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The age-herald., 1898-11-18
Indian Summer

From the Chicago. Trbiune.
 'If this is your Indian summer ' growled the refugee from Mississippi blinking dismally and drawing his rain coat tigher about his shivering form. q know what Indian it was named after"
 "Well?" said the curious citizen. :,
 "Rain-in-the-face
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Fla.
 Commencing Monday, November 2l, 1893, property is sold, I will offer at public sale 600 head of horses and mules, about 100 900 ous lot of lumber and stores, the property of the United States.
 The horses and mules are no longer re- ouired for military service and have been ordered sold.
 Sale will take place daily between the hours of a. m. and p. m., from the old corral, plant of the Michigan Lumb r com. pany, Eighth street and Railroad avenue, Jacksonville, Fla.
 Terms of sale cash. Property must be re- moved as paid for.
 NOBLE H. CREAGER,
 Major & Quartermaster U. s. Vols. 11-13-6t.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

FOR SALE AT SACRIFICE-Lot 50x190 feet, with good modern 7-room cottage in good repair and newly painted. with 4- room house on alley. Sth avenue north, near 16th st., s2,500; also some very cheap suburban places; call for particulars Smith & Stillman, 220 Fist Street. 11-17-3t
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

We get pure Pork Sausage every Saturday from Ignaz Fang, Knoxville. Only 1Oc per pound.
 Fowlkes & Myatt Go.
 3OO-3O2 N. 2Oth St Telephone No. 5. 11-17-2t
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

NOffCO
 Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the governor of Alabama, on the 30th day of November, 1898. for the pardon of Reuben Jones. who was convict ed in the criminal court of Jefferson coun- ty at the April term. 1898, of grand larceny. u-1s-2w FANNIE LEE.
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

Assignee's sale of o. o. Ellis Jr. s immense stock of Bug gies and Harness. All must be sold. s. P. Bradley, As signee. u
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

THESE winter nights. with doors and windows shut. keep the air in your rooms pure and healthy by using in- candeseent electric light. 11-1-tf
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

HOW to get Cummings Minette Photo graphs: Send me any photograph with 25 cents and 2-cent stamp; I will return you the original photograph with one doz- en Minette Photograph copies. Cummings Studio, Greensboro, Ala. 11-15-9t
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

BEAUTIFUL ARC LAMPsEGo to Cham blee Bros, corner 1st avenue and Fist st. and see those beautiful enclosed. arc lamps inside of their store, which give such bright light that the letters on the shoe boxes can be easily read by any
 one 11-1-tf
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

UNITED ELECTRIC CO-EIectricai con tractors. 1911 2d avenue. Phone 223. 11-I0-tf
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

BICYCLE RIDERS-We have about fifty Kenwood wheels that we do not care to carry over to '99. These wheels are all elegantly finished, fully guaranteed, equipped with Morgan & Wright Vim or Goodrich tires; colors, black, maroon, green. yellow. They have been sold all the year for $60. We have decided to close them out for $24. Wheels sent on examination. Cooper Cycle Company.
 11-16-tf
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
MISCELLANEOUS

EARN s10O BEFORE CHRISTMAS-We will help any honest lady or gentleman to earn a living and save money by distrib- uting samples and selling to private fami- lies our fine toilet soaps, favoring ex- tracts, fiavorng powders, complexion preparations, perfumes, etc.; no money
 required; write today for particulars.
 Crofts x Reed, Chicago, III. 11-1S-2t
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FOR SALE.

BARGAIN-Five-room cottage, North side, with well good water. servant house and stable, on easy terms to right party. Apply J. D. Whatley, city. 11-16-4t
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
DR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
 SPECIALIST.
 GENIT0 URINARY DISEASES. 26 YEARS IN PRACTICE. V L II YEARS IN BIRMINGHAM. i X

I have no secret methods to extol- no scheme to ex- tort money from a confiding public. I am simply a regu- lar physician, mak- ing the treatment of Private Diseases a speciality. By thus confining my practice to the ex- elusive cure of Pri- Vate Troubles I
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

WANTED-Brass-The Abel Brass Foun- dry makes a speciality of light brass cast ings for models; we also pay cash for scrap brass and lead. Corner 24th st.
 and Powell ave. Phone. 1.145. 10-22-tf
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

