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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06
Annual Meeting.

IISHE stockholders of The TamiscOuta Pine
Land Go: are hereby notified that their an
nual meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY, May
llth; at o'clock p. M, at No 3S Exchange Street,
Portland Me.
For the choice of officers, and the transacting of
any business legally presented.
N. o. CRAM, Clerk.
my4 dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06

New ENGLAND knitting needles have won
another triumph, and seemingly by persis-
tent talking. Conversation always was live
ly while those needles were flying.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06

THE abolition of slavery in Cuba is going
on peacefully, and will be accomplished, in
all probability, with no disturbance or de-
rangement,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06

ACCORDING to the Atlanta Constitution,
Miss Betty Green of Forsyth county, Ga,
having raised the worms, spun the silk, col
ored and woven it with her own hands.
Raising worms rarely affects people this
way.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06

BRADLAUGH has scruples about taking
oaths in Parliament. But it is said that
outside of Westminster, he swears like a
trooper. .-ee
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06
rangenent.

THE Senate has PIT nominations, less the
small number it has confirmed, to wrestle
with,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06

ENGLAND is shaking again. An officer of
the Austrian army has written to the Nine
teenth Century an article on her military
Importance, and she proposes to put her
militia on a war footing. England is the
easiest nation to scare and the hardest to
beat in Europe. When it comes to war her
companies are equal to battalions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06

Proposals for Whitr Marble or Granite,
for the Warrington Monument.
ENGINEERS OFFICE, WASHINGTON MONUMENT
Washington, D. c., April 49, 1881.
GEALED proposals will be received at this office
- until 12 M. on The 9th day of May, 1881, and
opened Immediately thereafter, for furnishing at
the site of the Washington Monument in this city,
SO 900 cubic feet (more or ess) of White Marble and
$4,000 '' Z" !" +" !" Granite.
Specifications, blanks any further information
will be furnished from this office, upon request of
parties engaged in the business of quarrying such
materials. THOS. LINCOLN CASEY,
Lieut. Col. Engineers, U. S. A.,
ap30 dot Engineer in Charge.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06
ENTERTAINMENTS

FAIR AND ENTERTAINMENT
AT State Street Church Chapel, this (Friday) Af-
sernoon and Evening being continued from yester
gay. Fancy Articles, Toys and Refreshments
0' Niuse"h oi Art may61t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-06

ST. LOUIS Globe: The great question
now prevailing in political circles in Missou-
ri is whether the incoming tide of immigra-
ton will substantially control the next
State election. So far as present appear
ances indicate, undoubtedly it will. There
are many fallacies in statistics, but if ever
statistics pointed 10 a true end they have
pointed it this year to the fact that the Re-
publican party will be the conqueror of Mis-
souri, by the end of the next State campaign.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
A Fatal Snow Slide.

One Monday short time ago tour
men left Georgetown, Col, for Tyner,
in the North Park. They Travelled over
The snow without mishap until Wednes-
day morning, which found them climb
ing up n very steep and rugged noun
tain few miles from Tyncr. The snow
covering on the mountain was about six
feet thick. As the men were toiling up
the height the great carpet Of snow sud-
deHly began TO move down. The slide
was comparatively slow at first, but
within thirty seconds Il had become a
laundering avalanche. and the four men
were hurled at lishtning speed to the
foot of the mountain. james Nelson
one Of the party, fastened bis boots into
an icy crust, and clinging with all his
strength was not hurt seriously, though
his body was bruised and his flesh torn
In various places. When the slide
stopped he was within q few inches Of
the surface cf the mass and wac able -
thrust bis arm thrc ugh to the surface,
thus securing air. Ten minutes later
Willisin Sandals. who had escaped un,.
hurt, dug Nelson out and they together
searched for their companions. They
found Charles Eaton several feet beneath
the snow and not far Oh was Thomas
Gray. both black in the face from sui-
location and both dead. Searching fur
thcr they found John Fraser. who had
been buried twenty feet Hewas purple
In the face and blood lowed from his
mouth. but he soon regainod conscious
ness. His left leg was broken In two
places.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
Words OF Wisdom, ,

