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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-01-14
SUPERIOR Court.

BEFORE JUDGE BoNNEY.
TguRsDAY.-In the case of State VS.. Peter Dee
han. applt, on search and seizure complaint, re-
ported yesterday the jury after being out five hours
disagreed.
- Coombs, Co. Atty.
Meaher for deft.
William y. Roach, on indictment charging him
with being common seller, paid fine of 500 and
costs.
Thomas Brogan paid fine of 500 and costs on a
nuisance Indictment.
Mary Coveny, on search and seizure complaint,
was sentenced to pay fine of 500 or ninety days
in Jail. Committed
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Loss of the Brig Lie Houobton

A despatch to J. S. Winslow & Co. yester-
day morning stated that the brig Lie Hough-
ton, Capt. Dolan, of this city, was wrecked on
Wednesday night on Nantucket Island She
was bound from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to
Boston, laden with coal. She struck on the
least end of the island in the night, and in
short time bilged. She was then abandoned.
the captain and crew landing in safety The
vessel and cargo are total loss j. s. Wins
low & Co. and others of Portland were the
owners. There was no insurance on the brig.
The Lie Houghton was built in Pembroke in
1865. She was 404 tons burden.
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wednesday morning John Loss, an old resi-
Dent at the junction, South Berwick. tamil.
lariy known as Elder" was found dead on
alone o o st his ne nag Deen accustomed to stop
MS meals at the house of his son. who rxas
but short distance away. VIM A'o'
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NOT1CE.-For the past thirty three years
"CONGRESS'' Yeast Powder has been extensively
sold. 1t has always been made pure and
healthy, and is to-day without rival.
nI- SHADES English Mustard and Congress Yeast
Powder are standard and always reliable.
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Municipal Court.

THURsDAY.-Sarah McDonough, James Welch
and Timothy Murphy. Intoxication. Fined SIS and
costs each.
Bridget Hagerdon. Intoxcation-2d offence.
Ninety days in the City House of Correction.
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$1,464. 765.29
The estimated expenditures for tho y
1881, include the following:

BY some lnadvertence the usual appropria
ton for the payment of awards to the several
agricultural societies, was omitted from the
appropriation bills made by the last Legisla-
occur to the parties interested, the Governor
and Council, by their order of April 90, 1880,
advised and requested the treasurer to ad-
vance to the several societies the sum due
each. The treasurer, as thus advised and re-
quested, has advanced the sum of $5,131.85 to
the several societies, and requests that this
sum be inserted in the first appropriation to
be made by the Legislature.
The treasurer has made no estimates for ex-
traordinary expenditures for the year 1881. If
scale, they will largely increase the expendi-
lures.
Under the act of March 10, 1880, the treas
urer issued bonds to the amount of 1907 900 to
meet payment of bonds maturing August 15,
1880 Of these $157 900 were set aside to meet
the wants of the sinking fund, and $3.50, 900
sold at premium of S2-1O0 per cent. reali-
zing premium to the State of $2,73O. A
temporary loan of $4,000 was made March
Is, 1880, which falls due during the present
month.
STATE TAX.
The State tax for 1879 was based on four
mills of the valuation, and a tax for 1880 was
five mills on the valution of 1870 Estimating
that the new valuation will be sa light in
crease ON the old, the treasurer would suggest
that an assessment of four and one-half mills
be the basis of the State tax for 1881.
No estimate of the receipts and expenditures
has been made for the year 1882, as they will
depend very much upon the action Of the
legislature.
RAILROAD AND. TELEGRAPH TAXES.
Suits have been commenced against the
Maine Central, Boston and Maine, and Port
land, Saco and Portsmouth railroads for col
lection of taxes under the act of 1880. The
railroads allege that the law is unconstitu-
tional.
The Western Union and International tele-
graph companies have also given notice that
they intend to test the validity of the law I'M
der which they are taxed.
SAVINGS BANKS.
From the returns of savings banks showing
their average deposits for the six months end
ing the last Saturday in October 1880, less an
amount equal to the amount of United States
bonds, and the value of real estate owned by
each bank or institution, it is learned that the
Maine Savings Bank had 81 1862 ,727 .33 de-
posits. on which the tax was $9,313 ga; Port
land, $4,000, .06 deposits; tax $15,303.S6.
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The interest Problem.

