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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-31

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-31

s'Instant Lung Cure, >, 80 f..56;
cures worst cases OBJ Jung diseases
instantly. -ce ptfves should order
bottle sdiately. Dr.. Cheek, Put
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
How "UncIe Remus" Looks,

ATLANTA, Ga. Nay S.-Joel Chandler
HarI'is-Uncle Renus-is very modest
man. OF middle height, with form
well padded with adipose tissue; with a
scholarly stoop, of the complexion called
SANDY with a stubbly red mustache;
with dreamy gray blue eyes, a good
brow, mouth which combines sweet
ness and courage, and an awkward gait
such is, as near as description may
paint him, Joel Chandler Harris, whose
name has become to the south familiar
in the mouth as household words"
His face, rather heavy in repose, needs
but the flint flash of conversation to light
up and transfigure it. The eyes which
were dull with abstraction sparkle with
a wonderful fire; the sensitive mouth be-
trays the thought before the lips have
formed it; the brows rise and fall, ex-
pand or frown with each emotion.
When first saw Joel Chandler Harris
was not impressed with his personality.
But the feeling of disappointment van
ished when | heard him talk. forgot
the rather homely face, | no longer re-
marked the rather awkward stoop which
long labor over manuscript has given
him.
Mr. Harris is an indefatigable worker,
as all men Of real genius are, and is now
engaged in the preparation Of his forth
coming novel, Aaron, which promises
to be the elimination of his rare descrip-
tive and pathetic powers. Daily he may
be found at his desk in The Constitution
editorial rooms, and -he EVENINGS he de.
votes to his novel
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
She Felt Insulted.

81 think you are too stupid for any
thing"
pardon me, but it was purely mis-
take"
snake out my bill and will leave the
house."
Eyes, ma'am.'
This is only part of a spicy dialogue in
which plain looking, impulsive woman
and hotel clerk were the characters.
1t was spoken at the Richelieu. After
the vexed guest had left the office the
clerk explained the cause of the trouble.
''It's like this he said. "When lady
unaccompanied by male escort comes
to a hotel she sends her name to the of
flee by the bell boy. Then she is regis
tered and given apartments. Now, this
woman did not have card at hand
when she came in, and put her name
down just as / understood it from the
lips of the boy. She came in here about
fifteen minutes ago and, turning over
the register to the date when she arrived,
espied in my bold handwriting the name
Mrs. E. B, Louisville, KY
"When she read that she was well
nigh daft. She raved about here, called
me stupid and threatened to go away
from the hotel. saw that l had spelled
the name improperly and felt sorry, for
one hates above all things to have mis-
spelled name. After the tempest had
somewhat subsidized l ventured to say
that perhaps had written the name in
correctly.
"'Indeed you did, young man. she
angrily retorted. MY name should be
written with two IS. I am Miss and
not Mrs
"Tben she founced out of the office
like sailboat going with the breeze.
Suppose she thought the prefix would
spoil her matrimonial chances. Some
guests are cranky that way"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
A Faithful Servant for Sixty Years.
New York Tribune.l

At the present time, when one Of the
chief troubles of housekeeping is the get
ting and keeping of servants, record of
one who faithfully served a family for
sixty years is worth recording. Hiram
Phillips, colored, was born in Goshen, N.
Y, in 1916, and when a boy of IA was
taken into the employ of Thomas and
Benjamin Gale, twin brothers, who soon
afterward removed to this city and were
engaged in the wholesale grocery trade,
living on Whitehall street, then a fash
ionable part of the town.
They brought Phillips with them as
their butler, and he served them till their
death and then entered the service of the
Misses Thorne of No. 1877 West Fifteenth
street, the nieces and heirs of the Gales.
He never left their employ, going to the
house early every morning and return
ing at night to his home at No. 1875 West
Twenty-seventh street. He died from
old age, and his mistresses deplore the
loss of an old, honest and faithful SER
want. He leaves widow and grown
up family.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
THE "RIpDINC WEDDING"
How Gifts Are Secured for Newly
Married People In Parts ofWaIes.
[Chambers Journal.

