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GRAND TRUNK R. R.
Winter Arrangement.

On and after October g and until fur rnotiee
trains will ran as follows:
GOING WEST.
Fxpress trains for Lewiston, will leave Portland
AZ 20 q. n, rs p. m, ) 10 =. m.
For south Paris, Norway, Montreal, Chicago,
and the West, will leave Portland AZ 10 q. N.
south PARIS az lO:le, Norway 10 90 a m, and
Gorham Al II 80 y. m, and from Portland AZ 80
from 50. Paris. 40, Norway ~.
Mixed trains for south Paris, Norway and Cor
ham will leave Portland at 5:l5 p. N, so. Paris
3 p. N, 6Orham n 90 D. m.
GOING EAST.
Express trains for Portland will leave Lewis
ton 81 20 a. m, II 10 a. M, and 81 and IS
d. IN.
For south Paris, Norway, Lewiston, Portland
and Boston will leave Gorham ~ - =. m, South
Paris az 10 - a. n, aud Norway st 10 40 a. m,
reaching Portland at lass.
MIXED trains for Portland and Lewiston will
leave GOrnam st 3: 5 a. m, south Paris 6:i5
a. m . Norway % q. m. arriving IN Portland st
3 90 a m, and an afternoon mixed train leaves
GoFham for Portland az n 10 a. m, 50. Paris,
, - d. ~, arriving AZ Portland az 5 10 p. N.
Trains will rua by Portland time.
JOSEPH HlCKS0S, General Manager.
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We have exposed during the last year,
many swindlers who advertise under the
name OF medicine, vile compounds which
only increase human suffering. To all who
need pure medicine and blood purifier,
we can honestly recommend Sulphur Bit
ters.-EfitOr >JtR.
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WANTED.

Energetic and Intelligent men, TO solicit orders.
this coming season. For Nursery Stock, consist.
ing OF Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, and all the small
fruifs; Rose Bushes, Shrubbery, Ornamental
Trees, &c. Experience not essential. Good in.
ducements to men Of mature age and good bust.
ness ability. Apply by letter and state age, and
name references.
8. T. CANNON,
Angus Ia, Ma
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A lady tells US "the first bottle has done
my daughter great deal of good, her food
does not distress her now, nor does she
suffer from that ertreme tired feeling which
she did before taking Hoods Sarsaparilla."
A second bottle effected a cure. No other
preparation contains such q concentration
Of vitalizing, enriching, purifying and invig-
Grating properties as Hoods Sarsaparilla
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USE ONLY
RUBBER PAINTS.
S. MAXIM & SON, ACTS
SOUTH PARIS

SOUTH PARIS.
NIB. We desire 10 call special attention TO the
SUPERIOR QUALITIES OF this paint. During the
past two years over FOUR HUNDRED gallons OF IL
have been sed in THIS VICINITY, giving in EVERY
INSTANCE the very best Of satisfaction
Il 10 we'll known that the best lead and oil, mix
ed in the usual way will in short time lose its
gloss and rub OF or chalk. Rubber Paint is guar.
anteed not to CRACK, CHALK, OR PEEL.
We are aware OF great prejudice against mix.
ed paints but we confidently recommend this, be
lieying IL 10 be the most beautiful durable and
economical paint 10 the market.
Remember this Rubber Paint is composed Of
pure White Lead, Zinc, Linseed OIL and India
Rubber, with the best coloring pigments that can
be obtained, ground In. A careful examnzt alton
Of buildings on which II has been used will con-
vince the most skept.cal Of Its merits.
We refer to the following parties who have US
ed our paint viz:
J. G. Marble, o. A. Maxim, j. Daniels. Paris
Hill. Nj. Cushman. North Paris. 8. r. Briggs, X.
n. Hall, ID. n. True, =. G. Merrill and l.. 8. Bill.
ings, So. Paris. A. N Trull, Norway
Send for circular and price list.
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ISAAC BAGNALL,
WoOLen Manufacturer.

Manufactures CAssIxEREs, sArIsErrs Corrov
and WooL, and All WOOL fLASsELs, FROCKfya.
and YARSs, CUSTOM CLOTH DREssISG and RoLI
HANOVER, ME.
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SE~The most brilliant shades possible,
on all fabrics are made by the Diamond
DYES Unequalled for brilliancy and dur
ability. lOc.
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Extreme Tired Feeling.