Report is a quick traveller but an un-
safe guide.
4 good book supplies the place Of a
companion.
Youth looks at the possible; age at
the probable
Charms strike the sight, but merit
wins the soul.
He who thinks his place below him
will he below his place.
a man cannot give a better legacy to
the world than veil educated family.
Moderation is the silken string run
ming through the pearl-chain of all vir-
tues.
The moment man begins 10 rise above
his fellows. he becomes mark for their
missiles.
Letters from friends are sunbeams on
liie's horizon that ch aer our way and
tighten labor.
Poverty often deprives man OF all
spirit and virtue. 1t is hard for an
empty bag TO stand upright.
II Is TO be doubted whether he will
ever 6nd the way to heaven who desires
TO 90 thither alone.
BE courteous with all. but intimate
with few; and let those few he we'll tried
before you give them your confidence.
Don't get soured with the world; II
does not mend matter for you. but il
makes you very disagreeablo 10 other.
A few more rapidly rolling years,
flowing past like n river, vanishing like
n dream. youth win be gone, and the
world will look elsewhere. and reject
those who have not already learned to
reject II. Let us, then, love that eternal
beauty which never grows old, and
which endows It's lovers with perpetual
youth.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
LOngfelloU'g Home.

A correspondent of the Nashville
american writes AS follows OF visit TO
the home OF Longfellow:
lie received me cordially, and invited
me Immediately into his study, room
Of comfortable Dimensions, large table
In the center, an olG-fashioned hearth
with andirons, and two windows OPEN
ing upon the lawn. On either side Of
the fireplace was large, comfortable
chair, one being that recently presented
20 him by the children, made from " the
spreading chestnut tree" There were
books 10 the right, 10 the left, behind,
and in front Of me, and the walls were
covered with pictures. a thousand OBJ
Iecls, each with its own interesting his
Tory, crowded the corners Of the room,
busts OF Shakespeare, Goethe, and
Dante. In Il small glass box was "A
piece OF the coffin Of the greatest Of Ital-
ION poets; near the door an * .ellent
crayon drawing Of Mr. Lowell, and a
painting Of fl scene on the coast OF
Maine, the work OF an artist frieno, IL
lustrating the poets beautiful lines:
A wind came up ont oi the sea,
And Faid /" o. rnis,s make room for me. -
II hailed The sbIps and cried, " Sail on,
lc mhriners, tie night il gone"
On the table was Co.cridgc's in nkstand,
and volume Of his poems, owned an
used by himself Along the margin are
notes in the authors own handwriting.
corroboraiing Lambs statement that
when you loaned book 70 Coleridge it
returned with additional value. The
two familiar verses in Ancient Mari
ncr"-
The game H. done, Pve won I've won
Quo;h she, and whisled thrice.
are followed by the stanzs:
4 gust OF wind sfrcrt up behind
And vhlEiel through hi- bones:
Through the holes OF his eyes and the hole OF
his mouth,
Hall whistles a8d hall groans.
There is "a marginal note opposite, in
pencil, "To be struck out, ). T. c."
and according TO Lis wish it has been
omitted in subsequent editions. After
showing me these treasures we passed
into The adjoining room. A piano,
qi1cac, stood in the center, with Mendei-
ssoun's Songs Without Words" open
upon il, as if some one had just Jeff the
instrument. Everywhere the eye was
pleased and The attention arrested by
some curiosity or work Of ari-ihe arm
!ess Venus Of Milo, the mutt ated Psyche,
bust Of Emerson, siatuette of Sum-
ner' who was warm TREND Of the poet,
fuc bust Of his wife, an oil painting Of
his three daughters.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
and unseen to her destination the pretty

HIsh unkssfn 10 neI ueBttnhIfOn the pretty
timid little Lily. Of Greenville. who
had, by the odd process of entering his
pocket, stolen his heart: Such things
will do to keep,,as will also Lily's pleased
amazement ut the family misinterpreta-
tion OF poor Lionel's letter, written In
pain and fever. lie, too, proud OF his
early recollections of the city ways,
tarted on foot over it's icy paYements
and met with n physical, and "A moral
fall. That little mistake was explained
and laughed over, but Lily did not want
hers TO share the same iate-to keep it
secret she even bribed Frank Benely.
Once he threatened" Oh, do not tell
about my handI" che whispered ,cntreat
inRly
| won'tif you will give it 10 me,n
was the answer, in the same key.
Well-Aunt Keziah liked him, Uncle
Adonijah found him suitable, and they
were married on Christmas eve-a year
after her adventure " in "A pockctm
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
A Woman's Terrible ExperIence.

