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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
The Ei.uh.nt,s sens>.

Why an elephant should be afraid Of
q mouse IL mystery. Some have
doabted the generosity Of the elephant
because Of his aversion to small animals,
but none can doubt his intelligence.
Button. notwithstanding his idea Of the
mere mechanism Of animals, spoke Of
the elephant as at the same time "mir.
acle OF intelligence and . monster oi
matter" Ernest Menault happily 70.
ferred to him as the animal that carried
his nose In his hand. Hence the mar
velous intelligence Of his trunk. The
senses Of touch and smell cooperate.
The nerves which extend through hia
trunk are so numerous that they equal
In number all those distributed over the
rest Of the body. The elephant can keep
perfect time to music. He has the ear
perfectly organized. and the hearing d
extremely fine. The eye Of the elephant
Is distinguished from that Of other ami.
mails by tho pathetic expression Of senti.
ment. Take him all In all, naturalist,
agree that he Is the most intelligent Of
animals. And why should he be afraid
Of mousel-New York Tribune.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
WAySloE GlGAklkGS.

There are In british India i0.iF shops
licensed for the sale of opium.
Havana has the largest club In the world,
the circulo de Asturianas. with q member
ship Of $1,000
There nre no undertGkers IN Japan, and
when person dies Il Is the custom for his
nearest relatives TO put him In colin to
bury him
I'm Missouri husband cannot desert his
wtfe without committing q pcnitentiary Of.
tense unless they have lived together at
least 10 years
The membership of Masons In the United
States IL about 6SO.O0O, Odd Fellows, 1OO,.
600, knights Of Labor. S'.tis; Knights OF
Pythlas, 10000
The number Of clergy ordained to the
ministry OF the Church Of England during
lsga was i,lI3, or i've moro than the pre-
uous years total
.Panamad" In now the Parislan word for
anything plucked. neeced or shorn. A dog
clipping establishment has n align, POO
dies Psnamad Here"
Experiment has shown that "Yankes
pumpkin" will iift e,f tons, provided the
weight be 70 placed n to interfere with the
growth OF the vegetable
Take some small article made Of wire,
such m basket, cover the wlrc with worst.
ed, place the basket In n hot saturated 30
lution OF alum and leave Il to cool slowly.
In day or two pretty crystal basket will
be the result.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
Ifruo Worlds should Meet.

Our world Is spinning through space
at speed Of over I. 900 miles per minute
Should 1t como In collision with o globe
Of equal size going at tho same rate oi
speed, what would be the resulti The
very best thinkers Of the age tell us that
heat enough would be generated by the
shock to transform both Of the collidinG
bodies into gigantic balls Of vapor many
times their present circumferences'
Some have thought that In case the cen.
ter Of the earth IL composed OF solid and
colder matter than Is the generally nc.
cepted belief this might not be the case,
but after searching all the leading au.
thorities I must admit that cannot find
n more appropriate "Anis" than the fol.
lowing, which is from an eminent scien'
tist: Should such an unheard OF event
occur the heat generated would be suffi.
cient to melt, boil and completely vapor'
ize mass of ice fully 700 times the bulk
of both the colliding worlds-in other
words. an ice planet 10000 miles In d.
ameter.-St. Louis Republic.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
Eauni In the Occaslon.

One Of the good stories ex-Postmaster
General James tells Is about type
writer no once employed who was .
novice at the art, but who proved her.
self equal to the emergency. Colonel
James had dictated to her o political
speech which no was about to deliver.
He referred to certain individual and
said of him, "He knows no more about
politics than Nicodemus did about the
second birth"
The young woman's notes when she
came to write them out proved to be In
complete. She was not familiar with
New Testament stories, and thus wa
obliged to fall back on her wits The
sentence as sho finished II read. "Hs
knew no more about politics than Nico-
dcmus did Of the tariff" The tarih Of
that time was favorite topic OF conver-
sation and safe conclusion. tho young
woman thought, In this respect.-Nsw
York Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
NUMBER 21.

