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A TIGERS PLAYTHIEG.
BY CHARLES D. ROBERTS.

In India once ! went out on hot,
dusty plain near the Ganges, with my
rifle and one native servant, to see
what L could shoot 1t was dismal
place. Here and there were clumps of
tall grass and bamboos, with now and
then atamarisk- Parrots screamed
in the trees. and the startled cav OF
some Indian crows made me pause and
look around to see what had disturbed
them.
The crows almost at once settled
down again into silence, and as 1 saw
no sign of danger, L went on careless
ly. l was alone, for / had sent back
my servant to find my matchbox,
which had left at the place of my last
halt but had no apprehensions, for
! was near the post, and the district
was one from which, as was supposed,
the tigers had been cleared out some
years before.
just as | was musing upon this fact.
with tinge of regret because 1 had
come too late to have hand in the
clearance, | was crushed to the ground
by a huge mass which seemed to have
been hurled upon me from behind.
Ny head felt as though it had been
dashed Yith icy OF scalding water, epd
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shares; Lady Clara We're de We're
deigned to bestow passing glance
from the soft cushions Of her aristo-
cratic rolling barouche-I even fancied
saw a turn of the eye from her pow
dered footman; Tommy Atkins of
the Grenadier Guards was for once OBJ
livious of the charms of the blushinp
nursery maid, and raised his hand in
respectful salute, while the rag tag
and bob tail in wild excitement
thronged in procession like the color
ed population of Washington after a
brass band, and every now and then
beer cracked voice bawled forth Hi.
boys, there goes old Gladstoner
"With unaffected dignity the first
man in England yea, perhaps, in all
the world-moved through the crowd.
eyes keen and bright and step as elias
tie as young man in the prime of life.
Paintings, photographs, engraving are
but poor portrayals of Mr.. Gladstone.
for they show a spare, loose iointed
old man, with few remaining evidences
of yigor. But to my mind his SO
years have not dimmed, nor custom
stalled, his wonderful virility. 1 saw
sturdy, well knit man, erect and glow
ing with animation-one who in all re-
speets gave the world assurance of a
man. For sixty years he has been
a luminous figure in the worlds histo-
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Concerning Marvellous Musician.

From his earliest childhood Ole
Bull was exceedingly sensitive to mu-
sic. His uncle who belonged to "a
quartet club, used, when playing on
the violoncello, to put the little fellow
in the empty case, and keep him there
until his nervous excitement made it
impossible for him to remain. In
spite of this excitement, he narrowly
observed all that the players did; he
knew the sounds of the notes long be-
fore he could name them and when
at the age of five his uncle made HIM the
proud possessor of a little scrap Of
violin which he received with kisses
and embraces-to every ones amaze
ment, he played upon it at once with
remarkable correctness.
His next violin was given to him,
at his earnest solicitation two or three
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The Word lie Didn't Say.

When we went to campmeetin' had a
word to say
But kept a-pulling' roses-liketheyall was
in the way
An / did say; "Here's red 'un. an this
violet -ain't It blueg'
But what wanted most to say was-''ain't
as sweet as you,'
4 recollect. twas rainin'; no, pears like
the sun was out,
Fer l seen your curls a-shinin' on your neck
an roundabout;
An the moon was-no, she wasn'ti-don't
think the moon had riz
CWhen feler's got a sweetheart don't she
turn that head o his
When we went to eampmeetu' here goes I
l had a word
To say to you, and that was jes the one
that wasn't heard
But. since you amt here lIstenin, with
them bright curls round your brow,
I'll say. love you an '-an'-an I'm low
N of you now!
Frank L. ST ANTON in Atlanta Constitution.
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The Men ON the | Locomoti,e.

The exactions that modern railroad
speed make on the physical stamina of
railroad men is demonstrated in the
fact that seven engineers are required
to take the Chicago hier ont and seven
back The running time between
New York and Chicago is twenty hours
and the average speed is forty-eight
miles an hour Each engineer and
engine runs three hours. Machine
and man return with u slow train to
their starting point to relieve the
strain on both Then the engineer i.
given forty hours rest before he goes
On nthe hier again. This rest is abso-
lutte, no work of any kind being re-
quired Of the engineer Though the
average speed is forty-eight miles an
hour the locomotive must at some
points be driven at sixty or more. The
physical strain on the men in the cab
at these bursts Of speed is something
terrible. The engineer has fifty things
to look out for, and is being shaken
and swayed all the time The fireman
is constantly feeding tine insatiate fur
mace. On the run of the Empire State
express three tons of coal are shovcled
from the tender into the furnace be-
tween New York aud Albany. 1t is
not wonderful that the engineers of
this train are given alternate days for
rest and recuperation. Fast travel
not only wears ont rails and machines,
but humln creatures lives. ~ Boston
Transcrint
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KitefiyIng and Kltemakins.

