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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07

opolis that Z certain Kaffir, who has
since disappeared, boasted one night in
his cups, just after he had been dis
charged from the Kimberley compound.
that he had found the biggest roof klippe
(red stone) that ever was found on the
fields. II this is true. the stone never
reached the diamond room Mt Do
Beers. It is just possible that some OF
the I. ID. b. fraternity could throw
some light on the subsequent wander
ings Of the 'mooi rooi.klippe' Of which
the vanished Kafiir boasted."
Frank Ridley aud Joshua Moeenstein
watched the millionaire's changing face
narrowly as be read. When be saw
that he had finished. Ridley said quietly:
II can fiud that Kaffir II necessary,
Mr.. Muratti OF course the diamond
law does nos hold good in this country,
but the laws rs to conspiracy end deal
ing in stolen goods do. II De Beers
prosecuted, they would find my evil
dence worth buying. Jossey here has
done his time aud could make q clean
breast Of il without fear. and so the
only one who could be touched would
be-
"Oh. tisat'll do" exclaimed the mil
lionaire in last burst Of despairing
anger. "What do you want?"
81 want half million down and an
other half in approved securities, prefer
ably De- Beers. replied Ridley, "and as
q matter Of principle ] must have that
check in favor Of Miss Ransome duly
honored. A miIlionaire's wife should
be above suspicion"
"And ! want . million, too"
chimed in Mr.. Mosenstein. "same way
as Frank wants his. And, what's more,
Mickey Muratti." he went ON. shaking
his finger in his face, ''as you disgraced
me by sending me to the breakwater
for your crime, you must restore my
credit in the eyes Of the society that /
shall go into now by making your wife
let me marry that pretty little sister
Rebecca Of hers that ! have loved all
my life. She was always fond Of me
and will have me when am q million
aire. dare say you can spare her o
decent marriage portion.
They were big terms, but Mr.. Mu-
ratti did not yet despair Of being intro
duced to the Prince Of Wales, and SO in
the end he yielded. A few weeks later
two new made South African million
aires, one English and one Hebrew,
blossomed forth, each in his congenial
sphere Of London society. A little later
ON there were two splendid weddings.
aud until these lines appear in print
the mystery Of the kings rose diamond
will remain unsolved.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07
THE TRysI

Alons wait In the old bcechwood.
Al orr tryst By the ruined mill,
And the only sound that ereets my -
Il the note OF the whippoorwtll.
Tie silent shades of the August eve
Der the shsdowed ruins fall.
But the only sound thst comes 10 me-
Is the whippoorwill's sweet call.
wait In vain for Q sound more sweet,
A note that ts far more dear.
It's signal which says ono ! love N high.
A whistle soft and clear.
The flreHies gieam in the old beechwood,
Where wait by the ruined mill.
But naught hear In the silent night
Save the lonely whippoorvili.
Rose vAnB. epseos.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07
No,withstanding the constant sdvi

Notwithstanding the constant advice
20 "huy only the best, breed thor-
oughbred stock" ETC., Is II not better 70
breed up than do~n: To put II In other
words. would in not be better for man
lust starting with sheep or swine, or
even poultry for eggs, TO start with
some good females OF common STOCK,
such as he could get st market price,
and SECURE a good male 10 improve on
them. than TO put so much money into
rhe fiock that he would feel under the
necessity of mating them with anything
that csme 10 hand: There IL more salts
faction 10 seeing an Improvement thsn 10
suffering decline, and the half.oreeds
viii cost much less In this way than 10
the other.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07
Glove Cutters.

The cutters Of the great glove houses
at Brussels and in France earn even
higher wages than the cutters Of the
most fashionable tailors in London and
New York.
So difficult is this art Of cutting
gloves that most Of the principal cutters
are known to the trade by name and by
fame. and the peculiar knives which
they use in the business are 30 highly
priced that they are handed down from
generation to generation ~ heirlooma
New York Telegram.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07

"Now, children, want you all to re
member that James Watt discovered the
wonderful steam engine BY simply
watching the kettle boil"
'Please, ma'snn, 1 dun't just see how
that could be.
why not?"
Cause watch pots niver boila -
BROOKLYN Life.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07