SEBAGo, Jan. 10.
Mr.. EDrToR;-Jn answer to the problem, as
we find it in the PRESS, there should be en-
dorsed, if 1 am not deceived in my figures, as
follows:
~ Ne euorseu minimum. ............ Sol. 60
interest,". OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 934O
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LIFE is short at most and our duty is to pro-
long it. Use, therefore, DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness, etc. Sold everywhere. Price rs cents
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MARRIAGES,

In this city, Jan. IL, by Rev. j. Winnie, Isaiah
Loud and Miss Althea l. Martin, both of Portland.
In Fairfield Corner, Dec. IS, John j. Keene and
Mrs. Annie L. Avery, both of Augusta.
In Athens, Jan. 1, Frank Hight and Miss Mabel
McIntire
In Union, Dec. 81, ALI Martz and Miss Annie E.
Davis.
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MERELY NURSING COUGH or cold is not
enough. You must take HALE's HONEY OF
HoREHoUND AND TAR to get get rid of it
quickly.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
1alo diff
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DEATHS.

In Bath, Jan. 8, Harry, son of Charles Cleveland,
aged years.
In Arrowsic, Jan. TO- Duri d. Fisher, aged 21
years months. -daughter of Michael and the late
Martha A. Fisher.
In Berwick. Dec. 20, Mrs. Elizabeth wife of JAS
Tibbetts, aged 48 years.
In Somerville, Mass. Dec. 81, Eunice Houghton,
aged 81 years months, of Gardiner
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FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.


Ar at San Francisco 18th, barque Guy Goss,
Reynolds, Yokohama.
Ar at Cardiff 12tn inst, brig w Messer, Munroe,
Bremen.
Sid I'm Queenstown 18th inst, ship Oracle, Morri-
son, frOm San Francisco) for Liverpool.
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NIENIORAND

Barque Whitmore, which recently arrived at
San Francisco, has been placed in dock for repairs
having been driven ashore at Viadvostock, Russia
i'm gale, and sustained considerable damage.
B-See general news columns for loss of the brig
Lie Houghton, of Portland,
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DIR. .. FITZGERALD, the man who makes
so many Wonderful Cures, will visit Port
land, Falmouth Hotel, Saturday, January Is,
and will examine all who may call on him
free Of charge. ian11I5t
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FOR SALE

fE,HE Stock and good will of a GRAIN and
Il FLOUR STORE, which has been in successful
operation for fifty years 1t is sold to close an es-
tate, and offers frst-class opportunity for any
one to go into business. Address p. o. BOX 1885,
portsmouth, N. II. jan5d2w
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S2,513,822.39

Deducting the sinking fund. $1,3O7, 1857,
from the bonded debt, Sc, S83, 300, leaves the
sum OF $4,576, O43 as the Indebtedness of the
State ON the bonded debt for which sum
coupon or registered bonds are outstanding.
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OVER STOCKED.
During the month of January, 1881, we
shall offer at cost or less than cost,

chuu VAAOA az COob VI lCSS tudu CVSGs
Mems ENG. CIR. Walkingfast Waterproof Balls
Tor. .......................$3.7
Mems Eng Cir Congress. Observation-Disclosures. 3.75
double sole Calf Congress. 200
Extra-ine Calf Button Boots. ....... 400
Newark Hand sewed French Calf Button 500
Wescott Calf Cloth top Congress Boots. 1915
: Small lot of Newark Congress (narrow). 800
Ladies' American Button Boots .......... 200
French Goat, very Stylish. ...... 1926
Pebble Goat Button. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 200
Extra quality Newport Ties and Button
SHOES .......-.... ...,........... 1.25
Serge Boots to wear under Rubbers.. :. 1.5O
II" Fancy Slippers from 81 20 to $3.50.
Misses School Button Boots. ........,... -. LIS
- Am. MD Sutton Boots. .-............ 1.50
french Kid Button Dancing. ........ $50
Children's Button and Lace Boots.. ... so
Grain Boots School. ............1 LOO
Large lot Ladies' Slippers rs cts to 15O
Mems Best quality Buckle Arctics. ..... 15O
n WOOL Lined Alaska. Observation-Disclosures. 100
Heavy Rubber Boots. .................. 2 so
. fure Gums OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800
Ladies' Int Sandal Rubbers best quality. 40
Ladies and Gents Canadian Overshoes So $50
and many other Goods in proportion.
Those who are acquainted with my stock will ar-
prec1ate the prices named above.
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DIR. G. w. BENsoN's CELERY and CHAMo-
MILE PILLS are prepared expressly to cure Sick
Headache, Neuralgia and Nervousness, and
will cure any case. Price so cts, postage Free
PARSONS, BANGS & Co., Wholesale Drug
gists, III and 119 Middle street, Portland, Me.
General Agents. oct18eodtf
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MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.
THURSDAY, Jan. Is.

