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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIn.
MADISON gQUARE GARDEN. Six weeks -,
Nov. g. Diagrams for space rentals. privileges sa{ !
pectus ready. Manufactures, commerce machinery +
C;en'I Supt. American institute. Ill West 3sth n
Madison SQuare Garden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16

Fort Wayne. Ind. May IA. r. Eoser.o" ~.
,nar,y rrr,,ed state. Civil Service Commissioner
died last night at Hicksville.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16
Gummer Resorts
THE HAlCYON,

MILIBROOK. DUTCHESS CO. n. Y.
Opens May 81 Easily accessible. Unique in desisn;
liberal in management: perfect cuisine Also detacnsa
cottages for the The beautiful drives ideal sicyce
golf links athletic field polo ground and charming
Icenery make this hotel perfect Summer resort lOo
feet elevation Grand Central Depot In
hours Moderate rates Address for illustrated descrip
800. Hotel Imperial. N. Y City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16

XIYANTED-A boarding place In a healthy couessS
wv an invalid gentleman. Address s., 81. VIZ
terms situation, AG; terms moderate; References
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04

ALElu COLE.
Books and stationery.
BUCKEIELD. ME-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04

affection, than amid the royal magnifl-
cence above, and more than all, by the
nameless graves whose tenants are the
unclaimed victims Of the morgue, that
last sad refuge Of the guilty, the broken
hearted and the betrayed. Three or four
each day Is the average number that are
fished out Of the Seine, and brought here,
where they are left several days for iden-
tiflcatiOn. The bodies are exposed TO the
view of all who wish to see, and 1t is a
solemn and narrowing sight, but not
half so terrible rs are the faces, morbid,
brutal and uncanny, Of the crowd that
comes here every day to see. The pain
ful scene attracts many spectators,
mostly Of the lower orders, but the
memory OF the faces In their last quiet
slumber did not affect US, as did the
eager, savage, cruel, inhuman faces OF
that insatiate crowd.
There Is bridge not far from here
which seems to possess peculiar fas-
cination for those who are bent on self
destruction, and might appropriately be
called the bridge Of Sighs." In the
month just past, twenty people have
launched themselves into eternity from
its fatal parapet. The Inhabitants Of
that quarter devoutly believe that the
bridge Is accursed, and they cross them
selves whenever they pass over 1t or un-
der It. Ever since Its erection = few
years ago, the demon OF suicide has held
sway there, and over 800 people have
plunged to death from the deadly arch.
II has attained such notOriety from
possessing this morbid attraction TO such
an extraordinary degree, that the au-
thorities have been asked to demolish IL,
and thus destroy the mysterious spell
which hangs over the place.
1t will take another chapter to tell you
about the burial place OF the kings Of
France, MARTHA MAXIM.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
gAIMlNG IN NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAN

How can we advise the inquiring farm
er q northern Vermont 10 enter into
speciahies or 20 adopt mixed farming
FOR the next ten years, without knowing
the man himself, his experience or train
ing. his finsncisl backing. 10 say nothing
oi his farm, its nearness 10 railroads.,
etc: Without these particulars, how
can We advise intclligently:
Our own notion i thst as general
principle. farmers some distance from
market should first raise everything they
possibly can that i consumed by the
hou usehold and by the barn stock, so as
10 keep down the bill for family supplies,
stock feed. etc. After this, raise some
crop that can be sold for cash, whether
il be eggs or poultry, honey, butter or
cheese, beans, potatoes, or other special
crops. The extent 20 which IL will pay
a farmer 10 90 into these specialties de-
pends in part upon the amount OF labor
he will be Obliged 10 hire. We think
that keeping down the expenses and
raising for the market ouly as much
stuff "a can be handled without hiring
too much help. is the better plan for
the average farmer.
In fact, We have observed that good
many farmers have too much help instead
OF too little. They don't handle all this
help 10 the best advantage, but the pay
roll and housekeeper's labor and expense
ia feeding this help tick right along
the same every minute. IL takes head
that would. with some experience, man
age large factory TO run farm em-
plOving more than two men much OF the
time. How much there is In this word.
management New England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
AN HISTORICAL FARM.
BOSTON BUSINESS MAN RUNS IT WITH
pAIRYING As A SPECIALITY.

