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The age-herald., 1901-12-29
THE MURMUR OF THE WORLD,

Washington, December 27.-(special.)- On G street there is certain dwelling house, one of a solid block of houses. all precisely alike, three stories and basement and with high old fashioned stoops The fronts are of brown stucco. The locality is still eminently respecta- ble. whither on one bright day eighteen years ago walked a youthful Alabamian, and he knocked at the door of the par ticular house in question. Ills pounding of the old-time knocker brought Q woman to the door, He informed her that he was searching for lodgings, being newly come to Washington and expecting to stay somewhat indefinitely
 The woman conducted her visitor to the 1rst-noor front parlor, and eyeing him closely she began by saying she had two lodgers one young department clerk and the other. whom she named to her visitors astonishment, a famous general of two wars, who was then a member of Congress, but who now has been long dead. The only other occupants of the house were herself. her elder daughter and that daughter's husband and her young daughter, a girl eighteen
 The general, she said, gave her much concern on account of an old battle wound in his left limb" which meant as was afterwards ascertained. his left leg. Her husband poor man, had been dead many years. and so she was obliged to take lodgers."
 She was a sweet, gentle. motherly wo- man. as her visitor instantly discovered. and when she said she had nice room third floor front" which he could have for fifteen dollars a month, steam heat and gas included. he at once said he'd take 1t and would not allow her to climb the stars to afford him an inspection of the premises.
 The Alabamien took possession of his room within an hour, and being very young and lonesome he had within four and twenty hours made the acquaintance of everybody In the house, including the famous general, and was actually chum- ming with the department clerk and making friendly advances to the younger daughter, with whom the clerk flirted much. She was a pretty girl with black eyes. An, the mischief that turks in black eyes!
 On the second night the department ------------- Railway system, would become chairman of the board of directors, and that he would be succeeded in the presidency by Second Vice President W. W. Finley, believe it is only a question of time when those changes will be made,' remarked a well informed railroad man.
 "Rumor said the changes would be made on the first of January. MT. Spen- cer states that the story is without foun- dation. He ought to know, but at some other time, say six months or a year hence. the present executive head is likely to have the title of chairman, which Is a step higher than president. The Southern has never created the of- flee of chairman, but J. Pierpont Morgan practically fills a similar position.
 "The Seaboard Air Line is another big company that has no chairman. John Skelton Williams as president is the whole thing so far as the public can see. He is yet young map, but no railroad president of former days had more au- thority than he.'
The age-herald., 1901-12-29
GOT LOAD OF BIRDsHoT.
Citizen of Bessemer Polls Would-Be
 Negro Burglar.

James Jemson, negro about 90 years of age, was yesterday brought to the Jefferson county jail by Deputy Sheriff J. T.. Carroll of Bessemer, with a load of bird shot scattered over the right side of his body from head to foot.
 He is being held in jail in default of $500 bond for burglary and grand larceny. resident of Bessemer caught the negro trying to enter his house and fired the load of shot into him., His conditicl is
The age-herald., 1901-12-29
The Coming Race.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 T see that some English doctor, os something, says that we are developing into legless race"
 How could there be a race without legs?''
 Easy. Whats the matter with ,s steamboat race? At the same time. ii looks as if legless race would be a great boom for politics." ,s
 How so?' fs 4&
 Everybody would be going on tn, stump"
The age-herald., 1901-12-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Two rounds never made a fight.
 Tho liver has as much to do with soul sickness es with other kinds.
 Company manners always wear out if tho company stays too long.
 It takes women to support foreign mis- sions. reading societies and dude actors
 When bachelor thinks of his mother he wants to get married: when he thinks of his sisters he wants to wait awhile. z.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

The Republican organs are boom ing Democratic Presidential aspirants who were not in the war with Spain. Dewey, Schley and Miles are neglected by them.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Maclay can now take to the maga- zines or the lecture platform, or ho can peso as a general martyr badly disfigurcd.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Jennie June, now dead, may have been the mother of womens clubs, but she was also the mother of six children
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Massachusetts Is also an electrocu- tion State. Hanging is going out or fashion, and Judge Lynch is back number.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Iowa will step high when she has two Cabinet officers, besides a Speaker of the House and Senate boss.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