There never was a boy or girl who
did not like to fly a kite. A little
girl will drop her dolls at any time
Tor the honor Of running alongside
OF her brother when be holds thn
Kite strings in his hands and the
boy will forget his marbles and hs
top If there is a chance for kitcAying.
An easy way to make a kite Is To
take four strips Of wood and tie them
together so that the ends stick out
In every direction. Let one of The
SUCKS be great deal longer than the
others, and this makes the point d
eud OF the kite, or the tan. to which
the colored papers are to be tied to
make the kite look gayer Tie a
string around the ends OF the sticks
so as To make the frame for the kite.
ana then cover with paper. News.
papers will do, although colored paper
Is prettier A large kite takes a
great deal OF strength to fly it. Ono,
upon time man whose dogs were
disabled in the arctic regions made a
Kite strong enough and big enough
TO draw his sled. And so his kite
helped him over a great many niles
u Ice and snow where he would have
mad to walk had he not learned to
make kite when boy New York
Ledger.
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it desperately. with sensation as if 1
hhd been falling over a precipicc.
Iknew now what ! wanted to do
with 1t. The suddenness of my gcs-
tire however. appeared to warn the
tiger that had yet little too much
iife IN me. She growled and shook
me roughly. took the hint, you may
be sure, and resumed my former atti-
tude Of stupidity; but my faculties
We're now alert enough and at the
crueiest tension.
Again the cubs began mauliug me.
| repelled them gently, at the same
time looking to my rifle. [ saw that
there Wa. a cartridge ready to be pro-
iectsd into the chamber. l remem-
bered that the magazine was not more
than half-empty.
1 started once more to crawl away,
with the cubs snarling over me and
trying to hold me and it was at this
point | realized that my left shoulder
was broken.
Having crawled four or five feet,
let the cubs turn me about, whereup-
on crawled back toward the old IL
ger, who lay blinking and actually
puuing ltwas plain that she made
good meal not long before, and was,
therefore, in no hurry to dispatch me.
Within about three feet of the
beasts striped foreshoulder | stopped
and fell over ON my side, as if all but
exhausted My rihe-barrel rested on
a little tussock The beast moved her
head to watch me, but evidently con
sidered me past all possibility of es-
cape for her eyes rested as much upon
her cubs as upon me-
The creatures were tearing at nv
legs, but in this supreme moment |
never thought OF them. | had now
thoroughly regoined my self-control
Laboriously, very deliberately,
got my sight and covered a spot right
behind the old tigress' foreshoulder.
low down. From the position 1 was
IN, | knew this would carry the bullet
diagonally upward through the heart.
! should have preferred to put bullet
through the brain, but in my disabled
condition and awkward posture | could
not safely try it.
just as l was ready, one of the cubs
got IN the way and my heart sank.
Tbp old tiger gave the cub playful
ctyf which sent it rolling to ore side
"ext instant L pulled the trigger
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then et,A . .ulii4.. .,-..~--.
If was stunned by the shock, it
was only for all instant When 1
opened my eyes, | was lying with my
face in the sand Not knowing where
| was or what hao happened, l started
to rise, when instantly a huge paw
turned me over on my back, and saw
the great yellow-green eyes Of tiger
looking down upon me through their
narrow black Sits.
[ did not feel horror-stricken in
fact, so far as l can remember. [ felt
only dim sense of resignation to the
inevitable. / also remember that [
noticed with curious interest that the
animal looked rather gratifed than
, ferocious
don't know how long [ lay there,
stupidity gazing up into the brown
eyes but presently | made a move
ment to sit up, and then | saw that
| still held my rifle in my hand. While
l was looking at the weapon, with
vague harassing sense that there was
something | ought to do with it, the
tiger picked me up by the left shoulder
and made off with me into the jungle
and still | clung to the rifle, though |
had forgotten what use | should put it
to.
The grip Of the tigers teeth upon
my shoulder l felt but numbly, and
yet, as found afterward it was 50 far
from gentle as to have shattered the
bone.
Having carried me perhaps half
mile, the brute dropped me and rails
ing her head uttered a peculiar, soft
cry Two cubs appeared at once in
answer to the summons. and bounded
up to meet her AT the first glimpse
of me, however, they sheered off i'll
alarm, and their dam had to coax them
for some minutes, rolling me over
softly with her paw, or picking me up
and laying me down in front of them,
before she could convince them that l
was harmless.
AT last the youngsters suffered them
selves to be persuaded. They threw
themselves upon me with eager though
not very dangerous ferocity and be-
gan to maui and worry me. Their
claws and teeth seemed to awaken me
for the first time to a sense of pain.
1 threw off the snarling little animals
roughly and started to crawl away In
vain the cubs tried to hold me. The
mother lay watching the game with
satisfaction
Instinctivelp 1 crept toward tree,
and little by little the desire for es-
cape began to stir in my dazed brain.
When [ was within foot or two of the
tree the tiger made great bound,
seized me in her jaws, and carried me
back to the spot whence l had started.
"Why, y thought I to myself, "this
is just exactly the way cat plays With
a mouse !"
AT the same moment cloud seemed
to roll off my brain. No words of
mine can describe the measureless and
sickening horror of that moment when
realization was thus suddenly flashed
upon me.
At the shock my rifle slipped from
ny relaxing fingers; but recovered
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ou' tr0uSeFs ana tney deparT sWi-Trf q
Thousand loqded oh . %
The STORY nrRrcsnn


