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Sunday Trains from Union Station.
From Commercial Street Station
CALIFORNIA, TEXAS AlD NEXICO

Semi Monthly Parties, Personally conducted
man sleeping cars. Call on or address Il. E
CURRlER, New England Agent Southern Paclhe
Co., 102 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
tanl9 eodly
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AGENTS WANTED.
FEMALE HELP.

FEMALE HELP.
WANTED-A seamstress to sew in private
w family for about three weeks. Address c.,
this office. 1885,
GIRL WANTED - For general homework;
NJ most of the washing sent out. Apply at 124
WINTER STREET. 1911
"ANTED-Girl for general homework. j. p.
w JORDAN, % e. Promenade. 1871
WANTED-Ladles' Orchestra desires engage
w ment for summer Address MAUD
EVERETT, Stow, Mass. I'll
"ANTED-In a small summer hotel near
w Portland, one table or chamber girl, and
gIrl to assist cook Address A. b. c.. this office.
I'LL
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ROYAL BLUE LINE.

FINEST AND SAFEST TRAINS IN THE UOsr.n
between
New York, philadelphia,
baltimore and WashinRton
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HARPSWELL STEAMBOAT co.
Daily Excursions Down CascO Bay

BEGINNING to-day. Saturday, June Is,
II 1891, steamer Merryc0neag will make
daily excursions down the Bay, leaving Portland
Pler at 2 p. M and return arrive at Portland at 5
p. m. Fare for the round trip, 80 miles, only 20
cents. lei 3dtf
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BOSTO% & aAIEE Il. 4.
In sffeei Ocf. az. 1870.
WESTERN DIVISION.


Trains leave Portland, (UniOn staticn) fOs
Bo-ton t7.OO t5.46 am, sl2.4O, $50 pm See
ton tor Portland 7.30, $50 a. m, 100 400 o.
N. Ger senrbors Beach, Pine Poiut, ZOO,
lois j. m, $50, sis, B.i5, u. m. sgId ar.
ehard Bench. saeos HiddefOrd, 100
$40, 1918 a. NJ, 1910, $3.50, 5.15, 6.1F
I'm. Keanebunk TOO, S.45 a. m, I2.40, $50.
5.15, 9, 10 p. m. Wells tsenrh 100, s.4S A. M,
$50, 5.I5 p. m. North Berwick Ssreai
Fnits, Dover 100, $40 a. m, 1910, 8. so, SIT
2. m. sOuth New Market junction, Exeter
BayerhiIl, Lawrence, ssoweIi 100, 8.45
M, 1910, $50, p. m. Rocke-sef, gnrusine.
ten. Alton Hny, WSifborO $40, a. ~ ~ 40,
$50 y. IA. Worcester eva Greai Fails and
kOchesterl 100 a. m. Manchester and o,.-
cord (vis Lawrenee) S.40 a. M, (via South New
market. JunctionJ TOO a. NJ, $50 .. IN.
Sunday Trains from Union Station.
For sosion and way stations I2.s5, 4.I5 .. m
Eastern Division from Union Station
For Bo=Ion at (f2,OO a. m. daily 1900 a. NJ
lSl.O0 p. m. daily 1900 y. m. Hostoa soE
Portland 7.3O a. m, (ttQ.0O a. IN. daily 1880
?. m. GOO p. m. daily. Ter HsiadeTord,
Peslsnaouth, NewbmrYpors, salem, Aysn
zoo, 300 a. m, 100, 800 .. II. AD~sbnrs
900 a. M, 6.O0p. m.
From Commercial Street Station
Fer Portsmouth, and way stations, 4.sOp. m
Cape Elizabeth and ScarboFo Z rs.-iaaR
$50, $40, lO.16 a. M, 1895. 1925, $50, 5.55 b
m.
Trains for Commercial Street station conner
at scarboro Crossing with trains u btL Divisions.
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nor SALE-First class farm of about 70 acres,
Il cuts 40 tons hay, in the city of Westbrook (;
good buildings; Sobago water free; apples, pears,
plums, cherries, currantS, etc.; abundance of
wood, some timber; tools go with the farm. Also
for sale, eight horses, jiggers, sleos, harnesses,
phaetOn, open buggy, etc. u. b. MCGREGOk,
203 Commercial street. 24-u
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FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
M Memoranda.