WANTED-To loan s25,OOO on Birmingham
 improved property Office 409 Chalifoux Building. 11-17-6t
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

HAVE you been to "Barron's?'' Bar ron's?' Well, yes. Every lady in Birmingham goes to Barron's for ladies'
 hats. They are recognized leaders in their line. 11-10-tf
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
SALE OF

Government Horses, Mules, Lumber, Pipe and Condemned Stores at Jacksonville,
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

WANTED-Agents to solicit for enlarged portraits; pay much larger commissions than any other house. Call on A. Bays. General Agent for the Capitol Portrait Co.,, Friday afternoon, 21Sls Fist street. Il 17-2t
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

WANTED-15 or 20 good weavers and a few spinners and doffers can get work at the Dallas Mfg. Co.,, if they apply at once. For further information address, The Dal- las Mfg Co.,, Huntsville, Ala.
 -fri-su-Wed-6t
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

FOR SALE. $5, $5,000-Eegant South Highland home, lot 122 feet front on prominent street: Broom house with every conven- fence; large stable and servants house s1, ,750-Each, for two choice South Highland lots, on line, at bargains. . S75-Nice small home near 18th st. and 9th avenue. 3O00-Comfortable home easy terms on car line, near 18th st. and 10th avenue south. AO00-Nice 2-story home in choice locality. near 9th ave. north and 24th st : stores and residences for rent and property for sale in all parts of the city, East Lake, Woodlawn,~ Avon dale and West End.
 MCCONNELL & WHATLEY. Phone 46. IF Fist Street. cod
The age-herald., 1898-11-18

UNITED ELECTRIC CO-1S11 2d avenue. Telephone 223.
 REMOVAL NOTICE-Mr. John Chamblee has removed his law office from the First National Bank Building to the Chalifoux Building. 11-6-1mo NO smoky walls and curta ,ns, but pure air and no danger from matches by using h. candescent Electric Lights 11-6-tf UNITED ELECTRIC CO.-Electrical con tractors. 1911 2d avenue. Phone, 223. 11-10-tf
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WANTED-A hustling young man for stem ographer typewriter and general office work; apply in own handwriting, giving age, experience, and references. Address,
 M. P, care Age-Herald. n-1S-st
The age-herald., 1898-11-18
WANTED.

WANTED-Posltion as night clerk in hotel
 or restaurant; would work cheap. M.
 A. M., care Age-Herald. 11-1S-2t
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
Cost of a Door Handle.

The aesthetic person who desires unique
door handle for his fayorite room must
pay for the privilege. Forty, fifty, even
seventy five, dollars may be the cost of the
first door handle made after new pat
tern. The metal is worth perhaps only a
few cents, but the labor comes high. First
the architect draws the design and SUBJ
mits it to the manufacturer that is to fln-
ish the handle. He turns it over to bis
modeler, who makes an exact pattern of
the handle and lock in clay or plaster
Every line that is fiat In the design is
raised in this pattern, and the more elab-
crate and intricate the decoration the
more difficult his work. The pattern is
then given to the man who makes the
mold, or oftener several molds joined to-
gether, known as gates. These are usual
ly of plaster, and the molten metal is
poured into them without in anyway af-
feoting the plaster.
When the metal is cool, the handle is
taken out, thing of beauty and expense,
for the architect, the pattern maker, the
mold maker and the man who pours in
the metal must all be paid for their work.
The first door handle only is thus costly.
When the mold Is once made, the price Of
a door handle decreases according to the
number made, SO that the five hundredth
door handle costs scarcely more than the
metal put into it.-New York Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
The Quest Of Fortune.

The longer live the moro firmly am
convinced, said Mr.. Gozzleton ''that a
man who wants fortune has got to do
something besides wish for it. Fortunes,
large and small, are shy, very shy. In one
form and another they are passing by all
the time, but they won + stopfor the mere
asking, however polite and graceful and
earnest the invitation may be. We might
sit out on the veranda from now till
doomsday and rise and bow and scrape at
every one Of 'em that came along and ask
EN- all in, but never one of 'eM would
stop. They might want to come in, but
nothing short of actual collaring would
bring 'em in. The fact is that If we want
fortune we've got to work for it.
Men have made fortunes, to be sure
without working. Oil may spout up out
of the ground one owns and cover him
with riches. Another man may End iron
ore In his land, and SO on
"But such cases are SO few in number
that they don't count. The chances of our
getting rich in that way are really not
worth considering If we would be rich,
we must work for 1T, and work early and
late, all the time; plug at it and keep
plugging at it. There is practically no
other way.
"The man who idles away his time or
fails to make the best possible use of it
stays poor. The man that works for all
he knows how and keeps forever at it is
bound to get ahead. New York Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
A MatabeIe on a Train.

