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The Portland daily press., 1884-11-19
THE FLAMES.

Eleven Eamilies lose Their Homes
PATTERSON, Pa Nov 18.--Fire this morning de.
stroyed eight houses occupied by eleven fanilies
The buildings comprised tne post office and several
stores. Loss S60Ooo; insurance $4,000.
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Delegations representing the tanning interests Of
New York, Pennsylvania and several Western and
Southern Ss9tes met AZ tae Planters House in st.
Louis, yesterday. ana adopted a memorial to be
presented to the cattle mens convention request
ing that rancho eaJtle he branded the head neck
or hip Instead of ia the present manner which
greatly diminishes the value OF the hidss.
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AGAINST FREE TRADE.
An EngIisIanan's Reply to .soha Brighs,s
Recent Letter.

LONDON, Nov. 18-Lord Dunraveu has writ
ten letter coatradicting many of the state
meuts Contained IL the recent letter OF John
Bright. He ASSERTS that wages have risen
rnofe 10 America than in England; that Amer
lean workinsmen are much better of. and
that tens OF thousands of English arrisAcs are
thus attractad to America. Lord Dunraven
also states thai the trade of Russia, France and
America dnriGg the last ssvsn years has been
rapidly extending, while tina. OF England has
been declining
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Cutting Down Wages.


BALTIMORE, Nov. 1S.--A meeting of some of the
bishops in attendance at the Plenary Council and
representative Catholics of Baltimore was held to-
night TO hear the report Of the directors Of the
Irish Cath9lic colonization association. Mr.. w. J.
einohan secretary gave history Of the operations
OF the association and its present financial condi-
tion which the latter demonstrated complete Sc
cess. It's stock was being redeemed Al par and paid
IL per cent dividends Colonies had been establish
ed l. Nebraska and Minnesota which are in q
prosperous condition. Bishop Spauldine apd Others
addressed the meeting in favor Of colonization.
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At Royalston, Mass, Monday, the connecting rod
of tie engine At saw mi broke, was forced
through the boiler, and Fred Graves aud Mr..
Thompson were fatally burned by the escaping
steam.
G;hce Coolidge of waitham. Mass, io years old,
school giri, was Killed yesterday morning at that
station while attempting TO board aevtng train
Dor way 10 school,
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EnslruegieM in Rnglish and Class
ical Studies
givsn 20 private pupils by the suhscrib
j. w. COLCORD,
R3 Boyd Street.
jan24 diff
NEW YORK.
The s,a.s Can,a..iug Hoard.

ALBANY, Ney. 1S.-The state board Of canvass
e-s will meet on Wednesday afternoon at O'clock.
Retnrns from eleven counties have not yet been
flrd and the board will probably adjourn until
FRIDAY.
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The New York Evening Port says that the stock
market was more apparently manipulated yester.
day morning than at any time for a week
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Dbssopies al ,,,cT,.,e q. y. e,.;,h

LEwIsToN, Nov. IS = Places of business
were generally closed 10 Auhurn tais after
noon, during tho funeral Of the late Charles e.
Smith. Mr.. Smith was born ia Hallowell,
Oct 3 1916. When he wss 20 years old he en-
gagged in business in Auburn, where he has
s'pce resided. He represented the city IN the
Maine Legislature in 1873 and 1879. has been
member OF she city government and director
OF the First National Bank of Auburn ard
was at the time of his death trustee OF the
Mechanics Savings Bank and director Of
the Lewiston & Auburn railroad. elected by
the city government. Mr. Smith was an ex-
celeHt man of business, and public-spiritsd
citizen. He never married.
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,

Published every DAY (sundays exceptec) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Ar 81 ExoHANeE srREar. poRTLANp. NE.
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A Belfast Sea Captain Epiuycd.

BosroN, Nov. 1S-Capt. Wade, of schooner
Miuetts, of Belfast, Me-, while engsgsd in
unlosding hay at Patchs wharf, al Quincy,
yesterday afternoon, fell from q staging to
the ground, a distance Of 90 feet. Three of
his ribs were broken, and it is thought he is iH-
iured internallV
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MAINE.


