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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-23
ANNUAL MEETING.

yIyHE stockholders of the Poland Paper Com
pany are hereby notified that the annual
meeting Of said company will be held at the
company,s office No "a Plum street Portland
u. M. for the following purposes. viz:
To choose seven directors and clerk and treas
urer for the ensuing year, and TO transact any
said meeting G. FL. MILLIkEN, Clerk.
Portland, Me-, December oath, 1892.
dec23 qua
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-23
KNEW LITTLE OF FORD.
He Has Sent Registered Letter TO His
Family.

NEWPORT, R. L, December 22.-c. J. Ford,
arrested as an accomplish of Fred Irving, the
Portland, Me-, burglar, has been resident of
jamestown only two months and consequently
little is known of him. Today his family re-
ceived registered letter from him dated Che
beague Island, where he was arrested. Its
contents are unknown to any one outside OF the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-23
MUNICIPAL COURT.


BEFORE JUDGE GUILD.
THURsDAY-Ca Catherine Sears was sentenced
to thirty DAYS in jail for drunkenness and Ellen
O'Brior. sixty days for drunkenness. and dis
tnrhauca. ~
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-23

TJOITND-- Near the centre of the city, Dec.
18th. a sum of money which the owner
can have by calling ON +. A. PENNELL, At w.
L. Wilson q Co.'s z5-l
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The Cantata nDavid.n

Mr.. George W. Marston has just composed a
sacred dramatic cantata entitled David, 2 with
the words by Shapcott Wensley. 1t has been
published by Arthur Z. Schmidt, Boston. This
is the most ambitious work ever attempted by
Mr.. Marston. The book contains rs pages. In
the cantata there are four characters Jonathan
for tenor. David for baritone, NIichal and Me-
rab. daughters of Saul, for soprano and alto, re-
spectively. The work contains many admira-
BILE choruses and some fine solos and duets.
English Plum Pudding and Wine Sauce served
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-23
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
HOLIDAY GOODS !!

sh0
finding something pieas'
ing a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-23
Christmas Music.

This will be the musical programme Christ
mas, at High street church, for the morning ser
vice, at 1870:
Organ Prelude Adagio Sonata op. 62.....
..'..--.-.. Ndiley
Anthem -"Calm on the Listening Ear of
Night ..--. =. II uicoiD
Hymn-'. Herald Angels. .Mendelssohn
Responses Babe Of Bethlehem .Marsten
OffertOry .....s... :. DdtiSte
PostJuds .....................W Wagner
The following music will be rendered in the
evening at 7.3o:
Organ Prelude. batlste
Authentic came upon the Midnight Clear"
Response-"From every stormy Wind". Tours
OH6rt0fy. % uch
Postlude Allegro Sonstatte. ....---..... Buck
The choir is composed of Mrs. Frank O. Has
call, soprano; Miss Ruth G. Long, contralto
Nj. Herbert W. Barnard, tenor; Mr. Charles
M. Follansbee, basso. They will be assisted by
special chorus for the Christmas music. Mr..
Frank L. Rankin is organist and director.
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
IN subscribers have been duly appointed Ex-
ecutors OF the VIII OF
BENJAMIN B. SWEETSIR, late of Cumber-
land
in the County OF Cumberland, deceased, and
have taken upon themselves that trust
as the law directs. All persons having
demands Ipon the estate of said deceased, are
required to exhibit the same; and all persons
Indebted to said estate are called upon, to make
payment to
E ARA2k :. & fH ohAsE, Executors. .
Cumberland, Dec. 20. 1892. dec23d1a w3wF*
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FANCY GOODS.

