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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
A Man Sleeping In the Street.

A well dressed man leaning against q
lamppost and apparently sleeping the
sleep OF the just created q great deal OF
interest In busy London street the
other day. He sat on q box which he
had been carrying.
Evidently, being suddenly overcome
with drowsiness, ho had placed the box
on the curbstone, and sitting down upon
II had fallen asleep. To those who sue
ceeded In getting close enough to tho
man his gentle. restful snore dispelled
tho fear that he might be dead. The
side Of his face was exposed and be-
trayed no sign of intoxication. 1t was
the Judgment Of every one that he was
sober, In good health and simply taking
q quiet snooze.
When the crowd became 30 deep as to
threaten q blockade. the supposed sleeper
suddenly jumped to his feet, mounted
his box, and Hourishing couple Of bot.
ties over his head exclaimed:
"Now, gents, seein that you are all
here, rise to question Of privilege,
and after thankin you for this most cor.
dial reception, which ! assure You will
long remain upon the tablets Of my
memory. wish to call your attention to
my world renowned corn and bunion
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01


A very good display OF textiles " that
made By tho associated manufacturen OF
Tarrass. Nineteen exhibitors combine IN
one pavilion. and show a. many ~ oo
pieces Of woolens, no two ALIKE. The tex'
turs Of these fabrics u admirable, bst the
designs are dull and the colohng for the
most part unsatisfactory. Cne Of these
houses made last year io,ooo pieces qt
woolen goods, with an}Gverags OF 10 yards
TO the piece. In cheat goods, silk and cot
ton mixed, selling at about 20 cents yard
In Spain, some Of the barcelona mills arc
building up large trade, especially With
South America, as they are In cheap silks
OF about the same price. The latter tex
tiles may be had In moro than 100 colors.
Magnificent white wooleu blankets, largo
and double, soft and fiescy, may be bought
In barcelona at GO each, though they cost
nearly 90 delivered in America.
There are samples OF Spanish engraving.
printing, book.bisding and lithography.
In mono 6 these II Q high note struck.
with the possible exception OF tho leath>f
work In the book.binding. Some OF the
covers are very rich aud tasteful.
Another interesting feature OF the Span.
ish section Is display OF the footwear OF
history. Tho shoes used In France aud
Germany three or four centuries ago, tue
ropes with which the ancient Gauls tied
up their feet. the ornate foot-ger OF the
Italians Of The fourteenth century, the
Greek and Romsn sandals, are all con.
trasted with the boots and shoes OF our
own times.
The Spanish do something In hammered
iron, In gas fixtures, ornamental Iron
work and many other lines, but In scarce.
ly anything do they reach high standard.
There Is something oppressive and sadden.
ing about tht. exhibit. II speaks too elo-
quently OF the gradual dccadencs OF Q
great empire, the lack OF progress and
adaptability among people who were
once the proudest OF earth.
WALTER wgLLNAH.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
Eamous Hell from Ka.kaskia.

That famous old church bell from Kas-
kaskia, the first that ever pealed forth
"glad tidings Of great Joy" In this vast
prairie country, Is now on exhibition In
the Illinois state building. II Is the bell
sent 10 the Catholic mission at Kaskaskia
over 100 hundred years ago by King Louis
Of France, and was never moved outside
the town until stealthily taken from Its
iastenings one night not long ago and
shipped to the Worlds fair. This bell was
cast at Rochelle. France, In iIti, and was
sent To Kaskaskia In l's9. The older pso-
pie Of tho town were determined that Il
should not be brought TO the fair, but
Father Ferland, presiding priest Of the
mission, decided that II should, and I'm or.
der 10 have h s wishes gnti1ed had II re-
moved to the depot and placed aboard the
cars In the middle Of tho night. II was IN.
stalled In the glass case along with the
Lincoln relics and the compass with which
Judge Thompson surveyed and Laid out
the original townsite Of Chicago.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
NUMBER 81.

Here a Q mantliia OF black lace wAish h
priced at si7S, and . thing ef beauty - r.
One II tempted 70 hope that AmstleAn
women win some day lsavs o6 LITTLE OF
their endless millinery, gay and oftsn
characteriess, and adopt, st least for some
occasions, the graceful snd becoming laes
head-drvsa. In Spain even IN ugiy woman
can make herself fascihating By The aid OF
Q nantills and . dark fan, and though
there are few ugly women In Amsrjcstis
airy, flowing lace mantle might prove .
valuable accessory to the charms ofmsny
who are not gifted with actual beauty.
OF courss our Spanish friends are s3spt
In the manukacture Of faul They show
here an endless vlristy, principally Of Tie
medium grades, and they are deriving .
thriving trads IN goods OF this clais dslv.
cred TIE day Of the sale from city wa y
house. Notwithstandipg their love 'r
fms and the universal uss Of them J
their women they do NOE even approach
the magnincsncs Of the frsnch in fsbfsca-
tiou of thee articles.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
Reading Of tho sehoolboy.

