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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-04-07

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anticipates in gpol umc t1c acusitc, oi
snuth~f Season ~ appcariug thu' caf'
with IT, flriy.third premium Nsi Nil
n..I regulation. for their cattle show Ani
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Srpt - suI I'D au1 Oct 4. issued CumpI'tr
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tnat this society succeeds lu annually mas
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-04-07

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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-04-07


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out thus early lts list Of premiums An1
regulations.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-04-07

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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04

Washington (Oti0) Cor. Commercial Gazette.
One of the mysteries of tho tornado,
is to be found on the farm of Capt. E.
Henkle. three miles west of town. The
captains orchard was laid waste by the
storm, and on some of the trees the ap.
pies were actually baked by the elements
of the tornado. It is near here where the
oak, elm and hickory trees are stuck full
of straws from haystacks, some of the
straws penetrating the hard bark of the
shell. bark hickory.
The story is believed by no one until
they see the specimens, many of which
are on exhibition here. The theory OF
some is that the straws were charged with
some element or combination of elements
which constituted the tremendous force
of the tornado, and for the instant i'm,
parted properties to the straws which pre-.
vented them from breaking. Others say
the great velocity with which they trav-
eled prevented them breaking, while
many say nobody knows anything about
it. The straws are in there just the same,
and many of them have been put there tc
6taV.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
DOT N DASH in SIAM
An American Tslegrapher IN bangkok
What Ho Thinks or the Country.
New York World.

What 10 Thinks or the Country.
New York World.
Martin J. Dixon, one. of the four teleg.
raphers who left this city several months
ago to accept situations under the king of
siam. writes from Bangkok, the capital Of
the kingdom, as follows:
UNIVERSAL HOTEL, BANGKOK, Siam:
l have just returned from a walk, and
must confess ! am glad to get back once
more TO this place that We have TO call
home. Bangkok is a city with a popula-
ton of about 500, 900 people, and such q
medley you nerve saw-Siamese, Chinese,
Hlndoos, Burmese, Malays, and about 500
Europeans and Americans. There are
gorgeous temples, public offices, accom-
modatiOns for 5000 soldiers, and room
Tor 5000 wives and concubines of the
King, who has an inclosure all to himself
and is never seen.
There are only two hotels in the place.
The houses are mostly built of wood on
posts, and many are on RATS on the river
Menam, eight and ten houses being some
times on one raft There is only one de-
cent street in the city, and that's the dirti-
est l have ever seen-the Italian quarter
of New York being scrupulously clean in
comparison. They have no sanitary reg
ulatlons. all the filth being left or the
streets or dumped into the river, and it's
a wonder that the city is as healthy as
it is.
But you ought to see the natives.
Phewl I've often wished in New York,
when the thermometer was in the nine
ties, that we could dispense with some
unnecessary clothing. The Siamese have
reached the height Of tropical comfort, for
neither males or females wear more than
u sash, and TO a white mar the fashion is
revolving. They are a filthy lot, too, pay
ing no regard to cleanliness.
IF one had a constitutional objection
to water Bangkok is just the place to,come
to. Here in the hotel we have good water
but some Of it is brought by steamer
from Hong KOng-somewhere about
LOU miles. Just now we get some dis
titled rain water, this being the rainy
season, which lasts for three months, the
rainfall beginning at 3 p. n. and lasting
three hours every day. II is a godsend,
and cools the air and washes the streets.
MANY American residents have visited
us, and we have received any number of
invitations to dinner, but as it is custom.
airy to return the invitation, and as liv-
ing here is expensive. we have had often
times to decline the intended kindness
with thanks.
"The telegraph business in Siam is very
slow. The do about twenty-five mes.
sages a month. but rumors say they con
template great things in the future, We
have been here nearly three weeks and
have yet done nothing. The Siamese are
very slow. | was told of an Englishman
named Davidson who was here for two
or three years and all he did was to sign
the vouchers for his pay.
9 am getting awfully tired of this easy
life, and wish, when | go to bed. that 1
might wake up and find myself in New
York or some other part of America. If
| ever get back you will not be able to
get me out of it with a derrick.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
ThIs q a Free Notice.