In certain parts of Pembroke and Car
marthen, in Wales, one of the quaintest
Of marriage customs used to be preva-
lent, and it is said still to Inger to GER
tain extent in some of the remote valleys,
but now curtailed and shorn of its pris-
tine surroundings This was known as
"bidding wedding" and was so redolent
of patriarchal times that it may be in
teresting to describe what is destined
soon to become mere memory of the
past. Tradition is silent as to the origin
Of this custom of Cambria, SO we may
presume that it goes long way back in
deed.
In the first place, all who received in
vitations were expected to show their
respect to the bride and bridegroom by
bestowing such presents as beftted their
station and means We may remark
that these weddings were generally re-
stricted to the farmers and others of the
respectable class, so that to have bid
ding implied certain social status and
that the young couple were both come Of
respectable families.
When two of this class made up their
minds to get married the first thing con-
sidered was who were to be invited to the
festivities, a list being made out, varying,
according to the number of their friends
and neighbors, from forty or fifty up to
200. Invitations were written or printed,
and sent round to all those whose pres
ence was desired. After these had been
dispatched the next thing was to send
round the "bidder," there being one per-
son who filled this important post in
every district
The duty of this worthy was to go to
all places where invitations had preceded
clients to the best of his ability. Tie
bidder. as may be supposed, was gener-
ally noted character, the local Wit and
orator, as no one could hope to fill the
responsible position who had not ''the
gift of the gab." In some instances fe-
males held Office, for which they were
doubtless as well qualified as their male
rivals. These functionaries were gener-
ally cordially received and were in the
habit of specifying any particular arti-
Giles that they thought desirable, gener-
ally fixing their requests high, on the
principle that they who ask for sheep
were likely TO get lamb at least.
On completing the rounds of calls the
bidder gave in his report to his employ
ers. The presents were sent before the
wedding to the house of the bride, when
a large company assembled to view them
and discuss their value. From the fact
that intended presents were all entered
on the bidders books there were seldom
too many articles of one sort, business
like proceeding by which the fashionable
world Of today might save brides from
having so many repeats in their mar
rage presents
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
Uses of Seaweed.

The various uses to which seaweed is
now found to be applicable are far in ex-
cess of what were ever dreamed of in
years past. Formerly iodine, bromine,
magnesia, and potash salts We're the chief
products of this bountiful substance of
nature, which was also employed, as is
the case now, when more or less decom-
posed, as n fertilizer on land adjoining
the seacoast, its yield of ammonia being
upwards of 2 per cent. Some varieties
were collected as articles of food in Scot
land, Ireland, Norway, etc. Of late
years seaweed has been made into char
coal, and into a material for whip
handles, and still more recently the curl
GUS substance known as algin has been
produced from it, having been introduced
as a stratum for Photographic films, and
for other purposes.
From this material, algin, what is
termed alginic acid is likewise obtained,
and by acting upon the latter with nitric
acid a new light colored dye, which is
insoluble in water, but dissolves in aka
lies, yielding a brown solution, has been
discovered. 1t is said that the ammo
niacal solution of this new product dyes
cotton fine Bismarck brown, which is
not removed by soap. and is found to be
not only equal to aniline dyes of the same
description, but to excel many of them.
Unlike aniline dyes, this new product
will dye cotton, but not wool, and its
acid solutions will not act as DIVES at all
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
been made in this room recently At
first he said, NO
DOCTORS DISCOVERY.

peen made in this room recently? At
first he said, NO
THE DOCTORS DISCOVERY.
Suddenly, with half smothered ex-
clamation, he went to his geological
cabinet, and, taking down a lar which
contained i've rattIesnake, which he had
purchased few days before from an In
dian, he examined it with curious ex-
preston on his face.
"The reptile was in this large jar,
over the mouth of which a wire gauze
cover had been bound to permit the ad-
mission of air. The cabinet stood behind
a curtain, and no one but the doctor
knew OF the snake in the room.
The doctor caused the jar to be re-
moved from the operating room, and
called Perot In. To our establishment
none OF the previous unpleasant symp-
toms appeared. Then the Jar was car
ried into another room and secreted
Perot was summoned, and upon enter
ing the room the former distressing
symptoms at once required. Whenever
the Canadian was brought near the rep
tile he went into this trance
CDR Eckerson believed firmly in the
influence of heredity on individual char
acteristics, and he began questioning
Perot about his family antecedents. Pc
rot said that his father was Canadian
of mixed blood; his mother French
woman, who had died when he was
about 10 years old. He recollected her
as woman of vivacious and happy tenn
permanent. He said that she had great
passion for flowers, and would in the
autumn gather and dry large bouquets,
declaring that they smelled as sweet to
her as when fresh. She also liked to
smell flowers which were perfectly in
odorous. These facts had been riveted
in Perot's memory by his fathers soothing
at her strange taste and by her persistent
defense of the same. This singularity
seemed to have been the cause Of no
small contention in the family and talk
among the neighbors.
"The doctor was now convinced that
with his special hereditary sense Perot
had smelled the snake. He at once
drowned the reptile with alcohol, stop
pered the jar tightly and called Perot
into the room. To his delight the man
exhibited none of the unpleasant symp-
toms. The jar was then placed before
him, but without affecting him in the
least. The mystery was solved. Perot
had smelled the snake"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

