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The age-herald., 1900-07-23

Conservative men set apart the summer for the readjustment of the iron market and the conditions of manufacturing iron The summer is not gone. as the records of the Government thermometer at New York attest Certainly the readjustment of the iron market is not completed. About all that need be said is that it is proceeding with headlong swiftness. That it will be overdone, so far as prices are concerned few persons doubt, whose memories reach back a couple of decades.
 ''As might be expected, the low prices now reached frighten rather than attract buyers. But the heavy shipments and bare consumers yards show that the consump- tion goes on, without serious diminution, so there is a day of reckoning and balanc- ing in store. When for six months con- tinuously new buying is less than a third of known consumption, it does not take a very wise man to form safe conclusions.
 'The shock of the dreadful news from China tends to delay the change of senti- ment that was about ripe. There Is an ac- stimulation of favorable factors of enor- nous proportions; they are well known but have been consistently ignored. Some day we will look at them, we will discover that our wheat crop after all will bring more money to the country than last year; that the corn and cotton crops will sell for more than ever before; that there is no stopping our colossal growth of exports; that "Bry- anism' is repudiated; that, after six months of imaginary depression" our Speculation aside). are still the greatest in our history-in short that we can safe- ly go on building, developing our vast re- sources, and using iron as before.'
The age-herald., 1900-07-23
PERSONAL.

Miss Marie Brodie, of Memphis, is the guest of Miss Emma Leedy, Nineteenth street, between avenues I and J. Miss Bro- die has a number of friends who will pleasantly remember her as Miss Leedy' 5 guest two of three years ago.
 Ernest Redd, Charles H. Davis and w. F. Fox returned yesterday from Tybee Island where they have been since the first of July.
 " Hugo Friedman of Tuscaloosa was in the city yesterday.
 J. w. Randall is in Louisville.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

The debts of the civilized nations
Aow add up a total of over $32, 00O,-
DOB, 000-most of it incurred in wars.
To realize what thirty-two billions
means a few comparative statements
are necessary. The highest total value
Of the entire cotton crop of the United
States in any recent year was less than
$500, 900, 600. If, therefore, the whole
American cotton crop were sold for
loo years in succession, and the pro-
ceeds applied to the payment Of the
worlds ind btedness-mainly incurred
Tor wars and war preparations-there
would still remain an unpaid balance
Of nearly two billions. Professor I'll.
G. Adams Of Cornell some time since
calculated that the interest payments
alone on these aggregated debts Of the
nations equal the valus OF the labor
Of 5000, 600 men working constantly
vt $3.50 per day per man.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

W. live and learn, and we are be.
ginning to learn that there is such q
thing as over exertion Of the muscle,
and that in taking exercise, as in oil
other things, the rule of moderation
is the rule Of reason. We are learn,
ing from experience that bodily
fatigueis not o cure for mental fatigue;
that violent straining on gymnastic
apparatus hurts more than it helps,
and that the real benefits of exercise,
which are health, good digestion. good
temper, good spirits, resistance to
disease and resultant longevity, are
acquired by moderate exertion in the
open air, rather than by unnatural ex-
ertion in the achievement of feats Oh
the breaking of records.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

We are still able to supply fuel for
che world. Coal statistics of the
United States geological survey for
1899 show a total production in the
United States of $50, 838, 973 long
tons. The 1898 production was 1876,
405, 953 long tons. The total value Of
last years output is 1888, 1876, 512, an
increase of about 90 per cent. over
that Of 1898. The anthracite produc-
lion MAS So, s37, 496 long tons, and
valued at $Ss, 123, 493.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

