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The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31

1T is about you and Lucy-when
you quarreled." She stopped abruptly.
'Yes?" Lucy was her cider sister
We had been engaged.
You wrote her an eXplanation-a
satisfactory explanation"
Apparently she did not think so.
She never answered the letter that |
gave you to deliver"
II kept it," She buried her face
in the pillow / was too astonished
for words, but l kept strolling her
hair. Il read it first. Then l burned
it,"
IF you get well, May" l said, "and
grow up l shall like you better than
everybody" She laughed family. Il
believe l always did" 1 wiped her
eyes.
II sha'nt," she said. "So-you will
like her again now, won't your" /
hesitated. My affection for Lucy died
q natural death. 1t had never been
very deep; neither, fancied, had hers
for me.
/ frowned. "You have not told her
about the letter." She shook her
head.
But you will be good to her? You
will make it up, won't you? You need
not tell her about me-only say that
you are sorry and want to be friends
Then you can be engaged again; and
-and-some day" Her lips Quiv-
cred.
Marry her?" She nodded. "But if
| no longer care for her? If / know
that l can never love her as l could
love? My dear little playfellow and
friend, l am not half so fond of Lucy
as l am of you
All" she looked at me with big,
deep eyes. Il am only a child, dear
Fred" The wistful affection in the
childs face touched me to the heart,
and / kissed her frail hands.
Lucy met me at the bottom of the
stairs.
'Maisie told me that she never gave
you the letter, Lucy; that all the
blame was hers"
"She told you-that-just to-screen
me-" she said, brokenly.
DO not trouble about it any more"
l do not care for you after ALL"
There was nothing more to say. So
/ turned 60 go; but there was a knock
at the front door and heard some one
say, THE doctsr." So waited to hear
what he pronounced.
After few minutes he came down
the stairs talking to Mrs. Dormer.
1T is a natural Sleep" he said. "The
pulse is steadier and the temperature
more normal. The odds are still
against her, but there is hope"
The tears came to my eyes at last,
and Lucy came and put her hand on
my shoulder.
you can win her back to life,
Fred" she said, "our little girl. Stay
till she wakes" 1 had already resolved
to stay.
/ went upstairs and sat with my ell
bow on her bed and my face on my
hand, watching my little favorite.
Presently her mother came and knelt
beside me.
Lucy has told me all, Fred she
whispered. "You-you will not tell the
others?"
II will not" promised.
When my little girl awoke she wss
not looking toward me.
Better dear?" asked her mother.
why yes" she laughed feebly. at
must be Fred. Do you know, I believe
he would make me grow well if he
were often here with me"
HE will be, little sweetheart" I said
softly. She turned to me with a happy
cry and 1 whispered in her ear what 1
knew, and other things that were only
for her and me. They were the things
that won her back to life, she says,
when we talk of such matters-Chi-
cago American.
The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31
CAPTAIN MoAIlIster DeaI.

Joliet, ILL.,. Aug. 2s.-Capt. Meal
lister. head of the famous McAlllste
Battery. prominent in the civil war, is
dead, aged seventy, as the result of a
paralytic stroke. Captain McAllister
was one of the best known veterans
in northern illinois.
The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31
penrer.s PopuIatIon 1as.sso.

Washington, Aug. 2s.-The popula.
ton of Denver, Colo, as just announc.
ed by the census bureau. Is 1873 1853
against 10G,713 in 1890. This is an in
crease of 27,146 or 25.44 per cent
The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31
To Inrentlrate Gun Powder.

Lord Rayleigh has been appointed
by the British government chairman
OF a committee which is to investi-
gate gunpowders and designs OF guns
with which they may be used 10 the
best advantage.
The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31
First Infantry on for China.

LeaVenWorth, kas., Aug. 2S.-The
Second Battalion of the First United
States infantry, which arrived ten DAYS
ago from Cuba, has started from Fort
Leavenworth for San Francisco, and IL
is expected will take steamer for the
Orient within six DAYS.
The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31

After an absence OF thirteen years,
Mrs. Zoll returned to Morris, H., to
claim an $4,000 estate.
The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31
Dairy Notes.


be held at Buffa,o next year it wns pro-
posed to have competitive tests of all
the dairy breeds. Reports now iDdi-
cate that all the breeds except the
Holstein-F riesian will decline tO par
ticipate The Holstein-Friesian men
claim that the owners OF other breeds
of cows are afraid to meet them in
competition.
American dairymen are well &C
quainted with the methods OF enrich
ing skim milk for calves by the addi-
ton of oil meal and the like. hut &c
cording to recent reports the New
Zealanders are actually using in their
milk cod liver oil at the rate Of $50
ounces per calf per day. The report
says that where separator skim milk Is.
used the farmers have found it neces--
sary to add something, especially when
The calves are to be grown into beeyes--
Crude cod liver oil can be bought in
that country for about IS cents per gal
.on, and each gallon contains AGO
ounces of oil. This permits them to
feed two ounces per day for a period or
eighty days, after which the use Of the
oil is discontinued.
Whether or not dairyman should
have his cows come in fresh in the
fall must depend to q very large extent
en- the disposition he is making of his
milk. II he is supplying a creamery CT
cheese factory that runs only during
the summer months il is manifest.y to-
his advantage to have his cows come
in fresh in the spring, SO the milk viii
be available for use during the sum-
mer season. But in most cases, cspe-
cially If the dairyman be we'll fixed for:
his business, a good number Of the
COWS should drop their calves in the
fall months. This Is to. the aov2n-
tage of the man that sells milk anG
cream in the city, as well as OF the
man that makes butter. III both c9zes;
the winter is the time when good
fGw of milk means most money.
They are trying TO settle the gues-
ton CT good milk in Denmark BY grad
ing it when it comes to the cheese fac
tories and creameries. The Standards
for grading are: Ten POINTS are gwen
for al milk without any faults The
nest points given are IL, but only for
milk, which, beside being clean, veil
Geratcd and eoaled, must have q good
fresh aroma. Milk with points is not
less fresh. Eight points milk has Rot
been treated so clean as could be
wished for, or is beginning to turn
sour. BY points the fault 10 so pro--
nounced that the supplier is made ac-
duaintod with and requested to correct
il as soon as possible. Six points milk
is returned. In some OF the factories
the milk has been paid for not only in
uroportion to the quantity of butter
fat but also by the quality according -
the grading, SO the supplicr who taxes
some extra trouble to bring his milk Is
the factory in a Arst-class condition
gets fully repaid for it. In other fac
tories the grading system has no in
huence on the payment, the grading il
self causing a sort Of race between the
suppliers, as a matter of honor not To
Get less than 10 points. Tho milk IS
examined every day and the grading
done once a week by the manager.
The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31

