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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
NUMBER 13.

they were cheated at all, they cheated
themselves, / guess. l didn't tell 'em
lie. Couldn't they see for themselveSl
Haven't they got eyesl Why, what
should feller do? They come smelling
about like rats arter cheese and AZ
me if ! hain't got some rowdy books.
l show 'em the Sky Lark and 'Pere-
CRIME Pickle, and so on, but they want
something better Well, now, as told
you afore, I'm a deacon's son, and ]
don't like to sell Tom Paine and Vol
ney's Ruins and that sort Of thing. So,
thinks l 10 myself, IN play them
sparks Yankee trick They want some
rowdy books, and III sell 'em some
thing pious. In this way they may got
some good, and in the course OF Provi.
dence they may be convarted. Well,
the first one tried, il worked like gin.
ger Tie bought the book at tavern.
Arter he'd got IL he couldn't hardly
wait, h. was 50 fairse 10 read IT, So he
went into room, and ! peeped through
the keyhole He began at the title page,
and then he looked at the figger Of Mis-
Contemplation walking forth among the
stars. | could see his mouth water.
Then he turned to the first part and b..
gun to read / heard him as plain a'
DR.. Belcher's sarnon. II went pretty
much like this: (Reads.)
The Complaint. Night J.
Good! That's natural enough,
says he. (Reads.)
"on Life. Death and Immortality
'Whew! suppose it's some felle,
in love and is going to cut his throat
Breads
"Tired natures sweet restorcr. balmy sieepi
He, like the world, his ready visit pays
When fortune smiles
I" That's all gammonr (Reads.)
"Night. sable goddess, from her ebou throne
What in mater IL the fcller att
(Reads.)
"The bell strikes one; we take no note Of
time
why, that's exactly what the par
son said in his sarnon last Sunday! he
turns over several pages (Reads.)
might II. On Time Death and Friendship.
When tho cock crowed, he wept-
BY Saint Peter I'm gummed
That id Yankee pcddler has sold
me psalmbook or something Of the
kind and made me believe il was q
rowdy. The Internal hypocrite! And sc
I've paid s5 for a psalmbookl Well,
il : a good joke, and the feller deserves
his money for his ingenuity. He, he,
hel Ho, no. no! must laugh, though
I'm a. mad as a swapping turtle Zach
airy, if could get his nose betwixt my
thumb and finger I'd make him sing
every limo in the book 30 "a tune Of my
own! To sell me psalmbook! The
canting, whining, blue light peddler,
Fire and brimstonel Ii makes me sweat
10 think ont. And he did it So sly, too,
the wooden nutmeg rascal! wish ]
could catch him!
by this time thought it best foi
me TO make myself scarce. had paid
my bill, and my horse and wagon were
all ready, for had calculated upon
bit Of breeze. mounted my box, and,
having axed the landlord the way tc
Lexington, took the opposite direction,
70 throw my psalmbook friend of the
scent in case he was inclined for
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
HEAVEN AND HE'LL.
Various Theories tn the Location
parndIsr and Ila.es.

Various TheorIe. "a to the Location Of
Paradise and Hadcs.
He'll and heaven beliefs had their
origin about the year $50 b. c., and
since that time there have been thou.
sands OF attempts to locate these places,
the one Of future punishment and the
other Of everlasting happiness. The old
MEDIEVAL idea Of nell is the one which
gives Us 20 understand that the devil
and his imps have their furnaces and
their caldrons and other articles Of in.
fernal utility constantly working some
where within the bowels Of the earth.
On tho other hand, we are told and be-
lieve that heaven is an abode OF light,
beauty and JOY located far above the
earth. One writer believes that heaven
will be on planet which will be pre-
pared for the saints in the last day, and
another believes that this earth, burned
over and purified by fire, will be the final
resting place Of those who escape the
horrors Of perpetual punishment in the
hell that has been prepared "for those
who love SIM" DR.. Winston, the friend
of Sir Isaac Newton and the first Of the
great race Of Speculative astronomers,
believes that hell is located on a comet.
But the most curious theory we have
ever investigated was that advanced by
DR.. Mortimer, author Of 1.-The Spirit OF
God as Fire" One Of the several SUBJ
stitutes Of this remar rkable book was ono
which gave the reader to understand
that the author believed that heaven is
located on the inner globe Of the sun.
This substitute was 1.-The Glcbe Within
the Sun Our Heaven" According to
Mortimer's 3 theory, our sun is surround
ed by an envelope or photospbere OF
fame 100, 900 miles itself. Taken all
together, this idea Of the photosphere is
a vast nonluminous void. Farther on Is
the great globe Of the sun itself.
Taken all together, this idea Of the
sun may be aptly compared to q peach
or plum. The envelope Of flame Occu.
pies the place Of the skin, the vast
nonluminous void" the place Of the
meat of the fruit and the central globe
(true SUM the place Of the seed. On this
sun globe, inside the great fiery envel-
ope, DR.. Mortimer believed heaven to
be situated. The photosphere or envel-
ope Of fire he took to be hell or the place
Of future punishment for the wicked.
The "nonluminous void" according to
Mortimer, is the great gulf between"
which is mentioned quite frequently in
the Scriptures St Louis Republic.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
ALineuistic Training.

