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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14

Ny introduction to this prince OF the
Pacific was on this wise: My brother
and We're trolling for yellowtail of the
island Of Santa Catalina Suddenly out
of the summer sea flying 6sh-the
humming bird Of ocean-Aashed
athwart our bows and then, not dozen
yards distant, the waters parted and q
huge tuna, in its resplendent livery Of
blue and silver. swooped with indescrib-
able strength and rapidity upon its
quarry, catching it. mirabile dictu, In
midair In fraction Of second the
deed was done. The ocean. recording
the splash Of the leviathan, rippled ap-
plause. and our questions pattered like
hail upon the somewhat hard under
standing Of our boatman. son Of Al
SAGE.
"Yes," he said. his white teeth in
curious contrast TO lean. bronzed face
yes, messieurs, that is tuna, a 200
pounder, at least Pail Mall Gazette.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14

-
dies"
aration, Of which she had already beer
bereft longer than was safe, and with
out having recourse TO which she dared
not exhibit herself in a strong light
was even now in the possession Of ar
unscrupulous foe. She might no doubt
boldly tell Mrs. Naylor that she be
lieyed there had been mistake and
effect the requisite exchange, but this
would DO dleadfully hazardous meas
ure.
"She would smell rat at once and
tear of the paper before | could stoI
her." the unhappy lady reflected. "No
must get hold Of that bag Of hers come
how or ether IL have to kick her lee'
from under her as she is leaving thu
carriage to do it."
The fates were not cruel enough tt
drive Mrs. Aston to the employment
of such desperate methods. When the
train stopped at Northampton, Sil
Thomas jumped out, and, to her great
JOY, he was at once followed by Mrs.
Naylor, who remarked that she wanted
10 speak to her maid. An opportunity
like that was not to be thrown away
out Of pique or mere reluctance to ad-
dress young man who merited snub-
bing. Mrs. Aston Immediately bent
over toward the remaining occupant OF
the compartment, thrust the bottle
which was not hers into his hand and
said:
Lord Arthur. put this into Mrs.
MAYORS bag and fish out the one which
Sir Thomas was stupid enough to give
her. Il belongs to me-"
Now Lord Arthur had o grudge
against Mrs. Aston. and her agitation
was evident. ooh, well. don't know
about opening other peoples travelling
bags" said he, with provoking delib.
Grafton. Hadn't we better wait until
she comes backy''
Certainly not! It's-it's medicine,
and she is quite sufficiently Ill bred 70
examine it before she hands 1t over.
One doesn't want everybody to know
what medicine one takes. Please make
hastep'
"Hml I'm not sure that am justi-
fed in doing this. I" the young man OBJ
served slowly. "Still, to oblige you.
might perhaps stretch a point. Only
shall expect my services to be recog.
nizsd. What should you say they were
worth, Mrs. Aston? A couple Of dances
at the ball, for instance?''
"Oh, ten dances-20 dances, II you
likel Good gracious, here she comes
Do be quickp'
Alas, il was not In the nature of that
! leisureIy life guardsman to do things
quickly. He did indeed just contrive q
slip the bottle that Mrs. Alston bad
given him into Mrs. MAYORS bag and
| to withdraw the other, but there was
not time-or else he pretended that
there was MOTTO restore the latter tc
its owner. He popped it behind his bach
a Mrs Nayler stepped in. and imme'
diately afterward the train resumed iti
northward course. At the expiration 0l
| five minutee or 20 Mrr. Alston saw him
drop q newspaper over her property and
| transfer both articles to his own bag.
While carrying out this mansuver b.
(, gave her slight, reasenrjng nod, b
which shs was but partially stosgussd'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14
MORE TESTIMONY.