Matyama, Matabele chief, thus de-
scribes his journey Oh railroad train:
"Never did I seersuch thing before
got very tired of sitting in the train, SO
went to sleep, and when I woke found
myself each morning in some new ooun-
try. have seen lots of towns, and do
not know now where these towns have
gone to. Yes, l have seen the carriages
that move without noise. They are like
the fire wagons, but more wonderful.
They run all alone. How were the white
people created? We natives were made in
one mold and the white people in another.
We shall only meet when we Gle. The
white men are wonderful. When go back
and tell my people that there are carts
that run along without being dragged,
they will tell me am saying what is not
true. That is because they are still fool
ish. Their eyes are closed, the country is
yet dark, and they are blind because they
have not SEEM
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
The English School system.

The English "toard school, system,
which corresponds to our public schools,
is as yet far inferior in most essentials.
The board schools are not, to begin
with, free. Tuition fees, varying from 6
to 10 cents a week, according to the loca-
ton of the schools, are exacted from pu-
pills, and parents who are unable or IN
willing to pay get into very serious trouble.
The teaching is primitive indeed. Little
boys are set at sewing or knitting to keep
them quiet. Sir John Lubbock has just
made widely public the fact that thou
sands of youngsters pass through the cur
rjculum of the London school board with
out learning one iota of geography except
as special subject. History is no better,
and English is practically aonexistent.
Germany sends over to England every
year hundreds of young men who can hold
their own in commerce, and who are thor
oughly well equipped in the subjects that
might be taught in the board schools.
Some Englishmen are beginning to
think that the strides Germany is making
in trade are mainly due to superior intel
ligence and the better general education
Of her people New York World.
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
RAILROADS.
Boston IL Maine r.. r.
In effect Oct. 9TH 1907

-,,. Al effect Oct. Ath. 1897.
Cross sf,s ie a Union Station. for scarboro
20 sesc ~ Pine Point. 90 10. oo a M 40
defcrd.A a. od p m; Old Orchard. saoo, Bid
5;l5 20 p in o1 R.n no. 90 M ~ 12a5 $40
"a ;46, $50 g. Ii aop m. Ken nm" H.
WEI Wills SO q: M. 15.45. $50, 800 .. M;
North Bsr~ie J;o e. $40 a. m. s$o; $50 P N
Rochester Zoo % 5aoi siso o e 90 b m M;
$40 p D. H.: Alton Alton Bay. $40 a. m. i2;46
coma 1. Plymouth. $40 a. m. 1S.45 D. m. !:
Maucs."sr: via somersworth, 100 a. m. !;
J unStsost Concord. via Rockingham
bhSsEi%s5am 80 Sun e. m E s;se = a., n.
~ % Lawrence. Lowell. Boston. Tt4 o.
arrive spE; ii $50 q a. a.. 12.45. $50 ~.
- 80 I;25. D, m. Leave Boston for Port.
4s'n Ia o.oS. 7.30 500. $50 a. H.. LOO. Ais,
p M ~ ~ Arrive Portland, 1o.l3, 100 a
49, 1N-'oV' i22O. 800, 500 p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS
,scarboro Beach, Pine Point, Old Or
Raa' saeo, Biddsford, Kennebunk. Wells
nneach' l2.55. 4.30 p. M; North Berwick.
a lover, Exeter, Haverhill, Lawrence. Low
rive Boston, 1875 a. M. SIS, s45 p. m. Leave
BOSTON Tor Portland 3. 40 a. M, arrive Port.
iaha 7.l0 a..
EASTERN DIVISION.
p TOT Way Stations. 8 a. M; Biddeford,
Soston: f20o. 1900 a. M, LOO. 1910
T. 1 ~. Arrive in Boston, DOT a. M. 100,
P paD. $40 p. m. Leave Boston, for
1ortAand, 7.30, 800 a. m, 1880, TOO.
y Pm. Arrive Portland, 11.50 "a. M, 10. Is.
49, 1920 p m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Biddeford. Portsmouth. Nowbury.
port Salem. Lynn. Boston. ZOO a. M Loo
2. IN. Arrive in Boston, 5.57 q. M. &.l5 p. p.
Leave Boston for Portland. 500 Q. m, 100
p. m. ArriveI in Portland, 1926, 1880
p. m.
tCennscts with Rail Lines for New York.
south and West.
IDaily except Monday.
Station.
., J. FLANDERS. G. P. g. 7. A.. Boston.
GEO d. THOMPSON. Ticket Agent. Fort
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
HOW THE WAR ENDED
True History of the Great Spanish
American Conflict.