One OF the most valuable kinds OF
training which the otllege can give Is
the linguistic. II to think is important.
linguistic training is important. For
we think in words. Therefore thinking
becomes clear, orderly, profound, AS
language is adequate. Language repre-
sents those methods and results OF
thought without which thought itself ID
feeble and inefficient. Therefore train
ing in language is Of the highest value.
To be able to think in or adequately
use the English or any other language
one should know the language. He call
only know this language as he knows
those languages which have made the
richest contributions to its structure.
Every new science and every new ap.
plication of any old science goes to the
Greek for its very name; hence. train
ing in Latin and Greek is of the great
est worth. The college is not filing the
mind with useless knowledge in requir'
ing students to learn these, not dead
but living languages.
Second, the scientific school is q pro-
fessional school. Its graduate goes from
its commencement. as goes the graduate
Of the school Of law, theology or medi'
cine, directly to his life's work. 1t il
not q school of liberal culture or Of gen
eral training. II is to be said, and said
with the utmost clearness, that the gov
ernors Of our best technical and scientific
schools are beginning to recognize the
advantages which the man desiring tc
enter these schools possesses il he hal
previously received general training
through the college. Forum.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
THE OLD HUMORISTS.
PETER PARlEY AND THE SLY CON
NEcTlcuT BOOK PeDDLeR.

How Fleecer Gulied the Kentucky Boys
Who Were Looking For Waiiopins
Kind of . story Encouraging Interest
In Good Literature and Making Money.
was now the proprietor Of book.
store in Pearl street, my establishment
being devoted chiefly to the selling OF
schoolbooks and such books as were in
large demand Psalms and hymns, Bi.
bles and Webster's spelling books con.
stituted u large portion Of the articles
in which dealt. "Thaddeus of War.
saw, 1.-THE Scottish Chiefs, '" Young's
Might Thoughts, I" Sanford and Mer.
ton." Paradise Lost, Mysteries OF
Udolpho. "Caleb Williams, Lady
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
IN EARNEST

III a farmer would make his business
successful, ne must 90 in to win. There
Is no room for holding back, for hesita-
ton, for doubts, for half-hearted work
anywhere. The methods and practices
of success in any aud in all branches OF
farming are now well known, and any
farmer who wishes can easily master
them IL he will put forth the needed ef'
fort. In fact, there are many farmers
whose knowledge Is now better than
their practice.
This spring is good time to 60 to the
business in earnest. Do every branch oi
the work at the time and in the manner
known to be the best. You know how
TO grow a good crop Of corn or potatoes
select the land, prepare IL and handle II
Ia the way that brings the results you
are after, never letting up on any part
OF il, and never for moment doubling
but your efforts viii be rewarded with q
liberal harvest. You know how to make
COWS give milk, and calves, pigs and
lsulbs thrive. Do 1t 10 just that way
and there will be no failures. just sc
should il be with every branch OF thu
work. All these together make up YOU
farming. When each one Is looked aftel
and followed TO the finish as it's needs
call for, they all are. Be In readiness Il
begin when the work calls for it. There
Is no room for delays. Be active, be II
earnest Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
Tho CurIo.it, Of Voting.

