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tents fingers l saw the lifted heel from distance, and, unable to prevent it coming down, could hardly keep from calling out in church. But the man who lay there did not even stir.
 At the moment of the elevation, and often at any very striking passage in a sermon, people will be heard to utter a long "Ah-h-h!" of astonishment and devotion, These simple. childish out bursts (which, in truth, are the reverse of extraordinary, if we remember that all Catholics believe that Christ be- comes really present on the altar at that solemn momenD are rarer in towns, but very frequent in the coun- try. l once was present at the opening sermon of a mission preached by four Jesuit fathers, at the rate of six ser- mons a day, for couple of weeks, to a congrega tion of about twelve thousand peasants, come from all the neighbor- ing villages. The sermons were, of course, delivered in the open air, out side the church. The father spoke in vigorous, homely language, and waxed louder and louder, more and more Ve- hemently earnest, as he went on. After some time I became aware of a strange, thrilling, tremulous sound, somewhat like the many noises of running brook, that filled the pauses between each sentence. It was the suppressed weeping of the whole assembly, unable ta repress their emotion, and I saw not only the women but the men with big tears running down their rough cheeks. It made a. peculiar and quite unexpect- ed impression upon me, for the stolid, heavy faces had seemed to denote any thing but an impressionable race.-New
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 annual income of each wage earner had grown to $2S9 and, notwithstanding the war between 1860 and 1870, which tended to change the figures and lessen the earning capacity, because of the number of women and children taking the place of men operators, the annual average income of wage earners had grown to $302. In 1880 the income was $S47, and in 1890 the average wages had increased to $445. In the forty years between 1850 and 1890 the earnings had almost doubled.
 Wages have not only increased, but the buying power of money is greater. In 1863, according to Edward Atkin- sons figures, prices were 1922, wages 1lS, the purchasing power of the dollar S9,3, and in 1890 prices were 93.7, wages 1882, and the purchasing power of
 money 1S0, so that men were not only earning third more money in 1890
 than in 1863, but the dollar purchased twice the amount of goods
 The rich may be growing richer, but it is evident that the poor are not growing poorer
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ECONOMY IS THE SOUL OF WEALTH.

ECONOMY IS THE SOUL OF WEALTH.
 It has been reported that caucus of Republican aldermen is to be held to discuss the financial stringency of the city, and we notice that the holding of such a caucus is not thought to be quite proper The Republican alder men needn't be disturbed by any criti- cism of the propriety of their meeting. If they can make any improvement in the situation they will be forgiven, even by Democratic taxpayers. But if they don't stand up for rigid and un- compromising economy, and if they plan to inappropriate the sinking fund they will not add to the already 1 bounded popularity of the present ad- ministration. The way to economize is to economize. and honest and able financiers do not rob sinking funds.
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hole to wrist and the prettiest ones are fastened at the wrist with a band that
 will take linen cuff, if you wish, or fasten with link buttons like a cuff.
 The stocks to match have become
 too popular to be any longer pretty, so
 finish the neck with wide ribbon in a
 straight piece to wear at the back,
 crossing front and tie at the back No
 shaping is needed and such q neck fin-
 Ish is always becoming, easily changed
 and quite stylish enough. Your waists
 must be finished at the neck with a fairly wide band, which will not inter fere with the ribbon stock and yet
 make Q foundation for it.
 If your purse is equal to something richer, then the accompanying picture
 sets forth fine model This blouse waist was made of white Irish lace over black silk, and was trimmed with
 bands of black satin ribbon, each of whose bows was dotted with a small buckle. Black satin also gave the belt, beneath which was seen a short basque.
 Tn front was a chemisette in shape of a yoke of black chiffon. This was cut out slightly and also had ribbon and
 buckle finish. Around the neck was a ribbon ruche with long ends. The sleeves were wrinkled chiffon with small puffs at the top, and the skirt was of black silk, sun-burst pleated. The variety in this winters fancy waists, whose number is not to dimin- | ish, will depend In large degree on their | ribbon finish. A year ago it was the bolero that, in almost countless differ ent patterns, kept monotony in fancy bodices far away. There is yet use for the bolero, but the ribbon idea is newer, so get to planning. FLORETTE.
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4 CONDITION IFS. 4 TH EOPY