Sch Davis Brothers, from Rockand for NYork,
with cargo of lime, arrived at Dutch Island Har-
Dor 18th with cargo OF lime on fire. She has been
sealed up and will be detained.
Jacksonville, June 18-A special from Tampa
Bay states that the schr VIM II Dewitt, Capt
with mahogany. sprung aleax June a. when $50
miles SW of Egmont Cay and was abandoned
18th full OF water. Master and crew arrived at
Tampa 18th.
Harwichport, June 16-Sch Richard Law, with
lumber, which arrived here last week, Is sunk on
the bar. The cargo is being RATED.
Provincetown, June 19-Fishing schr Zephyr,
while at anchor, was run into by schr Addie Fuller
OF MachiaS, and had main boom carried away,
mainseil torn quarter rail broken, and lost an
Choir. The sustained no damage.
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Foreign Ports

Sid FIN Melbourne May 10, ship C Chapman,
Hichborn. London.
Ar at Hong Kong 18th inst, ship Blanch.
ard, Blanchard, from Saigon days.
Cid at Honolulu June I'd, barque g Allen
Thompson, for San Francisco.
Ar AT Liverpool 18th inst, ship Title Star
buck, Curtis. Portland, o.
New York.
at at Rio Janeiro prev to 1st inst, ship Stand
ard, Percy, San Francisco.
Ar at Cape Hayti May 81 sch M Moseley,
Torrey, from Port au Prince, to sail about June
10th for Delaware Breakwater.
AR at HillsborO, NIB, 9th. schs A Stewart
Ealkingham Boston; Fred BelanO. Sawyer
Portsmouth.
CID nth, sch Drlsko, Drisko, Newark.
Cid at st John, NIB, 18th, schs Vesta Pearl,
Roston, Rockport; Welcome Home. Currie. do.
Spoken.
June 2, lat AZ N, lon 2S W. ship Henry Falling
Merriinan, from Liverpool for Delaware Break
water.
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months he cruised among the adjacent
islands, Offering large rewards for any
proof that the Franklin had gone to pieces
In these seas. The port of Batavia was
next visited, and on June 20 the Dolly Hope
sighted the Isle of Singapore. Here the
fruitless search came to an end, and Capt.
Ellis reluctantlykgave orders to return TO
San Diego.
The voyage had lasted nineteen months.
but. in spite of Captain Ellis's indomitable
pearance of the Franklin was wrapped in
greater mystery than ever. Two months
later, that is, in March, 1881, six years
almost to the day, since the Franklin had
sailed from the port OF San Diego; there
white man by an English merchantmen.
which had sent a boats crew ashore on one
of the Sandwich islands. in search of fresh
water. So darkened by sickness and ex-
posure had the mans skin become. and so
tangled and matted were his hair and beard,
that the English sailors had had difficulty
at first in persuading themselves that he
was really q white man. His mind was
found to be unfixed. which accounted for
his not having made any efforts to escape
from the native village where he was
found. After several weeks of tender
nursing. the Door wretch had been encour-
aged to utter q few words. 1t is supposed,
continued the account. that his name Is
Franklin, for he has repeated that name
many times.
At last the mystery was solved. The
man proved to be Capt. John Branigan.
sole survivor of the crew of the ship Frank
lin. which had blown up In 1875. or Its
twenty-first day out from San Diego. and
1t was strongly suspected that the ships
destruction was due to an Internal machine
shipped among its cargo by Len Burker.
who committed suicide in New York when
arrested for completely in the murder of
Edward Starter, the Tennessee millionaire.
Captain John is now q silent partner in
the house of William Andrew. but he de-
votes SO much of his time to Dolly that he
has very little left over for business mat
tiers.
copyright, 1871
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Let's All BE Prize-Fighters.