Mrs. Lucy a. Still, of Sharon's Mills,
Pa, has passed through a most thrilling
experience. She started from her home
in that place "a visit sick son who
lived near Darney Swamp, about seven
miles from here Mrs. Still is sixty
years Of age, but rs spry as a cricket, and
she determined TO walk the entire dis
iance through this dismal swamp to her
sons house, feat she had frequently
accomplished. She started at about
three O'Clock in the afternoon. and be-
fore she got half the distance a violent
snow-storm set in, and in a short time
the road was hidden from sight. Dark
ness. too, soon came, and the old lady
struggled from the road and became fast
in deep mire. The more she struggled
the deeper she sank, until at last, weary
from exertion, she gave up all attemp,
TO exiricate herself, and prayed for help.
She remained in this mire for a whole
day and night. Then, after almost super
human efforts. she cxtricated herself,
and made her way TO a small hemlock
tree. which she climbed. She kept alive
by continually moving her hands and
arms. No food passed her lips for up
ward of l6s hours, except few crackers
she bad in her pocket and some whisky
which she was taking 10 her son. She
was compelled to quench her thirst by
eating snow and drinking the vile water
of the bog by which she was surrounded.
She was rescued from her perilous po-
sition on the seventh day Of her cap
tivity by n party of hunters who had
heard her faint cry of distress. She was
taken to her sons house, where her men,
ial faculties gave way. and serious ill-
ness followed. The doctors say she viii
never regain her mental powers. While
iAst in the mife Mrs. Still saw several
bears and scores of deer, and was al
tackled at one time by panther. She
gave terrible screams rs the animal ap-
preached her, and he ran away.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
COMM Thro' the RYE.

4 New York pictoria, published an
Illustration Of Comm Thro' the Rye,
and blunders into what We presume is
the popular misconcoptiou THE ditty,
giving a laddie and q jassie meeting and
kissing in fed Of grain. The lines
II a iaddic meet a lassie
Comm thro' the rye,
and especially the other couplct:
A the lads they smile on me
When comia' thro' The rye
Seem 10 imply that traversinr the rye
was a habitual OF common thing. but
what in the name Of the Royal Agri-
cultural society coud be the object In
tramping down crop Of grain in that
style. The song. perhaps, suggests =
harvest scene, whore both sexes, As is
the custom in Great Britain, are At
work reaping. and where they would
come and go through the fields indeed.
but not through the rye itself, so IS 70
meet and kiss in it. The truth is, the
rye in this case is no more grain than
Rye Beach is, IL being the name OF a
small, shallow stream near AYR in Scot
land, which, having neither bridge nor
ferry. was forded by the people going TO
and from the market. custom allowing a
lad TO steal kiss from any lass of his
acquaintance whom he might meet in
the mid stream. Our contemporary will
see that this is the true exp ianation, If
he will refer 10 Burns original ballad, in
which the first verse refers TO the lass
wetting her clio thes in the stream.
Jenny is a wat puiF boddie;
Jenney's saldom dry;
She drAg'h a'.her peeiooa,ie
Comm. .thro' the rye.
Albany AggEs.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
in'srss ting Incidents sn Ithe Lives o
Centenartans.

