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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
.ru uoxisa MAGAZINE.

A. moNing machines ar- nu, all laid
aNav fnr the sraspn. our readers may d.
Interested Co know that uew machine
of a pattern quite different from tho.s
generally In use has born constructed
aud Nill D. offered io the hay fields an
either sea.ou The machine u the ln-
,,niion of Mr. George \. Hall, Dcrfing,
~ ho sill D. remembered by many 20 the
FARMER rraicr. az fcr several years =
uismtsr of the executive commii,"- ~
~. state srang~. The machine has
,,ccn t..is,l Ia the field IA. prcscni .ca-
son aud worked a. the satlstsctlon of all
conc,rnei. II did u. work we'll sui aI-
parrnily with gr't sls".
Thi. ncN machine differ. from the OF
llnary machine la That u doe. away With
a.. pliman rsi ani u.c. Instead a series
~ cams. thus securing perfect cirular
movement Ia place of the rrSrrs. action
of the pitman. Ihcsr cam. are 80 az
rangrl that no tNo knlSr. arr az pre-
ci.ely the samc angle, 80 there u M time
" hen a portion ~ the knives arv not cut
ting Ihr knlVr. thrms.lNcs arr ~ ar
ranged that they cut with q shears mo-
ilon Instead ~ a straight hack aud forth
movement. The principle !. good la
mechsnlc. hat f~li work alone Will
prove whether Il has bc-n surc-ssfully
applis,l. II will be- strange N Improve
ments cannot 4. made ou the moNef.
W have be-n using, and u Mr. Hall has
.Gcc.c,iei Ia doing Il, farmers vii VEL.
come hi. new machine. II !. we'll To
k--p watch ~ these claimed Improve
msnt.. bat of courss farmer. are not eN-
pc,tci to Invest Ia them I'LL their merit.
have hccu confirmed. II Mr. Hall has
gut a t.-tirr machine than has befor- ap-
I~ar,,l. all hand. Nill h. glad Ia know
it.-iarmef.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12

A woman with turn for literary
work who notes that she IL dis,ancs-i.
a. Gar a. success anil admiration gocs.
by rivals inferior Ia mental capacity to
her II. hics cu rrly ,o the tocicty ~ her
owa "a cis- Cnd i.akeB her psn her
greatest fricnd. II l. the lot u many
g.Tls o. 4 - their o...idhOoI 90 youth Ina
somewhat monotonous round % do
nestle duties. anil frequently In
narruw domestic circle with which
they may have no grat intellectual
sympathy. II u q delightful cOnsola-
ton fur the shortcomings ~ the social
life around them o. build up an imagin.
AIRY picture of -ocial l'fe ~ u might bs
full - romantic adventures and pleas
ant C0nquesis ln manufacturing her
heroine tho young rc'lu. puts On paper
what sha wuull hcr-.if like a. b.. anil
what she thiuas she might D. II only
she hal golden hair AMI wider sphere
II action. Or II men wsr wiser and
NOR. di-cming.
IN the sligits offered to her favorits
ideal she paints the slights that might
- Or have bcrn offered o. hers-lf, and
she gloris- Ia imagining the triumphant
way In which under more auspicious
cirrums,ancrsl she would turn upon her
enemies and trample them under foot
Tho yc1ations And annoyanccs she II
usually able to describe with spirit and
ACCURACY. The triumph. being the rrp-
rr.cntatiOn - her own delicious dreams.
+ apt D. b. little too spectacular. IL Il
to- complete. riyal. ani enemies ara too
cfc,tually crushed. the worll looks on
and applauis with rather unnecessary
ychemence. the unicrratei martyr u the
drst portion - the book has somewhat
~ ma g.ilceni an apJtheoSis at ia clos.
-Illustratcl Am ricln.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
A C.rlsa. Pulpit.

