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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22
RELIGION IND PATRIOTISM

As the civilized people of this country
 like the Chinese, it Is not easy for them
 to understand that the Boxer move
 ment may be a religious and patriotic
 movement There is evidence that this
 is the case, and that the Boxers really
 think they are doing good service for
 their country and their gods by attack
 ing "the foreign devils" Some idea of
 what is in the minds of some of them
 may be gathered from an utterance said to have been made by a spirit in
 terrible voice, at midnight meeting of
 Boxers. The spirit said: II am none other than the Great ri God of the un- seen world), come down in person.
 We'll knowing that ye are all of devout mind, I have just now descended to make known to you that these are times of trouble in the world, and that it is impossible to set aside the decrees of fate Disturbances are to be dreaded from the foreign devils; everywhere they are starting missions, erecting tel egraphs and building railroads; they do not believe in the sacred doctrine, and they speak evil of the gods. Their sins are numberless as the hairs of the head. Therefore am wroth, and my thunders have pealed forth. By night and by day have I thought of these things. Should I command my Generals to come down to earth, even they would not have strength to change the course of fate For this reason have given forth my decree that I shall descend to earth at the head of all the saints and spirits, and that wherever the Ho Ch'uan are gathered together, there shall the gods be in the midst of them. I have also to make known to all the i righteous in the three worlds that they must be of one mind, and all practise the cult of the Ho Ch'uan, that so the | wrath of heaven may be appeased'
 And more like 1t. No wonder ignor- ant and religious Chinese have felt | moved to be outrageous
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22

times long gone by, reaching back in
 one sweet moment to boyhood when
 roaming in the meadows with sisters
 and brothers now long dead or far away; or else when reused dreamly watches the glttering orb of night, ap- parently so close to the sea, and again, ere he is aware, he Is building castles for future levellng and as well content ed with his earthly lot as if realizing the projects of his busy brain; and so he sits dreamily, lazily, happily watch ing the moonlight on the waters, and now and then, with his castle building, wondering vaguely what lies beyond that great orb of white light and whether or not it Is somehow or other connected with the sequel of life. Thus one is apt to spend the moonlight nights upon the Caribbean, for it's beauty cannot be duplicated or excelled in this world. One night on it's blue green waters lighted by troplc moon will never be forgotten, and will serve as an inspiration in many a dream.- From Forest and Stream.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22
 EDED.

1 "I had a mind to go to the seashore.' | You changed your mind?" "Yes; I have now half a mind to stay at home. ."-Detroit Journal. ! Tn Idaho-She-'I think, if I ever
 killed man, his face would haunt me | as long as I lived" He-"Well, even | so ma'am. I'd rather have him haunt
 me than have to start in hauntin' hm" | Puck.
 An Atchison woman of forty finds by
 reading over back diaries that her heart
 has been broken just seventeen times,
 and that she longed for the cold tomb twice a year during her hammock days -Atchison Globe.
 "Seen better days, of course?" sarcas-
 tically asked the lady of the skillets.
 "Oh, yes,' said Dismal Dawson, cheer fully, but I've also seed wuss ones. Sometimes I hit a house on wash day" indianapolis Press.
 Tess-"Were there any marrying men down at the shore?' Jess-"Yes; it was awfully aggravating. Tess-"Ag gravating?" Jess-"Yes; there were four ministers and two justices of the peace there. Philadelphia Press.
 His Blank Despair, Speaking of the races, wasn' it the two-mile dash free- for-all that Binks lost all his money on?" "Yes. Why?' Nothing, only I remember he used about a two-mile dash in expressing himself after 1t was over, "-Chlcago Tribune. Campaign Arguments.-Th Demo- crat-"Did you notice that the steamer M. A. Hanna went ashore few days ago? There's an omen for you!" The Republican-"Omen. nothing! It mere ly showed that the M. A. Hanna wanted the earth. .''-Indianapolis Press.
 Beaker-"1ppins has a peculiar memory. It is so capricious, you know" Hollis-"Capricious? In what way?" "Beaker-"W Well, you see he nev- CT forgets that I am one of the fellows he borrows from, but he inevitably fails to remember to include me among those whom he pays" "-Boston Tran script.
 Have you any nice fresh eggs to- day?" asked the woman with business like ways.
 Madam answered the man, who has just started in the grocery business. permit me to remind you that nice eggs are necessarily fresh, and fresh eggs are always nice. Moreover. if I have any, have them to-day. My pos session of eggs yesterday or tomorrow does not in the slightest degree affect the situation. Therefore time being precious to business man, I will sim ply content myself with replying that I | have nice eggs. Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22
LOOKING 1T MdINE.

