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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17

Mis. MsIntirs. ~ho an. Ne. s,aplsss place daring
hsr ah.snss. Il irum he Maine wsslsyan seminary
anil Female Cousrs Il Ksni's I'm. ani Il highly
recommended BY ne President 81 that 'chol' AMI By
Al vho knos hef.
fysburr Aoa.ismy has lssn recently selected BY
The Goysrnmsni n Bosloin CollsFe a. ons II hs
three "Tifilar ssh.ai.. "-ws.hingioa ani llAlio~
su Academies bslnr NJ oihs~.
Tie Pal Term u ihs bsri1ninr ~ che yeaf Il
fysbafg Aoaismy. al sls..ss Ill oommenee
Gfssk Laiia. Frynsh. AL po.'iliy Gsunan.
1h.s Sshool IL situated In ths pleasant village Il
Frysburr. 90 Ne hanks - he rsoo, noisd o. hs
hsaihfl .,aian. li. hsauthl sssnsry AL li' ne.
ian non plass. ofismrtailou.
IT, Acatsmy. a. eel .. he vho.s 'llars. l. coy.
pied 9TH var, vaisf from Green Mountaia.
Tuition from Five TO Seven Dollars.
Esrsiisni toari can h. olfainsd II hr. RsnsiaA''
~ - y. a. Mriniirs'.. Il three dollsr . ssk; hi'
.nriais.s pleasant room. eel faruishsi. vol AL
rhis. IA houss. 49, nss, nssf NJ Arsismy aai
.isous ne lno.i plsasani In M vliags.
~ saiaioagr. o. farihsr iatfmaiion. adifs'' NJ
rdndpd.
rpsbars. Ms. Aur 10. I'ss
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17
Now Advertisements.
ASSISTANT.

Teachers in Pcnmanship,
Elocution, Painting and Music,
are furnished during the year.
No labor is spared TO make
Hebron Academy one of our
best schools. There are three
courses of study:
ENGLISH, CLASSICAL AND COLLEGE,
Special attention is given to
Mathematics and Book-kccp-
ing, and such studies rs teach
crs may desire to pursue.
Catalogues and information
gladly given to any one writ
Ing the Principal, or u. l..
Packard, Sec, Hebron, Me,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17

The Portland base ball club last week
resched the head 10 the Eastern New EGG
land League.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17

The United States government has been
irving f,r eight years o keep the silver
mine. 10 operation BY buying two million
dollars worth % silver every month. Tue
persistent Effort has failed. a. was u be
expected. silver has steadily Deprecated.
ant mining IL M longer profitable. Now
lei the government Try % open overland
communication with Europe by an appro
pfisiiou of two million dollars month 10
ball cat The Atlantic -P1rfllli iirsriisrr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17
SPECIAL PREMIUMS OFFERED AT
MAINE STATE FAtR.

Ia tditlon - the large regular lisi ~
premiums. for everything connected with
Agricultural operations. % rcd ~ TIE state
Pair o. be- held a. Lewiston, sept. IL u.
he following specials have been atici
By Rugas Prince. President $40 for
nsst COW making The most Inches % cream
The scd Gay 90 The fsir
By Al ncnrisou, Sec. $40 for hsst
exhibit of needle and fancy Work ~ girl
10 cd years 90 untsr
nyu : O.good. Treas $40 fur bss'
painiior by amateur, on lila. velvet, sa,la
of plush
~ Aian Libby. Trustee $40 for
b,st hsri IN COW. giving met milk on
ssconi ani thiri days OF fair
By ;. L. Jerrarf. Trustee $40 fur
largest amount % print butter made 10 oue
week from any COW. Test commencing
Ang gD. sud sept Pull statement re-
4u.fct
49, Geo. T.. Bracket. Trustee $40 q
10Y a. ytsrs Cd or under mAkiug ihs
largest aui best exhibit 10 farm products,
grows ou farm where b. worked The pres
eut season. sXhib.i coudnci b - sqaare
f,st ln Hall
By Brfi Hilton. Trustee $40 for b,si
pony hfoksn o. saddle sni carriage
~ n a. Buflsigh ->i0 for bet pair Of
iai steer, 90 suy so, BY boy 90 !, year.
u.d or utirr
ny G NJ Tstchsll Pair rym1uih
Kntk chirt- Cor hfsi Iot az butter "a lhs
Dr MOTE. made by farmer, daughter ID
srsrs n.l ur lees.
NakcAI entries 90 Al psuhisou, Sec.
Portland.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17

Mexico j. Informed 10 diplomatic ian.
susgc that he mnsi either redress the
wrong 40 once % take good sound thrash
Ing Blt % Canada. which Tor months
past hss b.en hesplug Insult on insult Ani
lesrlng Aui scoiiing AZ a. AMI daring az -
raise \ digger. W. "roar a. gently A. any
.ucklrg Cove Bgilylng Mexico
only emphasizes oar craven attitude on
TIE fishery question. ~ B0si1a GLOBE.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17
State Normal School,
PENNINGTON, NE.
TUITION FREE.