The little town of Bordiebar, -
Italy has furnished the Faster
palms at Rome ever since the year
l5S6. How the grant was obtained
by BreSca, the brave old sea captain
Is a curious story. Standing with
the crowd in the oren plaza. before
the Cathedral Of st. Peters. no was
gazing with breathless interest at the
workmen engaged in erecting the
Egyptian obelisk So momeptons and
difficult a task was this regarded that
Pope Sixtus V, forbade any one to
utter loud word during the opera
tIon' on pain of death.
All went well until the massiva
stone column reached certain an0le
when to the horror OF the multitnde
ana the despair Of the engineer II
ceased to move. Various eXpcdients
were resorted to without avail. and
all seemed lost. when suddenly \
voice broke the silence, crying:
"Aiga, dai de raiga ae corde,y
{ water give water TO the ropes,"l
rms suggestion, which came from
the old sailor, was quickly acted nm
on the obelisk slowly righted itself
and was successfully raised TO the
position il now occupies
When the trembling Bresca was
brought a prisoner before the Pope
Tor punishment, the latter not only
pardoned the offense, but offered 10
grant him any reasonable request
Inc unSelish soul Of the man showed
ITSELF when, instead Of peutionfnr
or some personal prcfarment he
legged that the right Of furn shing
he palms for Easter should be be.
towed upon his family and the yil.
ayers OF Bordighera, his birthplace.
me request was granted, and is re-
pected to this day.
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years afterward, by his father. He
could not sleep for thinking of it.
When he heard his father and mother
drawing the deep breath of sleep. ha
rose and lighted candle, and tiptoed
to the room where the dear violin lny'
IN order f." open the case for one de-
lighted look "The violin w.A so red,
said he, AS Mrs Childs reported, "and
the pretty pearl screws did smile at
me so lpinched the strings, just n
little with my fingers. 1t smiled at me
ever more and more took up the
bow and looked at it. 1t said to me
that it would be pleasant to try it
across the strings So l did try it,
Just very. very little. And it did
sing to me SO sweetlyl Then | did
creep farther away from the bedroom.
At first ] did play very soft. l make
very, very little noise. But presently
l did begin a capriccio which l like
very much; and it d1d grow ever
louder; and forgot it was midnight
aud everybody asleep. Presently !
hear something go crack And the
next minute | feel my fathers whip
across my shoulders. My little red
violin dropped on the floor and was
broken. I weep much for it; but it
no good. They did have doctor for
it next day, but it never recovered its
health"
His father had meant that he should
be clergyman, and in due time the
boy was placed at the University of
Gottingen. But it was quite useless
study or not, music would get the
upper hand II From Harper Weekly.
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One Way.

"This beautiful teapot was made
from silver dollars contributed by the
brides classmates. "
"Well That's one way to make .
pot OF money, isn't it?" rIndianapo.
lis Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-10-06

An American girl in London writes
to The New York Press:
Il saw Mr.. Gladstone crossing Pic
cadilly Circus about o'clock this af-
ternoon. The crush was tremendous
buses, cabs, vans and struggling hui
manity on foot stopping the way
But everybody, from Bobby on
guard to the gamins crying the eve
ming papers, recognized the Grand
Old Man. Instantly hands were raised
and traffic suspended until the Premier
of England had safely passed the
London Rubicon Every eye was cen
tered upon the octogenarian. The man
about town withdrew his ardeut gazing
monocle from the passing tailor made
girl; the city man turned and for
the moment FORGOT his stocks and
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-10-06

&c poisoning, as far as
countrie. are concerned
r. d ceased TO exist. saws the
t,ndard: butwe are remind
Is srqport IF the Government
- Bombay tmt the practice
ANALYST ) obtains in India. So far
still laras suthered the crimes in many
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-10-06
Tea In Thibet.

