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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07

Pitied him the moro thoroughly, sinoe I
was hardly less . lover than be. ]
drowsed 0 little. A perturbed slumber
overcame me. The roaring night wind
aroused me at intervals with = blast
more furious, and I woke TO perceive
ominous and turbulent dreams fitting
from my brain-dreams OF violence,
tyranny and Infamous Outrage.
Suddenly another sensation went creep
ing along my nerves. ! sat bolt mp
right. There was . feeling Of human
presence, OF stealthy approach coming
up against the night wind and crushing
Its roar with sound moro penetrating.
Brent, too, was on the alert.
"Soine ono at our horses" he whis-
pered.
We dashed forward. There ws q
rustic OF flight through the bushes. We
each fired shot. The noise ceased.
.Stopr' said my friend, rs was giving
chase. 1--WE must not leave the horses.
They will stampede them while We are
or"
"Theyi Perhaps II was only coyote
VI q wolf. Why, Fulano, old fellow!"
Fulano trotted mp neighing and licked
my hand. His lariat had been cut-a
clean cut with . knife. We were only
Just In time.
"We must keep watch till morning."
said I. ~ have been browsing. I will
take the first hour"
Brent, with q moan Of WEAKNESS,
threw himself down again on the grass.
I sat watchful.
The night wind went roaring on. 1t
loves those sweeps and surges OF unten.
anted plain, as 1t loves the lifts and
levels of the barren sea. The ftful gale
rushed down as II 1t had boiled over the
edge Of some great hollow In the noun.
tains, and then staid to gather force
for another overflow. In Its pauses j
could hear the stir and murmur Of the
Mormon cattle, q thousand and more.
But once there came q larger pause; the
air grew silent, as II It had never known
0 breeze, or as II all life and motion be.
tween earth and sky were utterly and
forever quelled.
In that one instant OF dead stiffness,
when the noise Of the cattle was hushed
and our horses ceased champing to listen,
! seemed to hear the clang Of galloping
hoofs not far away to the southwark.
Galloping hoofs, surely heard them.
Or was 1t only the charge OF fresh
blast down the mountain side, uproot.
ing ancient pines and linging great
rocks from crag TO chasm!
And that strange, terrible, human, In.
human sound, outringing the noise Of
the hoofs and making the silence
CHASTITY horror-was 1t woinans
screamf
No; 1t could only be my fevered i'm
agination that found familiar sounds In
the inarticulate voices OF the wilderness.
I listened long and intently. The wind
sighed and raved and threatened again.
I heard the dismal bowling Of wolves
far away In the darkness.
kept double watch Of two hours,
and then calling Brent to do his share,
threw myself on the grass and slept
soundly.
iro Bz CONTINUED
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
PARIS. MAINE, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY I. Is
THE Icg-sroaM.

Ths lee King, looking on the lsaness tres
That swept their naked branches gaines shs
And .ssnsa 10 .hudder In the win,ry blast.
And mourn their fallen leaves with sob and
Bent sof,iy down his diamond sli,sering brow.
whispering. TAKE heed. love you passing
Ny jswsled mantle tenderly IN throw.
Der oil that stand on mount. or nehi, or dsiL'
Then shutting out withseaden clouds the sun,
That seemed 70 mock them with his suilen
With loving hani he decled each shlyering llml
In robe Of erniDe. crowned with diamond
sheen.
Each barren branch and twig at once became
A thing Of beauty 10 admiring eyes,
A neeting miraclei yet far more fair
Than dream Of scalptor meath Italian skies.
In crystal robes. with diamond hsshing crowns,
The hapless trees. Unconscious Ut their fate,
Trusting their lover. smiled In his embrace,
Nor knew him false ~ fair, until too late.
For love IL ofteu fatal 90 the thing be,0yed.
And often clay with ruthless, cruel hand.
The Ice Kings passion. typical Of mans.
Has scattered wreck and ruin DER the land.
IsA GERTRUDE WHITMAN.
Buckheld, Jan. ~, lsg.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
WINTER MoNTHa

Beloved one. did you somstimss think-
Sitting your cheerful hearth esside
OF door and easement moansd and sighsd-
That. after autumn's days are done.
Some foolish btrds-poor rsckless thtngsi-
May strive through storms 20 reach the sun.
But sprsad too late their fragile wingss
Aiasi how many, dear. must de.
OF thoss sad, shivering emigrsntsi
AZ thought Of it team cloud you ere;
Long shall We mis- their joyous chants.
Tonight you love ne; and you say
That their return with spring u SURE.
But not thoss birds who hsw todayf
And you-ahi win your love sndursf
-Tiorsncs Hsnniksr In Temple Bar.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07

