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The age-herald., 1899-12-30
PLANKnD sHAD FOR CHRISTMAS

From New York Commercial Advertiser,
 This warm weather is responsible for all sorts of surprises in the markets. one finds all sorts of unreasonable things. HOT the first time in the memory of the oldest fishermen and dealers, New Workers will be able to serve North river shad at their Christmas dinners. All the past week line shad have been caught up as far as Pough- keepsie. and are as fat and wholesome .as the April shad. At Jacks in Sixth ave nue last evening dinner party was given, at which one of the dishes was pianked North river shad. This is the way l. was cooked: It was fastened to an oak plank made for the purpose, and cooked to rich brown before very hot fire. While it was cooking it was pasted frequently with sweet butter It was served on the plank with small roasted potatoes about It. For dessert stra rawberries and cream were serv- ed, making a complete spring dinner in the carly winter .
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
Quay and Clark.
ward.

| If the senate should seat Quay after he l jected by the legislature and by his own party in his own state; if it should also confirm the seating of W. A. Clark, who paid s4OO,OOo for his seat then indeed the non-representative and un-American nature of the body would be well established.
 Clark's purchase of a seat had plenty of precedents. Ever since the republican par ty came into power in the days of the civil war it has reserved senatorial seats for the. rich and the powerful, and Clark, who is masauerading as a high-tariff democrat, thought he had ample support in his efforts to buy a seat. He outbid his millionaire re- publican opponent, Marcus Daily. One is as bad as the other. The seat should be declared vacant, but it is well known that the republicans do not propose to stultify themselves, and the chances are very good indeed that facts well-known and iudiciarly | ascertained in Montana will be ignored, and that Clark will be seated on the ground that evidence was not offered to show that Clark in person did hand $1O,OO0 or s20,00O to the legislator who sold his vote. What We'll come did or some one else did does not, it is claimed in Washington count This amounts to a declaration that senatorial seats may be bought and sold, provided the business be done through third party Quays case is even worse. After he had voted against the seating of MT. Corbett, of Oregon, a recess senator; after he had been repeatedly rejected by the legislature of his state, he caused Governor Stone-his '.jimmy"-to issue to him a commission as senator. To say that such a man would be in any sense representative would be to disregard facts that stand out like spots on a leopard The admission of Quay, in the face of a long list of precedents, would mean that the people have no longer in the senate of the United States any rights that anybody is bound to respect.
 As things look now Quay will be rejected, and Clark confirmed in his seat The in- side aspiration of the senate seems to be to make 1t the American house of lords-a body for the rich aone-a mllionaires' club, either for actual millionaires or for their direct representatives Quay represents machine, while Clark is a multi-millionalre. One has as good a right to seat as the other, but machines are common, while multi i-millonaires are always handy and desirable from the new senatorial point of view.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
The Magic of n Name

Thirty years ago when Redvers Butler, the present commander of the British in South Africa, was on his way to Canada with a regiment of soldiers, the troop ship was stopped by fog in the mouth of the St. Lawrence river and delayed so long that the provisions gave out, relates the Philadelphia Call On small island, not far from the ship, was a station for ship wrecked sailors so Butler took two sailors and rowed off for assistance. Finding woman in charge of the supplies, he stated his case and asked for share of the stores. ="No," came the reply, "the sup plies be for they whom shipwrecked; not for such as your' But this is a govern ment depot and we are servants of the crown" Cant help it, youm not ship wreckedl Luckily, the dispute, which was promising to be a hot one, ended there, for Butler, taking his cue from the woman's Cornish accent, asked her: What! not for dear old One and All, and I a BulIer?" The effect was magic. Rush. ing toward the colonel as if she would like to embrace him, she exclaimed: What! Be yew from Cornwall, en Butler? Take everything there is in the place; you'm hearty welcome"
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
TO THE SULTAN OF sUlu

