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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-22
ALUMNI ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting Of the alumni asso-
citation was held Mt four O'Clock in Hersey
hall. President Moulton presided. 1t was
voted to hold the mid-winter reunion
which usually occurs about February at
Riverton Park. The following officers
were elected:
President--David E. Moulton.
Vice Presidents-Alice Kicker, Ella
Libby,
Secretary and Treasurer-Mrs. Zena
Leighton Miller.
Executive Committee-Mrs. G. NJ.
Houghton, Mrs. M. NJ. Drew, Mrs. NJ.
p. Frank and Burton Smith.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-22

Rev Charles 8. Rich of Stockbridge,
Mass, will preach at the First Free Bap-
list church, Sunday morning. Mr.. Rich
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew J.
Rich Of this city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-22
4 FoREsTERs ELECT OFFICERS.

Court Falmouth, No. 2, f. o. A.,
elected the following officers last evening":
G. R.-James A. O'Neill.
S. G. R.-P. III. Flaherty.
!. II. S-John L. Curran.
S. W.-Geo. u. McGlauflin.
j. W.-Charles Jortberg.
S. B.-J. w. McCullum.
j. B.-George Smith.
Trustees-Afichael Bulger, Joseph Bou-
win, Frank j. Fairy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-22
"LABBY" AS AN ATTAcHE.
He Got Even with the Red Tape
Head of His legation.

Head of His Legation.
Once / served under a minister who
was the incarnation OF officialdom. He
looked with humble and reverential awe
on all the tomfooleries of red tapeism, as
though they were Of equal value with the
Ten Commandments. At that time all dis
patches from minister to the foreign
secretary had to finish as follows, IL he
were peer:
have the honor to be, with the highest 70
speet,
Ny lord,
Your lordship's
Most humble,
Obedient servant.
One day I took him a batch of dis
patches among which he discovered one
In which I had written "Most humble,
obedient servant" in one line instead Of
two. He started back with horror depict
ed on his countenance. Good heavens!'
he said, "do you wish to ruin me? Look,
look!'' and he pointed to the words.
"What's the matter with them?" / said.
"Do you not know" he replied, that II
ought to be in two lnesT" "Why should
it be?" l asked. "There are no doubt
good reasons" he answered. If you
treat with disrespect rules that have been
laid down for our guidance. / am afraid
that you will never advance In your pro-
fession."
1t was not long before / had my re-
venge on the worthy red tapist. Dis
patches were not allowed to be sent home
unless sealed with sealing wax. The
chancery ran out of this article, and
asked him for more. "What gave you"
he said, "a little time ago ought not to
have been used SO carelessly that none
remains. / shall not give you any more
before month hence" He was in the
habit of writing home long. twaddling
dispatches by the bushel, and at the end
Of the month there were some 20 or 80
of them which, instead OF sending home,
/ had carefully deposited in drawer.
Then / mentioned this TO him, adding
that there was a rule which forbade them
being sent except IN sealed envelopes-a
rule that / had not felt justified In vio-
lating after his valuable observations on
obedience to orders. The cruel thing to
him was that no one at the foreign Office
had complained OF bis silence or had
seemed DESTROYS that II should be broken.
II he realized that he had in me a model
attache, he did not express this opinion
of me Embellishments in London
Truth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-22

At one o'clock the annual commence
ment dinner was served In the dining
room Of Hersey hall. The officers and
faculty Of the school with invited guests
and members of the Alumni association
formed line on the campus grounds and
headed by President Perry and Mr.. Ar
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
CAUSES OF BAD ACOUSTICS.
How sound q. modified by Materials
In Wall and Ceiling.

