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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-06-24

faffottt L. o. oi Vktofus Mcs al's ~
height, feet 6 IL inches weight us lbs.
he Is veteran who has a few faults OF
style and form 10 correct lie has the
weight, but 4. Inclined TO neglect making
the fall-length stroke Woe lori nnaes,
.Tune n.
wee fros, June ~ another June rs
fsRns MIR. \. X Carter who has been
attending the Carter family reunion. aud
also on a trip 10 New York. returned 10
Paris Jas, Friday.
The Norfolk Mlnstrcls gave An enter
,ainmcnt 10 Academy Hall. Friday evening
b a small audience.
james s. Wright, ESQ was In Augusta,
Thursday. attending a mec,ingof the State
Republican COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Bates OF Mechanic Falls. l. visit
ing o. A. Thayer.
Mrs. Adam Wilson. mother OF Hon. Geo.
A Wilson, was visiting In town last week.
We hear tia, Mr.. Chas. Besse formerly
% this place bat now located al Wood
stock. has received pension Of eight dol
lars per month. aud Arrcaragcs amounting
to dtecn hundred dollars. Mr.. Besse was
the crack sho, % crack regiment OF
sharp shooters during the war.
Josi.h Woodward the other day. caught
trout out OF stony Brook, near Mr..
Fobess. weighing two pounds and two
ounces
Summer company has begun 10 arrive.
AZ Mrs wm. Chase's are Mr.. Geo. y.
Thursion. Mrs Geo. y. Thurston. Miss
Margaret g. Thurston, Miss Mary u
Thurstou, Mrs. l.. T. kendall, Miss MIN
ole Barnham. all OF Portland.
Dr. %. y. Bradbury and wife have
moved into Mrs MAson's house, and have
become permAnen, citizens OF me village.
Dr. h spent some IN months. last spring,
Ia ihe New York hospitals, where be made
himself familiar with modern practice.
a. eau b. found a, bis Office o. orders may
bel len on the call slate.
The ordinance of baptism was admins
tered by Rev. Mr. Coehrane, % seven indl-
yliaal.. 90 Sabbath afternoon At the pool
above Mr.. Kings mill, on stony Brook A
very pleasant ani Impressive occasion.
The Anniversary Exercises % The Paris
Tuiver.slls, sunday. school will take place
At Che church. neat sabbath A general
Invitation D. AL
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
Tie Republicans of the town Of Paris are re
.ncsis.i 90 meet in general Caucus a The town
house Iu All tpsn. on saturday. June eth.
fsf attocinck o.. A.. or ne purpo.r 81 elect
inr eight delegate to attend the Republican
County Convention. % bel heid a. the Oouri
nouss. Paris Hui. 1uiy "a. issi. Aiso to choo-e
rIEtt delegates to consult with the delegates
from thc tosn - nuck fell AMI uuton fianta.
fnn. in relation in Che appoftioumTut uf tNis
E.urrsrntafVr District. sald Delegation stl
meet af fhr tuari House, un the same Jay oi
co. County lunFrntinn. Alsu o. choose a r.
faf|..lu Town tumuIftfT o. serve Coo fnH teu
ona1Irr ftlrs Per ur.isf,
nNTIuifcAs iuns COMMITTEE.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-06-24

GHEENwOoD.-In the DENocRAr OF June
10. notice the following from an oxford
correspondent The frost went 10 streAks
Ia Bethel and Norway The groand irote
and there vas Snow bat In Greenwood
about half wsy between. there was no
frost We'll. a. old Uucls TOBY used TO
say. "t that beats al - I got up that morn
lag. aboat sunrise. aud thought that the
ground was white and also erustedi went
down into the orchard and TOOK hold Of
the leaves and blossms and thought they
we're As sun a. the ARTIFICIAL leaves OF q
lady's Aat wreath IAlso planted potatoes
that DAY sear BY where the small brakes
looked A. n thsY were allied. and they linz
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
100000 Gone.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.-The Chron-
icic publishes in substance the fol
lowing marvel; Captain W. f. Swa'
seY, the oldest pioneer OF the coast
makes statement of the intense
suffering of his friend, Col. ID. j
Williamson, an Army officer OF dis
unction and an ex-U. S Consul, whe
was attacked in the winter of lS6l-62
with violent rheumatism. So great
was his agony in after years, he be
came a helpless cripple, and after
trying numberless remedies, the
baths OF other countries and spend
ing fortune of $4,000, the disease
seemed to assume more viruleLt
type. Finally, he was persuaded tC
try st. Jacobs Oil, the great conquer,
or Of pain. 1t worked a miracle o
cure. In letter to the Chronicle he
confirms Captain Swasey 5 statement
and adds: cheerfully give my
unqualified attestation TO the truth
fulness of the statement, because
feel perfectly certain that a knowl
edge of my cure by st. Jacobs Oh
will prove the means of relieving
hundreds of sufferers
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
Sorting Rags.

