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The Portland daily press., 1890-12-10

The st. Stephen, N. B.. and the Calais ERE
departments work together. and there Is an
intense rivalry between them. 1t Is said
that at recent fire In Calais the rivals en-
gagged In a lively struggle to got possession
of the nearest hydrant and before they had
settled the contest the bLrning building
came nearly being entirely destroyed.
The lime manufacturers of Rockland,
Thomasten and Camden have a mutual lime
insurance organization called the Knox
County Lime Insurance Association. Every
member of the association agrees 10 insure
every cargo OF lime that he ships under deck.
and pays the established rate Of premium to
the secretary of the company, who, upon ar.
plicatiOn, issues a certificate Of Insurance..
The manufacturers tind this form Of insur-
ance cheaper than the regular method. and
at meeting Monday voted 10 continue the
organic ition another year.
large vein OF quartz rock, bearing both
g0i9 ana silver, has been found on the iarm
OF MT. Ia. A. Pendleton In Pittston., Inls
iarm vas formerly known as the old Jona, ,D.n,,
than Reed farm, and the deposit nas t1i oe.u sa,,
known Tor two or three years. IDS iali sI
eral blasts were made In the Iedss; ~ mu.en ~
runs southwest and northeast, auu n.', - ~ sha =
wide vein. Quartz taken two ises M nun a.ii. uIo
surface contain both gold ana sINet, Le"aly
seen with small pocket mlcIosS2Pe' , snu
old mining experts have INFORMED Mr; ren,
dleton that these precious metals are iOund
in the onariz in sufficient quantity 10 make
its mining paying operation.
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MAINE.
Fire at Turner.

LEWISTON, December 0.--The dwelling Of
Edwin Fernald at Turner, burned last night,
The fire caught about the stove pipe. Loss.
$1,000; insured for 5000 on the house and
GOOO an Tho fnrnii,,ro
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-10

une OF the best ways Of helping
yourself is to support home insti-
tutionss, success in life being far
easier to attain In thriving than
a standstill community. Citizens
OF Maine should recognize this fact
HnI place their Life Insurance In
their home company
feblITT&stf
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Boston { MaIna plrectors Raslen.

DOVER, N. H., December 9.-Dlrectors
Lord and Stevens of the Boston & Maine
road, have resigned. 1t is rumOred thai
CHARLES Sinclair of Portsmouth, N. H., ana
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Atchison has a surplus.

Boston, December 9-The annual report
Of the Atchison 10 the stockholders shows q
surplus after all charges for nine months
rndiug ,Jun6 30 1890.
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weather. Observations.

Mean daily ther..l8.5 Max. vel wind. .16 SW
Maximum ther. .30.4 Total precip....... o
Minimum ther..... 6.6
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Local @6agner RopSsS.
PORTLAND, Me-, December 8, 1880.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-10
AKansas Bank suspends.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kans., December o.
The American National Bank of this city
closed its doors this morning for lack of
funds to meet its obligations. The strin-
gency of the times and inability to collect
money loaned, are assigned as causes of the
failure, TIE bank claims it will pay all its
obligations in very few days. The amount
of liabilities and assets cannot be obtained.
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montana MAN no ae Postmaster.

WASHINGTON, December 9-The Republi-
can members of the House held short eau
Gus after adjournment today to select post.
master to succeed Mr.. Wheat of Wisconsin.
Seventy-three votes were cast for James w.
Hathaway of Montana, against 80 for the
other four candidates.
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M aine M alters.

WASHINGTON, December 9-The follow
ing patents have been granted to Maine peo-
pie:
A. II. Wilson, Readfleld, halter
4. l.. Shaw. Rockland, clock winding arbor.
L. IL. Simpson, Brunswick, high water alarm.
+. K. Putnam, Clinton, wrench.
II. Ii. Monloe, Rockland; rotary harrow.
II. @. Irish, Augusta, loom temple.
Q. w. Bradford, rhorndike, station indicator.
guide attachment.
The following Maine pensions were
granted today:
ORIGINAL.
Matthew Cosgroye, National Military Home.
Cornelius Lane, Island Falls.
Gilbert Ii. Bailey, Auburn.
James Allen, Bowdoinham.
Henry j. Hosmer, Bangor.
Edward Finn, Calais.
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THE TIGHT MoNEY MARKET.
Responsible for CaIamitles to Two
Large Boston Concerns.