General Apathy continues in com mand of the Republican troops, but it is expected that he will be deposed soon and that General Activity will succeed him. Perhaps the change will take place after the Vermont and Maine elections come off. This will be next month-Vermont September 4, Maine September 10. The interest in Vermont isn't great, as nothing unusual is eX- pected to happen there, but good many are looking at Maine. In 1896 the State gave a majority of 4S,246 for Llewellyn Powers, the Republican candidate for Governor. The normal Republican plu- rality In Maine is not more than 20000 and the enormous majority four years ago was due to the fact that thousands of Democrats voted for the Republican State ticket. Ordinarily the Democrat ic vote is between 55 900 and 6o,O00, but in 1896 it fell to 34,350. If the normal Democratic vote is boiled next month it will be accepted as an indication that the party is united, and that there will be no serious defection in the PreSiden- tial election in November Then the Republicans will wake up and go to work in earnest to make Maine and all the other Republican States sure in Mo- vemher.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22
MOONLIGHT NIGHTS ON CARRIE
 BEAN.

l can imagine no more charming
 sheet of water from which to gaze upon
 the splendor of tropic moon than from
 the waters of the Caribbean. The Car
 ribbean sea is dotted with numberless small islands, which present to tho eye 6 pleasing contrast of dark green to the
 blue of the sea. Each of these little isl- ands contins one or more cocoanut palms, and the other trees are fairly covered with beautiful creepers carry ing many colored flowers.
 Imagine, if you please, the moon peeping from behind some cloud hang ing low over the islands of the sea and then watch it sail out majestically into the blue of the heavens, lighting up the sea as if pale-faced sun had sud- denly risen and thrown over the wa ters the benedction of it's smile. The clouds of the heavens will be rose- tinted like the dawn and shading into the infinite colors and combinations of colors as far as the eye can see. The waves of the Caribbean will reflect back the clouds, giving to them the somber blue-green tint natural to the sea.
 One can take such solid enjoyment lollfng in Q steamer chair, watching scn7e beautiful cloud reflect back the varied colors caused by the briliancy of the moon The balmy air, laden with the perfume of spices and aromatic shrubs all strange and fascinating to one reared in a far northern latitude, is breathed in with every passing breeze 2 ~ D 1ngt i,,1- l,O ts, fairyland. The splash, splash of the waves, rounding up and breaking in low gentle murmurs against the sides of the vessel, conduces to dreams; and ere one is aware (for the Caribbean on moonlight night is great place to start reveries or in which to build cas- les, not in the air but deep in the azure of the sea) he is dreaming of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22

Boston knows a good thing when she sees 1t, even if it is in St. Louis. There are more children in both Boston and St. Louis than can be accommodated in the permanent school houses As the people believe that the children should be taught, temporary portable buildings have been used with success in St. Lou is for the accommodation of the chill dren until permanent buildings could be erected. And now Boston has decided to adopt the plan. The buildings are to be large enough to accommodate sixty pupils each, and they are to be so con- structed that they can be readily taken down and stored or carted to new sites.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22
FOUR LARGE FACTS.

The Republican appeal to the voters
 tion. It is pointed out that four great
 facts seem to justify the Republican
 party in asking the voters of the Uni
 ted States to continue it in control of
 the affairs of the government: First,
 the promptness with which it has full filled the pledges of it's platform upon which it successfully appealed to the people in 1896; second, the prosperity which has come to all classes of our cit izens with and as a result of the fulfill ment of those pledges; third, the evil dence which that prosperity furnishes of the fallacy of the principles offered by the opposing parties in 1896 and still supported by them; and, fourth, thesad- vantages to our country, our commerce and our people in the extension of area, commerce and international influence which have unexpectedly come as an incident of the fulfilment of one of the important pledges of the platform of 1896, and with it the opportunity of ben citing the people of the territory affect ed.
 What have the Democrats to offer that will make it reasonable for the voters to decline to be moved by the Republican appeal?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22
FOR BETTER WHEAT.