uhs incidents in lths Lives o
Centsnartans.
AT colored wedding in GAINESVILLE,
Ca, the groom was iiv and the bride
bad Just passed her fortieth birthday.
John Bodette - the pride of Kala-
mazoo. Mich. Although. I03 years OF
age. he is full of vitality. dances like n
boy, and takes twelve. mile walks.
Mrs. Hawkins, aged IOs, and Jennie
Bradley, aged 100, still live at Char
lottesville, n. c., do their own house
work and read without the aid of
glasses.
For l05 years Melohiah, Choctaw
princess, had been addicted To the IN.
ordinate use OF tobacco. She died re-
Gently at Hoyt City, in the Indian Ter
ritory, at the great age of ia years.
The son that was born TO an old man
in Athens, Ga, at the age Of ninety two
IS Of ordinary size and strength, but Is
entirely destitute OF teeth, although he
is now young man. His father died
recently at the age of ll2.
Old Betz, Sioux squaw, had been
succossivcly the wife OF an army officer
OF An Indian chief, Of border highway
man and Of Il Methodist missionary
She died recently just as she had closed
a century Of life.
Peter Hazards great JOY was his
violin. He lad immense feet, but he
could beat all, far and near, AT cutting
pigeon wings and the old-fashioncd
styles of dancing. He died recently at
Groton, Mass, aged loi years.
For the modest salary Of $50 per an
mum, Abraham l.. Dicksiein, of Herin-
gen, in Limburg Germany, is still
teaching school at the age Of lO4. He is
The Oldest acting teacher in the world,
and las been a pedagogue for sixty
years.
Tie greatest comfort 10 Asen Ward
during the last years Of bis life was the
relating Of events in which he took part
in the war OF 1912. lie fought under
General Jackson in the battle OF Niw
Orleans. Mr.. Ward died st Fort Scott,
Kansas, recently, aged l03.
In Delaware county, ". Y, lived
Prudence Larkin, who was never out
side tho country bat once. She was loo
years OF age when she died, but had
been anxious for the change for fifteen
years. A son eighty years Of age, a
preacher in the South, came to visit his
mother just before her deccasc.
Robert Wa.cot, of Philadelphia. Is "A
ccntonarian who claims under oath TO
have fired the fa:ai bullet that killed
Gen. Sir Isaac Brock, the iliustrious
British commander. who captured Gen
era! Hu.l's army st Detroit in the war
Of I-l2, and fell at the head Of his troops
in the battle Of Queenstown, November
l3 of that year.
The Rev. Father George BTophy, OF
Davenport, Iowa, was on terms OF in
timacy with Presidents Ty!-l. Polk,
Fillmore, Buchanan. Pierce and Lincoln.
He was proficient in the French, Spanish,
Italian and Eng ISL languages. He knew
Dant0n, RobcEpicrre aad Marat. central
figures in The reign Of ,-rror of 1898 in
France. and spoke Of them as human
firnds without parallel ia history. lie
died in October, aged los years.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
CreOsOtc for Bronchitis and Catar rh.

When going from Switzerland to
Italy, via Mount Gents, some years ago,
the writer contracted sudden severe
cold, which, in the chill air of Turin,
soon brought on severe attack of
bronchitis. We hastened over to the
genial air OF Genoa but it afforded little
relief and the advice of DR.. Paccioci,
professor in the noted Italian medical
college there, was called in. lie pre-
scribcd Il very simple remedy, which
was ut once effective. as il has been with
many Others TO whom we have since re-
commended II. Put into pint or larger
bottle about three gills of water. and
add two drops of good creosotc. Shake
very thoroughly, take mouthfull
gargiing il awhile in the throat, and
swallow it. Repeat this frequently, so
as TO use up the mixture in the first
twcnty-lour hours, always shaking well
before taking. Aftcr the first day use
three drops OF crcosote and the same
amount Of water during twenty-four
hours, so long rs it is needed.
The same mixture has often proved
very useful in satarrn. In this case a
handful ortwo OF the we.l-shaken creo-
soie and water is snuGed up through the
nostriis unit It reaches the throat and
is spit ut. 4 tablespoonful is also
garg.cd in tho throat and swallowed
As caiarrh is an Inflammation OF the
nasal passages. accompanied with a
mucus deposit, the creosote. which is
largely csrboiic acid, would seem 20 be
usetu. here, Just as dilute carbolic acid
is effective in cleansing any putrid sores.
Catarrh Is the result OF weakness, and
is promoted by cold. A toninR up Of
the sy-lcm and any simple remedy ike
the above is effective, unless the catarrh
il severe and OF so long continuance as
20 have permanently disorganized the
nAss, cavities. !; is folly TO spend
money FOR the much advertised catarrh
remedies, which are usually the sheer
est medical quackcry american Agri.
ultnrtst.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
The Two Ages.

Folks we're happy NJ days were long
In the old Arcadian times
When life seemed oaly dance and song
In the sweetest OF all sweet climes.
Our world grows bigger, and, stage by stage
AS the pitiless years have rolled,
We've quite forgotten the golden age,
And come to the age OF gold
Time went by in a sheCpish way
Upon Thessaly's plains OF yore,
In tho nineteenth century lambs at play
Mean mutton, and nothing more.
Our swains at present are hr too sage
To live as one lived OF old
So they couple the crook OF the golden age
With Il hook in the ago oi gold
From Corydons reed tho mountains round
Heard news of his latest flame;
And Tityrus made the woods rcsound
With echoes OF Daphnes name.
They kindly lett us IA lasting gauge
OF their musical art we're told
And the Pandean pipe OF the golden age
Brings mirth to the age of gold.
Dwellers in huts and in marble, halls
From shepherdess up to queen
Cared little Tor bonnots, and less lor shawls,
And nothing Tor crinoliuo.
But now simplicity's not the mge,
And it's funny to think how cold
The dress they wore in tho golden age
Would seem in the age OF gold
Elec rio telegrnphs, printing, gas,
1ouaeco, balloons and steam,
Are ,,lo events that have come To pass
Since the days of the old regime;
And pite OF Lempriercs dazzling pace,
I'd gvo-though it might seem bold
A hun tred years OF the golden age
For year OF the age OF gold.
Henry s, Leigh.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13