AUGUSTA. Nov. 1S.-The house snd farna
buildings owned by William Balletine at No.
Vassaiboro, we're burned Monday. The fire
was set by two little boys. Loss 81, 800.
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Erarl1a BuiIdiges Esprue,..

NEWPORT. Nov. 18-rhe barn aud outbuild-
ings owned by T. r. Homestead Of Palmyra,
were burned last night. with 40 tons OF hay,
gram, farming tools, etc. Loss 81 900; cause
unknown
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1t is thought thet Fred Jones, the voung
nnan who committed the robbery in Saco. Sat-
nrdas, has shipped aboard a vessel bound for
England.
The engine for the pumping station of the
Bddeford and Saco Water Company weighs
40 tons. Its removal from the Boston & Maize
freight station to the works on the Hollis road,
which was begun Monday, viii occupy three
or four days.
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Ivory A. Hall has ately received pensIon
o. $12 per month aEd arrears amounting to
The Portland daily press., 1884-11-19

Buckfeld claims ths oldest Republican voter
in Oxford county, if not in the State. Mr..
Jesse shay of East Buckfsld, who was 50
years old the next day, on the 9TH inst, rode
three miles and voted the Blaine and Logan
ticket.
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REDUCED OCEAN TICKETS.
ElY the largest, fastest and best passenger and
NIB mail steamers between America anc Europe.
Rates: First cabin $50 to S100; second cabin $40
70 $50; intermediate $35 TO 40; steerage, outward
and prepaid, 10 and from British ports, ST. ROUND
trlp s5oi steerage, outwa{d and prePsidl to and
and Sterling sight checks at lowest rates. Apply to
j. l.. FARMER, ~ Exchange street, jel 9dtf
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YOUTH AND AGE.-The time for
action is in our youth. 1t is then we
gather in the grapes. With freckled
faces, sunburnt hands and bare feet
we wandered from vine to vine from
trellis to trellis In the very exhuber-
ance of childish glee and spirits. In
age we quietly sit in the shade, and
while the hours away in converse
tion with our friends, while we sip
the wines, which is the better for
the long years which have passed
since the. In youth we should learn
wisdom. 1t is thus we should sow
the seeds which are to bear fruit for
the future. We should be taught
that Peruna is the greatest medi-
cine ever discovered, and that it has
worked some wonderful cures.
There is book which can be pro-
cured at the drug stores, which tells
yon all about the medicine. 1t is
entitled the ILLS Of Life.v Ask for
it and read it through and then buy
Peruna and you will never regret it.
Send to DR.. s. Il. Hartman Il Co.
Columbus, Ohio, for book on the
Ills of Life" gratis.
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Thought She KnOwed.

Johnny" cried a mother to her
boy who was yelling with the pc
culiar intensity of small boy with
the throttle wide open, "oh, John
N.Y."
eyes, ma'am."
'For heavens sake, what are
you yelling at that way?"
"Ma'am ?"
81 said what are you yelling at
that way"
'T'm yellin' at the top Of my
voice. l thought you knowed,"
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ALawyer's Opinion Of Inert
est to all.

J. A. Tawney, Esq, a leading at
torney Of Winona, Mimi, writes:
after using it for more than three
years, take great pleasure in stat
ing that | regard DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, as the
best remedy in the world for Coughs
and Colds. 1t has never failed to
cure the most severe colds L have
had, and invariably relieves the pain
in the chest"
Trial Bottles of this sure cure for
all Throat and Lung Diseases may
be had Free at T.. G.. Williams Jr.,
and Bros. Drug Store. Large size,
$1.00.
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WONDERFUL CURES. The press
of the country is constantly filled
with wonderful cures which have
TRANSFERRED through the agency of
some medicine in their immediate
neighborhood. Some of these have
some foundation, but great num-
Der have no better basis than the
Eighty imagination of the writer.
The following case, however, is real
ly without precedent, and anyone is
given the privilege of writing to the
subscriber and finding If he tells the
truth. ERIE, Pa,
DR.. Hartman.-I cannot but feel
it my duty 10 express to you, before
your departure from our city, my
thanks for the great benefits | have
received from the use of your medi
cines, Peund and Manalin. One
bottle of each placed me square on
my feet, after a sickness of weeks,
which confined me to my bed and
then left me lame and crippled.
Three days from The commencement
of the use of your remedies, the cane
was dispensed with, and in week l
was perfectly well. N. j. Wright,
Business Agent Evening Herald.
For pamphlet on the ILLS of Life
address DIR. S. b. Hartman 81 Co. :,
Columbus, Ohio, they will send it
free of charge.
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Important.