tnA.
When a man is training for q prize-fghter
he lives In a way that many a workingman
might envy, as far az the menu 10 concerned.
One of the pugiiists is training in CALI
fornia. He rises each morning at half-past
6, swallows q raw egg in q glass of sherry,
and then walks leisurely around the fields
until the breakfast hour, 7:30. arrives. A
tenderloin, mutton chops or broiled chicken.
with black tea, toast and oranges, consti-
tute his matutinal meal, and he then spends
the time resoing the morning papers until
the clock strikes 10. At that bour be starts
on q tramp and reaches home about
noon, generally having covered from
ten to twelve miles. He undresses
quickly, and his trainer takes him in and
After q saltwater plunge and q fresh water
shower, the trainer commences his massage
treatment. The rubbing process is brought
To q conclusion by aplentiful application of
alcohol and witch hazel. when he Is able TO
do Justice to q cut off a joint of beef or nut
ton, supplemented with vegetables. Allsop's
ale, fruit and nuts. Afternoon work 10 con-
else and simple. At 3:45 he swings Indian
clubs until he feels moist and timber, and
then he punches the swaying ball for an
hour. taking but two short rests meanwhile.
The ~rubbing-down process 10 then repeated
and his days labor is at an end At GLIB he
eats supper, the meal. "a q rule. consisting
of rare roast beef. cold. toasted bread and
faa-
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Capt. John Branigan had kissed his wife
and child q last goodbye. and as Dolly had
reached up to take her ten-months-old babe
from her husbands arms she had seen OF
their little Watts cheeks the tears which
had gone with that last kiss. It was the
morning of March Is, 1875. and the good
ship Franklin. loaded with q mixed cargo
for Calcutta. drew slowly out of the hsrbor
of San Diego. Captain John was one of the
f~avorite employees of the rich Shipping
house CT William II. Andrew. It was to
be the Franklin's first voyage. and
Mr.. Andrew had made choice of Branigan
to command her. he being. in the opinion Of
ell. the most trustworthy officer attached to
the feet of merchantmen. Dolly stood for
nearly an hour watching the Franklin.
until her hull had disappeared from view
and her grand spread of snow-white canvas
had dwindled to the size of a sea- gull on
the distant horizon. At last it faded away
completely, and Dolly permitted her cousin
Jane. the wife of Len Burker, TO lead her
away. The nurse, carrying little Wat.
walked beside the h~eavy-hearted mother.
Burker followed at quite a distance. and
there was a hard and u-nsympathetic look
upon his face. He was q man who kept
the world at q distance except when. to
further some of his wild and u-nscrupulous
~money-msking schemes. he admitted a few
of his fellow beings into his confidence.
for which they invariably paid dearly.
His reputation was unsavory. his name
having been connected, both IN Boston and
New York. with several questionable
transactions
As be followed the three women a close
observer would have noticed that the mus
cies of his face twitched nervously, and
that his small. steel blue eyes were lit mp
with q metallic glare as they looked out
from under his black, shaggy eyebrows.
Cheer mn. Dolly.n said Jane, as they
walked along. John will soon be back
with us again. On the trial trip the Frank
lin proved herself to be the swiftest clipper
In the Andrew feet L wager you'll see her
back in San Diego harbor within SIX
month";
DoIly's heart was too full to let her reply
TO these CHEEKY words.
"Six monthstr almost Kissed Burker. as
he walked with his slight Mephisto limp
behind Dolly Branigan. that remains to
be SEEM
1t was the first voyage that Captain John
had been called upon TO make since the
birth of little Wat, and he had found 1T
very hard TO separate from those two loved
beings. but as the splendid clipper ship
turned her head to the southwest the COM
forting thought had come to him that ere
many years he would be able to give up
the sea altogether, as Dolly's uncle. ia.
ward Starter, q very wealthy landowner OF
w estern Tennessee. was well along In
years and Dolly was his sole heir and next
of kin.
On the eighth day out the Franklin was
spoken by the Boundary. Ellis, master, OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24

new 1OTk sun
IA girl who sits ungrAcefuily is q rarity
said an artist. THE sex's poses In q chair
are instinctively and unconsciously sight
~. Then why will not girls practice a
good carrlagef They spend hours OF prayer
and effort over their bands and their make
up, yet everybody knows a tine figure is
the most important requisite of all. Any
face car be rendered attractive by express
sion. Any face for which we care becomes
beautiful to us. But even love can only
soften dislike to regret over q round
s%houldered, hollow-chested form. Good
carriage induces n good figure. 1t
&C least throws such lines as you
have into an adjustment of harmony.
1t will make your dresses fit better.
last longer and look finer while they last.
A head well carried comes soon to be well
poised Shoulders we'll squared back fill
up your bodice and improve -FOUR silhouette
as well as your profile. Hips well balanced
make your gowns drape gracefully in -sp. *
of your dress-maker. Feet that come down
to the ground prettily come near TO being
pretty feet. Even an ugly hand escapes
criticism if well used. A short neck Is for
gotten If ones head moves well If women
would spend their time bathing, rubbing
and exercising they would have something
to show for il. Instead, they sit around
in masks, or make themselves hideOus
over night. They use washes. prescriptions
and oils. a they don't half wash. oh,
YES. that is true. Many women. especially
those addicted to greases. do not half wash.
Absolute cleanliness-sweet. wholesome,
dainty cle~anliness-is the best and only
safe cosmetic in the world"
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MYSTERY OF THE FRANKLIN
BY l. VERNE.