From Life. O Sultan of Sulu Here's Looking at you!
 We have heard of You before. At divers and various times But we are about to confess We would know you better. We understand That you Are addicted to the habit of matrimony. Indeed, We have heard that this habit With you is Ingrained! We do not hesitate to say That there are some among us Who look upon this habit with disfavor, But they Are not civilized. They Are not in it. They Are unprogressive. Therefore, o Sultan of Sulu. Come among us And set us an example of wholesale love. Lift us up And enlighten us, Sultan of Sulu, For we are way Behind the Times
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
s PEEL MAKING
From the Knoxville Sentinel.
J. B. G.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
 Nothing of greater importance to the south has occurred than the successful ex- .periments in steel making, which have just occurred at Ensley, Ala. Here a steel plant has been erected within few yards of blast furnace, while on the other side is a nail making plant Heretofore the soft southern pig irons have not been converti- be into steel except at great cost. A large sum of money was sunk in making steel by the old open hearth process at Chattanooga several years ago. Excellent steel was pro- duced, but it cost so much that it could not be sold at a profit. The southern pig iron contains, it is said roo much phos- phorus and silicon. The Bessemer, acid or basic process, the principle of which is that a current of air is blown through the mol ten iron, oxidizing the silicon and carbon to which manganiferous iron ore is added could not be used in the south. The expe- riments at Ensley have been to discover a cheap open-hearbh process of making steel. This has finally been done and now the south has no drawback against en- trance into competition with the world in steel making. It already leads In the mak- ing of pig iron All this is Of great impor- tance to Knoxville and the rest of East Tennessee. The proportion of steel used in comparison with iron grows larger every day. Where there is a blast furnace there ought to be alongside steel making plant and adjoining that some manufactory for producing finished steel products. With success in securing a good grade of coke for the furnace and the possibility of mak- ing steel. also the prospects of this city be- coming a great iron manufacturing center would be excellent.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
Signs That Are Not Explicit

A few days ago a boy was missing from d schooroom in one of the uptown pub lie school buildings. The teacher looked around and failed to see the familiar Eace. "Does any pupil know why Tommy Me Gregor isn't in school today?" she inquired. There was answer,
 Tine teacher repeated the inquiry.
 Then a little girl slowly lifted her hand. "Please ma'am," she said. q know" And why does he stay away, Mary?' .'Please. ma'am, it's because he's got measles inside.' "
 Mary had read the contagious disease card that was tackled on the front of the house.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
ECHOES FROM
 THE MEGAPHONE

From the Clogtown Megaphone
 A great many people want to know who is the editor of the Megaphone. While that is nobody's business but ours, we will say now for all that we used to edit the Suligent Lightning, and were forced to sell it because we had gotten in debt 10 every merchant in town, and were pelhg subjected 10 the chagrin of having our furniture, clothes and office material lev fed upon to satisfy these debts, and we thought We had better sell and leave for some other unworked community. Now we are doing well with the Megaphone.
 Henry Smith, a freckle-faced galoot, from Jasperville, called at the Megaphone office last night after the editor had re- tired on the floor and had just begun ito get the papers warm with which he was covered. Smith said that he and MISS Jemima Goldegg were about to get mar ried next week. We told MT. Smith that he and she might go and get married all they wanted to; that it was none of our business, and that we did not care any thing about Il. We were mad, but he said that he only wanted a notice put in the Megaphone about it. We hope this is mo- tice enough.
 The Megaphone man has been informed that several presents were sent him by Santa Claus, but thus far they nave not arrived. We hung up our socks as best we could, but suppose the presents all dropped through the holey soles. Maybe by next Christmas we will nave-received enough cash on subscriptions to enable us to sport new pair, and that we will fare better.
 The Megapnone must ask that some of our merchants will pay up for their adver- Using. We will take pair of lady's shoes in part payment. Our wife has been going around with her toes sticking out of her old shoes for a week, and the first thing any one knows she will have d cough if this weather continues
 One day last week the Megaphone man heard quite a commoton on the street, and wishing to get hold of all the informa- tion possible, especially when it is cheap, he rushed to the door and saw several old men and a few girls raving over the sun set behind a cloud They were using hun dreds of adjectives and terrible grmaces and awkward gestures in an attempt to create an impression that they had a poetic inspiration. There is no poetry whatever in sunset-no more than there is in hen sitting. The business of the sun Is to set That is the way it makes it's living. That is the way it has Ibeen brought up, and the way it must continue to do, or go out Of business.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 All things come to those who ~wait--un- less they die before they get there.
 A mans resort from worry is a good laugh; a womans resort is a good cry.
 Solomon wasn't the wisest man because he had three hundred wives, but in spite of it.
 A woman can take a terrible disappoint- ment a lot better when she has her best dress on.
 No matter what fool noises a bady makes a woman can always tell you exactly what 1t is trying so hard to say.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

EUVH TAUA VN b.Ny-t HUN IINV From the Philadelphia Post.
 loom Paul' Kruger of the Transvaal has a certain grim humor which reminds one of Irvings Knickerbockers According to q visitor from Capetowns he was speaking re- gently to some foreigners of the issue be- tween his country and England, and closed his talk with a quaint metaphor:
 I've Boers have hunted the African lion too long to fear the British one. It's one thing to meet the beast in his hunting veldt; it's very different when he comes in front of your window where you are stand- ing with loaded rifle"
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
Intended to Cover the Ground

