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The Portland daily press., 1900-05-11
Portland & RumfOrd Falls Ry.
En Effect May 2, 1900.

DEPARTURES
s.3o A. NJ. and i.fO Z. NJ From Union Station
for Poland Mechanic Falls. BucNheld. Can
ton, Dixneld, Rumiord Fals and Bemis.
40 a. m Ito and OILS D. m From Union
Station Tor Mechanic FAILS and intermedIats
stations
i.io p. m train has through car. Portland to
Bemis.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-11

.HARPSWELL STEAMBOAT co.


Beginning Oct. 2 ises. steamer Ancocisco
viii leave PORTLAND Pier. Portland. daily. sun
days excepted. at 29o p. m. for Iona Island.
Llftle and Great Che6eague. Chi Island, SO.
Harpsweu Baiey's and Orrs Islands.
Return for Portland, leave Orr's lslandana
above landings 100 ., m. Arrive forti ano
SUNDAYS.
Leave Portland for So. Harpswell and inter
MISUNDERSTANDING, 1918 n. m. Return from So
Harpswell s.45 p. m, arrive Portland $50 D. m.
Fare to Harpsweli and return Sundays, s6c.
'' ssptsodi IsAIAH DANIELS. Gen Mgr.
PohIsn , MI. Desert & Machlas Sh Co.
COMMENCING Friday. April Goth. thu
~ steamer
FRANK JONES
VIII. weather permitting. leave Portland
for koekani. Bar Harbor ard Maehias-
port and inlermediae landnes. Re-
turning leave Machiqsport Mondays and
Thur sdays at q. m. for all landings. arriving
Portland HOO y. N. -
GEO. Il. EVANS. Y. X. BODTHBf,
Gent Mgr. q. 4. L. A.
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.BNlOGTOA & SACO RIVER
RAILROAD CO.

Portland & Yarmouth Electric Try. Co
OARS leave Elm st, Portland, for Underwood
I Spring and Yarmouth at 6.45 a. IN. hourly
until AS p. m. half-hourly until SO y. M,
hen 745, s45 I5 and .l0,45.
leave Yarmouth for Portland at 5.4j and
G. 40 A. m. hourly until 12.40 p. IN, hals-houTly
unit $40 then $40. 7.40. S.in, $40 ?. m. 'iOi5
ear leaves city at close OF theatres
SUNDAYS.
Leave Elm street, Portland for Underwood
Spring and Yarmouth at SIS, 9l5 and lelo "a,
m. half hourly thereafter until 9.45 D. M.
Leave Yarmouth for Portland AZ ll9. $40.
anu a.l0 a. M. then hali-hOErly UNTIL 10 y. III.
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Ar at Liverpool 10th. steamer vancouver. I'm
Montreal.
Ar at Queenstown 9th, steamer Germanic, I'm
New York for Liverpool.
Sid I'm Queenstown 10Th, steamer Teutonic,
from Liverpool for New YORK.
Passed Martin River 10th, steamer Snrmar
tiau, Glasgow for Montreal.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-11

A letter from Capt BabbidEe, OF baraue Y
Hart. ct GuadAloupe Apt % IRON fortlsnsa,
states that the port charges az That piace wou..
dues hereafter VIII be nearly double what they
hare been. :. -. <,. s~ox,
Vineyard-fIaven. May 1o-seh Chassi iroy
lime 9th while on Nantucket shoals ana hao
10 fhrnw part OF II overheard. -,
Piymsufh. broke main gan and had fofesaii
blown away 9th. -
Ruck sporf May Q-Sch Prince Leeboo. from
bangor for Portland, ashore on Adams Ledge,
il being discharged and the lumber landed ai
Sandy Point. -,
London May l0-Barque Rebecca Crowell,
Dow. from Trapani for Bath, before reported
1T Orange in distress. lost foremost In gale
May I'd.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-11

May g. lat 40 80, Ion II So. sch Frank W
Howe. Il ON Brunswick for Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-11

