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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27
Rrran,. .RImetalIi.m.-

Mr. Bryan still calls himself "bi-
metallist, " though he has never even
attempted to answer the question: I'm
the history OF this country has there
ever been time when gold and silve
circulated upon equal terms AS full legal
tender money, with the mints open to
the free and unlimited coinage Of both!'
There never was such time. Free
and unlimited coinage at l6 TO ] has
never, in any country, at any time,
given a bimetallic currency. Mr.. Bryan
is a silver monometallist in fact, what
ever he may think himself to be in the
Ory
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27
oCTo5ER CROP BULLETIN.

AUGUSTA, Oct. 13, 1896.
In the seventh number OF our Bulletins
for this season we continue the season.
able report of our growing crops, to-
gether with the final report on the grain
crop.
The returns have come In very freely
and from every section OF the state, so
much so that we feel justified in making
the statement that this report furnishes
n fairly correct summary of the condition
of the crops In our state. The following
list OF questions was sent out:
|. Give acreage Of corn, average reck-
oned At 100 per cent?
,. Give WELD iu bushels and quality OF
grain per acre as far as threshed:
J. Give acreage and yield of beans and
varieties usually planted;
1. Give potato prospects, average
reckoned at 100 per per cent:
>. Give yield OF ensilage corn per
acre in tons:
6. Are there any indications OF rot In
potatoes, IL so what varieties suffer
mosts
:. Give amount of stock fodder on
hand, average reckoned at 100 per cent
OXFORD COUNTY.
Ten replies. Acreage of corn, yellow,
80 per cent; sweet, IS; yield OF oats, 32
bushels; quality, % per cent; yield OF
peas, 20 bushels; quality, ~ per cent ;
bBrley, - bushels; mixed grains, 30
bushels; acreage of beans; go per cent,
yield, ~ bushels; varieties, yellow eyes
and pea beans; potato prospects, - per
cent: WELD of ensilsge corn, II tons /;
potato rot quite general, mostly on early
varieties amount OF stock fodder, 10
per cent.
GENERAL AVERAGE FOR THE STATE.
From the llG replies We gather the fol-
lowing general averages; acreage OF
corn, yellow, o. per cent; sweet. - per
cent; WELD Of oats. 30 bushels; quality,
~ per cent; Weld Of peas. 20 bushels !;
WELD OF wheat, y bushels; WELD of rye,
- bushels; WELD Of barley, 30 bushels {;
WELD Of mixed grain, 10 bushels; acre
age of beans, - per cent; yield, 20 bush
els; potato prospects, - per cent; yield
of ensilage, II tons; amount OF stock
fodder, - per cent. More or less potato
rot Is reported from every county in the
STATE, tfic tailN NaAftAiOe SNASS "hNNe
IN, most, but In majority OF counties
all varieties are more or less affected.
COMPARISON OF AVERAGES WITH LAST
MONTH.
Potato prospects for september aver
aged - per cent, and for October, - per
cent, making falling of of q per cent.
This, taken with the somewhat unusual
su,ount Of rot reported will tend 10
lessen the crop considerably from what
the September prospects would appear
10 indicate.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27
Want the Re.t Tools.

The farmer and the mechanic must
be free to use the very best tools and
implements, and the merchant and
banker must be free 10 use the very best
money and instruments Of credit An
honest and stable measure Of value Is
Just as necessary TO both as are honest
and stable measures Of weights and
quantities, and it requires no argument
TO show that without these it would be
impossible TO transact the ordinary bust
ness Of the country. Hon. John g.
Carlisle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27

The midget Of the whole tree family
Is the Greenland birch. 1t is perfect
tree in every sense Of that term and
lives its allotted number Of years from
70 to 1870 just as other species Of the
great birch family do. although its
height under the most favorable condi-
tions seldom exceeds ten inches. Whole
bluffs of the east and southeast coast Of
Greenland are covered with "thickets"
Ct this diminutive species Of woody
plant, and in many places where the
soil is uncommonly poor and frozen
from eight to ten months year q
forest Of these trees will flourish for
half century without growing 10 q
beieht exceeding four incheA
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27
The n.rrain Counter Candidate.