A curious colonial relic known A. the
"opsn and shut pulpit, has been -old ai
Danielsonyille. Conn. IL had bsen In the
Rad family for 100 years. and was the
property of Rev Amo- Read, the hrst
baptist minister In the state. Mr. Rad
hal % travel great distances In order TO
''spread the gospel" and had his pulpit
made to take with him. ], oTsns and
shuts with hinges like chest Whose I'D
u very much larger than the box part
When the pulpit l. shut up Il Is sem.
ingly a fair sirsi box; opened, the solid
III stands straight before the preacher.
a pulpit standard. on which the minister
LAYS hi Bible and hymn hok. and la
hind which he disoourse-, standing on
the other part Of the box. Rev. Amos
Read. when he set forth "a preach In
distant parts. just strapped up hi. pulpit,
balanced IL on his horses back and trot-
ted forth. carrying church as well ~
gospel with him.-Philalelphia Ledger.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
AUGUST CHICKENS.

Many breeder. failed to secure their
full number of chicks In the spring.
New 1. the time Ia replenI.h the nock..
BrOoly hens are plenty. The old hocks
are Al liberty aud consequently the eggs
will Il. fertillyei. The cooler days are
comlng when chicks will grow rapidly,
aud the fact remain. that August and
september pullet. make the very best
LAYER. Ia February aud March. Hatch
out hundre aud try the experiment.
Aim a. bring cut large brood the third
or fourth week la August. Give them
good care and see them grow. u won't
co.t very much to make a trial. III.
cocker,ls will make good broller. In No
,rmler, aud IL they should not sell for
big price In the market they will he
cbealer meat for the family than any
thing frvm the hatcher. wagon. There
1. no reason Why our poultry Interests
should not D. doubled. There l. money
In the business, and by Matching out q
lot ~ winter layers may good sum he
realized. Try Il this year. he SURE the
brood. appear by the first Of September,
not later.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
SAT- ron DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

sslting stock IL q matter not properly
done by Que farmer In twenty. stock
ne~i sslt as much as human beings. II
Il q constituent part of their systems,
continually being worn out aud constant
IN ne-ilng rsplenishlng. While man and
beast can live without other than the
sparse supply they get naturally In the
food they eat. still they do better when
they have all that their sppc,itcs crave,
and they never take u In excess. Wild
animals, e-pc,-isliy those that divide the
hoof, vill travel scorrs ~ miles to get
sslt. Ia early days hunters knew what
a .deer-llck' meant, aud they would ~
sort to them aud I've In Walt for the AMI
mails Ia appear, which they always dli
xhen .ali hungry. Deer-licks were
spot. where .alt came to the surface.
The ALT springs ~ Opondaga, y. u,
xerr a famous dcer-lick. 4 buck WAS
dr~i n ther, aud harm knocked OF.
4 week later Il Was killed Ia the Mo-
hawk Valley. over hundrci miles away,
before the wound had healed. There IL
no doub, that deer travel many miles Ia
graiify their appetite. for thi. u.eful
coniiment.
Reasoning from analogy, u !. safe to
conclude that domestic animals desire
ALT ln.t ~ ariently. When they "han-
k,r" for u II l. fair to presume that they
are ill AZ ease without II, aud unrest al
Nays anisgunlse- bodily thrifi. When
cattle have hsen without salt some time,
they will gather about a per.on when he
g,,e. Into the field with tish ~ II, and
seetn to hc In frenzy, running around
wildly, the strong Que. knocking over
anl gofing the Nesk. and often doing
serious damsg-. ~ rule, farmers sslt
their stock once a week. aud Tint usual
~ ou ~unlay. t--cause the day Il beat ~
membcri. What would 4 person think
Ia H. told that he could have hls steak
and other food saliei only once q week
With such thought. In view the humane
mAn viii give hls stock acccss Ia alt
constantly. Generally u could b" krp;
unler .hc'l. bat pastures are often ~
mote from hullilngs.
Solns one Ia. cpntriSei sslt-boN for
such siiaanions, which fills the ncs'i. u
IL fastened to = tr-c or po.t l,a. light
cover ot ~, ca hinges aud slopes from
ths tr-c. u u rain proof aud tight, ~
c.pt that the front boanl !. cut down in
ssni-circlr 80 the cattle can s"c tbc
ALT. They soon learn to insert their
noses. ani In 80 doing Ia raise the cover
safficisntly Ia help themselves. II u
suggested that the box b. hung Ia the
epsn, for u under shade trcc, the
stronger animals might uonoPollSr u too
much. Thls alt bon will save time, Tor
Il nc,~i. ouly Ia D. hep, rrplcni'hci.
when out to pasture, stock viii eat
lliile ALT every day. anl " u wrong Ia
withhold frum them 80 desirable ani
cheap an article. Gcnilcmin'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
nRisnlsG OAIS.