GFo ,. RyANR ". r q @. H.
80 r. naysdtf
Evening star., 1900-06-08
Lowered the COndOr's Pride.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
THE Great American Condor-Visitors
Please Beware" This is the legend on a
cage in Lincoln Park which was empty fer
a while yesterday afternoon. If the cage
had not been empty there would be no story
to tell
In the natural histories the great Ameri-
can condor" sits proudly on the highest
peaks of the Andes. ever and anon descend
ing and carrying off sheep or child or
something else forgotten by its owner. 1t
is supposed to be rather a brave bird.
Somebody fastened the door of the fear
some birds cage rather loosely and 1t es-
capped. Children fled shrieking. men sought
the animal houses and the condor strutted
proudly up and down, its formidable beak
half open and its bare neck looking like a
serpent. A small, humble Chicago dog
that is, 1t was as humble as anything born
and bred in the metropolis of the west
could bring itself to be-trotted quietly by.
The condor darted it's snaky neck about
and clacked it's mandibles viciously. The
dog looked panied and surprised. but passed
on The condor followed. The dog gave
it a reproachful glance. then with falsetto
howl set upon 1t, and in a moment had
the naughty foreigner by the leg and was
carrying it off. The surprise of the animal
keepers was beyond expression. They res
cued the monarch Of the aviary and put 1t
back in its prison. where II looked the re-
mainder of the day about eight degrees less
autocratic than before its humiliation.
Evening star., 1900-06-08

that evening. The insect fancier gave me
his address. and next morning l made my
way through many back streets to his
dwelling. 1t was the never-to-b o-be-forgotten
chorus of insects that guided me at last
down a little back lane to the spot at the
end of a of one-roomed cots. The cup
boards full of insects. all shut up in their
cages, We're there, and the old man, opening
one of the doors, soon found me 'Suzu-
mushi'' for four sen and pretty cage for
1t In the shape of fan for 10 sen. three
pence in English money. He told me that
l must not hang the insect up in the
draught, but in some cool, quiet corner, and
that, Furthermore. it must be fed fresh
cucumber every morning. l promised to
follow his instructions carefully, and car
rying home my insect, hung him UP in a
corner of my room and waited for the sere-
made. But for two days the "Suzu-mushi'
was quite silent. In vain 1 put in slice af-
ter slice Of cucumber: in vain 1 whisted
and trilled myself at the bars of his tiny
cage. He remained mute. In despair 1
called for the priests wife. What is the
matter with this insect? 1t won't sing to
me!'' she heard me complain. BE patient"
she answered 1.-The 'Suzu-mushi' is in a
new cage. and will not sing till it is accus-
toned to its new surroundings 1t feels
full of fear and cannot sing. Walt a little"
So 1 waited. and the next evening. when
the cage was hung up, the little creature
began to sing merrily, tinkling away like
tiny bell, as its name implies
Evening star., 1900-06-08

fighting force-a miniature army, so to
speak, complete In practically all essential
details. After the advance guard has
passed we shall probably see-emerg1ng
from the clouds of dust which always. ex-
cept in wet weather, envelop as with a
mantle a column on the march-another
solitary pair OF horsemen, and then at in
tervals another and yet another. These are
the connecting links. A half troop, or per-
haps, If the force is large one. whole
troop of cavalry will come next, then more
connecting links. and lastly the officer com
manding surrounded and accompanied by
his staff The uninitiated In matters mill
tary will now probably expect to see the
main body of the army; but no. A single
infantry battalion, or MAYBE Two. VIII per.
haps pass, marching strictly ito attention."
bayonets fixed, and officers swords carried
naked at the slope: after which there will
heave slowly into sight an apparently end
ammunition wagons ambulances, tool
carts, forage and store wagons. and num-
bers Of lead horses. 1t is only when this
heterogeneous procession has come to an
end that the thickening of the dust cloud
and the measured tramp-tramp-tramp!
herald the approach Of the infantry bri
gades. On they come, rifles at the slope
or at the trail, talking, laughing. joking,
attendant horrors were thousand miles
away On they come+-and still on! Bat
TALON after battalioni brigade after bri-
gade.
while, for the mighty fighting machines,
each composed of a thousand or more indi
vidual fighting units, swing past with the
mechanical precision OF gigantic automata-
Everything moves as If by clockwork.
Thirty PAGES intervals thS regulation dis
tance between battaliohs afAl brigades. and
thirty PAGES interval 1t s-no more, no
less There is no slacKen1ng, no hesitancy,
for all the apparent free-and-easiness. A
company lags but a-foot-or two; 1t is
spurred sharply forward by biting phrase
half expostulation, commanu-ut-
tered by its captain A battalion does like
wise; and a wave of the hahf from its ever
watchful chief sends the adjntant galloping
down the right flank, exploding as he goes.
So Is the force kept strung up. And a
very necessary process Is this same string
ing up The loss of a Few yards at the
head means hundreds at the tail. trivial
check to the front of long column is a
serious delay to the men In the rear of 1t,
and continual stepping out or rapid closing
tends to exhaust troops.
With the passing Of the rearmost brigade
the interest to the average spectator large
ly vanishes True, there follow more ma
chine guns more tool carts, ammunition
wagons, lead horses &C., but all these we
have seen before The bearer companies,
with their trim stretchers and the red
cross of Geneva showing conspicuously on
their tunic sleeves, arouse a brief curiosity,
but they are out of sight, swallowed up in
the dust cloud almost ere we realize their
presence. If, however, we care to occupy
our kopje for another hour or SO we shall
see yet another cloud Of dust advancing
toward US. This Is formed by the baggage
Evening star., 1900-06-08
HOW AN ARMY MARCHES.
Description of the Order in Which
a British Column Advances.