Professor W. c. Sabine several years
ago WAS requested by the corporation
of Harvard university to propose some
defects of the lecture room OF the
Fogg Art museum at Cambridge. After
two years of experiment IL was found
that the best result was obtained by
lining considerable portion of the
walls OF the room with thick felt. and
this was permanently done. This work
led. Professor Sabine TO take up the
general question Of architectural acous-
tics. and he now publishes the first of a
series OF papers on this subject in a
recent number of The American Archi-
tect. The various ways in which sound
Is modified 10y the walls and ceiling OF
q room are thus outlined by him:
The loudness of the sound is. as u
rule. greater Mt a given distance from
the speaker than it is in the open air.
The character or timbre OF a complex
sound i altered by reinforcement of
certain of its elementary tones. by res
onancc or 10y interference of the
sound waves produced in certain por-
tons OF the room. This alteration OF
timbre Professor Sabine calls di-
tortiosn. Sound persists in n room for
q considerable time after its utterance.
This i due TO its reflection and re-
reflection from the walls. floor and
ceiling. This persistence is called
reverberation. Professor Sabine found
that the note of particular organ
pipe remained distinctly audible in the
Fogg museum lecture room SO seconds
after the blowing of the pipe ceased.
This revcrberation causes the success
sive sounds in articulate speech to
overlap and become confused.
The simple question of loudness is
only of Importance in very large audi
ence rooms. Reverberation is the
usual cause for defective acoustics in
large halls. Heavily draped walls alb
sorb much and reflect little of the
sound. and hence a sound dies out al
most Immediately in such a room and
reverberation is largely prevented. An
audience also absorbs n large portion
Of the sound in a room and greatly re-
duces reverberation.
Professor Sabine has determined the
absorbing power OF n variety OF wall
surfaces, such as brick. plaster OH
brick. plaster on lath, glass and boards.
and lie shows that the reverberation of
room. and hence to a larger extent
It's acoustical quality. can be predicted
by study OF its dimensions and the
character OF its walls. - New York
Times.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
News Of Society.

The Art. Travel and Lecture depart
ment of the Woman's club of Ell Paso
gave most enjoyable reception at
Chopin hall on Saturday afternoon.
The hall was tastefully and appro-
priately decorated in the club colors.
green and white. brought out in grace
full draperies and numbers of ported
palms. while the particular branch of
the club receiving was emphasized by
copies of the old masters and by other
handsome pictures adjoining the walls.
Thanks are due Felix Martinez. who
very kindly lent his fine collection of
pictures.
Miss Westcott brought a number of
photos of old works collected by her
self from the art galleries of Europe.
and the water colors were the property
of Mrs. n. NJ. Windsor and Miss NJ. III.
Gates.
During the afternoon Mr.. Barber.
the well known artist. amused and de-
lighted the audience by his clever work
in black ana white. illustrating an in
teresting talk by cartoons done in a
rapid and mastery way.
Miss Noore's recitation was most ap-
propriate to the occasion being a hui
morouS sketch on art portrayed in a
pleasing and realistic manner.
Mrs. ID. Il. Smith of San Pedro. Mex
leo. sang solo accompanied by Mr..
T.. j. Syme and the Misses Windsor on
mandolins and guitars. Since Mrs.
Smith has made Mexico her home. her
voice is rarely heard here and she was
welcomed back as an old time favorite.
l.. Lange was Il treat to all the music
lovers of the club. His violin solos
showed Il finish and an expression sell
dom heard in A., Paso. \ student of
Leipsic, he will be a most decided ad-
dition to musical circles in this place
Miss T. l.. Westcott as chairman of
the department of art. received the
club ladies and their guests ably as
sisted by the other members of that
branch.
The Juvenil club composed of some
OF our best Mexican citizens held a
dance in Chopin hall last night.
There was quite a crowd of young
people from the other side of the river
and they danced until three O'Clock
this morning.
All report a fine time.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
U.e. of the Yiaxraph.

This is an instrument for testing the
uneNenneSS of road surfaces and ought,
1t is said. to prove of great use to en-
gineerS engaged in drawing up surface
railway schemes 1t was thus describ-
ed by J. Brown In a recent address. 1t
is practically straight edge applied
to the surface of the road along which
II is drawn in making a test. with an
indicating part attached. A wheel
which runs on the road surface and
rises or falls over it's Irregularities ac-
tuatcS a pencil. making profile of the
road surface on Il paper strip to an ap-
proNimate scale. At the end of ~
yards a bell is runs automatically The
operator then stops the instrument and
takes off the diagram, which shows an
accurate profile of the road traverSed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
| INK AND FIN.