Habits arc contracted and characters
formed early in life, and 1t Is probable
that tho color Of o persons reading Is
mainly determined during the time OF
hobbledshoydom, when no Is In process
Of passing from the limp and lanky
schoolboy 70 tho set aud righ man. Just
at this tinlo Is o most critical period In
his career. for now It is that he obtains
q new outlook into life. Previously he
has been concerned with tho miniature
world Of school and looked ut the great
er world only with the eyes Of q school.
boy. But now, entering business or q
profession, he enters into larger life and
begins to look about him with an air OF
deeper inquiry. And tho moro he reads
Of contemporary literature the worse
does he become. for the air Is thick with
controversy. Nothing IL too sacred to
be contradicted. and the spirit OF sweet
reasonableness" seems to DO dead
Chambers Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
wnsssn for The Oxford Dsnoent
MIDSUMMER IN OREGON.

Bjus N the mystic yiolets
In Q maiden's wistful eyes,,
ws:. A.: &: e: 81. H:. sSSa sss Sss: :iss
The wild Cascades In the smoky hase,
Like chiefs In their tents Withdrawn.
Dream on through the golden, sensuous
That drssmily die and dawn.
The yellow srsssss Of Thebus fair.
A Glory Of arient beams,
Are caught in the wild woods everywhere,
And dim on the dimplins streams.
The birds are stili In the languid noon.
Too happy, maybe, 70 sing,
And the ihide-swept streams sing drowsy
To bssuils their wandering.
The musky scent Of the summer rose
10 horne on the evening breefe,
when. sweet with the whispers true love
nSressSes through the leafy trees.
The snow ps.ts soar 4 In ~. the aause .r's dome dome
And In solemn wind. IN gieam or gloam,
Are ne temples prests OF tate.
In the dust and heat Of the city's work.
We think Of the curling seas,
And The mountain shades where the dryah'
And the brooks sing symphonies.
Not all dream are the days serene.
FOR loi On wlllamette's tide.
One fairer than Egypt's dark-eyed queen
In her cleaning large doth ride.
With her brish. hair loosed and her bosom
Great tsrs. sails along
Our lovely river, and all the air
Resounds with the sickle's song.
CHAs. A. MASON.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
WHITE CITY WAITS.

In the Midway plaisancs II Il not un-
common to see Dahomey man sitting In
front Of hut engaged In neeilework while
bis wife sits by smoking cigar.
The original manuscript OF Sweet BY
and By" Just a. 10 was penciled on In
1851 at Eikhorn, Wis. by s. Fillmore Ben
nett, Il on exhibition at the Worlds fair.
The section Of treo believed 70 be Over
700 years old-a sapllng when Columbus
landed--is exhibited In the forestry SEQ
ton OF the Government building u the
Worlds fair.
The "Tims saver."a little book which
names and locates 5000 things at the fair.
has made its appearance. The 5000 things
are located. classified and graded and
marked. "Intsresting. very interesting and
rsmarkably Interesting"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
The willy Chines.

A German Jew who keeps q pawn.
brokers' shop in Sydney Is blessed with
one daughter. who now and then keeps
shop while her father attends sales on
the lookout for bargains. During the
temporary absence Of old Moses recently
q meek looking Chinaman walked into
the shop and asked Rachel to show him
some "welly good watches"
Rachel handed down four from the
shelf at tho end of the counter marked
respectively, $50 watch" $40 watch"
$50 watch" and 'siO watch" and ar.
ranged them In line on the counter In
the order Of their value.
John inspected them, and taking ad.
vantage of Rachel's momentary inatten
ton slipped the $40 watch into the place
occupied by the so watch and handed
over si0 note saying:
81 takee cLeapee watchee."
Shortly afterward Rachel detected the
swindle and sought refuge In tears. On
the return Of old Moses she related tho
misadventuro with many protestations
Of concern.
"Never mind. mine tear" said tho
father. with a dry chuckle, "dose watches
were all de same brice-t8-but vat o
scoundrel dot Shinaman must Pc, don'd
heT-London Tit-Bits.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
AGRICULTURAL NOTE.

