Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-08
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HERE AND THERE.
Nelson has BEEN doing some great
trotting lately. At Rigby Park he went
a mile in 2: 10 81, aud st Concord We'd
ne-day Le started TAI beat the hslf-mile
track record for New Hampshire, and
did IL easily. The record Was 2:l9, and
Nelson reduced IL To 2:ll IL. This does
not beat the worlds record for hslf-mile
track, which Il q mark made by Nelson
himself, but IL comes close TO u.
The war In Asia, between France sni
Siam, IL over. France names her terms,
and little Siam seems To have no alter
native but to accept them. IL the row
had once begun, though, some other
European powers besides France might
have had finger In IL.
Dispatches from London, which may
w upN " totfNtNs -tst' tsts Ns' "
cision OF the court Of arbitration In the
Bering Sea matter will be prepared 20
report Its decision In about = fortnight,
and that the decision will give entire
satisfaction TO Great Britain and Canada.
That doesn't look ~ II the claims OF the
uuited States were TO be supported by
mitted TO court Of arbitration created
for the purpose, and the United States
will accept the decision, II not cheer.
fully, at least philosophically and peace
fully.
The gold reserve In the treasury l.
once more intact, for the first time sine.
April ~, and heavy shipments Of gold
are on the way from Europe to thi.
country. There IL In this some little
promise Of better times ahead.
Congress must have some rules which
will permit the majority 10 transact busi-
ness. Speaker Crisp has seen the light
and says 80. And Tom Reed chuckles
quietly to himself, aud = smile steals
over his bland and chlldlike face.
Neal Dow, In his honest, impetuous,
but over-stralned style, severely criticlses
Chief Justice Peters for his position In
regard TO the liquor transportation law.
And Judge Peters calmly remarks that
the affair doesn't trouble him at all.
Colorado burns to establish a silver
empire; and, as doing all that IL posi-
BILE In that line, II IL proposed that the
state government shall receive deposits OF
silver and issue therefor certificates
which will be receivable In payment Of
taxes. Though no state may emit bills
Of credit. the plan suggested IL probably
entirely constitutional. The certificates
thus issued, however, would have only
a limited value ss currency, even In the
state Of Colorado, while outside Of the
state their value would be practically
nothing. The scheme wouldn't help the
currency question half as much as II
would embarrass Colorado.
This seedtime Of shutdowns In fscto :
ries and mines IL going To result In u
great harvest of that species Of human
Kind which everybody fears. IL takes
but u short time To convert an honest
man out Of work into = worthless tramp.
1.-The worlds fair directors are certain
~ to he pltied," say an exchange. "lf
they open the gates ON sunday they are
condemned by the religious community.
II they close them they are fined
by the courts" IL IL even so, and
furthermore, what seems TO be OF great
or Importance to them, II they open the
gates on Sunday Il means financial loss
To them. hut they may have the mega
tive consolation Of rejecting that II they
had kept faith with the government In
the first place, they wouldn't have got
into the scrzpe at all.
An Augusta dispatch To the Boston
Herald represents that the town Of Farm
ingdale L. entirely out Of debt, and that
no other town In Maine can say a. much.
Yet within three or four years two
towns In Oxford County have voted at
their annual meeting to assess no tax,
but TO pay their state and county taxes
and running expenses for the current
year With the surplus In their treasury.
A funny story Il going the rounds Of
the papers about man who for q Joke
carried OF what he supposed Was q
friends umbrella, but when he found
that he had taken an umbrella belonging
To some unknown person he felt great
compunction. IL IL easy enough TO be-
iieve that . man might take an umbrella
for . Joke, also that he might make q
mistake In regard to Il, and carry on the
wrong one; but ~ to his feeling COM
Function over q stolen umbrells-what
n TO became Of the tlme-honored UNI
brella Joke II such . thing is posslblei
Give us something easier.
Minister Blount has had all he wants Of
Hawaii, and 10 coming home without
waiting for his successor To be sppolnted.
Somehow his career IL . reminder Of
the old ministers remark to his young
brother, "lf We had gone into the pulpit
aye came out Of 10, ye might have come
out Of lt a. 70 went Into L."
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