BOSTON, December 9.-Whitten. Burdett
& Young, wholesale clothing merchants. as
signed today. 1t is thought the liabilities
will be over million. The assets are IN
known. The failure was caused partially by
the failure of Potter. Lowell &c Co. and R.
Gardner, Chase S5 Co. and the tight money
market.
G. w ingalls, & Co., shoe dealers, with
some 20 stores in Boston, New England and
New York, assigned today. The liabilities
are said to be $500, 900; assets unknown. The
cause is the stringent money market.
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RAILROAD MATTERS.
Boston & Maine.

Tie Boston & Maine will hold its annual
meeting at Lawrence on Wednesday. In ad
ditiOn to the election of directors, stockhol-
ders will be called upon to empower the d.
rectors to issue stock from time to time. as
authorized by section 8. chapter 1S5, Acts of
1890, to empower them to guarantee bonds of
the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain rail-
iSa0' rSao' as as authorized by chapter 4O7. Acts Of
boston q Maine Of the lease Of the Wilton
railroad by the Lowell.
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Heroic Deed OF Telegraph Operator.

A delegate to the recent Convention
Of the Order Of Railway Tclcgraphers of
America in New York city who attracted
much attention was Charles Adams, Of
Youngstown, Ohio. At one time when
he was in the employ of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Co., Adams found freight
train directly in the way of Il fast eX-
press on the main line, and ut that very
moment the instruments in his office
broke down without warning. Unless
the freight train was headed oil and got
on siding dreadful disaster was in
cvitable. The anxious operator fortu-
natel7 was equal to the emergency. He
climbed the nearest pole, cut a wire and
brought it down. Then he took his
stand on the steel rails of the track, and
made connection through his body.
Calling up the next station, he received
the response by holding the end of the
wire to his tongue, In this way he sent
and received dispatches and saved the
express. The pain was excrutiating, and
his tongue was badly burned. Such is
the stuff out Of which heroes and mar
| tyrs are made.-NeD Orleans PicdyuHe.
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Fredcrlck's Tall Regiment.

Frederick the Great, of Prussia, formed
q regiment Of the tallest men he could
procure, and insisted on their marrying
the tallest women they could find, with u
view of producing giant race of guards; !;
but in this he was unsuccessful. Noltaire
says that these men were his greatest de-
lighr. Those who stood in the front
rank were none Of them less than seven
feet high, and he ransacked Europe and
Asia to add to their number. There is n
somewhat apocryphal story that Frederick
was once reviewing his regiment of
giants in the presence of the French,
Spanish and English Ambassadors, and
that he asked each of these in turn
whether an equal number of their
countrymen would care to engage with
such soldiers. The French and Spanish
Ambassadors politely replied in the mega
tive; but the English Ambassador replied
that, while he did not venture to asser.
that an equal number of his countrymen
would beat the giants, he was perfectly
sure that half the number would try :
al Ae Year R0gad.
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THE soNo OF THE SEA.

Their world was world of cnchantment;
A wonder Of luminous light
Came out with haring Of carnine.
From all the black spaces OF night:
The music OF morn was as blithesome
And CHEEKY as music could be,
But all through the dawn and the daybreak
mourned for the song of the sea.
They showed me the marvellous flowers
And fruits of their sun-benten lands.
They said, Here are vine-,angled valleys:
Forget yc the barren white sands;
For WEAKNESS unto the spirit
The dash Of the breakers must be;
So dwell yo beside our blue waters:
Forget the sad song of the sea"
And / wrapped me about in the sunlight
on the marge Of dmpling stream,
And there in n tanglo Of lilies.
woye me n wonderful dream:
Ani n song from my dreamlanl went Goat.
ing
Far up where th, angels must bo,
but deep in its under vibrations
heard the sweet song of the sea.
".th the dew in his locks all a.glttcr,
The Prince Of the Daytime lay dead:
FOR the silver-whito lance of tha twilight
Smote or the gold crown from his head:
And the Princess Of Night came 10 Sc, him
Her lights all about him 10 hang:
And nightnynl screened in the taickct
His song to tho slumbercr sang.
And The stream from the tangle OF lilies
Came winding ,t' way throu IA the Sc Ige.
And "A silyery 40 aurns IL rlppl,i
Among the tall flags on It's edge;
Bat its babble ! fnn would have givco.
For the sleep-woong sea voices lulI
And the nightingaic's song would have bar.
tered
For the desolate cry OF IA gull.
Their world was world of cnchantmcnt.
And they laughed with tho laughter OF
scorn,
"hen turned mo away from its beauty
In the light Of the luminous morn;
But heard grand voice in the distance
lnsistently calling to mo,
And rose with a jublant spirit
And followed the song OF tho sea.
-Hdt'ic Whtscy, in EclCordrs Maya zinc
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RECIPES.