THURSDAY, Jan. 13.
Arrived.
Steamship Quebec, (Br) Dale, Glasgow-mdss to
d Torrance q Co.
Steamer New Brunswick, Thompson, Boston for
Ship Lake Erie. OBI Pitcher, Liverpool Dec 9TH,
with coal to order. Vessel to Thompson, Murray
cotton to order. Vessel to j S Winslow g. Co.
Sch + Green, Tracy, Richmond, Va-coal to
Portland & Rochester RR.
Sch Helen Thompson, Kelley Perth Amboy-coal
Sch Telegraph. Thorndike, Perth Amboy coal to
Sch Winslow Morse, Mari, New York-coal to
Green. Son & Lyhch
Sch Emma K smalley Cousins, New York-iron
:. Sch 2 & knight, Pratt, New York-iron to Rol-
ling Mills.
:, Sch Sandman. Holbrook, New York-iron to Roll
Sch America, Treworgy, New York-coal to S
Warren Has lost small anchor and jib.
Sen Kendall, Kendall, Northport LI-sand to
Sch Granville, Quinn, Boston-whiting to M
Bailey.
Sch Mary Pickard. (Br, Wilson. St John, NIB, for
Sch Exact, Kimball. North Boothbay.
Sch Chaparel, Jarvis Bristol.
Cleared.
Barque Josie Mildred, CHM, Havana-Phinney s.
chill & Co.
Sch Nellie Sawyer, Bunker Point-a-Pitre j H
Hamlen g. Son.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
BIDDEFORD POOL, Jan Gar, sch Jessie, knox,
st john, NIB. for Salem.
Also ar, Bernetta Wade, from Lincolnville for
Boston.
EAsTPoRT. Jan TAR, sch David Newcomb
Hickey, Boston,
Jan 8-Sld, sch Abby Weld. Gardner Portland.
Jan 1O-Ar, sch Nellie j Dinsmore, Parker Bos-
ton land cid for st John, NB); Percy, MITCHELL
New York.
Cid, Charlie Steadman. Bramall, Gloucester.
The Br brig Keepsake, from Parrsboro for British
Channel, with $50. 900 it lumber. went ashore Dec
26th, on the west side of Cutler harbor and is a to-
tai wreck. She was 20 years old and insured for
$3.50. Cargo saved and purchased by Cutler par
ties, who will reship it.
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CITY AND VICINITY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN.
City Hall-Edith O'Gorman.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
k1rkwood House-Otis Kaler
Dissolution, &c. j. B. Brown & Sons.
Copartnership Notice g
Dissolution, &c,-Wight g. Pickett.
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Nov rs, iet 3 n, Ion 81 W. ship Sunrise, Clark.
from New York for Point de Galle
Jan II, Sc of Montauk 90 miles, barque Lorinda
Borstell, from Cadiz for Boston, was Supplied with
provisions.)
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Dissolution Of Copartnership.
THE firm of WIGHT g. PICKETT was dissolved
l. on the 3rd inst. by mutual consent. H. NJ
Wight will continue the business at the old stand
and is alone authorized to settle the affairs of the
late firm.
III. M. WIGHT,
1anl4 d3t* G. V. PICKETT.
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--latest by European steamers.1
Sid I'm Antwerp Dec 28th, Aurora, Merriman, for
New York. ~
Sid I'm n BremerhaveD Dec IS, R W Messer, Mum
roe, st Thomas.
Ar at Melbourne Dec %, Albert Russell, Carver,
Sid fm Newschwang Nov 9TH Cadet, Brown, for
Hong Kong ava
At Deal 3Oth, 9 Sargent, Athertou, I'm Cardiff;
columbus, from Rotterdam for New York.
Ar at Natal Nov 20, Arletta, Nickels, New York.
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STATE FINANCES.
Report Of Treasurer Holbrook.