Professor Ssnboru OF New Hampshire
WAS the first dairymsn TO lay proof be-
fore the public of Whist the Farmer has
always stoutly maintained, that cows
will give more milk by having reason
able amount OF outdoor exercise.
Now Prof. j. n. Grisdale OF lows
comes forward and states that he has
conelusively proved that light, reason.
able exercise is not only good hut neces'
s.ry, keeping animals In healthy eoudi'
tion which tends 10 Increase the mils
Weld.
A farmer in Auburn, In this state, who
delivers his milk 20 customers In the
ci,y, states that his cows give him more
milk when watering them twenty or
thirty rods away at running water thar
when wstered In their stalls from tsns
in the bsrn. With that little exercise
they never shiver from drinking colo
water-Msine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14
| Kidney and
| Liver Troubles,
Dyspepsia

al was always . well man
until a few years ago when
began to suffer severe pains In
INV stomach. At first l PAID
little attention to them, but the
pains gradually grew worse ana
i felt obliged 10 do something.
1 had become quite fully con-
vinced was suffering from some
form Of dyspepsia comPiieated
with liver and kidney troubles,
and I began taking Hoods Sar,
sapsrilla which perfectly cure1
me. Since then, whenever reel
all played out l take Hoods Sar-
sapariila and il makes me strong
and hearty. IL never falis 10 s.
give me relief and comfort.
]. B. ExxxroN, Auburn, Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14
xmoke one With Ne.

"po you smokef" asked the middle
aged man. lyon dicn't two months
ago. You oughtn't to smoke, my boy !;
you're too young and not strong look.
ing Then the elderly adviser started
to light a cigar. Have cigar" he
said absentmindedly, AZ he scratched q
match. The young man took the cigar
and bit of the end.
"These are very mild" ended the
speaker, presumably for the benefit Of
his conscience-''very mild. and won (
hurt you any" New YORK CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14
Written for The Oxford Democrat
VALENTINES.

Printed on paper cheap and thin,
With funny ptcsurcs folded In,
In many colors Of gAudy hue
Red and yellow, pink and blue-
With queer long noscs and great big feet,
with Big wide mouths that cannot eat.
With verses long and verses short.
Some with malice bitter and hot.
Others with fun In ell the lipea,
We are your comic valentines.
Finest Of the paper.maker'a Art,
Laced and trimmed on every part;
wreathed with flowers sweet and gay,
In honor Of the good saints day;
Decked with dovcs and biooded hearts,
And Cupids armed with eolden darts;
And there are verses quaint and rare
Written by poets sweee and fair.
And love shines out from ell the hncs.--
These are fond lovers' valentines.
ArPHIA J. CIIFyonD,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14

Those no begin with few hens AMI
gradually Increase are the most success
ful. IL there is any business above
Others thst requires personal attention
and experience 10 attain success In It, IL
| 1. thst Of poultry keeping. The best
| b -peds Of poultry for farmers To keep
,epends upon circumstances. By all
means keep the breed that phases best
| then you win be likely to give them the
| heat Of care. All breeds Will lay well
] & thsy ars properly housed ana ~.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14

"My wife is the most ingenious WON
an who ever lived" said Ripper.
81 believe you. returned Nipper po-
itely.
"But you don't know why you be
lieve me. intimated Ripper.
''To tell the truth. ] don't replied
Nipper. looking bored.
"well. III tell you. We've been
married u years and lived In the same
house all the time. and this morning
she found new place In which to hide
my clippers '--London Standard.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14

The application Of the motor to farm
wagons j. now under study. II success
ful. IL will work revolution, Tor the
20 xer used can be spplied 10 driving
farm mechs uism about the buildings.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14

Boards are taxed 10 yen = year In .
japanese village II Ava ooenty, Ohiba
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-02-14
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"srRxD THE Prov

Correspondents on practical agricultural top's .
70 solicited. Address sn communications IA
tended Tor this department to HKKRy ID. HAN
soxD. Agricultural Editor oxford Democrat
PartA. Me.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
A CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS.
He Reproaches the French for Their
 Attitude Toward United States.