There Il often complaint about the
confinement and drudgsry OF rhe farm
er's lot, but this is the period OF the
year when one Of tho compensations OF
harm life u manlfest. In SCORE OF
other occupations he who would sue
ceed must be at hls work from early
morn 20 late at night 800 days In the
wear. with The fArmer this u not nee
essarily 90. He can AFFORD month OF
nodsrsts leisure and not have his bread
and butter eut o..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
The, pr.nl TO lord How.

At one time the officers under Lord
Howe refused to drink his health at
their mess. for. though splendid admi-
raj. he was not popular In the navy on
account Of u certain shyness and want
Of tact with those about him. The
chaplain. who was protegs Of his lord.
ship. was mortified ut this and deter
mined that they should drink to Lord
Howe. When called upon for toast
one day he said. "Well. gentlemen. ]
can think Of nothing better at this mo-
ment than to ask you to drink tho first
two words Of the third palm, for .
scriptural toast for once may 30 taken
from one Of my CLOTH" The toast was
accordingly drunk.
On referring to tho Bible II was found
that the first two words Of the third
palm were Lord How" After the
glorious ist of June the above was the
fsvorits toast throughout the navy, and
the chaplain triumphed moro widely
than be anticipated. ed.-L0ndon TitBitA
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY.

without Instruments Ancient Astrons-
msrs Kept Track Of the Heavens
We find In the table at the Ramesseum
distinct references to the bull. the lion
and the scorpion. and 1t Is also clearly
indicated that at that time the Sirius rose
heliacally ut the beginning OF the rise OF
the Nile.
This word heliacally requires a little
explanation. The ancients, who had no
telescopes and had to use their horizon
as the only scientific instrument which
they possessed. were very careful In de-
termining the various conditions In
which star could rise. For instance, II
q star were rising ut the same time that
the sun was rising, II was said to rise
cosmically. but unless certain very obvi-
ous precautions were taken the rising
star would not be seen In consequence Of
the presence Of daylight.
Il Is quite clear that II we observe
star rising In the dawn II will get more
and more difficult to observe tho nearer
the time OF sunrise is approached. There
fore what the ancients did was to deter
mine time before sunrise In the early
dawn at which the star could be very
obviously and clearly seen to rise. The
term "heliacally rising" was coined to
represent q star rising visibly In the
therefore before the sun. Gener.
ally throughout Egypt the sun was sup
posed to be something like 10 degs. be-
low the horizon when star was stated
to rise heliacally.
We find then that more than 5000
years ago the Egyptians were perfectly
familiar with these facts. and the differ
ence between q cosmical and heliacal
rising was perfectly clear to them. But
the table at Thebes tells us, moreover,
that the suns journey In relation to some
Of the zodiacal consultations was per.
fectly familiar 5000 years ago.
These then are some OF the more
general statements which may be made
with regard to the most important points
10 far discussed by those who have dealt
with Egyptian astronomy. and It may
be added that all this information has
come to us In mythologic guise.
The various apparent movements OF
tho heavenly bodies which are produced
by the rotation and revolution OF the
earth and the effects Of procession were
familiar to the Egyptians, however ig.
norant they may have been OF the causes.
They carefully studied what they saw
and attempted to put their knowledge
together In the most convenient fashion.
associating II with their strange i'm
aginings and with their system Of wor-
ship.-Nineteenth Century.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
psardad Women.

Bearded women have existed at al
periods Of the worlds history. Even
Herodotus, the "Father Of History"
gives N an account Of one Pedasnes,
"who lived above Halicarnassus," .
priestess Of Minerva, whose chin regular.
ly budded with . large beard Whenever
any great public calamity impendsd.
Bartel Garetji. woman Of Copenhagsn,
had q beard reaching to her waist.
Charles XII Of Sweden had female gren.
adler In his army who possessed the beard
- well - the courage Of . man. Mar.
garet. duchess Of Austria and governess
Of the Netherlands. had . large. why.
stifY beard. Of which shs was very proud.
OF late years. Albert, duke Of Bavaria.
reports having had . young Lady gov.
erness In his household who was "ths
proud possessor Of . very largo black
beard. "-Philsdelphia Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07