dertaker there IN An illustration OF The
burial methods and appliances Of Ill na-
tions, including cremation and MOE omit
ting the muminies Of thousand OF two
thousand years ago, which must make him
marvel at the Art OF his ancient forerun-
nep In the business. For the physician
there are all the medicines and tools Of his
trade, not only those made In his own
country but those used BY his brothers In
all the lands Of the world. For the minis-
ter there are no end Of pulpIts ancient and
modern, rich and rare, too, the beloved
Bible In all the languages Of the earth-An
the curious editions OF Bibles, the Biblss
Of the ancients and the modsrns, even the
plates from which famous editions have
been printed. For the lawyers there n .
collection Of curios from the Departments
Of Justice at Washington which will do
light his eye-rare old law books, curious
ard ancient briefs and opinions d, .vsrsd
by famous men.
As these crowds 20 about, each constit-
uent part Of them making . sort Of walk
ing interrogation point Of himself, ons
can't help thinking that this IL . great
town or city, complete In itsslf. and
created for the mere purpose OF showing
the architecture Of the period and the
shops and wares Of all creation. That II
Just what II Is. And wonderfully COM
plete city we find II when We think OF all
the arrangements made here for the care
Of everything aud everyone. Under tho
ground arc miles upon miles OF watsr
pipes and sewers, and tremendous con.
duits through which the electrical wirss
are carried to thousand points where
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
HUMAN NATURE.
An Interesting Study at the
Worlds Fair.
REPRESENTATIVES, OF ALL RAum

The Human Interregatiea Peiat Ts Bs
Observed An Over the 0ressds asd
Buiidings-De Nst Ne Backward Absss
Asking Qusstieas wAs. Yssr curiesity
Il Aroused.
WORLDS FArR. May 1a fspecial.l -
No part Of the big show In more interest
Ing than the crowds which visit II. When
you read In the papers that tiere were
thirty, forty or hfty thousand paid ad.
missions to the fair ON . given day you
must not imagine that these figures con-
vey an idea Of the size Of the multitude to
be seen wandering about the grounds and
buildings. In addition to the paid sdmis-
lions there are all the time hfty TO seven
ty-hve thousand persons within the gates
who did not pay. They arc the exhibitors
and their assistants, watchmen, workmen,
newspaper representatives, the guards,
fircmen, guides and rolling-chair men;
also, commissioner, directors, both do
mestic and foreign, and their families.
Even on the dullest days We have - .
rule upwards Of loo,0oo human beings
within the enclosure. But there Il no
crowding. The great exposition and IT.
mammoth buildings swallow them up -
o field Of corn takes In the butterflies
which are attracted by its green and glis.
tening fragrance.
IL is curious to watch these crowds ~
they 20 on their Sightseeing rounds. II
you want to study human nature this n .
pretty place I'm which to do Il. You be-
hold here not only representatives Of all
races and countries, but about ~ great .
variety Of human animals ~ II Il possible
to get together In any one spot on the
earth's surface. The throng presents one
characteristic which stands out strongly
above all Others. II Ia such conspicuous
thing that after . day passed on the
grounds one goes away with vivid recol.
lection Of having seen q large section Of
humanity In q certain posture. The pos
ture Is that Of an interrogation point.
Wherever you walk or ride or 20, In the
buildings or without, IL IL the same. A
specimen Of the race to which we all be-
long leaning forward, q look Of expectancy
upon his face, the word Of inquiry tremb-
ling upon his lips. This Is world In
which II seems one-half Il put here for the
purpose Of asking questions and the other
half for answering them. Later In the
summer, when the crowds get bigger, the
proportions will change. When the daily
number Of visitors rises to three or four
hundred thousand, rs II Is expected to rise
In September aud October, We shall see
each exhibitor, guard or other permanent
resident Of the White City surrounded by
seven or eight strangers within the gates,
while streams Of inquiries and answers
are sent running to and fro.
This Is as II should be. This vast expo
sition Is placed here for the education OF
the people. They are invited TO come that
they may see and learn. 1t Is the right Of
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23