| for e KoR aut's space no word passed
betweeE them. Then the woman
arose, her worn face working, hen
faded eyes Frightening, her hands ap'
pealingly extended.
Gather" she cried, 'father, for.
give mel"
"Father died years ago." answered
Senator Borden, gently, sand eve,
since I have been searching for you,
my sister,
"Benniel Bennie!" she screamed,
finging herself toward him. The
scene that followed was too sacred for
stranger eyes to look upon, and so
quietly Withdrew, going back to my
delayed duties.
That afternoon I was "a parsonage
in the village. Over and over again
I told the story, fairly revelling in the
first bit of that had ever
stirred the monotony of my quiet life.
OF course there were a few ill.
natured souls who declared that Mrs.
Kempton had known all along which
side her bread was buttered on, but
as this idea seemed to be confined ex-
clusively to those who had beforetimes
pronounced her ~quixotic and improvi-
dent, and it did not greatly affect pub
lie sentiment.
Senator Borden made immediate
arrangements to remove his sister to
his own home. But she, poor soul, in
| abiect fear of her august sister-in-law,
chung to the dear second cousin who
had so frightened the years of her adj
versity.
A compromise was at last effected,
Mrs. Kempton selling her little home
and removing to Anderson, where Mr..
Borden lived, and where the famous
Anderson seminary was located. To
attend this school had long been
Dolly's highest ambition-an ambition
which q grateful brothers liberality
made it perfectly possible to crafty.
In o few days the little ripple of ex-
element that attended their departure
died away, leaving in its place only a
memory.
missed Dolly sadly, feeling sure
that the duties and pleasures of her
new life would soon blot out all inter
est in her older and less favored
friends.
realized my mistake when, weeks
afterward, I received a letter from
her which wrought in my life a de-
lightful change.
"One OF our teachers" she wrote,
''has resigned, and Senator Borden
has secured the position for you. He
knows how you helped and encour-
aged me through the pink-dress or
deal, and he is very glad of this OPP
%portunity to show his appreciation Of
your good sense and kindness"
A DAY or two later this delightful
news was officially confirmed, and I at
nee set about my modest preparations
for departure. Just before I left I
called upon old Deacon Dudley and
found him not only sympathetic but
fairly jubilant over my improved pros
poets.
81 gave you your first chance" said
he, sand lpresume to say I helped
you to your second one I talked
quite a spell with the senator when he
was here, and I gave you a first-class
recommend She is young said I,
and no great things to look at, but
she is a master hand at ~fggerin'.'"
I thanked the old gentleman for his
doubtful compliment with becoming
gratitude. Not for the world would
L have panied his kindly heart by the
knowledge that anything SO frivolous
as a pink frock had far more to do
with my good fortune than his unique
and well-meant Recommend. Chi
cago Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

A Georgia Judge recently, in decid-
ing a case against a man who had
been missing for many years, then
suddenly appeared and claimed part
of an estate, made this comment: ~
scarcely think the statute of relations
will stop and wait for him any more
than the village of Falling Waters
awaited the awakening of Rip Van
Wrinkle, or the wife of Enoch Arden
awaited his return"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

Now that the doctors have had their
say about the evil effects of kissing
and have told dreadful tales of the
transfer Of bodily diseases from lip to
lip, the dentists have taken the floor
with similar stories in regard to the
trouble that may be caused the teeth
by indiscriminate caresses of the o.
cnlatory order. According to a Phil
adelphia authority, it seems that the
microbes which attack the mouth are
the easiest transferred by kissing. In
deed, the authority in question goes
farther. ~ don't care how fine your
teeth / naturally" he says, sif you
kiss very often q person with bad ones
you will need my services within i
year. 4 have had cases where one OF
an engaged couple had the finest pos
sible teeth until she met her iance.
who had less healthy ones, and my
theory always proved right. Then I
have cen the engagement broken and
the formerly good teeth restored per-
nanently to perfect condition. All
this may b true. n sounds ID and ii
from q mai who believes LID
what he says. But. although statis-
tics are impossible, one ventures to
say that the physicians scare did not
reduce kissing 70 any ~appreciable .
tent and that, therefore, it will, do.
spite the dentists. still 90 on ii very
much tAe same old way.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

A certain minister in Meridian. dur
ing his discourse one Sabbath morning,
said: SIN each blade Of grass there
is a sermon" The following day one
of his flock discovered the good man
pushing a lawnmower about bis yard
and paused to say: "Weu parson, I'm
glad to SEQ YOU engaged in cutting
your sermons short"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

An ice breaking steamer on Lake
BaikaI, in Siberia, made a trial trip of
80 miles through ice 81 inches in
thickness. The trip was made in II
hours, and is said to have been wholly
satisfactory. And the boat is Amer
lean built, at that.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

A new educational plan is being
tried in Copenhagen, Denmark. No
books are used, but the boys are in
structed orally when they perform at
the same time light manual labor.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

An emu's egg omelette was the treat
provided by a London naturalist for
his friends. The contents of the egg,
which was found in Australia some
time ago, weighed two pounds. Croco-
dies eggs were also served
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01
A Beggarly Salary.