If you should happen to want your ear:
pierced, Just pinch the baby.
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DR.. KliRe's Great Nerve Restorer is the
marvel of the age for all Nerve Diseases.
All its stopped free. Send 70 93l Arch
Street, Phiia.. Pa.
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The first negro criminal was the original
be Black Crook.
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III.-ENIGMA
Composed Of 81 letters.
NV q, S. 9, 20 is to drown.
My II, -, ;, 6 is an insect.
My 10, ., Is, IL, Il is to strike the teeth
together.
My : l, II, - is place for bees.
Ny 10, -, 4, 3 is drawer.
Ny whole is an admonition of scripture.
EDNA.
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CAIARRH oF THE BLADDER,
singing irritation, Inflammation, all Kid
ney and Urinary complaints, cured by
"BuChu-paiOa. 81.
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Wooden goods are quoted quiet, because
OF their nap.
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BKwARE or SMINpLERs.

Family ties become sleepers when the
twins sink into slumber.
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\ woman IS like an army, she is lost il
she has no reserve.
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WINsrON. FORsYTU Co. y. c

II is said that deaf and dumb people al
WAYS take a hand in conversation.
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THEY RAN FOR THE DocroR.

THEY Ran FOR THE Doctor.
Some people are always running for the
doctor when the least thing is the matter
with themselves or their children. or
course, the doctor likes this, for he gets
we'll paid for H. But there are many &C.
casions when the judicious use Of Perry
Ddris'S Pam KIller will do all the doctor
San. Mr.. X. V. Miller, OF Syracuse, MY,
SAYS he has for twenty years used PAIN
MILLER for miscellaneous family sickness
and that il i 30 valuable that II ought 10
be kept in every house.
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To the rescue, Your liver is in trouble
Wheat Bitters will correct 1t. Remember
this
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Size amt everything. \ watch ticking
can be heard further than a bedtick.
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Farmers and others desiring a genteel.
lucrative agency business, by which - 20
$50 day can be earned, send address, a,
once, on postal, TO II. c. WILKINSON a. Co.
1876 & 1917 Fulton Street, y. Y.
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U.-CoNBINED FRACTIONS.
Take one-half of dawn, one-6fth OF night,
and two-sevenths OF sunrise. Properly
combined they will give you a transparent
fluid. BOY.
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OUR PUZZLE CORNER.

for this Department should
be sent the editor. W. ii. EASTMAN, East sum
ner, Me-
I-CHARADE.
My first denotes excess;
My second Is the same;
My whole IA modern phrase
From the aesthetics came.
BELLE.
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AN ODD MARRIAGE.

Cowper, in humorous poem, entitled
"Pairing time Anticipated" bids young
1ad;ee
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Far the Mines 2Sk s ntsNI.

Miner.lOgists 10 examine or -, also Tor Bo,ani.t
use, At SO,63 snd IS cents eAc a. For e By
HENRY n VAcKts,. P,zIs t.fLLWg
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-04-03

On and AFTER October g and until fur rnotic
trains will ran as follows:
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V.-JUMBLE.
The lovely violets are the strange flow-
ers that we should slight till gone.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES OF LAST WEEK.
Ii, Ago, 90. ,, Grain, rain. 3, Fear,
ear. I, Fair, air. 8, Harm, arm. 6, Glad,
lad. :, Thill, hill.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

the sin and sorrow had purified and ent
nobled him, and as she listened, the
dream of revenge, which had filed her
heart, was swept aside by bis eloquence.
Coleman" " she said, as he paused, do
you remember when YOU and Helen
were meeting one October day, years
ago, how she fell and cut her forehead,
and how you kissed the wound to soothe
her sobs, and bound it up with your
handkerchief"
He only gazed at her in amazement.
do you remember" she asked.
E"Yes-but-" Il.
'fsee," she said, raising the soft curls
from her temple, and, placing her finger
on the scar, wears later. YOU wounded
her heart more sorely than the hard
stone had wounded her face" -
ooh, Helen can you forgive 1ne?"
"Ahp she sighed, smiling on him,
"only your kiss can heal the heart wound,
as in those childish days yoqr touch
brought comfort"
Gently he wrapped her in bis arms
and.pressed his lips to hers. Again, as
in the vine-wreathed porch, eight years
before, he held her to his heart, and
heard her answer his pleading with
sweet words Of promise and thus the
broken vows were renewed, the old sor-
row forgiven and forgotten.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
To Let