The top price for cattle on the Chica.
70 market 40 far this year is e6.35, paid
for an extra bunch OF pure-breds last
month.
There Il q great difference between the
near sultable for q private garden ana
those one would select for marke'
garden.
II should be remembered that with
nearly all plants the growth VIII oe
directly In proportion TO the amount
and suitableness Of the plant food iur'
uishcd.
II n generally conceded that the pro
lonsed and still unoroken drought has
brought the agricultural interests oi
central and southern Europe TO the
verge Of disaster.
Heavy rains have caused the loss Of
an much of the Cuban onion and potato
crop that the Havana market y aetually
being applied from New Orleans anc
New York.
II viii be q great comfort TO- the faru
team To remove tho shoes which may
have been worn for several months and
have become painful by compressino
the growing hoofs.
Even the roots OF the clover crop Yer
In rhs coll after o crop OF clover nay nal
been taken from the land for two - ~
furuish = great deal OF plant 1000 io'
ths succssding crop Of timothy nay
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
Pretty Cold weather.

Two boatmen on tho Ohio river were
talking about cold weather and Of q Ger.
tain severe winter. "It was just awful"
said one Of them. "At Cincinnati the
river was froze tight, and the thermom-
eter went down to 20 degrees below
Cairo"
"Below which," asked his puzzled
companion.
"Below Cairo, you blubberheadi You
zee, when II freezes at Cairo Il must be
pretty cold, 90 they say 30 many degrees
below Cairo"
But light was bursting In upon the
other. "No, they do not" he exclaimed
eagerly. you've got II all wrong. It's
20 many degrees below Nero. ! do not
know what u means, but that's what
they say whep It's dreadful cold.
per's Young People.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
AN OIp QUESTION.
To LEAVE OR NOT To LEAVE THE Farm.
LET TIE BOYS FOLLOW THEIR BENT.

In every publication devoted to the In
terests of the farm, and In many not spe-
cially agricultural, appears Mt frequent
intervals the stereotyped warning 10
BOYS to guard against the mistake OF
leaving the farm for the city. "Don't
leave the FARM .sThe city Is full OF
vice." "Danger turks at every corner
In the city" "Sucess In the city is al
most impossible" "a farmers life "a
far happier than that Of the city man.
Such are the warnings and the wise say
ings Of the many writers on such sub
jects.
Now know what life on the farm Is,
saws q correspondent Of the Stockman. i
know It's pleasures, Its hard work, Its COM
forts and discOmforts, and ! also know
city life, Its dangers, Its worry and rush,
Its pleasures too, all from personal exPe-
rience.
The ground I take Is this: IL Is worse
than folly for young man to make
farming his life business II untitled for IL.
II would he a waste of his life, burying
of his talents. II he has talent In another
direction. This trying to make the
farmers son farmer simply because ne
was horn upon the farm, and consider.
ing him a sinner II he leaves, Is sll
wrong. II farming is his forte he
should stick to 1t and success Will be
won-otherwise he may "peg along"
and unsuccessful. Not
every one can make success OF farm
ing;it requires ability, push and busi-
ness Judgment.
Ifs boy has q mechanical turn OF
mind he will make better mechanic
than farmer, and will be far happier In
the field of mechanics than In the Held
of agriculture. True, many men In the
cities long for country quiet-they, or
MANY of them, would make successful
farmers where they are making failures
of their present calling, perhaps. There
are mishts everywhere, on the farm and
In the city.
II Il mistake for boy to seek city
employment simply because he disiikes
the hard work and soiled hands, when
are part Of the farmers life. soiled
hands. poor clothes and hard work
abound In the city. What | would AL,
Wise Il that were a boy has natural
bent for mechanics, medicine, law,
Journalism, art or agriculture, that bent
should be encouraged. educated and adj
yanced In every legitimate way to the
end that he may be crowned witha sue
cessfnl life.-New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
Tho Cause Of Oeysers.

