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The age-herald., 1897-09-14
A Paper Car Wheel Wrecked the Train.

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 Newport, Me.-By the collapse of a paper car wheel wrsck on the Maine Central railroad was caused Sunday morning at the Simpsons crossing, about half way between East Newport and Etna which resul,ed in the death of Martin Paine, of Plymouth, and the in- jury of more than thirty other pas gers.
 The train was a special passenger from Dover and Foxcroft to Etna, and was in charge of Engineer Peaks and Conductor Owen It was made up Of five passenger coaches and a combination passenger and baggage car. The cars were all crowded, and many persons were obliged to stand. As the train went ove,t the crossing one of the wheels broke, and ;ha last car was thrown from
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
The Independent Voter.

A magazine writer hits the nail on the head when he says that an independent in politics is a man who cannot be de- pended upon. The Independent may originate ideas and policies, but he can not carry them out. In politics succ ss can be obtaiEed only through organiza- tion. and the independent. has no use for parties, ard they have no use for him.
 He IS a suggeSter, an adv.ser a cri dc and kicker. Yet he does good. His enemies profit by his free and fearless comments, and they reward him by lay ing him on the shelf. The independent sometimes educa.os the masses and to certain potrt. Then a party is or ganized and the old leader disappears. The independent may do most of the thinking, but the organized party does movement, it is sometimes necessary for an independent to come to the front But there would be no hope of success if those engaged in the movemen, should adopt Independent methods, each man for himself, leaving the devil to take the hirdmost.
 In thts enlightened republic there will always be at least two great parties, one acting as check upon the other. Be- sides shese, there will be little parties and independents. who will be mere crit ics. advisors and censors. cutting out
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

lots of work for somebody and doing little of it themselves. The independent wants to dictate: he never learns how to obey and serve. Altogether. he is a very troublesome fellow in politics. The only useful independent is the voter who gives his best advice to his party, but loyally goes with It and works for 1t when he is cverruled by the majority
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 The proof of the pudding is the empty dish after dinner
 Economy consists in knowing how to get others to supply your wants.
 Husbands and wives never argue with each other-they simply dispute.
 The man who gets caught in the rain loses all interest in stlyer-lined clouds.
 A girl may love a man from the bot tom of her heart, but there's always room at the top.
 The camel and the scorcher both have humps, but the camel has the advantage in being able to go for ten days without drinking.
 Few women would care to become an- gels if they could not talk out loud to each other while some other angel play ed harp.
 of music in them and the neighbors are always sorry when any of it escapes
 Time wasted can never be recalled You should remember this when trying to carve a boarding house beefsteak.
 There is nothing like knowing how to do a thing--unless it is the faculty of being able to do it when you know how
 It is rather inconsistent for minister to admonish his hearers to watch and pray and then proceed to preach them to sleep.
 Airship rides will never become popu- lar with girls unless the machine can be managed with one hand.
 It Is sometimes lucky to pick up pins in the street. and always so to knock them down in a bowling alley.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
A Good Sian,

Annual cotton consumption in the south has for the first time passed the million-bale mark. The following fig ures for eight years. taken from the re- port of Secretary Hester. of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, show the growth of cotton manufacturing in eight years in the south, compared with that of the north in the same period:
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
Who Is Matt Mynor?
le Cherokee Sentinel.

From the Cherokee Sentinel
 Who in thunder is Matt Mynor of the Afe-Herald, anyhow? The Sentinel asks this question, not because it ia dead struck on his letters, but because their peculiar style excites curiosity. If any, body knows please tell us who he is.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

The shooting of Henry c. Prick, the tyrant of labor. in 1892. was a great crime in the opinion of the friends of gigantic trusts, but the killing of honest laboring people who demanded higher wages is, as they see it, the fighting of a great wrong,
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
His Record.