The cows eud L. q quantity OF the
food that IL brought up from the hrst
stomach after the food has been swai-
lowed, and the animal IL resting aud has
time To reuasticate it more eompieteiy.
between the first and second stomaehs
there Il q receptacle about D Inches long
and the size Of the gullet. A portion OF
the food Il pressed Into this part OF the
guile, and Il brought up Into the throat
and mouth, where lt IL chewed slowly.
rhls food may be seen ascending the
sujIrt when the COW Il ruminatiug. The
rud Il not any distinct thing as some
suppose, that msy be- lost, but is simply
. norton of the food which comes from
the stomach In the msnner describcd'
when = COW loses her cud, nothing u
lost OF dropped. but By reason of indi-
scstiou the action Of the stomach ls sus-
pended. and Il 10 restored 40 soon ~ The
trouble Il removed by any simple medi'
cline. The most effective IL dosc or
pIut Of raw linseed oil or melted lard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23

A writer for the Jersey Bullctin says
.All signs fall In dry weather." SO they
do, now and then, Ia cows. An abundant
milker mSy be picked out With tolerable
certainty bp her signs and shape, but the
rich batter COW cannot be selected so cas-
ily or with such confidence. Nothing
but the churn will do to rely on when u
comes to testing for butter. The Bab.
cock aud other similar testers may tell
the true per cent Of the butter TAT but TIL.
Ia not the whole story. In the present
.tate Of my know ledge OF the art OF but.
ter making, needs must bring In the
churn to tell how much butter ! can get
out of the milk. This Il the practical
ouestlou after all. The only practical
test. therefore, that the dalryman can
RELY on "a to churn each cows milk sep
arately. The Bsbcock tester or some
thing equivalent will always be desirable
and profitable to have as check on the
churn; that 10, by testlng the sklm
milk and butter milk to show whether
the milk has been thoroughly creamed
and the butter thoroughly collected from
the cream. It may be made useful as in.
dIc.tiug the probable butter capacity ol
COWS. In time it II hoped thst some
more effective and less laborious method
of extracting butter from cream may ot
diu0vercd or come mschlne invented
that will Go the work, but until then We
must rely on tho churu.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
ONLY A LITTLE LESSON.
The Florist Gives sAs Ys..s ,asrrssl N
n Te,dSr R~uainaor.

The Flsrist Gives The Yeang Marrtsa nan
sfesdsr Reminder.
Il was Just little lesson, that was III,
bat II went right to the spot He stopped
o moment on his way homo to look In .
florists window, and the florist, who
saw him, asked him inside to 80 some
thing extra fne.
"You don't buy any more flowers
nowY' said the florist.
"No," was the response. given good
naturedly, though Il was brief.
"And II used to be. . year ago or more,
that roses and violets and carnations
and oil sorts were great attraction to
you."
eyes; I had q sweetheart then" !" and
the man blushed and laughed.
"YOu used to take her Q flower every
time you went to see her. didn't your
pursued the inquisitive. kindly old dor.
LIST.
"Yes."
"And they didn't cost very much - .
rule. did theyy'
"Oh, no, but that didn't makS any dif.
ference to her. drought them fresh and
fragrant; that was enough"
"why don't you take them to her nowf
Did she choose another In your steadr'
And the florists voice was sympathetic.
"Oh. no; married her year ago."
The florist waited . moment - u
thinking.
"And don't You love her nowr hs
asked cautiously. as II treading on thin
ice.
"Of course. We are very happy. But
you know the flower business doemt 60
any more"
"Did she ever say soy' asked the florist.
"Well-um-er-no; I can't say that
she ever did"
..Have you ever asked her about ity'
mo. never happened to think Of It.
Busy. you know, with all sorts ofthings.
so much more practical"
The florist didn't answer. Hewent to
o pot Of roses and violets, and taking
handful heSlianded them over to his late
customer.
"There," he said, II give them to you
In remembrance Of old times. You might
take them to your wife, and II abe doesnt
like them you can bring them back to
me-"
But they never came back.-Detroit
Eraa press
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
Ayounr.,.r.. Quick Reply.

In one Of the kindergartens the teacher
was endeavoring to familiarize the chill
drcn with the words "cold" and "hot" at
sight without spelling them by letters.
When she asked them what they would
get II they went out Of doors In winter
without their coats and pointed at the
word, they caught the cue at once and
answered "cold" instantly, but "hot"
proved puzzler for moment.
"Now. Mary" said the teacher to the
little girl In the end seat, "suppose that
you were standing right close mp In front
Of u great big fire, just flaming and mar.
| ing and burning and blazing sway-whas
would you getr
"rd get right away from there. TO
plied the child In . matter OF fact tone
that upset tho instructor for the after'
noon.- Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
aliy,No FRUIT TREES.