The young congressman ran his eye
again over the pages of the speech he
expected to deliver on the morrow,
He made q trifing alteration or two,
passed his hand across his brow,
folded his arms, and gazed hard al
the typewriter pages before him
And all I get for this kind of work, "
he ruminated, with a tinge of bitter.
ness n his tone. lis 5000 = year
Chicago Trihnna-
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

The trustees OF the Vicksburg city
schools have passed q resolution declar-
ing married women ineligible as school
teachers. An effort was made to do
the same thing in Natchez some time
since, tRt falle&-
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

Tennyson Jones and Byron Brown
are two worthy citizens of a Georgia
settlement. Recently, on a wager,
Tennyson devoured two baked pos
sums at a sitting. Byron is distin-
guished by having consumed seven
boxes of sardines in as many minutes.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01
QUAINT N CURIOUS.

A petrifed forest in a sandstone for
nation has been discovered in Routt
county, California.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

A Boothhay Me. fisherman, Alb Ak,
says he has the shortest name on
record. There is said to be no abbre-
Walton about it, either.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

Nobody, it would seem, should OBJ
iect to electric fans in a church. Even
She sleep of the just is disturbed by
flies.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01
THE BRIGHT COUNTRY.

EAs counhys lust rs smiling from tho It's great 20 just 20 living in a world 80 near
mountains to the sea theb blue,
As the Lord whose love is over IT, would You can feel the benedcion of the rain
ever have bel bows overy you!
The gardens rich with roses, ant the mea- he ountry-she just glorious b. ay
dows and the ans nigh or lay,
And ALT the grening pastures juta tnke And Love DER hfa victorious, and we're
with the ains! singing ON the way!
i L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

John Wood, . giant policeman, has
been engaged for the summer for the
Olentangy park, at Columbus. Ohio.
Wood arrived in the city from the min
ing districts and applied to the street
railway company for a position, bat,
as he is about as tall as a car and
weighs $40 pounds, it was decided not
to place him in the position of run
ming a motor. Wood is about23 years
Of age and stands 7 feet 6 inches tall.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

OPELOUSAS, La.
URAeS the Direction Of the Sisters Esriaastaa
Of Holy Cross.
Offers to young ladies every facility
for acquiring q thorough christian, cd
ucation. Constant attention is paid TO
home and social culture. Lessons ara
given in music, painting and other
useful arts. The shters also have
charge Of the boys school. The course
Of instruction 10 two.fOld-Pseparatory
and Commercial. FEanOh/ Ia taught In
the two courses. For pa~rtioulars, ed-
dress SISTER SUPERIOR
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

The value of a newspaper as sn
Advertising medium consists 10
Its circulation.
When You can secure the COM
bined circulation of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved
"11he st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the 3D. Of
March, 1894, with The 0peloa'
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have mot been increased
while the price of subscription
has been reduced to ~ O year:
TIE COURIER being by Odds
the best paper in the empire Par
lsh Of St. Landry 10 thegafore the
shaaDasG
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

A th~ree-legged horse, born two
years ago on a Boer farm, arrived in
New York city the other day for exhi-
biton at Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.
On the rough voyage of 80 days from
Cape Town to London the horse
showed that all of its legs were sea
legs. It also behaved like q veteran
ocean crosser on her tumultuous trip
of ID days from London. It is claimed
that the horse can sttrot, walk and
gallop'' as we'll as a four-legged horse,
and that it can also perform several
tricks. It's third leg is perfect, grow.
ing from the centre of its chest
The Opelousas courier., 1900-12-01

To trephine a newborn infants
skull is an experience that has fallen
to the lot of few surgeons. A surgeon
of Ottumwa, Iowa, performed the OPP
Grafton on one of twins born to Mrs.
Douglas Mccarthy. The result was
beyond all expectation. When a piece
of skull in the centre of the depressed
ares had been trephined out the skull
at once resumed its normal shape.
Since then the patient has gained in
strength and all symptoms OF insanity
have disappeared.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
EAST SUMNER.