"Some of the reports say that the
women went wild over Bryan at differ
ont places along his route, remarked
the horse editor.
That's natural" replied the snake
editor. He is the bargain counter can
didate."
How sop
"He wants to mark the dollar down
10 So cents. "-Pittsburg Chronicle-Tel.
egraph.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27

Vnpaid taxes on lands Of non resident owners
situated IN the town OF Ncotstock, In tn'
county % OK ford. for the year l-so.
r. f.3tc,xsns, ust of taxes on real estate o
non -rv-ilent owners In the town OF Novdstech
for the wear ISs6 committed % me for collection
~ ,.ii town ON the AN day of May, isso, ne
main unpaid, and nctioe = hereby given 'hat . :
80 ts~es Interest and charges are not prev
iT,.lv pald - much % the real estate taxed a. !
suficisut 70 pay the amount due therefor Inc, ,GI
in.r interest amt charges. will be sold AZ Puhl'
auction AZ theTOwn Hall, In said town on IN,
first Monday Ofpecember l>9', AZ nine o 0'oc'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27

II a merchant marks up his prices
and people refuse to buy, he still has his
goods If a workingman undertakes to
mark up his wages and employers de-
cline to pay, where is hef What intelli-
gent wage Garner can vote for the higher
prices of cheaper money and trust to
luck to increase his wages proportion
ately?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27

Any workingman who found his
market basket too heavy on Saturday
night can vote to tighten it hereafter BY
supporting the presidential candidate
who is telling the people Of the south
and west that the purchasing power Of
the dollar is too great.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27
uhrnt- Chiffon and silver.

While Bryan is telegraphing the New
York Journal that ''the gold standard
makes dearer dollar, dearcr dollar
means falling prices, and falling prices
mean hard times, the prices Of wheat.
coru and cotton are going up, and the
price Of silver. the supposed barometer
OF prices Of farm products, is going
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27

Bryan must demOdlfy his farm prod
net speeches or he will have TO face
such hard questions as: What about
wheat and cotton? Are their prices go
ing up in sympathy with silver or be-
cause Of a shortage Of foreign cropsi
What connection is there, anyway, be-
tween the prices Of farm products and
of silver"
OF course Bryan can answer all such
questions. I'm fact, they are dead easJ
for a powerful man who can lift the
price Of all the silver in the world to
twice its present height, but 1t is just
as well 10 avoid all unnecessary embar.
rassment
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD. 5

bAtokp, So
Unpaid taxes on lansls Of resident and non resi-.
dent owners situated In the town OF Paris, In
the County of oxford. for the year lssS.
The following list of taxes on real estate OF
rc,llent AMI non resident owners In the town Of
fart~, for the wear lssa. committed 10 me for col
lection for said town. ON the sth day OF NAV, re.
main unpsid. and notice IL hereby given that II
said taxes. interest and charges are not pre-.
VioUsiy paid, 80 much Of the real estate taxed as
i sufficient 20 pay the amount due therefor In.
Guiding interect and charges, viii be sold AZ pub
lc auction az the Town House, In said town. on
The drs; Monday OF December, iss.S, az nine
o'clock An
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27

March 9th, 1895. as follows;
Five years ago became so nervous that
mental work was burden. could not rest
at night on account OF sleeplessness. My
attention was called TO DR.. Miles Restora-
tive Nervine. and commenced to use it
with the very best effect Since then /
have kept bottle In my house and use it
whenever my nerves become unstrung. with
always the same good results. My son also
NJ Mi1acs takes It for nervousness
O'' with like never failing
Nervine success, have recon-,
mended 1t TO many and
Restores it cures them. Ali who
TIT suffer from nerve
uCdlllls.ssss troubles should try 1t.
It is free from narcotics, perfectly harm
less, and yet soothes and strengthens. DR..
Miles, through his Nervine Is benefactor
TO thousands" A. c. LEHMAN.
Editor and proprietor Of DER LANDshAN.
Dr.. Miles Nervine Is sold on guarantee
Hrx bottle will boueHt or money refunded.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEKD THE ROW"