Those who make better wheat grow where good wheat grew before are pub lie benefactors. Experiments are being conducted by the Department of Agri- culture with a view of increasing the wheat-producing capacity of the United States, and furnishing better grade of wheat. The problem is difficult one It is desired to procure a winter wheat which will be available for use in the Red River valley, a wheat which will stand exposure, and which will produce as good flour as the spring wheat now raised in this territory. The best wheat in America is the spring wheat of the Red River valley, and the great millers of the lake cities prefer it to any other. but wheat sown in the spring yields only about half the amount per acre that wheat sown in the winter yields, if the conditions are equally favorable. Therefore, it is estimat ted that should the Department be successful in finding a winter wheat for the Red River val ley which will produce as good flour as
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22

This country is very progressive but 1t is still away behind Europe in the matter of good roads. It is hard to es- innate the vast waste of money, time and opportunity entailed by the wretched roads of the greater part of the United States. In Maryland the State Geographical Survey Bureau has just issued its report for 1899. From the carefully compiled data given it ap- pears that s6.000,0O0 has been spent on the so-called repair and construction of the roads in that State during the last ten years. Yet at present it is estima- ted that the annual loss of the farmers of the State due directly to poor roads that Is, the excess cost of hauling on the present roads over what 1t should cost on good roads-is $3,000,0 ,000 The United States Department of Agricul- ture in a report giving data from 1,200 counties in various States, showed the average cost of hauling one ton one mile on the ordinary American dirt road to be 25 cents; this is just three times as much as the average cost of the same hauling on the macadam roads of six European countries.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22

Small spiders make trouble with the telegraph wires in the Argentine Repub- lic The long cobwebs settle on the wires and as soon as dew or rain falls they are rendered to some extent conductor, and the effect is practically to stop the operation of some of the lines. The government has determined by an underground cable 150 miles long to obviate this difficulty.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22

the spring wheat and will stand the ex- posture of the severe winter weather of that region, the problem will be solved. Thus far the experiment with Hungari- an wheat, regarded as the best in the world, are promising.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22

An English schoolmaster recently gave his pupils a talk on patriotism, says the Scottish American. He point the volunteers to leave their homes and fight for their country The school master noticed that one boy did not pay attention to the instruction and as a test question he asked him: What motive took the volunteers to the war;" then remembering the public ''send off, 10 the local reserves and volunteers at the railroad station, he replied: "Lo- comotives sir
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22
NOMINATIONS

It is related that the Omar Khayyam club planned a reception for the shah Of Persia when he should reach London on his tour, and word of the fact reached his majesty in Paris. But who,' he asked lis Omar Khayyam?"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22

A Maori chief who lost GAO because a white storekeeper went through the bankruptcy court has given the follow ing lucid exposition of this particular branch of British jurisprudence '"The pakeha (white man) who wants to be- come pakarapu Gnsolvent) goes into business and gets lots of goods and does not pay for them. He then gets all the money he can together, say G2,0O0. and puts all of it, except G5, away where no one can find it. With the G5 he goes to a judge of the court and tells him he wants to become pakarapu. The judge then calls all the lawyers to- gether, likewise all the men to whom the pakeha owes money, and he says: "This man is pakarapu, but he wishes to give you all that he has got, and so he has asked me to divide this G5 among you all The judge thereupon gives the lawyers GA and the remaining s1 to the other men. Then the pakeha goes home."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-22
E. Schonberger & Sons.