"K-k-k-chew," and the sneeze
was repeated by the visitor and one
of the proprietors of the rag dealers
store in Chicago. The sneeze came
from one end of a bevy OF young
women who were sorting rags. AT
intervals a sneeze would come from
others, and to the visitors mind the
scene presented three features--rags,
dust, and sneezes.
To one who has never visited
large store where rags are bought
and sorted, the place Is of peculiar
interest. Away up in the top story
is a large room. At the back are
huge bins, each one containing dli
ferent qualities of rags and paper.
At the front are the girls already
spoken Of Their nationality, al
most without exception, is Polish.
Their beads are covered with wells
or cloths to keep the dust from their
hair. Their clothes are ofthe mean
I est description, for the occupation
admits of no other dress. For wa
ges the most expert sorters receive
all the way from 81 to s6 per week.
As they are paid by the number Of
hundred pounds of rags and paper
which they sort, the amount OF the
girls pay Is dependent on the delt-
ness of their fingers. And TO see
their fingers move is a sight TO re-
member. Two girls stand at what
is called a"sorting-table." This Is a
shallow trough with wire bottom.
F 4 bag Of rags is laid over one end OF
the table. IT may contain twenty
different varieties of rags, several
kinds OF paper, old boots, tin, wood
and all sorts of foreign substances
Around the table are at least fifteen
barrels. The girls, after drawing a
quantity of the mixture onto the Ia
/ Die. commence to sort it. Imagine
a thousand different pieces of rags,
large and small, living on the taOle
mixed together. Then imagine two
hands picking out piece after piece
with lightning rapidity, and remem-
Der that the senses Of feeling and
sight must tell Just exactly which
barrel the particular piece must be
thrown into. The blacks, blues
browns, reds and greens of woelens
must 90 into different receptacles
the same colors of cOttons must &c
into as many different places; the
papers 90 into others the refuse IN
to still others. And as the mass Is
handled a sitting dust to one who /;
not used to it rises in the air. Aitel
the sorting process the ditteren
, grades are put into hopper which
leads to the balling-press below anc
; mace iato bales.
is not the business a fearful un
: healthy one?" asked the visitor, be
; tween sneezes. For an answer tn
proprietor turned to a girl of abou
- years, who locked as strong as
p horse, and said
How long have you been Will
me, Tony ?"
Five years, sir,
! Were you ever sick?"
= mo SIR and Tony then proceed
ed with her dusty work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
DO Birds THINK >

DO birds think? Let ME tell you
ota litle bird / once owned, The
little bird was a female moclling
h.la. vino mad "a nest OF young ones
about week Old. The baby birds
were never healthy, inheriting weak
Ae-s from their father, who had
asthma Early one morning | was
awakened by the mother bird stand
Iu- on MY pillow, pouring into my
r.- ..e most mOurutul notes | ever
heard 4 knew something was wrong
tae lLtie ones. seeming 10 think that
i -aa could Warm them they would
awaken. Ina few moments she
huna-3 oIt8e nest, looked at her
laUe-. held iOod close to their
mouths and coaxed and called them,
ug,iu vain. She then flew all around
tae room. as ifin search of some un-
tried remedy. Several times she
pe.cled on my shoulder and looked
So distressed and pitiful | could
scarcely keep from CRYING. L put
he- iu q cage and hung her in the
sunshine to see II she would become
o1iet. She took a bath, but stlil re-
uaneinery0us andseemed anxious
ana by and by grew so restless | had
io take her out OF the cage and let
beer go 90 her nest again.
she steod quite awhile looking
az her dear children Then she went
over all the little bodies es-plnched
tlem gently and watched them
closely TO see ii they moved. When
size saw no signs OF life she seemed
uuzzied. She seemed at last Il
make un her mind the little one.
were dead. And one 10y one sh,
.iaa3 them Jemderly in her beak anC
llia them side by side in the middl,
oi tAe room. Sle looked at then
lovingly q m0ment. then flew to he
empty nest and gazed wonde.ingl,
into that Finally she perched OF
ay shoulder aud locked into mi
eyes as 81 to say What does al
this mean What a lesson Of low,
aud devotion that little blrd taught
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
\ Hitherto Unpublished Lincoln
Story.