correspondence on practical agricultural topics
is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department To HESK1 ID. HAN.
MoNp, Agricultural Editor oxford Democrat,
Paris. Me.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-10-27

iand IS 50 ~ -
CWNNDIER GARLAND. Collector of taxes
Tor said town OF Paris, for the year i>So-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19
HORRIBLE MARINE DISASTER
Frightful Loss of Life on the
Steamer Salier.
She Had a Crew OF 9S and GA a
sengers, Every One OF Whom
Went Down In the Ill
Fated Vessel.

Bremen, Dec. 1.-THE loss of life by
the laundering of the North German
Iloyd steamer .Salier. which sank on
the Coronas Corrubeda shoals in the
gale hat swept the Atlantic coasts OF
Europe early this week. Is now posi-
lively known to have been much great
or than at first supposed. The steamer
In addition to her crew Of s~eventy-eight
men and officers, carried PA Storage
passengers. Every soul on board went
down and was lost with the ship a
ing a total of 292 persons that perished
through the laundering OF the Old
steamer The steerage passengers IN
cluded one German, 1l3 Russians, thir-
ty-ive GaIicians and sixty-five Span
iards. Quite a number of women n
children were among the number All
were bound for Argentina, where they
intended to settle
The Salier carried no cabin passen-
gers. Although there seems no nope
of finding any of the passengers OF crew
alive, a steamer has been dispatched 10
the scene of the wreck from
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19
DROPPED FROM THE WIRE.

Charles Pierson, a travelling salesman.
has made several desperate attempts to
Kill himself at st. Louis.
John r. S%trauchen, a mason con.
tractor at Rochester, N. Y, has as
signed, with liabilities amounting to
500, 900.
The track of the Wichita and West
ern railroad between Pratt and Mullin.
vile, Kan, has been ordered torn up by
Judge Foster.
Samuel Barnum has been appointed
receiver for the silver statue of Ada Re.
han at Topeka, Kan, upon the applica.
ton of w. Beckford and A. Ii. Mitchell
Of Helena, Mont.
George Thomas, a merchant of Grand
Junction, Colo, was attacked with nose
bleed about four weeks 70 while exert.
ing himself, and despite all efforts OF
physicians ne died.
The German warship Condor is on Its
way from Port Natal to Lorenzo, Mar
quez. where the German and Dutch con,
sulates were attacked, and will demand
satisfaction of Portugal. =
A man giving the name of DIR. Franz
Rhoads rented rooms from Mrs. New
berry, 1888 California street, Denver
secured her confidence long enough to
collect a s575 account and her departed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

A subscription has recently been
started in London, under the patronage
Of the prince of Wales, which has for It's
aim the restoration of the old church of
Burnham Thorpe, whore Nelson was
baptized, and where his mother and
father lie buried. 1t Is the intention Of
the committee hat has the subscription
In charge to have the windows Of the
church decorated with scenes recalling
the career Of the victor Of Trafalgar.
During his life Nelson often expressed
a desire to be buried at Burnham
Thorpo, and nothing but a command OF
the king prevented his body from repos-
Ing there. Instead Of beneath the beauti-
fully sculptured tomb in ST. Paul's
cathedral.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19
ZUlUS ON THE WAR PATH.
They Burn a British Mission and
Kill the Inhabitants.