The director Of one Of the southern ex-
perlment stations recently remarked /:
;sThe great trouble Il that so few OF our
farmers have any faith In their business,
or care to Invest cent beyond the point
where they can zee an Immediate pros
pect Of selling something. They are won
derfully economical at the splle while
their ultimate profits are lowing away
at tho bung-hole."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07

The farmer is frequently advised to do
q good deal Of head work at this time OF
year, and this ls well. look back over
the year and note the ventures that have
proved most profitable, likewise those
that have been least profitable, and lay
your plans for this year accordingly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
childrsn a Table.

Il u an old fashioned notion that "chil-
dreu should be seen and not heard An
oocadonal talk by the little folk u not
Objectionable. yet at the same time they
should not monopoliEe conversation OF
attention. They have their place. and Il
d an injustice that they should at the
family board always b dlent-0ood
Housekeepin9.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
Nor. rhsn He BarEaissd Per.

"when ! used to travel about the
country lecturing." said . retired tenn
perance talker, II carried with me - .
frightful example . man with brilliant
red nose, and during my remarks Iwould
call upon him for testimony. On one
occasion we struck . small town where
we had IN audience Of about hundred
people. Twas making hns Roadway With
my lecture, and st the proper time ]
glanced over the crowd and ssid, "will
the gentleman with the red noss please
rise to his feetr' OF fcourse my man got mp.
but before he could do 20 thirty-seveu
men had risen slowly TO their fest, and ]
don't think was ever moro embarrassed
in my hfe."-Tolsdo Blade. :,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07

wsars 70 talk no more Of dream stu1.
Thee dreamy viEons are hAllucinations
hypuogogiQuss, and the least ws can Do
= 70 call them so.-Bcstou Common
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07

The Hardest wesk % An. s'aN
Few posts had moro admiress smoas
women than Whittier bad, and this Cd
miration frequently took psssousl form.
One day his sister. In her slow, ouakse
fashiou, was describing these erupdous'
"Thss hast no hss," shs said, ''of the
time 0resnlsaf spends In trying 70 loss
thess people on The strssta 6omsdme
b comes home and says, Wen. hstsr. !
hsd bard work 10 ioss him. but have
lot him's To THE Whittier psthstic.
any addsd, "But can mover loss . hss.'
-6an Itsndsoo AIgonsai
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
AMONG THE FARMERS.
.sr..p rurrLow."

Corrsspondencs on practical Agric caitural topics
II solicited. Address all oommunicatfons IN
teadesi for this department W hhNnI ID. HAN
nosD, Agricultural Editor oxford Democrat.
Paris Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07

0nnRss and othsr fsrmsrs' orgaplsa-
tions ought 70 work hand N haAd with
n sxpsrimsnt stations.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
Dentist,

p,yis BLOCK, SOUTH PARIS.
Rubl.r Plates, Goli Alloy Plates, Coil Line,
RnblsT Plates, Cslluloid Plates anil SOLID 1oh,
pi,tss. Gohl filing, Artlhctal SIowns am
nstI,s WoTk n speciality. Either anil gas stmin-
isisr-l or the electric vibrator used when desir'
ed, n advisable.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-02-07
JOHN BRENT
By THEODORE WINTHROP.
CHAPTER KIN.

lcopyrisAt issi. By American Prss Assesia-
tion.l
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-15
The Ohin CnmnnIrn.

The state campaign in Ohio was formal
ly opened Tuesday with great meeting
and a magnificent demonstration in honor
of Gov. Mckinley at Akron. When the
governor arrived at noon 5000 people met
him at the train. After a dinner, rendered
by the reception committee, came a grand
procession which occupied two hours in
passing a given point. A special guard of
honor, composed of GOO war veterans, did
escort duty for the governor during the
day.
His speech, delivered from a stand in
the open air, was devoted entirely to ma
tional issues. He first took up the money
question, declaring that neither gold nor
silver should be stricken down: both met
ais should be used, but on a basis to keep
one always at parity with the other. He
showed no thought nor sign of retreat
from his position in favor of protection for
American industries. He quoted with
great effect the recent declaration of Mr..
Neal, the Democratic gubernatorial candi-
date, that it is the one purpose of the
Democracy to forever eXpunge the foul
blot of. protection from the fair escutcheon
of our grand and mighty republic" The
changed condition of our country's af-
fairs since last November, Gov. Mckinley
said, is not due to the silver question alone,
or to any sudden panic. "The cause lies
deeper than all this, and is found in the
fact that every one of our great industries
is threatened with destruction by the party
in power. But we must not lose
heart. Confidence and courage are half
the victory. The people, once aroused to
the gravity of the situation, will not sur
render, but will find remedy, as under
our political system they have remedy, at
the polls"
The Republicans confidently predict
McKinley's reelection by $4,000 majority,
and many Democrats are willing to con-
cede him well toward that number
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-15
WINDHAM COUNTY COURT.
w. p. EAGER,
Banker and Broker.