CHICAGO, Nov. %. Chicago has had
a greater variety Of representations of
the "Mikado" than perhaps any other
city in the Union. It was here 1t the
dime museum that the first perform.
ance Of the opera was given in Amer
lea, and since that time there
has scarcely been a week that
some Of the theatres have not given it..
In the face Of these facts, the engage.
ment Of the Duff company, which was
transferred from the Standard theatre,
New York, to M. Vicker's
theatre here, where they opened
Monday, has been remarkably success
full. McVickers has been crowded at
every performance, and the receipts
for the week have exceeded $4,000.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
The Prairie Dogs Of California.
[DAnvArT innne- RAnnhlIcan

Mountainous regions are particularly
well adapted to the propagation of an
imal life; there are those that can not ex-
list outside of the rocky Businesses which
they inhabit, and there are those which
are native to the soil of the plains, bur.
rowing under ground miles away from
water and vegetation. This singular
mode of existence, which is observed in
the cases of prairie dogs and other ami
mails, is accounted for by the supposition
that they find water in the course Of their
borrowings, otherwise they could not
exist.
These little animals live in villages,
raising the ground high above them as
they burrow, and they can never be
caught save by partial drowning, ascheme
which is employed by their captors in
this part of the country. When their
captivity is desired the water from the
irrigating bitches is turned on and they
are finally taken out of the bitches when
too exhausted to resist.
Burrowing owls are supposed to share
their habitation with rattlesnakeS, but
this is not probable as r%attlesnakes are
known to prey upon young prairie dogs,
and, like many other legends pertaining
TO animals, this one is known to natural.
lists to be untrue.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
THoMAs a. H%ENDRIcKs,

Meeting o. City Officials and Lead.
ing Patriotic Citizens--Resolu-
tlons OF Respect to Memory Of Our
Late Vlce-President.
Pursuant to a call from his honor,
Mayor John w. Powell, a number Of
our leading public spirited citizens as
sembled at Magnolia hall, last evening,
for the purpose Of taking steps COM
memorative Of the memory of our late
and beloved ce-President, Hon.
Thomas A.. Hendricks.
On motion Of Mr.. A. A. Prescott
the meeting was called to order by
Mayor John W. Powell, who was made
chairman Of the meeting.
On motion of City Attorney ]. D.
Gilland, Glenn Davis was appointed
secretary.
Mayor Powell, in an appropriate and
timely manner, stated the object Of the
meeting, referring, in afeeling manner,
to Mr.. Hendricks, his national career,
and the obligation Of the people of the
South to him.
On motion of Col. R. V. Booth, a
committee was appointed to draft
resolutions expressive Of the sense of
this meeting and of the respect of the
Democratic citizens Of Vicksburg for
the memory of our late revered Vice
President Hendricks.
Mayor Powell appointed on this
committee Col. r. v. Booth, Major A.
M. Paxton, MI. j. D. Gilland, Rev.
Thomas Cummins, Mr.. A. A. Prescott,
Chancellor Warren Cowan and Profess
sor B. B. Seeley.
The committee presented the follow
ing preamble and resolutions which
were read by Col. Booth and were
unanimously adopted
The sudden and unexpected death of
the Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks at his
home in Indianapolis on the 25th inst.
is not only a national calamity. but a
forcible and emphatic illustration of
the uncertainty of human life.
Just called a short while ago by the
voice of the American people to fill the
second official station in the gift of the
Republic, a fitting tribute to a life ever
devoted and dedicated to the service Of
his country, and n eminently char
acterized by incompatible integrity,
lofty patriotism, and broad statesman
ship, his sudden and tragic end is we'll
calculated 10 awaken in our homts the
profoundest emotions.
And desiring to pay some slight
tribute to his memory, and to perpeLu-
ate in some enduring form our appre-
ciatiCn of his worth as a patriot and
statesman, therefore
Be it resolved, By the citizens of
Vlcksburg, in mass meeting assem-
bled, that in the death of the Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks, the American
Republic has lost one of its most dis
tinguished citizens, the Democracy of
the nation n of its ablest opponents
and defenders, and the great mass of
the people a friend, whose heart ever
beat in sympathy with their wants,
and whose voice was ever raised in
advocacy of their rights.
Resolved, That we tender to his
mourning family our warmest sym.
pathies, and that the secretary of this
meeting transmit to them a copy of
these resolutions.
On motion the secretary was Older
ed to furnish a copy Of these resolu-
lions to the city press, and send a copy
of same to the family Of deceased.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
A Propeller Built in Alaska,
ISan Francisco Bulletin.