A "6rop" is = variable quantity. al
though many people never think abou,
this fact. The Journal Of Cheniistry
says that the largest drop is formed by
syrup of arabic. forty-four 10 the
dram, and the smallest By chloroicrm,
$50 to the dram. AS q general rule,
tinctures. fluid extracts and essential
oils yield drop less than one-half the
size Of water. and acids and solutions
give drop bat slightly smaller than
water.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13

The czar's railway journeys are not
the most agreeable ones in the world.
As he was about to leave Livadia for
st. Petersburg hundreds of menacing
letters were daily received by members
OF the imperial family and other dis
tinguished personages, threatening
murder on the road. As on former oc.
casions, the entire line of rail was
watched by soldiers and peasants. and
lighted up by torches at night. There
were servant trains on parallel lines,
the one carrying the emperor being un-
known.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13

Did you ever notice the fact that II a
girl has n se=lskin sack 10 wear to an
entertainment, she'll keep IL on until
she becomes animated oleomargarine.
whereas If she has n new dress hand
somely trimmed, and no sealskin, she'll
dust out OF her sack with the rapidity
of a kerosene cUnnagEakoaF-LsuipsTt
UHSo1.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13

A man writes TO ediantor for 50 "hc-
cause he Ia so terribly short" and gets
In reply the heartless response: do as
do; stand up on chair"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-27

Kakes Collections, remittsHg pTocsedt
promptly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-27

are thoroughly acquainted with the facts,
however, derry the story, and say the
patient had no chils subsequent to those
which occurred previous to the incision.
DR.. Agnew has been here all the morn
iTg. 10
Hammond told Herald reporter last
night: SIT certainly is great pity that
the President his not had the best talent
and treatment avail able In the country.
Bliss is probably very fair surgeon, but
as o Barnes, do think he has seen a
sunshot wound since the Mexican a..
and ss to Woodwsrd he has probably
never seen one in his ite. Wales was
the best man they hid and he was dig
missed by BIZ S The surgeons have
never made search for the bullet, which
was the very frat thing they ought 10
have done. and they have never m ~de
the slightest endesvor 20 extract the bull
let. They have evidently been afraid to
treat the President they would hays
treated an ordinary man, and th7t is sll
wrong J."
Chicago, &c. Inter-Ocean's Washing
ton: Another operation was performed
on the President nv DR.. Agnew this
morning. a piece Of the fractured
eleventh rib and one or two pieces of
splintered bone were cut away, the oper-
alton being made through the incislon
cut on Saturday. The unfayorable
symptoms last night and this morning
are said By the doctors to be due to the
irritstions Of the wound by the particles
Of bone in it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-27
aEsEIyEs BEPsslTs PAYABLE uz 5EEAss

Buys and sells Exchange on New York, SIS
Francisco, Chicago, st. Louis. Omaha,
London and principal Continental Cities
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-27
British Bits,

London, 25.-Psrnell will move that
the emancipation clause be eliminated
from the land bill. The Standard IN
derstands that if division be taken on
the third reading csr1plete liberty Of &C.
ton will be left to Parnellites.
The Prince Of Wales visited Don Car
los to-day.
The rear of the procession at Dean
SANKEY'S fuLeral included deputstioRs
from the American Educational Aid AS
ISOLATION. and the American EXCHANGE
in Europe. Among the merchants we're
General Clinton, B. Fisk, and w. E.
Dodge. who received Dean Stanley on
his visit to New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-27
Another Railroad.

San Francisco, 26.-Artieles of iacor.
poration of the San Joachim snd Noun.
tain divisions Of the California Central
railroad hsve been filed here. The road.
connecting run from McBride's Pass, on
the state line, little south of west, TO
the southern terminus of toe proposed
San Francisco and Ocean Shore railroad
to Santa Cruz. This is understood to be
in curtherance of the scheme mentioned
in the Chicago Inter Oceans dispatch
from Council Bluffs of July 22d, to
build trunk line from the Parshanaget
valley, Nevada, for the joint use of the
Atlantic and Pacific, Texas Pacific, and
Utah Southern roads. Engineers are
making Surveys all along the line.