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The Portland daily press., 1900-06-13
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington, June 1a.-The following
pension changes, resulting from the issue
of May 25 are announced for Maine:
ADDITIONAL.
Thomas J. Mayberry, North Gray, IS;
Isaac G. Day, Togus, $l2.
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-13
COLBY COMMENCEMENT

The 18th annual commencement of
Colby College occurs June 2a-27, with the
following order OF exercises:
SATURDAY, JUNE %.
The Portland daily press., 1900-06-13

Montville, $40; VIM. IL. II. Small, King
field, eli.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS, ETC.
Special accrued May 90, Eliza Ring,
Gardiner. ~.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
The Baby attic Fair.

The baby has an exhibit of his own al
the Paris Exposition. of which LIE Figaro
gives an interesting account. Along the
walls are large photographs taken from
life. illus trating the daily life of the
baby These show the testing and ster-
ilizirlg of the milk, the perfect launder-
ing of the clothes, the baby's bath, weigh
ing him before ana after each meal, the
baby asleep and the baby taking the air.
There are reproductions in miniature of
ideal nurseries, indoor Fairgrounds, sick
rooms for contagious cases.{ etc. Through
the glass roofs Of these hliputian houses
We can see the tiny beds, cradles, baby
scales, rolling -tubs-noG1inS is miss
ing, not even the spoon TO hold down the
tongue while the doctor looks at the baby's
throat And every thing is SO clean, so reet,
50 attractive, and SO well thought out. This
exhibit is sent 10 the Exposition by the
Seciete Matronelie of Paris. which main
tains a babies home and hospital called
La Pouponniera." Here babies are cared
for from the age of one day TO two years.
The benefit of the latest scientific discov-
cries is given to these little children Of
the poor, and one hundred and thirty bah.
les are constantly cared for. The babies
are not waits and foundliass. Their moth
ers are working women WHO are either
too poor or too busy TO give the baby
proper care. 4nstead Of following the
usual French custom OF sending the well
ones TO boaTd-or to starve-in the cosl7.r
try. where the mothers cannot see them
often. on account OF tia dtsta1a<ss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

the greater part Of the year is occupied
by servants He next erects country
palace at Lenox or at Newport ms ne
calls a cottage, though it usually looks
more like a public library or a hospital
or a clubhouse. Then ne builds hlnnseh
a camp, with stained-glass windows IN tne
Adirondacks, and has TO float a small rail-
road in order to get himself and his wite,s
trunks into camp. Shortly after these fol-
lows a. bungalow modelled after a french
chatea somewhere in the South. and
then a yacht warranted TO cross the ocean
in ten DAYS. and to produce seasickness
tu-a1va horrs sooner than the regular
ocaan-steaner, becomes one Of the neces-
sites of life. Result, ne never lives any
where. To occupy all MS residences
camps and bungalows ne has TO keep eter-
nally on the move, and wilen ne thinks ne
needs "trip TO Europe ne mas tis sac-te
got ready and sends it over. gong MN
self on a fast steamer. On. its a terrible
thing to be a millionaire and have nowhere
TO lay ones head, with every poorer man
anvvinp him. many hating him, and hands
raised against him everywhere.
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oooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo0ooooo

as it is. and with many disli&ed and ab-
horred Just in proportion as It is excellent
and sa1utary. but by reason OF the dis
sensions OF India within-racial. national.
linguistic, religious-and by reason OF mat
moral superiority and benefit of righteous
service which constitute title by the will
of God.
India is very curious place. as the
enlightened Paget. NJ. p, remarked 10
Order From Strickaud's point OF view.
very few people know anything about IT,
The Afutiny taught a great many people
who thought they knew that they were
very ignorant. England thinks the hand
some Sikh soldiers can be trusted any
where, and one finds them policing the
streets OF Hongkong. Shanghai and Singa-
pore. Fine-looking fellows and trusty they
are So are many native regiments, Mos
lem and, Hindu And with one hundred
and forty thousand such soldiers stiffened
by seventy thousand with white faces,
India is equipped. Moslems constituting
the garrisons on Hindu soil and Hindus
holding the forts among Mohommedans-
A man is trusted best away from his own
people and among his foes--Frank Leslie,s
Popular Monthly for June
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.rl,c Passion PLAYS. Earnin IS.