The following is full abstract of the report
of State Treasurer Holbrook, brief summary
of which appeared yesterday:
RECEIPTS.
The total amount of receipts in 1880
Cash in treasury, Jan. i, 1850. eS9i3.42
s1,741 ,so8.6o
EXPENDITURES.
The amount of expenditures for the
Cash in the treasury Dec. 81, 1856. ieo,ssse44
s1,741, sos.eo
During the year $4,000 of the public debt
was paid and $347 ,742 in interest; $50, 47995
were added to the sinking fund. There were
4i,oz4:4 5 paid in salaries, and $685. 40 paid
Tor stationary. So far the valuation commits
sloners and clerks have drawn $11 ,233 .O7,
Soldiers pensions amounted to $22,623 The
bounty ON beet sugar amounts to $1,000.
SINKING FUND.
The condition of the sinking fund is as fol-
lows:
by amount Jan. l. $780,. ......S1, 166, 1898
receipts from taxation. .......... 8O,479.95
receipts from interest ....... 6524S
s1,311 1887 SO
10 premium on bonds purchased....S 3,4O2.75
accrued interest - 626S3
balance Dec. 81, $780,. $50. ;. 1907, 857.75
$1,311, 1918
RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES.
The resources of the State, Jan. l, 1881,
We're as follows:
cash in the treasury ...............S 16O33S64
balance due on State taxes. 1,O45 1926
AA6 l,0U|, 81
$2,513,82 80
Deducting the sinking fund. S1,3 ,S57, |
from the bonded debt, S., 49,, 800, leaves the
sum of $4,576,043 as the Indebtedness of the
State on the hOndad debit for which onr,
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BeantifnI Sentiment.

One sometimes finds a gem among the
castaways of the forgotten years. Tho
following congratulatory letter TO a young
lady on the eve of marriage is venerable
but good:
u am holding some pasteboard in nv
hands-three stately pluckings from the
bush of ceremony. l am gazing upon
card, and upon "A name; a name with
which your gentle life began, a name
with which your throbbing heart was
lost There's nothing strange about
that card. The maiden sign still looks
up from it, calm and customary. as it
looks on many n friendly visit, as it lies
IN many a formal basket.
Il am gazing, too, upon a card where
the nearer parent tells the world she viii
be AT Home one day; and that IL
nothing new. But there Is another card
whose mingling therep put a tongue of fire
INTO ITS speechless pasteboard 1t tells
us thar these cards are bat the pale
heralds OF a coming crisis when hand
that has pressed friends hands, and
plncked flowers. shall close down on one
to whom she viii be a friend and flower
ever after
Il send You n few flowers to adorn the
dying moments Of your single life. They
are the geutlest type of delicate, dura
blf friendship. They spring up by our
side when others have deserted it, and
will be found watching over our graves
when these who should have been there
have forgotten us.
1T seems meet that a past so calm
and pure rs yours should expire with a
kindred sweetness about it; that flowers
and music, kind friends, and earnest
words should consecrate the hour, when
a sentiment IS passing, into a sacrament
"The three great stages of our being
are birth, the bridal, and the burial. To
the first we bring only weakness, for tho
last we have nothing but dust But
here at the altar where life joins life, tho
pair come throbblng up to the holy man
whispering the deep promise that arms
each with the others heart to help on in
the life struggle of care and duty.
"The beautiful viii be there. borrow
ing new beauty from the sccne-the
CAV and the frivolous will look solemn
for once. and youth viii come to gaze on
all that its sacred thoughts pant for-a and
age will totter up to hear the old words
repeated over again, that to their own
lives have given the charm Some will
weep over it as if it were a tomb; some
viii laugh as if it were n joke; but two
must stand by it, for it is fate, not fun
this everlasting lock of their lives
"And now can you, who have queened
it over so many bended forms, can you
come down at last to the frugal diet of q
single heart?
Hitherto You have been a clock, Civ
ing your time to all the world. Now
you are a watch, buried in one particular
bosom, marking only hours, and ticking
only to the beat of his heart, where time
and feeling shall be in unison until these
lower ties are lost in that higher we'd
lock, where all hearts are united around
the Central Heart of all. ."
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A LeadyiIIe Minister.