Grinding cat. to Cnarss meal says
The IIor.. World, l. certainly an adyan-
tagr Ia the owner az we'll a. the horse.
When fesl whole, a varying proportion
of them pass OF unmasilcatcd AMI undl-
r..tsl. some people have claimed that
ihs gastric luicc. of the stomach extract
"a an the noufi.hmcnt out of sn cat ker-
mel. n pa..-il through In original form.
1llc folly of thl. assumption !. hose'er
ssmon.trate,l by the fact that chickens
aud plg. will gvt Fat on such oats, hence
they must b. rich In nnirimea,; again,
.urh oats will grow when planted, which
4. .,ill stronger proof of their compost
ton having r-milned unimpalrrd. The
damsge sustained when oats are passed
undigr.i.,i l. two fold flrst In the oats
themselves, aud SECOND, Ia the loss of
energy by the hor.s, which la. gone
through the physical effort. 10 swallow
Ing. saliyating aud passing them with
out any compensation thercfrum. With
hI,h-br,i horse. destined for career,
Nhsr, absolute superiority !. the unl-
yersal d.sideritum. this seemingly trl-
filng matter I. we'll worth considering.
n has been argued that, when ground
oai. arv fed. the powers of ma.tication
are no, properly exercised and that de-
firlency result. Ia the amount of saliva
given out by the glands. Ihi. argument
hinges on another wrong assumption.
II has been amply demonstrated by mod.
ern .cientisis. that How 81 saliva will
occur r-garile.. of mastlcaiion. Who
IA. not yet experienced the sensation OF
IA. saliva coming copiou.ly Into the
mouth al sight of something good Ia eat
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
NUMBER 80.
rru,. .. strange, ma. r,s,l...

eeycntecn ycars ago lived with my
father and mother on tho banks of tho
Stranger river. IN Atciison county. Kan
sas was only 7yeans % age. and one
day my youthful fancy wa- caught by
the pretty colon of . blaeknAke. I
pnllsl mall nng od my finger and q
string cut - my pockot Placing the
rng over tn heal ~ the snake, ! started
home In triumph. dragging the sake nj
my heels. and feeling ~ much . con-
qnsror n the Roman emperor who
dragged the oaptiye- bshini his char
lots. In climbing over fence my cap.
tive male it, escape. Ring. string.
everything disappeared.
shell n few teari at ths time. but had
forgotten the matter until lately. Ire
turned 90 the vicinity - my old home
In Atchi-on county for the purpo-. 20
buying some sheep. While cru~sing
unall crrok that flows into the Stranger
iycr my attention wa- called by the
1arkiny of my dog to strange some
hing In a tr-e. investigated and
found there an immen-. blaoksnake.
fully ten feet long Between the dog
an myself W. succeciel In killing thu
snake. though was Obliged to us. In
n, warfarc both club and revolver.
The doy finished the snake by giving IL
q shaking and tearing IL In piecos.
You will hardly believe me. know.
but YOU can have my heal II u wasn't
the same identical snake that got away
from me seventeen years ago How do
I know Simple enough. That little
blacksnake hal grown to L. q mOnstrvus
big one: the little silver ring around iis
neck had grown until u was a. hrSc a.
q laiy's bracelet, AMI the picce ~ twine
hail grown until u had beoOIne god
siEesi rop,. Dut the s:rangrft part u all
was that the doy had a.likon out -yen-
tecn little blacksnakos. anil that each one
was the exact counterpart - the snake
that made IT, escape frOm me In the long
aso, while around th. necks 20 each of
the scyents-'n young uns- were silver
rings. and attached to tho-c rtnss wcre
short Ia-cs- ~ twin.. And upon each
one II thc-e silver nngs you coull plain.
~ distinguish the initials ~ my name,
Just AZ they had b-cn stampci In the all.
YER ring that worc when years Old
Kansas City Tines.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
M..., s.~a, f.s shsx.