The County court convened at Newfane
Tuesday, the 18th inst. There were
present Hon. Laforest Thompson, presid-
ing Judge, Hon. Lewis G. Walker and
Hon. Edward Titus, associate judges.
About 70 new cases have been entered
upon the docket this term, and on calling
the jury calendar some 20 cases were noted
for trial. The first case was by agreement
taken from the jury list and tried by the
court.
Edloin d. Harris Us. Fred c. Rdnd.-
Was an action of assumpsit to recover for
various articles sold and delivered the de-
fendent, to which he plead the general
issue, payment and offset. The accounts
on both sides covered a period of time
from November, 1882, to June, 1886.
The plaintiff gave evidence as to the
correctness of his items of account and
disputed some of the defendants items.
The defendants evidence was in support
of his account and denied some of the
plaintiffs items. Also, that in August,
1886, the parties settled and passed re-
ceipts. The plaintiff denied that there
ever was a settlement.
Judgment for plaintiff to recover $22. .O3.
Waterman, Martin & Hit for the plaint-
iff; Ryder and Haskins & Stoddard for the
ueIenuanJ.
Joseph Valentine US. Ida M. Believes
an action of assumpsit to recover for the
support of defendants child.
The evidence of plaintiff tended to show
that defendant, who is the plaintiffs
daughter, was abandoned by her husband,
one Fred Miner, in 1876, leaving with her
a child about three years old. That she
contracted with plaintiff to take said child
and support it, for which she would pay
him whatever was right. That he took
the child, boarded and clothed it for some
thirteen years, for which he had never
been paid.
The evidence on the part of the defen-
dant tended to show that she never agreed
to pay anything for said support, that
the plaintiff took and kept the child of his
own free will as member of his own
family; that on several occasions after she
was married to her present husband she
asked for the return of the child to her,
but plaintiff refused to surrender it, claim
ing it as one of his family. This last the
plaintiff denied.
Verdict of 800 for plaintiff.
Butterfeld and Waterman, Martin &
Hit for plaintiff; Chase and Batchelder
for defendant.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-15

At the closing session of the American
Social Science association held at Saratoga
last week, a paper on "The poor people
of India was read by the Suami Vivi Ka-
nanda of Madras, a Brahmin priest. Among
other things he graphically pictured the re-
suits of the century and a half of the iron
rule of England over India, in which herpol-
icy to discourage all advancement of that
ancient Aryan people in the arts, sciences
and manufactures, and by confning their
labor entirely to agriculture, made them
purchase $G0,0O0,000 annually of English
manufactures, and forbade their purchas-
ing of American or French or German
merchants by exOrbitant duties.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-15
Vermont Maple Sugar.
Senator Proctor Has Some Fun with
Senator WOIcOtt.

