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The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
sEcRETARY's REHoRT.

The 65th anniversary of the formation
of this association and the fourth of it's
incorporation is here. The falling leaves
and chilly winds of November are re-
minding us that our work must begin if
we would continue in well-doing. Our
work the past year has been much the
same as in those that have preceded it.
We are obliged to put our best efforts
into our labors for our calls are SO nu-
merous and many of them SO urgent that
we must have our treasury always ready,
and our fund is so small that the interest
is but mite toward our demands. The
coming winter promises to be unusually
severe, and so many are out of work
that we must prepare ourselves for unus-
ual demands upon our resources, and
only united endeavor will accomplish
what seems necessary to carry on our
work. We have held twelve regular
meetings, and two special meetings. with
an average attendance of -. The great
est number present was 81, the smallest
s; an average attendance of ID. We
have had four new members. Two have
Withdrawn and one has left us forever.
Mrs. G. w. Beale, for many years an ac-
tive worker in the Martha Washington
Society, and for long years a member of
this association, has finished her work
here. Although not often among us, she
was always ready to do. when called up
on, moro than her part. With this eX-
ception. death has not touched our i'm
mediate members, but in two instances
at least the death angel has entered the
homes of our circle and taken the hus-
band and father. both of whom had al
ways shown a kindly interest in our well
fare, and one who had actively assisted
us in numerous ways for many years.
Truly they will not be forgotten.
For the second time, the association
gave an entertainment at City Hall.
which, while under its auspices, was not
under its immediate supervision. Pris-
ella. led by Mr.. Macomber, was great
success through the indefatigable exer-
tons of the committee in charge of the
winters entertainments, Mrs. J. J. Pool
er, Mrs. S. F. Bearce. Mrs. Henry Taylor
and Mrs. George Robinson. The Recep-
ton at Gilbert's and the Bazaar at City
Hall were also successful in their results
and Melted us quite sum of money. The
public has always proved to be most gen
erous in its answers to our appeals, and
we feel sure that in the future, as in the
past, when we ask for money to feed the
hungry and clothe the naked, we shall
be generously responded to. To all of
our friends who have assisted us we are
truly grateful, especially to the press for
their uniform courtesy and considera-
ton.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
The Old Kreutzer Club.


The article in yesterdays PRESS, head
ed "A Relic of the Past has brought
to light another relic of interest to must
clans OF this city. MI. Ira Z. Stock
bridge was looking over some old pic
lures and papers he possessed, when he
ran across framed photograph OF the
old Kreutzer Club.
The Kreutzer Club was organized in
Portland in May, 1870. James Ellison
was president, w. S. Beckett vice presi-
dent, John Morgan musical director, Ira
c. Stockbridge treasurer and secretary,
Charles A. Libby, Will Stockbridge and
W. H. Howard Investigating committee.
The other members of tho club were
Fred Turkey, James Watts. A. Pearson,
James Smith, G. M. c. Pratt, D. G. Nc
Caller, A. E. Webb A. A. bennett, and
Frank Coffin. w. FL. bennett and Her
mann Kotzschmar were honorary mem
bers. The club was composed Of the
picked male singers of the city, and their
concerts drew the elite of the town. 1t
is curious to look over one of these old
pictures and see the changes time has
wrought. Several of the faces in the
photograph would hardly be recognized
by those who have only known the origi-
nails in later years. One circumstance
connected with the club is the fact that
but three of the members have died in
the % years since it was organized, viz,
Messrs. Ellison, A. A. bennett and A. E.
Webb. The others are all living, and
most of them well known citizens.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03

Yesterday morning, Mrs. Sadie Jones,
wife Of Abel Jones, No. 203 Congress
street, and her daughter, went to ride in
a covered carriage drawn by white
horse. In turning from North street into
Washington the carriage was overturned
and both ladies were thrown out. The
daughter was not hurt, but Mrs. Jones
struck on her head on the hard earth,
tore two gashes in her head and was
rendered unconscious. DR.. Patterson was
called and secured Rich's ambulance, in
which Mrs. Jones was taken to the
Maine General hospital. There Mrs. Jones
recovered her senses and was not found
to be seriously injured. The carriage
was badly broken. The team belongs to
Mrs. Jones's brother-in-law, Mr.. Smith of
Cape Cottage.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
Popular Choral Services.

Next Sunday the ST. Lawrence street
Sunday evening choral service will be re-
sumed. A service of song, led by a
chorus choir, conducted by Mr.. II. F.
Merrill, will begin at o'clock and will
be followed by a Gospel address or
short sermon by the pastor. This SER
vice is designed for the people. All are
welcome, and all seats are free. Friends
and patrons of the summer open air SER
vice are especially invited.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
Invitation Accented.