The brigands of Bulgaria are not prepared to say that they did good holiday trade in ransoms.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

More water and less language is needed in isthmian canal affairs.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

General Miles should slip over to England and condole q while with Gen eral Butler.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Governor Crane of Massachusetts prefers to make paper for the country rather than to steer it's finances.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Birmingham was almost as quiet oD Christmas as Montgomery on busy day.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

The filling of the pocketbool, flat tened at Christmas time, can now be attended to-
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

The ravens may have to feed Elijah Dowie after ,all if he Is to be kept from starvation.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

The captivity of Miss Stone and the apathy of the American people are pro- ceeding on parallel lines.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

The telephone is expected to lengthen the eyes as we'll as tho ears.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

The second year of the new century is to be both prosperous and etherlc
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Sugar beets are crowding the Del. gian hares in the wild and woody West. {.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Historian Maclay tried the lingering farewell, but it proved ineffective.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29

Senator Hanna's arbitration commit tee is his last Presidential card.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29
aTr. Carnegie is outbidding even Santa Claus.

The plumber is getting rich faster than the sleeping car porter.
The age-herald., 1901-12-29
Railroad Oraanization.

"Referring to the rumor that MT. Sam uAi snencer. president of tho Southern
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bit had not arrived at the fair grounds
until the day before the closing day of
the fair. Where could the exhibit
have gone to, it was shipped from here
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D. E. Riordan's building on the corner
OF Railroad and Division sts., and put
in d wire halyard but the wire was too
small and got in between the block and
the sbeave and would net render. He
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second time to put in a rope halyard,
but on account of the rain which fell
during the day made the pole too slip
perry and the task too periOus. the dis
lance to the top of the pole being
about 80 feet, but not to be thwarted
in the attempt to put up the halyard.
ladders were procured and they being
dashed together, the climbing was made
easy and old glory was soon strung up
at half-mast in mourning for the mar
tyr, William Mckinley.
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friends who have been spending the
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train for their homes in Chicago. Mrs.
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summer here and will come again for the
deer hunting season. Mr.. and Mrs.
Backs will make some extensive inn
provements on their beautiful place on
Lake Content the coming winter and
next summer. They have already
started to build new living rooms, the
building to, be 40x54, II stores high
gabled, of logs stood on end, the in
terror to be finished in hardwood
trimme1 in black. They have also a
deer park 5Ox2OO feet which runs to
lake and alongside the main driveway
leading to their grounds. The park is
enclosed with wire netting about ten
feet high and they now have four young
deer in the park. When all improve
ments are made that are planned, Mr..
and Mrs Backs will have one of the
finest summer homes to be found any
where.
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Take the REVIEW.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-10-10
Bulgarian Brigands.