lA)tth 4 liIioSO bAllClLusJ
During this last winter on the Yukon.
Mr.. Farciot performed a task which it
will be hard to find equaled in the history
of mechanics. He built a boat and an
engine with which to propel il. having al
his disposal only the wood obtainable in
the vicinity, a few lengths of gas-pipe,
taken from this city to be used in mining
operations, one or two files and a rachel,
with a few wood cutting tools. With
such materials and tSo,s he constructed q
propeller which carried him at the rate Of
seven knots an hour 1900 miles, and
which can now be seen in the machinery
department at the Mechanics pavilion.
The engine is composed wholly Il
pieces Of gas pipe, as one can see by in.
specting it. The cylinder is gas.pipe, the
rods and all the iron-work are gas. pipe,
except the propeller and its center, the
fo:mer being beaten iron, and the latter
non nuts. 1t is ingenious a piece Of
mechanism as was ever built, and has
2roved as effective as it is ingenious. He
Intended to place the engine in a bark
canoe, but not being able TO build one
strong enough, he constructed a wooden
boat about fifteen feet long. in which b
made the descent of the Yukon to its
mouth, and thence around by sea to St
Michaels. During this trip by sea he
encountered a storm which made an old
%sea-captain who accompanied him shed
tears of alarm as salt as the spray with
which he was deluged. But the little
propeller brought both safe to port, and
was subsequently brought down to San
Francisco by Lieut. Stonev.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
A Strike Postnonad.

PoTTsvILLE, PA, Nov. 27.--The
joint convention of the Miners Anal
ganated Association and Knights of
Labor met here yesterday in secret
session. The prevailing impression is
that the contemplated strike has been
indefinitely postponed. The resolution
upon the subject provides for the
Inauguration of the eight hour system
in mines on May first, 1886.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
How s ~itzerland was wrinkle /.
[Cornhill Magazine.l

The inner hot nucleus Of the globe
(Which is not liquid, as the o%ld-fashioned
biologists did yainly hold, but solid and
rigid contracts faster than the cooler
outside. The cold upper shell therefore
falls in upon it more or less continually
and thus, occupying less horizontal space,
must necessarily cause great lateral pres.
sure, Imagine for q moment a solid
weight of millions upon millions and mil.
lions of tons all falling in toward a COM
mon centre. and all squeezing sideways
the parts about the crack at which the
crust of the earth is weakest.
The present structure of the Alps shows
us admirably how enormous is the force
thus exerted. The solid rocks which
compose their surface are twisted and
contorted in the most extraordinary way,
great groups of strata, once horizontal,
being folded over and over each other,
exactly as one might fold q carpet in
several layers. Professor Helm, of
zurich, has shown by careful measure.
ments that the strata of rock which now
go to make up the northern half of the
central Alps alone once occupied just
twice as much horizontal space as they do
at present The crushing and folding
due to the lateral pressure has been pow.
erful enough to wrinkle up the different
layers and throw them back upon one an.
other like a blanket doubled over and over
in huge folds that often reach from base
to summit of lofty mountains, and stretch
over whole square miles Of the surface of
Switzerland.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
Only AN Acquaintance.

ITVD+DA VIII VVW WtFlsT
He was only a stray waif of a yellow
dog with nc ancestry to boast of, but as
he sat upon the wooden seat in one of our
city parks with a little child's tiny arm
lovingly twined about his ugly thick neck
and a sweet, cooling voice saying in his
ear, Il love you, little doggie, he was as
proud as any prize setter in the land. us
that your dog, little boy?" asked a police
man, as he passed the happy couple. mo,
he doesn't belong to. me, only I'm &C.
quainted with him, -" answered the affect
tomato friend of the little tramp dog.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04

Adopted Appropriate Resolutions.
BOSTON, Nov. 27-The city council
to-day adopted appropriate resolutions
upon the death Of Vice President Hen
bricks. and It was ordered that the
city hall be closed on the day Of the
funeral, and all Gags displayed at half.
mast until after the inteFment.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
Pere Hyaolnthe on War.
Chicago Tribune,

PerO Hyacinthe, or NJ. Hyacinthe 10y
son, as he is now called, recently con.
Quoted a service in the Church of the Rue
dArras, Paris, for the repose of tho souls
of the soldiers and sailors who fell in the
Tonquin campaign. He had a very large
congregation. In his sermon he dwelt on
the high qualities of soldiers and the ben.
eits that flow from their hardships and
TT ais of military life. "War, " he said,
%"cannot be dispensed with. Without it
what is there to preserve the liberty of
nations2 Those who advocate its a6oli-
ton are dangerous, almost criminal
Utopians
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04

P%ITTsBURe, Nov. 27-It was Just
announced here that a riot at Fourth
Pool, between the strikers and non
union coal mines, took place this
morning. Two hundred strikers are
in possession of the mines. Anumber
Of men we're injured. The police were
compelled to retreat. Both sides sent
for reinfOrcements.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
Deer,s Are.
Denver Tribune Republican. !

lOohN0t
The age of a deer can be told by the
number Of prongs on its horns up to
years. The first year of their existence
they have no horns; the second they have
a spike or n prong on each side of the
head; the third year they have a spike
with n prong; the fourth year they have
two prongs, and so on up to the age of G
years. After that the horns have six points.
They stop increasing in number, and
grow thick. stockY. and strong.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
PIrot Captured BY RulgarIans.