The Union Veteran Legion of this city
at their meeting last evening, voted to
accept an invitation from Lewiston En-
crmpment, No. 106, to be their guests
November 14th. The wives of the mem
bers will accompany them on the occa-
sion. Tickets over the Maine Central
will be good to return the following
day.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03

when Baby was sick, we gave her Castoris.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
dec11 eod&1wy
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
Embarrassing.

Miss Elder--Yes, Mr.. Skidds, the servant
who admitted you has been in our fkmlly
for 40 years.
Mr.. Skidds anxious to say somethlng)-
How Interestingly OF course she is attached
to you from having nursed YOU in your In
farcy.-Detrois Free Press
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
MRS. winslow's Soothing Syrup"

has been used over Fifty Years by millions of
mothers for their children while Teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens
he Gums, allays Pain. cures Wind Collie, reg
ulates the bowels, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea whether arising from teethingl or
other causes. For sale by Druggists in every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. zoe. bottle
apr17MWSF&wtf
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
SAMARITAN ASSOCIATION.
Officers Reelected and Annual Reports
Received.

At the meeting of the Samaritan Asso-
citation yesterday, the old officers were
reelected and these reports presented
and accepted:
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY.

Owen. Moore & Co.
j. R. Libby.
Eastern Furnishing Co. a.
Eastman Bros. & Bancroft.
Rines Brothers.
Haskell & Jones.
X. John Little.
The Atkinson Furnishing Co.
Stevens & JONES'
Administrators sale.
Harris-Payson Co.
New Wants, To Let, For Sale, Lost, Found
and similar advertisements will be found under
their appropriate heads on Page 6.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03

The genuine Angostura Bitters of DR.. J. G. B.
siegert & Sons, are the most efficacious stimu-
ant to excite the appetite. Ask your druggist.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

My! But there was staccato
music around the
2 o'clock Bargain Counter yes
terday. The 20 cent Towels at
- IL ceuts evapored without
saying ''good bye" What were
left after the gale were as
twisted as a wrecked haystack.
This afternoon at o'clock it
will be One Hundred Bargarran
(that isn't sttuter language for
bargain" but it's the name of
the goods
Stamped Table Covers.
These covers are Old Blue,
Old Gold, Bronze and Copper
Color.
Stamped-for working-in a
limitless variety of designs.
The price-the price--well it
is such a comical price for the
goods that we hesitate to name
it.
The price at o'clock this
afternoon will be Is cts. each.
Only a hundred of them, no
more. Don't think for mo-
ment that these Bargain Sales
constitute our business. They
are only an incident in our store
keeping.
They are like the extra shovel
full of coal that the fireman
thrusts into the locomotive fur
mace
When he wants the machine
to jump.
There's no part of our merchan-
disc that's more to our mind
than Dress Goods.
To-day we shall place on our
centre counter a great pile of the
Novelty Dress Goods at II cts.
that have been so popular. They
are AZ inches wide, odd effects,
stoutish fabrics.
To-day we show you some new
improved price-figures on
charming lot of high grade
Novelty Dress Patterns.
Foreign-born Poplins, choice
line.
Broad in fabric, but narrow,
very narrow in price, 81 IL cts.
Whipcord same price.
These Whipcords and Poplins
are favorites with exclusive
trade. Dressmakers are greatly
pleased with them. Every best
shade.
The 20 inch Hop-Sacking on
our centre counter was a well
come conner and it is in no
danger of wearing out it's well
come, for it's going fast.
We should regret to have you
miss seeing the half-counter-full
OF Hindoo Twills at 80 cents.
Several competitors are sulking
because we sell them at 80 cts.
1t DOES seem absurd, but the
price-smasher got there before
we could protest.
Broadcloths in every imagin-
able shade. American and Ger
man, from $1.0O to $3.50.
Our Black Dress Goods man
ager stops the writer to say that
We have all the above men
toned goods Except the II cent
novelty in black,
As well as line of odd, unique
effects in Black Novelty.
Some Plaids that we are show
ing this morning at 20 cents
would give loyal Highlander a
heart throb for auld Scotia.
If you have a Garment to buy
you would make great mistake
to buy it before seeing ours
We never were SO well fixed in
that department as to-day.
Dop't forget the
Bargarran Stamped Table
Covers this afternoon at Is cents.
m 1uR nvI
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-03

HOODS Pills do not purge, pain or grippe,
but act promptly, easily and efficiently. 25c.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-02-08
POETR Y.
ALESSON FROM BALAAM.