The Daniel Webster farm In Marsh
field OF 500 acres Is now owned by Mr..
Walton Hall. He says that much Of the
land Is poor, and quotes the local tradi-
ton that Webster had failing for buy
ing poor land on account Of his love 10
see IL improve under his administration.
On the farm are 100 head of Holsteins,
the specially being dairying. The land
is admirably adapted to the growth Of
corn, and Mr.. hall puts up $50 tons Of
ensilsge every year. He Is Boston
business man, and brings 10 his farm
management the principles which he
has learned iu the city. He says that
farming should be looked at as manu-
featuring, and run on the same princi-
Piles. II mill Is run at half OF Its
capacity, the cost of unit of produc-
tion, ne il a yard. or pound, is much
increased, consequently farming should
De carried on on more extensive plan.
He believes that many farmers apply
their capital injudiciously, or raise crops
with too much expense.
lie thinks that machinery should be
used 20 reduce cost 10 minimum. I'm
necessary labor should not be hired.
Mr.. Hall claims that one man can care
for twenty cows, and raise the coarse
stuff 10 feed them. la proof of this he
instances his experience, az he employs
four men on his farm with its 100 head
Of cattle. ninety cows being in milk. He
claims that man can milk twelve cows
In an hour, aud should be expected to
come near thSt figure "a his regular
duty. Mr.. Hall gets 2,5O0 quarts Of
milk per year from each COW. He ad-
visrs farmers to raise their own cows as
he claims COW will do better where she
WAS raised than anywhere else.
rhe-e are some Of the suggestions
made by Mr. Hall ~ n farmers institute
recently held in Msrshheli, Mr.. Hall
being the president of the sgriculturai
society England Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
HORSE NOTES.

The following bit OF good sense aud
advice i offered hy a Glens Falls On. "
breeder in The Horsemsn: "lt party
comes 20 see your horses and YOU DO not
have ANYTHING he wants, try ana heip
your friends 70 sell; 90 not say, Their
horses are no good, when they are gcod
and YOU knew they are, only you want
70 be dog in the manger- can't sell
Yourself and do not want any one else TO-
DO not 90 the other way aud tell pur-
chaser OF neighbOr's horse, that 1t i
All right and lust what he wants and send
him 10 look at the horse, when YOU
Know IL is nothing that will suit him, for
il takes up the purchasers time ana
costs him money and disgusts him, ana
he will not 90 and look at horses that
some one else tells him of, that perhaps
would be satisfactory, and he might
purchsse, only he has had so much "lld
goose chasing that he gives it up, and
goes home all out OF patience Win the
horse business.
weil-known authority declares that
there are four classes of horses To-day
wanted By buyers az paying prices 10 tne
producer. but that nothing else VIII
answer. They are the race horse, the
gents driver, the carriage horse, and the
heavy draft. The race horse Is valuable
solely as IL is able to make fast record
and reduce the same; the gents driver
belongs 10 the same general type, but
must have more size and style than Is
demanded In racing; the carriage morse
must have size, beauty, quickness OF mo
ton. abundance of substance, great 10.
tenigence and pleasing action without
speed. The draft horse will owe his
value to size coupled with right conform
srion and intelligence. Here are th'
four classes 10 breed, each distinct from
the other. not 70 be confused or com
eined. In each there are possibilities o
| success.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
PLANT A SHADE TREE.

Just as early as the frost Is out of the
ground Is the time to set out ornamental
shade trees. Don't wait for srbor day
or any other regulation or formality.
Take the time when you can catch 1t.
II but a single tree Is planted each
spring-time the premises are soon orna-
mented with these grandest of Natures
productions. Plant sugar maple for
quick shade, and the American elm for
nobleness and grandeur everlasting
The maple is exceptionally beautiful
especially in its early growth, but It's
limit Of life is short. The elm lives for
ever. Villages and cities-to-be miss
it in planting the maple exclusively. A
generation OF beauty and they are gone
Better plant alternately with the elm
then when the naples are gone the noble
elms left will be all that are needed.
Do not plant shade trees too near each
other, whether for ornament or shadow
A shade tree to show its greatest beauty
needs room to develop and spread ou'
its natural form. There Is far more
beauty In single tree fully developed
than ia cluster of the same.
Buildings should not be overshadowee
with trees. Plant the trees far enough
away so their shadows will not lay ovel
any part Of the buildings any consider
able portion Of the day. Trees are Il
look at, not to live under. Plant then
in the yard. By the roadside, in out o.
the way corners, or 10 points OF view a
distances remote from the buildings
| Nothing can be more attractive than tn
distant view from window or doorway
OF maple, an oak or an elm 10 thei
changing colors Of autumn. Then DON
let the season pass without adding an
other tree to the ornaments OF the hous'
and farm.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
oaths interspersed. which I dare not
even hint at, and with much that /