General WeyIer, spaniard Against His
VIII, Deserts to the Enemy and vigor-
ousiy Proceeds to Get Even, Wherein He
Succeeds Until the Powers Intervene,
The fighting had been noisy and the en-
gagements had followed one another in
close succession. The Americans had tri-
umphed at every clash of arms. The Span
iards had been whipped, chased, humiliat-
ed, marched as captives and treated with
every kind of ignominy. All the usual
courtesies of civilized warfare had been
abandoned.
"We surrender
The commander Of the Spanish forces
would make this announcement. Imme-
diately the entire force of Americans
would pounce upon the Spaniards, throw
ing them to the ground and watering
them in the most unmilitary fashion.
This barbarous treatment of the prisoners
of war showed how bloodthirsty the
Americans had become.
One might suppose that after three days
Of victory the soldiers would be stated
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04

ana perS1StenCy. 1HG
city or town bred man who has all his life
bumped his back over a desk living an
unhealthy, sedentary life and failed to take
any care of his health, could not stay on
the back OF one of these vicious brutes Tor
more than three jumps.
IL taxes whole man to conquer VICIOUS
animal People may talk about intellectual
superiority and refinement and good breed
ing, but every man takes off his hat to
physical strength and endurance Whhe
the man who leads sedentary lie cannon
hope, IN this respect, to rlva! these sturdy
men OF the plains they can be sounu, Wig
orous, healthy men if they will, 1t is a
matter of care of health while one mas IT.
and the proper measures 10 reeeols ! wnen
it is lost Most diseases oegln WIN some
trouble of the digestive organs oI Oh Tue
liver. Troubles of this nature starve the
body, because they prevent II from recelv-
ing its proper supply OF nourlshment. Dr.
pierce,s Golden Medical Discovery gives
man an annette like cowboys and the
digest;on of an ostrich. Its great work is
uro, the stomach, large intestines and liver
These are the organs that nourish mans
~ This medicine makes them strong,
,,oorous and healthy. 1t fills the blood
III the nourishment that builds new,
solid and healthy flesh, muscle and nerves.
"1au, now enjoying magnificent health after
having suffered for years with chronic catarrh,
r;tes Ramon Sanchez, ESQ. of Penasco, Taos
~ New Mexico. BY the use of your Golden
Medical Discovery have recovered my health,
and am now, physically sound man, attending
to my business ard enjoying life."
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
NstlmPTIoN.
Importance of rroptir Diet In tho Treat
me.,t of SO Disease.