The story of old Balaam calls for contcmpla-
ton;
Did he serve God in truth or practice proiana-
ton?
He calls the Lord his God and says he must
obey him,
Although with wealth immense King Balak
should array him.
But Gods command, though plain. was not
enough to hold him,
When drawn by proiiered gain, against what
God had told him;
His wish to 20 God grants. bat yet with diSap-
proval,
His words to bless abides and suffers no re-
moval.
When this mysterious seer reached his destl-
nation,
With sacrifice he mixes heathen incantation.
He yainly tempts the Lord but God doth
never waver;
His gracious purpose still is in his peoples fa-
vor.
The message most sublime was Gods own
proclamation
No curse, but blessing waits on his own holy
nation.
Not Balak's gold nor Balaam's guilty wish can
change IT,
For Gods own purpose doth eternally arrange
il.
All Balaams worship was but heathen divina-
ton,
Which taught dolatry to Israers rising nation;
He uttered heavenly truth as power divine
constrained him.
And though a seeming prophet Satan still re-
tained him.
That prayer so good for all which came with
in his vision,
Does not reveal the man, ror speak his hearts
decision;
Constrained he spoke for us those words ofin-
spiration,
"Oh, let me die like righteous men and share
their destination :"
Let us adopt the prayer, bat shun his bad ex-
ample,
Obey each one command, and call it guidance
ample;
When one command is plain it calls for no re-
peating
And sin alone will seek some loophole for re-
treating.
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Virgiuia FREE gress.
R.T.B. GALLAHER, Editor.
CharIesto,Cn, Jefferson County, West va
February S, 1903.
February S, 1893.

The New York Times says: As a speaker,
Bishop Brooks was the terror of all stenog-
raphers and the wonder of all who heard
him. Some idea of the rapidity of his ut
terances will be gained from the statement
that he seldom spoke less than 275 words a
minute and would oitener run along toward
800. There are few speakers who in public
utterances will average more than 200 words
minute. and $50 is the general average
The rapidity with which Bishop Brooks
spoke was not only caused by his rapid ar
ticulation, but by the fact that he never
paused between his sentences. Once start
ed on a sermon, an address, or a speech, he
never stopped, but the words fell from bis
lips i'm perfect torrent until he had finish
ed. He would throw his head back when
he started, and he never seemed to want an
idea, although he was never known to write
out anything that he intended to say, or to
commit it to memory.
His manner of speaking so rapidly was
not natural to him. ii came to him as the
result of an impediment in his speech
When boy he suffered badly. All efforts
to cure him seemed Of no avail. Somebody
told him that the only way he could ever
remedy the impediment in his speech was
to say whatever he had to say without stop
ping to get over words on which he slut
tered.
"Start in speaking quickly, in short sen
tences," was the advice given him, "and if
you find yourself suffering on word pass
on to the next"
The boy began to act on that advice and
found, as he went along, that he could speak
longer and longer sentences without inter.
ruption if he spoke very quickly.
During all his life, however, he could not
speak deliberately without suffering. His
peculiar manner of throwing back his head
while talking was due to the fact that if he
did it he found himself less likely to Stun
bic in his speech.
While he spoke so rapidly, he was one Of
the easiest men to understand His enun-
citation was distinct though his voice was
not loud, it was very musical and pitched in
rather high key, which made it carry we'll.
He had the reputation of being the only
American preacher who had ever preached
from the pulpit of Westminster Abbey in
London who had succeeded in making him
self heard in every part of that great cathe
dral.
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1898.
NGrper'S Magazine.
III TrSrpATEn
1898.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harpor's Magazine for 1893 will Continue to
maintain the unriYalled standard OF excel
lence which has characterized it from the be-
ginning Among the notable features OF the
year there will be new novels by A. Conan
Doyle. Constance Fenimore Woolson, and
William Black. Short stories will be contrib
uted bv the most popular writers Of the day
including Mary F. wilkins. Richard Harding
Davis. Margaret Deand, Brander Matthews
and many others. The illustrated descriptive
papers will embrace articles by Julian Ralph
on new Southern and Western subjects by
Theodore Child on India; by Poultney Bige-
low on Russia and Germany; by Richard
Harding Davis on a London Season; by Col.
T. A Dodge on Eastern Riders; etc. Edwin
A. Abbey illustrations of Shakespeare COM
edies will be continued Literary articles will
be contributed by Charles Eliot Norton, Mrs
James T. Fields, William Dean Howells,
Brander Matthews, and others.
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of the new Administration, and now is the
time for those seeking public employment
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Federal Offices and omployments in each
State and Territory, the District Of Colum-
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ments and duties shows who is eligible for
appointment, questions asked at eIamina-
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The jefferson Co. Mutual
Fire Insurance Company.
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CharlestOWn.
R. A. ALEXANDER. Secretary.

