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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24

The first udgOn had drd,Cn so near thai
It's characteristics could be defined.
an hour. There were donning and doffina
Of clothes, ornamentings Of faces before
hand mirrors and general smartenine
up all around.
Then the three persons who had rid
den in advance remounted their horses,
and the procession again took up its line
Of march. Within hearing Of the station.
q guitar and tambourine, handled by
PLAYERS concealed within the recesses Of
the covered wagon, struck up quick
step, and the procession came ON in style.
In advance rode the leader magnificent
In gay Mexican jacket with gilded
trimmings. gold braided sombrero and
big silver spurs Behind this noble cav
alier came the other riders, side by side.
One was a Mexican boy, with grotesque-
" painted cheeks and soiled, spangled
jacket, whose part was evidently that
Of clown. Beside him rode young
Mexican woman, whose duskiness of
check and luxuriant lines Of strong.
supple form showed the predominance
Of the Indian strain in her blood. Upon
her head was gilded cororet. Her low
cut silk bodice was ornamcnted with
bars Of silver in front. Her shapely
arms and shoulders were brown and
bare. Her eyes were bold and flashing.
She sat her horse with the case and con-
adence of professional oquestrienne.
well, I'll be- -" said onc OF the
prospectors who had s.rolled mp TO the
station, but no ono else spoke az the
procession, to the sound Of guitar and
tambouriDe. moved mp 10 the door and
turned in line to face us, the impressive
looking man in the middle and the lady
and the clown upon either side Of him.
fro RE COMMITTED.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
THE RARITY OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY

'Tis early night. The Whaling winds
Possess tbs naked street,
Save here and therd some shivcriug wight
Goes by with hurrying feet.
Through binding snow and stinging slcct.
Dashed by the wintry storm,
In scanty dress, with face upraised.
Behold female form.
Why stands shc here on such night?
Why brave the chilling frost
With hand outstrctched and motionlcss,
Like q sentry at his postg
The passers- by giyc her no look,
Nor note the upturned face
Whose finely chiseled beauty lines
Some proud mans home would grace.
A flash OF light falls ON her face.
SO gentle and 80 kind.
Good hcavens' Her eyelids quick disclose
That the poor girl is blind.
great throng from y neighboring church,
And all with face awry.
Close button their warm oycrcoats,
And pour unhccding by.
She never wronged single soul,
Unsullied her fair fame.
And yet among that Christian throng
Not one could call her name.
And now the parson comes along,
The last OF that sleek hand.
lie has no thought for such ~ she,
Nor hecds her outstrctched hand.
So cold the night. so thiniy clad.
Freezing without moan,
Yet he Is no more moved than though
She were OF wood OF stone.
And still she stands with outstretrhcd hand
Her cold, mute lips are dumb.
on, sightlcss girl OF speech bcreft,
VIII succor never Gomez
VIII no one note thy picadings mute!
IL Christian kindness dcady
Not dead! Not deadi A sinful man
Heaven bless the man Of sinl-
The clerk of the tobacco store,
Who comes and wheels her in.
- willard Rabbit In New York sun.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
RECALLED. BY TELEGRAPHER
Attraction OF - Scene In q Play Suggests
m Story

Attraction Of - Scene In Play Suggests
q story.
When Secret Service" was first pro-
dueed in New York. the audiences for
the first week or two included large
number Of telegraph operators, attracted
by the vivid description given Of the
scene In which Gillette sends the mes
sage and is shot through the band. In
terest in this Fart Of the play waned
slightly. 70 far as the knights OF the
key were concerned, when il was found
that the tele;raphinR, while 1t sounded
very real to Ne uninitiated, was nothing
but succession Of meaningless clicks.
Why it was expected that there should
be real telegraphing any more than
there should be real killing on the stage
was explained by an old operator re-
Gently. "Tbcrc lirgers in the mind OF
all the older men in the business, said
he, 1.-THE memory Of the telegraphing
scene in Oliver Doud Byron's play,
Across the Continent. in which gen.
uine operator was substituted for the
actor long enough to tick out welcome
to any member Of the profession who
might be in the audience. IL was at
Mrs. John Drew's old Arch Street thea
ter in Philadelphia. about 10 years ago.
Every night the man OH the stage would
SPELL out: Good evening, boys! II You
are all feeling we'll. rap out an answer
ON the iron support Of the seat in front
Of you. All together. now-one. two.
three. Col
"The rest Of the audience were be-
wildered by the ticking all over the
house, and it was great fun for the boys
and shrewd move ON the part Of the
management, for il attracted telegra-
phers in great force They enjoyed the
puzzled expression Of the people. who
couldn't understand the unanimity OF
the answer from the gallery, orchestra
and lobby. OF course the talk between
the stage aud the house was not con-
fined to this salutation. II was ON oil
sorts Of topics, usually In the form Of
IN interrogation. with request for o
simultsneous answer. The story has
been told to the younger men, and
whenever play is produced In which
Z telegraph key figures they like to see
II the experience will be repeated p
New York Mail aud Exppee0L
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
NUMBER "a.
Women's Rights.