and custody of Dolly Braniean. only to lind
the bank account drained of it's last penny
ard every dollar of her little fortune
squandered.
After consultation with DIR. ~ An
an effort to break the spell resting upon
DoIly's reasoning powers. Her mind had
of late gwen several proofs of returning
strength. She had been observed to pause
in front of her husbands portrait, and 10
and tender contemplation. as If striving to
escape from the mists s~hrouding her mental
faculties.
DR.. Bromley's plan was to reproduce to
the minntest detail the heartrendlng scene
of little Watts drowning. Dolly was taken
on board of the steam launch and placed
on the very spot where she had stood when
the terrible accident had occurred. Then
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A well-known literary character told me
q remarkable story yesterday. He was
speaking of the new color-cure for melan-
cholia, which he asserted was practical.
and in many cases an absolute cure. II
knew q case of an eminent statesman in
Washington" said he, who was affected
with melancholia. At times he would find
himself sitting for hours gazing in space
dreaming. so to speak. His family became
very much annoyed and did everything to
cheer him up, but without avail. He
seemed to grow worse every day. Finally
his wife hung rose-colored shades in his
library. and then she Sc wed q piece of rose
colored velvet around the under rim of his
hat. His friends guyed him considerably
about it around the halls of Congress, but
they knew not what 1t was intended for.
He paid but little attention to their fun.
for he had felt the effect of the rose color
upon his mind. 1t was barely two weeks
before he was entirely cured, and there is
not now q neutrality-suspicious. man in
this country
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Not Rash.


Il hope. Jennie. that you have given the
matter serious consideration" said q lady
to a servant girl who had given notice.
because she Was to be married that day
two weeks
"Oh, / have, ma'am." was the earnest re-
ply. "Pve been to two fortune-tellers, and
q cla%irvoyant. and looked in q s~ign-book,
and dreamed on a lock of his hair, and been
to one of those asterologers, and to a meei-
jun. and they all say to go ahead, ma'am.
] amt one to marry reckless-like; ma'am."
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Dr. Oliver Wendell Hoimes tells the
Globe representative that as q young man
he liked to see q good sparring match, and
adds: II have not changed my mlnd.v The
venerable autocrat is not alone in tho
are both improved by muscular develop
ment. And boxing is about the best all
round exercise there il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24

Boston Herald
Aunt Lois Tritten. an aged woman about
closing her life in New Haven. was once
sold as a slave upon the auction-block. in
that city, for S600. The days OF slavery in
New England are not 90 very tar on as they
seem. The grandfathers % large numbers
of New Englanders bought and sold slaves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24

Husband coming YEARLY in and seating
himselfl-Weil. you can buy that cloak you
wanted so much. | realized something on
an investment tO-say.
Wife-I Am so glad dear. Here is the bill.
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Eating All the Time.

New York Weekly.
Mr.. Hayseed CARRYING at city hotel)-I
s'pose / kin hear the gong here when it
rings fer dinner. can't III
Clerk-We have no gong. We have
from 6 to IL, dinner from IL to 6,
supper from 6 to IL.
Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS! How am to
get time to sec the city7
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well-Posted Cattle.
New York Weekly.

Fair Maiden Ia summer boarderl-How
savagely that COW looks at me.
Farmer Hayseed-It's your red ~parasol,
mum.
Fair Msiden-Dear me! l knew it was q
little out of fashion. but 1 didn't suppose a
country cow would notice it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24
The stygian Barge Omce.

The Epoch.
Wife-How can you expect any reconcile
alton. when l know you hate my very
presencef
Husband-Oh. come. you know that's not
80.
Wife-Not sol Didn't you tell me to 20
to the devil7
H~usband-But 1 knew you'd be sent
back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Then and Now.

Upon her dress each year she spent
just 81. 500.
Aud now she sits in calico
And huns while baby hollers.
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A Cynical View.


NOW f0rk Sun.
IF all men whistled at their work the
world would be q winner said Cynicus.
why do you think that"
We'll it would stop burglary and preach
inUU
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24

New York Recorder
what is q promoterf" asks q subscribar.
A promoter ls a man who makes his living
advising you 20 put your money INTO
schemes that he wouldn't invest his money
N
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24
Her FruitIess search

New York Weekly.
Mrs. Slimdiet-You are not eating your
meat, MIR. Hallroom.
New Boarder-Er-the fact is, Mrs. Slim
diet. my-er-teeth are not very good, and
this meat seems q trifie tough to me.
Mrs. Swell. that's too bad. Such q time
as j do have getting good meat. l have
tried every place / can think of.
Mr.. H.-Have you tried any of the places
near the lolnf
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The Candid Scholar.
Texas Strings.

