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The Portland daily press., 1892-05-20
Buying Stamps in Hungary.

At the postomce, where we went to
buy our first Hungarian stamp, the Cos
siping old postmaster and his wife
characters not unfamiliar in the rural
offices in other countries-were so over
whelmed by the extent Of our require
ments and the number of our letters that
the wheels of official machinery refused
to work at all. After they had care
fully read all the addresses, and had
maryeled long at the range of our cor
respondence, we succeeded in communi-
eating to their dazed senses the fact that
we wanted to buy stock of stamps Of
various denominations.
'sWhat! SO much money for stamps?
Impossiblep' protested the old man and
his echoing wife. "You are already
sending away forms and forms worth
on these lettors!'
'But we want stock of stamps to
keep for our convenient use" we urged.
eyes, yes, you want to use them, but
why don't you buy them as you need
them?' was the reply, as he shut the
drawer under his elbow, apparently
loath to part with any of its precious
contents.
Arguments were useless, and we gave
up the notion of securing variety and
tempered our demand to humble re-
quest for a few ten kreutzer stamps for
foreign postage.
''Ah, no!' he said. 81 SAINT let you
have any ten kreutzer stamps, for the
sheets haven't been broken into yet, and
it is near the end of the month, when
make up my books, and can't have my
accounts confused by selling ten kreut
yer stamps to any one"
We compromised on double number
of five kreutzer stamps, the ones in use
for local postage, and ornamented oul
envelopes with effgies Of Franz JOSE
until they looked like the walls of {
chrome dealers shop.-F. D. Millet il
| Harper's,
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-20

The most important and interesting
matter before the Presbyterian General
Assembly at Portland, Oregon, will be
the case of the Rev. DR.. Charles A.
Briggs, Professor of Systematic The
ology in. the Union Theological Senlin-
airy. The charges of heresy made against
DIR. Briggs for his liberal views; and the
stand Union Theological Seminary has
taken in his favor have been well under
stood for long time. A committee of
the General Assembly called the Com
mittee on Prosecution will conduct
the case against DR.. Briggs, who will
make defence in person. The Board of
Directors of Union Theological Semin-
airy will also lay before the Assembly a
paper stating their attitude in the Briggs
case. The proceedings promise to be
important in church annals.
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along the route. OF course the swiftest
riders have been selected, and every ten
miles will be made at racing speed. The
message will speed ON day and night,
through sunshine and rain. General
Miles is greatly interested in the expert
ment, as he believes that in America as
well as in Europe, the bicycle is to have
an important place in military operations.
In regions where it can be used bicyclists
can outstrip horsemen easily. The best
authorities say that to carry this mes
sage from Chicago to New York would
require hundred riders mounted on as
many horses over 70 hours, and that to
do it in this time bIooded horses would
have to be used. Others could not make
the journey at the rate of IA miles an
hour and keep it up for stretch of ten
miles. No single horse can compete
with wheelman A cyclist once
challenged a, Russian cavalry Off
Ger to ride 1000 miles over Conti-
mental roads. The lorseman was
to nave fresh steed every 100 miles,
but the wheelman was to keep on with
his machine. The cavahyman was easily
defeated. 1t is said that any distance
over a mile horse cannot keep up with
a bicyclist. At least two English riders
Osmond and EIDE, have maintained on
their wheels speed of % miles an hour
for three hours; and a rider named Hal
helm, said to be the best roadster in the
world, has covered 361 miles in "a con-
secutive hons. In America three riders
Smith, Tyler and Duffee, have each made
25 miles on the road in one hour and
twenty seconds; and an American rider
Windle, has the worlds track record for
mile, 2:15, almost as low as the 2:08a
record of Maud S. For two mile track
no horse has one to compare with the
records of the bieyclists While no such
time as this will be made in the relay
run now going on, it is still probable
that the record made will be asurprise to
those who have considered the wheel
plaything.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-20