The late Hely Bowes, the correspon- dent of the London Standard in the Turco- Russian, the Franco-Prussian and several other wars, spent the last
 months of his life at a small Swiss vil- lage, where he had as an intimate friend M. Masson-Forestier, a well known Frenchman, says the New York Tribune. They often talked about the
 war, which had just begun, between the
 United States and Spain, and about the
 vacillating policy followed by France
 in delaying the proclamation of her ab-
 solute neutrality between the belliger-
 ents. MT Bowes criticised that policy
 in strong terms, and his French friend could not reproach him with unfriend-
 fly sentiments toward France, since he
 relates how in the Franco-Prussian war, the Standards correspondent had
 rendered a signal service to a French
 army corps by carrying dispatches to
 F1avre across the German lines. In the
 two articles already published by M.
 Masson-Forestier in the Revue Blcue, Paris, he gives conversations which he had with his English friend, and from
 which the following extracts are of some interest. The Standards corre- spondent admitted that soon after the opening of the war France displayed sentiments of a sincere neutrality, but he could not see why these sentiments had not been shown from the beginning of the Spanish-American question.
 "The rebellion of the American-B Brit fsh colonies" he said to his friend, would have failed if France had not rushed to the rescue with the elite of her youth. Thanks to Lafayette and Rochambeau, the United States became free. That liberation cost you French people dearly. But it was inspired by politics as much as by sentiment; therefore, the Americans were not left with a big debt of gratitude toward you. Still, in 1872, at the hour of the su- preme struggle of all Europe against your emperor found only one ally, the United States, which boldly declared war on England. Its priva- teers caused then enormous losses to our British commerce.
 From that time that nation has seen Hooking to it the best elements of the old world. It has grown up it has come to be king of Colossus, which walks in the front of the economical You are pleased to believe that for the Americans there is nothing but business and the dollar, and that they are incapable of generosity and dis interestedDess. This is a mistake. When, two years ago, all Europe, ex- cepting perhaps England, was letting
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

famous suits of the age. He was one of the counsel against the income tax law. The great lawyer has a country home ill Stockbridge, Mass. There he spends three months every year. He seldom comes to the city during the summer. He is an athlete. In his study are pair of boxing gloves, much worn. He is exceedingly regular in his habits. He never eats too much. He never drinks too much. He never missed good nights rest in his life.
 The only times in recent years MT. | Choate has been a candidate for office were in 1893. when he was elected a member of the constitutional conVen- ion, and in 1897, when he ran against Platt for United States senator. Platt got 142 votes. Choate got T.
 MT. Choate has been president of the Union league club and president of the New England society. He is a great Shakespearean scholar and can quote whole pages offhand- Once he and Ros- COG Conkling were pitted against each other in the Huntington railroad suit. MT. ChOate had nettled MT. Conkling and MT. Conkling retorted by reading in court a most tiambOyant and flatter- ing description of MT Choate, printed in a newspaper. The court and jury were convulsed with MT Conkling's comments. Quick as flash MT. Choate said he would let the description go without objection if the court would permit him to file for his side an ex- hibit of MT. COnkling, drawn by i'm mortal pen, and quoted Ofhand from Shakespeare:
 See what a grace is seated on this
 brow;
 Hyperion's curl, the front of love him
 self;
 An eye, like Mars, to threaten and com
 mand-
 A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his
 seal,
 To give the world assurance of a man.
 Like Chauncey M. Depew, MT Choate says he has been endeavoring to live down a reputation as an after-dinner wit; but that is one of Mir Choate's jokes.-New York Herald.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

the province of Puerto Prin- cipe. and Cienfuegos, in the
 province of Santa Clara. These are manned by thirty-seven clerks fr1m the
 general postoffice in this city and by 1sixteen native Cubans. Among th9 lat ter are two carriers for the city of San tiago, which is distinct innovation for that sleepy old town.
 Mere clerks will be sent to Cuba from time to time, and the system extended as rapidly as possible. The entire Gu ban chain of offices is tc be under the supervisiCm of former Fourth Assistant Postmaster-G neral Rathbone, who has been appointed director Cf posts, with headquarters at Havana. In places where United States offices hava not yet been esta blished Spanish officials are still in charge, and Spanish stamps are still used. Here, too, foreign rates of postage are in vogue, as is also the case at the American offices, with the exception of rates fer letters to and l from soldiers which are carried at the regular United States domestic rates. The latter rates will not become uni versal in the new territories until the United States postal authorities are in full control Then probably some meth cd of carrying the mails. other than the old Spanish horseback system, will be devised.
 In Porto Rico there are at present twelve American postoffices, whclh are connected with the general postoff1ce at Washington. The only two American postoffices in the Philippines are at Ma nila and Cavite, and theS are connected with the San Francisco general post office. In these islands the system will also be extended as rapidly as possible, although there is not so pressing need of it in the Philippines, where the na- tives have not as yet become addicted to the letter. writing habit to any great extent
 Up to the present the American pots offices in the islands havs been using the regular United States stamps, and more than $15,0 900 worth have been sent to Cuba from the New-York general postoffice alone. Naturally, most of the letter-writing to th1s country has besn done by soldiers, and the first offices established in the various islands were for their benefit. The regular United States issues will be continusd in the colonial service, but in Cuba during the term of Uncle Sam's military govern ment, the one. two, five and ten cent denominations will bear the word stamp in Spanish money.
 In Hawaii TO change has been made in the postal service, although com mision is now at work on the needs of the newly annexed republic. The old stamps are still used, and the old sys- tenn prevails.-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