Palace and Central Markets . Saturday. Sparerib 7c 8 lbs Steak 25c, Beef Roast 16c, legs Mutton 12c. California Hams SC. Corned Beef 4c, Broilers 14c, Fowl lOc. Turkeys 12c Ducks 14c, Chickens 12c. Best Tea gnc pesc coTee 1of Ret Butter 24c Large Delaware Peaches Soc basket. Phone 120. E. SCHOENBERGDR & SONS 92-90 George street. and 1-23 Central Market. Congress avenue.
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29

while the observation trains. one on either
hank Of the river, had reached Gales
Ferry and Monteville with fifty or more
car in all, londed to their capacity with
boating enthusiasts.
Z About an hour passed. The storm
dodged to the north and east and at l.W
the conditions were perfect.
The two big crews were soon ready.
The excitement occasioned by the two
earlier races was as nothing compared 70
that to which expression was given when
It became known that the 'varsicy elghts
were preparing for their contset. Har-
wards splendid crew padded out into the
stream ut 35 and waited calmly for
Yale. Five minutes later the Yale eight
shot down the stream and thunderous
cheering burst out. As they approached
each other IL could be seen that there
was but little difference between the
strokes Of the two eights Harvard was a
trifle the more snappy while deliberate-
ness characterized Ial9's pulls. Harvard
backed into the east course and Yale e)ok
the west. The river was mirror-like.
Not ripple appeared. The sun shone
hot and the atmosphere was muggy.
Everything was In readiness at 40 and
one minute after Referee Meiklehnm fired
the pistol. For the third time in the days
programme, Harvard dug into the water
first and the Prov OF her boat forged
ahead. The start, however, was an ad-
U1lrdDle one ana so lttle was tnere 10
choose between the two that only those
on the official boats were able to credit
Harvard with the advantage which was
really hers.
Fifteen strokes had been pulled before
the oarsmen were able to put into effect
their long practiced plans. when the
rush OF the start had given way to the
four mile gait both crews were pulling 30
to the minute. Down the west bank OF
the river sped the shells with Harvard q
fraction of a length ahead. The oarsman-
ship in both boats was superb. Spectators
as well as officials became lost in admira-
tlon. The crowds for the moment forgot
to yell their partisanship and mingled In
one long roar of applause. Yale was row.
ing with the power md precision which
had made so many New Haven crews
famous and Harvard was working mnn-
fully. Fully n quarter of "a mills had been
covered before those who were breathless-
ly watching the race found composure
enough to estimate distances Then IL
was found that Harvard was 10 feet to
the good. While the Cambridge sympa-
thizers were felicitating themselves over
this state of things, the Yale men put
more ginger and beef into their WORK
and at the half mile the Yale she'll was
creeping up. The half mile flag was
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29
WAS NOT FRANK TALBOT.
Medford Man Asserts That He Did Not
Commit Suicide at Brunswicl.

Boston, June es.--The Globe tomorrow
will say: "The man who committed
suicide by hanging at Brunswick, Me-,
several days ago, was not Frank Talbot
OF Medford, as believed by the Brunswick
police at the time. This suicide had let
ters in his pocket with Mr.. Talbot's name
and former address at Jamaica Plain on
them, and 1t was this fact which led the
police to think that Mr.. Talbot was the
suicide. Mr.. Talbot called at the Globe
Office yesterday and stated that the con-
nection Of his name with the case was an
error; that he did not know the party
who committed suicide, or how letters
the suicides possession.
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29
HON. ALDEN W. PHILBRooK DEAD

Augusta, June 2S.-Hon. Alden W.
Philbrook died suddenly Thursday morn
ing. Yesterday he attended Colby COM
mencement where his granddaughter
graduated and came home. At four
O'Clock Thursday morning he complained
of pain in his stomach but went to sleep
again, but at g. 80 it was discovered that
he was dead, having died without
struggle.
He was well known dry goods mer-
chant and was mayor Of the city in 1884.
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Kennebunk Man All But Got Coat OF
Tar and Feathers.

Kennebunkport, June 2S.-A German
barber named Sidelinger, who has been
living at this place, narrowly escaped a
coat of tar and feathers. Sidelinger has
been paying attention to young woman
in the place and some Of the young men
objected. Wednesday night kettle of
tar was prepared at the riverside and a
fire built under 1t to keep 1t warm. About
eleven o'clock the mob seized the Ger
man and dragged him to where the pot
was waiting. They stripped him of his
clothing, and were about to apply the
tar when some Of the cooler heads
stopped proceedings. The man was re-
leased and given "a hours to leave town.
He went home and is still there.s 1t is
said he was pretty badly used up by the
mob. -
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29
STORY OF THE RACES.
Harvard Lost just as 1t Was About TO
Triumph.