Quick Biscuit-Two cups -four. one
tablespoonful mixed lard and butter, one
cup milk, one hcaping teaspoonful bak-
ing powder, pinch salt. Handle little,
roll out and cut quickly, and bake in
steady oven.
Chocolate Icing-Allow one pound of
icing sugar to every two ounces Of choco-
late; CRATE the latter into saucepan,
and mix with it eight tablespoonfuls of
water; stir well, and let it cook gently
for ten minutes, then add the sugar, and
use while warm.
Potato Soup-Three pnts ofrich milk,
one pint of mashed potato, two table
spoonfuls of butter, salt and pepper to
taste. Boil the milk, add the potato and
boil again, stirring frequently, that the
potato may become thoroughly dissolved, e.,
and season just before serving. Serve
very hot.
Puree of Celery-Boil two heads OF
celery in plenty OF salted water with an
onion, blade of mace and some whole
pepper. When done drain them and pass
them through n hair sieve. Melt n piece
OF butter in n saucepan, mix little flour
with it, then the celery pulp and work it
well on the fire, adding II little cream of
milk and some Of the gravy of the
ducks.
llorseradish Sauce Mix two or three
heaping tablespoonfuls of fresh grated
horseradish with twice as much cream
Salt it lightly and stir in an equal num-
Der of dessertspoonfuls of vinegar with u
teaspoonful of sugar. Add little pep
persauce or cayenne if very hot sauces
are liked. This sauce is good either hot
or cold. II preferred hot, it must be
warmed in double boiler, taking care
that it does not boil, or it will curdle
1t is especially good with roast beef,
either hot or cold.
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BOUQUET MAKING.

The most graceful bouquets have the
sprays Of bloom put in carelcssly often
are the most artistic in effect. A bunch
Of misty gypsophilla with a half dozen or
more coreopsis blossoms, placed in dark
brown vase and set before mirror was
n combination which demonstrated this.
Few large flowers are capable of more
arrangement than the peony. The old
time, rich, red variety forms gorgeous
bunch by itself, or is equally beautiful
lightcncd with sprays of white with
its own bronzy green foliage, it is mcst
effective. The lovely and fragrant Chi
nese varieties, with their delicate shad-
iugs and exquisite tints, when massed on
platter and bordcred with ferns are al
most as handsome as roses and make a
pretty and lasting table decoration.
There is an early single pcony, between
magenta and rose in color, and with u
deep golden heart. II is contemporary
with the tirst sturdy growth of the rib
bon grass and combines with il admira-
bly,, although, by tradition, lemon lilies
and ribbon grass are atiinitics. An old
ginger jar of just the right shade of blue,
filled with large bunch of these richly
Odorous lilies, their exquisite yellow re-
lieySd by the creamy white and delicate
artistic country maiden who has no royal
Worcester and orchids at her command.
-Iick's udgdsine.
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The Musical Sense In Animals and Men

The higher animals can also enjoy
music, as my house-cat shows, when she
comes at the playing of the piano to sit
by the player, and sometimes jumps into
her lap or on the keyboard of the in
strumcnt. / know of dog, too, in a
family in Berlin, which comes in in like
manner when there is music, often from
distant rooms, opening the door with his
paw. knew of another dog, usually
thoroughly domestic, which occasionally
played the vagabond for love Of music.
Whenever the semi-annual mass was
celebrated in the city he could not be
kept at the house. As soon as the So
called Bergknappen, which were accus-
toned to play at this time in the streets,
appeared. he would run away and follow
them from morning till evening.
Evidently neither cats nor dogs, nor
other animals that listen to human music,
were constituted for The appreciation of
it, for it is not of the slightest use TO
them in the struggle for existence. More
over, they and their organs of hearing
were much older than man and his music
Their power of appreciating music is
therefore an uncontemplated side faculty
of n hearing apparatus which has become
on othsr grounds what we find it to be-.
So it is, | believe, with man. He has
not acquired his musical hearing rs such,
hut has received highly developed
organ of hearing by process of selec-
ton, because it was necessary to him in
the selective process; and this organ Of
hearing happens also to be adapted to
listening to music.-P1pular ScasSe
H,pyLI,,
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Statistics About the Echo.