"The rich are growing richer and the
 poor poorer" is an assertion that is made so often and so consistently and is
 so in accordance with the feelings of many that it has come to be accepted
 as having much truth in it. But the facts do not seem to support it. Car roll D. Wright, chief of the federal bu- reau of labor statistics, has a paper in the September Atlantic in which he shows that in 1870 there were 12,5O5, 923 people in this country engaged in self supporting pursuits; that was j2.43 per cent. of the entire population. Ten years later the number of sel.-support- ing people had increased % 1922, 099 and the percentage of the entire popu- lation to 3467 In 1890 the number of self-supporting people hae grown to 22, 735. .661, or 36.31 per cent of the total population. MT. Wright also shows that wages have constantly increased
 In the census of 1850 it was shown that the average annual earning ca pacity of employees in this country en- gagged in manufacturing or mechanical labor, including men, women and chil- dren. amounted to S247; in 1860 thi;
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FASHION NOTES.
A Chance for Devisers in Ribbons

A good way to satisfy your desire for something nice and fresh is to buy a pretty checked taffeta waist. You can't go very far wrong as to cut, and the checks already in are so pretty that the later ones are not likely to make you feel sorry you purchased early in the season. You will be surprised how well you will look with last winters cloth skirt topped by distinctly this season" silk bodice
 The waist must be loose, and either quite plain or tucked. If you begin to tuck you can go right on tucking as | long as there is any waist left. The | sleeves are loose and roomy from arm
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RELIGIOUS LIFE IN POLAND.
Intense Devotion and Fervent Piety (
 the Common People

Intense Devotion and Fervent Piety of
 the Common People.
 The amount of real fervor for going to church here is not dreamed of as q thing that looks well it is too common, to universal. too vulgar eff I may say sol to be in the slightest degree respec- table-.is, of course a quantity known to God alone. Yet, if we may judge by certain exterior signs, lukewarmness is by no means the shortcoming of Polish Catholics. Look at that old woman hobbling into church. She bears on her arm, I am sorry to say, her purchases from the market; sometimes a couple of fowls are heard cackling in her bas- ket; sometimes a heavy thump on the pavement breaks a bottle of vinegar. or of sour beetroot juice for the barszez at dinner. But she comes in, kneels down. and lifts up both hands in prayer, in the attitude of a priest saying the Col lects. Presently sighs are heard: tears trickle down her cheeks, she is so ab- sorbed that she does not hear the crowd passing to and fro, and jostling her; for she has knelt right in the middle of the passage up the knave. And now she bends down, touching the pavement with her forehead, in an ecstacy of de- votion, and remains in that posture till the end Of mass. Her action is not at all extraordinary; you may count hum dreds in the very same attitude Some l times peasant or a working man will stretch himself prostrate on the pave | ment, with his arms extended and his hands open, as if crucified. I have a painful remembrance of one such case
 The church was crammed, and those who wanted to get to the communion ! table had to push and struggle, so dense was the press. One of them, not noticing the man lying on the ground, ] accidentally set his foot upon the peni-
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each l1i- sertion. Five Cents Word for full week (seven tlmes).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one ID i.no sertion $1.20; each subsequent insertion: d. do cents; one week, $3.20; one month, Slo' one year, $40. ,-
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse i,r 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, ai Mar- riages, Deaths and Funerals. % cehts eaeh' Local Notices 15 cents per line. 4,o,r
 Yearly advertisers are limited to lh1in ha own immediate business (all matter 10 ot ot unobjectlonable). and their contracts ao no' include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc'
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, l5 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, s FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
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The completion of the great Black wall tunnel under the Thames at Lon don and its opening to public transit are events of no small importance in The revised and official data of this inl-
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THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CO.,
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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The Bluegrass (Kentucky) Blade edi- torially remarks: "In all that consti- tutes the truest and greatest greatness Mrs. Josephine K. Henry of Versailles is the greatest human being in Ameri- ca, nor do I believe there is a greater person in the world"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-06

