses were any
thing but clean, and the atmosphere was fetid
There is certainly no squalid misery, and the
average workman and his family have plenty
Is eat and are comfortably lodged The Ger
man drinks beer, aud in the summer spends
the evening often with his family in the beer
gardens, of which there are seven belonging to
Krupp. But, even in place like Essen, which
is above the average there is marked differ
ence between the Continental and American
workingman, and the condition of workers
here will not compare with the advanced con-
dition of the artisan in such places as Johns
town and Pullman in our own country.
The single men at Krupp's are provided for
in large boarding-house capable of keeping
1900 boarders, at a cost of about so pfennigs
GO cents) day, breod not included, making
the probable cost about one mark, or about %
cents per day. Herr Kluptel, the director
who has charge of the labor department at
Krupps told me that no men were now being
paid less than marks a day (about 20 cents).
This of course to the unskilled laborer. Skilled
labor is paid from from q marks to as high as
Z, and even 8 marks day for skilled nechan-
les in the machine Shops but this was of course
! exceptional, the wages not often exceeding
marks, or little over one dollar American
| money. For these same classes of labor the
american manufacturer probably pays 81. so or
| S3 snd even So day. The labor of women
| and children Is excluded from the works
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-13

Tonight the American Electric Light Com
pany and Whitney Bros, the managers OF the
skating rink, will give grand entertainment
at Old Orchard. The entire beach will be
illuminated by 1co electric lights furnished by
the American Company A grand concert
will be given on the Old Orchard House lawn
at 7.30 Chandler's Band viii be located at
the southwest corner of the lawn, the Old
Orchard House band ON the balcony of the
Old Orchard House, and the rink band on the
skating rink balcony, each playing alternately.
There will be, it is claimed, the finest display
of fire works ever given in Maine in tho CEN
tire Of the lawn, facing the Old Orchard House
The skating rink will be gorgeously illumin
ated by 1000 Japanese lanterns. Chandler's-
with the rink band, will furnish continuous
music during the evening. Miss Carrie Gill
moro Of Worcester, Mass, the champion lady
skater OF the United States, will give an ex
hibition OF her wonderful skating. Genera
skating will continue till II o'clock. The
Boston & Maine Railroad Company will run
special trains at excursion rates from Boston,
Portland and way stations, returning at the
close OF the entertainment at the rink. Mem
bers Of the city government from Portland
Saco and Biddeford will be in attendance;
also special staff artist of Frank Leslie's
Illustrated paper will make sketches.