Complaints come from many direc-
tions of cheats and swindles by tree
agents. There can be doubt but there
Is much of this abroad, and that there u
no small damage realized In consequence.
Hut all salesmen are not dishonest.
There are those among them who state
what they sell and deliver whit they
state.
But there IL another feature Of the
fruit tree trade, where all purchasers
are alike affected which calls more loudly
for attention than the alleged dishonesty
Of the fraternity Of salesmen. Through
Il there Il more Of money lost for the
reason that none who purchase are ex-
empt from Its effects. We allude TO the
present practice Of buving through a
travelling salesm IN. Why bay of dgehts
at diil Can any one give a plausible
reason for SO doings
IL costs good money, and not little
Of Il, to run these travelling agents. So,
too. the parties carrying on this business
and giving employment to these agents,
and paying their bill, while on the road.
must make some money out of the ousi-
ness. Any one has only to look around
among those who have been In the busi-
ness To iind the evidence that money has
been made In it, "nd that, too, not on a
small scale.
Now, all this expense Of agents, to-
gether with their wages, and all these
profits out Of the business, have To be
paid BY the purchaser OF the tree'. Nee
essarily, there must be a Wide margin OF
difference between the stock as pur-
chased of the growers aud the price paid
for Il by those Who plant II out In or
ehard and garden. This great expense
can chiefly be saved by giving all the
salesmen the grand bounce aud pnr-
chasing direct Of the nurserymen. Or-
ders made up and sent to reliable
nurserymen, of whom there are plenty,
will be filed, quality aud kinds guarap-
teed, and sent directly aud promptly to
your station, or express office, at much
less cost than a. now furnished by the
traiesmen. Thus will all cheats aud de-
ceptions be avoided, and Mt the same
time money will be saved In the trans
action. There Il no need that so many
well paid midLlemen live between the
nurseryman aud the planter In this tree
business.
The sales for the past year are now be.
ing delivered, and soou the tree agent
Will again be abroad putting In his work
Think OF these matters, aud see u littie
hard earned money cannot be saved.
Money saved by careful calculation, and
by introducing ameasure OF studied
business management, IL as good ri
though earned at hard labor. Farmers
may benefit themselves by more stten'
tlon iu this dlrection.-Malne Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
POWDER AND BALL.

We have mov than 100000 men q. for
military duty.
The Ph9uicians were the hrst to employ
engineers TO fortify citiss
The peace footing Of the Austrian army
u TO BE- incrsased By promoting the effect
iveneaa OF the militia
The new military post in Vermont has
bsen named AFTER Ethan Allen. the greas
Revolutionary hero Of that state.
The guns In uss on the shipa OF our mod
ern navy have plsts Of steel armor fas'
tened over them and bent slightly back. %
that . missile striking u would b detected
upward
A new explosive has been invented which
wtli probably replace gunpowder In the
German army. u u . brown, fstty sub
stance and 10 only exploded through co.
lass With asothsr chemical
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23

Al the ashes contain only about per
cent OF potash and lees thin J OF pnos-
phoric acid. the value is not more than
~ cents per 100 lbs., or - ton. Thls
sstimate Il based on value OF potash
Of 4 Ia ceuts pound 10 mutss1 "
potash selling at eiS the ton, and phos-
nhov,c acid at cents pound. rhe com.
;non prics Of wood ashes d far oeyosd
IT srtual value coupared With shs
prise ef othsr fsrtillyers,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
seh.m. TIA. Failed.

A certain young man invented anovel
plan for causing his lsndlady to lingss
In regard to asking him for her much
overdue board bill. He was several
,,eeks behind, and his landlady was ser-
iously contemplating ejectment. Hs
was painfully conscious Of the tardineas:
Last Wednesday he addressed . postal
to himself stating that 90 was left g
bis credit In . certain local bank. All
would have been well had not the land
lady examined the postal closely. 6hs
discovered that the missive was written
in the same handwriting - that Of her Do
iinquent bosrdsr. Hswas stscted uncsre
moniously tho same evening the postal
was received at the houss. Cincinnati
EnOuirer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
Written for the oxford Democrat
WHAT . WOULD.