The Aberdeen system Of electing q
lord rector is curiosity Of voting. Il 10
o relic Of the medieval system Of Paris.
long since abandoned by the Parisians
and greatly modified by the other
Scotch universities. For the purposes OF
voting all the undergraduates are di-
vided into four nations, this, Of course,
being q meaningless remnant OF the
medieval system by which the students
Of different nationslities elected -
chairman o rector to defend their rights
against civic interference. There are
four nations at Aberdeen. Mar, Buchan
and Moray represent students born north
Of the Grampians Angus stands for the
rest Of the worldl On the voting day
each nation is looked up In room By
itself. But the students at Aberdeen do
not give @ direct vote for the rectOrxl
candidates. They vote for student who
represents them, called the procuratos.
After the recording Of the votes, which
are given orally, the procurators meet
In another room, and the successful
candidate is he who has . majority
Of nations II the nations are equally
divided, the winner Il he who has the
numerical majority Of votsA A-Losdoa
News
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30

Passing by one of our doggeries about
8 a. IN. the other morning, from which
proceeded "a sound of revelry by
night, hapless stranger on his home
ward way paused to obtain slight re-
freshment, and to the host he said, 1T
appears TO me your visitors are rather
late tonight. " "Oh, no, replied the
worthy Lar ord THE boys Of San
Diego generally run for As hours, stran-
ger It's "A little late for night before
last. but for tonight, why, it's just in
the shank Of the evening"" Volumes
could not have said more John Pho
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
Prospective Coercion.

81 think" said the fond mother.
"that will have the baby's picture
taken"
"How old is she2' inquired the crab
bed bachelor.
"Eleven months.
"I think" said the grabbed bachelor.
"that it would be q first rate idea to
have her picture taken without delay.
Then, when she grows older, il she
doesn't obey you, you can threaten to
show Il to her friends "-Washington
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
81 pEErrD THROUGH THE KEYHoLE.

TEEEED ihisve"" i"@
chase. So pursued my journey and got
clear. | met the fellow about six months
arter at Nashville was going to III
him if he had psalmbook to part
with, but he looked so plaguy hard at
me that cooked my beaver over my
right eye and squinted with the left
and walked on. Sence that hain't seen
him. Peter Farley.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30

The datura, varieties Of which are
commonly known as the Jamestown
weed, or more familiarly the jimson
weed, the thorn apple, an allusion 70
the shape of the seed case and It's spines
and the DEVILS trumpet. recalling its
shape and villainous odor, retains It's
name almost unchanged from the Ar.
ahic
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
WHAT 70 WEAR ON YOUR WEDDING
OAv
(By /. confirmed and cansantsrous oelibas..l ]

fBy . confirmed and cantankerous celibats. ]
Married In white,
You have hooked him all right
Married In gray,
He will nc'er get away.
Married In black.
He will wish himself back.
Married In red.
He will wish himself dead.
Married In green,
His true color 10 seen.
Married In blue,
He will look 10, not you.
Married In pearl.
he tho distan will twirI.
Married In yellow,
Poor fellow! Poor fellowi
Married In brown,
Down, down, derry down.
Married In pink.
To n slave he will sink.
Married In crimson,
He'll danHle your whims On.
Married In buh.
He will soon have enough.
Married In scarlet,
Poor victimiyed varletl
Married In violet, purple or puce,
IL doesn't much matter-they all meal
tho deuce!
London Punch.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30

Let us be watchful to make the attrac-
tions through our rural districts so that
bv the work Of nature and the hand OF
the farmers we may draw out from the
cities the hearts and hands that will
help US to make our country brighter,
build up the old homesteads and make
our country drives easy and pleasant
both to the rich aud poor alike.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30

Experts have come to the conclusion
that what kills trees in London isAot
the SCOT fakes or the want of air or the
drought. but the sewer gas. which at
tacks the roots SO that the tree soon
withars and dies
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30

A listener at an institute must never
look for specific directions to bc taken as
rigid rule In farm management to
govern his own efforts. His own con-
6itiops must come In as an important
factor. This work can only be instruc-
tive through being suggestive-leading
the hearer to consider what may be
made applicable to his own case.--Aaine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30