Now. little boy. what is the meaning of
the word hypocrisyf" asked a Texas Sum-
day-scho0l teacher of her favorite pupil.
II can't explain what it is, but L know
just the same"
Give me an example of hypocrisy
when a fellow says he loves his Sunday
school teacher-that's hypocrisy"
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Sad News.
Cloak Review.

Cleverton-Have you any idea how much
that dreEs cost that Miss SwansdOwn had
on last night
Dashaway-Yes; S125.
Cleverton-How did you come to knowf
Dashsway (sorrOwfully)-Her father took
pains to tell ne the other day.
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Impartial Justice.

New York Weekly.
Foreign Visitor lproudly)-In my country
We have one law for prince and pauper.
American Host-Same way here. 1t
doesn't matter whether a man is Q beggar
or q millionaire, he's got to obey the law,
unless he's got q pull.
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They Agreed.
Cloak Review,

Wife-Did you change the dress pattern
and blow the man up for the mistaken
~Husband-Ih had 1t changed. but the clerk
declared that he knew you were wrong.
Wife-Well. what did you do about ltf
Husband tgrimly)E1 shook hands with
him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-24
Beneficial Exercise.

New York Weekly
Mr.. Pinkie 10 p. M.)-My dear. the doctor
says q brisk walk before going to bed will
insure sleep to insomnia sufferers like my
self.
Mrs. Pinkie-Well, my dear, / will clear
the baby with you.
, 1891-02-03
Work of the rrnfic Managers.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2-The traffic mana
gers of the Western roads have adopted
the report of the committee on stock
shippers tickets exert the provision for
a Joint agent at the stock yards The
general freight agents of the respective
lines will Look alter the new tickets.
Having completed the work of cstab-
fishing the territorial divisions, the new
Western Traffic Association commission
ers are now working on the problem of
percentages by which the competitive
traffic is to be divided among the various
roads. This is 80 important aud delicate
a task that it will probably take some time
The traffic officials of the interested hines
are apparently becoming convinced that
the new agreement will be put into opera
ton and are trimming their sails accord
iCgly. The Rock Island general passen-
ger agent today sent a circular to all
agents to the offectt that all rules and regu-
lations of the various associations must be
strictly maintained and carried out. The
agents of other roads will receive similar
instructioDs
, 1891-02-03

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 2,-Last week the
Police Gazette published a challenge from
Miss Zella fillmore to fight any l42-pound
pugillst Of her own sex in the country
Tor any sun from $3.50 up to 81, 500 a
side, the battle to take place IN Washing
ton or California. Yeste rday Mrs. Anna
Schoen, the wife of Theodore c. Schoen,
who runs a saloon on west Ninth street in
this city, wrote a letter to Richard X.
Fox, accepting the challenge. In her ac-
cepiance Mrs. Schoen says:
Il am re ,dY to accept that challenge,
and will make a match against her tor a
fight TO a finish. bare knuckles or gloves,
for $3.50 a side, the fight to take place
under the auspices OF the New Orleans
athletic club offering the largest purse,
and to take place within three months OF
the date OF signing the articles of agree
menL. 1T Miss Fillmore thinks favorably
of this and will forward articles of agree
ment, will sign them and deposit a for
felt in your hands"
Mrs. Schoen is a German, % years OF
age, five feet two inches in height, and
weighs at present a little over $50 pounds.
She has little experience as a boxer. but
shows aptness for sparring. She has a re-
markable muscular development and will
prove a formidable antagonist for Miss
Fillmore should the latter come to the
scratch.
, 1891-02-03

An enterprising Woburn News re-
porter solicited a signed editorial"
from a tramp confined in the station
house, and received the following:
1t seems to be ordained that | must
endure what in others would be styled
unbearable. Even in my School Days
l offended Juvenile Honor, not by my
direct fault, but thro' the vile machi-
nations of my Relatives and Teachers,
and was isolated, stunned, and made
a cowardly victim of the Many's spleen.
Yet l evolved therefrom chastened and
the better therefor, a sort of prelude, as
it were, to what | am undergoing
in behalf of American Honor, Right
and Truth.
l believe no other mar living could
stand the terrific persecution I've ur
dergone in the last ten months. Ev-
erybody, ~Everyplace and Everything
seemed as if allied to do me an linus
tice. Wealth, Office, Bigotry, Malice,
Hate and Brute Instincts prompting
cruel adversaries to down me. Still |
stand, undismayed, unawed by what
Others would deem an Aggregation In
surmountable, and calmly wait my
time. Cause-I put my trust in God.
&C. r. Locke.