yrrorturce of Yroptsr Diet In Tho Treat
meut of SO Disease
Next to a life in the open ar perhaps
even more than that, the queslion oL loou
Is of the utmost Importance IN Sne preFen-
ton of tuhemulosis as well as III ohe
treatrnent of the disease One OF tne ways
in which an omen air life is curative IN
deed. ia that if increases the appetite.
People with consumption almost lhVari-
ably eat too little even less than those IN
health, whereas they should ehO s a. ~
more than the we'll Nature seems 70 10
aware Of this, for usually bupelouiou'
patient can assimilate much larger 4u'n
THY of food than healthy person.
The food should be taken in larry larse
quantities and at frequent Intervals wv
more than three or at most four nouis
should pass without the eating Oh soihe-
thing, If 1t is only milk biscuit, q saiiu-
WIoh or banana. A pitcher containing
two glassfuls of milk should stand on a
table near the bed so that glass may Dc
taken In the night if the patient wakes
and again before dressing in the morning.
AS much milk as possible should also De
taken at intervals throughout the day. Ihls
Is OF course ii the patient is able to drink
milk; most people are, even when tney
think they are not yet there are some to
whom this excellent food is repulsive or
who really cannot digest it. Such Will
have to substitute broths, jellies and the
like for the milk. Often ice cream can Dc
taken when milk cannot.
The food taken at mealtime should be
Of the most nourishing character-meat,
eggs, fish, peas and beans, varied with
salads dressed with oil, but no pastry.
The tea and coffee should be chiefly cream,
the bread and butter should be chiefly but
ter and the salad dressing should be chiefly
oil. Every particle of fat taken and d.
gested is SO much pure gain, and even
when cod liver oil is being used as medi-
cine as much butter and cream as possible
should be taken as well.
Plenty of water should be drunk-four
or five glasses day at least, unless a
great abundance of milk is used-in order
to promote the assimilation of the large
amount of food consumed and also to
wash away the necessarily increased guam
tlty OF waste products. Youth g Compan-
ion.
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
MAINE CENTRAL Il. r,
In effect April II. 1898.

~Ahiiio iCdVe L Ofbld DIS IOllOWS.
An 1eO q: m tv For Brunswick. Bath. Rockland,
PPow,iston Via Brunswick. Belfast. Bangor and
y MECHANIC eel FANS. Ramford Faiis, LEV sw
ls,I[on, Winthrop, Oakland. Readtleld. Water
Ill, m;lg "a a. m. for Gray, New Gloucester. Dan.
no Nv q m. Express TOR Yarmouth, Free
T Hsssor r15s s Bangor Backspors Bas
va Sla d y A. H. r. for Houlton. Woodstock.
on d9sSsgphHen, and ST. Andrews via Vanceboro
= LILO p. m. Mechanic Falls Rumford Falls,
P PslS g ian Jc lewiston Lvermore Eas
W &pd nange agS Winthrop Oakland. Bingham
lI5 p. n; For ,Freeport Brunswick. Au
al ansta sta sath B0othP}ssy Rockland and
iaSt, HBsrfand. Dover and Foxcroft Green
vllle, Bangor Oldtown and Mattawamkeag,
ana u 10 Bucksport Saturdays only
falls d 5, Ri. Richmond, Gardiner Augusta and
s, 5is P. m. For New Gloucester, Danyllle
Auburn and Lewiston.
100 ?; m Night Express. every night, for
ys Bsnso Bah augusta Water
county via Old Town, Bar Harbor Bucksport
st. Stephen. St Andrews St John and
AroostooK County via Vanceboro. Halifax ard
the PROVINCES. The Saturday night train does
not run to Belfast Dexter, Dover and Foxcroft
or beyond Bangor. Sleeping cars to St. John.
White Mountain Division.
s.45 a. m For Bridgton. Fabyans. Burlington
Lancaster. No. Stratford. Colebrook, Beecher
Fails, Quebec, st. Johnsbury Sherbrooke Mon
treal, Chicago. ST. Paul and Minneapolis and
all points west
$50 p. m. For Sebago Lake, Cornish. Fryeburg
Bridgton. North Conway. Fabyans. Lancaster.
No. Stratford, Coebrook, Beecher Falls,
LunenDurg, ST. Johnsbury, Newport. Sher-
brook, Montreal and Toronto.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
T.2o q. m. Paper train for Brunswick, Az
gusta, Watervi1le and Bangor.
1850 p. m Train for Brunswick, Lewiston.
Bath Augusta. Waterville, and Bangor.
100 p. m. Night Express with sleeping cars
for all points.
ARRIVALS IN PORTLAND.
From Montreal, Quebec, Fabyans. Bridgton.
1925 a. m. ; Lewiston and Mechanic Falls, $50
a. M: Waterville and Augusta. S.35 a. M;
Bangor, and Augusta daily and week days from
Kockland, 1928 D. m Kingfield. Phillips, Farm
ington, Bemis. Rumford Falls. Lewiston, 1890
D. m; Lewiston and way stations 1925 p. M. St
John. Bar harbor. Aroostook County, Moosehead
Lake and Bangor. DAB pm. Rangeley. Farming
ton, RumfordF Falls, Lewiston, 5.55 p. m. ; Chicago
and Montreal and all White Mountain points
$40 D. M; daily from Bar Harbor Bangor,
Bath and Lewiston, lao a. rn. daily; Halifax
ST. John. BarHarbor, Waterville and Angus
ta $50 a. M. except Mondays
GEO. F. EVANS. General Manager
+. Z. BOOTHBY, G. P. & T. A
Portland, April TO- 1898. apr24dtf
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
CkSCO BAY STEAMBOAT co.
Custom House Wharf
ESQ
WEEK DAY TIME TABLE.