NbANuAts
From the Washington Post, Sept. 81
There is a good deal of dry Yankee hu-
NOR in Senator Proctor, but he does not
ordinarily give the Senate the full benefit
of it. Yesterday, however, he made his
colleagues laugh. Senator Wolcott had on
Thursday introduced a resolution asking
for information as to the bounty paid on
maple sugar, and yesterday, in accordance
with the suggestion of Senator Gallinger,
he modified it so as to include all kinds of
sugar Before the resolution was adopted
Senator Proctor announced in his kindly
way that he had already secured the fig
ures. They showed that the entire amount
paid up to date was only S149, POI. Then
Senator Proctor made very clever little
speech.
He said that he had supposed Mr. VOL e
colts interest in maple sugar had its origin
in moment of unguarded fondness for
the New England hills, among which the
Colorado senator's boyhood days had been
spent. This conclusion, he now thought,
was mistaken one, and he added:
1t has occurred to me that during the
sugar season last year | submitted, in an
entirely personal and unofficial way to my
colleagues generally in the Senate some
practical and useful information as to this
product the senator had distributed sever
al cans of maple sugarl, which, believe,
they generally appreciated.
| regretted very much to learn yesterday
that by some unaccOuntable mistake the
junior senator from Colorado was omitted
in the distribution, and that really his
present trouble arises from a genuine lack
of information. l put the telegraph and
express into requisition to supply the omis-
sion. l hope that before many days he
may have the necessary enlightenment.
can say for the senator's special bene-
fit what l know would not interest the 9TH
er senators-and what l have only by hear
say-that this product adds a peculiar fla
vor to certain mixed compounds, which
makes them very tempting to the wayward
appetite.
When the laughter had subsidized Mr..
Proctor remarked that he believed, when
Mr.. Walcott received his sugar, the Colo
RADIO senator would be willing to have it
coined, put it in subsidiary packages, and
given to senators and representatives for
distribution among their constituents. SIT
will not require any motto in God we
trust to be stamped upon it," added Mr.
Proctor, laughingly. "Neither will it need
to be legal tender by law. l can guarantee
it will pass current on its face value"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-15
MINOR NOTES.

No more of the familiar springfield ri
tles' are to be made at the armory in that
city, and the machinery is now being
changed to make the new Krag-J Jorgensen
gun, which is much more complicated and
will cost S25 against $40 for the old rifle.
"The finest lawyer in the House is Cul-
berson of Texas, and near him ranks Pow
ers of Vermont" says the Boston Record
"The Gibraltars of Democracy and Re-
publicanism agree in sending their bright
est legal lights to Congress"
The commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army encampment, held last week at In
dianapolis, complimented the Vermont de-
partment by saying it was one of the best
in the East. Only one other department
from New England had band in the great
parade.
Albert S. Willis of Kentucky has been
nominated as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary TO the Hawaiian
islands. The New York Recorder asks to
whom in the islands is he accredited-to
the deposed queen, the provisional govern
ment or Spreckels? The Hawaiian diplo-
macy of the administration is a mystery.
JOhnstoWn, Pa, the city of the food,
now gains distinction through novel but
cOmmendable scheme for putting all unem-
ployed men to work on street improve
ments. The voters will be asked to ratify
the borrowing of $500, 900 and it is ex-
pected that 5000 men will begin work
within few days.
Smith & Wesson, the great pistol man
ufacturing concern of Springfield, Mass,
have notified their employees of ten per
cent reduction of wages, except in cases
where less than S1.50 day is earned and
where the worker has contract with the
firm. The firm state that the reduction is
made in view of the probable reduction in
the tariff.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-15
A Mn,ter-of-Fnct Jndre

A judge at Chattanooga, Tenn, has
shocked the "society people, of that
city by bluDtly characterizing progressive
euchre as gambling, in charge to the
grand jury. This was what he said: mot
only is gambling carried on in regular gam
bling resorts, but people of high standing
and respectability gamble. They may not
put down money, but they set an example
for others in playing for prizes and re-
wards. In these progressive euchre games
these persons play for fine pictures OF gold
headed canes. Examples are set that are
a violation of law, and it is just as demor-
alizing as common gambling. A convic-
tion of one man of the higher class is bet
ter, as an example, than the conviction of
only ordinary people for common gam
bIinOn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-15

For the first time in 80 years the tide of
immigration is setting away from this
country. The steamship companies report
that twice as many steerage passengers are
leaving for Europe as are arriving here.
One steamer, which sailed for Genoa Sat
urday, had to refuse 1000 applications for
passage on account of lack of room. 1t is
supposed that people who have been
thrown out of work are returning to their
native land to await the revival of prosper
ity here.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-15
The VigiIant on Guard.

The Vigilant, the yacht owned by c..
Oliver Iselin and Commodore Morgan of
New York, will defend the America cup in
the international race against the English
yacht Valkyre. owned by Lord Dunraven.
The first trial race was so nearly dead
heat between the Colonta and her super b
rival that it decided nothing. In the Sec
ond race, Saturday, the Vigilants triumph
proved anew the extent of her powers in
light and variable breezes. Mondays test,
with the September wind sweeping over
the blue water, confirmed the verdict as o
the Vigilant's all around racing qualities
and made her selection as cup defender
certain.