Description of the Order in Which
a British Column Advances.
From the London Express.
A British column advancing in time OF
war through an enemy's country is at once
a magnificent and remarkable spectacle;
or, rather, to be quite correct, 1t would De-
provided the eye could take in all the de-
tails at single glance.
But that is just precisely what the eye
cannot do. A column Of even moderate
strength. when on the move. lengthens 1T
self out abnormaly; so much so, indeed,
that a body of troops which In review Or
der could be packed within a moderate
sized parade ground will occupy ribbon
wise eight. ten or even more miles OF coun-
try.
We WILL therefore. take up a position on
an emnence-a kopJe If you !ike-and
watch in Imagination column OF British
regulars marching on, say, Pretoria.
First there will come in sight riding at a
walking pace athwart the bolder-s, ,rewn
vedt, a solitary pair of horsemen. THESE
are the advance points, as they are termed,
and are thrown forward perhaps a mile
ahead OF the vanguard. They are on the
lookout for the enemy, and on the first
hint of danger it is their duty to ride back
to left and right and alarm the fankerS.
These latter are thrown out fanwise from
the cavalry which screens the infantry van
guard. and they in their turn pass the word
back along the trailing, snakelike RIBBON OF
armed men, till within half an hour, say,
of the enemy's being first sighted the en-
tire command knows of the threatened dam
ger and is prepared to deal with 1t.
The two advanced points have been well
likened to a couple Of electric buttons.
which, on being touched. thrill the alarm
down both fanks throughout the entire
length of the column with which they are
in communication. The simile is not quite
perfect, however for the alarm Is sounded
by these living electric buttons while yet
the danger is remote. Some hundreds Of
yards in the rear Of the cavalry screen
comes the advance guard, subdivided into
a vanguard and a main guard. This latter
constitutes the first fighting unit Of the ad-
vancing column. and its strength is, Of
course, proportionate to the strength of the
force it Is covering. With 1t are field and
machine guns sappers. miners, engineers.
ambulancesk rs>e-ve ammunition wagons,
and SO FORTH h. fact the advance guard
Of q large column constitutes in itself q
Evening star., 1900-06-08

we trust him implicitly. NOw, If I re-
member rightly, you never did trust King
Charles) We know that his one wish IS to
do what is best for us all, and we have
faith in his Judgment. Thus. whenever
there is a dispute between him and the
rigsdag, the great mass of us take up our
stand by his side; for We know that the
chances are that he is in the right, and
they are in the wrong. OF course, we
should be very glad if he could reconcile
himself to the idea of choosing his minis
ters from the ranks of the party that are
in majority in the house But he cannot,
1t seems. and we are not going to let him
be worried about the matter any more.
He is old man. you see; 1t is natural,
therefore. that he should object to
changes
Strange to say although the King of
Denmark is a democrat, and the over
whelming majority Of his subjects are
democrats too, the Danish government is.
and has been for years, conservative. And
this in spite of the fact that for every con-
servative there is In the rigsdag there are
more than ten democratsl
All sorts of odd little stories are told in
Copenhagen with regard to the kindly, II
somewhat free and easy, terms, on which
King Christian lives there with his sub
jects- For instance. one morning-it was
during a strike-a number of workers were
standing on the Esplanade discussing their
rights and wrongs. The men were excited:
strong language was the order of the day,
and just when passion was at its height the
h!llS WdS seen ne was
walking, and. as usual, without single
guard. Let us ask the king what he
thinks" called out one OF the crowd. ia,
ia was the reply fr/n all sides: and in a
moment the men we're close around him,
with flushed faces and eager eyes.
The king greeted them in his usual good
humored fatherly fashion. and inquired
what was wrong. They promptly unfolded
their grievances. setting forth in telling
language how they were living on the very
verge of starvation. whereas their employ
crs were just rolling in wealth. They asked
for higher wages, shorter hours, and all the
recognized items of the nineteenth GEN.
tury labor program.
King Christian listened to them very pa
tiently. though a whimsical look came into
his eyes when they spoke Of starvation;
for. Judging by their faces. a better-fed set
of workers than those Of Denmark it would
b, hard to find. In that part Of the world
/ never yet saw man, woman or child who
looked hungry. At length when they had
finished their tale. his majesty took the
matter in hand, and set to work to ques-
ton them in way that showed at once
that he was quite as well acquainted as
they were with the why's and wherefores
of their strike. He pointed out to them
fra nkly wherein he thought they were in
the right and wherein they were in the
wrong. He proved to them clearly that
their employers were by means so rich
as was popularity supposed: proved to them.
too that the granting of higher wages and
shorter hours would spell ruin for Danish
industry.
The men defended their position, OF
Evening star., 1900-06-08
CHRISTIAN OF DENMARK.
Something About the Best-L0ved King
in Europe.
From Tho Pan Mall Gazette.