Work on the foundations Of the addi-
tons 10 the corn shops Is progressing.
Another large boiler is 10 be set TO fur
nish additional power, and the improve
meuts are 70 be quite extensive on this
already well equipped plant.
Epyrus Bosworth's house Is well
under way.
5. c. Hesld is adding piazza and an
extension for pantry 10 his residence.
5. A. Oldham Ia at work for DR..
Maxim in Hartford.
Artell j. Russell Is about moving TO
the Alden Keen place.
Miss Gertrude Palmer Is to teach the
school st East Sumner.
Josiah ;. Hodgdon Of Peru has been
visiting relsrives in the place.
DIR. +. III. Andrews has several pa
tients in the vicinity, and Is kept very
busy Of late.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
EAST kEBRON

Mr.. and Mrs |. W. Marshall and
daughter Lizzie returned from Portland
Monday. Their neighbors and friends
were glad to welcome them home after
their long shsence.
Mrs Eta RSnd from Denmark passed
away the 24jh. She WAS daughter Of
Abel whitman of Buckheld. She came
20 visit her relatives. and was taken sick
% her fathers, but was taken 20 the
home Of her aunt. Mrs. Caleb Farris, her
husband was notified and came imme-
distely and remained with her until
the last. She received the best Of care
snd every attention from her husband
and Mr.. Fsrris' family. The funeral
was 10 the church. Rev. l.. ID. Tibbetts
conducting the services. The remains
were taken TO West Minot for interment.
The roads are quite dry and In most
places quite smooth.
Our garden perenulsls have started up
finely, and give u prospect OF many
blossoms from them. The trees are
shoa ing their green tint and sll nature
becoming lifelike after its long rest.
Pigs are quite scarce In this section
md sell for 81. and some for So Some
have not obtained their supply ss vet.
Lewis Leighioa was recently moved
from Joseph Merrill's 20 the town farm
on bed. Dr. Caldwell went 10 help ar
range him In the wagon, 80 he should
be IS comfortable az possible, as the
roads were not smooth part Of the way.
Mrs. James Fogg is quite feeble.
Mrs. 5. II keene is improving very
slowly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
WILSON'S MILLS.


Our school commenced April 10th,
taught by Miss Florence Carter Of
Bethel.
S. w. Bennett and Perley Flint have
gone to Bemis to work for Captain F. G.
Barker.
Alex Mcpherson and Fred Shaw have
gone TO kennebsgo to work on the drive.
Al Hart carries the scholars from the
upper part Of the district.
First rainbow of the season April 18Th.
r. s. Bean IL saving wood By horse
power for use In his mill and at the
house.
j. w. Carter and Allie Bennett are
helping X. s. Bean saw his wood.
Will Hart and son Leslie have been to
Milan the past week.
Guy Brooks has been quite sick and E.
II. Brooks is down from the lake.
j. W. Clark arrived home from Yer
mont Saturday.
From ten to thirty river drivers have
gone up daily the past week. Some up
the Magalloway. the greater part to
Cupsuptic and Kennebago.
Ice went out Of the Magalloway April
alst.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
kElAH FALLS

We hope our community will not for
get Old Home Week 10 August.
A reception was held In the NJ. +.
church vestry Tuesday evening Of this
week for the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Bounds.
This Il the beginning OF his second year,
and we hope il will be another pleasant
aud prosperous one. He was received
very cordially, after which refreshments
we're served, and altogether IL WAS pro-
bounced q very enjoyable time.
Mr.. Charles Cross OF this town, while
cutting wood In the woods one day last
week, cut his forefinger 80 badly that
amputstion WAS necessary.
Mrs. Abby, widow Of the late Nathan
lei Fitzpatrick, formerly Of this place.
died At the home Of her son, Andrew
Fitzpatrick, In Gorham, Maine, and was
brought here for burial Tuesday last.
She hss been sick for q long time.
Mr.. Frank Richardson, who has driven
the stage between our village and Cor
nish station, has resigned, and has gone
TO Boston 10 work. He was q very pleas
ant and accommodating man for the
position, which he had four years.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
auckEleln.

James n. DeCoster and wife Of Ne
chanic Falls were In town over Sunday,
the 29d.
Rev. 8. D. Richardson Of Hebron
preached At the Baptist church Sunday,
the 22d.
There Was no service at the Methodist
church the 22d, on account Of the annual
conference at Gardiner.
j. A. Rawson, our druggist, has been
quite iii for more than week, and Ii
still confined TO bis bed.
Atwood & Atwood, die block manu-
fscturers, have been obliged to build an
other dry house to keep up with theiI
business.
Mrs. Nellie DeCosta visited Rumford
Falls this week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
GREENWOOD.