# September ' and 8. but the waters tbout Bristol on another branch of Narragansett bay were equally warm, put were not the scene of any discol- lration or of the deaths Of marine ani- nals.
 The third theory which was offered, md which seems to be more plausible
 han the others, was based on the dis ;overy that the water derived it's hue rom the presence of an astonishing lumber of minute living organisms. These were ruddy or brown, and were
 ;o abundant as to render the sea
 opaque at a depth of only six inches. These creatures were found in the See konk only when the tide carried them ID, but they swarmed in the bay at all times for days. Immediately after the Wholesale eXterminatiOn of life here mentioned, the organisms grew scarcer, put they again increased in abundance lntil September ,23, when heavy rain storm seemed to purify the water to a great extent. Even as late as the mid He of October a few of them could be detected in the bay.
 With regard to the curious form of fife which appears to have been re- ;ponsible for this singular event, Prof. Mead says that he has identified it as species of Peridinium; but which par
 icular species it is he is uncertain. Moreover, some differences of opinion Ire entertained as to the nature of this creature. Some scientific men class it with animal, and some with vegetable
 fife.
 Several instances of the sea being oolored red in other parts of the globe are cited by Prof. Mead. In one, near Bombay, the alleged cause was the presence in the ocean of a species of 2ridinium, which Carter named the Sanguineum, because it's hue resembled hat of blood. Darwin's description of animalcules that impart Q red tint to the sea south of Valparaiso is also de- elared to accord with the characteris- .ics Of the Piridinium. The Brown uni gersity naturalist suggests that per haps the organisms which give to the Red Sea it's hue and name, and those that turned the sea red neaaT Iceland n 1649, are identical with the visitor 70 Providence river. H. J. Garter, who wrote up the Bombay case at consider able length, called attention to the seeming parallel between the observed shenCmenon and one of the plaques Of he time of Moses:
 And all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood And the ish that was in the river died, and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink Of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. ."--New York Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
FACTS OF REAL INTEREST.

Italy exported last year 21 900 ancient and modern works Of art, valued at $500 900. More than Cne-half Of them went to Germany.
 It costs a little more than $1COC00 a year to ,care, for the capitol building at Washing on. '.'i H
 Excepting grape wine, the oldest al coholic beverage known to man is slke, a rice wine It has been us5d by the Japanese for over 200O years.
 The lighthouse at Corunna, Spain, is believed to be the, eldest one now in use. It was erected during the reign Of TI2jan, and rebuilt in 1884.
 The wives Of Siamess nCblemen Cu- their hair SO that it sticks straight up from their heads. The average length of it is about enc and Onc-haIf inches.
 Women of today are, on an average, two inches taller than were the women of twenty-five years ago.
 The city of Damascus, in Syria, is so ancient that no records of it's origin can be discovered in any written histories.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