Commencing Thursday, April IS, 1905
For Forest City Landing. Peaks Island 6.45,
$40, 500, $780, 1890 a. m, 1890 M. 2.16, 3lo,
5 00. 615 1901 H.
For Cushing's Island, $40 $780, 1880 a. H., 2.15,
For li'' L little and Great Diamond Islands.
For i Ponce's Landing. Long Island $50, 500,
To- a. NJ, 200, APO. 6.15 p. m.
For Mariners Landing, Long Island, 1880 a.
H. 200 p H. RETURN.
Leave Forest City Landing, $40, 7.2o. $50 $50.
IO50 a. M, 100 1885, 3.45 $50, $780, $40 p. m.
Leave Ponce's Landing, sos, $50, 1I.20 a. M.
$50. 51O 6.55 p. M.
Leave Little Diamond. $50 7.2o. $50 a. M,
70 90 m. 1925, $50, 5.35, 1920, 1850 D. m.
Leave Great Diamond, 6.25, IT'S. 9.l5 11.55 a
m, 1880. S.23. $50, 7.15. 1853 p. m.
Leave Trefethen's, 6.3o, ITO. $40 h'oo a. m.
1885 $40, 5.25, 40 500 p: m:
Leave Evergreen, 6.15. 7.05. sos, Ills a. m,
1240 $40, $40, 7.05, sos p. m.
Leave Mariners Landing, Long Island. 11.3o q.
Saturday night only, $50 p. M for all landings
sunday Time Table.
For Forest City Landing, Peaks Island 500,
For Cush ngs Island, 800, 1890 a. No., Halls, 21a
For ri Little It'll r and Great Diamond Islands
Trefethen's and Evergreen Landings, 500, SOD
TO- 80 a. M. 12.15. 200, 40 y. NJ.
For Ponce's Landing, Long Island. 400. 1880
a. M, 800. 40 p, ~.
For Mariners Landing. Long Island. 1880 ..
M, 200 p. m
c. W. 7. COOLING. General Maeaget
apr27dtf
The Portland daily press., 1898-06-04
THE FIRST COTTON MILL.
Washington's Diary Places Its Location
In Massachusetts.

Washington's Diary Places Its Location
In Massachusetts.
Several different towns in the United
States claim the unique distinction of hav-
ing erected the first American cotton mill,
but from the best information that can be
obtained it seems that the credit properly
belongs to the town of Beverly, Mass.
The circumstances leading up to this
discovery may be of interest to our read
ers. Some years ago Mayor Hantoul of
Salem, Mass, was invited to Pawtucket,
r. l., to attend the centennial exercises
held at that place in commemoration of
the opening Of the famous Slater mill In
sending out invitations to this centennial
event the owners Of the mill claimed 1t to
be the first establishment Of Its kind ever
erected in the United States. For come
reason Mayor Hantoul was unable to be
present at the exercises; but, being deeply
interested in historical researches, he de-
cided at his leisure to investigate the
claims Of the Pawtucket mill owners.
This investigation led to the discovery
that the old cotton mill at Beverly, Mass,
which was burned down in 1888, had been
in operation for several years prior to the
establishment of the mill at Pawtucket,
and that no less witness than General
Washington himself could be cited In con-
firmation Of the fact. 1t seems that GEN.
eral Washington, while on a tour of the
New England states in 1889, made visit
to the old Beverly cotton mill and was SO
impressed with the novelty of the spectacle
that he devoted several pages of his diary
to its description. This old diary is still
to be found among General Washington's
papers.
As the researches Of Mayor Hantoul
seemed to settle the matter beyond all con-
troversy the residents of Beverly, Mass,
caused handsome tablet to be erected on
the site of the old mills, communicating
the establishment of the first enterprise of
it's kind ever inaugurated in the United
States.-Pittsburg Dispatch.