Just after the publication ofSecre-
tary Chase's exceedingly able Treas
ury report in 1863, and when the
Secretary was known to have the
Presidential bee buzzing in his bon
net, a Jealous friend of the President
went to him Lincoln with a sug-
gestion that Mr.. Chase should be
looked after he was using his pow
er as Secretary of Treasury to further
hls own ambitious schemes. Lin
coin laughed shrewdly and brought
ont the inevitable story of which he
was reminded. An Illinois farmer
tllllng a few acres of land and en-
ploylng only one poor old horse,
was blowing enc day, while his son
regarded the operation from the
nearest fence. Suddenly the old,
spiritless horse pricked up his ears
and started briskly onward on the
fuwow, almost dragging the old man
at the plow-tail around the haRd
The lad surveyed the unusual sight
from the fence, the old man having
hard work to keep no as the horse
went flying around. and then he
cried out: Say dad, why don't you
brush of that gad-ny on old Dob
bins back p As he flew past tbs
old man replied: Il never saw Dob
bin doing so well before Let th,
gad-hy be- How Lincoln mad,
the application any man can tell
And if there are any high officials $,
troubled with the Presidential gad
fly that they are doing unusuall,
well, it were 4 pity todisturb then
now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
RATHER TOO LONG.
After 20 Years on the Wrong Side Of
Life a Virginian Turns the Tables
" How long did YOU say 2n

"How long did you say ?"
Twenty years, | said. Up to
the time | mentioned | had suffered
from diseased liver for 20 years, y
said Mr.. S. r. Hancock, of Rich
mond, Va, half sadly, as though
thinking OF that dilapidated section
of his life. AT times | almost
wished it had pleased Providence to
omit the liver from the human anat-
omy."
bad enough-twenty years of
that sort of thing" responded
listener. What was the upshot Of
| Iit?"
"The upshet was that some time
ago l went down to SCOTS drug
store in this city, and bought one Of
BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTERS, applied it, and was re-
lieved in a few hours, and am now
as sound as though my liver were
made of India-rubber."
Benssn's-unlike the old-fashion-
ed kind of plasters-act promptly.
Look for the word CAPClNE,
which is cut in the genuine.
Price twenty-five cents. SeabUry
and Johnson, Chemists. New
York. 40.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
Burned Alive.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April %, 1854
4 special despatch from Allen coun-
ty, tells of a horrible murder of two
young children by their crazy father,
William Austin. Austin was struck
or the head about a year ago with
a large rock, the injury affecting his
brain. Leaving the field yesterday he
went hcme, toek two of the children
who were little more than babes
and threw them into the fire. He
then stood coolly by and saw them
burned TO death. The frantic moth.
er, unable to prevent the horrible
deed, and recognizing her powerless
ness to rescue the children. escaped
herself with a nursing infant by
snatching it from its cradle and flee
ing to the woods.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
why Apprentices Are Scarce

A contemporary writer says It Is
principally because of the concelt OF
foolish parents, VINO could not think
of allowing their boys to soil their
hands with manual labor, or tarnish
their pedigree by associating with
common werkmen Many and
many a young man have | known
whose aptitudes called to hIm with
all the imperious demands OF in
stinct to learn a trade, but he was
prevented from doing so by his par
ents. who preferred to see him fill
ing the more important and dlgn,-
fed position of clerk, often working
fifteen hours a day for SO per
month. and sometimes yielding to
the small temptation TO leave unpaid
his tailors and washerwoman's bills.
Or if he escaped the clerkship, be
was almost sure to be found among
the luckless ninety and nine protes-
sional men who stand off and eye
with green envy the one IN the
round hundred who has made a
success. 1t is not lack of attention
to the new workmen that is lowering
the standard in mechanical trades,
but the folly of parents IN closing
the doors oftrades in the face of their
sons, and in the absence of good
material We get bad. 1t is often the
I case that we get hold of boy who
has but few or no qualifications nat
.ural or acquired, for trade, but he
can probably make more money at
/ that than at common labor, and as
we can get no better, we have to do
/ the best we can. There is no doubt
but we are getting poorer subjects
every year fer apprentices for this
very reason. But we can reach =
point so low that it is impossible to
go any lower, and believe we have
reached that point in some lines OF
business. Some parents, and boys
too, are getting their eyes opened.
| They are learning that they cannot
D4lub QQACS anu lAlcC luChs MANY
Bubbles have been pricked, and
gliding has worn through. Labor is
becoming more dignitied, because
more than ever before is it welded
to thought. The manual training
/ schools which are springing up in
nearly all of our large cities are
giving instructions to boys whose
parents, perhaps, would not at the
start consent to them entering the
shops. These schools are doing q
gaod work in teaching the principles
OF trades. in fostering a genuine
. love for mechanics, and in pointing
out the special field where the young
man can labor with the assurance
of receiving his highest reward
With such Frightening prospects a:
the work of the manual training
school warrants, we see no reasor
Tor fearing that the race of gooC
workmen IN any trade will soon dl,
out. On the contrary, we believ,
We will see mechanics increasing II
, numbers and skill from year to year
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
BULwER LYTToNs BRrncr
Where IL Touches the shores an, >,
Great Columns In M,dstr.. "e