TIE Vail Tern wlii oou ,sses T.s.ssy. aaG
ai.Issa. For Catalogues. iafoftaation Rooms
srd nosrd aiirs.s the rtlaeipsL
ono. d IuRiNCrON.
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TUITION:
Common English, $3.50
Higher English and Classics, 400
Writing, LOO

A. ihe ogsnlng Il he terra thsfe slil - hrmsi 1
tsafhsrs' rsss. To this class sl b. aimliifi thoss
.ha .nisni o. tssfh uh1 have rrsfhed rsftsia
stanlafd n srhoiArshp. H. sheet n ioftnng en-,
.a.. o. e. students o become iearhsrs. II ].
kn0sn ftf that man n ouf Agents duflng To pat
year have fsuni vfry dlfrali o. secure oumpeifn'
isarhsrs a. suIply auf oun sfhools. thrrsufe IN
tlss ~ thIs fart pans wli - spared In tying a
asaksn an Interest IN ons % ihc nost noble ~ ocru
psfisns, tcarhlng.
he Common lnEsh brsnChss ill not - sliEhtsd.
Hsadng. rpsling. Anihfnsfic. OrsmmAr, lhysioiofY,
History. Bsok kssplng. ffumanslp, ani All branChss
taught In saf Cufuuon SChs-lis sM receive their
yrnlsf aftfni.nn IL thnft, al vll D Doe o. max 2
tlls PHEASANT ani profitable term a. al cuncsfned
4 r0-ui Instructor In muslc vA D. furnished %
tisrsT ufo afsifr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17
For Governor,
JOSEPH X. BODWELL,
OF HALLOwELL.

For Representative TO Congress
NELSON DlN6LEY. IR., Of Lewiston,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17

WESlBROOH SEMINARY e eSPl. sss "A T.
lns'iuiion ~ Lsaruias &c 10th ftteA tesFts'
~ fssfrurfirs Common Isslsh. ote tssf
nisbsf fsglsh. Including huslnsss Coarse. ihfee
yssfs. srsuiihs Isfss' Coiies s's, tollsss ffs
psntafr sfch fnur teafs. siufsat maf tale
The fail courses ~ anY stuflss eutfarsd In The
souwss. sufsri1r boarding aromm da'lets
steam heat m fnoms ftpsnsss fneisfais Vail
Tsrs s.giss T"ssdsy sept. Tth. ~ Fur.
fhsf iufuf ulstlon ~ fos firrulais. nfiffess
JAS. o.. WESTON. frssf. tErHtSg Ma.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17

a i,mocrat in thi. couuiy wh' bal =
b.g and strong petition for The village
po.; f.r. boz Nho would bot pay the
hlrdrrd tulars askti flr. AMI diiut gri
t1c Od.cc. lays PEE Nil have no III or
ven horses hauling democratic voters %
OBJ. POI. ihi. SEPTEMBER A. la former
Year. ->.arrsr Esrlrisr
Gen N,a Dow. stamping ihe Sat
a. bel H. rDs do.ng. iu TIE Interests 81 The
u.mnlfsly. unfsr tls pfctsnce ~ deliver.
Irr t.mpffsnce lectures, ahusins disiln
eu..tft Rrpa'iicans Ani lifelong trmpsr-
arcr a1yncatts. wiii aii mnfc ihnrus thsu
fa1r,l caves % his brow ~ heucfaci,r -
IN people -H.liefsri iaursli
Last Year the workingm~n ~ M
country paid out more than $50 onQ ooo
flr whl.ksy. beer Aui tobacco. which i a
.1ss Ten times - great A. al The Knights
90 Labor snd al tac iraie unions la The
land all ever of.et 10 iheir ,flrts 20 Ia
crease wages II was high time The
Heights 90 Labor hlAckhAilci the run.
seller. A. they have -Lf-is,as Glsfiif
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-17
The Most Successful PREPARED f0oD
FOR NEWBORN INFANTS.