.One would expect that a religiously-
imbued community, giving play because
of 4 religious vow, would seek to make
the entrance price as small as possible,
in order that all might como and learn,
writes Ida Shaper Hoxie, Of THE Pas
sion Play This Year" in the June Ladies'
Home Journal. But the people of Ober-
ammergau, having learned the money
value Of their production, seem nothing
10th to combine religion with business.
They charge, therefore, as much as the
regular German theatres-the price this
year varying from fifty cents to two dol
lars and fifty cents. The expenses in
cured by the village in preparing Tor this
years presentation exceed seventy-tlVe
thousand dollars. Yet the people hope to
realize something for themselves from
their work. One-third of what remains
after the expenses are paid will De de-
voted to building a vault and chapel in the
village burial place. The remaining two
thirds will be divided among the players,
among whom there will be at least one rep
resen,ative from each home in the village.
The dress rehearsal occurred on May 20.
The dates for this years performances
are: May q, "a: June i, 10, 16. II; a. 80;
July !, S, Is. is, %. %: August 5, s, Il. 10,
10, %, 2G; September 9, s, 9, Is. %, 90. Those
familiar with the Roman Catholic calen-
dar will notice that, with four exceptions,
the performances are given on Sundays
and church holy days, thus keeping to
the original religious character OF the
play,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
Eves and Their Surroundings.

The changes which come to the eye as
result of age are beyond the power OF the
Individual to remedy. 1t IS true that the
time for the wearing OF glasses may be
fastened by abuse of the eyes, but Win
all possible care that one may take lne
eve that hitherto has been normal VIII
need shortly before, or it may be shortly
after. the age of forty-tive the aid OF
glasses. So universal is this that an oc-
ulst. in his examination OF the refr2c-
ton of the eye of MS patient, can deter
mine very accurately the number OF years
The responsibility of much eye trouble,
however, can be brought directly nome
TO the individual 1t is due to the reckless
expenditure of the eyesight. The service of
the eyes is demanded in any and every
light. The eyes are most tried by reading
fine print, or doing the fine stitches OF
sewing or embroidery. If the print is on
glossy ;,aper whose smooth surface re-
fleets, mirror-like,r the light, the effect IS
very bad upon the eyes. II the embroidery
is to he done on satin, or upon canvas,
with its bewldering maze OF meshes, the
strain is soon shown In the redneSs ana
the WEAKNESS of the eyes. WomenS eyes
suffer greatly from the tax of wells. 1t only
shows the great adaptability which the
eyes share with every other part OF the
BODY, that the wells, with their intricate
Ineshes and numerous dots of embroidery
and chenille, do not occasion more trouble
with the eyes than they do The ilrt thinG
to do in selecting veil, II one mas mercy
upon the eyes, is to test its effect upon
the sight. to see that the weave rs not
confusing upon the sight and that the
dous do not come athwart the eyes.-Dr.
Grace PeckIarn Murray in Harper's Ba-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
British Rule in India.

Whoever would see the old India can,
of course, see it anywhere, for the new
India lies very thin over it. But TO Be
mares he must surely go. There, by the
sluggish Gauges, holy and calm, he will
breathe air heavy with the crushed flow
ers of the offerings, move amid the stare
Of idols and the crowds of worshpers
from every quarter of India. bowling TO
the phallic symbols and staring heedlessly
at temple carvings SO obscene as TO have
required exemption by government from
the operation of the laws against foul
imagery and decoration watch the null
titudes battle in the sacred stream and
worship its green waters, look on the
great pool OF some deity's sweat in which
other devout souls battle with milk and
how,rs and yellow powder for offerings,
and IN whose bank a priest is teaching a
small boy to read the Shastras with state
ly bowings and gesticulations. Nearly ma
ked priests lie by the roadside or wan
der past. Sacred cows roam through the
temple courts. Monkeys swing down from
the trees and grin at some stone idol
which with leering face daubed with red
paint grins back stolidly. From the river
bank rises the smoke OF the funeral pyre,
and over a sewers mouth the dhobes are
at work, and their clothes, washed in
the foul and holy stream, are spread on
the banks to dry. There is a certain levi
ty and righteousness about 1t all to a
western mind, but 1t is the religion OF IN
dia in its hottest city. The odor of the
jungle and the plain, and the color of a
world that is not ours, are here, where
these people from every state of the great
empire come to worship their three hun
dred million gods, the three hundred mil
lion gods of their ia thers.
And yet over this people. as numerous as
is ia low r3f1a wit,
less than seventy thousand soldiers OF her
own race to support her sovereignty. It
is a popular sovereignty. Lord George
Hamilton, tho Secretary for India, says
1t Is TT am afraid" he declared IN
Parliament, that whatever We do our
government will never be popular in In
dia.,' AT this loyal Hindus and their peo-
pls hold up their hands and protest their
love and loyalty But popular the Brit
sish Government Is not. and popularsit new
ar viii be. 70 holds India not by the pop
uiarity OF Its xrfa. excellent and sa1utarY
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
How Americans Treat pu bile Servants