New patterns Pillows, Drapes Easel scars and
Christmas Novelties Leather Goods, Toilet
Waefs Ssaches
Powders.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-23

English Plum Pudding and Wine Sauce served
free at "Shaw's."
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Store OPEN Evenings
Until Christmas.
The Weather Today
Is likely to be
fair and colder.
PORTLAND, December %, 1899.
V you are looking for
I something to give
a man.
Does he travel much?
Give him an Alligator
Bag with brass trimmings
and shoulder straps. A
Bosom Shield to wear
with a dress suits a good
thing to give a man, we
have them in plush, silk
and satin. He is sure to
need a Muffler, you can
get a pretty one for SI.5o
and up to $500.
A good Silk Umbrella
is a thing that he proba-
bly, needs. We've just
put out some very nift
ones with Acacia wood
handles at $3.50, S, $50,
600 and up. They roll
very small, are Of pure
silk and are quite the lat
est fashion.
No better present for a
lady, young or old, can be
thought of than a hand
some Fan. A plain satin
one costs SI.oo, or you
can get an elegant gauze
with painted figures, flow
ers, ETC., for S4.5s. Feath-
er Fans, all colors, cost
$500, and you can so to
$500, 500, 600 and to
$4,000 for one with tor
toise shell sticks and real
ostrich feathers.
Today We begin selling
what's left of a lot Of
"Tyrolean Harps" ian
aeolian door harp at
$3.50 each.
Handkerchief 20 I'LL
buy Of course; they will
fit every member of the
family and there is moth
ing more acceptable--5
cents to $1,000 is the
range with the interest
thickest at the IL 10 and
and IS cent tables.
OWEN, MOORE & co.
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We OFFER

and Sizes from 5Oc u
each - e..Y,s .,,,d ,rscas
variety or styles ana
for and HHeii' shih
chiffon mus $500 each a.. 90
crepe Afom oVc ~ p~'o-
each
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30
THE PECULIAR NUMBER THREE.

During the past few years "Notes
for the Curious" has been the recep-
tacle of several articles on the peculiar
significance which attaches itself to GER
tain numbers, the seven (0 of course
coming in for the lions share. Of late
I have been making an investigation
of the three (S and am now ready to
report the result: When the world was
created we find it and its surround
ings composed of three elements, air,
water and land, the whole lighted by
the sun, moon and stars. Adam had
three sons mentioned by name, and so
did Noah, the patriarch. Daniel was
thrown into den with three lions for
the crime ofpraying three times. shad-
rach, Meshach and Abednego were res.
cued from the fiery furnace; Job had
three special friends there were three
patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob;
Samuel was called three times; Elijah
prostrated himself three times on the
dead body of the child; Samson de-
ceived Delilah three times before she
discovered the secret of his great pow
er, and the Ten Commandments were
delivered on the third day. Jonah was
three days and nights in the whales
belly. "Simon, lowest thou me?" was
repeated three times. Paul makes
mention of the Three Graces, Faith,
Hope and Charity. The famous alle-
gorical dreams of the baker and butler
were to come to pass in three days.
Then we have the Holy Trinity, Faith
er, Son and Holy Ghost; the sacred
letters on the cross were three in num-
ber, they being I. H. S. ; so, also, the
famous Roman motto was composed OF
three words, viz: In hoe signo. II
we leave sacred subjects and branch
off into mythology we find the three
(9 occupying even more honorable
place than the so-called "mythical
number seven." There were the Three
Graces, Cerberus with his three heads,
Neptune holding his three-tined fork,
to say nothing of the Nine Muses. which
from three and the third wave, which
was thought to bring death and de-
struction to everything in its path:
In nature we have morning, noon and
night fish, flesh and fowl. Hundreds
of trees, vines and grasses have their
leaves and blades set in groups of
three. This list could be heightened
to q three-column article, but the
above, will serve all purposes.
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Totuls ..6l3 S8l, 100 Sl3l ,372
sF0r thirteen barrOOms; 40 report as
TO bar-roOms mt Barnwell court house.
mo report.
When attention is thus directed to
the fact that most municipalities are
relieved altogether of taxation for
municipal purposes by the money de-
rived from the sale Of liquor, it will
be seen why so many towns which
have tried the non-licensing system,
have gone back to the license system,
when they found liquor sold anyway
and their municipal taxes drawn from
poverty. The nuisance without the
benefit causeda revulsion of sentiment,
and, however reluctantly, the sale Of
liquor was again legalized and taxed.
"In my last annual message, | call
ed attention to the injustice Of allow
ing the towns to license the nuisance
and derive thcrefrom an income at the
expense of the county and State; and
urged, as n step looking to the practi-
cal suppression Of the liquor traffic, that
all money derived from this source
should 20 into the county and State
treasures, while leaving the questions
as to the issuing of licenses to vote
of the municipalities just as it is now.
| have no reason to change my opin-
ion as to this being the simplest and
the most practicable way to accomp-
lish the end desired. When, it is
known that no benefit will acruc to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30