II nav be ussd with oonhistcs. when the |
mother l. uAAbls 70 narss the en- "a. safe and
natural Substitute for mothers milk.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-24
NO. 81,

was merely coincidence, that it was
somebody on business with Mr.. Cure
ton, and that the child got the fragment
of conversation she overheard confused
with something her sister said, or with
her subsequent departure for the river
at one o'clock. IF this be true, publica-
ton of the . facts ought to bring an ex-a
PLANTATION, and it will be evident that
the tragedy was the result of accident or
design in the time of mental distractions.
otherwise the mystery will remain, for
1t cannot be imagined what person would
have motive for Turing Miss Cureton, !,
to the river bank to murder her or how
u murder could have been committed:
without trace Of murder or struggle
being left. Another theory that MISC
Cureton may have really gone to meet,
some friend and fallen into the river
while waiting is met by the fact that no S
body was seen in the neighborhood and
that no affair Of the kind could have
been carried to that length without the
knowledge Of the family. Sympathy for
the relatives of the dead girl is general
and deep, and as deep, as is the hope
that the uncertainty surrounding her
death may yet be cleared up. $
Ntst-ss-
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-24
A Mysterious Tragedy.
[GreenviIle News, August 15thl

[Greenville News, August 18th -
Thomas j. Cureton is a respectable
and well known farmer who lives in
Grove township, nine miles from the
city, on what is known as the, ''old
Adams mill' place. His house is about
$50 yards. from the Rcedy. River where
it is yet damned for mill which has
been abandoned. Mrs. Cureton is a
daughter Of John Adams, Of this city,
and like herhnsband has number of
relatives living here, all people OF the
highest respectabiltty. ~,
On Friday Mr.. and Mrs, Cureton
came toethe city, leaving the house and
their younger children in charge of their
daughter Mary a. Gureton, known as
Mamie, ]. q, handsome girl of eighteen
years, According to the testimony Of
ore of the childrep,sa girl of ten years,
young white man drove to the Cure-
TOMS gate in buggy about 10 O'Clock
in the moring and handed Mamie, who
went to him, "a note. The child over
heard him say something about meeting
somebody
SAT THEsRIvER AT ONE O'CLOCK" g
The man, who had come from the direc-
|tion ofi the city then drove away. Miss
Gureton returned to the house,
pREssxD HERsELr in HER BEST cLoTHEs
aud distributed her other clothes and
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-24

From what do you judge? BY results :?
| Look at the list of grcat men taught by
Dr. Waddell, and if you judge by the
thorough preparation Of his pupils for
college which is after all, perhaps,
about as sure test as any we can pro-
duce. I'll direct your attention to the
fact that he prepared John G.. Calhoun
for the Junior class in Yale College
in two years after he commenced the
study Of Latin aud Greek, and | have
in my possession letter written by one
Of the former Governors Of South Caro-
lima, upwards of three quarters Of CEN
tury ago, from Prince ton College, in
which he says II was examined by the
faculty of the college to-day, and was
admitted into the Junior class" No
'legend" or tradition about this. The
"tangible facts are in my possession by
which to prove what say. McDuffie
also entered the Junior class in the
South Carolina College. Now let the
public judge whether or not any country
school teacher could have established
such reputation as he did, could
have achieved such wonderful re-
suits, and could have prepared pupils so
we'll for the Junior class in such colleges
as Princeton, Yale'and the South Caro-
lima COLLEGE where they at once took
the first rank without being good
scholar?
DR.. Waddells admirers do not claim
for him that he was profound scholar,
nor do they cluim as you Say they do,
that he was '*tfe only great teacher we
ever had," but they DO claim that he was
one of the most, if not the most success
full teacher, ever known in this country,
and they moreover challenge a compari-
son between the pupils taught by him
and those taught by any other one
teacher in the Union. The list is one
to which his countrymen can point with
pride: But let me here say that al the
credit Of producing such grand results
must not be given to DR.. Wadiell, al
though it is largely due to him. There
is no doubt but that he had better ma
terial to work upon than was furnished
other teachers, some Of his pupils would
have been great If DR.. Waddcll had
never lived. You say that it "was not
possible for DR.. Waddell to have taught
as ccessfully with his old books and
methods as the tcachsrs Of the present
day with the new books and new meth
DDS now in use." So much the" more
credit is due DR.. Waddcll judging by
what he accomplished in the absence Of
the. present day. But would not his
method be new to-day? And may not
his success be largely due to it, which
is now perhaps one OF the "lost arts"?
One Of his pupils Of the year 1908, who
in after life became widely known thus
graphically des cribes it I:
His government was one of touching
moral suasion, but he administered it in
a new way Instead Of infusing it gently
into the head and heart, and letting it
percolatc through the system and slowly
neutralize the ill humors with which it
came in contact he applied it to the ex-
tremities, and drove it right up to the
head and heart by percussion. He seem
ed to regard vices as consuming fires
and adopted the engine process Of ex
tinguishing them.
X. w.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-24
Signs Of Rain.