In her heart love and duty strove for
mastery, and duty won.
"No man shall wed me" she ex-
claimed, with suffused eyes and quiver-
ing lips, "who does not promise me
that II he is ever president Of the Unit
ed States be will use his influence to
have battIsships christeued with wa
terri
Such was the ardor Of his passion
that Algernon hesitated not moment.
II promisel'' he cried. and fell upon
his knees. Detroit Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07

"Your honor" said Boston Pete. al
most tearfully, "it's the newspaper pub
licity that hate about this thing. They
will aver that l 'opine' will be 'sp-
pretended, then 'incarcerated. perhaps
even in 'durance vile But, your hon.
or. for q man who has never demesued
himself by work this expression, caught
In the tolls, 10 too much" And the
wretch hid his face. kansas City Star.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07

About 4. 900. 900 false teeth are manu-
factured annually in the United States,
while one ton Of gold and three tons Of
silver and platinum. to the value Of
500, 600, ars used in filling teeth.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07
AMONG THE FARMERS.
.sPssp rns pLow."

Corrcsponience on practical agricultural sop., .
is solicited. Address all Communications In
tended for this department W HENRY ID. Han
MoSD, Agricultural Editor Oxford Democrat
Paris. Me-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07

The Sweet Young Thing-But why
should not women enter politicss
The Savage Baohelor-Too many
bosses there now. .--Iudianapolis Jour.
As1
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07
FARM oRUooeRY.

HOW TO AVOID IT. THE UNPLEASANT
SIDE OF FARMING.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-07

"Didn't The bride sst : hps lot ot
gsssntsi''
.Ysa indeed. She played her cssds
0olk "-RSovi1oneo 10usnaI.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

Gen. Harrison has leased his cot
tage in the Adirondacks for the
summer, and he and Mrs. Harrison
are making preparations to 60 to
Europe.
The general said yesterday that
they have made arrangements 10
all on May IL. They will stop
only in New York and the ocean
trip will probably take a week.
rhe commission that is to settle the
Venezuela boundary question, the
general said, is booked to assemble
May % in Paris, but il is doubtful,
he said, whether it will get to work
until some time after that, as Baron
Martens, thu Russian diplomat and
the president OF the commission,
nas intimated that he would like to
nave a postponement in order that
he may have chance to attend the
ears disarmament commission,
which meets at Ths Hague next
month. This, thu general said,
would necessarily postpone the
opening of the session of the Vene-
zuela commission until in June.
lie was of the opinion that settle
nent of the Venezuelan dispute
will require three months. He said
that when he had more time he
would be willing to furnish for pub
Iication a sketch Of the history and
scope of the Venezuela inquiry,
which is said to be very interesting
1t is said thai after the commits
ion finishes its work Gen. AID NJ :
Harrison will spend some time trav
cling in various parts of Europe and
they are not expected home unit
possibly as late a. November.-lnd
Sentinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14
T. BArr'Y "a" 2D L. S AIRY,

Lr. BArr'Y "a" 2D L.. S AIRY,
HAVANA, CuBA, April ), 80
Editor Courier The daily pro
gram is filed with joyful yesss and
cheers from the volunteer camps
whose regiments have received the
long awaited for orders to embark
for the U. ;. Transports are being
loaded as rapidly a. possible TO
leave for southern ports, whers the
honest and faithful volunteer Will
receive his Eagle" OF Excellency-
The most OF them have never stayed
away from their homes so long IN
their lives, and are unmistakably
anxious 10 see their homes again
and to share the pumpkin pies and
Sunday cobblers, as OF old
All regulars in this department
will remain in their immediate To-
catiors until further orders
The Cubans are growing anxious
to accept the rule Of the u : which
will, in time, give the regnlarss =
chance for home service.
The so called Cuban Assembly
is dissolving by itself They have
come to realize the importance 0i
that three million dollars, which
they would never see unloaded q
long as their hostile meetings con-
TRUE.
The time viii come. and il IS not
far away, when Cuba viii be ~
public, a thriving country through
out, one that will be ' ewei by
rulers of other countries with ad
miration and envy, and whose
people will owe gratitude TO thelr
mother country, the u 5, tor their
free exercise OF home government
The climate is growing much
warmer, though little sickness pre-.
walls as vet.
RIsIyG Sun School Boy
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14
vick's April Magazine.