/ rom Inc ia!l MAI 'aZ'lt'
The Danes, as a nation, are democrats.
Their country is too small for class dis
tinctions. they will tell you, smiling good
humoredly the while as if well content
that it should be thus. And. strange to
say. the most thorough-going democrat
among them Is the king himself. There Is
not a sovereign in all Europe who is more
loved and respected by his subjects than
King Christian; indeed, the relations be-
tween him and them are in many respects
quite ideal They look on him a father,
though. rather than a ruler, as wise
and experienced counsellor, one to whom
they can ever turn for guidance when diff
culiies arise. They do not always take his
advice. il is true; on the contrary, as often
as not they receive it with cavilling. and
tel him roundly they will have none of it
thar they will follow their own devices,
in fact. And the king. when he hears this,
only smiles and shrugs his shoulders; for
he knows fun well that. sooner or later.
his people will come round to his way OF
thinking Meanwhile he pays not the
slightest attention to what they may say
OF d.. but just arranges matters as he
thinks best for the country at large For,
"a most democrats, he is at heart more
than a touch of a despot. a kindly and
benevolent dcsDot. II Is true, and he would
as soon think Of flying as Of allowing the
freaks and fancies of party politicians to
influence his policy, or throw his kingdom
out of gear.
Englishmen who visit Denmark often pro-
fcSs themselves quite scandaliZed at the
unconstitutional state Of things they find
there. why. 30 years ago, We cut off
our King Charles head for doing precisely
what your king is doing now one of them
exclaimed. the other day. after listening to
an account Of the way in which the Danish
Kingdom is governed.
'Ahf yes, so you did" replied his Danish
host with the utmost nonchalance. But
then, you see. your King Charles was not
popular; whereas our King Chris
tian is the most popular man in all Dem
mark
rs that "A reason why he should be al
lowed to trampie popular rights. to set
a. defiance the wishes OF his peoples repre-
sentatives. and levy what taxes he
chouses?' demanded the Englishman, all
aSlow with virtuous indignation.
Yes, surely, the best of reasons. re-
piled the Dane. stolidly. We are very
proud of our king: he is the handsomest
old gentleman in Europe. and he has the
best manners. 1t Is quite a picture to see
him with his beautiful daughters. Then.
Evening star., 1900-06-08
ARRIVAL OF GEN. OTIS.
Expected Here Tonight or Tomorrow
Morning.

Major General Otis. who was lately re-
lieved from the command Of the army in
the Philippines is expected to arrive here
from san Francisco tonight or tomorrow
morning. He started east from San Fran
cisco as soon as released from quarantine
which detained him about two days. He
will remain here for a few days only. and
will 90 To- his home at Rochester. \. Y, in
tirno t. attend the public reception given by
the citizens of that place in his honor, on
the 15th instant. II is expected that he viii
NAL X, q verbal report to the President on
the conditions in the Philippines during
his brief visit to this city. and that he will
return here later in the summer for fur
ther and more comprehensive discussion Of
the situation in the far east.
Evening star., 1900-06-08
SINGING INSECTS.
Tiny Pets That Make Music in jap
anese Homes.
From the Wide World Magazine.