Concerning deserted farms IN ma
ioritv Of eases the trouble Is that the
New England farmer is not satisned
with the kind Of living that formerly
eontented him. He wants more lux
uries. The ways Of the town have had
their influence upon him, and he re
quires more papers, more books, more
FREQUENT contact with the comforts and
eonyeuienees of the centres OF popuia-
ton. IL he would be satisfied with the
profits of previous generations he might
still get on all right on the much abused
acres from which his grandfather ex'
tracted comfort and contentment.-
wsterville Mail.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"spEEp TIN rLow.

on practical agricultural topics
IL solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 10 HENRI ID. HAN
MoSp. Agricultural Editor oxford Democrat,
Paris. Ne.
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Mrs. Eugene Searles,
ITO simonton St.. Elk
hart. Ind. says: "Ner-
vous troubles had made
me nearly insane and
physicians were unable
to help me- My memory
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30

I. ". SHAW.
stoves. Hardware, Tinvare and Grooeries'
BUCKFIELD. Nh
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-03-30

DAMON. Machini-t,
Bicycle Repairs Of ali kinds
RUCNFIELD. NE.
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MILTON PENLEY,
Deputy sheriff and Cruelty Agent
BEIHEL, Nh.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-10-23

The National Bank Of the Republic. Of
New York City; The First National
Bank OF Mauch Chunk. Pennsylvania;
The First National Bank Of Cambridge,
Illinois; The State National Bank Of st.
Joseph. Missouri; and The Des Moines
National Bank. Of Des Moines. Iowa, in
its own right and as trustee, are defend
ants in said suit. and are not inhabit
ants OF, and have not been found within
said district and have not voluntarily
appeared in this suit; now on motion OF
S. l.. Geisttardt. solicitor for the c)m-
plainant, it is considered by the court.
and
ORDERED, that tire respondents last
above named and each OF them appear
and plead. answer. or demur To the com
plainants bill Of complaint. on or before
Monday. the 9th day Of December, 1887,
and that in default thereof. an order be
entered in this cause taking said bill pro
confessO. IL is further
ORDERED, That at least twerty days
before said 9th day Of December. 1897 a
copy OF this order be served upon each
OF said last named respondents where
ever found, il practicable, and also upon
the person or persons in possession or in
charge OF the real property described in
the bill Of complaint. il any there be: or
in lieu thereof, that copy OF this order
be published for six consecutive weeks
in THE COURIER, OF Lincoln, news
paper published and in general circula-
ton in said district Of Nebraska.
JNo. S. WooLsoN,
Oct, q, 1897. Judge.
Endorsed: Filed Oct 81. 1897,
SEAL OSCAR Ii. HILLS. Clerk.
The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ! sr
DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
I,Os:ar b. Hills. Clerk Of the United
States Circuit Court for the District of
Nebraska. do hereby certify that the
is true and correct copy OF
the original thereof, which original is
now in my custody rs such clerk
Witness my hand as Clerk, and the
Seal OF said Court at Lincoln, Nebraska.
this 2lst day IL October 1897.
seal. OSCAR Ii. HILLS.
Clerk.
BY X. r. BITTINGER, Deputy.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-10-23

newspaper published aud in general
circulation in said district OF Nebraska.
JNo. s. WooLsoN,
Oct. Il, 1897. Judge.
Endorsed: Filed Oct n, 1897,
lsEA. OSCAR b. HILLS, Clerk.
The UNITED STATES or AMERICA.
DISTRICT or NEBRASKA. SGT
l. Oscar Ii. Hills, Clerk Of the United
States Circuit Court for the District Of
Nebraska. do hereby certify that the
foregoing is "a true and correct copy Of
the original thereof. which original il
now in my custody as such clerk.
Witness my hand rs Clerk, aud the
Seal OF said Court at Lincoln. Nebraska.
this 2lst day Of October. 1897.
lsELI OscNR h. Hubs.
Clerk.
BY 4. II. Bit.inger. Deputy.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-10-23
George E. Timbliin. ct.
al, Respondents.