Frccn the Indianapolis Journal.
 'iHave a good time on your vacaIfont?'s asked the man who could not go.
 .iMIade a record of .750," cheerfuEy am- swersd the young man.
 Did, what?"
 Proposed to thirty-six girls and war acepted by tweny-sevcsl."
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

The lynching of that Pennsylvania sheriff would have a wholesome effect on justice tn thak state. A mere brutal and cowardly act was never psrpetrated than was thalt of the sheriff in killing petaceable laboring people,
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

kicking against the Dingley tardff bilt
 It is true Mfr. watterson was in switz- erland during the campaign, but from a great distance he did all he could for the election of MT. Mckinley, and if there had been no Mckinley there would be no Dingley bin. 44
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
A Different Tune.
Fpom the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal.
 Iady-No; I can't give such a dir.y lookirg man anything to eat.
 Tramp-Tm nc; so dirty looking but what de lady next door was kind enough ter give me piece of cake.
 Lady-Oh please come n! I'm anxious to know whether her cake is as good as mine
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Perhaps the administration and the gold democrats will think it proper to that mona peacsabfe and industrious workmen may be shot down in cold blood for daring to ask that their wages be increased.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
They'd Want the Chief.
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

From the St. Louis Dispatch.
 A handsome woman, only 33 years of age, is trying to become chief of police in Denver. The worst of such an ap- pointment would be that unless the force were to be made up of other handsome women all the masculine offenders would insist upon being arrested by the chief.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

the track and completely overturned.
 The wheel which caused the accident was paper one, and it fs supposed that the bolts which held the plates were broken and thus the wheel collapsed.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

There are quite a number of people becoming unduly alarmed about the possibility of MT. Cleveland becoming a senator from New Jersey. New Jersey has done some queer things, but that it will send Grover Cleveland to the sem ate is more than can with consistency be contemplated by people who are sus- pected of sanity.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

New Orleans has done herself no good by attempting to conceal the fact that yellow fever prevails there. With the fear of losing a few dollars thousands of lives have been placed in jeopardy.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
ADYERTIsING RATEs.

Advertising rates, daily and Sunday. is- sues, one dollar per inch, first insertion; Monthly contracts for display advertis- ing of inches or more daily, 60 cents per inch each insertion. Regular large dis play advertisers running annual contracts will be given the minimum rate of 50 cents per inch for each insertion. Read ing notices 20 cents per line nonpareil. insertion. Reading notices 25 cents per line.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

If the time has come when laboring people are to be shot down like beasts by the authority of the law because they object to working for starvation wages. it is high time there is an upris- ing of the people.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

General Longstreet fpas begun writing his second memoirs before a single battle has been won.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14
JacOnic Pam.

From the Cleveland Leader.
 Gertrude (eagerly): Papa, did Mr Harper call on you today?
 MT. Millyuns: Yes.
 Gertrude: We'll, what followed? MT. MElyuns: The ambulancs,
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

There was great activity Tn and about the White House yesterday by the pie hurting brigade, who are waiting to see tha great Fsllher.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

New Orleans and Mobile can very properly quarantine against each other. This is at it should be.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

While Seth Low is getting the hot touch Senator Platt is giving himself the glad hand.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

In Pennsylvania it is regarded the right thing to kill men by the sheriffs who say they cannot afford to work for wages which will not support their families
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

No doubt Mark Hanna win claim credit for the republican victory in Bes- semer yesterday.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

With yellow fever in Mobile, the pso- pie at Birnpinghhm cannot be too care full Lst the quarantine lules be most rleEdly enforced
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

The government calls out it's troops to protect Pinkerton thugs and thieves, but not to protect laboring people from murder by county sheriffs.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Thomas Bracket Reed will not be as big a man at the next session of con- grsss as he has imagined himself in the last
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

If Chattanooga were to become part of Georgia H. Clay Evans would be a supposed statesman without a job.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

There was quicker aoiadcn in shooting by the Pennsylvania sheriff than could have been gained by an injunction.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