II was in the coach, she answered.
She wss not embarrassed. They all stood
too close in the valley of the shadow of
death to measure trifles.
What on earth brought you there:"
he pursued, regarding her only.
She released herself gently and he re-
clined upon the cushions they had piled
for him
why, don't you know" she asked,
and there may have been somewhat Of
regret in the tone, II was married this
afternoon. told you l was going to
wedding when passed you at the fort
this morning. This is my husband We
are going to the bay. Fandango knew
it, and knew we had some money with
u.s. That's why he chose this time"
This -your-husband? question
ed the lieutenant very weakly indeed,
taking the hand of rich young ranch
man.
my husband" and then as she stopped
and moved the cushions slightly she
gazed far down into those dimming eyes
and added: eff he were not but she
did not finish She rose, her lashes
little wet, went over to the young man
whose name she bore, put both hands in
his, and together they caught step again
for the march of life.
The coach was righted, the robbers
were placed inside and taken to the fort,
and two men lifted the wounded ieuten-
ant on a rude litter and carried him
home through the deepening shadows of
redwoods, then out into the glorious flood
of moonlight.
He had the best of care, and his wound
healed rapidly enough, but the man him
self did not seem to get well. For more
than year he suffered that sort of stupor
in which he had seen his quick reared
castle of light demolished, and then he
confessed to himself that losing this one
woman he had lost all
There are two kinds of love--one the love of the
river,
Which through continents pushes its pathway
forever
To pour its fond heart in the sea.
The difference in each case is this:
The river is lost if the ocean it miss.
But the ruinous round of cynicism,
revel and routine never captivated him
again. He was above it, and yet not
man in the service kept such hold on
the hearts of his brother officers as he
did
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
PATIENCE.

Before the long white ironing board she stands,
Good little Patience in her old brown dress;
With burning, crimson face and aching feet and
hands
She irons away nor frets at WEAKNESS
Out by the doorway full of yellow sun
She does not go, but looks with wistful eyes
Where golden robins sing for summer justbegun,
nd blossoms laugh in sweetness to the sides,
Through windows barred with morning glory
vines
Cool airs creep in and hasten out asatu
The green leaves dance and wave to her with
beckoning signs,
But still does not her longing heart complain.
Before the long white ironing board she stands,
30 true and faithful TO her dutys place;
GOOD little Patience with the steady toiling hands,
Sweet Patience-with the mild unfretfui face.
Good Housekeeping
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
PORTLAND & WORCESTER LINE
Portland & Rochester II. r..
STATION FOOT OF paEBLE STREET.

On and after nondny, December ., ISs0
Passenger Trains will Leave ssortlnndi
For = orcesIer, Clinton, Aver Junction,
Nashua, Windham and Ripping at 7.36
a. nm. and 1890 d. m.
For Manchester, Concord, and points NortI
at f1.3O p. M.
For Rochester, springVale, Alfred, WaferS
boro and saeo River at $50 a m I1so
and $50 y. M.
For Cor ham at Z 30 and 1000 m nm. a .sas
800, $50 and $40 ID. nm.
For saecnraPpa, Gum bertrand MILLS, Wet
brook junction and Weodford's at J.3O
and 1900 a. m, $780, 800, $50 and
$40 p. mn.
Fer Forest Avenue (Deering), 600 D. m.
The 1880 p. IN. train from Portland connects
az Aver Junction with "Eoo.ue Tumusl
keute," for the West ana at Jnion Station
Wot cester, for Lrovidens and New Vorx
via providence Line,o for Norwich and
New York, via Norwich Line" with Ro-ton
a. Albany X 10 for the West, and New " orL
NIL rail, via, "springaeld."
Through Tickets 70 an points West and South
Portland. So"''
Oct7dtf Il w purUvS g..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
A Landlof Peaches.

In the neighborhood OF Sydney such
fruits as the peach, nectarine, apricot,
plum, fig, grape, cherry and orange are
as plentiful as blackberries. If peach
stone is thrown down in almost any part
of Australia where there is a little mois-
ture tree will spring up which in a few
years will yield handsomely. A well
known botanist used formerly to carry
with him, during extensive travels, a
bag of peach stones to plant in suitable
places, and many wandering settler has
blessed him since. Pigs were formerly
often fed on peaches, as was done in Cal
ifornia; it is only Of late years that
peaches have been utilized in both places
by drying or otherwise preserving them.
A basket load may he obtained in the
Sydney markets. during tho SAMSON. for
few cents
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
THE Joy OF THE SEASON.
BY ROBERT BUCHANAN.