The April number of Vick's hand
some magazine is filled with inter
esting matter to those having gar
iens or loving flowers, and is beau
tifully illustrated. An account, with
illustrations, of the newer varieties
Of Lilac makes known the superior
qualities of some of the finest OF
these beautiful Towering shrubs
planning the Kitchen Garden
is very practical article, giving
sound instruction and valuable sug-
gestions.
A Porto Rico correspondent tells
of some of the attractive features OF
th's island of he y. s., and soon to
become one of the sovereign States.
The different classes of dahllas
ire considered and illustrated.
Hints for April, and grating fruit
trees, are timely and instructive.
To every grower of vegetables or
lowers there is largely more than
the fifty cents per year subscription
price in Vick's Monthly. Rochester,
y. Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

There a;e in Indiana nineiy-twO
counties and .0l4 townships Al
len county has the largest number
of townships, twenty in all La
porte comes next, with nine;eel
followed bv kosciusko, with seven
teen. Two counties have fifteen
each, ten counties have fourteen
each, twelve counties have thirteen
each, sixteen counties have twelve
each. eleven counties have eleven
each, eleven Counties have ten each,
twelve counties have nine each,
three counties have eight each, twC
counties have seven each. three
counties have six each, four cOuntie.
have five each, and tao countie.
have four each--State Statistical
Report.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

Saloons are hell's nurseries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

BY counting as revenue" s12,-
300 900 obtained by the sale of the
notes OF the Central Pacific railroad,
given in settlement of its debt to the
government, the treasury officials
ire able to figure out surplus for
March of "nearly sl4 100000. "
They admit, however, deficit OF
sS5, 1878. .3l9 for the first nine months
Of the fiscal year, in spite Of these
artificial and temporary aids.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

When subinspector was hearing
a class of London Irish boys repeat
MacauIey's 'Horatius," he inquir-
ed whether three soldiers would be
likely now nowadays to hold a
bridge against a whole army.
"Would three Englishmen, for
example2" he said.
"No, sir" said the class.
"Would three Scotchmen?"
They again dissented.
Would three Irishmen?"
Please, sir" shouted an excita-
bic little fellow, lone Irishman
would do it. San Francisco Ex-
aminer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

The evidence offered in TIE Penn
,ylvania senatorial bribery investi-
cation, that the Quay people have
,ffered both money and federal
,flices for votes, is reminder that
the senatorial contests this year have
)een unusually prolific of bribery
exposures, or at least attempts al
exposures. You could hardly say
that the successful candidate in
Montana was exposed. because the
legislature declared that he was hon
,stly elected, but there is $40, 900
in the state treasury that was paid
~ his agents to members who turn
ID it over in open session, and told
where it came from. Utah did not
ret a senator elected, but it held a
bribery investigation. California
lid not elect senator, but possibly
his was due to the fact that the
legislature was investigating bribery
charges from the jump. Delaware
llso failed to elect a senate Dr, but
lad no bribery investigation, but
he public have no doubt as to the
bribery of the members who changed
their votes in the unsuccessful effort
to elect on the last day Ii has
come to be the regulation thing TO
lave bribery investigations when
.ver there are real contests In SEN
atorial elections, and this is matter
of serious concern, as well as the
irequent failure to elect and the loss
Il time of the legislature from its
proper duties. The senatorial cleo
ions by legislatures have become
iemoralizing TO remarkable de-
,ree, and that is a reason why they
should be abolished and popular
elections substituted for them
indianapolis Sentinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

~Gen. Jasper Packard, editor
,f the New Albany Tribune, has
,een appointed Superintendent oi
he Soldiers Home ai Lafayette
He will enter upon the duties cf
his Office July L.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