oaths interspersed, which I dare not
even hint at, and with much that
could not distinctly hear.
In mercy's name. thought /, what
band Of rufflans has selected this holy
season and this heavenly retreat for such
Pandamonian riots! quickened my
gait and had come nearly opposite to
the thick grove whence the noise pro-
ceeded when my eye caught indistinct'
ly and at intervals, through the foliage
OF the dwarf oaks and hickories which
intervened. glimpses Of a man or men
who seemed to be i'm violent struggle,
and could occasionally catch those
deep drawn. emphatic oaths which men
In conflict utter when they deal blows.
/ dismounted and hurried to the spot
with all speed. / had overcome about
half the space which separated it from
me when saw the combatants come to
the ground, and after short struggle /
saw the uppermost one tfor could not
sec the other) make heavy plunge with
both his thumbs, and at the same in.
slant l heard a cry in the accent OF
keenest torture: Enough! Ny eyes
outp'
was SO completely horror struck that
stood transtixed for IA moment 10 the
spot where the cry met me. The accom-
plices i'm the hellish desd which had
been perpetrated had all fed at my ap-
proach-at least supposed so, for they
were not to be seen
Now, blast your corn shucking
soul, said the victor, youth about IS
years old. ms he rose from the ground,
"come cutt'n your shines bout me ag in
next time come Co the courthouse. will
your Get your owl eye in az in il you
kinv'
At this moment he saw me for the
first time. He looked excessively embar-
rassed and was moving of, when Icalled
TO him in tone emboldened by the So
credness OF my Office and the iniquity OF
his crime. Come back, you brute, and
assist me in relieving your fellow NOR.
tai. whom you have ruined forever!"
My rudeness subdued his embarrass-
ment in an instant. and. with taunt-
ing curl Of the nose, he replied: "You
needn't kick before you're spurred.
There amt nobody there. nor hain't
been Mother / was jist seein how
could "a fout." So saying, he bounded
to his plow, which stood in the corner
Of the fence about 90 yards beyond the
battle-ground.
And, would you believe II, gentle
reader. his report was true! All that
had heard and seen was nothing more
nor less than a Lincoln rehearsal, In
which the youth who had just left me
had played all the parts Of all the char
acters in courthouse fight
went to the ground from which he
had risen, and there We're the prints OF
his two thumbs, plunged up TO the balls
in the mellow earth, about the distance
Of q mans eyes apart, and the ground
around was broken up, a. il two stays
had been engaged upon it-A. b. Long.
street.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
Charitable Chinese.

The Chinese are a charitable people,
all Of whom give freely up to their at
fording. Almost every well to do China
man is a member Of some charitable
body. During the terrible plague which
fell upon Hongkong some years ago
hundreds Of coffins were gratuitously
provided by the richer Of the native
merchant class. But not one Of those
Hongkong Samaritans thought Of send
ing medical aid to his stricken coun-
trymen. Often in China you will zee
some old grave broken open. Those who
cared for it and worshiped about Il are
dead or gone to Australia or California
Usually those broken graves display q
heavy coffin. Sometimes through the
cracks Of mortar or earth we zee large
jar Of clay, painted green, blue or red.
Such urns contain the bones and ashes
Of poor Cinnamon who have died faz
from home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
ONE OF THE OLDEST SHIPS.
An American Bark Built In i1sl still
Doing Duty.