Ten thousand carriages In Central
park have coachinan and footmAn- AZ
least 5000 more have coschman.
Twenty-Five thousand people ride there
simply 10 wait ON the rich, TO minister
10 the Injury of the opulent. Ten tbou.
sand of the-e people are lscksyA The
gorgeous and impressive uniforms-tall
hats, rosrttss. top boots, buttons-of the
coachnen and lackeys are furnished by
the owners u the carriages. Thsy buy
uniforms Tor the coschmen and lackays
Just ~ they buy hsTteus for tho hosyss.
and the cost n about the samA Ths
uniforms cost about ei5o per carriage.
For the 5000 mors modest tuznouts.
with . plain. old fashioned coschman.
the uniform costs about 90.
Il co-ts o. 500, 900 10 naks ths coach
mon AMI the lscksys look liks nouheyA
Il costs eis0. 900 more 70 Dr. up The old
fsshioued coachmen. Ths agyrsgAts y
iysSO, ,0oo.-Nsw York Journal
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
AAnur rAsNlsG rools

We cannot nov srll Afford "a pied
along I'M the same oli ruts cur faihers
anil graudfaih-r. trui, by Say ~ tafrn-
Ing tnol.: neither DO we Ni.h Ia. No-
H. What an imprOSsmeni has hcru made
hi th..s tool. Within the last forty 90
utv YEAR. anil how many new on"-
have t~en invented and pui into -ucys..-
ful op.atian within that time, sni th"n
rumparr oar. 20 the prvsrnt time With
many that were thru u-s-i, and note ti"
contrast. The ploW, harrow, cultlNaiof,
manure shovel. manure aud hay iefk,
hand hoe and many others - anci"nt
date would D. Looked upon nos a. great
curiosiiies. Then our tools Ner" pfinci-
p.liy made hy hand aud Werv rough, 81
In .h.rs and a hur,icn Ca the farmer AZ
W.l a. hi. team, bc.ides leaving the ."ll
Imprnt~rly pulVcrirSi. The s"u thru
-. marr pr,uluctiSe ani and thcrr were
fever we'd. to fight, so very good crops
~er- pr0ducci with rvulsrkahlt lo"t
cultivation. eur .oil Ia New England
IA. greatly degenerate'i In IT, poSer to
pruinc~ big crop. within the last hali
century. unless we'll cultivated and high
Ia msnur,.,i. hence better aud morr
th.roueh cultivation 1. demanded. Ia
or,i.r a. give II this. u u very essential
,h,t our tool. o. lal,or-ssNing and of the
-, t,ttsrn.. MANY of the De~ly-ln-
V.uissi farm implements have hcc"m. AZ
n,o.t In,lispsnsshle Ia the farmer. liat
few farmsr- al the prc.cnt day ihlnA
th-y can well y, along aud SECURE thelt
nav crop without mosins machine ana
horse rake. These are lab"r-.aNing ma
chln-s over the olien time hand scyth"
ami hand nkr. \ on.-hor.e planting
m,chlne /. another implement that saves
much labor Ia planting corn aud beans
d,,pplnr the sse,i aud fertilizer and Gov
erins Al the sam. time. 4 good one VIII
nl,nt .lo,lt ten acres Per day aud do the
work better than can D. performed bN
hand. 4 good one-horse Ne.>icr J.
.noth.r machine that sascs much hard
l.i.ar in tlIs hosing season.
Il,.r. ARE many other implements that
.,. ,alu,hls tools On the farm ~ ~hlch
\ might .I-ak, bat will let the descril'-
ton az .ns.h a. have already given suf-
a.. far the present. True u u all these
impl.m.nts co.t money, bat farmirr-
.hSall s,-pnOmiEe aud bay such a- uhsy
mo.t need a. fast a. they think They can
w.ll sparr the means. One point uiat
shouIi hs strictly ohser,ei When buy yihs
I. to l.- very careful "a take the be.' OF
r.rr Of al iool. purchase'i. There are
many prcfc..ei farmer. Who Iei mor.
80. r,,.t and rut cut through neglect
,h,n they wear cut. n gcot plow y.
l.ft oat Ia winter la the furrow-s.
h,Vr often .~en-or the movlng-mschlne
.,d bors.-rake to remain LA the HE'LL
her. last u-e,i until wanted the nrN
season. aud all other tools on u'e f.,n'
taken carr of Ia similar manner' the
,,,,,sndin, farmer must not expect such
tool. 90 40 the good work they ~oaid
h.y. hen c,pahle % doing " properly
s,r,,l for. No farm tool shoald be left
out even for a single night after using.
n should be- well el,sns-i and pu, unasf
ro,sr ln a dry place. ifafsrmer is care
-. AMI nerl.xtful of hi. tools about the
f,rm. You NAV make up your mind thsi
.urh a man I. not worthy Of the calling
Mirror and Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
INv1NYioN ANp rnI pRess