A short time ago the Italian colony in New York gave a banquet to Marconi the famous inventor. The formal toasts were given and answered with customary elo- quence
 It was pointed out that Marconi had made one of the great inventions of the century, and had won everlasting fame. Then the chairman said, amid perfect silence:
 "Only through self-sacrifice and love of his mother did our distinguished com patriot obtain the education and the ad- vantages which enabled him to accomplish the feats which have made him immoral. Fellow countrymen, have the honor to propose your toast, Here's to the Mother of the Father of Wireless Telegra- nhy'
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
REPkEsENrING roo MANY

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 No man may have been truer to three women than B. H. Roberts is ito three, but there is a prejudice against man repre- senting more than one wife of his own, at time in congress.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

William Mckinley is the greatest oppor- tunist of American politics. He is pre- paring to shift as to the tariff as he form erly did as to silver.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

The Selma Times says all New Years resolutions should contain this one-"To vote for Morgan, if it takes all summer"
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

Winston Churchill was Sister Winnie" among the guileless Dutch. He resumed in Portuguese territory.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

The early birds of the twentieth century are getting ready to start 1t promtly next Monday. They dot propose to be left at the starting post
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

Christmas, dear friends, is over, and we are face to face again with the Roberts case. and the Clark case, and with other bad cases in general.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

Lord Salisbury is accommodating stock of scapegoats that outnumbers the lot that MT Mckinley once had on hand.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Thourht Ut was an oeeult Foree

Thought IL was an Occuib tOree
 One would naturally suppose that news paper men are hard to decieve. Their training ought ito put them on guard against most wiles that hoodwnik the ordi- nary man. But Arthur Leslie, the New York syndicate manager, knows to the con trary. Some time ago. while he was out west. placing orders for his service, he met the editor of aHSunday paper who was ob durate against his eloquenee, relates the Saturday Evening Post.
 He particularly wanted to sell an article on airships for which he predicted great popularity. After a long and fruitless bus mess talk the conversation turned upon the occult The editor was firm believer in Mahatmas, adopts, chelas, and other creepy things, and the syndicate man was up in such matters too 4
 Have you ever seen men lifted into the air by child, by supernatural foree?'
 Sure" replied MT. Leslie.
 ''No trick?"
 "Of course not; why can do it." "You?"
 "Yes, I can lift you as easily as if you were made of feathers
 PDAtiANa'f Leslie 14O. so the claim seemed preposter- ous.
 stand up and see if I can't"
 The editor stood up, and, according to directions turned his back to ahe syndicate man, crooking his elbows stiffly by his side MT Leslie stepped behind him. Then, grasping him sharply by the elbows to dis tract his attention from anything else, Ge raised him about three feet in the air by the use of one elf his own sinewy bicycle legs.
 How much did you say that airship story was?" he asked irrelevanty, but sin cerely, when he recovered his breath. Twenty-Five dollars? All right; I'll take it; and, by the way, MT. Leslie, you might leave the rest of the service with me and I'll try it for month or two."
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

Negotitions are to be opened with Laure- ate Austin with view of inducing him to hold his next war poem for a reasona ble consideration.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

The baroed wire fence is to play part in the Boer war, as 1t did in the Spanish American war. It's offensiveness seems to appeal to military men.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

Belascos new play, Naughty Anthony" !" Is said to be more nearly alive than 'The Heart of Maryland" and much cooler than "ZaZa."
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

The Springfield Republican is ele5 fly guilty of lese maieste. for it continues to spell 1t "Porto Rico"
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

Hero Bill Anthony of the Maine lacked bread while living, and he gets a granite pile now that he is dead.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

The Dutch and Irish societies that are talking abotw helping the Boers py at lacking Canada are simply talking through their hats. They are talking for talk calr
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

The reconeentradoists of Cuba seem to have emigrated to South Africa. and set tied under Gataere's guns.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

The standard Oil crowd" fs now part and parcel of the administration.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

It is feared in Washington that Agui- naldo will yet file mileage account.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

The good roads movement seems to be sadly needed in our new possessions.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

In the land of snow they are grateful that the horseless sleigh has not arrived.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

Little Bobs'' does not at any rate under rate the task on hand.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

Philadelphia is growing over the vice presidential contest it has accumulated.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30

This is the bargain-eounter week-the week of flag ends.
The age-herald., 1899-12-30
LOOM PAUL' oN LiOx nUNrINe

The Duke of connaughrs name forbids.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-08-10
south STAFFORD