Bunsen has explained the periodical
eruption Of geysers In such satisfac.
tory manner that doubt Is no longer pos
sible. A cavern filed with water lies
deep In tho earth under the geyser. and
the water In this cavern Is heated by tho
earth's internal heat far above 2i2 de-
grees, since there Is q heavy hydrostatic
pressure upon II arising from tho weight
Of water In tho passage or natural stand.
pipe that leads from the subterranean
chamber Of the surface Of the earth.
After timo the temperature OF tho
water below rises, 30 that steam Is given
of In spite Of the pressure, and the col.
umn In the exit tubo Is gradually forced
upward. The release Of pressure and
the disturbance of the water then cause
the contents Of the subterranean cham.
Der to fash into steam and expel tho
contents Of tho exit pipe violently. These
eruptions may also be provoked by throw.
ing stones or clods Of turf into the basin
Of the geyser. The water In the cavern
below Is disturbed by this means.-Great
Divide.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
An A.ssdo.. Of Lard Ixtts..

Many years ago when the elder Bul.
wer was In his prime o laborer on the
estate was engaged to do certain Job
OF hard work. At the end Of o week he
carried his account to the bailiff, who
said weeks work was worth 3 shillings
and pence. The man insisted that this
was not enough and refused to settle,
md every time he met the bailiff he
would stop him and ask him for his
money. Finally the baiiif became
angry. discharged the man and refused
to allow any farmer on the estate to hire
him.
Tho man was forced to leave the
neighborhood. but he was too poor to
move any great distance, 30 that he was
still within the circuit Of the bsilif's III
will. Wherever he went this pursued
him, and his life In consequence was
hard one. But all the time he kept tell.
ing his family and his friends that some
day he would get the money which the
Bulwer Lytton estate owed him.
He was well on In years, when one
day he met q man In the road. It was
the some time poet Owen Meredith. now
come to the title, and English embassa.
dor to France, at homo on visit.
"You are Lord Lytton, I believe" he
said respectfully.
EYES"
"Then, II you please, I should like you
to pay an account which has been duo
me for o long time"
Lord Lytton looked at the account,
and at his request the man told the
whole story. Tho poet was very much
affected and disturbed. Then he said:
"well, I will do what ! can to make
It up to YOU"
He was as good as his word. He built
q house ut tho gates Of the park. put the
man and his family into II. and gave 1t
to them rent free, with other perquisites,
so that he was entirely comfortable for
the remainder Of his days.-Hartford
Courant.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
WOOL SITUATION.

The Michigan Farmer says: Not In
twenty years has the wool market been
In q worse condition at this season OF
the year than at present. No one seems
to want wool, except at prices about
level with foreign stock without duty
added. This, too, In the face OF bare
markets, and good demand for wool
ems. or course this dullness does not all
proceed from one cause, but from sew
eral combined. Manufacturers are In
tsrested In depressing prices, and realize
the immense power the prospective tarin
changes give them In accomplishing
their purpose. Then money In very
stringent ss the result Of heavy impor.
tations, large expenditures abroad and
the general spirit of gambling shown In
real estate, grain options, stocks, etc.
This has tied up large sums or money,
and shortened up the ability OF many
banks to help their customers. Ihe
continued expectation Of gold abroad 70
another bad symptom In the financial
situation. This latter fact, however, 10
rather favorable to those who hold wool,
a. the higher cost of gold, compared
with other currency, will add to the
UTlC6 VI tnt IOtUtku efssSSS $50 ~~s~-
tend to prevent importations.
In the present state Of the market we
believe Il will be good policy for wool
growers. where they have not sold their
clips, or contracted them, to put their
fieeces up In good shape, and walt for
the market to come to them. The wool
will all be wanted, and no foreign woods
can come In duty free for the next seven
months ut least. Before that time man.
ufacturers must become purchasers 10
keep their machinery In motion, ara
when they are compelled to buy, the
holder Il master Of the situation. AZ
the opening Of the market for unwashed
wool, feeling confident that the present
OF the market would be
reached, we counseled shearihg and
shipping as early rs possible. Where
this could be done, the wool-grower got
fair market for his clip, and one from
2 to Sc. better than II is to-day. Inc
market has now got In such shape that
to crowd Il farther can only result disas-
trously to sellers, and the only way In
which some strength can be given 1t Is
to stop selling until II improves. IL this
Il generally done, the result Is certain, as
the clip must be had to meet the de- |
mands of the wool business. We see no
escape from the conclusion that crowd |
ed market means still lower prices, and
q cessation Of sales better market ana
higher value.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
To Chicago or Bust.

"From California to the Worlds fair OF
bust" is the sign on big covered wagon
that passed through Topeka, Kss. Tbs
wagon itself Is q curiosity. but the trip it
Is making with It's occupants, Dick stons
and wife, IL more o novelty. The driver
started from his home at Fresno, CAL,
May Is, has covered the greater part OF the
distance In two months and expects to ar.
rive I'm Chicago before the last OF July.
The wagon IL large, painted brown and
has black oilcloth ovcv the sides II looks
like house on wheels.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
Fat Family from Kansas.

