Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-12-21
fiere and There.

Here and There.
1t is a pleasing bit Of sentiment that
marriages are contracted In heaven, not
witbstsnding the evidence OF the divorce
court, that at least one in six must
have been made in the other place. Most
marriage rituals read "until death do rs
part; although there are some who
think the union will extend TO that realm
of which it Is written there Is "neither
marriage nor giving in marriage" The
sixth couple evidently don't want TO
wait to the limit set by law and religion.
They do US one better over In Japan
According to the Buddhist faith, the
limit is not death, but the contract car
ries over into the next existence, IL there
is one, for "better or for worse. II
seems, however, that the Buddhists,
even IL they think the marital state con-
tinues In the undiscovered country, in
dorse the Christian principle that there
Is mo giving in marriage" there; so the
old bach or maid, who neglected oppor-
tunities here, may be confronted by the
sign said to be placed over Dsnte's In
ferno, Leave all hope behind ys who
enter here. Il follows, therefore, as q
conclusion the raising of wings exhausts
the energy directed toward filtration 10
the worldly sphere. These remarks
were suggested by marriage just per-
formed over in Japan, wherein the par
ties were both dead and their bodies had
been crsmsted. The couple committed
"shinju'', or double suicide, for love,
by throwing themselves into the sea-
Their bodies were recovered and burned
with Buddhist ceremonies and the ashes
brought to the home of the girls father,
who performed a marriage ceremony
over them. In this way it was hoped to
countersot the thoughtlessness OF the
young man and woman who jumped into
the sea before marriage, and thus insure
them happy married life in the next
world.
The pension bureau In Washington Is
out with its annual report, and states
disbursements for the fiscal year
amounted to s213, 295,314 These figures
are q decrease of S9,000,000 from the
1919 total. The number of Civil War
pensioners on the rolls Is 243,520 which
had been decreased by deaths during the
year to the number of 27,7s1. There are
also on the list 200, 100 Civil War wild
ows. There are only 14S Mexican War
veterans on the lists, but there are 2,42S
Mexican War widows surviving. Sur
vivors of the World War do not appear
on the rolls-only their dependents
III ID f.kA
for the period prior to application for
war risk insurance. There are no sur
vivors Of the war OF 1912, but there are
yet II widows Of soldiers In that war re-
ceiving government pensions. This may
be taken as evidence that there were once
on q time that number Of "old mems
darlings".
Here is another story which puts hu-
mans to shame, and reiterstes the posi-
ton OF old dog Tray as the most faithful
and loyal of animals. Neighbors 10 Cam
bridge, Mass, of Thomas Msher, an aged
recluse, had their suspicious of trouble
aroused by the continuous barking of his
dog. Calling the police and looking
q window they saw the body of
the dogs master lying on the fioor and
dead. The door was broken1
In, but the dog stood guard over his
body and would allow no one to
90 near IL. IL was found necessary TO
shoot the dog before the body could be
removed.
This sounds rather mean. II 10 said
sunhower seeds will intoxicate q rat to
the same extent that catnip will Q cat. |
They will invade any place in search of
this stimu lant. This weakness Is being |
.aksn advantage Of by the owners Of the |
giant liner Levisthiap, which has been |
led up ct her New York dock for more
han year, and is full of these rodents. |
rbe owners have placed seeds in certain |
where there are ferrets,
Ind so lure these small animals TO their
ieath.
The late William Dean Howells' H.
two thousand Volumes
las been appraised at $500, only an aver
,ge Of about fifteen cents per book. A
library has been considered one of those
hings where you ate your cake and had
{ too; that Is, you could get fuddle
mt of the insides and have the outsides
eft TO look at; but, IL seems, one might
9 we'll spend bis money for cigarettes
nd have it go up In smoke, so far as the
alue OF the residuum 10 concerned.
In these days of high gasoline prices
,any auto owners have turned toward
lcohol as q means Of lowering the Fl. G. |.
!. They may be interested to learn that
experiments have been made
, extracting wood alcohol from peat.
here Is considerable Of this material j
catered over the United States, most of
undsveloped In q commercial way, so
here are possibilities In It's use. Last
BAR 80, 197 tons we're mined and this
roduct was valued at S706, $50. Ia
Another man, whose name has become
household word, has gone, Horace e.
odge, automobile manufacturer, who
ed at Palm Beach December 10. Mr..
odge was q member Of the firm of
odge Brothers, whose cars are seen ev-
ywhere. His brother, John Dodge, as
ciated with him, died suddenly early Q
the year. They founded their busi- .
US eight years ago. Before that date
ey made automobile parts, and before .
at were associated with Henry Ford. d
The Newfoundland sealing feet are 10
Int seals In new way this year. They y
Q going TO use sirships. That is the A
et Is going to use che sirplanes for A
outs. When the big herds of young
ais come drifting down from the north m
the lee foes next spring the planes =
II tiy ont TO find them and signal the nj
ct ss to position. q,
10 talking about the Usage Indians, one al
mot say, 40, the poor Indian" be-
lse none Of them are poor. The In to
me OF each member Of the tribe. and 10
sy number 222S souls, 10 e1o, 1000 for d.
} year 1920 from the tribal oil lands
'sed 10 oil companies. "a