All Of the tea used in Mongolia and
Ihibet comes IN the shape Of bricks,
which have uniform weight of five
pounds, measuring nine inches in
length by six inches in width and
three inches In thickness. The tea OF
which they are composed is not the
Plant TO which we are accustomed.
1t is obtained from Large and woody
shrub. The small twigs and leaves
are steamed, the sticks being dried
ana ground to powder. The stuff
thus prepared is mixed with a little
rlce-water to make it sticky, and ia
then rammed into mold by means
OF a wooden stick shOd with iron.
such tea would be considered too
roor for use in China proper, whero
all OF 1T is manufactured and whence
IL Is exported for consumption by the
ignorant dwellers ON the frontier.
lhe Thibetans cannot get along
without tea. 1t is said that they
even sell their children for it to their
gfasplng priests, who control the
trade aud hoard the bricks like gold
IN the monasterics These tea bricks
have circulated as currency at fixed
value in Mongolia and Thibet, but in
the latter country thcy have recently
become demonetized owing to the
lhGo Iuction OF rupees from India.
lntll lately brick Of tea was worth
one rupee. IT, monks of the Batang
monastery in 1hibet. ha ing boarded
great treasures in the shape of tea
tricks. have found it impo sib.e to
dispose Of them at par. or course
you know tEat Thibet is a province
OF China and part Of the empire.
Chinese diplomatic officials make a
practice OF smuggling tea into Thiber
IN the guise of baggage, thus enrich
Ing themselves greatly. The Thib-
/ etans say:
u' trousers ana tney depfdrE' - FRI -.
h0uSand loaded yaks.
Inc Thibetan teapot is a churn
Se an ordinary butter-churn. They
IKE small portion from brick
'uhd y IN a mortar, make an in
'sloa' strain it, and pour ii into the
luTn' adding little salt A lump
butter is thrown in, and the
INlure is chuFned for a while. Then
is ready to drink The result is
Scfieed aS resembling weak tea.
IN the sugar and tea left out.
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a fire in London, Ford
,cape ladder repeatedly at
+ own life, and saved, one
lives of six persons Then
\ himself attempting to de-
sape, his axe caught in the
I he wos burned to death.
Fifed people below had
owing the escape, he might /
saved. Youths Compau-
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~
fire brigadd
headquartert
relics and 4
the work 4
along the II
smoke-bcgri&
fremen vii
wounded VII
helmet is a
er's fate is $
recorded.
this inscript
''This hell
Fourth Clas
who was kill
per Hallowa
Some OF N
to tell a lon
the best Pnr
they may T.
vaunting the
At this frt
under fallinw
that they mi
of their cor
been got u
them out.
Over the y
two comrade
a wall of br
mems diggin
topple the NJ
ifit fell, thei
be lost.
Neverthel,
set at work,
could for tlv
last they foul
out, withoutN
whelmed. H
Smart, was \
tally injured
was saved, til
great that
sion. I
Some of tIE
man WilliamIN
served and
rade were wdV
in WandswoIN
the flames bil
rushed to a " N
Jacobs was n
hardly have N
by extraordifs I
comrade third
down to die. &
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NORWAY.
DIRECTORY.