2 Diel OF Littlston, n. H., is at III,
Barrett House.
Eddie circuit OF Northneld Is a CUES, q
5. Pemb circuit.
:. b. Buell. has been under the doctor,
care the past week.
Miss Ruth Howard arrived at Buena
Vista Friday for visit.
Ethel kenney OF Pompsnoosuc i visit
ing Miss Bertha Preston
Mr.. scofield OF New York city i ston.
ping at be Barrett House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Judd visited In
Washington the past week.
Miss Susie Kendall visited AZ Miss
sadie Morrison's OF Union Village last
Thursday
Mrs. George Tyler has been visiting her
parents recently, but returned to New
haven, Conn, Monday.
Messrs. Darling and smith OF New
YORK city owners OF the Corinth mines
visited the Tyson mines last week ana
called on friends.
Little Ellen Quimby, who has been
spending lew weeks with her grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kendall rs.
Turned Monday to her home ia Tilton. n
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-08-10

Though there has been no formal an
nouneement, it is well understood thai
Lieut.. Gov Bates is in the s'willin'
state as TO the Republican gubernato
rial nomination next year. He tell
his friends he would like the honor, bu
is not prepared or disposed to max,
an active canvass for the place. w,
W. Stickney Of Ludlow will undoubt
eddy enter the field for the nomination
he so nearly secured in SO. Some OPP,
position to Mr.. Stickney has cropped
out on account of his alleged lobbying
at Montpelier last fall against the two
cent railroad mileage bill. He was
understood to have been retained by
the Rutland Railroad company for this
service. Bates friends-or Stickney's
opponents, largely the remnant of the
Grout faction-are trying to make the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS appear as the es-
pecial friend OF the people, as distin-
guished from Stickney, because, as
presiding officer of the Senate, he cast
the decisive vote in that body I'M favor
of the mileage bill. Now we were in
formed at the time that Mr.. Bates
early adopted the rule of voting in the
affirmative on all measures that came
to a tie vote in the Senate-a practice
common among such otiicers-in defer
erenee to the belief that he was not,
strictly speaking, a member Of the
law-making body. BY always voting
Yes and sinking his personal opin-
ions he could not DE accused of in
tluencing legislation We believe he
followed this rule throughout-he Ger
tainly did on the referendum bill
and while we understand that Bates
sympathy was with the mileage bill he
would, we should conclude, hardly
feel like posing as the peoples
champion when in voting as he did he
simply followed the practice he had
himself established. If it is proposed |
% make the mlleage-law the issue, its |
friends could more consistently sup
port some of those who really fought /
md won the battle, like Senators
Stearns and Cudworth, or the Demo-
rats might take young Mattoeks of
)anyille, whose bill was. All this is
lot saying that Bates would not make
! good candidate or a good governor,
nut just by way of explanation.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-08-10

not particularly definite as to tn
measures they will adopt to bring thil
happy result about, but they hope def
mite enough to make enough change il
the vote to elect their ticket-they viii
keep their promises perhaps.
Free silver viii have a part in the
coming struggle, but whatever Mr..
Bryan's conviction it cannot be APP.
piled TO existing conditions with the
force OF three years ago. The country
was then distressed Bryan said ii
would never be otherwise under the
gold standard We have the gold
standard and we have prosperity, ergo
free silver must of necessity fall to the
rear somewhat The Republican party
viii come out squarely for gold instead
of taking the somewhat shifting attl-
tude it held before Fear of what the
West and Central States might do if
the word s'goldn were in the platform
has passed now and the existing
standard will be squarely sustained.
Both parties will whack the trusts
for political effect and both will be
profoundly conscious of their inability
TO do anything to curb them. The
Democrats will probably shout the
loudest and by their "much talking
win the most votes on the trust issue.
The Democrats hope to make the
matter their trump card.
On 1t they mean to gather in the gold
Democrats, Independents and erring
ones of '96, and enough timid Repub-
lieans to carry the day. We shall be
told of the terrible iniquity of the ex-
pansion policy from every stump in the
country and the patriot Aguinaldo
will be deitied by his Democratic al
lies, who would be terribly disap-
pointed if he should be gathered In and
he whole difficulty settled before it |
could possibly be made an issue. In
my event, the vote-getting capacity OF
, policy which means the retreat Of the
lag is apt TO be oyer-estimated, as his
DRY has shown.
The Democratic party has become
% imbued with Populism as to out
Ierod Herod and make Popnlist
'arty utterly ineScusable. II is likely
o amount to little next year. There
viii also be no place for the gold Dem
'crats, save in the Republican ranks,
The fight will be square one, Me-
.inley against Bryan. gold against
liver, expansion against lowering the
ag, the defil take the trusts and
airy word about protection or free
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