A company of brigands, understood to
be Bulgarians, captured Miss Ellen NJ.
Stone, a missionary who went from
Chelsea, Mass, and another lady Nine.
Tsilks, wife of an Armenian missionary.
They were captured on Turkish territory
near the line separating the two coun-
tries and are held for a ransom of
Sl10,0 900. The limit of time in which
the ransom should be forthcoming WAS
designated as Oct Sth but this has been
extended one month. 1t has been de-
cided that for the present diplomacy
and military force are powerless and the
ransom must be paid. More than half
of the large amount required was raised
Sunday and Monday and the balance will
be raisedibefore long.
The American Board as we'll as the
officials at Washington regard it as
certain that Miss Stone will be released
II the money demanded for her ransom
Is Forthcoming but Rev. H. G. Haskell,
missionary at Samoskov, whom the
brigands have designated as go-between,
to receive the money and pay it over to
them is not quite sure that the robbers
will keep their word. When wired,
"Are you sure Miss Stone will be re-
leased when the ransom Is paid he re-
piled, mot quite sure. | cannot answer
that question:
President Roosevelt is doing all in his
power to bring about Miss Stones re-
lease and once she is released prompt
measures will doubtless be made to
remedy this evil, which is by no means
new thing. Brigandage Is a regular
business in that country. The partici-
pants are outlaws, of course, but they
occupy the mountain Businesses and are
masters of the situation and their cap.
ture extremely difficult. The Balkan
mountains cover an extensive territory,
very difficult of access.
The effect of ransoming Miss Stone
upon the safety of other missionaries in
that country, is matter of much con
cerr. It would seem that the tendency
of success in securing so large a sum oil
money would be to encourage other out.
| law bands to embark in the ransom
business more extensively, and thus
increase danger to other missionaries il
that part of the world. One gentleman
familiar with the situation holds that
the ranSOmlng OF MISS stone Will mol
have this effect. This case, he says, is
so outrageous that measures will be
taken Immediately to stamp out brigand
age whatever the outcome of Miss
Stones sad case.
The Macedonian committee deny that
they had anything to do with the al.
duction and say the Turks did the deed
M. Danew, the Bulgarian foreign minis.
ter, indignantly denies the suggestion
that the Bulgarian government is not
doing its best to rescue Miss Stone. He
says 5000 troops are engaged in the
search for her."
Information from Washington is that
Consul General Dickerson left Constants
nople several days ago, went to Samokoy
and paid over the $35 900 cahled to him
to agents of the brigands and exacted
the promise that Miss Stone should not
be moested for 30 days before which
time the balance is expected to be paid.
No news has been obtained since her re.
cent letter to Mr.. Haskell. The Bulga.
rian troops and police are actively scour.
| ing the frontier.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-10-10
The Brainerd Case.

The jury in the case of Geo. II. Brai-
nard, on trial in Portland for killing
Isaiah H. Farnham by shooting in April
last on Monday returned a verdict Of
murder in the first degree after consider,
ing the case less than four hours. The
prosecution occupied only about one day
in putting before the jury its side of the
case, merely calling witnesses to prove
the actual killing. They did not offer
any expert testimony. On the other
hand the defence, after admitting the
actual killing and entering plea of "not
guilty because of insanity" called a
large number of witnesses, among them
four well known experts on insanity.
The experts were unanimous in the
opinion that Brainerd was insane when
the murder was committed, and of the
other witnesses number attested TO the
prisoners peculiar acts dating back
several years. The verdict was sur
prise to many. 1t was generally thought
that the insanity plea would prevail.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-10-10
Archer--MayO.

A charming, home wedding occurred
at Fairfield, Wednesday, October 9th, at
II O'Clock, Meridian, at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. e. p. Mayo, the bride
being Miss Grace Estelle, their eldest
daughter, the groom, William A. Archer
also OF Fairfield. The officiating clergy
man was Rev. II. NJ. Ives, pastor of the
Baptist Church of that town.
The ceremony was performed under
an arch of resplendent maple foliage in
the bay window of the parlor, and the
decorations CT the rooms were of
autumn leaves, ferns, palms, vines and
Towering plants, which in the sunlight
of the bright October day, produced a
very pleasing effect.
The bride was prettily gowned in
white crepe de chine over silk trimmed
with lace, and carried bride roses. Miss
Marion ID. Mayo, sister of the bride, was
maid of honor and w. Dudley Higgins
of Hartford, Conn.,, her uncle, ofiiciated
MS best man. The maid of honor wore
light blue and carried daybreaks. The
ushers were Messrs. Walter F. Kendrick
and Orren Leonard. Miss Elizabeth
McConville of Bangor, cousin of the
bride, officiated at the piano.
The marriage was in the presence OF
relatives and intimate friends of the bride
and groom, only. A reception was held
after the ceremony attended by large
number of guests, followed by the we'd
ding breakfast.
Numerous beautiful and valuable wed
ding gifts attested the popularity of the
two young people who have auspiciously
embarked upon the sea of matrimony
After wedding trip to New Y ork,
Philadelphia, etc, they will return to
Fairfield and make their home In No |
Park street, house recently purchased
by Mr.. Archer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archer resided in Skow-
hogan with their parents in their child
hood days and attended school here.
Thus they will be remembered by many
Of our people.