pitcht my tent in small town in
Injianny one day last seeson, Il while
I was standin at the dore takin money,
q deepytashun Of ladies came up e. sed
they wos members Of the Bunkumville
Female Reformin & Wimin's Rites As
sociasbun, and thay axed me II thay
Good go in without payin.
mot exactly" sez !. "but You can
pay without goin in.
Dew you know who We air!' said
one of the wimin-a tall and feroshus
lookin critter, with blew kotton um-
breller under her arm-"do You know
who we air. sur!"
my impreshun is," sed /, from
kersery view. that you air females.
1--WE air, sur" said the feroshus
woman. "We belong to society which
believes wimin has rites, which be-
leeves in razin her TO her proper speer,
which believe she is indowed with N
much intelleck as man IL, which be-
leeves she is trampled on and aboozed
Il who will resist henseith az forever
the incroachInents Of proud & domi.
neeriDg men.
Durin her discourse the exsentric TO-
male GRABBED me by the coat kollor 81
was swinging her umbreller wildly
over my head.
IL hope, marm," sez |, starting
back, that your intensions Is honor
ablel I'm lone man hear in strange
place Besides, I've a wife to hum"
Yes" cried the female, "& she's a
slave! Doth she never dream Of free
dom? Doth she never think Of throwin
of the yoke of tyrrinny & thinkin g.
votin for herself: Doth she never think
Of these here things?"
Not bein natral born fool, " sed /,
by this time a little riled, II kin safely
say that she dothunt.
"Oh, whot-whotw screamed the
female, swinging her umbreller in the
air. "Oh. what is the price that woman
pays for her expeeriunce"
II don't know, sez /. "The price Of
my show is 10 cents pur indiyidooal. "
"& can't our sosie!y go in free?"
asked the female.
"Not if know it." sed I.
"Crooil, crooil mani" she cried, q
bust into teers.
Wont you let my darter in?' $50
anuther Of tbs exsentric wimin, taken
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24

Hello, strangerl Any Injun news
your wny?'
mo We're waiting 70 hear some
thing. Got anything to tell?"
"Nuthin, 'cept that the hull country's
upstirred with their devilment. They've
gone north. KILN everybody they come
across, man, woman II child, n driven
of all the stock. We fell in with parties
ont to bring i'm the dead blackboard driv-
ers as we come along.
Reckon we'll camp here tonight,
he continued ard turned TO speak to a
middle aged woman, whose face, with
corncob pipe in mouth, had been craned
forward among the children's listening
to her husbands colloquy with the sta
ton keeper. There was a brief copsulta-
tion between the pair. and then, look
ing about him with critical eye, the
Missourian drove little past the sta
tion to q choice grassy spot, where his
family swarmed from the wagon while
the head of the household proceeded to
take his mules ont Of harness.
The Pike county party had barely set
about their preparations for supper
when the men driving the three burroe
came up Dusty and weather beaten
from long walking in sun and wind,
they scarcely needed the pick and shov
el, with the inevitable coffeepot and
frying pan surmounting the bags and
rolls Of blankets upon their pack ami
mails, to show that they were prospect
ors on the move. They strode past the
party at the station with al independ-
ent nod. picked out camping place to
their liking and began to take the packs
of their animals. Then while one OF
them picketed the donkcys ont to Craze
the other set to collecting fuel and
slicing bacon in preparation for their
evening meal.
Half an hour behind the prospectOrs
the next party. the largest Of the three,
came along. AS it drew plainly into
view the station keeper, stirred by the
spectacle from his stolidity, found ex-
preston for his susprise in words:
"What i'm the name Of all - Is
a-comin now? It's the president Of the
Mexican republic ont for an airin If II
isn't travelin circus and side shows.
Well, now. if don't just believe they're
hostile They're a-puttin on war paint
for sure"
His last remark was due to an unex
pected action by the party which had
halted at command of the leader, an
imposing looking man, who rode ahead
Of the others. A series Of hasty prepara.
tions began which occupied aquarter OF
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
VIRGINIA LETTER.