SOMEONE has recently figured oA
exact distance that a person ma! =
moved from a rejecting surface ''l
hear tho echo of his own voice. !.
syllables a second is said TO be ias !
both of distinct pronunciation anu
tinct hearing. This gives one'n''l
second for each syllable. When 'n'
mospheric temperature is slN'!'oa'
grees sound travels 1920 feet q" "''
In oue-fifth that time it will cover :,
tance Of 224 feet Hence, II a Te'a'
surface is 1l2 feet distant inc ~
sound OF an uttered syllable wi" n h
turned TO the ear just as the next ~
starts on its journey. In tins "a
first fifth of the second is consa'neu I
utterance of n syllable and the n'"'
of the second in hearing its e'nO'
syllables would be cchoed from y
ing surface pa feet distant, tA'g
bles from 336 feet, and so on WI
limit OF audiblcneSs.-Ae0 zee |
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The modern idea is, s,obscrTcs the Argo-
naV', tina. it is better TO wound than to
kill, no: because it is more humane, but
because dead man can be left lying on
the battle field, while wounded man
puts hors dc combat his comrades who
assist him. Therefore, the bullet that
passes through half-a.dolen mon, wound.
ins each severely. is preferred to the bull
'ct which simply finds its allotted billet
aad kills only one.
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BANtsufNG FLIES.

Flies will not pass through ne. made
Of thread, fine silk or wire stretched
across an open window, even though the
meshes are an inch apart, unless there IS
n window or light behind it. This al
fords ready means of excluding these
insects from all our rooms which have
windows on one side of the rooms, flies
can only be kept out by using fine gauze
for the purpose. The best way to de-
stroy flies in room is to expose on a
shallow plate the following mixture
Quassai chips (small, one-quarter ounce
water, one pint; boil ten minutes, strain,
and add of treaclc four ounces. Flies
will drink this with avidity, and are
soon destroyed by it. Cold green tea,
very strong, and swcctcncd with sugar,
when set about the room in saucers, will
also attract flies and destroy them. An
ingenious person has devised the follow
ing plan. Observing that fly always
walks upward, he made window screen
divided in half. The upper half Tapped
over the lower, with an inch space be-
tween. As soon rs a fly lighted on the
screen it proceeded to walk upward, and
thus walked straight out of doors. Not
being able to walk down it had no way
to return to the room. BY this means a
room csn be quickly cleared OF flies,
which always seek the light.
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I. is very gratifying to those citizens
who brought German song birds to Ore.
gon year ago aud released them in the
suburbs Of Portland, rejoiccs lEsst Shore,
to sec how they have increased in mum
bers IN one season. In few years they
will have spread over large territory,
and their song, will carry JOY to the
ncar;s of thousands TO whom the nightin-
gale and buIinch have bcca as unknown
as the bird of paradise.
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The Boston Cqticlt2r sends on. this
warning: "Sundry sharpcrs, with more
shrewdnoss than honesty, axe working an
entirely new trick upon the farmers ou,
West. They 20 to a farmer and pretend
10 wan. to buy his farm a. once. The
price does not exactly suit the strangers,
but they manage while negotiation, are
going on to install themselves into the
good gracc' Of the farmer and proceed
10 put up' at his house for Il, many days
Il, they can. After they have stayed as
long as they dare, they take their dcpar-
tuga and look up lodgings with a fresh
victim. Ii their price is met they give
the farmer the slip at the first opportun-
itv.'
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\ New York insurance paper has just
completed its figures on life insurance
for 1889, and they show that during last
year the companie- increased their assets
$50, 900, 600, and their surplus, which
now amounts to $50, ,477,7O7, is -, 900,
900 larger than it was last year. The
premium income increased $2O, 900, 900,
while the total income amounted to
lSl,llj,SD9, an increase Of over S2d,
600, 900. The companies disburscd to
policy holders, So, ,Gi3, 7O5, and tn,
total premium, for the year were Sl2l,,
l7G,OSl. The new business Of last yea
increased sl6l, 100000 over the pre-
yious year, while tho insurance in fore,
MAS increased $3.50, 235, ,25l,
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General o. o. Howard, in recent
address in Brooklyn, n. Y, referred to
worSingmen who earn $50 per month,
pay IS of that for rent and had only the
remaining S12 to support families of -four
or five persons for thirty days. The
Chrh,ian hquirer says: 1T is that class
OF pinchcd, impoverished workingmcn
tha. is liable to rise like the blind Sam
som and hurl the State to destruction.
1t il impossible to make such men feel
the justice of the inequalities in modern
.,,;..,
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tial clerk, who was trusted In everything,
being caught in another theft, confessed
to that which my sisters sweetheart had
been accused OF. The story he had told
to his employers Of being Knocked down
in the streets of New York, where he
went that holiday afternoon, and being
thought drunk, and put into station
house, and beng ashamed TO give his
name next morning, and too sick to come
home next day, was no doubt true. His
employers advertised for him, but in
vain. And mother owned to sending him
away from the door when he came to sec
Olive. 1t is a sad story. Olive cant
seem to like any one else, and the poor
fellow was so fond OF her. So that's the
story of the quilt"
The woman stopped and gave little
cry, for the guest had flung himself
upon his knees, and was kissing that
patchwork quilt as lovers kiss their
swcetheart's lips.
She gave another little cry in a mo-
meat, and knclt down beside him, and
put her hand upon his shoulder.
"Oh, dear! oh, dcar!" she sobbcd,
crying hard herself. "Oh, dcar | do
believe it is Harry Martin"
And it was Harry Martin, who had
been to the far ends OF the earth and had
ound gold, but not happiness, believing
himself robbed forever Of love and of
fair repute, and who had returned to
find both awaiting him, through the
means Of that patchwork quilt, with its
butterflies aud lowering boughs aud
roses.
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Parliament Houses CrnmOlI''