The granite strike is said to involve
about $4,000 men in New England; and
some of the papers are commenting over
the seriousness of the result as COM
pared with the trivality of the cause.
The main cause seems to be over the de-
mand of the manufacturers that the
yearly contracts with the men shall be
made January 1st instead of May list.
At first this does seem to be trivial
cause. But the men claim that on Janu-
airy LIST work is light and contracts are
not pressing, and hence that the manu-
facturers could afford to shut down their
works until the men should accede to
almost any rate of wages. The men
think that on January 1st they would be
at their employers mercy. On the other
hand it seems not unreasonable to con-
clude that at this time, with the contract
time at May 1st, the employers are to a
considerable extent at the mercy of the
men. For that date is in the midst of
the busy season, when contracts are CON-
ing in and finished product is in demand.
The strike is unfortunate, and the sooner
t is amicably settled the better.
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The statement that the granite strike
has thrown nearly 5000 men out of work
in Maine gives hint of what Names
rock ribbed hills are worth from an in
dustrial point of view. Probably most
of these men get more than $3.50 a day
in wages. At that rate the daily pay of
the men out would amount to 500, 900,
nearly the whole of which must come
from the cities out of the State where the
granite is used principally.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-20

The announcement of the death of
Rev. DR.. Gilbert De La Martyr, pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal church at
Akron, Ohio, will bring back to many
readers memories of the Greenback days
in Maine. De La Martyr was favorite
Greenback orator; and became member
of Congress from the indianapolis dis
trict of Indiana. Since the collapse
of Greenbackism he has affiliated with
the Prohibition and Peoples party, car
rying on meanwhile his work as pastor.
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THE FoRERuNNER.
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sroFFoRD.

BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD.
Heavily in his breast
The mariners heart was beating;
Ever the course shaped west,
Ever the land retreating.
Mutiny muttering loud
Naught all his hoping, his dreaming
Suddenly out of cloud
Wings were flashing and streaming
Wings that told of the nests, -
Told of the bough and the bioSSom:
Gave him the joy OF his quest,
klndled the heart in his bosom.
Promising land at last,
Circling over and under,
Tanning around his mast
What was the bird, wonder?
Nothing the Genoese cared
Were it osprey or swallow
The gray sea waste was dared:
Palm-fringe and shore must follow.
Oh, when bleak skies break UP
With winds the bluebird is Whirled in,
| drink from the self same cup
The voyager pledged the world in!
For some of his JOY must be
In the fash of the blithe new conner,
Whose wing discovers to me
Whole continents of summer!
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MAINE STATE PRESS, (Weekly) published
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Persons wishing to leave town for long or
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Special Notices, on first page, one third ad-
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South Carolina Alliance men protest
against Grover Cleveland "as the repre-
sentative of the money changers of Wall
street, and declare that South Carolina
would not vote for him if he should be
nominated. Here is chance for some
missionary work by MI. Alexander Hig-
gins, of Scarboro.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-20
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY, MAY 20.

The Croton acqueduct engineers are
laying out a scheme for water supply
of sixty billion gallons for New York
city. This is almost as much as Provi-
dence has conferred upon Sioux City.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-20

The relay bicycle race now going on be-
tween Chicago and New York is particu-
larly interesting to military men. A
message is being carried from General
Miles at Chicago to General Howard at
New York by relays of bicycle riders sta
toned at intervals of about ten miles
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the friends Of auld lang syne- The sailor
loves It a. be puts the last reef in his top
saiI and settles down TO a glorious feast Of
pea soup. salt junk and plnm-duff, with a
tear perhaps IN hiz honest eye to the dear
loved ones at home The soldier loves it
a. he warns his hands by the biYonse IRE,
and scents the odor Of sayory feast Of
unusual grandeur. Our brave boys far
away in the other laBds love it because 1t
briDgs them back to home and mother
The children love it-bless them. Ii *
70 them long locked for dream Of JOY /:
and nov IT l. al hand. Year. and years
hence. when the mercile-s hand Of time and
care .halI have wrinkled these cheeks and
tlinned the hair upon these sunny temples.
hall old men and women look back TO the
Christmas Of 1892 with long drawn.
weary .igb. and mentally exclsim '.-Ab.
that wa. happiness We al love it. The
most worthless and abandoned wretch that
,links upon the shady side Of our streets
experiences a certain warmth Of feeling
when b. secs the lights the eyergreens, the
goodiv cheer the crowds, the happy faces,
the jingIing toys, and listens to the music
Of the bells that ring out to the sky, telling
10 the heavens and the earth and all animate
and inanimate things that Il nto Us child
i. born unto n son l. given.
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FOR SALE.