EDITOR DtmocrW
Such lovely weather! Such delight
full summer are the expressions We hear
the present season. Although we have
had cons siderable rain, it has not been
continuous enough 10 interfere with
,hs work Of the season, harvesting,
hsying. etc, all OF which are completed.
There has been an abundant yield Of
sll farm produces so far. Nothing nov
remains to be garnered but the corn.
which promises well. On our farm ",
raised about l75 bushels OF wheat, at the
rate OF ten bushels to the acre. We con-
graduated ourselves on quite u lsrg'
crop. Calling on our neighbor the other
evening, we found they had just threshed
2700 bushels.
This Is on the large farm opposite ours.
known IA the Portner estate, embracing
about 400 acres. Mr.. Portner himself
has a house second to none 10 the state.
and the grounds are beautiful. The
farm IL managed by Mr.. Bradley, At
energetic New York Yankee, whose last
trip down South was as soldier in 1861
All the money paid out on this extensiv,
property passes through his hands, anf
It averages $500 per month. They milk
100 cows, and expect To have more
have market for both milk and cream
10 Washington, sending II to the cit,
twice day. They use all the modern
inventions for separating the cream, etc
and are now building an extensive silo.
need not enter into any description of
this, as see many Oxford Count,
farmers have long had them.
This large, well-tilled and regulated
farm Ia great benefit TO the surround
ing country, not only for the employ.
ment IL furnishes and the money which
Ia circulated, but IL Is an incentive. an In
spiration, to 90 and do likewise, II only
on a small scale. Ii proves what can b.
accomplished In Virgins; and with he'
delightful climate, this state should have
many Por ner farms throughout he'
borders. trust I've not wearied your
readers and my old neiRhbors on the
subject, but really this home Is delight
10 the eye and heart.
Again the goodbye Is TO be said. Our
sister, Mrs. C. $. Thorp, who has been
some months with US, starts westward
the 9th OF this month for her home H.
Dakota. Life Is made up OF glad meet.
ings and sad partings; may we all final-
ly reach a land where sadness never
comes. EsTELLE GREENE Cross.
Manassas, Va, Aug. 3, 1897.
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o. G. CURTIS.
1868
(STANDARD,)
SIRED ~
ELECriONEER, l5,
srHL nE