OFFERS to the people Of Jefferson County,
" Insurance in a safe Company at the actual
cost of insurance, which is much cheaper than
the rates usually charged, and keeps the money
at home Good risks from responsible parties
are invited.
Executive Committee meets every Friday.
DrRECroEs-Jos. Trapnell, Henry B. Daven-
port. J. Garland Hurst. John W. Rider, w. H..
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H. T. Lewis, Eugene Baker, Isaac II. Strider,
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1898.
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II gives the fullest and latest information
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ries. amusing comedies, and thoughtful essays
satisfy all tastes and its last page is famous as
a budget Of wit and humOr. In its weekly is
sues everything is included which is Of inter
est to women The Serials for 1898 will be
written by Walter Besant and Edna Lyall.-
Christine Terhune HerricS will furnish prac-
tical series, entitled "At The Toilet" Grace
King Olive Thorne Miller and Candace
Wheeler will be frequent contributors. The
work of women in the Columbian Exposition
will be fully represented with many illustra.
tions T. w. Hiegnson, in Women and
Men" will please a cultivated audience.
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
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Barber Shop.

Hair Cutting, Shaving and Shampooing in
the best style at the Watson House Tonsorial
Annex by the undersigned. l have just re-
moved into a new room specially set apart and
equipped with all the modern conveniences
for the purposes for which it has been designed
and viii be pleased TO see my patrons OF the
past and new ones, promising pleasing aiten-
ton.
Feb. Is. 1891. GEORGE TRAVIS.
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lady who is a graduate and has had five
years experience in teaching desires position
as Teacher or Governess Can teach the Eng
lish branches. French and Music. References
given. For information inquire at
Aug 81, 'ea.s THIS OFFICE.
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NO. al.

induIging their curiosiiies in the family
affairs of the men and women of their
congregations, and look to it that in their
teachings their own souls were free from
taint. The proclamation created SEN
sation. 1t shook the staid old State Of
Massachusetts from end TO end. The pa
pers everywhere denounced The Govern
or as imperiineni, sacrilegicus, indelicate,
coarse, brutal aud profane. They accus-
ed him of being everything that was dis
agreeable no cfficial in the history of
the world had ever dared to assail the
clergy in the wanton manner that Gov.
Butler had. On the following Sunday
the ministers had their fling at the old
war horse, and right merrily did they
roast him. The old man kept perfectly
quiet aud good.nalured through it all,
never losing his temper or vouchsafing
anything in the shape of an explanation.
After everybody had had their say, and
a whole lot was said, too, the old man
came out with statement-and the
copy to show it, too-that inasmuch as
he was not experienced in such matters,
he had copied, word for word, the prcc-
lamation of one of the first Governors Of
the Commonwealth, I've forgotten which
one, but in such high esteem was he held
that he was almost sainted. Butler
showed to the satisfaction of everybody
that the only change he had made in the
original document was 10 fix the date
and substitute his own name for that
of the original. That iickled the old
man probably as much as anything in
his life, but there was an awfully crest.
fallen lot OF editors and clergymen in the
old Bay State for long while after that.
The old man had caught them fairly,
and there was no way for them TO get
out Of it."
Butler was not wholly impervious to
the severe denunciations heaped upon
him. Gov. Brown, of Kentucky, has en-
joyed the reputation of having been the
only man TO get under his culicle, but
the New York Tribune relates an in
cident, which suggests that the rhinoce-
ros hide may have been frequently pierre
ed. About twelve years ago he appear
ed in his own behalf in the trial OF an
action brought against him for damages
for alleged false imprisonment and wan
ton destruction of property in the war.--
The opposing counsel pictured him as
most brutal man, and tears were seen TO
flow down the Generals cheeks. Col. III.
II. Mason, who was clerk Of the court,
spoke 10 him and he replied "Yes. | am
not 50 hardened and callous that | am
not affected by such abuse" But he dis
played no animosiiy in the case, which
he won.
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n ID Gibson
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ATTORNEYS At Law.

ttar.si.ogn. Js5e-son County. West Frgiaia.
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.9.ning coInties In the Supreme Court OF
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