The growth ~ the printing husincs. !.
one of the most wonderful pb-nomens of
the century. Tie increase la the num-
b.r. Lire aud circulation ~ daily aud
weekly journals, magazines and other
periodical publications L. startling even
io tho.e who have watched It, course for
fifty years. The consumption of print
Ing paper Ia the United State. amounts
Ia about q. many tous In ls.p q. u did
pounds Ia 1850. The regular sunday Ia
sue of leading metropolitan daily ~
qulr-. from sixty to eighty tons of whit.
paper. MANY trains of freight ears
woald be required to transport the week
~ output of one ~ the many great pub
lishlng houses. science and invention
have been taxed a. supply material for
paper. aud the printing Industry a. u
now exists. exhibits some ~ the
greatest triumphs of inventive genius.
The newspaper had slow growth until
the steamship aud th. telegraph anDihi-
lste,i distance and made all the civilized
world one common neighborhooi; then,
as u the conditions for which II had
waited we're come, u entered on q career
Of development such as the widest en-
thuslast could not have forrseen la his
most fantastic dreams. II Il to-day one
81 the most potential of all Influences In
moulding public opinion aud directing
the course of events. Doubtless the
newspaper has its faults, for u IL made
to suit the demands ofthe reading public,
ami therefore caters To various tastes.
II IL too often an interIneddler la private
Affairs, too often intensely partisan In pol
itic., intemperately .ectarian In w.
ligion or wholesomely bigoted la so-
GEOLOGY. Hut. With all it, defects, the
newspaper l. next to the school, the
great educator II our time, and the
amount of gooi that II accomplishes
should make "a. tolerant of the evil that
l. Justly charged to It, account. The
daily papers gather from th. pulpit,
from legisl ,tive halls, from secular aud
religious conventions, from scientific
aud sociological bodies, from magazines,
books, interviews aud all other sources
of information the freshest thought. the
latest views on all sides of every question
that attracts public attention. The
crcam of current thought Il found nthe
editorials, interviews, correspondence
snd extracts printed In the leading daily
papers. The results of the learning of
all the ages are condensed In these ut
tersnces. When they are classified and
collated 90 as 10 give just and adequate
view of present opinion ON live issur,
Who can conceive of q more powerful
aud useful educational influence than
such collectionf-T'he Inventive Age.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
wrtten Zoe the Osfcri iArmcerat.
UNSEEN.

TIE white hrvwei angel usts her dvw nigh
Os aass~a wing. anl as hs i.ss-ei hsr by,
wuh nnser tip c.lt ss the frofsa sasv
reschs.i Mr. fsif shesA.. ssd rchis'i them of
rr.ss on ksr n,. ,hs warmth ef nfe'..wees br,sih.
Aai sf, tbes e,li i,sssath ths .csi ef death.
A. brcsse- ntful rsani 20. ZONE ssi On.
Mhsnse .f whsthsr none ~ The Earth tofu th"w.
- yeilesi IN mystery frem The unseen .hot~
tine eanls sn.i ff,ssa osr saitt swest silvia bow
l'en while we rssei with esrh's unsssinx syes.
nss sps.llsr .sn,s sni snsiehsi NJ. hs,,iJ pfiie.
Rut mn. 4. sIl,ia. -. .hs siil .. near.
We call hss name. -hs laose- not, is-- nf hesf'
cie-s.i sr, The eye with ~sssn W. a"wn rrc-'-
81,
AMI hsn.i. is peaceful feli on pai-sle.. brvs-s.
~ nfs. 40 ksse. ~ st-.~rh snd warmth ~ bfvsthi
What has, thsa IN Of her Ne io,ei. pesshf
rs..ea. With her ,sie visitor .hs ne'i,
4 a-esn. by paths unk no~u o. snsTtsi- i-t.
his. hsr, ssi bli is-r last fvet fsryw.ll,
,.one !. tis spirit ths, aasi herv D. dssli,
liesutlfal still u ths imsfr ~ clay
>ow mast ics,, the Tho gave clai'n. 70. rr,f
whs,hsr n 10 thoa sr near NJ star.
Nsilssi IN the uls-sntssms % rukssi by the star.
,.leassns The asuTv ~ heaven. pare height
tpvarl sisiFit stsewsi. hxht,
~ b. %. wsni.sFtng with earth. wesry feet
>t-'rlas. an snssL ia'iahle. ssret.
rhl. 40 80 lns~. shevtsr q tasy -
~, hsssns u the Ussvea We l"ax a. D. go
Tho rvslsa ever hi..fui - shsiawlss. hsh
10 us.fninx l-rI.rtust unsurtsinet hy Night.
ree lsai ~ sseFt sst>r. sf dsii. ever srcsa.
" whsw hs,s nn,is faihlimsnt ~ hlissc. un-esn.
>s nlsSs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12