The regatta was begun almost on tins
and with despatch that spoke volumes
for the efficiency of the committee in
charge, the events of the day were started.
The ball of enthusiasm was set a rolling
when the observation train on the east
side of the river pulled up to Red Top and
came to standstill at a point exactly
opposite the starting line, four miles
above the draw bridge. The train con
sisted of sixteen cars, IA Of which were
filed when the Yale and Harvard
launches left their respective quarters
with the eight-oared shells OF the fresh
man crews In tow.
Up the river at IL 35 the Yale varsity
four appeared on the water In their rae
ing she'll. Almost simultaneously the
quartet from Red Top slid their boat into
the river and few minutes later were on
their way to the starting place. As Har-
ward 9 four backed up tor the stake boat
to which they had been assigned by lot, 1t
was evident that the water conditions
would probably prove more or less unfay-
orable. A snappy breeze seemed to de-
velop steadily into wind south by west,
This resulted in rather rocSh -ater and
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29
DEVELOPMENTS MEAGRE.
No Important Ren..sis new. From
Chiss.

Washington, June 2S Tho days devel-
opments In Chinese affairs were meagre
and the general opinion here Is that the
two messages reoeIved--one from Kempff
and the other from ii Hung Chang,
could not be accepted as scttling the i'm
portant question as to the fate OF the for
eign ministers at Pekin and their families
and attaches. The Secretary OF the Navy
by special instruction OF the President,
had been particular to cable Admiral
Keinpff several days ago to keep the
navy department informed OF everything
that happened within the zone Of dis
turbance in China, and II Is believed that
his omission to make any reference In
his cablegran OF this morning to the
whereabout OF the ministers, was based
ON the absence Of any Information on
that subject at Taku, where the Admi-
raj is with his flagship Newark.
Minister WI, who brought LIS message
to the state department could not ex-
plain away the points OF variance be-
tween the viceroy's statements and the
cable messages received from other sourc-
es. However, he pinned his faith on the
accuracy OF them and pointed out that
1t agreed closely with Admiral Kempff's s
message OF yesterday, ST. Ting that the
ministers were supposed TO be with Sey-
mour.
The navy department has had commu.
nication with Admiral Eempf In the
shape of two messages, one touching the
strength of the foreign forces ashore in
China and another which the officials
stated had no bearing ON the military
situation, but in neither was there any
mention of the ministers
A significant piece Of information
furnished by the navy department Is the
report Of the sailing OF ~the Scindia to-
day from Gibraltar for Cardiff for a cargo
of Welsh coal which she Is to carry back
to Manila or China. The ship was on
her way home from Manila via the Medi-
terranean route.
Administration officials are quite con-
cerned tonight over Chinese advices to
the effect that the members Of the for
eign legations in Pekin are not at Tien
Tsin with Admiral Seymour's relief
column. The dispatches of the last two
days allayed in q measure the tension
existing here as to their safety, bus as no
word has come from Minister Conger,
confidence is giving way again to fear
that all may not be well with them.
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, June 2s, taken at
p. M, meridian time, the observation for
his section being given in this order
Temperature, direction of wind, state
weather:
Boston, 74,SW, rain; New York, "a, NV,
cldy; Philadelphia, 81, W, cloudy; Wash
ington, 81 degrees, Sw, cloudy; Al
bany, 20, Sc. cldy; Buffalo, "a, NV,
clear; Detroit, 76, w, clear; Chicago,
6s, e, clear; st. Paul, 50, NV, clear
Huron, Oak, 50, N, clear; Bismarck,
72, N, clear; Jacksonville, ~, Sc,
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-29
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Portland, June 2s. 1900. = The local
weather bureau records the following:
sa. m.-Barometer. 20. 564; thermome-
ter, so; dew point, 6S; rel. humidity, Isl
direction Of tine wind, W; velocity Of
the wind, s. state of weather, cloudy.
SD. m.-Barometer. 29.52S; thermome-
ter, 72; dew point 63; rel. humidity, 73;
direction Of the wind, 8: velocity of the
wind, 4; state of weather, cloudy.
Maximum temperature. 81; minimum
temperature, 20; mean temperature. SO;
maximum wind velocity, 10 5; precipi-
tation-4 hours, trace.