to friend in FL Paso that he has a
good job at Albuquerque in the Santa
Re shops.
II you see Burkholder's black eye do
not judge him too quickly. He re-
ceived it while valiantly trying to as
sist a young lady to learn to skate on
rollers at the Natatorium.
Firemen 5. Bonnell and +. Brewer
and Engineers George Leese and Geo.
HaIles of the G. H.. left last night for
San Antonio to attend court as wit
nesses in a railroad case.
Superintendent Martin and Civil En-
gineer CottinGham. of the G. H., went
west in the superintendent private car
yesterday afternoon with an extra.
They are going to- Arizona on some of
Mr.. Martins private business.
Two coops of chickens went through
by express over the 5. u. lines this
morning from Cameron. Texas. They
are for Yuma. Ariz.. and il they are to
be eaten they will he costly eating af-
ter travelling 1000 miles by express.
I. w. Lovelace. "A telegraph operator
from Lafayette. Indiana. is in FL Paso
the guest of the local fraternity. He
will leave in a few days for Mexico to
accept a position with the Mexican
Central.
Fireman Reusch. of the G. H.. who
was hurt by jumping from a wrecked
engine a few months ago. came in from
San Antonio yesterday morning. He
is still using crutches but his leg is
well enough to- discard tn plaster of
paris in which ne had il encased when
he was here several weeks ago on his
way home in Earlham. n. NJ. He re-
manned at home on visit a week and
returned to the hospital at San Antonio
where he has been since. His leg was
broken near the knee joint.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
New York TheRtcr Prices.

1t used to be said that the theater
prices in New York were lower than
I'm the large foreign cities because the
highest price here was $3.50. while in
London 81 more Is demanded for the
most desirable places. Since that time
New Workers have seen theater prices
gradually increased to 81 in almost
every theater, while i'll London the in
clinatiou has been for several years to
lessen the expenses of theater goers.
1t was always no more expensive there
In reality than in New York, because
the number of places held at $3.50 was
small I'm comparison with the Orches-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
Electric Typewriter.

The first electric typewriters are ex-
pected to make their appearance on the
market this autumn. A number OF
them have been patented. and there
will be some rivalry. They will cost
about 5000.
The electric typewriter is a power
machine. all the work of the moving
parts being done by an electric motor.
while the operator simply indicates the
characters. 1t looks like an ordinary
typewriter. and the keyboard is the
same. The printing is accomplished by
mere contact of the finger. No pres
sure being required, there is no ia
tigue.
Another advantage is that speed is
practically unlimited. The work In
done as fast as the keys can be touch
ed.-Saturday Evening Post.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
8lKzan |R1@MS
ENGLAND'S COMING CENSUS
An ANNEXATION to He Made
March 81 Next.

An Enumeration to He Made on
March 81 Next.
Under the direction of the local gov
eminent board the registrar general
and his able coadiutors at Somerset
House are already preparing for the
census of the United Kingdom on
March 81 next. AS it happens, the date
falls on Sunday. and that day has
been chosen because most people are
at home then. The people of Great
Britain-England. Scotland and Wales
will he counted simultaneously with
those of Ireland. In both cases the ar
engagements are on identical lines. ex-
cept that Ireland will have religious
census. and the rest of the kingdom
will not.
Preparatory TO the census of ten
years ago England and Wales We're
parceled out into $4,000 districts. so
that. allowing for the growth of the
population. the number of districts
next March will fall little short of no.
600. Each district Will have an emu
merator. his duty being to distribute.
collect and copy the houSeholderS'
schedules. Institutions and establish
mcnts holding more than 100 inmates
will he specially enumerated. in the
minority of cases by the chief resident
officers. Appointed about the middle
of February. this army of enumer-
ators Will he under the immediate con-
troll of the local registrars. these in
turn being supervised 10y superintend-
ent registrars.
The enumerators will distribute the
househOlderS' schedules during the
week prior To the census day and col
1ect them on the Monday following.
Within a reasonable period the returns
must be delivered by the enumerators,
so as to he examined and revised by
the local registrars before being passed
on TO the superintendent registrars,
who in due course transmit them to
the census office. Summary returns
form the basis of n preliminary report,
which is succeeded by n general report,
and both are in process of time laid be
fore the houses of parliament.
When the results OF the last census
became known. the fact that the popu-
lation of England and Wales fell short
OF the official estimates 10y nearly 80
600 created quite n sensation. but the
random charges of inaccuracy were not
suhstantiated. England and Wales
were SHOWN 10 colit'ili -.'.oo--''-.' IN
habitantS. Scotland I.02o.64I and Ire
land 4.T04.IJo. making 31.IS2.92., the
total for the United Kingdom.
What increase is the forthcoming
census likely to establish? According
to the registrar generals estimate. the
population of England and Wales in
July of the present year amounted to
S2.O91 .9O1. Scotland 4.3l3.a93 and Ire
land i.515.ITl. rep ting an as-re-
gate of I0.92l.31l .ar United King
dom. Seeing that the natural increase
OF the population amounts roughly to
112,I12 every three months the census
of 1901 may he expected To demon
strate that Great Britain and Ireland
contain no fewer than 4l.259. O1 PEG
pie, or an advance of 3.526.5S5 since
the census of 1891.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