AMERICAN SALUTEs.-The national
salute is one gun for every State in
the Union, and is fired at noon July 4
at every camp or post provided with
artillery. The international salute is
twenty-one guns. The latter is given
to foreign vessels on arrivals in our
waters. The president of the United
States, when arriving at or departing
from military. post in his official
capacity, receives salute of 81 guns;
the vice-president, 19; the members
of the cabinet, chief justice, speaker
ofthe house and governors, II; a COM
mittee of congress on official business,
II; d general in chief, field marshal
or admiral, II; lieutenant general
or vice admiral, IS; major general
or rear admiral, 13; brigadier gener-
al or commodore, II. The sovereign
or chief magistrate of foreign coun-
try receives q salute of 81 guns;
member of royal family, 2l; vice
roys or governors general, II; embas-
sadors extraordinary, II; ministers
resident, 13; charges d'affaires, IL;
consuls general, 9; other officers in
accordance with their rank. The
number twenty-one was selected with
a view to uniformity in national sa-
lutes, this being the royal salute OF
England.
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Faith and conscience were taking care
of the little soul and teaching their
lesson better than it was possible for
her to do.
At another time this same little child
was flying kite. He had Indifferent
success. There were storm clouds in
the sky and the wind was fitful. He
finally came running into the the house
for piece of paper and pencil. He
said:
"I am going to tell bod dat some
naughty black angels won't let my tite
do up."
"How will you get the note up to
God, then?"
80, bod will send some dood angel
down for it if he knows how bad 1
feel"
He scratched something on the pa
per, which to him was symbolic of his
wishes, and his mother tied it to the
kite and helped him to get it started
on its mission. The wind had changed
or grew stronger, and the kite sped up
to the end of it's lineh thread. The
little fellow was not at all surprised.
His mother asked him if he thought
God had received the letter. He said :
"Es 1 fink saw dear little white an
gel sitting on cloud who toot it to
Dod." = viz
The mother was worried as to what
she would say to him when the Japa-
nese invention came down still adorn-
ed with the paper. His faith and ideas
were so beautiful to her that she dread
ed to dispell them in any way. She
was saved an explanation. When the
kite reached terra frma again the note
was gone. She was surprised, but the
faith of the child was so great that ne
never looked for it and never mention
ed it again.-Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30

LEGAL DoN'Ts ABOUT WILLS
Don't make new will without three
witnesses.
Don't neglect to declare it to be
YOUR last will and testament.
Don't let a person interested in it be
a witness.
Don't add a codicil unless you exc.
cute it in the same way as the original
will.
Don't make new will unless you
revoke or destroy the old one.
Don't neglect to make your witness
es write their full names and addresses:
Don't forget that your marriage will
invalidate a will already made.
Don't make new will without spe-
cifcally revoking the prior one and
physically destroying it.
Don't make o will that does not pro-
vide for children that may be born.
Don't try to force wife to accept
certain property instead of dover.
Don't try to devise real property to
an alien.
Don't leave anything uncertain in q
will.
Don't mention people by their nick
names.
Don't fail to specify which one is
meant when two bear the same name.
Don't imagine that the contents of o
lost will may not be proved by good
evidence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30

EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY.-1n
the early part of his ministry, Spur
geon was asked to- preach in neigh
boring village; and when he came on
the Sunday morning, Mr.. Brown, the
pastor, said to him, II did not know
you were such boy, or I would not
have asked you. to preach for me-"
"Well," he said, ~ can 90 back"
"But," said Mr.. Brown, "the people
have come from all parts in all kinds
of vehicles"-and then he put his
hands under his coat tails, and asked
what the world was coming to, when
boys who had not got rid Of the taste
of their mothers milk went about
preaching. However, he did preach;
and Mr.. Brown planted himself on the
pulpit stairs. Spurgeon red a lesson
from the Proverbs; and upon coming
to the passage, "Gray hairs are
crown of glory to man." He said he
doubted that, for he knew man with
a gray head who could hardly be civil.
But the passage went on to say, "If it
be found in the way of righteousness"
and that, he said, was different thing.
When he came down from the pulpit,
Mr.. Brown said so him, "Bless your
heart, have been thirty years min
lister, and I was never better pleased
with sermon but you are the sauci-
est dog that ever barked in a pulpit"
and they were always good friends
d.-Christian Register.
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THE STORY OF THE WHITE House.
The corner stone of the White House
was laid ninety years ago-October IL,
1902, little more than 800 years after
the discovery Of America by Column
bus.
The commissioners had on the
previous 18th of March advertised for
plans for presidents house, and on
the 10th of July they held meeting
in Georgetown and examined the
plans that had been submitted. AS
it is a part of local history now, they
accepted the plan of James Hoban,
a Dublin architect, who had made de-
signs for the presidents house, framed,
it is said, in model of the mansion
of the duke of Leinster at Dublin, the
palace of royalty in Ireland.
The stone was in part quarrled at
Acquia creek and brought to a new
wharf, built for the purpose, near the
foot ofSeventeenth street, but obstinate
David Burns, as Washington called
him, refused to allow the wagons to
pass over his ground in carrying the
stone to the site of the White House.
But despite Burns's opposition the stone
was cartcd through his place and
the White House rose. No memorial
of the ceremony of laying the corner
stone has been discovered.
In eight years the building was
ready for occupancy. The donations of
Maryland, $4,000, and Virginia Sl2o,-
600, assisted to pay for it, and in
April, 1900, four months after Wash,
ington's death, congress appropriated
$4,000 to pay for its furniture.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30

To CHANGE THEIR NAMEs.-Every-
body is aware of the rather hit and
miss way that we have of spelling the
names of cities, rivers, and even coun-
tries. To secure uniformity and brew
ity, government board was appointed
by President Harrison about three
years ago, charged with the task of
finding out the correct pronunciation
of all geographical names, and of fix
ing upon a standard spelling for them.
At the head of the board is Professor
T. C. Mendenhall who is president OF.
the United States Coast Survey. SO
far about two thousand changes have
been made, most of them in the line of
brevity, and all with the endeavor to
secure o greater fidelity of the spelling
to the correctly spoken name.
Among the most important changes
are Bering for Behring, Chile for Chilli,
Haiti for Hayti, Colombia for Colum-
bia South America), Bermuda for Ber-
mudas, the use of boro for boroughsin
all names ending thus, the dropping of
the h from Pittsburgh, Edinburgh, and
all SIMILAR names, the commission OF the
words "city" and "town" as part OF
names wherever practicable, and the
contracting Of many two-part names
into single words.
Of course the authority of this board
extends only to the Postal Guide and
all other official publications of the
national government, but it is certain
to effect, within a few years, desirable
changes in the use of the names in
newspapers, in books, and all other
publications. s.-Harper's Young People.
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4 CHILD'S FAITH.

The sweetest thing on earth is the
faith of little child. Who of us has
not been comforted and made better
and hadLour own faith frightened up
through this innocent trust? Did you
ever study closely the absolute faith a
child has in God and the power of the
unseen? A little child is taught his
prayers and told of God at an age
when he cannot understand clearly,
but he has faith in those who teach him,
and through that faith is Il supreme
being. This faith impaired in the lit
tie heart is greater than can ever come
to the mature heart, and otttimes its
strength and peculiaritics are never
realized by those who have taugh it.
A little child was playing by him.
self. HIS mother was sitting on the
piazza of her country house. Ho had
been running around the yard. picking
flowers and gathering flowers as they
would fall from the tree. He assls-
ted the apples to fall by occasionally
throwing u stick or Il stone at the tree.
She finally heard him say:
"Do away, bod; do away! Don t
bodlcr me now"
And then he threw another stick.
That one failed to bring down an ap-
pie. As he raised his hand and took
aim again he said:
"Do away, I say. Tan't 90 wait Il
minutc?"
His mother called him to her and
said:
"Baby, to whom were you talking?
"Dod," he replied in the most mat
ter of fact tone.
"God," said the shocked mother.
"Why, my child where was he?'
ale was whispering to me-
"What did he say?'
"He said Baby! baby don't trow
stones; 90 will hit the poor little
brides.
And the mother had nothing to say.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30