A Kansas newspaper says that the length of binding twine, were it con- tinuous which was necessary to bind the wheat of Kansas this year, would go around the earth ten times and leave enough to spare to hang every one of Kansas detractors in the measley East.
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lnA This is a year when wonderful things are told of the West. For instance. Pearl Bradley, who is not yet quite eighteen years of age, applied to the Supervisor of the Poor in St. Louis on , Thursday for relief, stating that she had eight children to support She was married at thirteen, and gave birth to four sets of twins, after which her husband deserted her.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05
MEMORANDA.

II fruit and vegetables must be kept In
the house cellar room should be parti.
toned of in the coolest part, II the Other
IL too warm, and made secure against
rats and mice. This IL best done by
having the partition Of brick and the
floor Of good cement laid so the rats
cannot undermine IL. No language car
describe ones feelings on discovering
the work OF family Of rats 10 bins ol
apples, potatoes or other vegetables
Such q room should have a window
open to the north II possible, securely
protected by wire screen, 80 that cold
air can be let in when needed.
Keep apples on the coldest side and
potatoes on the warmest II there is dan
ger Of freezing. In extreme cold wealth
er an occasional pail Of hot water or Z
lamp or two may be needed, but thu
colder such rooms are, up to the danger
point. the better stuff will keep.
Some think that young grass cannot
bear sunshine, and that . grain crop !,
needed to protect II. A nurse crop Ii
winter n often Of bepeft by holding tn
snow and thus shielding the tender grass
from cold, drying winds; butin summer
grass likes sunshine 40 well - doe
grain. The grain robs the grass Of
needed moisture when both grow 20
eether.-N. e. Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05
NUMBER 40.
A FAMOUS BAKERY.
How the Bolisnds Became Cakemskers
For the Royal Family.

For the Royal Family.
In one Of the old buildings which
bear the architectural imprint Of Queen
Anne's time in Chester, England, is Q
bakeshop-not an ordinary hkeshop,
for the royal arms jut out from the sec
ond story. and Immediately above is .
sign bearing the name hollands. /"
And the proximity Of the sign TO the
royal arms is no idle commercial myth
TO insnare new customers.
In the annals Of the tradesfolk Of
Chester there never was greater man
than Richard Bolland, the original
owner Of the bakeshop. In 1885 tbe
Duchess Of Kent and her young dsugh-
ter, the Princess Victoria, visited the
city for the purpose Of officially opening
o new bridge that was 10 bring all
kinds Of importance and prosperity to
the town. OF course il was an immense
event for Chester, and every one did
something to make the visit Of the
great folks memorable.
Richard Bolland was ambitions, but
poor, and he churned his brains might
lily TO devise some attractive method Of
showing his loyal appreciation Of the
visit. In happy moment he decided 70
make some small cakes Of transcendent
excellence. put them in fancy box and
present them to the young princess.
Happy thought Potent cakesl Great
Bolland!
The next year the little princess,
whose palate had been enchanted by
the flavor Of the Chester cakes, became
queen OF England, and one Of the first
acts after her accession in 1887 was the
appointment Of Bolland as one Of the
queens warrant holders. So much for
the power Of box OF small cakes.
How long the flavor Of those cakes
fingered in the royal memory is shown
by the fact that 20 years later, when
the Prince Of Wales was TO be married.
Victoria gave commission TO Bolland
to prepare the wedding cake for that
great event II was no ordinary we'd
ding cake that Mr.. Bolland produced
either, and its exhibition earned him
such tremendous fame that every Eng
lish bride Of wealth and prominence
who has married since then has had
the Chester baker prepare her wedding
cake.
Descendants Of the original Bolland
now conduct the shop, but they use the
same recipe that proved so successful in
the days of victoria's childhood, and
still bake cakes for the royal family
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05
DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
why People WIN suffer with RsA Roads
sud Mako n Enert 30 Improve Them.