A poor investment was that Of
Mrs. Mary Harmeyer, widow. when
she invested 81, 900 IN the DUBOIS
Co. Fair association ten years ago
Last week she received what Was
left OF it-S500.
The Hartwell Handle Factory /
working day and night, in order 20
turn out the orders that are psuring
in. Many OF the boys" are pleased
at this rush OF business, and are
putting in lots OF extra time
Not q great while ago, one OF Ou-
pretty Nelpen girls dressed herself
In a soldiers uniiorm-pants, coat
and cap compleie-and went upon
the streets, causing quite q sensa-
ton and surprise to her frienis(g)-
Mrs. Samuel Brooner, of near
Johnsburg, died suddenly Monday
morning. Her husband was n
Dale, and when he reached home
was shocked at hnding his beloved
companion dead. Heart disease
was the cause. The bereaved hu<-
band and children have the sym
pa'hy OF the entire community
Huntingburg Independent
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-14

DIR. SAMUEL A CCRRIE, Lieuien-
ant Colonel Of the Second New Jer-
sey, testified on the 9Th before the
beef investigation committee al
Washington. He said; II was IN
charge OF detail Of IOs men 10 con-
struct a rifle range al jacksonville
in June and July. Often the men
were compelled TO throw away the
meat sent the en for dinner On one
occasion there was especial trouble.
and the next day, after eating this
meat, only twenty-iour men out Of
the 100 were able to report Tor duty
| tested this meat for salicylic acid f,
getting decided reaction. tested
il for boric acid. and secured a de-
cided reaction | considered the
canned meat unfit for my men TO
eat, AMI advised tht m not to eat
IT,"
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

Bat Masterson, the old time sport in
Denver, argues that he performed a
Christian act when he rented the Sal
walton Army barracks and cleaned and
fumigated them for occupancy for fistic
encounters. His argument is based up
which he found them, menace to
health and life. Goodness must go
hand in hand with cleanliness is por-
ton of Bats decalogue. Without the
cleanliness, he argues, there can be
little Godliness.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

We saw Woodmansee of the San Mig
guel Examiner at Telluride stick his first
type into stick and we owned the
stick. We saw him set type from a case
with Winchester on his case and six
shooter on his stool. They we're there
for business too. We saw him labor
ever an army press, with the doors of
the office barricaded and the sheriff on
guard, for fear the office would be
burned and the form pied. These
things we saw and knew they we're a
part OF good newspaper training and
hence we are not surprised at the jumps
for good the Examiner is making in
Woodmansee's hands 1t has a new
makeup and whole lot of other new
things, too numerous to mention, and
here we end, else Woodmansee would
get proud which would be unbecoming
to him. Take it for what it is worth.
Woodmansee, you know from what por-
ton OF our anatomy it comes. The
brightest paper in the San Juan, long
lease OF prosperity.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

Parents are too prone to condone with
the little peccadilos between child and
teacher. A rule, puritanic, but effective
was punishment at school, punish
ment at home Many parent
right in this city was tutored un-
der such rule, and they are good citi-
zens. Too frequently the complaints of
the child are without ground. While
not subscribing entirely to the old rule,
it has merit, without n doubt
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04
couRrrno CUSTOMS IN CUBA.

oiris Considered Old Enough to marry
At Thirteen.
Apparently the highest social instt-
tuition of Cienfuegos ia the Sunday
evening promenade in the plaza and
without it really do not know how
the young people of the aristocracy
would manage to mate and marry.
During all the week senoritas Of the
upper class are kept under rigid re-
striction, never permitted to walk
abroad alone, and constantly watched
by parents and duennas, as II expected
to rush to the bad If allowed the small
est opportunity. This system OF Wig
lance would doubtless become as irk-
some to the guardians as to the open
ing buds were 1t not so soon over. At
the age of 13 Cuban girl Is consid-
cred quite old enough to marry, and
her parents hunt up a son-in-law with
out delay-unless, as is more common
ly the case, some subrosa lover an
nounces himself or match, satisfac-
tory to paterfamilias, was arranged for
her with the son Of a friend while the
pair were as yet in their cradles. The
beauty and charm OF the fair Cubans
are as evanescent as irresistible while
they last Like the lovely wild flow
ers of their island, they mature very
early, but fade as rapidly. The pret-
tiest girl will be plain before she II
80, and a handsome middle-aged wom-
an is not to be found in Cuba-if any
where outside the temperate zone
Havana Letter.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