FEMALE BEAUTY.-"The mOrallsts
are fond of decrying famale beauty,
but it is growing more popular with
the sterner sex every day." said Mrs.
Grace Marble to Globe-Democrat
representative in the ladies grand
parlor of the Lindell. II do not
blame men particularly for setting so
high an estimate upon mere beauty OF
face and perfection of figure. Beauty
is one of the most precious gifts OF the
gods. True, is but transient, but do
we admire the colors of the rainbow
any the less because they soon fade
away? like to see men, proud OF
the beauty of their wives. | like to
see a man admire pretty woman. |
love to hear an old, gray-haired man
tell how pretty mother was when he
wooed and won her, and to watch
mothers wrinkles fade into bushes
and smiles as she makes pretty pre-
tense of checking the story that does
her heart good to hear. lisa positive
misfortune in this aesthetic age for q
woman to be born homely, and none
realizes that tact SO well as herself.
She may pretend to despise beauty,
and take refuge in literature or find
solace in noble charities, but she is
doomed to carry sore and rebcllous
heart within her bosom all her days.
Mothers should guard their daughters
against the unbccoming vanity which
is too often the complement of great
beauty, but they should also take cs-
pecial pains to develop their every
physical charm to the utmost. The
idea that Il very beautiful woman
must, perlorcc, be an intellectual in
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"I believe the route will be safe from
this on. I'll dose that jug within an
hour, and before noon tomorrow I'll
drive off and leave four corpses behind
for the wolves!"
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NO.. 49,.

FAINT, lacking broadness of mind and
nobility of soul, is the sheerest non.
sense. Some of the most beautiful I
women of the world have been the
most intellectual, have made the great
est sacrifices in the cause of truth and
iustice."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30
HASTY JUDGMENTS.

It is we'll TO suspend judgments in
many cases until we have had time to
review circumstances and trace mo-
tives. Especially when the children
are concerned should we be very care
full not to confuse their sense of right
and wrong by acting with injustice,
scolding or censuring them for mistakes
due to their inexperience, and perhaps
inficting punishment when none was
deserved. A little child once ran
nearly mile from her own home to
that of friend carrying an umbrella
to her mother, whom she supposed to
be there. Great gusts of wind arose,
and steams of rain fell and drenched
the little one before she arrived at her
destination, wet, breathless, and quite
unable to explain why she had come
when met by curious eyes and amazed
questions. The mother had seen the
impending storm and gone home, and
the result of the whole proceeding was
for this true story took place in stern
er days than ours-that the child was
shut up for many hours of the next
day to think over the fault of equivo-
cation.
A mother whose temper is impulsive
should never trust her first hasty judg-
ment in the management of her little
ones.
In the larger affairs of the neighbor-
hood and of society the prudent person
refuses to judge hastily. He gives the
benefit of the doubt wherever and
whenever and to whomsoever he can.
People have right to ask that before
they are weighed in the balences and
found wanting their cases shall be
looked at from all sides and from the
most favorable point of view. 1t is
not well to assume that bushes and
down-dropped eyes always indicate
guilt. Innocence, falsely accused, is
often ashamed to look the accuser in
the face. Judge not, that we be not
Judged, was said by the purest lips
that ever spoke on earth.
The man or woman whose habit it IS
to indulge in snap judgments of any
kind is necessarily narrow and unde-
velopmed.-Harper's Bazar.
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pB" A postal card was sold in Paris
for $50, a short time ago. 1t had gone
around the world after the person to
whom it was addressed and bore sew
cnty-two postmarks.
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CHAPTER XIV.

Three days after discovering the cave
of gold the outlaw band was ready to
break camp and head for civilization.
The contents of the cave had been
weighed and estimated, and the sum in
dollars and cents was beyond their wild
est expectations. The precious metal
was stored in the bottom Of the wagon
and every one felt exultant and good
natured.
Every man but Taylor. He could not
fail to notice that he was regarded as an
interloper. From the hour Of finding
the cave the renegades made every ef-
fort to render his position SO disagree
able that he would take his departure,
but he refused to 60. He was deter
mined and persistent man, and had they
known him better they would have held
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30

p1 Three thousand marriages the
performed every day all over are
world.