III Acres prime limestone - -
land near New Windsor. : -
miles from Westminster; fine buildinzs- all
in good condition; a very desirable farm;
price So. OOO-half cash, balance on years
time.
Farm of 55z acres. a miles from Westmin-
ster. q miles from Patapseo Station, W NJ
r. r. Buildings fair. Price g, 500.
Choice little farm Of So acres, halt mile
from Westminster; good soil; brick house
large barn: all in good eondition;prlce y 900.
Nice little home; acres; prime land;
miles west from Westminster: BRICK house;
bank harm: more land if desired: price 8, 500.
Plaster and bone mill on W. Nd. Railroad;
buildings new; best of machinery; IA acres OF
land: good water power; splendid opening
TO engage in a profitable and growing business;
terms easy; price 5000
22JO acres prime timber land on Cheat
river. West Virginia Heavy original growth
of poplar, red oak, ash, walnut, cherry. he;
land valuable for grazing purposes after timber
is of; price 81 per acre: - -
Machine shops at New Windsor, Nd; all
the necessary buildings for the Inanuiacture
and repair Of machinery. This property will
be sold: bargain at easy payments; price
81, 500
8 or acres of woodland, near public road
from Westminster to Mt. Airy. miles south
east from New Windsor. Price $3.50
A small home, acres. on road from West
minister TO New Windsor, mile from former
place; good house. good stabling, good water.
extra fine fruit, &c. Price $3.50.
Fine brick house on John street, rooms,
conveniently arranged. all in first class con-
dition. Quite a bargain at $500.
81 acres prime land, half mile from West
minister; large bank barn. fine orchard, splen-
did building site for house; price $1,000.
Large brick hotel in Westminster, on Main
street, near Railroad Depot; price $4,000.
Farm 45 acres, II miles from Westminster;
land good; buildings good; orchard choice
fruit; price $50 per acre.
Farm 70 acres, 8 miles from Westminster. 2
miles from Hampstead, nearest r. r. Station,
good house and barn; SO acres cleared land
in good condition; S35 per acre.
Nice Little Home, one mile from West
minister; 90 acres of prime land. good brick
house; price, S., 500
Twenty acres good land, good buildings,
near Westminster, $500.
One hundred acres, best quality Of land, y
miles from Westminster; buildings only fair,
good water, &c; price, s., 800.
Brick house and lot in Westminster; 81 200.
Double brick house and lot in Westmin-
ster; 81. 500.
Also, some fine pasture lots, ranging from
= to acres, adjoining Westminster.
For particulars call on or address
sep3, Z. LYNCH. Westminster, Nd.
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I green, holly, laurel. tays and mi.tlet0e at
the Christmas season has slsO heatheD
{ origin. being a perIe,uatiOn Of an obsery-
snee 81 the old British Duids, Whose be
/ lief il was that kindly sylvan spirits sought
these ornaments 81 living green and hoy-
T cred near them. untouched and unframed
( by nippinz frost, until the death Of winter.
/ Those same old Druid attached much
/ importance 70 the HnisiletOe. investing II
gith a peculiarly halloWed and mystic
character. They regarded It = an emblem
81 love aud believed that it iypified the
T beneficent feelings Of their gods toward
! mankind. f. i doubtle-. to this Old Druid
{ icai association Of the mi-ilet.c with love
I that the En2Ii-h custom. which still ob-
( tains. Of enforcing the forfeit Of kiss from
aus female who i caught under branch
! Of il al Christmas time j. fraeeable.
By the celebration Of Christmas. with
7 it. grand liturgy. is magnificent music and
it, pictorial and dramatic representations Of
the principal events in the life Of him whose
birth It concentrated. the church ought
% replace these heather festiyities and L.
lilt up the mind7 Of the people to ,orne-
thing higher and boiler, though from the
irsi the DAY wa REGARDED both a. holy
eominemorstionN Of most sacred event
/ and a. a mirthful, joyou. festival 10 the
Middle Ages the festive Obscryanees Of the
day often - far oycrtopped its more sacred
feature that the clergy were frequently
compelled Ia check the un,eenly merrl-
men, Of their focks.
The name Of Christmas assigned To the
festival VIZ derived from Christ and the
Saxon maes.e Or mas. and the Two words
were combined to denote a special service
/ in honor Of the birth Of the Son Of God
Probably one Of the most generally
known Of the old Christmas ob-eryances.
rext to the giving Of presents, l. the sing
in2 Of Christina, carols. These were pious
canticles designed TO replace the ribald
song. Of the Old heather fe-tiyal-- and the
custom Of children aud even grown people
going about from house to house singing
them at the door on Christmas eve and be
ing rewarded with Christina, cheer and
Christmas spending money l. maintained
in many parts Of England even at the pres
ent day.
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The Merry Christmas Day.