To Let.
To let! our old home! where we've loved
and we've played,
.Fhe altar on which our affections were lald ;
Whose incense, arising, urged Heaven to bless
This precious abode of our hearts happiness.
To let! our old home too painful the truth
How can / forsake thee, dear home OF my
youth II.
The walls with loves music are echoing yet;
Canst thou fancy leave itwithout a regret:
j must turn from the dweIling-my dwelling
mo more; l. ..t
The footaf stranger will tread on the floor
And careless alike if joy or grieve,
Make home for himself, of the home that
leave. e.
Full oft to this place shall my spirit repair,
And glide through the halls, and ascend
every stair; \
Though fate has expelled me, Pll haunt the
dear spot,
And the hand of stranger shall trouble me
mi not.
One room to sad memories still sacred hold
For over its threshold shadow there rolled
And, chilled to the heart with sOb-grievipg
-.s, breath, r
We stood in the terrible presence of Death.
Close the door! love is jealous and would
not disclose
To the eye of stranger its joys or its woes,
Where they the bright hue of rose might
discern,
I see but the shade of funeral urn.
But this is my,room, where in childhood 1
slept,
When out of the trundle-bed proudly crept;
And as my bright fancies the hours beguiIed,
The heart of woman had entered the child.
What dreams of ambition came into my head
AS rested each night on my loVe-guarded
bed!
How many the hopes and how many the fears
That mingled their rainbow hues over the
years.
Where meet the dear circle that gathered of
yore,
Within the dear home that is ours no more?
I call-do they hear me? CALL but in vain;
For Death, the destroyer, has severed the
'- chain.
They are with me in spirit-we meet as of
yOre,
The painful mutations of life to deplOre.
Our hearts are as one, and we weep with re-
gret,
That our home, the dear home that we love, is
to let!
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
Cataline's Defiance.

Mr.. Speaker:
| do not rise to waste the night in words;
Let that plebian on my right (CicerD)
Blow his bazoo; it's not my trade,
AS was brought up a blacksmith.
But here 1 stand for right, for Roman right
| Though none, it seems dare stand
| To take tilt with me.
Ay, cluster there! cling to your MASTER
Judges, Romans slaves! His charge is false !!
! And demand an investigation,
And ask the president of this body
To appoint a committee forthwith;
But this | will avoW, that L have scOrned,
And still do scorn, to hide my sense of
wrong!
Who brands me on the forehead, breaks my
sword,
Or lays the bloody ScOurge upon my back,
Would perhaps like to try it on out in the
back yard =.
After the senate adjOurns!
BaniShed, indeed! l thank you for it,
AS intended to move out of town anyhow
I held some slack all glance until this hour
But now my swords my own; and l
Would like to see the man that will
Attempt to collect my city taxes for this
year!
Smile on, you bald-headed snipes of the val
ley!
scorn to count what feelings, withered
hopes,
Strong provocations, bitter, burning wrongs,
| have within my hearts hot cell shut up,
To leave you in your lazy dignities.
But here stand and scOtf you! here I fling
Hatred and full defiance in your face!
Your cOnsuls meTciful-very; but if he
Dares to touch a. hair Of Cataline, will
Knock him galley west and crooked,
For Pm the best little man that walks
The streets Of this burg, and don't you for
get it!
Banished from Rome! What's banished but.
set free
From daily contact with the things loathe?
Your organ grinders on every street corner;
Your citizens packing plaster of Paris i'm
ages
Around on cellar doors and trading them
10 our wives for our winter clothing?
"Tried and convicted trator!" Who says
this?
Let him show his head and I'll bust it
If it costs me forty dollars!
[ go; but not to leap the gulf alone!
go; but, when come, twill be the burst
OF ocean in the notwithstanding back
In swift and mountainous ruin. Ta-ta!
You build my funeral pile, but your best
blood
Shall quench its flannel Back, slaves!
| have return ticket in my vest pocket!
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
Growing Power of Corporations

from the Irish World
You cannot take up newspaper with
out finding in it evidence of the rapid
growth OF the power of corporations of
all sorts. There was a time when cor
poratlons were willing to exert their in
fiuence in secret, but now nothing will
satisfy them short of having their open
and avoWed agents in every branch of
the government. 1t is hardly necessary
to refer to the United States senate and
the national house of representatives,
1t is we'll known that both of these legis-
Iatlve bodies are packed with agents of
railroad and banking corporations.
Even the supreme court is not without
representative of this kind. One of
the judges as is we'll known was appointed
through the influence of Jay Gould, who,
It is said, exacted a promise from the
late President Garfield to make. this
appointment. The story goes that Jaw
Gould refused to contribute any morey
towards securing the election of Garfield
till ne had this promise in writing The
anxiety he displayed to have the man
alluded to appointed a Judge of the s,1-
paeme court can be explained by the
eifort the railroads are making to escape
tne payment of certain taxes in Califor-
MA under the plea that the levyinp, ot
tnese 7 taxes is violation of the four
teenth amendment.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