the sultan murder Armenians, Amer
 ica thought seriously of acting against
 Turkey. The task, however, was then impossible, and it had to be abandoned;
 today the sultan would not begin again
 with impunity. Americans know how to wake up the conscience of Europe. .. While growing up, have the American people hurt you in any way? No. Then why were you displeased with them? You dream of regenerating your youth; do you find that the Yan- kees would be bad example to that youth? No. You say that the Amerl- can is rough and brutal. That's true, but you only forget that those are the defects of his good qualities. Brutality is strength which oyerfows.
 There remains two grievances. The first is that your papers tell you that to allow the americans ti liberate Cuba means the risk of seeing them put their hands tomorrow upon your Antilles possessions. And, even if it were so, do you ignore the fact that the Lesser Antilles are all in the deepest misery? We Englishmen, who are aware of tnls, would willingly give upours. The sec ond grievance is that Americans are people who caused the death of the In- dians. Absurdl The Indians, who are still in your eyes the heroes imagined by Fenimore Cooper and Gustaye Aim ard, are ignoble brutes, refractory to any civilization, as proven by the fact that they have been incapable of reach ing the pastoral age; they have re- mained in the hunting period of devel- opmeut.
 ITO sum up, the American is fine type-humanity does not possess any more vigorous-and you Frenchmen L, 41- I.s to get his emancipation. And yet your sympathy was at first for the Span iards. America was stupefied at this. What said she, it is you, France, who pretends to stop us. But why should we not do for the Spanish colonies what you did; one century ago, for the British colonies of North America?'
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
THE BOSTON STORE.

N. Diamond has been for many years in business in El Paso, Texas. Two years ago he started here The Boston Store and now has closed out his entire business in El Paso in order to consoli- date with his brother, I. Diamond, here, and, with his good name, capital and ability, will furnish the public first class goods for the lowest possible prices, so they will not have to send away for goods to other cities.
 It is rumored that new publication entitled "The Waste Basket" will short ly appear We infer from it's name that it is to be magazine Of poetry.-Chi- cagO News.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
MAILS IN OUR CONQUERED LANES
With the New Year There Will Be Big Changes in Cuba and Fo-to Rico.

After the New Year the portrait Of Alfonso, the boy king Of Spain, will not appear upon the postage stamps that are circulated in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippine islands. Very soon after January l, 1899, the United States au- thorIties expect to be in full control Of the postal systems of those islands, and the regular United States postage stamps, with slight alterations, will then be used. The postal service in our new possessions is now undergoing g. complete reformation and will soon be conducted entirely by Americans after the American system
 The latest American p0stoffice to bs established in Alfonso's former colonies is that at Havana Fifteen clerks sailed for thersl recently, and will soon have in operation an up-to-date office and free delivery System-Something of luxury for CubanS, who were obliged to pay mRil-delivery fee when under the government of Spain. The clerks were taken from postofices throughout this country, two, MT. Fox and MT. Mar chese, being taken from the general pOstof1ce here. All are experts in their line. With the establishment or the Havana office there will ba fourteen American poscoffices on Cuban sol. They include the offices at SantasO, Ba quiri Guantanam 1 Giba a, Hclguin, Baracca, Sagua de Tsnamo, Songo, San Luis and Manzanillo, in the province of Santiago, Puerto Principe, Nue vitas and in another town in
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

We are free to confess that our Holiday Trade was big anticpatons for which desire sincere thanks the residents of Phoenix and nding country yet have left in stock the largest and line of
Chariton courier., 1899-02-17

and the medical virtues of buttermilk
utilized in regaining health and keep
ing the body impervious to disease.
If the sows were mated in Novem-
Der and early in December, progeny
will very soon be calling for extra sup
plies of food. Much of the success of
skillful swine breeders depends on the
feed of the breeding SOW during the
period OF CESSATION. Milk is the best
feed of all, and skim milk at that, as
whole milk or buttermilk would fatten
too much. Yet the diet should not be
wholly milk but be mixed with fine
middlings to give greater variety.
Some recommend feeding bran, but
our experience is that a hog will never
eat bran unless forced to it by partial
starvation, but the breeding SOW will
greedily eat sliced beets or mangel
wurtzel, and can be made to eat tur-
nips if the better root cannot be OBJ
tanned. Where bsets are grown for
sugar, hogs will eat considerable of
the bagasse. Ali the sweet has been
squeezed out of it. but it contains
some nutrlment. 1t is best eaten
with some more concentrated food,
even if the latter is only 4 small
amount.