What beautiful bridge be,w.,...
old age and childhood is reI;s;e.
How intuitively the child bsa;u bUn
with prayer and worship on eets-;ns
life, and how intuitively, on ouitt;ns
life, the old man turns back 10 nrar
er and worship, putting bimsslf
again side by side with the insan. y
remarks Sir E. Bulwer Ly,top. in h.
Strange Story"
Yes, but between its distant ab,,
ments the bridge of life has man
high and awful arches, tbronaI
which the wild waters dash and
roar in wrath and desslation. Praver
and worship alore do not sustain
these. Natures solid rocks mnst
lay unshaken beneath, and human
art and skill must rear and soljdifv
the structure overhead. Gods will
is best exemplifed in the laws He
has made for the creatures whom H.
has placed under their control
Neither the child's trustful "Onr
Father" nor the old mans "Forve,
me not in the midst of mine infrm.
ities," will alter this by the weight
of a single grain.
Science and art first-then faith
and prayer-is the order of Heaven
itself. Divinity heals through n,
agents, and those agents are the
discoveries of man not the vague
announcements of prophets or seer.
Is life a burden to you? Does time
drag? Is your power to cope with
life's problem and duties weakened
You are not well. Your blood j,
sluggish and tainted, perhaps o.
some important organ is torpid o.
overworked. This fact may hay,
taken the form of dyspepsia, rheun
atism, gout, malaria, pains in tn,
stomach. chronic headache, or an,
of dozen other ills. PARKERS
TONIC will invigorate you, as frest
air invigorates those who have beer
shut up in damp, fetid cells. 1t il
powerful, pure, dalicious, scientific
safe-the keystone of the centra
arch of the bridge of life. 4-9.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
A Big Season for Immigrants

PHILADELPHIA, April 24.-0wing
to the cutting in transatlantic steam
ship rates a large number of immi-
grants are now bound here by the
American and Red Star Line steam
ships, and 1t is expected that during
the coming summer emigrant travel
will be large The Red Star Line
announces reduction ia emigrant
excursion tickets TO Antwerp from
$40 to S3s.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
stories orvictor Emmanuel.

The Italian papers are full OF an
ecdotes Just now concerning Victor
Emmanuel, whose not too artistical-
lv successful tomb has just been in
aueurated in the Pantheon. Among
these. here is one that is curious.
The King when quite young was
walking incognito through the streets
of Turin with his brother, the Duke
ofGenoa. They met gypsy woman,
who accosted them and begged to
tell their fortune. They assented,
much amused. After looking at
Prince Ferdinand's hand, the hag
said he would die young then, turn
ing to Victor, she said. you will
die in Rome in the Quirinal Palace" "
Prince Victor laughed heartily at
this apparently absurd prophecy,
but did not forget it, and himself re-
lated the anecdote in 1852 to the
Duke Ponza di S. Martino. In the
year 1870, when he sent the Duke to
Rome with his letter to Plus IN, be
said significantly: You remember
that you 90 to Rome to prepare fol
me the chamber III which | must
die Here is another. Shortly
after the Kings marriage he met a
peasant girl upon the steps of the
Royal Palace at Turin. She was
bringing basket of eggs for the
royal kitchen, and because the King
wore a plain hunting dress and was
alone She took him for a servant
"Do point out the King to me" she
begged II should so like 10 see
him.
81 am the King" he said.
"Eh! BAH said the gial, laugh
ing into his face. The Painces'
would not have chosen such an ugly
man"
The King laughed too, and accom-
panied the girl to the kitchen, where
b.! he bade the servants attest to his
identity, He then gave the girl q
2O-franc piece, and left her bewilder
ed and surprised. The story is char
acteristic OF this monarch, who was
( essentially simple in his habits
and full of bonhomie.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
FiriRg upon Burglars.