One of the little ,hlngs calling for I'M
,,,,..ll,te attention l. the sanitary eonii-
ton about the home. This u smil only
M th. amoant of work necessary 10 rem
asr everything clean aud Wholesome.
IN. results of neglect are 70" grsst 10
D. os,rIookcd. Get rid cf the sink wa
ts, not by a cesspool, but By thorough
IN removing from the buildings. ne
wsre of bad c.iors, no matter rom MI,
.ource. use dry earth rosa ua,s, '
.,o.i ..be.. charcoal duet, fine, dry saw-
du.t .Ir-sl.cke,i lime. or some similar
sa,-t.nee. m possible. CopperAs e one
of the heat disinfeytsnts and germ de-
stroyrr.. Dissolve . handful In hot VA
Ter: IL vii make q psilful OF solution,
and can be sprinkiesi I'm any place wners
foul odors arise. Provide ample ana
complete ventilation for every pan o'
the house.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12

An actor at one of ths dramatic agcn.
ciss was In great distrc-s He had
broken the mirror In his room. and be-
felt that his luck must leave him. lie
WAS oonsoled by q brother actor. NY
dear fellow saii this second. comfort
youn~lf. Tkore IA nothing at all In the
mirror superstition. Mary Anderson
told ms that she broke seven hand.
glasses one season. and this season turned
out 10 be the point ut which her success
began. ReaAsurs yourself."-New York
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
A -. llshtl,oas~.

The new lighthouse at IIo-tholm Is the
most powerful in the world. The beam i'
of 100000 candle power AMI shows
clearly at Blokhus. a distance Of thirty
i've miles. IL l. produced by arc lamps
fed by II, Meriten's dynamcs. driven b,
steam engines. To prevent the entinc-
ton u the light through an accident to
the machinery the latter Is duplicated
one -et coming into play should the other
fail. The light IL further supplemented
In thick weather by two powerful sirens
90 fox trump-ts. working with compress
ed air. Tie fascination which power
ful light exercises on wild birds !. curl
ousiy illustrated by this lighthouse. IL IL
,aid that bask.tfuls of dead sniPes. larks'
starlings and ~ forth are picked up In
the mornings outside the tower. They
kill themselves In dashing against the
windows Of the lantern. Montreal Star
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
IL. 10, c., OF G.rm..,..

Who could dream of boiling up col.
dier- cast oil troussrsi Yet thi. u what
h done with the discarded lex covering.
of the English soldiers, and what do you
guess to b. the u.e 81 the condiment
when - oook~ii The pulp thus pro
duced IL used 10 stun balls. The trou.
ssrs are chopped fine, boiled. treated
with some chemical substance, and then
cast In molds of different sises for Use In
the different fises and racquet courts.-
Chatter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-08-12
A. s,,l.ss. s~~ ia.

"They cut their fcoi with their dag.
g,r.. and they eat with pitchforks''
cried the horrified japanese who iirsi
.aw Europeans eating In such harbarie
and revolving manner with the knifeand
fork.
Light fingered. def and initiative n
the japanese and Chinese are. Il takes
them as long to learn the proper and
graceful uss of the knife and fork A. u
requires for " 10 master the eyolutions
and etiquette of the chopsticks.-Elira
Scidmore in 81. Nicholas.