The following remarkable report of
Protestant Episcopal life in Leadville was
made by the Rev T. J. Mackay. a mis-
sionary in charge of that church, on q
recent Sabbath in one of the large
churches Of that denomination Or. New
ton's), in Philadelphia. After stating
that when he went to Leadville, he found
instead of hamlet, thriving town, with
churches of every denomination. FIVE
banks, five daily newspapers, ETC., he
said
My first vestryman could drink more
wliskyth any manin the town. Shortly
after l made my appearance in the town
my parishioners invited me to a church
sociable, and upon going / was astOnished
to see the worthy people waltzing and
dancing In the most scaudalOus manner.
To add to this there are two streets whose
entire length were made up of low dance
houses. How was l to overcome such a
gigantic evil? / secured a hail. had the
floor waxed, and after engaging a band
of music, l sent out invitations to all
the young men of the place to come
down and have dance l instructed nv
floor manager-who, by the way, made
lots of money and skipped-not to allow
any waltzing. The result was, after en-
joying square dances until II O'Clock,
the participants quietly dispersed. Some
few said: "Wait until the preacher
goes, then well have a waltz, but was
too smart for them-I carried the key of
the hall in my pocket. and did not leave
until all had departed. Every other
week L gave such a sociable, and the
results are remarkably good. This char
acter of mission would not do IN Phila-
delphia or Boston, but it viii do In Lead
Vile 1t may seem ungodly 20 practice
such a course, but it is the only way to
reach these people. When l first went
ont there the congregation used to ap-
plaud me when | was preaching, but I
finally got them out of such an unholy
habit. No matter who dies, the process
sion is headed by brass band. When I
buried Texas Jack, the partner of Buf-
falo Bill, the cOrtege was headed by
brass band of forty two pieces. Lead
vile is also great place for titles.
Everybody has title. Captain is pretty
good but to command attention one must
be Colonel or a General. / am sort
of General. ] belong TO five military
companies, and in my capacity as a
militiaman L watch over my congega-
ton.
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Roller Skating at the Capital.

So 1t happens, writes a Washington
correspondent, that Washington has
more proficients on roller skates to the
square acre than any other city in the
world and that certain classes of her
population have mannerlsms as peculiar
to roller skaters rs are the unconscious
mechanical movements of a blacksmith
characteristic and typical with all his
guild. Wherever there is decllvity, as
on Capitol Hill, roller skaters most do
congregate. They go up the incline IN
shoals, as it were, every individual girl
or boy, or man or women, bending to his
or her work with patient, cheerful
alacrity. Coming down they pool their
issues, and form in line behind leader,
who, with his coat-tail in firm grasp OF
ihe boy behind him, gives momentum to
the whole column, veryIndlylduals stand
ing stiff and prim on the rollers. After
getting the line in motion the leader
eases up, and standing like the others,
all go whizzing down the hill once
fairly started, there Is letting go OF
coat-tails or apron strings or hands and
each skater moves as an independent, de-
tached fragment of the line. Here comes
III the delusiye or deceptive feature OF
the scheme. and the unconscious me-
chanlcal movement that has grown into
a mannerism. If all goes well, that skim
down Capitol Hill is worth weeks fun
to any boy or girl who has the spirit of
adventure. Those who enjoy coastlng
will understand this. But in this substi-
tute for coasting it is rarely that all does
go well. If the leader tumbles, all tum-
BILE, or if any one down the line tumbles,
all behind him tumble. Every skater
seems to understand this, and they are
so confident in their expectations of hav-
ing TO sitdowni in the face of catastrophe,
that they seem always in the act of get
ting ready to sit down. When the
catastrophe comes, or rather on the in
slant it threatens, every boy or girl sits
down promptly, but easily, with a move
ment that reminds one of the mechanism
of the conventional stage fall. The ma
jJrity remain In sitting posture until
some boy who has good command of his
legs reaches an upright position and pro-
ceeds to assist the others. Then they
glide in a subdued way to the bottom of
the hill, scattering as the spirit moves
them. Often some tyro on roller skates
is left to regain his footing himself, or
some boy with a bloody nose, or a
sprained ankle, or bruised hand, is left
stranded and disconsolate on the curb
stone Nineteen times in every twenty
these combination movements end in dis
appointments. but hour after hour, and
day after day, the roller skaters, shutting
their eyes to all disappointments, oon-
tinue to take the risks.
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Please Don't Fret.

There is one sin which seems to me is
everywhere and by everybody under
estimated, and quite too much overlooked
in valuations of character. 1t Is the sin
of fretting 1t is as common as air, as
speech; so common that unless it rises
above its usual monotone we do not even
observe il. Watch an ordinary coming
together of people, and see how many
minutes it will be before somebody frets
that is, making a more or less COM
planning statement of something or other,
which, most probably, every one in the
room or the stage, or the street car, or
the street corner, as it may be, knew
before, and which, most probably,
nobody can help. Why say anything
about it? 1t is cold, it is wet, it is dry;
somebody has broken an appointment,
ill-cooked a meal; stupidity or bad faith
somewhere has resulted in discomfort.
There are always plenty of things to fret
about. 1t is simply astonishing how
annoyance and discomfort may be found
in the course of every days living, even
at the simplest, if one only keeps a sharp
eye out on that side of things. But
even to the sparks flying upward, In the
blackest of smoke, there is a blue sky
above, and the less time they waste on
the road the sooner they will reach it.
Fretting all time wasted on the road
Helen Hunt.