Christmas irradiates home With the
holy light Of Heaven It is the good an
gel Of the year. 1t comes near the closing
of his life to give the venerable man Que
farewell glimpse Of joys he has tasted, and
to light his path to eternity. 1t is sa-
cred day to all mankind. The citizen
loves it as he pictures the bountiful feast
prepared by willing hands; the happiness
that beams upon the faces of his children;
the gathering together beneath his roof of
all that are near and dear to hinl--the moth
erwhose failing footsteps totter like the fad
ing year upon the threshold Of eternity
the dear old mother whose Christmases
long ago were the joys Of boys now old
and grizzled; the father who leans now
upon his arm; the sisters, the brothers.
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MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
OF CARROLL COUNTY.
OFFICE, WESTMINSTER, ND.

OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
!. W. Herring. President, Westminster, Car
roll county.
Richard Manning. Secretary and Treasurer.
Westminster, Carroll county
DIRECTORS.
J. ". Herring. Westminster Carroll county.
Granville ;. Haines, Union Bridge. Carroll
county.
David Prugh. Freedom. Carroll county.
Granville T. Herring Sandyyiiie, Carroll
county.
Charles B. Roberts. Westminster. Carroll
county.
Edwd. Lynch. Westminster. Carroll county.
David FoRbie. Westminster. Carroll county.
T. Manning, Westminster, Carroll county.
Alfred Zolliekofer, Uniontown. Carroll co.
T. Z. Rejndoilsr. Tsneytown. Carroll county.
AGENTS.
John I. Difenbaugh. Westminster, Carroll
county.
!. Oliver Wadlow. Freedom. Carroll county.
Z. ~ Anderson. Mr.. Airy. Carroll county.
Louis Dieiman. New Windsor. Carroll co.
John ). Repp, [ nion Bridge, Carroll county.
Alfred Zollickoffer. CniOntown, Carroll co.
f. F. Reindollar. Taneytown. Carroll county.
J. ". Meant. Double Pipe Greek. Carroll
William H. shower. Manchester. Carroll
county
Granville 7. Herring, Sandyville. Carroll
". [. Marker, Tyrone. Carroll county.
William 4. Abbott, Hampstead. Carroll
county.
John Jones. Mechauicstown. Frederick Co.
o. 4. Horner. diminishing, Frederick
county. janS Il
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pOetrp.
GHRIsTMAs TIME.

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Ilze u ne at Christina. dime.
Hes efery dime iandy
lie Drings der bsoplss sssBg and ri.yiae.
fud Iseiie children candy
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DOi ga1 Oft santa. EaDido-
lie yrings bis feiudeer ogid und ~
10 shniie q feilers got %
Hes s,,Deh . funBy DIT zaissf
n pig uBd asi. uHd lazy
nis face il red. Bnd long hi. snfy'-
Yos ~ be yas.a daisy.
Your shtDekiDs you va hang 'em a.
Ind go ~ bed aITeziy.
lad yea you rake der incoming 80
a pisng's in can msyI,
{ nd Gbfistmzs Dfings - many a.nz'
4 chap dou'd gii DeiOre.
lssh sDHedinzs nice ~ cat p ehiD2
Ind drink. asl Dcveunofef
slGe tffi iBitrlehA4i- D4iaier NIls'af
NiBce pie ya- in der IaBdr
Hes lifciy, und b. pTeaks ~ ia4---
Hes loyal option bfaut
You eat him morning. noon md night
Cnd lunch on him all day
i1er gisky 10 him-she's al right
Der pie griai be r2s gay.
Bud ven sos dry " ,hleep him D1d
some night mare grabe you zSick
Cnd .he gss YefseT ssb some gDui,
YOu ream III sou Fas seek
H0pzobbi!u.. shuake-, uBd -hIiiny t'Elds.
Ind spDOks Und ding. like dOi'
Your prancs knocked DUd - Billy 9Dat-.
Ind hung. and shiab.d und ahof
YOn PEE dem all, uud feel dem ALL
YOu dOn'd Ta- feel got since.
Facause your IN. ys- made lige gall
Your Ghrislmas pie @as IiHce
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MO. slol EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County
Hattie ~ Markell, VS.. George W. Markell,
Administrator, and others.
Ordered this 9TH day of December, 1892,
that the sale of the real estate of David l..
Markell, deceased, made by George W. Mar
KEEL, trustee and this day reported to said
Court in said eanse be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 9th day of January, 1898;
provided "a copy of this order be published in
some newspaper printed in Carroll county
once in each OF three successive weeks, before
the ID day Of January, 1898. The report
states the amount of sale TO be Sl42e, co.
BENZ. +. GROUSE, Clerk.
True copy,--Test.
dec l03t BgxJ. + GROUSE, Clerk.
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MO. 3lo2 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Alice II. Lamotte, Herschel f. Lamotte and
l.. Howell Lamotte, Executors Of Mortga
gee, VS.. Thomas j. Painter and wife.
Ordered this 9th day Of December, 1892,
that the sale of the property mentioned in
these proceedings and report of sale made
and reported by Alice II. l.amotte, Herschel
f. Lamotte and l.. Howell Lamotte, Execu.
tors of Mortgage, be ratified and confirmed
unless cause to the contrary be shown on or
before the 9th day of January, 1888; provided
"A copy of this order be inserted in some news
paper printed in Carroll county, once in each
of three successive weeks before the I'd day
of January, 1898.
The report states the amount Of sales to be
$4,000.
BENZ. +. GROUSE, Clerk.
True copy-Test:
.delO3t BENZ. +. GROUSE, Clerk.
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IN the Circuit Court for Carroll Co.