BELGRADE, Nov. 27-The Bulgari-
n yesterday vigorously attacked the
Servians at Prot and captur ed the
city ,gafter being twice repulsed.
Ministers have started to join King
Milan at Nissa, and large bodies Of
Servian troops are fastening to the
front.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04

Observe your horse when he is drinking
at a brook is an Arab maxim. If in
bringing down his head he remains square
without bending his limbs he possesses
sterling qualities and all parts of his body
are built symmetricallv.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
Singing Horses Said To BE Near-Sightod.
New York SUM-

lNGW 1OTh Dul.l
"Why it is that shying in horses should
be set down 10 an ugly disposition | don't
know" said a prominent veterinary sur,
geon recently. at must be because
horsemen don't know what else to lay ii
to. The fact is that it seldom is met with
unless the horse is near sighted. have
tested scores of shying horses for near,
sightedness, and in nearly all cases found
what | expected. And now when | am
asked to give points on buying horses |
give this as one of the requisites. Never
buy a horse which is near-sighted. There
are, however, two exceptions to this rule.
If the horse is to have a mate, then il
doesn't make any difference about the
sight. One horse can go blind if the
other is clear sighted. If the horse is to
be used for riding to saddle be careful
that he is not near-sighted, for he will
throw you soone or later.
"The reason why a near, sighted horse
SHES is very simple, " the surgeon contin.
ued. "Of all animals the horse is the
most gentle, and even timid. He secs a
strange object and his susceptible
mind magniies it into a mon.
ster that is going to destroy him. A
piece of white paper at the roadside
in the night is a ghost, and an old
wagon in the ditch is a dragon. Every
horseman knows that if you drive the an
imal close to the dreadful object the horse
cools down at once. 1t is supposed that
it is because the horse makes a closer &C.
q%uaintance with the object. That is true,
but not in the sense in which it is generally
understood. The animal has not been
able to see it from a distance. He is near.
sighted.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
AT HOME:
The City Draped in Mourning and
Flags Flying at Half MAST.

Rags Tying at nan MAST
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 27-AIl the
public buildings here are covered with
emblems of mourning and flags are
displayed at half-mast all over the city
and citizens generally are doing every
thing that suggests itself to make the
observance Of the death of the vice.
president appropriate and fitting.
On account of the strain on the
nerves Of Mrs. Hendricks visitors
were excluded from the house last
evening, but this morning the parlors.
were again filled by sympathetic
friends. Mrs. Hendricks is almost
Frustrated to-day from grief and ex-
haustion, and her physician have given
orders that she shall see nobody unless
there is an emergency for it.
There has been no change in the
arrangements for the funeral, which
will take place at noon on Tuesday,
the body lying in state all day Mon
day at the courthouse.
All the rooms at the principal
hotels have already been engaged by
distinguished guests from abroad.
The senatorial party and other re-
representatives. of the government will
arrive from Washington Monday
night.
The Hendricks club appointed a
committee to make the preliminary ar
engagements for a subscription to raise
a monument to Mr.. Hendricks in this
city.
Mrs. Hendricks has received several
hundred messages Of coincidence.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04

Lynn Mass Union: The editorial page
is the least read of any page of the paper,
yet those who do read it are the men who
10 the thinking for the community, direct
IS enterprises and control its destinies
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
Dividing the Money Of the Tourna-

AhhShNSh M
CHICAGO, Ills, Nov. 28.-When tie
three billiard experts met yesterday
afternoon to divide the money taken
in at the late tournament, together
with the roomkeeper's purse, it was
found the fund was $1,000 short, the
Bake. Collander firm declining to make
good their $1,000 subscription. Other
room keepers said they would not pay
unless that firm lived up to their
agreement. "YOu tell Maurice and
me In Paris dat your firm
give one tousand dollars" broke In
Nine. Vignaux vehemently to Moses
Bensinger. representative Of that firm.
mo / didn't" replied B~ensinger, "you
must have misunderstood me-" "NoI
no! mol You said dat so ware plain;
you do not tell zee truth now" reiter-
ated the little Frenchwoman. A
general wrangle ensued and the meet
ing finally broke up without a settle.
ment having been made. 1t appears
that Bensinger has opposed paying the
money unless the players settled the
question as to the championship, but
it is believed the firm will pay the
amount in spite Of Bensinger's oppo-
sition.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
A Halt Called.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 28,-The
Porte has telegraphed to Prince Alex
ander. asking him to stop the advance
of the Bulgarian army in Servia.