Some of the minor facts brought out
by the census are interesting. There
are. for instance. three states that have
four cities each with populations rang
ing above 100000. These are New
York, with New York city. Buffalo,
Rochester and Syracuse: Pennsylvania
with Philadelphia. PittSburg. Allie
ghany City and Scranton. and Ohio.
with Cleveland. Cincinnati. Toledo and
Columbus. No state has more than
four cities each with more than 100000
leople--Chicago Times III erald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
The Thistle As Fuel.

There are farmers in western Ne,
brasha who have made hundreds of
dollars each fall baling and selling for
fuel the common Russian thistle but a
few years ago regarded as a menace to
lated exceptions either. The thistle
abounds through the western counties.
In the fall the weed is to be found in
enormous quantities through the open
country. The special baling machines
can place in compact packages, similar
to baled hay, hundreds OF pounds of
this weed in a day. 1t makes excep-
tionally fine fuel, aud in the west re-
mote from coalfields. where a ton of
coal costs So and the farmer must do
the hauling 10 to 20 miles, the Russian
thistle is fine substitute. Again, the
common tumble weed" is baled for
fuel 1t resembles the Russian thistle.
with the exception of the thorns, and is
even more prolific. In the fall of the
year it assumes a baIl-like shape and
in the first winter wind breaks its fraiI
stem and sends the fluffy roll OF dry
vegetable matter bounding over the
prairie like a great ball. From this
fact its name, 'tumbleweed." is de-
rived. The first ravine or draw the
weed strikes affords il lodgment.
and successive balls soon make a pile
Us big as freight car. Farmers drive
their wagons into these draws, load
them down by pressing them with their
feet into great wagon boxes and burn
them In the grass" stoves.-Country
Gentleman
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
Charged on n Bicycle.

Cadet T. c. Kalbfus of the United
States ship General Alava. stationed at
Cavitc. Manila bay, writes his father
In Harrisburg an amusing story of how
Cadet Courtney of the Newark. in
charge of marine detachment with
the seymour relief expedition in China.
led charge on bicycle. 1T is
feat. Mr.. Kalbfus adds, (which will
probably go down in history as paral-
lei of Curtin's telephoning for the sur
render of Ponce"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

ira seats of a New York theater. Now
the local theaterS are regularly more
expensive than those in London, and
the circumstances attending the sale Of
tickets make the pleasure still more
costly. Very few seats that are de-
sirable are ever to be had at the box
offices. and, while the public is every
where warned against the spectators.
tickets are to be had only at the hotels
and at the same prices asked by the
street spectators. So the average
New Yorker who looks for the best
seat in Il city theater must pay $3.50
for it.-New York Sun.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

Women walters said the other
man. ARE so much neater and cleaner
looking than men,
Yes" responded Mr.. TytePhist.
tucking his napkin under his chin. and
You don't have to tip them-"-Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. Snaggs-Do you suppose thai
Queen Wilhelmina and her betrothed
ever have lovers quarrels!
Mr.. Snaggs-I suppose so. Why do
you ask!
Mrs. Snaggs-I was wondering II
they would be referred to The Hague
board OF arbitration for settlement
Pittsburg acknowledgement.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

The remark sometimes is heard. Sui
eide runs in the family" Especially
applicable is this saying in the case Of
family in Milan which was related
to the famous Italian composer Ros-
SIM. There were nine persons in the
family a few years ago. One by one
the whole family has committed sui.
eide. The great tragedy began some
time ago, when one of the daughters
took her own life, and ended a few
weeks ago. when the mother threw
herself from a fourth story window
and was picked up dead. =,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

Yes, l know you can walk better
than | can the Chinese woman said
to the wife of the American mission
airy, but | can breathe freely, and
you can't."-Chicag Tribune.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12
BUILDING permits

\. l.. Justice. brick residence on Ma
Coffin avenue. to cost $4,000.
Jesus Gamcross. adobe residence on
the corner of Virginia and Third
streets. to cost S125.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