When you visit or lesve New s-osk
City, save bag gage expressaee anu era
riage hire and stop al the Grand uriua
Hotel, opposite Grad sCentral Dapo< ~
egant rooms fitted up al cost a sue
million dollars, ssdeesd 10 " and ~
wards Per day. ruyopeau clan. Eisv~-
tor. Restaurant supplied with tbs n@s,
Horse cars, stages ana elevated laise za
to all depots Families can live too sevx
money at the Grard Hotel than at ar
other first-class hotel in the city
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and her oarman, and Dulu was
waving her handkerchief gaily in
return to their salutations. when
the boat struck an unseen snag
with all the force of oars and cur
rent.
The thin planks we're rentasun-
der, and in second the fair girl
and young Norvell were strug-
Cling in the rapid current.
Noryell was a strong swimmer,
and he saw in a moment that the
lady was helpless in the water.
As she was sinking, he grasped
her shoulder, threw himself on
his back. and said in a tone that
drove all fear from her heart:
Il can and will save you, dear
lady-have no fear-place both
hands on my right shoulder, and
keep your head above water?"
She did as he directed, and
though boats were soon launched
as the alarm ran far and wide, he
reached the shore unaided with
his lovely burden.
There Colonel Peyton, the grand
old Virginian, and his noble wife
met them with q gratitude that
words could family express.
Mr.. Norvell was escorted to the
camp by the side Of the fair lady
whom he had saved so nobly, and
there, after dry garments had been
supplied to the drenched heroine
and hero of our story, explanations
came in order.
And Colonel Peyton learned
that Augustus Norvell was the son
of an old college mate of his,
man whose friendship even civil
strife had not sundered.
A story like this can have but
one ending. When the Christmas
holidays come around, there was
wedding at the old Peyton man
sion. And Augustus Norvell was
the happy groom on that occasion.
Dulu never looked lovelier in her
life, than when she said: II am
thine forever!"
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Kissing.