The bark True Love, built in Phila.
delphia in 1864, has been found upon
search to be yet ahoat In the capacity OF
O coal hulk, engaged In active trade.
This discovery was made through . cas-
ualty recorded in the Maritime Exchange
~ follows: True Love. barge, was In
collision with schooner Gravesend OF
London, off Gravescnd. and had port
quarter damaged TO such all extent that
1t was found necessary TO tow her into
Rochester, and she arrived at that place
In charge Of the tug Commerce. The
true Love has not only outliyed her
builders and their successors, but has
also outlived every craft that was built
In her time and for many years after
ward, and this fact, coupled with the
report that the historic craft Is still en-
gagged in active pursuits, places Phila-
delphia at the very top notch as u ship
building center.
In 1854, when this famous old craft
was launched on the banks Of the Della
ware, although her length was but 98
vessel Of commerce that the Delaware
had ever fioated Contrast this with the
dimensions Of the huge Hamburg Amer
ican Packet company's steamship Penn
sylvania, whose length is 5s1 feet, and
one will be- amazed with the magnitude
Of the modern ship Of commerce. The
True Love, upon being completed, sailed
away from Philadelphia early IN 1865,
and no record il had Of her return to
this city until Aug. %, 1878, when, at
the age OF l09 years, she came into port
from Ivigtut, Greenland, with cargo
Of kryolite in command Of Captain
Thomas Nathaniel, consigned TO Is.
Crowley. She was discharged here and
surveyed by the American Lloyds In
October, 1873, and sailed away, never
to return again. Upon her arrival short
ly afterward in London she was sold
and turned into "A coal hulk, IN which
capacity she still serves.
The dimensions Of this famous True
Love are: Length, 90 feet inches;
beam, 26 feet % inches; depth Of hold,
II feet. She measured 296 tons register,
and, like all old craft, carried very lit.
tie more cargo.
The discovery that there was still
afioat Philadelphia built vessel Of such
an age has caused much comment on
the floors Of the Maritime Exchange,
and some shipping men are Of the opin-
ion that this old craft should, If posi-
BILE, be purchased as a relic. Records
show that the True Love was for time
owned in Hull, England, by q Dahl
previous to her purchase by John 5.
Ward of London, and during that time
she was engaged in the Baltic trade
| PHILADELPHIA Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
THE PLAYFUL SEAL.
Lots Of Fun In Juggling Things In tho
Water with IL. whiskeru.

Seals have ON either side of the nose
little scattering bunch Of whiskers or
bristles something like cat whiskers.
The bristles of the hair seal-the species
at the aquarium at Battery park-are
not 80 long ~ those Of the fur seal, but
they are three or four inches in length,
and they are white and slender and tiex-
ible. The older Of the aquarium seals,
which has been there about 2la years,
gets lot of fun out Of its whiskers. lt
iuggles things in the water with them
for hours at time.
There may be- floating in the pool a
fragment of fish skin, for instance, left
from the last feeding. The seal will
swim under this and raise IL on the tips
of its slender bending whiskers. The
fragment floats away or lodges of with
the agitation of the water caused by the
seals motions, and the seal swings its
head under it and raises il again ON its
whisker tips II it slides down a wave
that the seal has raised, the seal swims
after il. The seal is very rapid and
graceful swimmer. Sometimes this seal
when it has tossed up the fragment OF
fish skin in this way will turn over in
the water with swift spiral movement
and catch the fish skin on it, bristles
again when it comes up. Ii Is some
thing like man tossing things up In
the air and then turning round and back
in time to catch them when they come
down.
For hours at time, as kitten plays
with ball, the seal juggles this frag-
ment floating i'll the water.-New York
Sun
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
Juvenile Theology.

81 know" said little Johnny, siding
MP to the preacher while dinner was be-
Ing prepared, why the wicked folks Is
the only ones what gifts punished in the
next world.
"Indeedr" exclaimed the good man.
"I am glad to hear that you know this.
And will you tell me why 1t is!"
"Cause," replied little Johnny, "the
good people always gifts it in the neck
here. "-Cleyeland Leader.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
Sloping Shoulders.

And now, says New York fashion
writer, comes the disagreeable news
that in foreign fashion centers sloping
shoulders are to reign. We have it
on undoubted authority that the leop-
ard cannot change his spots nor man
add one cubit 10 his stature, yet Will
the modern exponent of fashion eX-
ercise her ingenuity in the alteration Of
the anatomy above the shoulders. For
many years we have worn our shoulders
ND to our ears, 80 TO speak. Now all is
to be changed and the fashiopable
woman must assume the virtue of slop-
ing shoulders, though she have 1t or
not. Seams from neck to shoulder point
are to be- heightened, and all fullness
that remains in the top Of the sleeve
will tend in downward direction. The
shoulders proper will remain where they
are, but will look as if they had received
q direct impetus toward the elbow.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
PREMATURE WRINKLES.
They Arc the Record of Thoughts Forced
Oh the Face.