The swift is wheeling and cleaning,
The brock Is brown in It's bed,
Rain from the cloud Is streaming,
And the bow bends overhead.
The charm Of the winter Is broken!
The last of the spell is saidl
The eel in the pond is quickening,
The grayliDg leaps in the stream;
What II the clouds are tnlckening?
See how the meadows CLEAN!
The spell Of the winter Is shakenl
The world awakes from a dreaml
The fir puts out green fingers,
The pear tree softly blows;
The rose in her dark bower fingers,
But her curtains will soon unclose;
The lilac win shake her ringiets
over the blush OF the rose'
The swift is wheeling and cleaning,
The woods are beginning TO ring,
Rain from the cloud Is streaming;
There, where the bow doth cling.
Summer is smiling afar on,
Over the shoulder of Spring!
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
An INVENTOR.

Alter experimenting Eve years,
has ut last overcome the
defects hitherto existing In
those useful articles Fountain
Pens. VAR. j. Blair of Hew
York has invented IA new
F0untain Pen, ssThe Record" In
which the troublesome screw Pen
section is discarded, which Offe
VIII not anScrew or will Ieak-
''The Record" having NO PEN Sec
ton, does not choke up, as the
heel of the Pen Is always I'm the
ink. ft does nOi leak or spill ink
Or the nozzle where The fingers
catch the Pen, or blot, mo- rn,stfer
how much or little ink there be i'm
the holder.
They cost nO more than the old
style Fountain Pens. This i'm.
provemeni put into Other Pens at
SI.OO each.
The regular prices are $3.50
with No. 2 Gold PEN warranted
Ia kaTaf, and large size SO. To
Introduce these Pens in Portland
we will send "a few this week at
81 and $3.50.
Address Biair,s FOunrain Pen
Co., FL John street, New York.
Please note this address as this
may not appear again.
apo dttaG
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
ISLAND sTEAlEEs.
CASGO BAY STEAMBOAT co.
Custom House Wharf.
WEEK DAY TIME TABLE.


On ana after May ~, 1880.
Leave Portland for Forest CT landing,
m, 2.16, 90, G. 90 and g IO D. m leave Portland
Tor long Island 800 1890 a. m. 200 20 p IN.
Portland for Little and Great Diamond and
400, 6.10 y. m. -
Returning, leave Peaks Island for Portland,
go, 7.1b, $50, $50 LOO a. m; 2.35, $780, 80
and $50 p. m; leave Little Diamond 6.lO,
7.l5, 9;05, IL 80 a. m, 3.05, 5.25 and 600 D. m
leave Great Diamond, clio, ITO, 900, II. 80
q. m. 500, go and 6.45 p. m. leave Evergreen
6.05, 7.O5, $50, IL. 20 a. m, 900 5.15 and GAO
p. M; leave Long Island, S.45, 11.15 a. M,
2.45 and 5.06p. m.
SUNDAY TIME TABLE.
Leave Portland fer Forest City Landing. Peaks
Island, 500, 800, 1890, a. m, 1915 2.15 800,
and 800 p. m. leave Portland for Long island,
500. 1880 a. M. eco and 4.20 p. M; leave Port
land for Little and Great Dia nm 0nd and Ever
4.20 pm. q. W. T. COOLING,
aprl7dn General Manager
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

A LII people are forbidden riding bleyeles ON
- any OF the sidewalks in the town of Deering
ana any one violating this order win be liable to
arrest S Also any one found playing bali Sundays
law. Per Order of the Selectmen.
maybe H-E9 10 81 Szsa dim
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
FREEPoRT STEAMBOAT COMPANY.

an and after March ~, 1890, the steamer
" Phantom" will run as follOws
Between treeport and Portland, touching at
Great Chebeague, Lttlejohn's and Cousins Is
lands, and Falmouth Foreside.
Leave South Freeport daily (Sundaysexcepted)
at 100 a. m.
Returning will leave Burnham's wharf Port
land, at 800 p. m. H. B. S0ULE, Manager,
mar1Sdtf Freenort
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

nHA n m n II you wish to purchase direct
E11u IN from the manufacturers. thus
R0nas0 saving middle profits, send 80
cents and Will mail you q sample box of %
cigars the same being selection from nv large
list OF popular brands. claim to be head
quarters for cigars that cannot be surpassed :
quality or price, and respectfully solicit yonr
patronage, or any correspondence RELATING there
TO; Prices and terms given upon application
ADDRESS II. a. MAssER,
ap26eodlm sritztown, Rerlxs Co.. Pm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24

international Steamship Co.