Iwouh have my friends Strong.
with lives full Of s0ng,
That their days might be long
In the hand.
Sweet visions should creep
In upon them asleep,
while awake they should reap
Nausht but JOY.
Iwouh have man at rest
PROM the trials that test,
Ills susceptible breast
To ensnare.
No more by hend
Sbouh earth be demeaned:
Only wheat should be CLEANED
Cursed the tares.
surely, somewhere must be
The conditions see;
for minsl Il 90 free
To desire.
The want IL o clue,
And the wish polnteth through
To 70 scene that is true.
Somewhere.
A.P. REED
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23

\, n doubtful II the leaves Of plants
extract nitrogen from the air.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23

A Bntish scientist recently STATED that
II Q man weighing 10 pounds wrs
placed under . hydraulic prsss and
soussssd Dat the result would b 100
pounds ofwstss end ~ pounds q d.
tosiduA -
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23

Tnsv Il ssusnlly N milk i.N PET
Vsas ef tAs 70 PER ssas Of aloumsa.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
nRJw DAVIS.
Dentist.

p,yIs BLOCK, SOUTH PARIS.
p-,h.,pt,ts.. Gol Alloy Plates, Gold Linesi
PSri.r plato. ,ellulOid Plates snd solid Cob.
S',,,.. t,sEl Elling, Artificial Gowns sn'
a. or ~ tIcstric vibrator used when desir'
tLnalyi-ah.e.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
AMONG THE FARMERS.
-srsrp tn.

v soiicissd. Addrsss ali comaaaieasiess IN
tended for this department. 70 HKxnI ID. HAN.
Parts Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-23
CHAT ANOOGA
Byg. A MToHM uA.s o. q Al

Copyright, lie. By American Pres Assssis.
hon.l
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-11-18
The CENTRE Nous Entertainment.

The "Entre Nous Entertainment
Munro's Hall was crowded last
Tuesday night to witness the perform
ance of the Centre Nous" Club. And
all who attended enjoyed real treat
and were highly pleased with the en-
tertainment. 1t was financial sue
cess as well as an enjoyable affair,
and the Club expects to give another
shortly, which will be duly announced.
We briefly note the following char
acters
Mrs. A. D. Campton astonished the
people of Ely by the excellence of her
performance on the piano.
The Vocal Govette by Mesdames
Hip, Jolly, Weber, Brown and the
Misses Sadie and Mollie Campton and
Katie Watson and Katie Smith was
excellent and heartily applauded.
Weber and Pollard did themselves
credit on the ends and between them
got off some good local hits.
Miss jackson astonished the house
in the way she acted the part of Kitty
Gray in the farce of Matrimonial
Agency" and her singing was ex-
cellent
Mesdames Weber, Hip and Jolly
rendered the "Golden Wedding in
fine style and were heartily applauded.
Sol Hip, in his "Stump Speech, ="
acted as though he was in the U. S.
Senate when he took the floor. His
encore kept the audience in roar.
DIR. Davis as middle-man and Inter
locutor made fine appearance and
filled his part we'll.
James McOmie rendered his portion
of the entertainment artistically.
"Little Brownie" George O'NeiD,
was amusing.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-11-18
Fate of a Mining Camp.

Utterly forlorn and inglorious is
the ending of Quijotoa in Arizona.
To-day it has but a single inhabitant
the watchman at mill. Rows of houses
stores, hotels and saloons stand empty
and deserted. Even these are disap-
pearing under the hand of the ruth
less Papago, who is tearing them away
to build him huts in the more fertile
valleys in the region about.
Quijotoa was once a scene of all that
makes life in the West. Men by thou
sands-at one time the population be-
ing 5000-excitement, big strikes,
fortunes, shootings, capitalists and
miners.
To-daya honeycombed mountain,
made by the swarm or human bees,
some empty dilapidated buildings and
stray coyote-Such is Quijotoa. :
Tucson Star