Justice Gabbert, very pleasantly con-
fesses to an error in judgment, while sit
ting as a trial judge in a mining case at
Ouray The supreme court overruled
him, Justice Goddard rendering the
opinion. IL his decision in the Mesa
cotAty district court, in relation to what
constitutes me asuremeut, in legal print
ing should ever reach the supreme court
we feel confident bis judgment would
Gabbert is human, and does not have an
inflated opinion that his trial court
judgments are iLfallible.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

A brass collar, inscribed with suitable
text, should be given that minister in
Denver, for sanctimonious assininity,
who proclaimed in the discussion over
the burning of the negro, Sam Ho Use,
that it was just and right, in accordance
with the God given right of domination
of the Saxon race over the negro.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

Tod Goodwin, the moro than bright
son of his erudite dau, c. G. Goodwin,
editor OF the Salt Lalso Tribu- e, has
written wonderfully bright poem on
the Denver Girl Young Goodwin and
Post, yolSed together would make team
no paper could hold down. All the
good things OF western journalism did
not go out with the suuihng OF the life
candles of Bill Nye, Herman Rothaksr
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

Acrusade against high checked horses
is enlisting active support from the
several of the devotees of this cruel
practice could be hitched up and given
a taste of the high hitch for fashion, 8
sake they would drop the check rein a
full dozen notches.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

"Hoch der Kaiser,' the poem which
was written of his imperial majesty
Billie was printed in this paper about
nine months ago, long before Captain
Coughlan made it so prominent.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04
Good Way tn saxa

A New Jersey man, to whom $200, 900
had been left, having been feeced out
of $4,000 OF it by sharpers, married
and transferred the balance of 1t to his
wife, SO he would have something left
for rainy day.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04
l.reser.inR the Aborirlnes.

The aboriginal population Of Aus
tralia is dying out SO rapidly that It
has been proposed to establish reser-
vations where the remnants can be
instructed in agricultural labor and
cared for.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

The Denver Times has no brush OF
sufficient size to blot out the word "Sil-
ver' before "Silver Republican" The
adjective may be dropped some time,
but not Just yet, however.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

and Gene Field They we're great. very
great, but here comes along Adams and
Tod Goodwin and several others. Wait
and see them grow.
The daily sentinel., 1899-05-04

When the Colorado regiment returns
the front end of the band wagon.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-11
What Happened to Jones

Lovers of farce are promised treat in
the engagement at the O'Brien opera house
next Thursday of "What Happened to
JONES'" which is from the pen of George
H. Broadhurst, who is also the author of
the latest farce, "Why Smith Left Home
The story of Jones, according to its plot,
is a series of queer circumstances and adj
ventures deftly put together by clever
dramatic architect, who takes his people
from actual life, and by the moving of his
checkers places those of opposite charac-
tiers in direct contact with each other. Mr.
Broadhurst frankly ackno wledges that
'"What Happened to Jones" was written
with but one aim in view, and that one the
purpose of crea ting merriment without
compelling the auditors to witness horse
play. In short, "What Happened to Jones"
is claimed to be a legitimate farce, If such
an expression may be used. The story that
furnishes the ground work for the play is
quite simple, yet despite this simplicity,
there is not a dull moment in it from the
opening scene to the final fall of the cur
tain
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-11
Darkest Russia

Will be the attraction at O'Briens opera
house next Wednesday might. Russia has
always been a most prolific source for the
playwright, and many nave turned TO the
land of The great white car for their in
SEPARATION for plot and storm, but no one of
the many that have been written on the
Russian theme has ever had so much of
popular appreciation showered on 1t as this
one, which is now we'll entered on its sew
enth consecutive season as an entertainer.
1t is a play of many uhrills, Doth in scene
and situation, and yet with all its rugged
character dra wing 1t has the delicate per-
fume of the most charming of love stories
running Through dt, while its entire four
acts are permeated with comedy OF the
higher order The cast are promised Is
said to be a most competent one. Among
those that will be seen may be ment-oped
Katherine Willard, Herbert Fortier. Kate
Jepson. HAIRY ID. Byers and Alta Perry.
This play has always been staged in the
most complete manner, and liiere will be no
departure from ulis rule tlAis time, for all
rhe scenery is carried completed.