There is a provision in the constitution
of California that the property indly'1d-
uals subject to mortgage shall bsassessed q
to the owner less the5value of the mort
gage which shall be assessed to the owner
Of the mortgage security The object
the trainers of the constitution had ID
view was to tax both the mortgager and
mortgage. AS the property OF the rail- all
roads is assessed to itself and not to any
owner, under the constitution, of Cali
fornia no deduction of mortgage debt
is allowed to the railroad corporations :, y
The railroad corporations have decided
to fight this provision Of the California
constitution on the ground that it is
violation of the fourteenth amendment,
which declares that:
"AH persons born or naturalized. in
the United States, and subject to the
Jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the
United States, and of the state wherein
they reside. No state shall make or en-
force any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of
the United States; nor shall any state
deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its juris-
diction the equal protection of the laws"
This amendment, as is we'll known,
was intended to secure the negro the
same protection of the laws the white
man enjoys.
The object the corporations now have
in view is to secure the protection of
this amendment, and in that way place
themselves as far as the law is concerned
on an equal footing with persons. If
they succeed in this, they will escape all
legislative control. The decision of the
supreme court in the "Granger cases."
which affirmed that the implied con-
dition of the existence of corporation
was that it should submit to legislative
regulation and control, will be practically
annulled, and corporations will be free
from all legislative interference.
Of course the corporations which are
the creatures Of legislation would never
think of appealing to the supreme court
to have it Construe the fourteenth
amendment in their favor if they were
not pretty confident that their influence
in that court was sufficiently strong to
give them very good chance of success.
1t remains to be seen if the judges of
the supreme courts will do the bidding
of Jay Gould and decide that soulless
corporations are entitled to the protec-
tion of an amendment that was expressly
framed in the interests of men. That
the attempt has been made to get the
supreme court to do this shows to what
proportions corporation influence has
grown. 1t also shows that unless it is in
some way destroyed there is grave dan
ger ahead
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
BROKEN vows.

This was how they parted. 1t was a
summers evening, and they stood in a
vine-covered porch, he, tall and manly,
holding her slight, dropping figure in his
arms. A strong clasp it was, too, that
encircled her waist with a pressure that
said, "you are all NINE" Bending low
over her, till his lips touched hers, he
said
p f"You will never forget me? You are
my own promised wife?"
HAll yours. will never forget you,"
she answered
Il may be gone years, sweet one. Will
you wait for me?"
81 will wait"
And, with a passionate embrace, he
left her standing, white and still, in the
pale moonlight, his firm, ringing step
carrying him out to new life, new
scenes, the battle with the world her
trembling feet. bearing her back to the
old monotony, unbroken by the sun
shine that had gladdened 1.-THE light Of
his love.
She was very fair and pretty, and six
teen summers only had printed their
warm kisses on her lips, when she stood
in the porch on that moonlight evening.
Her simple dress of cheap cotton print
could not hide her graceful figure, and
the soft curs shaded a sweet, girlish face;
but the small hands were Scared with
work; the rough seal of poverty was
stamped on all her surroundings.
They had been nei ghbors, these lovers,
from the time when they we're rocked in
- their baby cradles and they had grown
up side by side, knowing no pleasure
that was not shared between them. She
was the only child of a widowed mother
the village seamstress he boasting nc
higher origin than the parentage of the
village schoolmaster afforded. But the
monotony of life in the obscure country
town had at last wearied the ambitious
boy, and he had wrupg from his father g
reluctant consent to try his fortune in
that world outside of his quiet home, O
which he had heard much-seen moth
ing. He was of age, man of fine intel
lectual promise, unpublished, but vel
studied, learned, full Of hope, ambition
and courage, when he pressed his fare
well kiss upon the lips of the maider
whose heart he had won. His father, ;
quiet, studious man, had mastered al
immense fund of book learning; anc
his, siftedl and refined, cleared of al
Useless dfdss, he had impaired to hi
only sonA A brother of his mothers, ;
lawyer in full practice. had consented t.
takethe young man to his office on trial
and, IF there was any stuff in him
teach him the law p and SO leaving hi
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