Sometimes 1T has seemed to me- says
Grover Cleveland IN the June Atlantic, tina:
quite d large section of the American peo-
pie regard high public office as sort OF
pillory, where it IS quite worth their while
10 put a man for the sake of enjoying the
abuse OF him afterwards. A larger part OF
our people, more decentiy disposed. are
benevolently willing TO put at The service
of a public officer all their knowledge OF
statecraft. and 20 advise him IN any real or
imaginary emergency. 1t Is only after
their advice IS disregarded that they set
about the task of demonstrating that the
popular choice has been sad mistake. and
that abundance OF excellent material
for public place has been overlooked. It is
safe to say that after every presidential
election the fact is developed that IN our
newspaper establishments alone there are
thousands who have been thus neglected
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
sr Purpose.

!. Down, the long yistas OF the years she
gazed
with eager eyes, expectant, and alert.
Somewhere her purpose waited; tnal great
Eo- which Will h she was created. In her heart
.R,,rned ed the deep longing to achieve
~ lad saln some glorious effort to reform!
To feed poor starving minds with loaves
of thought.
And hungry hearts with love; to cheer, to,
aid.
And purer attitudes. She cared not how
s On thought what pains eIou i@u 4iei "
Che vas prepared for sacrifice and toll
And suffered, SO be lit at the last
She might attain her purpose. Night and
This tho,,rnt was dominant; it had shaped
Ana eolored all her actions, and it grew
To be a wall which shut her duty out
And hid the hearts Of dear ones from her,
view.
A good man starved for love beside her
hearth.
And little children wandered from the
To find their pleasures elsewhere and to
1iee,s mysteries from other lips. than
hers.
She dreamed of leading hosts to happi-
The while her own were hungering for
She dreamed of fame and glory while
dear love
Sat in the. solitude and pined to death.
She waited for her purpose, ana h1e"
not
II dyelt forever lonely at her side
And wept because she would not under
stand,
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ne.cna osthe white Narc.ssu-.

In lace and linen and silken slippers
And sheen OF satin tney dressed the bride.
With a gossauler veil, and . wreath OF
blossoms
To crown her beauty, the day she died
With rich perfumes OF tho rose and MY
They combed and plated her Jocks Oh
gold,
And under the tree where once she srystad
They hid her down in the frozen mold
With sun and shadow and ba!Hny breezes
Came the spring TO her place or rest,
And q slender blade like an emerald arrow
Lifted the cIods above her breast.
CRYSTAL dews OF the purple twilight
Silver rains OF the morning cloud,
coaxed the stem from It's leafy shelter.
Drew the bud from its folded sh-ond
Pale and pure as pearl OF ocean
II slipped the green Of its dainty sheath.
Deep in rs heart q hint OF yellow
From the braided srssses taaE lay be-
Meath.
So it was born. the brides FAIR danghsar--
The white rareissus that buds and blows.
Sweet and starry IN silent places.
Over the graves OF the winter SHOWS.
s-M!nna Irving. In Frank Lesltass PopulRY
Monthly kor luna
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Tho Foreign Stage in New York.

The Yiddish actors, as may be inferred
from the verses quoted, take themselves
with peculiar seriousness. justified by the
enthusiasm, almost worship, with which
they are regarded by the people Many
a poor Jew. man girl, who makes no
more than $40 week in the sweat-shop,
will spend So of it on the theatre. which
is practically the only amusement of the
Ghetto Jew. He has not the loating ana
sporting instincts of the poor Christian,
and spends his money for the theatre
rather than for drink. 1t is not only to
see the play that the poor Jew goes to
the theatre. II is to see his friends and
the actors. With these latter he, and
more frequently she. try in every way to
make acquaintance, but commonly are
compelled to adore at distance. They
love the songs that are heard on the
stage, and for these the demand is 50
great that a certain bookshop on the East
Side makes a speciality of publishing
them
The actor responds to his popular eu-
thusiasm with sovereign contempt. He
struts about in the cafes on Canal and
Grand Streets. conscious of his great
ness. He refers to the crowd as
Moses" with superior condescension
or humorous vituperation. Like thieves,
the actors have a jargon OF their own,
which is esoteric and jealousy guarded
June BoOkman.
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Cabling Without Wires.