There were three sea lions in the
express ear going east over the G. H..
last night. They are going to- New Or
feaHs from San Francisco.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

TIE g. n. bridge across the Pecos
IL undergoing its annual repairing and
pziAfing under the supervision OF
Hank Small
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

A New York Central and Hudson
River fat car went west over the s. p.
this morning. IL was loaded with boil
srs aAd engines.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-12

yED extra clerks are employed in
the C. II. local freight house on ac-
.oru1 az some of the regular men hav-
ing 10 ne OF TO attend court as wit
ueSscs-
Ed Dooley. a machinist who used to-
~ark for the G.. H. in this city. writes
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-09-20
JOE BARTLETT.

She'll be hard to tether, Kitty
will. Iell be like lassoiug but.
torhy, an l low as the man az can
do il amt appeared in camp yit, +"
said Joe Bartlett, medi!atlyely.
GAS fer me, amt got the show Of
chance. How in thunder can /
expect a dainty little girl like Kitty
to caro- for rough, ignorant fcller
like me ?"
lie took the pipe from bis mouth
and, knocking tho ashes from ii,
filed it carefully bot it was evil
dent that his mind was not upon
his task.
"Cant't even speak grammar az
ia ort to-" ho mattsred with dis.
gust. "But they amt nothing |
wouldn't do for Kitty--Lord love
hor-oyen to studying a grammar
book
Joe was modest. lie held no self-
esteem whatever, aud underyalued
his merits. That so remarkable d
creature as Kitty should ever love
him was TO be oonsidered only 10
the light OF impossibility. II bis
love became hopeful hereyiled him
self and blushed at his temerity.
Yet Joc was foreman Of tho new
mine at Clear Greek camp and tho
most important man in the place.
ono, the man amt arrived yit, /"
continued Joe, "an' when he does"
-he turned little pale--'when
he does, God help Joe Bartlett p
That evening, as was his habit,
Joe was at Amos Carriers cabin.
There were two reasons why he
liked to spend an evening with
Carter-he enjoyed swapping yarns
with'him over their pipes and Kit
ty happened to be Carter's daught-
err. Kitty never suspected his love.
Joe knew that che did not return
it, and he was not man to wear
his heart on his sleeve. II anyone
had asked her about her opinion Of
Joe, she would have confessed
frankly that shewas almost as fond
of him as OF her father.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-09-20

containing about one acre and {
half Of ground, situate aud lying
on dividend Of land called Bre
toms Outlet, and on ye east side Of
yc dividend, near to 70 head OF u
Greek which falleth.i into st. Mich.
olas' Creek, and near unto the mar.
rowest place Of ye freehold Of Lit,
tie Breton, commonly called the
Straits" &C., sc. lib. s. 1862,
Judgments 2. P. 1926,
Mr.. Breton also brought into the
province three families whose inden
turea we're held by him, but whose
names for certain reasons decline
to divulge. Now few words about
the natives, the Indians, whom the
settlers found to be very friendly
disposed.
Father White says Of them in his
RecoIIocsions "They were much
surprised at the size Of our ships,
which they called big canoes, and
inquired with much anxiety in what
part Of the world did trees grow 60
make such large ones"
Some Of the learned ones have
supposed these poor souls to have
descended from the lost tribes Of Is
rael, but SIN getting old and
cranky; | am cranky enough to be-
lieve differently. think their
real history aud origin will forever
remain as il is nov. an unwritten
book. 10 the appearance or char
actsristjcs Of the Indian can ind
nothing 70 lead 70 the belief that
the blood Of an Israelito courses
Through his yeina, even from. tho
romo9est spring, and from what |
know Of both the Indian and the
jew ! am forced to the conviction
that on Indian ia not Jew. nor do
| believe he ever waa, Bat 10, tho
poor Indian lie has gone from
his once happy home; she twang Of
bis bow is no Ringer board in the
land; hia arrow points lay where
they fell, tho blua smoke from his
wigwnra is no more seeu to curl
alolt from tho forest rocasses; be
has sunk down aud gone to Join
that great aiIeat majority, In tho
language Of old, che has been gath
cred 10 his iasheIa aud is known to
ra no more. Some Of the forest
monarchs Of his day still stand a.
.silent mournorg for the days that
are gone, and yet fall their tears in
remembrance o. those they knewin
their youth,
BALTIMORE, Nm. J. III. l..