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ss:e.s xr.a.y :. Sr:1 ~ p.,..,.. p....,.
is:0 n; social Ryssise Meeting. 1:eo ?; ~;
Tvssiay Prayer Mssting. 7:so =. H.; ciass
hsssinS. Iytdsy. 0rn; p.,
hapel.s Church. ksv. h,cs1crs sSsc "a . =
social Hssiiss7 ?. \. "Wednesday. Prayer
nsssine In Pm.
E.AA. M-Unioa T. A. G.. No. = asssnb's:
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Han, sysry rsssaay kys,l.E; WILEY E.s.ns;
nsai, No. b, nssts In Odd fslows Hail. second
al barb 1riday Evsaiass Of each month.
Kefr.Esssk!sr r lifting N hA'AAvay n''ss'
Ry r. :; Hal On Ne bird Friday f.saiss o.
U. o. a. C.-Nesss the 81 and i,h THURSDAY
svsaisgs Of each month In Rysrson Hall
saturday a Orange Hall.
ths seeosd and fourth Friday evening" OF sssh
I.ls.,d: Ios. No; II: 10, O %ss:s 7,
evenings Of each month. A..
.ssosa and fourth Friday evenings Of each
". l. G. ~ss.. In Orange Hall third Friday
Er. snrra. ESQ. New Orange Bloch. Y n
ssthorissd local agent and correspondens OF tnS
Dsnocras for Norway and favoS shown HIN VIZ
b apprsciassd By Ne pubnshsn-
Town Treasurer, 8. B. Cummings,
paid about Sl50 to the treasurer OF state
the first Of September, being money COZ
lected under the dog law.
g. q. woodman Of Yarmouth was 10
town Monday investigating the cause Of
fire on the Norway Branch Railroad sup
posed to have caught from q spark from
the locomotive.
Mrs. p. C. Putnam Of Cambridgeport,
Mass, visited at Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Marston's during the week.
The excursion to Rumford Falls We'd
uesday Was big affair for people In this
vicinity. $40 availed themselves OF the
opportunity to visit the most promising
city In Oxford County.
fhe company team from Co. D., LIST
Regiment, N. q. 8. NJ, won the second
prize at the state shoot at Augusta this
week with q score OF 1888 points. Last
year the company took third prize. The
prize IL q beautiful battle scene. The
shootiu1 Was "A follows:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-09-05
NoN.REsIDkNr TAXES

In the town Of Dixned. In the County Of or
ford, and STATE Of Maine. for The year lsea.
non. resident owners In the town Of Dix1eh, fol
Douglass, ooiiector OF taxes Of ssid town. on ths
s9sh day Of June, A. ID. lse1, has beer
I..unsl sy him , =, g, m. ,a.. remaining unpaid q
Sis certificate oiiha. date and nov remain unpaid
and nolics 10 hereby given that II the said tixes
interest," and Charge Are not paid In q the Treas
ury Of said town within eighteen months from IL
dale Of the commitment OF said bills, 90 much Of
amount due thereon Including interest and
charros will without further NOTICE 10 soh q
public auction q the Treasursrs Ofice IN said
town On Monday The lee day Of January. A. D.
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NON.REaIDENT TAxEs,

In the Plantation Of Milton, In the County OF
Oxford, and State Of Maine. for. the year lsg1
The following list Of taxes on real estate OF non
year isg2, in bills committed 10 Jefferson Jackson
Collector OF taxes Of said Plantation on the ssh
day Of June. A. ID. lss3. has been returned By him
70 me ~ remaining unpaid on The 18th day OF une
remain unpaid; and notice u hereby given that
II the said taxes, Interest and chaIgcs am
nos paid In 70 the treasury Of said Plantation
within eighteen months from the date o.
the real estate taxed as win be sufficient 70 pay
the amount due therefor. including interest and
charges, win without further notice DO sold .!
public auction, at the treasurers once In said
Plantation on the eth day Of Jan. ls, atl O'Clock
I'm the aftAruOOu.
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soRN.

.. xsrvsy. A.s: =. - ~ VIII Of L'svs''y'
We. ysssssld. Az. y. - ~ vih q
u Ne sssss: Acc. I v ~ viss q o. o
Il Hssvsy. Ass. q. V ~ viss Of q. ,. hiz'
Il SsriA Bsskssld. Ass. n. V ~ vifs Of WIN
. p::.srf. Ass. a. 70 ~ Wiz Of sAsrsss
Hartford . sos.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-09-05

Ths storn Of lass Tuesday, though
far lsss severe here than In the South,
was ope % the worst blows that the
people Of Maine have seen. T'he only
fAfality reported In the state b at Mar
chestrr, whers . farmer. u. w. Sanford,
toek shsltsr under . high board feucs,
vhioh ~a< blown down upon him. crush-
lar hlm % death. Havoc vas wrought
III over shs sfste With shads tres. snd
great danaes Ne doe - u appls and
cesn sna etAsf efops.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-09-05

A young lady while raspbsrrying 10
Garland . few days ago, heard . rustl.
Ing In The bushes quite near her. and
upou looking IN that direction saw two
littls paws puliing down the bushes.
She did not stop TO 80 what the little
paws belonged 70, but "got up and
dustsd." Later investigations revealed
ths fAct that a. old bear and her Cubs
were peacefully sngaged IN the ssns
psrslk - ths younS hdy, VS., picking
.ssH Hys ssd . a i s,ss Tie ~.