Singing birds are priced in all countries.
but it is only in Japan that the notes of In
sects have been appreciated and the insects
named according to their different voices.
The love of listening to these singing in
sects has for centuries been an impassioned
pastime in Japan and has created at last
unique trade and market In Toxic toward
the end Of May little cages of exquisitely
cut bamboo may be seen hung up In the
verandas of houses, and in the cool of the
dawn and at the close of summer days
strange little whistles and tinklings and
trills proceed from these cages and make
the air resound with the music. Usually it
is in the evening after their baths that the
people go and sit in their verandaS to listen
to the singing insects which they have i'm
prisoned there. 1t was late one afternoon
toward the end of May and was moving
from room to room in the quiet Buddhist
temple which IS my home. The hush that
comes at the fall of twilight was on all the
world. when my attention was suddenly ar
rested by silvery trill, which filled at In
tervals the whole place. 1t was delicate
and clear, like an etherealized birds song,
birds note. 1 called the priests daughter
and asked her what 1t was heard singing.
THAT is a 'SuZu-mushi' singing" she re-
piled; come and 1 Will show you where 1t
and pointed to the caves of the cottage op-
posite. Looking across. saw a tiny reed
cage hanging up, and in one corner small
black insect hardly discernible in the dim
light. THAT is the insect you heard sing
ing" said the priests daughter ut is
called a 'suzu-mushi and its voice is beau
In three days the next en-nichi of Mita
came round-May "a; and Riyo, the priests
daughter. accompanied by a servant. and
myself wended our way with a lantern to
the night fair at Mita. The whole neigh
borhood seemed to have turned out to visit
the fair, and the cheerful clatter of clogs
appeared to lessen the gloom of the dark
streets and made up for their want Of light.
In the distance the dull glow of hundreds
Of primitive oil lamps put up in front of
the stalls set their smoky mark on the
place where the fair was held We passed
fnnumerable stalls, which shall not at
tempt to describe here, as we'll as strange
portable gardens Of plants. trees and flow
ers and goldfish nurseries. At last we came
to a stall from which proceeded a shrill
babel of insect sounds. Needless to say, 1t
was impossible to distinguish one Insects
cry from another, for they all seemed to
be chirping and whistling and trilling, one
against the other, in a frantic and bewtl.
dering way, so that wondered how the
"Mushiya' could sit so calmly beneath his
stall waiting for customers.
There were so many eager purchasers
crowding round the little stall that I gave
up the idea Of buying the insect wanted
Evening star., 1900-06-08
A MUsKRAT AT DINNER.
How He Eats His Banana in His Own
Way.


From st. Nicholas.
If you know where there is a colony of
muskrats-and If you don't know you can
easily find out; any farmer or hunter will
show you their village of grass houses by
the river-you can have no end of enjoy
ment by going there at twilight and calling
them out. Squeak like a mouse only
louder, and If there is pointed nose in
sight making a great letter in the water,
it turns instantly toward you. And If the
place Is all still you have only to hide and
squeak few times, when two or three
muskrats will come out to see what the
matter is. or what young muskrat has got
into trouble.
If you go often and watch you may see a
good many curious things: see "musquash"
Chats his Indian name) digging a canal or
building his house, or cutting wood. or
catching a trout, or cracking a fresh-water
clam, or rolling a ducks egg along on the
waters edge, so as not to break 1t, to his
little ones in the den far below. And If you
like bananas you may sometimes smack
your lips al seeing him eat his banana In
his own way. This is how he does it.
First he goes to the ruSheS, and, diving
down, bites off the biggest one close to the
bottom, so as to have the SOFT white part
that grows under water. Then he towS 1t
to his favorite eating place. This is some
times the top of a bog, sometimes a nat
rock on the shore. sometimes stranded
log; but wherever it is. he likes to eat in
that one place, and always goes there when
he is not too far away or too hungry to
wait
Crawling out to his table, he cuts off a
piece of the stump of his rush. and sits up
straight. holding it in his forepaws. Then
he pees it carefully. pulling off strip after
strip Of the outer husk with his teeth, till
only the soft, white luscious pith remains.
This he devours greedily, holding 1t in his
paws and biting the end off and biting it
off again, until there isn't any end left-ex-
actly as a schoolboy often eats banana.
Then he cuts off second piece, II the rush
is a big one, or swims and gets another.
which he treats in the same way.
And If you are a boy watching him your
mouth begins to water" and you go and
cut rush for yourself and eat it as mus
quash did. If you are hungry it is not very
had
Evening star., 1900-06-08

course; and for good hour the king stood
there arguing the case with them from all
possible points of view-much as some pop
ular professor might argue with n pack of
Intelligent and unreasonable students. He
did not make a single convert, it must be
confessed: none the less. he and they parted
the best of friends and with the heartiest
expressions of mutual good will. Indeed.
the men all agreed, as he went on his way,
that there was not in Europe another king
worthy to be compared with theirs.
Evening star., 1900-06-08

train which follows all armies. Lastly
comes the rear guard followed by a small
detachment of military police, whose duty
1t Is to look after stragglers.
Evening star., 1900-06-08

Citizen-"See here, aren't you ashamed to
bring US such a contemplate little piece of
ice?'
Iceman-"Naw; you ought to be asham-
ed to have such a great big barn Of an ice
chest."-Indianapolis Journal.