why People VIII suffer with ReA Roads
snd Mako No EAsrt 30 Improve Them.
The season Is approaching when tho
dweller in rural communities, except in
4 few instances begins to see the coun-
try road In ~hat is perhaps its worst
aspect. although there is likely to be
differences of opinion as to when the
dirt road is ut its very worst. Last
spring. as well as every spring preceding,
when the frost was coming out Of the
ground, mud was hub deep and clune
tenaciously to whatever il touched. II
seemed as If the limit Of badness hai
been reached Again in summer, when
the roads were simply canals Of dust
intcrspersed at very frequent intervals
with bowlders of various sizes, it seem
ed that their condition could be no
worse Now comes the period when
rains and frost get in their horse kill
ing and wagon breaking work.
Autumnal rains soak the soil and
mako the roads pasty, with deep stiff
mud that is hard to drag wheels
through, aud that becomes cut up into
all kinds Of ruts Then follows frost
and the mud is frozen into stone. pre-
senting u surface that for roughness and
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05
PATENT APPLICATIONS.
The Vast Majority Of Those sent TO wssh-
ington Are Rejected.

The Vast Majority Of Those Sent TO Wash
ington Are Rejected.
The applications for patents filed ay-
erage about 1875 day. There are 80
principal examiners, with perhaps 200
assistants. Every examiner and every
assistant examiner has his own special
ty. Let US take the case. say. Of poor
inventor living in Oregon. He makes
valuable invention and desires to OBJ
tain a patent He sends his application
with &l5 to the commissioner OF pat
ents. Il is referred to the examiner hav-
ing charge Of that peculiar class OF in
ventions. II is his duty to reject It il
anything can be found on which to base
rejection. Nearly 100000 patents
have been granted In the United States.
and probably more than 1000, 600 In
the rest Of the world II any Of these
anticipate the invention, the examiner
must reject the application. IL Is not
necessary that exactly the same thing
should have existed before, for II any
thing substantially similar can be found
the applicant must 90 to the wall. But,
more than this, If anything similar has
been described in any printed publica-
ton, in any language, anywhere in the
world, or il without being patented or
described in print it has been used any
where in the United States. the exam
liner should reject.
The rub comes all the time upon the
degree Of similarity which will consti.
tute an anticipation Of the invention.
A tremendous responsibility, it will be
seen, is thus thrown upon the examiner.
He wants 10 be safe. IL is both his
pride and his duty rot 20 allow a patent
to 90 out that ought to have been re
jected. The consequence is that great
many examiners reject almost every
thing on the first examination. No mat
ter how broadly new the invention may
be, something can always be found that
is akin TO il. The nearest thing that can
be found is used a. basis for rejection.
-Washinptnu Star
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05

general discomfort in riding over ART
indescribable. After days of agony for
horses and drivers and great wear and
tear ON vehicles and harness the travel.
ed roads begin TO be worn down to com.
parative smoothness. Then comes thaw
and mud again and ruts, until the next
cold snap hardens them once more into
adamant
So il will go on all winter, until the
vernal thaw comes, and the frost breaks
mp. and the very bottom seems to fall
out 81 the wretched sloughs which men
in grim irony call highways.
One would think that with such va
ried yet incessant object lessons before
them, men would learn TO serve their
own best interests by constructing de-
cent roads Yet too generally they do
not
One says IL would cost too much. ig-
noring the patent fact that il would
really reduce taxes and save money.
Another is unwilling to spend money
for the benefit Of bicycle riders and the
city folks who come out for just little
while In summer with their fancy turn.
outs. the fact being. Of course. that the
farmers and permanent residents Of the
villages themselves use the roads anc
suffer from their badness and would be
benefited by their improvement ten
times more than all others put together
The bicyclists can make their runs
in other directions where the road
are good. rhe city folks. with light
pleasure carriages and little worked
horses. can endure poor reads with com
Ierativc indifference. but the people
who live right there and have to Use
the roads not merely for pleasure, but
for work and business, every day the
year round. they are those who suffer
most from had roads and who would
get mo-, coed from good roads That
any one OF them should for moment,
fail 10 perceive that fact and TO act
upon il is one of the incomprchensible
mysteries OF the age.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05
ALL SHOULD CONTRIBUTE
Good Roads Benefit All Interests and All
Should Pay the Cost.