NO. 30S7 EQUITY.
Jesse 'fayioF and others, VS.. Lydia Taylor
and Others
Ordered that the sales of the property men,
toned in these proceedings made and reported
by Jas. A. c. Bond and Jesse Long, Trustees,
be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown or before the 9th
day Of January, 1885, provided copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper printed
in Carroll county, once in each of three sue.
cessve weeks before the Cd day of January
1893.
The report states the amount of sales to be
S2,s0i.59.
BENZ. +. GROUSE, Clerk.
True copy-Test:
del0 81 Benz. + GROUSE. Clerk.
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On sundays trains will leave Hillen Station at %
a m. and go p m, Westminster LIZ q. m. and III
p. m. arriving at Union Bridge at lli5 a. IN. and
40 p. m. Leaves Bruceville 613 4. m. and Union
Bridge at 635 a. IL. and SIS p. IN, Westminster 7
a. N. and 42s p. m. arriving at Hillcn station 81
g.lU a. IN and 6l5 D. m.
Frederick Division Pennsylvania Railroad, daily
except Sunday.-Trains for Frederick leave June
ton at 30 and 1882 a. and j02 p. Trains ~
Taneytown Littlestown and York leave junction
at 9.5S q. m. and S.45 p. n.
Through trains for Hanover and Gettysburg and
points ON Baltimore and Harrisburg Division leave
Baltimore daily, except Sunday, at 7.2l a N. and
$50 p. m. Through cars for Gettysburg and Inter.
mediate points leave Baltimore also daily cXcef.
Sunday at 1905 a. m.
Baltimore x Cumberland Valley r. R.-Train'
leave Shippensburg at Cos a. m. 100, and 80 p
m; arriving at Cherry Run at SIS a. m; William
sport 800 p. M. Hagerstown $40 p m. Leave Chez,
ry Run 54j a. m and j.G5 p. m; arriving at ship
pensburg at SIS a. m, and S45 p. m.
Orders for baggage calls can be left at Tiekl
Office. No. 10 Z. Baltimore street, Baltimore.
J. NJ HOOD Genl Manager
ncs b IL GRIsMnID. Gen,l. PASSENGER AGENT
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NJ oTIcE.
before RENEWING YOUR
FIRE INSURANCE

Or paying Mutual premiums, call or write !
me and see if | cannot do much better 10 10
you in Stock Insurance Companies. y,
Premium Notes, no Assessments, PromP
Payment of Losses, no Committees to se'n'
with. JAMES L. SMITH, Agent,
2ll City Hotel, Westminster, Nd
North British and Mercantile Insurance
Company, of London and Edinburg;. Com
mercial Union Assurance Company OF Lon
don; Northern Assurance Company OF Lou
don, Eng, and Merchants Insurance Com
pany, of Newark, N. J.
Jan % Il