Of the future of wireless teIesraDhy,
Nikola Tesla says in the June Century:
Stationary waves in the earth mean
something more than mere tslegraphy
without wires to any distance They will
enable us TO attain many important spect-
tic results impossible otherwise. For in
stance by their use We may produce at
will, from q sending-station. an electrical
effect in any particular region OF the
globe. we may determine the relative posi-
ton or course of a moving object. such
as a vessel ait sea, the distance traversed
by the same. or its speed: or We may send
over the earth a wave of electricity trav-
cling at any rate We desire, from the pace
of a turtle up TO lightning speed.
With these Developments we have every
reason TO anticipate that in q time not
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
The Wife of the Chinese Minister.

Madam WI has Senslbly renamed faatn-
full to the Oriental dress, and her costumes
are the envy of, her American sisters. on
state occasions she wears a brilliant petit
coat of red or blue. just short enough 10
show her little feet heavily embroidered
with gold Over this is worn u tullc OF
black and purple, also richly wrought with
bullion. On her breast Is g, large gold
eagle, which signifies that her rank as
equal of that OF her husband, and she
may at all functions enter and leave the
room at his side, instead of behind him, as
would be required If she were OF lesser
rank. Her head dress is a narrow tand or
black satin, ornamented with a handsome
jewel-a large pearl usually-Wcrth quite
a kings ransom, worn directly IN front.
This band Is decorated with flowers which
fall Just behind the ears and add much to
it's plcturesqueness. Her jewels are ex-
tremely beautiful. The stones are large,
OF fine lustre, eXquisltely cut, and set
in ti1a quaint manner which Oriental gold
smiths seem to hold the secret of, as these
settings are rarely seen in this part Of
the world. Mr.. Wll's opinion regarding
some of the American customs are we'll
known, and mis- structures on the habit OF
binding the waist instead Of the feet have
been given wide publicity. Madam WI
shares her husbands views regarding
what they look upon as an instrument OF
torture the modern corset, and when asked
not dong ago what she Thought most
strange upon her arrival in this country,
sad q panied expression coming over
Der face, Tho small waists; how can
they stand it? How can they breathe?'-
Leslie's Weekly.
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The Roar of Il Battle.

The roar Of the Nays iour-po.ne-
seven,s their crash. their rush as they
passed, the shrIll whine OF the shrapnel. the
barking of the howitzers, and the me-
chanical, regular rattle OF the auick-flr!ns
Maxsms. which sounded like the clicking
OF many moving machines on hot SUM
rner's day, tore the a!r with such htdeous
noises that ones skull ached from the
conclusion, and one could only be heard
bv shouting. But moro impressive by far
than this hot chorus OF mighty thunder
and petty hammering was The roar ot the
wind which was driven down INTO tne
valley beneath. and which swept up again
a. enormous waves OF sound. Is roared
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

Although the authorities at Covent Car
den have received no official intimation
as yet, it is said that a command per-
Torrance at Covent Garden about the
first week in July will probably be a
feature of the Shah's visit 70 London.
The Shah's predecessor saw three state
performances Of opera, one at CoVent
Garden in 1873, another at Drury Lane
in the same year and a third at Covent
Garden on the occasion of his visit in
1859. 1t was at the first OF these per-
formances that Nine. Christine Ntesson,
who was appearing in La Traviata,' ap-
preached the royal box. IN which the
Shah was seated cross-leggeo, and soundly
rated him in French for arriving so late.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

very distant most telegrapnic messages
across the oceans VIII be transmitted with
out cables For short distances We Feed
a wireless telephone, which requires no
exoar-r GENERATORS. The greater the spaces
to be brldged. the more rational becomes
ccrlnnunica ton without wires. The cable
is not only an easily damaged and costly
instrument. but it limits us In the speed
OF transmission by reason OF a cesetIiH
electrical property inseparable from rs
construction. \ properly designed plant
for affecting communication without wives
ought TO have many times tire working
capacity of cable. while 1t VIII snvolvs
tncornparabIy less expense Not long
time will pass. believe. before corlrniir1i-
cation by cable will become obsolete, for
not only will signaling by this new method
be quicker and cheaper, blst, also 1Iittcii
safer. BY using some Few means Tor
isolating the messages snich | nave con-
trived, an almost perfect privacy can be
secured.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
NapoIeon,s appreciation of Bon Mot,