Wrinkles are as natural TO old age as
il n full, smcoth face 10 childhood. They
are due mainly to certain shrinkage of
the muscle shrinkage which charac-
terizes more O. less the entire system in
the later peridd Of life. II is in conse-
quence Of this general shrinkage that in
advanced lille the height is somewhat
lowered that the substance OF the jaws
contracts, thus often giving rise, by
pressure on the nerves that pass through
the bony canals, to severe and difficult
neuralgia, and that the brain substance
becomes reduced in bulk, water filling
the vacant space. Were il not for the
fixed habits aud accumulated resources
Of lifetime an old mans brain would
not be equal to the work which he still
performs easily. There Is, OF course,
much difference between old people in
this respect. which is due largely to
temperament. habits Of thought and OF
feeling and iaodes Of life.
The papers lately told Of a man over
100 years cid whose face was wholly
without wrinkles. This was very ex.
ceptional case. for the great body OF US,
IL we attain length Of days, must take
them with tie addition Of physical de-
cav. Even tie proud belle must make
up her mind fer wrinkles, but IL, rs she
grows older. .ae grows in good sense,
intelligence and kindly sympathies, her
beauty Of ch. .acter will have an attrac-
ton far beyCad beauty Of face. While
wrinkles resut from the natural work
ing Of the system, they may also be
caused by perverted condition Of the
system. rs are pimples. blotches and
boils.
Now, the ,rman face, unlike that OF
brutes, was meant to be the mirror OF
the mind" the visible expression Of ev-
cry passion, emotion and inmost feeling
Herein is its chief beauty; hence Its
numerous muscles and nerves, whereby
it is so wonderfully adjusted to this end.
But muscles in constant or frequent ex-
ercise increase in volume, strength and
readiness Of action; hence habits OF
thought and feeling become stamped on
the face, and we read so easily the
character of the proud, the vain, the de-
ceitful and the sensual man or OF the
kind, the calm, the energetic, the frank,
the candid and the honest man. But
there is nothing like care and worri-
ment to plow burrows in the forehead,
and these are badly marring the faces OF
some men and women. We pass in the
streets persons Of SO whose foreheads are
,aore wrinkled than the brow should be
at 20. Some Of these may have more
care than others, but they unnecessarily
yield to the tendency to express them In
the face.-Leeds Mercury.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
Old stories Over Agnin.

Bubb Doddington was very lethargic.
Falling asleep one day, after dinner
with Sir Richard Temple and Lord Cob
ham, the latter reproached Doddington
with his drowsiness. Doddington denied
having been asleep, and, to prove he had
not, offered to repeat all Lord Gotham
had been saying. Gotham challenged
him to do 90. Doddington repeated a
story, and Lord Gotham owned he had
been telling it. "Weli." said Dodding-
ton, land yet did not hear word Of
Il, but went to sleep because ] knew
that about this time Of day you would
tell that story. MARX Lemons Jest
Book"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04

the calf see how 1t would seem to work
with partner. This frightened the calf.
and, elevating his tail and voice. he
struck dead run" for the village,
and Mr.. Clerk went along, with his
head down and his plug hat In his hand.
straining every nerve to keep up and
crying ont at the top Of his voice /:
"Here we come, plague our foolish
soulsi Head Us, somebody
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
BRANDS or FERTILIZERS WHICH CAN
Ss LEGALLY SOLD IN MAINE.

The Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station has Just issued special bulletin
giving the names OF fertilizer manufact-
Grers who have complied with the law,
and a LIST Of the brands that can be law
fully sold in the state. This i OF especial
importance 20 dealers sc they are liable
IL they sell unlicensed brands.
This bulletin will be sent 20 all who
apply 20 the Msine Agricultural Expert
ment Station. OronO. Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
THE OLD HUMORISTS.
THE BLUFF OLD SQUIRE AND THE
SAME OLD GAMES.

Things Had Changed but Little In Half .
Century. He Thought Georgia Theatres.
Tho Country Clerk and His Strong At
tachment to . Frisky Calf
Four or five Of us, says writer in
the Whitehall Review. were enjoying
eur last pipe for the night in the smok-
ing room at Craigfalloch. We had had
o long days tramp over the moors, and
the conversation lay chiefly between
Jack winstanley and Charley vane.
These two had been at Oxbridge about the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-05-04
YOked.

A country clerhjn rural town had a
pet calf, which he was training up in
the ways of tho OK. The calf walked
around very peacefully under one end
Of the yoke, while Mr.. Clerk held up
the other end. But in al unfortunate
moment the man conceived the idea OF
outing his own neck in the yoke TO let