Capetown, Dec. ia dispatch from
Blantyre, British South Africa, dated
October rs, says that three British col
umns have been sen against the An
goni Zulus, who have invaded the
southwest OF Nyassaland, burned a
British mission station and killed the
inhabitants of a number OF villages.
When the advices left Blantyre it was
feared hat that town would be at
tackled by the Zulus, who overwhelm-
ingly o~utnumbered the British. The
Portuguese at Tetc, Portuguese East
Africa, have invited the cooperation Of
the British.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KuBLER PUBLISHER

"Give me "a burnt navel" demanded a
sleek looking gentleman, as he APP
preached the bar in an eastern city. The
order was a strange one, and a number
OF men who were lounging about
watched ~covertly TO note the outcome.
The bartender, however, seemed To- be
familiar with the connection, and i'm
mediately Began operations His first
move was 70 select a large California
orange OF the Washington navel vari-
ETY.. Then, taking a sharp knife, he
made an incislon in the skin completely
around the orange. not disturbing the
pulp. Dexterously turning the skin,
which peels very easily. ne fashioned
the bowl Of "A cup. and with the other
end ne formed thestand. Then, pour
ing a pony of brandy into the bowl. ne
added a lump of sugar and set fire TO IL.
During the burning process the brandy
absorbed the oil from the orange skin,
and the drink was ready to serve. They
say It has no equal as a bracer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

Up in one of Names two northern
most extensions Is the Madawaska re-
gion. Until very recently IL was a land
Inhabited almost exclusively by people
whose ancestors were driven from Ar
cadia by the English, and they were
proud of being un-American in every
sense. French was the only language
spoken or understood, and the habits OF
life were strangely like those Of ancient
France. All his Is changing rapidly
now, the most potent influence being
the establishment in all the towns and
villages of public schools, in which
both teachers and pupils are required
TO speak English. This n innovation
has suficed TO bring the reluctant
Madawaskans out into the nineteenth
century, and already they are begin
ming to express satisfaction IN the new
order Of things.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

Bill boards are to be utilized for The
dissemination OF scrIptural teachings
ut Muskegon, Mich, a society for the
prosecution Of the work and also for
the distribution OF hand cards bearing
biblical texts and Illustrations having
been organized there by A. 8. Standen,
a commercial traveller. who got Rev.
DIR. Joseph Mccarthy to act as presi-
1anf
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

Balloons were used in the recent Ger
man army Each corps had
a balloon, handled by sixty men. Six
gas carriages.drawn each by six horses.
belonged to each balloon. and the UNI
loading. filling and sending up took only
fourteen minutes. The balloons were
kept al a height OF $500 feet. from
which the officers telegraphsd to head
quarters and sent sketches OF the enc
my's position down the rope.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

1t Is well known that left handedness
has often been Observed in animals. Ac-
cording to Vierodt, parrots seize objects
with the left paw by preference, or ex-
clusively. The lion strikes with the left
paw and Livingstone stated as his opin-
lon that all animals are left handed.
Prof. Jordan has recently verified the
statement with regard to parrots. He
found that this bird makes a reader
use OF the left claw for climbing than
the right.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

Five Topeka girls wrote to their re-
spectlve ~honeyboys the same afternoon
recently, breaking the engagement and
sending back the ring. They had just
come from a train where they went to
throw rice at n pretty bride. but broke
and ran when the bridegroom got ugly
about It. They accepted it az a warn
Ing that no matter how agreeable a
man may be az a beau. he may m turn
out 10 be so sweet as a husband.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

There arc some curious names of
United States pensioners: Preserved
Ireland. NJ. j. Yankee, Mexico Washing
ton and Alfred Constantinople. Then
comes n few in the harware line, such
as Minerva Hatchett, John Hammer
and George AK.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

The balloon has become a marine life
saving appliance. The big ocean grey
hounds will soon, ii is thought. be
equipped with life boats harnessed to
balloons SO as to be practically unsink-
able. This novel device has been pat
ented by Il shrewd Connecticut yankee.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

Portland has something new-a So
ciety the members of which are to vote
At elections as the majority shall decide,
individual preferences giving place to
loyalty to the society. 1t is the Hebrew
Political club and started IN with n
membership OF forty-four.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

Victoria, and in fact. all Australia.
rs a field for medical emigration Is
played out. The large cities are said
20 be overrun with medical men OF
employment, anxious to grasp at any
hing that offers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

A G.rman statistican has recently
found that the Bulgarians lead the ma
tions In longevity. having ~ centenar-
ian to every thousand inhabitants. In
1892 alone there died In Bulgaria $50
persons of more than 100 years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

