Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-07-22
Here and There.

The general impression that "Col."
Mulhalrs confession" told too much is
confirmed with regard to some particu-
lars at least by bis testimony before the
committee IL Is pleasing 10 note that he
reduces the number of ROckland Demo
Gratis who were kept in one hall, too
drunk to 90 to the polls, from the origi-
nal statement of l23 TO %. Perhaps an
other discount of large percentage
might safely be made.
But there is one item in this none too
sayory mess that no one will question,
and that is the letter written quite re-
Gently to Mullhsll by that modest vio-
let" as one of the,pspers terms him, DR..
G. Laug,ry Crockett. The internal evil
dence of genuineness of that letter is
sufficient.
And by the way, some of the papers
refer TO Doc Crockett as the author OF a
political novel. That is a libel on the
noble English language.
The recent flight of a French aviator
from Paris to Berlin without alighting,
$50 miles in $40 minutes, makes a record
and marks the advance of the science OF
flying, and tn a certain extent serves as
degree of offset to the fact that the
number of aviators killed 80 far during
the present year Is sevenly-eight-
though the price looks little high at
first sight.
A recent happening has called atten.
ton to the anomalous position of the
government with regard TO the rent of
post office boxes and delivery of mail at
post offices. Any person may have his
mail come in the general delivery, aud
have it delivered TO him upon calling for
1t, free of charge. This takes more of
the time of the post Office employees than
any other form Of delivery. Or be may
have a call box, where his mail Is placed
ready for delivery to him on call. This
takes less of the time of the employees
than the general delivery method, but
the one who has call box has TO pay
rent for it. Or he may have a lock box,
in which case he gets his own mail after
il is placed in the box, and none OF the
employees has anything to do with deliv-
cry of Ii. This method is the most eco
nomicsl of the postal employees time,
and vet those who have lock boxes have
TO pay a considerably higher rent than
those who have call boxes. 1t is true
that the first cost of call boxes is little
larger than that of the general delivery,
and the cost OF lock boxes is more; but
the difference in rents is many times the
difference In cost. As most people are
willing TO pay something for the greater
convenience of the boxes, it is really a
case of charging what the traffic will
bear"
The owner OF the Hartford base bal
team will have his team play no more
Sunday games. No, this isn't because
OF conscientious scruples, but because
he and the players have been fined fol
playing on Sunday.
Ability to swim is to be made requi
site to entering the navy. While every
one ought to be able to swim, there ID
but little more need that a man in thu
navy should know how to swim thar
there is that man should know how tC
reef sail.
Henry Ford of automobile fame is
building two million dollar house on q
three thousand acre estate near Detroit
Doubtless he can afford it, and few will
begrudge 1t to him.
Unsound aud unsafe for use Is the re
n hn r,fna1 m
bath house at Lawrence, Mass, wher'
so many boys lost their lives shor
time since. The stable will now b,
locked.
An exchange remarks that som
sportsmen who paid fines for unwilling
ly fishing on a closed stream didn't hav
the revised statutes with them. Bles
your soul, the special regulations tangl
up the fish aud game laws so fast tina
the pamphlet of those laws issued b.
the state department was out of date be
fore 10 was OFF the press, and the revision
of the statutes to be made, before IL Il
available for use, will be just about a
safe guide for sportsmen as Webster
spelling book.
One of the acts passed by the leg
islature last winter and now in force
which has not received the amount o
comment 1t deserves, is that providin
the iudetermiuate sentence, now mucl
used in other states. In brief it may b
given as the substance of the law that il
sentencing offenders to imprisonment a
hard labor, definite term of imprisou
ment is not to be fixed, but a minimum
and maximum term are named, an
after the expiration of the minimum
term, the prisoner may be released o.
parole, providing his record is good an,
1t Is deemed advisable by the advisor
board. This board Is made up o
three members of the executive council
Governor Haines has appointed as To
members of the advisory board, Coun
cllors Edward w. Wheeler OF Bruins
wick, Fred G.. Rinsman Of Augusta, an
James 5. Wright of South Paris. Tbi