Eastpoh, Calais, ST. John. n. g.. 9aHfa1. as
and all parts OF New Bruns1iek, Nova see
tia, Prince Edwards Island, aad Ca.s
mressE. The faVOTtte route to CEmpobeIio
and "a. Andrews. N. n.
ls0O-SUMMEg AaRAgeEMERT.-is0O
On ana after May, Is, and until further notice
the steamers Of this line leave Railroad Wharf,
Portland, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and
FRIDAY at 800 p. M, for Eastp0rt and st.
John, with above connections; returning, leave
st. John and Eastport, same days
Inruagh tickets issued and baggage checked 70
cestination. eS~ Freight received Lpte 400 p. N
Ticket Ofiee 40 Exchange 81, or Tor other irfori
nation at CompSnY's ONCE. Railroad Wharf, foot
Of State street :. y. COYLE,
mar1Sdu 55n't MANAGER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
The Curse of Fame. ~Tvs7

CN 1@.. lPittsburg Bulletin.]i "a -. ia
Poor DR.. Holmes! 1t is no wonder he
wants people to stop trying to write poe
try, when, as he says, he has. for the last
thirty years, received volume of poems
or apoem, printed or in manuscript, near
ly every day. Then he adds, amiably:
"Of late have found it impossible to
read critically all the literary produc-
tions, in prose and verse, which have
heaped themselves on every exposed sur
face of my library, like snow drifts along
the railroad tracks--blocking my literary
pathway, so that l can hardly find my
daily papers," Can good nature go far
Their than this? Has the good doctor no
energetic friend who will clear his library
of these drifts and bundle them all into
bonfire: Think of the conceit, the i'm
pertincr and utter want of kindly con-
sideration of the sendersl
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
HOSTOM & h8AINE r. n,

~ efSsFs Oef Der u, 1850.
TRANS cave Portland. "Uulon station re,
s s. $780, ls:55 q "a sl2.5so $50 2 d q.
3.45 p. u. For Searbors Beach and Fame
Poiui $50, 1925 l. M, $50, $40, 6.15 Z. N.
Old Orchard Bench, SAGE, esiddckord $50,
s.&5, 1925 q. M, ls.4C, $50. 5.l5. 6.1b 2. 70.
sAsnnebunk $50, s.45 a. m, 1910, $50, $40.
6.16 p. m. wells Beach ESQ, SAB 3. nl., $50,
5.l6 y. m. NSrtb Berwick, Dover ssFeat
gaJis $50 9.45 am, 1910, $50. 5.15 pm. Ex-
s.45 a. m. 12.4O, $50 p. N. Rochester, Faroa
tnEton, Alton Nay and WOifboro 8.46 q. m,
12.4O, $50 .. m. Worcester (via Great Falls
and ROehestery $50 a. m. ManchesaeF and
Concord via SO. Newmarket Juncti0n) sc
a. a., $50 .. IN. via Lawreneej s.45 a. n.
sunday Trains From Union station.
For 8essen ana way stations. LOO and f.15 pm
Eastern Division From Union Station.
Yer 3osIoH (t2.0O a. m. daily, 1900 am.
S1.O0 and 1900 p. m. Returning leave BostoL
7.3O, 900 a. H., 1890 D. m. (ss7 90 p. IN. daily.
BIZ :FSrd, Pe or sco Neec~sISyHSr,;
AA2eshu-y 300 q. M, 800 p. m.
FROM COMMERCIAL STREET STATION
for Cape elizabeth and scnrbor0 Cr0ssinS
6.25, $40. 1920 a. M, 1895, 3.25, 6.55 pm.
Trains from Commercial Street Station eonnee
at Scarboro Crossing with local and through trains
OF both Divisions.
CONNECTS with Ran Lines for New York soutI
and West.
sConneets with Sound Lines for New York.
s~WeSt Division from North Berwick
AL trains arriving at and departing from UniOr
Station run via Western Division between Scar
borough Crossing and Portland.
Through Tickets toall points South and West
Tor sale az Union station, Congress Street.
and at Commercial street station.
j. i. FURBEh Gen'l Manager, Boston.
Y :. FLANDERS, ten. 7. 8 4. A., Boston.
n. L. WlLLlAMS, Gent Agent, at Portland