The salary Of h archbishop of Cam
terbury is SIS, coo Il year. lie has two
palaces provided for him free of cost
by the British nation and his attend
ancc and maintenance are also settled
for ina great part by the British tax
naYorS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

From Scotland the reports OF crops
are for the most part of one uniform
type. The crops have been magnificent,
but they were ruined by the continuous
ain
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

Millions of men in India live. marry
and rear apparently happy children
upon an income which, even when the
wife works. Is rarely SC cents a week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

In the village of Southport, Conn, is
preserved a piece of cedar post which
General Washington helped TO set In the
ground at Harrington.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

The biggest poultry ranch In the
world Is to be located near San Francis
20. II Is expected to yield 80, 900 broilers
md 1000. 900 eggs a year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

Fifty-nine fish hooks. all baited, have
been found inside OF a Goldfish caught
off Marlborough Head.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

The trade returns for September
show : large increase in Canada over
those for the same month Of 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

The salmon pack In British Columbia
this year exceeds 100000 cases.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19
A, Mastery State Paper Touching all De
partments of the Government.
An Able Discussion Of the Cuban Matter
And our Duties In Relation Thereto.
All Questions Between this Country and
England Amicably Settled.
A Reference to His Policies With Suggestion
for Further Action.

To the Congress Of the United States:
As representatives OF the people In the
legislative branch OF their government
you have assembled at a time when the
strength and excellence Of our free in
stitutiOns and the fitness OF our citizens
to enjoy popular rule have been again
made manifest. A political contest in
volving momentous consequences,
fraught with feverish apprehension,
and creating agg~ressiveness so intense
as TO approach bitterness and passion
has been waged throughout our land.
and determined by the decree OF free
and independent suffrage without dis
turbance Of our tranquility or the least
sign OF weakness i'm our national struc-
ture.
When we consider these Incidents and
contemplate the peaceful obedience and
manly submission which have succeed
ed a heated clash Of political opinions.
we discover abundant evidence OF a de-
termination on the part OF our country
men to abide by every verdict Of the
popular will and to be controlled at all
times by an abiding faith I'm the agen-
cies established for the direction of the
affairs of their government. Thus our
people exhibit a patriotic disposition,
which entities them To demand Of those
who undertake to make and exe2ut"
their laws such faithful and unsclfish
service In their behalf as can only be
prompted by a serious appreciation OF
the trust md confidence which the ac-
ceptance of public duty invites.
In obedience TO a constitutional re-
quirement | hereby submit to the con-
gress certain information concerning
national affairs with the suggestion OF
such Legislation as in my judgment ls
necessary and e~xpedient. To ecurc
brevity and avoid tiresome narration I
shall omit many details concerning mat
ters within federal control. which, by
no means unimportant, are more profit
ably discussed In departmental reports.
I shall also further curtail this commu-
nlcation by emitting a minute recital OF
any minor Incidents connected with our
foreign relations which have heretofore
found "A place in executive messages
but are now contained in "A report of the
secretary Of state, which Is herewith
quhmIfta1
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19

While no definite response to this init
nation has yet been received from the
Spanish government, II is believed to be
not altogether unwelcome. while as al
ready suggested no reason is perceived
why It should not be improved by the in
surgents. Neither party a fail to see
the Importance of early action, and both
must realize that to pro.ong the present
state of things for even a short period will
add enormously to the time and labor and
expenditure necessary to bring about the
industrial recuperation Of the island. 1t
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-19
The Venezuelan Question.

The Venezuelan boundary question
has ceased to be a matter of difference
between Great Britain and the United
states, their respective governments
having agreed upon the substantial pro-
visions of a treaty between Great Brit
ain and Venezuela, submitting the
whole controversy to arbitration. The
provisions Of the treaty are so eminent
ly just and fair that the assent of Vene-
zuela thereto a confidently be antic-
ipated. Negotiations for a treaty Of
general arbitration for all differences
between Great Britain and the United
States are far advanced and promise
to reach a successful contamination at
an early date.