ELECriONEER, lS,
SIRE OBJ
Arion a. 50: Pslo Alto n Ia: Sunol sos Ia;
and l5S others from - to ie- Daughters are
dams Ot Crafty. ais Ia, and S3 others
lst dam Helpmate. tby Dam Of Hugo. s.7 ie
dams OF s. including Palo Alto. so~ IL. and
others.
81 dam Full Cry. by vandal
81 dam springbrook. by Lexington.
ELECTiONEER. ia5. by Hambletnnian. 10; sire
81 Ne,tie. els, and - others Daughters are
dams Of 10. Including Stsmbcui. q. L. Hal.
Iona. n I 2. Gr~enlancisr 2.ls, aud champion OF
two miles In harness. 81 and grand sire OF 1911,
Including Nancy Hanks. 2 NJ. Mascot. sOt, nr-i
tam Green Mountain Msid, Who has nine in
s.ss 50 and better, making her the greatest brooi
Arion sO- 81 and holder OF the two-year old
record. amos by Harry Clay. Is. second dam
Shanghai Mary. not traced
PLANET got pame Winnie. dam OF Palo Alto.
sOsl-s. Paols. els. Altiro. ais L.: Gertrude
Russell. s3 l-3 and Big jim. s.3 IL and Is
fun brother 10 Exchequer. Saal, Sire OF Lucille
81. and Rgolette. -
vANDAL got the dam of Praetor. s.ss i-s, sire
Of Charley Green, ga IL.
IMP. TRUSTEE appears As frequently In
trotting pedigrees ss almost any thoronThore,
g.
In Palo Aho. o. l.s. Hopeful. :h 50, Antieo,
els IA. and others
IMP. GLENCOE. thoroughbred. got the
second dams OF Faronia. Is. and j. II. Richard
son. Eli i-s: while his thoroughbred son kihe
man got Col. Lewis. els 81; and Col. oray-o
another thoroughbred sou. gct the dam OF Lor'
eta r., slslt.
BOSTON ltwice ahoyel xct the second dam OF
Maud =, ,s0s 50 Nutwood. els 50. (greatesi
living sire. and others
LEXINGTON. the grrstest central figure OF
running pesiixrees contributes one eighth OF the
blood OF JAY Eve See. s.l0 trotting, sW IA
pacing; sunOl. Os 81. Cingstone. "a; and one
quarter of the blood Of Ansel. 40. Nora Bel
mont, g Ia. Lady Prewitt, sD. and Temple
2g.
PIaSyrFER bay horse bred by Gov stanford
MEMO Park. Cal foaled lsss, lSs hands high
weighs lOs;s lbs. out Of harness. This Il com
partly built horse with the best OF feet and legs
with perfect disposition. HIS speed has no
BEEN fully developed. only being In training
short time when he mt With a railroad accident
which threw hin out Of training He has showr
his ability 10 heal 81, and had IL not been FOL
the accident he now would have been In the list
Being own brother 10 Hugo. s.S 4. and bres
the same as the great Palo Alto. oe :, We looi
for hin 10 prove great Sire
VIII stand for the season Of lsS7.
At CHARLES PREsCorT's STABLE,
SOUTH PARIS.
Except Every Third Saturday
At BETHEL.
Every third Saturday. beginning June Il
TERMS. els % To WARRANT.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
III. colored Deacon. F,surative Prayer

The CoIored Deacon's Figurative Prayer.
A white minister, after conducting
services at colored church. asked an
old deacon 10 lead in prayer. The broth.
er in black offered fervent appeal for
the white b,other and said: 20 Lord,
glib him de eye OBJ de eagle det he spy
out sin afar of. Put his hands to de
gospel plow. Tie his tongue to de line
oh truth. Nail his ear to do gospel pole.
Bow his head wcy down between his
knees and his knees way down IN some
lonesome, dark and narrer valley where
prayer is much wanted to be made.
'Noint him wild be kerosene lie Of sal
vashon and sot him ON fire. Roanoke
News.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
CLIPPINGS.

Insects constitute n per cent OF the
food of toad. To show the number OF
worms which toad destroys State AS
sistant Eutomologist A. H. kirkland
states that In the stomach OF . etngle
toad were found fifty-five army worms,
10 another sixty-five gypsy moth cater
pillars, and In third thirty-seven tent
eaterpillars. He records an experiment,
where, In three hours time, . toad has
consumed between thirty and thiry-6ve
full-grown celery worms.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
Professional CAndor.

A gentleman afflicted with rheuma-
tism consulted physician, who imme-
diately wrote him prescription. As
the patient was going away the doctor
called him back. by the way, sir,
should my prescription happen to afford
you any relief please to let me know. as
am myself suffering from similar
affection and have tried in vain to cure
il MARX Lemons jest Book.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24

But for the English and Scotch half
the villas at the French watering places
would remain unlet till they fell TO
pieces, half the shops would be shut and
half the hotels would be bankrupt
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
A Description.

"Oh, Maud?" said the other girl
MAUD is the sort Of girl that every fel
low who courts her has his arms full
and the man who marries her will have
bis hands full. "-Ipdianapolis Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24

Within the last decade the population
Of Europe has increased BY about S0,-
600, 600, Of whom Russia contributed
1850, 600 and France only 1000.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24

In a Sydney newspaper lately there
was this advertisement: Wanted, .
man able TO teach Frsuch and the piano
and % look after bull. |"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"srrxp ruHrIo~.-

Correspondence on practical Agriculture, sopics
10 solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 70 HENRY ID. Han
nosD. Agricultural Editor Oxford Democrat,
Paris, Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24

bleou d.. Miles' Nefvino.
D.. Miles, Remedies
ars sold by I'll drug
gists under . positive
guarantee. Afst boetle
bsneAts q moasy ~
funded. Book On d.
easee cf III heast snd
nsevss FRA A66ros.
N ulLO ne1DIcA
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24
'ARIs, MAINE, TUESDAY, AUGUST "a. 1897.
We have had a limited experience

etc. We have had a limited experience
with the cream separator, only trial;
and concluded that with plenty OF Ice,
and milk that readily creams, little is
lost with a creamer, but heavy Icing is
absolutely necessary. As TO time OF
cows coming ln fresh, Il depends much
upon individual conditions. With us
cows fresh in the spring and fed well till
late are most profitable.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-08-24