which sensible women are victim
lied IN society, the habit of indis-
criminate kissing that prevails
among the weak and silly of the
sex is the most oppressive. It
cannot be called q fashion in the
sense in which our bonnets or the
cut of our dresses are fashions, for
it does not originate in the great
centers of civilization where our
legitimate fashions take their rise.
1t has not even the sanction OF
fashion and good breeding for its
excuse. Women have degraded
kissing-the tenderest expression
of affec tion--into mere conven-
tionalism that counts no more than
a shake of the hand among men;
and hardly for so much, since men,
more honest than we, are slow to
extend the hand to one they do
not respect, while a woman will
kiss with equal feryor friends, foes
or rivals. In fact, not content
with one kiss, they now double
and treble the infection by way of
expressing the rapture they do not
feel, after the separation Of per-
haps an hour. The merest &C
quaintance, to whose existence you
may be as indifferent as to that of
the Mandarin of Foo Chow, will
fly at you on the smallest pretext
with volley of kisses as fervent
as you would expect from a lover
after years of absence. Women
excuse the folly and insincerity of
the custom by declaring that eve
ry body knows it is a mere form,
and means nothing. Then, if it
means nothing, why practice it ?
All women of good taste and good
breeding acknowledge that indis-
criminate kissing is bore, andyet
they are forced into compliance
with the general custom by the
apparent rudeness of not respond
ing to the advance of others.
Sometimes uncomfortably awk-
ward situations result from at
tempting to ignore the silly Gus
tom, when you find unexpectedly
that the other party is offering a
kiss and, afraid of seeming rude,
you hastily prepare to respond
but by this time the other had
drawn back--and SO you keep bob
bing back and forth like two dan
cling dervishes for half dozen
times before either can tell what
the other is going to do. Even
little chi)drea, almost from the day
they are born, are made to con-
tribute to this universal annoy
ance; and though the poor little |
things get the worst of it, as long |
as they are sweet, plump, clean
little babies that have no means of |
defending themselves even from |
the most uncanny lips, they have
their revenge a few years later.
when, as the little dirty faced ur-
chins, they are brought in from
play whenever a favored visitor
calls, and complacently hidden by
mamma to "kiss the lady" And
the defenseless visitor has to sub
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violets on the shore, and overhead
a gentle wind sung a lullaby
among leaves and branches.
1t was not wonderful that Nor
veil, leaning back upon the messy
bank, fell sound asleep. Neither,
that thus asleep, he dreamed.
Dreamed, too, Of her who was
, the last upon his mind, when his
eyes closed. For cold though he
seemed to, all around him, in that
mans inner nature there was q
fire that was all-consuming. He
might have said, with one of By
ron's heroes
''The cold in cline, are cold in blood.
Their love can scarce deserve the
name;
But mine is like the lava flood
Which flows in Etna's breast OF
fiame.v
In his dream, he found him self
thrown into the presence of Dulu
Peyton And to his wonder, she
seemed to draw to his side like
one who had known him for years,
and all her charms of face and
manner seemed to open out before
him like the pages of a beautiful
book.
In spite of himself-in his dream
remember-his icy GOODNESS melt
ed, and, letting the food-gates of
his true and noble heart loose, he
told the love which he had so
long tried to smother.
And-dreaming yet-he saw
that her face was not averted from
his passionate glances, that her
ears were not closed to his burn
ming words, that the treasure which
SO many sighed for and could not
win, would be his for The asking.
"And," he cried, eff dared to
hope 1 could win you, I would
dare a thousand deaths to deserve
you'll"
She pressed his hand in the
dream, yet-the touch was ecstacy,
and he awoke. Woke to see the
sangel of his dreams,v Miss Dulu
Peyton, standing in her own lovely
person, by his side. Her face was
roseate with bushes, as she said,
gently:
"You will pardon my presence,
Mr.. Norvell, when I tell you that
this has for weeks been favorite
spot for me to come to with q
book, when l wanted to be alone
with nature and her beauties. I
came suddenly upon you, heard
you speaking, and thinking you
were reciting some poem, listened.
Then I found you were dreaming
of some one yon loved-you whom
all of our party pronounce SO cold
and heartless!n
'Lady! [ cold and heartless?
Do not charge me with that. Say
simply that ] am not presump-
tuous. 1 can love as few men
ever loved, but l can die without
mourning the modification of hav-
ing my honest love made light ofw
"Mr. Norvell, no true woman
could over scorn the love that you
would offer. Pardon me if I say
this, but those who are most mod
est are always most worthy!'
"Miss Peyton, you are very,
very kind /"
II am truthful, Mr.. Norvell. +
am about returning to camp in
my boat, which is moored just
below. Will you let me row you
down? 1t will save you nearly a
mile Of walking"
eff you will permit me to use
the oars, fair lady, 1 will thankful
ly accept your offer"
Certainly, if you desire it, Mr..
Norvell, though I am very good
l.
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He had OBJ