Kansas will exhibit at the Worlds fall
. family OF fvs persons. tho aggregate
weight Of the father. two sons and o
laughter being 1900 pounds. The father
and mother, John Clarry and wife. are
arranging for tho trip to Chicago. MI
Clarry weighs 300 pounds, and the remain
der Of the family are proportionatSy
large. lie IL farmer. reading near Pleas
ant Run, Pottawatomie county. lie says
the exhibit OF his family ought to establish
the fact that Kansas praises can grow bis
people as we'll "a big crops.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
whtrs Columbus Landed.

Sand from wstling's hland IL on sse. al
the fair. The boxes In which ths sand IL
sold are unique Affairs. On the outside Of
the cover u reduced photograph Of The
Herald monument and the waddsll expe
dillon In the act OF discovering II. On the
inside Of the cover IL picture Of the land.
ing Of Columbus A glak lid covers the
sand In the hox. On the bottom Of thl
box there ID . photographic copy Of the
certificate b Q watling's island mASS
trate as to Ii. gsnuinsnsss Of the artioA
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
Newspaper and the Lsvs Of Books.

Il Is not any more true in England
than II u In this country that the read
ing Of newspapers Is spelling the taste
for books. Never In any other genera
ton wero thero as largo editions Of books
Of knowledge and thought printed and
sold as there are In this one. Tho figures
given In the reports Of the British and
American book trade are amazing. espe-
cially % regards books Of the highest
erudition. the deepest cogitstion and the
wisest counsel. As many a. 1900 copies
Of Mr.. Bryce's american Common.
wealth" have already been sold In this
country and England. The works Of the
great authors Of the past, too, are moro
In demand than they ever were before.
Il is ignorance to say that good newspa'
pers spoil the taste for books. They pro-
mote tho love Of the best books.-Nsw
York Sun.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
IN The ORCHARD.

Look carefully after the growth OF
scions set last spring. This IL an I'm
portant matter. Some stumps will have
so many sprouts started below the juno
ton Of the scion as to dwarf Its growth
unless they are removed, In which case
the growth will be forced into the scion
where wanted. Other stalks may be
forcing all the growth into the scion
that Il can bear. In such case the
sprouts on the stump should be allowed
to remain and absorb measure OF the
growth which would otherwise over
force the growth Of scion. When the
time comes that the balance is needed In
favor OF scion then will be the time for
the removal Of such. In good healthy
trees all Of this young growth can be
regulated to suit the needs Of the case,
II Il Il attended to Ia the growing sea-
sou.
Later on there IL danger that the
young scions may push their growth
too late In the season, so that the young
wood will not have time to ripen before
freezing nights put stop to all growth
by killing the foliage. Ii Is desirable
:hat all extension Of the twigs should
cease for the year In the latter part OF
the month Of August. IL IL well to look
the trees over about that time aud where
growth Is still going on to pinch on the
ends ofshe young twigs. This will stop
the formation of new wood, and that
already made will have time to ripen
OF preparatory tO withstanding the win
ter's cold.
IL will be hard fielding AN apple tree
overloaded with q crop OF fruit this
year, but there are pear trees, iew'
that are now filled with more fruit than
they can perfect. II all Ia allowed to
remain much Of the fruit Will he small
and inferior In flavor. Now IL the time
to thin Il. With pair Of SCISSORS AMP
OF at the stem enough so that only .
fair burdea remain. The result VIII be
that the fruit remaining will obtain It's
full natural sire and the tree will pro-
duce nearly or quite as much In guam
tlty as II none had been removed, While
the flavor and richness will be far bet
ter. Little things in the orchard have
much to do with tho surcsAs OF the
bu.ins,ss Maine F,fmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-01
CLEAN CULTIVATION OF SMALL
ERlItTS

Strawberries. raspberries and other
small fruit plsats require frequent and
clean cultivation to produce the best
results. when grown In large quanti-
ties, they should be 80 planted as to adj
nit OF horse cultivation. On land free
from stones, q careful man with steady
horse and the use Of the Improved cui-
tiyators the work can be 90 neatly
and closely done that but little use OF
the hand hoe is required. The great
point Is TO commence the cuitivation
early, when the weeds are small ano
easily destroyed with shallow stirring,
which dlsturbs no roots.-American Az
rissalturist.