The following anecdote has been repro
duced 10 illustrate why the majority in
the United States congress took no
action against the corruption exhibited
by the credit mobilier investigation.
Mr. Lincoln had been retained as counsel
for a man accused of stealing six fine
hogs. The trial came on, and the wit
nessts for the state proved the theft be-
yond all question, and identified Mr..
Lincofn's client as the thief. When the
testimony had closed, Mr. Lincoln turned
to the thief and said:
II see no ground for any defense in
the case, sir: If the witnesses are to be
believed, you are guilty, and I cannot
make anything else of it,"
Never mind my guilt" said the con-
tidlng client. Jest set up and abuse
them witnesses like the deuce, and
spread yourself on general principles"
Mr.. Lincoln did as he was told. The
jury retired, and in less than half an
hour, much to the surprise of the court
and counsel, returned a verdict of "Not
guilty"
Il don't understand this" said Mr..
Lincoln, turning to his client as he spoke;
these fellows must have. misunder-
Stood"
mot a bit Of it," answered the sagac-
lous client, with a knowing wink. "You
see, squire, every one of them ERE fell
lows had piece Of them hogsp'
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

A Virginia preacher who bought his
butterfrom his brother Paul, sent for 4
fresh supply for his Sunday dinner, and
was in the midst of his sermon when his
negro servant returned and took his seat
in the church. The preacher had Ella
quently y related what Matthew, Mark
Luke and John had said in relation ~
the subject matter Of his text, and he
then said, in laundering tones: "And.
what d Oes Paul say?" The negro, think
ing the question addressed to linn re-
piled, in the hearing of the whole con
gre'ssatiioonr; "a on; "Marse Paul says as how you
noid e. g a liole ~ outtter till you've
PAID Tor dat you got last week.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03

, Some ne of the newspapers refer to Gam
T. - ! ' ai,ies y, Blaine of France.
~ ~ 'iiey were totally unlike.
for e: example, Ganbetta was not able to
aecamulate aa 9 fortune Of $lo,6oo 600 in
land Argus. r0'o0o NJ
The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-03
This was how they met.

This was how they met.
Mrs. Everard Curtis, leader Of fashion,
frivolous and empty-headed, was to give
a great party Every body was invited,
and everybody came. Mrs. Curtis, it was
whispered, had "a new star torintroduce
to the world of fashion, widow Of her
nephew, whose wealth and beauty were
both subjects of comment and surmise.
The parlors were well filled when Cole
man Lee, one of Mrs. Curtis favorite
cards" came in.
"NOw, my dear Mr.. Lee" said the gay
hostess, futtering up to the grave
lawyer, II must introduce you to my
niece. This is her first party since she
left off her mourning. There she is now,
under the center chandelier, chatting
with Henry. Is she not lovely?"
Coleman looked. He saw a tall, grace
fully formed lady, dressed in clouds OF
soft, white lace, with diamonds spark
ling on her throat and arms. Her fair
hair, dropping from a jeweled comb in
rich glossy curls; her snowy complexion
The Ripley advertiser., 1883-10-06

that this comet Is really the comet
of1S12 returning, and tits, there
fore, ofiateFest for other things be-.
sides its present singular conduct,
II has what may be called a sister
comet, which was seen in 1876, and
which has an orbit strikingly re,
sembling its own. On account Of
this resemblance, Prot. Kirkwood,
adopting the hypothesis that there
are systems Of comets in space
whose members occasionally fall
within the attraction Of the sun as
it advances through the universe,
suggested that the comet Of 1912
aud that OF l846 probably belonged
TO one Of these systems before en-
tering the solar system, aud that
they were both made prisoners to
the sun BY his frontier picket plan.
ct NeptunO.-[N. Y. Sun, 26th.
The Ripley advertiser., 1883-10-06

coin, and invaribly slipitiHto their
pockets. No one had any thought
Of the poor conductor, whose nea
ger salary Of three francs day
could i'll support such loss. But
at last young woman passed hers
back with s0onductor you have
given me halffranc TOO much" Di-
Ogenes, delighted, followed her
home, made inquiries, and as the
answers were satisfactory, made
his will in her favor, though he nav-
er gave her warning Ithat her half
franc was going to bring her hall a
million.