and he fulfilled all its duties faith
fully, but in the city, as there In
the forest, he avoided society, and
did not, like other young men,
single and good-looking, throw
himself npon the whirliug stream
of gayety or fashionable life. In
the other camp, there was one
lady who was deemed by the gen
tlemen the most desirable partner
in all festivities, and with one ex-
ception, it seemed as if every man
in the party would have died to
win her favorable smile. That
one exception was the ''ice-cold''
hero of this sketch-Gus Norvell.
And Dulu Peyton, the daughter
of the most chivalric and wealthy
gentleman in old Albemarle, felt
that such man was worth win
ming, since he seemed blind to the
allurements which drove other
men mad.
She was a lovely girl, modest
and refined, one who would be
singled out of a thousand for the
quiet dignity of her carriage, the
gentle and unobtrusive exhibition
of culture which shone conspicu-
ously whenever it was called out
in conversation or in song.
Yet two weeks went by, though
they had been introduced, these
two-Dulu Peyton and young
Norvell seemed hardly intimate
enough to bow when they met.
But Hank England, the most OBJ
servant man in the government
party, as well as the gayest, had
the temerity 70 tell young Norvell
that he was laundering fool if
he didn't win the prettiest and
richest girl in Virginia for his
wife
''Sir y said young Norvell, in
dignantly, 81 do not understand
your meaning ]"
Don't get mad, my dear boy,
and I'll make it plain as the nose
on that handsome face of yours
You are the hero of the day here,
first with gun, and first with rod,
and baptized with the glittering
dew of mystery. Miss Dulu
Peyton, the belle of both camps,
is in love with you! You have
only to seek, and you will fnd
that you are sought"
"Mr. England-I-I ought to
answer you nonsense in an indig-
nant strain. But you are so used
to joking with others, that I ought
to pass by your idle words as 1
would bird not worth q shot!n
Norvell strobe away, angry at
himself he hardly knew why.
To himself he could not deny that
Dulu Peyton was worthy the love
of the noblest man in all the land.
But that she had given him, a poor
and unknown clerk, a second
thought, he did not for moment
believe. And he almost hated
Hank England for placing such an
idea before him.
He was going fishing that day,
above the upper camp, to a little
trout stream which he had dis
covered when on a deer hunt.
And he walked rapidly on, and
leaving the main stream, cut across
through the woods 20 reach the
water he sought, by a short route.
Soon he was on the banks of
she creek, his rod jointed, his flies
Topped, and he at work. In every
pool, at the foot of every cascade,
he found the speckled beauties,
and fishing down the river, he
soon had o creel filled with the
choicest fish that were ever drawn
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W coed and Won.
A TALE OF STREAM AND FOREST.
B.u EGmard MintNrn.

Where the bright Shenandoah
forks, one branch coming from the
rocky Allegheny range, the 0 Their
kissing the foot hills of the famous
Blue Ridge of old Virginia, there
were two encampments, scarcely
mile apart.
The party which formed one
was made up in Washington. 1t
was composed of gentlemen at
tached to various departments of
the United States government
treasury, state, and postal-with
their wives, daughters, sons, etc.,
and had been equipped with the
care and generosity which is
peculiar to well-paid government
officials, when off on vacation.
Army wall-tents sheltered the gay
campers, and the army experience
of most of the gentlemenaaided in
making the camp a success, and a
comfortable home for the time.
The other party was made up
of old Virginians and their fam
lilies, seeking, as did the other
camp, fresh air, pure water and
rational enjoyment OH the banks
of one of the prettiest rivers in
the wide world, amid scenery
grand and picturesque as the heart
could desire.
The gentlemen from both camps
hunted in the mountains, or fished
along the streams, on the most
friendly footing, for all this was
in the early autumn of 1883, while
the ladies visited each . other in
just as genial style, exchanging
books and music, and making the
''outing" as pleasant all around as
they could.
That there was rivalry by food
and field, there could be no
doubt The man who brought in
most game, or whose rod was
most successful on the stream,
was the hero of the hour, while
the lady whose voice rose the
sweetest in song, was most en-
chanting in conversation, or most
graceful in the evening lawn
dances, stood high in the lists of
belle-dom, if I may use the term.
Two weeks went by, and all
the parties had become quite well
acquainted. Well supplied with
stores, their tables laden with
venison, birds, fish and autumnal
fruits, they led a life of wild en-
joyment, which never could be
forgotten by any participant.
Among the gentlemen in the
washington camp" as it was
termed, was one young man of
fine, even distinguished appear
ance, who ever seemed to keep
aloof from the gay gatherings of
both camps-who appeared to
enjoy solitude, even while so many
fair attractions were at hand.
Yet he had been foremost in all
the manly sports. His rife killed
the first deer-his basket was
always full when he returned, with
his rod over his shoulder, from
the eddies of the sparkling river.
A bear was seen one day by some
of the ladies who had gone out
in in search of berries, and when
they returned terrified to the
camp and told their discovery,
young Norysll threw his Win
chester over his shoulder and left
camp in bis usual quiet way.
An hour later he returned with
the beer-skin over his back, and
sent the serving men of the camp
out after the meat. No wonder
then that Augustus Norvell be-
came q hero in the eyes of most
of the sinpIa ladies' in both oap,,e
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Fast Mail runs daily from HageTssG1E
TO Harrisburg. and Southern Nal fom
to Hagerstown.
]. r. BOYD, Superintendent
III. Is. GERnARDT, Agent.
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Many a Presidential : boom is
brought up on the bottle.