No orfs has noticed that either Gen. eral John McAuley Palmer or General Simon Bolivar Buckner have gone to Klondyke.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

That small hack lead of Kentucky gold democrats could net make re- specta'ble lafd upon mint patch.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Richard Croker is entirely too active for man who says he is out of polltcs
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

The mod1 reasonable theory now ad- vanced is that Andree has jumped his job.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Mark Hanna has opened the Ohio campaign, and he will cut a figure very much on the style of the girl who marched down the aisle with the man who shot Sandy Magee.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Josiah Patterson, the golden-hued ora tor of Tennessee. who is out for what there is in it for Patterson, is in fit com pany when with Bill Bynum, another patriot tn the pay of Russell Sage.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

There Ts always more or less tune for play, butt too much play should ntt cause the people to forget to bell the water.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

sRemittances can be made by express, postoffce money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

There is nothing like knowing how to do a thing--unless it is the faculty oi being able to do it when you know how
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Henry watterson is doing too much
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

It is rather inconsistent for a minister to admonish his hearers to watch and pray and then proceed to preach them to sleep.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Time wasted can never be recalled You should remember this when trying to carve a boarding house beefsteak.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

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The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Eastern Business office The Tribune Building, New York City; Western BuSaa isa S. c. Beckwth Special Agency Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Some girls seem to have a great deal of music in them and the neighbors are always sorry when any of it escapes.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Airship rides will never become popu- lar with girls unless the machine car be managed with one hand.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

The camel and the scorcher both hay humps, but the camel has the advantag in being able to go for ten days withou drinking.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Few women would care to become an- gels if they could not talk out loud to each other while some. other angel play ed harp.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

A girl may love a man from the bot tom of her heart, but there's always room at the top.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

The man who gets caught in the ra loses all interest in a.lver-lined clou
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

From the Chicago News.
 The proof of the pudding is the empty dish after dinner.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

Husbands and wives never argue each other--they simply dispute.
The age-herald., 1897-09-14

It Is sometimes lucky to pick up pins in the street, and always so to knock them down in a bowling alley.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
Curious Pottery.

The Peruvians certainly show great
ingenuity in the manufacture of pot
terry. A favorite form of vessel has a
long, slender neck and rather stout,
chunky body. The vessels for the most
part are made to represent living crea-
lures, and have openings for the eyes,
nostrils and mouth. When these yes-
sells are filled with any liquid, the air
rushes from these openings with char
acteristic sounds. A vase representing
a mountain cat gives forth sounds like
the new of the living creature. A
bird-design sings or whistles; dish
with coiled serpents Kisses. Other fig
ures squeak or screech, according to
the animals they resemble. An anus
ing object is the figure of very old
woman. When water was turned in
to this jar there were sounds of Sob
bing and grief, and tears trickled from
the eyes and rolled down the cheeks.
A peculiar design was a vessel shaped
like a double-headed bird. This lar
must be filled from the bottom, and vet
not drop would flow out when it was
turned over, although If it were slight
ly inclined the water ran out readily,
These people appear to have reduced
atmospheric pressure to a science
Their knowledge Of this is only equaled
by this ability in portraiture. Some
of the faces, are wonderfully life-like
and expressive, and show a very keen
sense of form and an excellent under.
standing Of facial expression.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
Gold Resources of the rran.vaal