Dr. Edward Jenner, the famous Eng
llsh physician, was once asked by a.
friend to take long walk next day Dr.
Jenner declined on the plea that it was
going to rain. He made rhyming list
of the signs whereby he looked for rains
to come. He based it on the actions Of !
animals. Afterwards Charles Darwin,
the great naturalist, watched the animals
named and found that before rain they
acted in every case in the manner told
by the verses. 1t will interest all; boys
and girls who like to study nature Son3
their own account. to watch for the signs
themselves !: J,
The hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds orc black. the glass is 10y
The SCOT falls down, the spaniels sleee i3
And spiders from their cobwebs peeksi
Last night the sun went pale toibed,
The moon in halos hid her head
The boding shepherd heaves a sigh,
For, see a rainbow spans hcsky. - 81
The walls arc damp, the bitches smell
Closed is the pink-eyed pimernei. as
Hark, how the chairs and tables crack y
Old Bctty's nerves are On the rack
Loud quacks the duck, the peacocks cry,s
The distant hills are seeming nigh.
How restless are the snorting swine
The busy flies disturb the kline. #Z ssEs #Z
Low DER the grass the swallow. wings
The cricket, too, how sharp he sings II
Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws.
\ Sits wiping o'cr her whiskered jawss
Through.the clear streams the fishes rise,
And nimbly catch the incautious ftsess5
The glowworms numerous and light, s
Illumed the dewy dell last night.
At dusk the squalid toad was seen
Hopping and crawling DER the grcen.
The whirling dust the wind obevs, 8
And in the rapid eddy plays.
The frog has changed his yellow vest.
And in arusset coat is dressed
Though June, the air is cold and ssi Isl q
The mellow blackbird's voice is, shrili.
My dog so altered in his taste, 2ss
Quits mutton bones on grass to FEAST
And see yon rocks, how odd their fight Is
They initiate the gliding Kite. .ais1
And seem precipitatc to fall, sssss
As if they felt the piercing ball.
Twill surely rain. see with sorrow sss:
Our jaunt must be put off to-morro M
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-13
The UnimprovabIe Fiddle.

In walking through the Exhibition of
Musical instruments at South kensington
| was much struck with the contrast which
does not appear to have thus forced itself
upon general attention, if NAV Judge by
the critical notices that have been pub
lished. | refer to the great and still con-
tinuing progress of improvement in the
construction of the pianoforte as compared
with the absolute absence of even the small
est step of improvement of the violin, vilo,
violoncello. or violone. The clavichords,
harpsichords, clavicymbalums, spinets. gra-
vicenbali col piano e forte, were all TOM
toms compared with the modern piano,
while the tiddles big and little of the same
date are the models which our manufact-
urers can only endeavor to approximately
initiate. Helmholz has very profoundly
worked out some of the leading problems
of musical acoustics, but he has not sue
ceeded in demonstrating the mathematics
of the queer shape of the fiddle. Innu-
merable attempts have been made to i'm
prove upon the model of Stradivarius but
all have pitifully failed. Every curve of
his models, their thickness, their bulge of
back and belly, and even the queer unac-
countable t-shaped openings must be imi-
tated with abject servility in order to pro-
duce fine instrument. Some even assert
that the amber varnish is essential Is it
that the makers of Cremona attained abso-
lutte perfection, and that no further i'm
provement is possible? or do our modern
makers fail from the want of knowledge of
the acoustic principles on which the eff
cheney ofinstruments of this class depends :?
Had the Cremona makers any theory, or
did they work by rule of thumb or,
more probably, did they, by patient and
persevering study of number of failures,
r~rrr tr.l
haustion of error? = THE Gentleman's
Magazine
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-13