John Titus parents live in Monmouth,
aud last fall his mother, who IL nearly 20
years old, fell and broke her hip. Re-
Gently he made them visit, and also his
former home at East Winthrop, being
absent nearly two weeks. We propose
not TO mention Mr.. Titus sheep, AS he
lacks one Of having flock even count
ing one young lamb; but he has - cows,
ten of which are In milk, and the other
three soon will be. A finer lot one sell
dom sees together.
Ransom Cole has about finished saw
ing his long lumber. There has been no
lack OF water since he first started up
his mill.
w. Swan met with another serious
accident while at work In the mill the
other day. While saving up slabs the
thumb on his right hand came In contact
with the saw mangliug Ii so that ampu-
tati0n was necessary. II will be remem-
bered that about twelve years ago he lost
two fingers on each hand, while at work
for the Mann brothers In Milton.
We also learn that Charles Bean, who
has been at work for Fred Cole, cut the
calf Of his leg so that It required eight
stitches TO close up the wound.
WILDER Yates has bought Leon Brooks
farm and moved on to 1t. Mr.. Brooks
intends to live there until fall, by which
time he expects to buy another.
Charles Fsrr of Portland came up on
flying visit Saturday and returned Mon
day. His wife is feeble, and he thinks
Of buying q place somewhere In this
vicinity In the near future. He said the
pneumonia had taken off q good many
people. especially the aged, and occs-
sionslly the smallpox would break out.
One person died Of 1t only week ago.
The writer became somewhat acQuaint-
I'd with Eben Humphrey and William
Mooney as long ago as when the Grand
Trunk road was building through here.
Mr.. Mooney married Betsey j., second
daughter Of George Berry, for his first
wife, the family then consisting of the
parents and nine children. They were
our nearest neighbors when living In
Hartford, and Mr.. Mooney has always
kept as informed In regard TO them.
Only two Of that large family are now
living.
Yes, John, we meant you and nobody
else when speaking Of that baby show;
and now there Is one more to add to the
number, as you will see by referring to
the proper place. It beats the dickens
how the population has increased about
here the last year or two. Some say It IL
all In consequence Of the forthcoming
census.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
NeWRv.

Leslie Littlehsle came from his home
In Rockland TO visit his mother, and ar
range matters on the home farm. They
have hired Marcellus Littlehale of Paris,
who will carry on the farm.
Mrs. Alma Foster IL visiting her par
euts in Gorham, n. H., both of whom
are invalids.
Charles Bartlett of Hanover Il very se-
riously afflicted with heart trouble, and
Is very low.
Rev. Mr.. Stone has returned from con-
ference, and Is soon to move to his new
appointment At Locke's Mills. Il 10 not
yet known vho will be sent to Newry.
Mrs. Disnths Aldrich has finished
work for Mrs. Walker, and gone to Port
land for the summer.
Miss Percie Foster. who has been
stopping with her cousin, Mrs. Holt, In
Bethel for . month or two, has returned
TO her home In this town.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
EAST BROWNElElQ,

The price said to have been paid by
Wesley Blake TO Edmund Blake for
farm and buildings was $500, and by
Edmund Blake TO John Fraser for farm
and set Of buildings 5000.
DIR. Dearborn Of Parsonsfleld and DR..
Devereaux of kezsr Falls were In town
the past week and performed an opera
ton upon Mrs. Martin Thurston.
Pearl Rebekah Lodge have received an
invitation TO visit the Brldgton lodge
May LIST.
Mr.. Geo. Haley Is At home for short
visit. Then he contemplates . trip TO
the West.
Mr.. Irving Giles has returned 10
Bowdoin college, after short visit
spent with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
X. Giles.
In the recent freshet the bridge near
the residence OF David Cram was washed
out. closing the road to travel.
The church at Merrill's Corner has re-
ceived It's annual cleaning.
Mr.. Vim. Stickney has returned home
from South America, having passed the
winter at Montevideo and vicinity.
Pequswket Lodge, l. o. o. r., had
their anniversary sermon preached last
Sunday Mt the Universalist church BY
Rev. Mr.. Herold of Hiram.
DR.. Charles Stanley of Eaton, y. H.,
Was In town last Thursday calling upon
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Durgin have NOV
ed TO Kezar Falls for the summer, where
Mr.. Durgin has property that he wishes
10 improve.
Mr.. Charles +. Swan has gone 10
Lynn, Mass, for protracted visit.
The Saco river IL very high, but not
enough so as TO be dangerous. II has
come 10 within about two feet Of the
roadway Of the covered bridge.