OF his recent extended study of the
gold resources Of South Africa, DR..
Becker says that the Transvaal repub-
lie contains the largest gold deposits in
the world. Within fifteen miles of
johannesburg there is an amount Of
gold, practically in sight, estimated to
be worth $500, 100000, or nearly as
much as the entire volume of gold
coin now in the world. The gold is ex-
traordinarily uniform, as uniform as
coal in an ordinary deposit, as shown
by shafts which have been sunk to a
depth of 1890 feet, and diamond drill
ings which have gone still further. At
present the gold is being taken out at
the rate of 100000. 900 year. But the
most surprising news which DR.. Becker
brings Is the testimony of an American
who was formerly his assistant in the
Geological survery, and who is now en-
gagged in mining in the Transvaal.
where he has made several millions of
dollars. This American mining expert
says to his knowledge and belief, the
gold deposits. instead being thirty miles
long-the region now in Sights prac-
tically 1900 miles long except that in
the rest of the region later deposits
have come in over the gold. This
however, will not prevent economical
mining, but will simply delay it.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
BADLY FRIGHTENED.
The Stranger Was Not Dick Turpln-
just Wanted to Ask q Question,

The Stranger Was Not u Dick Turpln-
just Wanted to Ask q Question.
Had been woman would have
screamed at the top of my voice. But
being only man I gulped down the
lump that swelled up in my throat
and treated myself to an imitation OF
bravery, says writer in the Detroit
Journal. Just as l had entered the
shade that hangs like pail about the
church on Bagley and Park a figure
loomed UP before me indistinctly sill
houtted against the gray stones of the
edif1ce. 1t was man.. He quickly
withdrew hand from his coat pocket
and, pointing his index finger straight
at me. muttered in a hoarse voice:
Stand moment"
l could see no CLEAN in his eye, but ]
imagined that his extended finger was
the barrel OF revolver and thought
saw that CLEAN. l stood. i confess
that my knees knocked together and a
cold perspiration began to ooze out OF
my anatomy.
"say.' lie said, after cycling me for a
moment, you needn't be afraid of me" :"
But l was. thought he had evil
designs on me. The darkness of the
place suggested repetition of several
things that Dick Turpin made busi-
ness of. was not in conversational
frame at the moment, chiefly because
was trying to masticate the lump in
my throat and get it to 60 down.
"Say," he repeated, "you needn't be
afraid of me. I'm no thug. All
wanted to ask you Is II this Is the Grand
Circus or Belle isle"
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
BOOTHS Escape RECALLED
Death of One Of Those Who Conceal,
Him ftar tho crs,,,a

Death Of One of Those Who Conceale
Him After the Crime.
From the Washington Star.-The
death of Franklin A. Robey, which
took place near Hill Top, in Charles
county, Nd. Friday, removes the last
white survivor of those who helped
John Wilkes Booth and his companion
Herold to escape from Maryland after
the assassination of President Lincoln
by Booth. 1t will be remembered that
IN Jumping to the stage in Ford's
Theatre, after firing the shot that
killed the president, Booth broke his
leg. Notwithstanding this accident, the
assassin, accompanied by a companion
named Herold, rode that night to the
home of DR.. Samuel A. Mudd, who set
his leg, and the day following sent him
to the home of the late Col. Samuel
Cox, ten or fifteen miles further on in
the direction of the Potomac river, to
which point the fleeing criminals were
making in their efforts to get into Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Robey was at that time an
overseer on the plantation of Col. Cox,
and he was directed to take the fugl-
tives to point two miles distant in a
dense woods and hide them. This he
did. and later piloted the late Thomas
A. Jones to their hiding place. Mr..
Jones fed them, and later. on dark
night. piloted them to the river and
started them in boat he furnished
them to the Virginia shore. Mr.. Robey
never told that he was in any way
connected with the escape of the assas-
sin, and 1t became known only few
years ago through other persons.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
A Conversation with Lonrfellow.