at once. He had virus which he knew to
be of the best origin, and of whose effici-
ency he had no doubt He alternated it by
compressed oxygen and heat.
A Globe Democrd. reporter witnessed and
was interested by some of the inoculations.
The Young ranchman lay on a sofa in the
doctors laboratory, and his undergarments
were drawn back, and with an ordinary
atomizer the doctor projected spray of
chloroform against the young mans cut
icle in the region of the groin. This was
done to prevent unnecessary pain, yet it
could be seen that the young ranchman
would suffer a little for he set his teeth
firm and clutched his hands back behind
his head when the needle of the hypoder-
mic syringe was inserted under his skin.
Once each day the operation was repeated.
and on the tenth day twice. All this while
the patient experienced no inconvenience,
going about and visiting the city, though
of course leading regular life The doc
tor explained that he had chosen this spot
in which to inoculate the young man as it
was least inconvenient, though some other
region might have rendered it more speed
ily efficacious. A scar about the size of
dime, with copperish color, was the only
indication of the operation. After the ten
days the doctor declared his work COM
plete, and apparently it was most success
full His patient has left for Texas in the
best of health and spirits, and confident of
immunity from rabies.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-13
Dead Cities of Ceyion.

The extent and beauty of the architectu-
raj remains of the great ruined cities in the
interior of Ceylon are known to but few
There are many of them, and they are full
of archeologic and artistic interest. The
city of Anuradhapura, to instance only one
of them, is in its way as wonderful as Pom
pei or those great forest-grown cities of
Central America. 1t is situated in most
lovely spot among the green valleys and
wooded hills of the interior of the island,
and whichever way the eye is cast there
are ruins, wonderfully beautiful ruins of
shrines, dagobas, pavilions, wihares and
groups of tall monolithic pillars carved
from base to capital with wondrous
wealth of Oriental imagery. For miles the
forest is strewn with these majestic monu-
ments of a long since persisted glory. So
vast are some of these great brick work
buildings that it is reckoned that the ma
terial of one dagoba, of the several at An
uradhapura, would be sufficient TO build a
wall more than ninety miles long. twelve
feet high and two feet thick The enor-
nous artificial tanks, too. of this city might
almost be included among the wonders of
the world, so vast are the great bunds
ldam) that confine the waters, and so mar
velous their construction. They lie now
embosomed in the thick forest growth, and
their shining waters are solitary but for
the fiocks of waterfowl upon them, and the
crocodiles which float lazily on the surface,
basking in the full glare of the vertical sun.
The once busy banks are now deserted ex-
cept by the bands of chattering monkeys
which haunt it by day, and by herds OF
administering elephants, which at night
time leave the inner depths of the forest
and come there to bathe and drinK.-[Corn-
hill Magazine.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-13
INCUBATION IN ST. LOUIS.
A Genuine Case of Rabies Treated a La
Pasteur.

While Pasteur's patients have been dis
porting on the narrow stage of dime
museum in this city, says the Globe Demo-
ovat, physician has most quietly, in his
back Office, been emulating. and that sue
ccssfully the work of the great French
sayant, his subject being no small boy but
a grown man, who realized all the import
ance of his situation.
On January 18th, OF this year s. p. Will
Jams, a ranchman, of Galloway Postoffice,
Texas, tall, wiry and active was severely
bitten in the right hand by his own dog, a
2year-old animal. The dog exhibited I'M
mistakable symptoms of rabies, rushing
about from place to place, biting many
hogs and children that came in his way
He was later on found three miles from the
house dead. Mad or rabid dogs always die
from five to seven days after they are at
lacked.
Williams, perceiving the gravity of his
case, determined to go to Pasteur, for he
had read of that gentleman's success. With
his brother he set out for st. Louis. arriving
here on February LIST, too late, however, to
make the trip. He was fortunate enough
to find scientific physician who was able
and bold enough to supply Pasteur's place,
and Immediately put himself under his
treatment. In fact he had telegraphed DR..
Mclean, and received assurance that he
could receive such treatment here. He had
all the symptoms of the dread disease pro-
duced by the virus of a rabid canine.
There were pains in the bones, swelling of
the glands. especially the maxiliaries and
those of the right arm, quick pulse, and a
feeling of oppression in the chest and
thorax. One symptom. nausea, developed
only after the first incubation, but disap-
appeared Immediately after. His temper
ature was 37.So centigrade under the maxil-
;ary, $3.50 under the tongue.
The doctor, as already stated, set to work