sELIssGRovE, April 24.-Two bur
glars entered the store last night Of
Hoffman & Bro, Pert Trsvsrtsa
Snyder County. They climbed in
through a window and tisa th,
door which leads from the storeroom
with rope. They drilled and blew
open a safe. This aroused Jacob
Hoffman, one of the firm, and a
clerk. The former succeeded in
opening the door far enough to
permit him to reach the rope with a
knife and he cut it. The robber.
leaped out from a window, and the
clerk fired two shots upon them
from an upper window. One of the
burglars threw up his arms and ut.
tered a cry, but both men escaped.
They secured S75 in booty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07

Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call special
attention to the fact that after April
Is. 1888, the name and style Of this
preparation will hereafter be simply
Parker's Tonic. The word Ginger
is dropped, for the reason that un-
principled dealers are constantly de-
ceiving their patrons by substituting
inferior preparations under the name
of Ginger and as ginger is an un-
important havoring ingredient in
our Tonic, we are sure that our
friends will agree with US as to the
propriety of the change. There will
be no change, however, in the prep
aration itself: and all bottles re-
manning in the hands of dealers,
wrapped under the name of PARK
ER's GINGER Tonic" contain the gen.
uine medicine if the signature Of
HIsCoX IL Co. Is at the bottom Of the
outside wrapper
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07

The proof of the pudding is not in
chewing the string, but in having an
opportunity of testing the article di-
rect. c. y. Boyd has a free trial bot
tie of Or. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup Tor each and every one
who is afflicted with coughs. colds
asthma, consumption, or any lung
., .,tlsntip,.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
Sale of Kentucky Trotting Horses

LEXINGTON, April 23.-Woodward
q Brasfield's sale of trotting horses
was continued to-day. There was a
large attendance at the sale. Seven
ty-hve lots were sold for s29, $50.
The total amount of the sales for the
two days amounts to s56,140. The
best price was paid by t. G. Grant,
of New York, who gave S2575 for a
6-year-Old bay gelding BY Lothian.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
Sentllate the Stables.

Warm stables for live stock do not
necessarily mean that animals shall
be boxed up SO tight that the supply
Of fresh air is cut on from without,
and that there can be no escape OF the
air vitiatsd and laden with the exha'
latiOns from the droppings and
breath of animals. Pure air is es-
sential to health, whether in man
kind or animals. The arrangement
of windows or ventilators should be
such as to admit the pure air and let
out the fsul air. 1t is true that
many stables are 50 open to the
weather that there is no danger from
this source. But in newly-bu!lt sta
bles, especially in Easements, where
large numbers of animals are stabbed,
the danger of lung disease from toe
close confinement is by no means
small,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
Severe Loss to q Farmer.

Mt. PLEASANT, April pa large
frame barn belonging to John Over
holt, one mile from town, was totally
burned at midnight last night. The
tenant, David Musick, lost s horses,
10 head of cattle, with grain and
farming implements. His loss is
$1,000 with $1,000 insurance. Loss
on the barn $1,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-07
The Number Seyen,

On the seventh day of the seventh
month a holy observance was or
dained to the children of Israel, who
feasted seven days and remained
seven days in tents-the seventh day
to be a Sabbath Of rest for all toll
ers: and at the end of seven times
seven years commenced the grand
iubilee-every seventh year there
was a grand release from all debts,
( and bondsmen were set free. From
| this might have originated the Gus
+ tom of binding young men to seven
years apprenticeship, and OF pun
ishing gincorrigible offenders by trans
portation for seven, twice seven or
three times seven years. Anclently
a child was not named before seven
DAYS, not bsing accounted fully TO
have life before that periodical day
the teeth spring out on the seventh
month. and are shed in the seventh
year, when in fancy is changed into
childhood. At thrice seven years
the faculties are developed, manhood
commences, and a man becom le'
gally competent to perform civil
acts-at four times seven be is in
full possession of his strength-at
five times seven he is fit for the busl-
| ness of the world-at six times sew
en- he becomes grave and wise, OF
never-at seven times seven he ls III
apogee, and frem that time decays
at eight times seven he is in his first
climacteric or year of danger, and
ten times seven, or three score years
and ten, has by the royal prophet
been pronounced the natural period
Of human life.
And, we would add, the most con
slant weather cyclone is that of sew
en-, or some multiple of this mythical
number.