ORDER ON ABSENT DEFENDANTS
Now on this 9th day of October 1897
at the October 1897 term Of said court
u having been made to appear 10 the
satisfaction of the said court that this IL
SUIT 10 enforce mortgage lien by for
closure on real property within the Dis
trict OF Nebraska. and that Benjamin A.
Glbson Is defendant herein. and il not
an inhabitant OF and has not been found
within sand district, and has rot volun
tarily appeared in this suit. now on mo
ton OF ). L. Geisthardt. solicitor for the
complainant, 1t is considered by the
court and ordered that said defendant.
benjamin A. Gibson, be and he hereby
Is ordered u appear and plead, answer
or demur t. the compliments bill OF
complaint on or before the 9Th day of
December, 1897. and that in default
thereof, an order be entered in this cause
taking said bill pro coBfesso. It il
further
Ordered. That at least twenty days
before said 9Th day OF December. 1897 a
Sopy oil this order be served upon said
Benjamin A. Gibson wherever found. IN
practicable. and also upon the person or
pers) IN pos session or charge of the
real property dies ribbed in the complain.
ants bill of complaint. il any there he
or in lieu thereof, that copy Of this order
be published for SIX consecutive week.
In HE COURIER 80 Lincoln. a news.
paper published and in general circuIa.
tion IN SAID district 10 Nebraska.
W. III. MUNGER.
Judge
HE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DISTRICT or NEBRASKA. -
L. Oscar II. Hills, Clerk OF the Circuit
Court of the United States for the dis.
trict OF Nebraska, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a trle copy
OF an order entered upon the journal o,
the proceedings of said Court in the
cause therein entitled: that | have com
pared the same with the or ginal entry
OF said order and it is true transcript
therefrom and OF the whole thereof.
Witness my official signature and the
seal OF said court at Lincoln. in sill
district, this 9th day of October. 1891
lsEAL OSCAR b. HILIIs
Clerk
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-10-23
MRS. INA DILLON TABER.
- Voice Culture. -
PIrTsBURG, Pa.

Pupil Of Signor Gedeoni Olisieri. the
teacher OF Emma Eames, Emma
Calve, jean and Edward DE Reske and
Jean Lasalle. For terms ard particu-
lars address Mrs. Ina Taber. CAB Boyl,
ston Street, Boston. Mass.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-10-23

And yet he was SO strangely loyal to
the country OF bis youth. Yes. loyal
even to grimy Pittsburg. II Reinhart
had been born in Venice when the
wings of the lion still ruled the Mediter-
ranean he might have painted doges
and madonnas. But he was born in an
unlovely age and in most unlovely
city, and man can not escape the en-.
vironment Of youth; he can only realize
it's values unseen Of other men. This
man was born among American latoreis.
and they were his theme all his life. He
knew the dignity of labor-and the
tragedy Of it. He drew the common man
at all forms OF trial and Iecreation; the
mechanic, the brakeman, the soldier,
the eailor. the politician. Mr.. Gibson
might be styled the artist Of the Four
Hundred, but Keinbart was the artist
of the people. He was loyal, as all great
souls must be, to the form Ct life he
knew. TO the people whose suffering he
had shared.
Well. last summer they brought him
home again. this man who had pursued
Arts fieetirg shadow unto the ends OF
the earth, brought him home to art-less
Pittsburgh to keep his long watch be
side the Allegheny. And no one here
knew or cared. The daily papers had
paragraph or two about him. A
number of artists and literary men ami
several great editors came down from
New York with his body. but his death
was not even known in Pittsburgh.
.Reinhart dead! Oh, yes; his brother
is fellow of some means ! guets. Stan
ley never amounted to much l heard
that hundred times.
There were not a hundred people at
his funeral. Scarcely any one here Knows
that he is dead or that he even lived.
Yet be was the one man from all those
thousands wto went out and made a
worldwide name, who left great works be-
hind him and tangible memory in the
minds OF men. Now even from his
grave one can see the red light of the
furnaces. those innumerable. never
resting furnaces that melt down the
very lives and souls OF men into iron. |
never knew the emptiness Of fame until
l went to that great mans funeral.
never knew how entirely one must live
and die alone until that day when they
brought Stanley Reinhart home.
VILLA GATHER.
PITTSBURG, Pa.