Writing in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal, Hezekiah Butterworth gives from
memory conversation he once had
with Longfeliow in the latter's house.
Longfellow told as follows how he
wrote certain of his poems: II will
tell you first how I came to write the
Psalm of Life I was a young man
then; I we'll recall the time. 1t was
bright day and the trees were bloom.
Ing, and l felt an impulse to write out
my aim and purpose in the world. l
wrote the poem and put it in my pock-
ct. wrote 1t for myself; l did not
intend it for publication. Some
months afterward I was asked for a
poem by a popular magazine; 1 re-
called my Psalm of Life l copied 1t
and sent it to the periodical; it saw the
light, took wings and flew over the
world. =. wrote Excelsior "
he continued, latter receiving letter
from Charles Sumner at Washington,
full Of lofty sentiments. In one of the
sentences occurred the word Excel
sior,' AS l dropped the letter that
word again caught my eye. l turned
over the letter and wrote my poem.
l wrote the Wreck Of the Hesperls,
because. after reading an account of
the loss of part Of the Gloucester
fishing feet in an autumn storm, l
met the words 'Norman's Woe l re-
tired for the night after reading the
report of the disaster, but the scene
haunted me. I arose to write, and
the poem came to me in whole stan
zaan
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
Crimes and Criminals.

Miss Catherine Springer, matron of
the Berne Qnd.) orphans home, has
been arrested, charged with applying
the faith cure to one of the inmates.
Bradley's bank at Eldon, Iowa, was
robbed. The safe was blown open and
all the funds, from $1,000 to $4,000,
taken.
The dead body of Francis Wolff,
who was suspected of the murder of
his mistress, Mrs. Sprinznik. has been
found in room on Howard street, San
Francisco.
Louis c. Evans, the Springfield, Ohio,
manufacturer, shows no Ill effects from
his attempt at suicide. His mind is
clear but he is still confined to the
house.
Miss Charlotte Brown, a teacher in
q st. Louis school, was struck in the
face by an unruly pupil and rendered
unconscious for forty minutes. The
identity Of the embryo pugilist could
not be learned, as the victim Of the
assault positively refused to give his
name.
Taylor, the noted Missouri outlaw
and murderer, was captured ut the
Jacobs ranch near Hanford, Cal. The
sheriff suspected Taylors identity for
some time and secured employment
for him on the ranch pending investi-
cation. Satisfied as to his identity,
the sheriff brought him to Jail.
Near bonneville, Ca, woman
named Lizzie Chapman started to
whip one of her children, when the
youngster ran. The woman ran after
the child and chased it some distance.
Not being able to catch the child she
picked up light wood knot and threw
it at the little one, killing it instantly.
An attempt was made to blow up
the bank building ut Hollidaysburg,
Pa, lately occupied by the firm of
Gardner, Morrow & Co., private bank.
ers. The motive for the crime is as
cribed to the resentment and hatred of
some depositor. The bank failed last
September.
John r. Breeze, deputy sheriff of
Westchester county, N. Y, has left st.
Louis for home, having in custody Ar
thur Palmer, charged with the murder
of his mother. brother and sister, near
Larchmont, N. Y. He had been stop
ping in st. Louis for two weeks under
an alias.
The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13
People in Print.

w. D. Mclaughlin, architect, died
suddenly ut his home in Sioux City,
Iowa, under circumstances which point
strongly toward suicide by poisoning.
The Earl of Kinnoull is dead. He
was born In 1927, and is succeeded by
his eldest son, Lord Hay Of Kinfauns,
n well known Anglo Egyptian army
officer.
The funeral of the late Gen. A. J.
Smith took place in st. Louis. 1t was
attended by many prominent men. A
battalion from the United States regu.
lar army, of which he was a retired of.
ficer, also attended.
Lady Herry Somerset has undergone
an operation. 1t was made necessary
by the recent carriage accident in
which Lady Somerset was injured
Her present condition is pronounced
favorable.
Sims Reeves, the famous English
singer who recently married young
wife and returned to the stage, has
been declared bankrupt. He was
born in 1922. During his career III
made several fortunes, but has been
unable to keep them.
David ID. Phillips, a prominent Re
publican politician, died at Pottsville
Pa, of cancer of the stomach, aged &c
years. He was member of the house
of representatives from 1855 to 1885
and had been delegate from his dis
trict to several Republican national
conventions.