The British Parliament ho4s 4.
crumbling to pieces so fast tol' ,,,' n \
constant danger of some p'IAOa
building topping down , up,'
members. Part OF the ifo"
Stephens has had to be cn'IFe'! 4. n
because of the wearing away o. n
stone. Only a week or two a. .,'Ji
piece of stone heraldic aniInn' ,'., ss
fell close to the entrance to "s's
Hall, in Old Palace Yard, a mcaI -,
trance to the house which Is "s''
ored.-Nep York 7elsgIam'
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chatter boasts that ancient Rome was
never so populous as New York. In the
zenith Of her fame she did not probably
contain a million people. brooklyn is
just such a city, as to size, as she was in
her glory.
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"Lucy" said Olive to her sister, = few
months afterward, "now that we are go
ing to housekeeping, want you to give
me one thing"
Anything on earth that can, ," sail
Mrs. Jollivcr. ~ was thinking of sill
yer service
"Oh, Lucy, dear" said Olive, begin
ming to cry for very happiness, sits
only the butterfly quilt that want. The
dear old quilt. Harry says we can't
keep house without it, we both love it
So"
"I've rolled it up for you already"
SAID Mrs. Joliver. at seems to belong
to you, Olive
And so to-day Olives last baby sits
upon the brilliant quilt, and tries, with
his chubby fingers, to pull therefrom tho
butterflies aud roses. The Ledger.
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The public debt OF the Australian colo.
nic, amounts to SS7j, 600, 600, while the
entire population-white, black, Maori
AaI Chincse-numbers four millions.
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The experiment Of profit sharing has
had thorough test at the Bourne mills,
in Fail River, Mass, during the last
twelve months, and the results have been
60 satisfactory rs to elicit from the prcsi.
dent Of the company the opinion that it is
the I. ginning Of the solution to the labor
n.L.-..I-
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onsAMESrArroS OF HOUSEHOLD LINE,


The ornamentation of household linen
should be OF kind that will not dcte-
riorate by wear and tear or by frequent
washing. The popular style of open
work now claiming much attention from
housewives who desire the latest fancy
resembles Renaissance or Richelieu gui-
pure. For this the embroidery is done
with colorcd threads. The main por-
tions of the design touch each other, or
are drawn so as to be connected by small
bars. The outlines are covered with
buttonhole stitches and the pattern filed
in with various fancy stitches, as may b.
required, lace stitch, French knots, etc
When the design is embroidered the
material between the portions should be
cut away Care should bc exercised in
selecting both the design and the col
ored threads, that the former, when fin
ishcd, may be sufficiently close to prove
durable and that the latter may not fade.
--Nen Y6yk World.