Arion a. 50: Pslo Aho n IL. Sunol ? Us Ia
and l5s others from "a to y. Daughters are
dams OF Crafty. ais Ia. and S3 others
q dam Helpmate. tby Dam Of Hugo. sg ls,
brother 10 PlAneteerl. by Planet. sire OF the
dams of s. including Pslo Alto. so~ l-e. and
others.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
Local Work by Local Men.

Otlier things being equal it should be the
contracts for municipal works to local in
d;vidua!s or firms. Ths is especially true
in the case OF the District printing, which
often involves serious complications by
causing delay when it is put in the hands
OF outside concerns. This year, it appears,
there IS difference OF less than two hun
dred dollars between the lowest bidder a
New York house and the lowest local bid
tar. ard the attorney for the District has
rendered an opinion that there is nothing
IN the law the terms of the advertise
nlent to prevent the acceptance of the local
bid. During the year there are many jobs
OF printing that, because of emergencies
under which they arise, can not we'll be
done under the contract. The work must
then be given out in the open market and
it has frequently happened that the Com
m:ss.oners have been put to greater total
expense than though the work were all
given in the beginning to local printers.
There IS a principle at stalk. in this matter,
however. that rises above such ccnsidera-
tons as a few dollars, and for this princi-
pie The Star has always strenuously in
sisted. l. is that the people of the District
are amply able to do their own work and
that they should be given preference over
others when the time comes 10 do business.
Evening star., 1897-06-11

csT-' ~ ;i'it organization. would be to in
We fsiiy:Tc. arl provide for the repeating
OF Il or!1sEs'i scale of the debaucheries and
i..-;ra:i.iss which have marked Tamnany's $
rule il the more c.rcumscribed field of the
n.d n:iy. 1t would in effect he to give a
highWGy-n,Gn the run Of Il state VINO hitfler-
TO had employed his fine talents only
within TIE restricted confines of a county.
Nor is this campaign, important as it is
to New York. of merely local interest. The
country al large is Interested. New York
is the great commercial metropolis, whose
prosperity the whole country desires.
Municipal government UP to this time has
in many sections been attended with many
difficulties. Not rasca!ity alone has ac-
counted for many OF the failures that have
occurred Improved city government is a
vital problem everywhere; and now that
New York. with her enormous population
and wealth. and her splendid resources. is
to enter upon new ard enlarged and COM
piicatcd scheme. widespread interest and
solicitude wilt center IN the result If New
York succeeds, it will be an incentive to
other cities TO move for an Improvement
in their condition. If New York fails, the
effect will be depressing, and quite as
widely felt.
Evening star., 1897-06-11
RlOOd-ThirSfinexs.

The lynching that occurred Wednesday at
Princess Anne, Maryla1 d, shows that the
laws delays are not wholly to blame for
these outrages. The victim In this case
Was given speedy g trial as the condi-
ton of the courts permitted, his crime
having been committed about a month
previous His conviction was reached
within a few minutes AID ne was at once
senterCed to death. notwithstanding this
treatment. which was well calculated to
arpeaSe the impatience of the people.
scarcely had the solemn words of tee SEN
1eHce been pronounced than the prisoner
VS. seized by a mob. dragged from tha
ccurt-rCom and literally beaten 10 death
despite the appeals Of the judge, who
sought to calm the excited passions OF the
f-cnziai men. Women stood by and en-
ooUraSei the IyEcEers. who made no effort
al disguise Governor Lowndes has Prop
erly expressed his INDIGNATION that Mary
land should continue to be thus disgra ed.
Six lynchings have occurred during tbs.
past two years within the state some of
them in the immediate vicinity of this city.
In the case of the man killed yesterday the
t. ople cannot even be excused on the
ground Of the freshness of their indigla-
tion- They were simply giving way with
out restraint TO the temptation to take the
law into their own hands. despite the fact
that the law was doing its work rro,np IL
and we'll