On August Y, 1907, Jerome Bonaparte
married Princess Frederika Catherine,
daughter OF the King of Wurtembers.
AS King Of Westphalia, he offered Eliza
Jeth a home within his dominions, ais"
the title of Princess of Smalcalden, with
4 pension of two hundred thousand francs
per year. In regard to the former, she re-
piled that Westphaia was a large king
dom. but not quite large enough for two
queens. and to the latter proposition, hav-
ing already accepted Napoleou's annuity
of sixty thousand francs, she made the
oft-quoted response that she preferred .be
ing sheltered under the wing of an eagle
to being suspended from the bill OF
goose
Napoleon. with his high appreciation OF
a bon mot desired 10 know what favor
he could bestow upon a woman capable OF
this witticism. Elizabeth replied through
the French Minister at Washington that
she was ambitious, and would like to be
duchess.
The Emperor promised the sift, but new
er conferred it. withstanding her I'M
renting yet ever futile struggle for rec
ognition, Madame Bonaparte cherished al
ways the most enthusiastic admiration
for the genius of the man who had blight
ed her life. In one of her letters 20 her
father, written from Europe. whittier she
returned after the fall of the Empire, she
said: 'They do not In England pretend
to revile Napoleon as we have done. His
stupendous abilities are admitted; his mis-
fortunes almost respected by his enemies.
I listen silently to any discussion in which
hs bears a part. easily perceive that he
has more justice done him here than with
us."-June New Lippincott.'
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struggled before The hostess. knew her
by sight merely, and had never so much
as had a bowling acquaintance with her,
but official people are used TO seeing stran-
gers at their receptions, and the lady OF
the house bowed with her usual sra-
ciousness The climbers quick eye took
in the situation. She saw the two cabi-
net women, and she knew they saw her.
She rose to the occasion in mastery fash
ion.
NY dear Mrs. Blank" she said gush-
ingly, clasping the hostess hand warmly,
Il was so sorry not TO have been at home
when you called on Friday 1t was SO
sweet of you to come so soon and do
hope you'll come in very often, informally.
that way
And before the hostess had recovered
from her surprise the climber has passed
on, well content for she had appeared in
the presence Of two cabinet women as the
Intimate friend of lady who had never
even set foot on her doorsteps.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
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Loves Passage,

AS one, in passing through a darkened
room,
Should brush the fne-drawn, gold threads
OF a harp,
And thus, though all unwittingly, should
wake
A chord OF rich and tender melody
So your dear love, unconsciously at first.
Found its response within my waiting
heart,
Which barred unseen, your pathway as
you went
Elizabeth Barnett Esler in June Century.
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.Thc Pilgrims Progress IN Chinese

Tho Pilgrims Progress" translated into
the Chinese language. with Illustrations
by native artists. is the latest novelty in
the literary world of Pektzlg. and the vol
yrr,e bears unrnistakable traces of its
Celestial origin. Christian is depie ted with
an ample pigtail. the dungeon OF the Giant
Despair Is one OF the large wooden cages
we'll known, to Oriental Criminals and
the angels waiting or tlIe other SIDE OF the
river to receive the piisriuls are arrayed
in the latest Peking fashions. Whether
the translation is 4 faithful reproduction
OF the original may be doubted II the Illus
trations are typical of the work.-Londcn
Chronicle
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5 CURRBUT LITER ATURB FOR BUSY READERS 5

Ike a great hurricane at sea. The illu-
sion was so complete that you expected. oy
looking down, 10 see the Tuseia lashing
at her banks. tossing the spray hundreds
OF feet in the air, and battling with her
sides OF rock. It was like the roar OF
Niagara in a gale. and yet when you did
look below not a Leaf was stirring. and the
TuseId was slipping forward. fat and
sluggish. and in pcace-Richard Hardin.
Davis, in the June Scrtbner's.
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The sorrows of the millionaire.

Look at the ways of the millionaire
observes the idiot. in the role of an enter
tainer, which John kendrick Bangs assigns
him in the June Woman's Home Com
pa Mon. "Given his million he gives up his
house and builds himself a small. first
class hotel in some big city, which for