The farmer said that he needed
money. Il he could have hauled hi,
corn, he would have paid off store bill'
ard ext;aguished other obligations and
thus more than 1000 would have been
put in circulation III the little nearby
city. There IL would have been passed
from store 10 store and from Office e
Office, stimulating and increasing trade,
paying bills and every day working good
in the business Of the city. If the mill
could have been kept grinding, dozen
men, instead of being idle. would have
had wages to spend, and the farmers
hauling wheat TO the mill would have
left in the stores thousands of dollars,
TO pass from hand to hand in multiplied
increase OF the trade Of that city, while
other thousands would have been sent
by the merchants to the city Wholesalers
and jobbers
All these interests 50 affected-and
pursuing the investigation will show
that practically all interests are affected
would have been benefited by good
roads; hence all should contribute tc
the cost Of good roads john NJ. Stahl.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05
FARM FAGOTS.

Blackberry root-cuttings can be made
anv time from falling of the leaves 10
freezing up.
A certain amount Of potatoes planted
each year will average up fairly pronta'
Bile American Gardening.
Notwithstanding all that we hear and
saw of hard times on the farm, there Is
some inquiry for desirable farm property
hy would-be purchasers.-Alva Agee 10
Country Gentleman.
Supplying the wants OF the famiiy J
from the farm Is not as practicable AS u
was a generation or two ago. But, sc
far as msy be, making the farm sufficient
unto itself would add 10 the happines;
of sill concerned. =,
The right time to sell is generally
when the product is ready for market
IL i the farmers business To grow and
sell. but not to speculate upon the crop
Whenever it Is held for higher prices = !
becomes a matter of speculation, whict
il is not safe TO engage in.-Mirror ant
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05
Iro BE Continued
A FAST COLT.

Cyclone was the Youngsters Name and
He Richly Deserved II.
Several men gathered about horse
near the western market commenting
upon the prominence Of the beasts
ribs aud general lankiness. The ami
NAL belonged to farmer living pear
Ypsilanti, and, 1t was said. never per-
mitted grass to grow under its feet on
the road. The farmer was not pleased
with the remarks aud the strong in
ferences that the poor thing had never
realized the sensation OF corn and oats.
"What do you call your horseg" was
asked.
Cyclone, and don't he look it?" re-
piled the man from the rural districts.
Cyclone! What name! He certain
" looks as il one had struck him."
THAT'S what happened to him, my
friend. 1t was just like this. You re-
member the awful breeze We had out to
Ypsilanti about three years ago? This
feller was sucking colt at the time
and was in the barn with two horses.
The cyclone, regular old hummer, came
along and thrashed the barn of its legs
and dropped it nigh OIL to 100 yards
away. After the twister had raised all
the hob, fences and sheds 1t could we
went ont to look things mp. The two
horses were stone dead and the colt
would you believe its-was nowhere tc
be found.
"Next day turned over the hen
coop, which lay In the field half mile
away. Right In that coop and laying
on the door which faced down was the
colt. He commenced kicking when he
heard us, and we took him out in q
hurry. He wasn't scared q bit, / tell
you, and was cool as q cucumber. The
neighbors say they saw the coop goin
through the air and the colt after it.
The little feller caught the coop and
got inside Of Il to save himself, that's
what he did. That's the plain truth,
and II you don't believe it ask the colt.
Good day. stranserA "-Detroit Free
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-10-05
Tn. Movable Carriage Wheel Guard.

Movable carriage wheel guards are
made chiefly for use with light carriages
that are not equipped with fixed guards
The movable guard is Of willow basket
work. In its general outlines it is some
thing like coat or cloak hanger. II Is
made to tit over section Of the rim Of
the wheel The carriage guard is car
ried in the carriage, and when required
for use to protect the gown Of woman
getting in or out it is simply held on
the wheel. .-EXchanee