Nearly 60 per cent or all Russians
are unable to read and write.
The Yale expositor., 1900-08-31
Two Powers Announce Terms.

Russia and japan both have made
known their terms for peace The
former demands the restoration of the
status quo and a money indemnity,
while the latter insists upon the APP
pointment Of commissioners accept
able to the powers, an expression of
regret, and full indemnity.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
BLAZE ON ROOF.

At an early hour yesterday morning
tire was discovered on the roof Of the Me-
ohanic building at the corner Of Congress
ana Casco streets. No general alarm was
rung, but the chemical engine aud hose
one were quickly on the scene. The fire
had evidently caught from an electric
wire which had broken aud fallen on the
root. It was q large blaze that confronted
the firsmen when they went up to the top
story OF the block. The 1nlnes were then
coming through into closet In the attic
and 1t was only by the finest kind OF
work that they were subdued without
large damage to the bnilding. A hood OF
water poured ON would have caused thou
saads Of dollars loss. but this the men
did not do. Ihey worked with care and
good judgment the result being that the
whole loss will not be over two or three
hundred dollars. hole was burned In
the roof and the laths and plasteripg b ad
to bs torn on from quite an area. No
water at all went down to the floor be-
low, occupied by Wilson's dancing
academy, on the floor under that BY the
Mechanics library and on the first floor
by the tore Of "a. Steinert a. Sons com-
pany, The firemen ought to have all the
credit that can be given them for this
50 wing OF property. The loss Is covered
by insurance.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
THE MAXWELL TRIAL.

Jail otticials say that Elmer Maxwell.
indicted for the murder Of Captain Bats
ley of the J. b. Van Dusen, preserves eI-
celIent health and spirits, apparently not
q lot disturbed by the prospect of his ap-
proachipg trial. he has gained in flesh
since his imprisonment His defence will
rest with Anthoine and Talbot OF this
city. Barrister Copp, who appeared for
him at the st. John hearing, viii not be
among his counsel. as has been stated.
Both government and defense are prepar
ing for the battle aud the case will be
hard fought, lasting probably several
days. 1t Is anticipated that self defenss
will be the .,lsa set up by Maxwell
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
ESPECIAL TO THE rnnssI

Bangor, April 1s.--After period Of
such high prices Is were never before
known ON the Penobsoot river or any
where else In Maine, for spruce lumber.
the manufacturers have this week been
thrown into a stat. OF great excitement
By ssriss Of very depressing reports
from New York and other large markets.
The reports are, In fnct. alarming, Tor
they tell OF q dull market. with many
carsoes afioat and unsold, with decline
IN prices ranging from three to six dol
lars per thousand. and in some cases even
more. The serious phase OF 1t all is that
the manufacturers here IN comic dent an.
tioipatlon Of continuance OF the boom
In prices OF lumber, have bought their
stocks OF logs at the highest prices ever
known on this river, some paying "a
high as tf teen dollars par thousand. and
many from fourteen to fourteen dollars
and seventy cents With wide spruce ct
twenty two dollars to twenty-four. which
prices were reached last fall. there would
be money In saving logs bought at four
teen dollars to fifteen per Thousand, but
with wide down to seventeen dollars.
medium at sixteen dollars and narrow ut
fourteen dollars per thousand, ~ now
quoted, there would be . certain loss In
manufacturing logs bought OF the prices
named. =
Many and various are the causes ad.
vanosd for the slump in the big markets.
In the first place, speculative building
has almost entirely ceased. on account OF
the high price Of all kinds OF materials;
the Maritime provinces are sending In
large supplies, which affect the market to
a considerable extent, and then. % ad-
United by the manufacturers here. the
prices for spruce have been altogether too
high, and now the unnealty boom 10
naturally followed BY q reaction. Some
of the Penobscot river manufactures
made contracts for logo last fall at fair
prices, and few have carried over good
stocks bought In 1899 at twelve to thirteen
dollars. even II they have made purchases
this year at fourteen to fifteen dollars,
their average will be much less than the
present prices. These will be able to get
cut whole, or even make small profit on
their product, but thoss whose entire
stock for this years saving has been
bought at the high prices prevailing this
spring are now In hard place. with no
hope Of getting out whole unless the
market should recover soon. part OF the
sudden decline. The only bright spot in
the downeast miliman's sky Just now Is
the high price Of laths, and the good de-
mand for that class OF short lumber.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

The fourteenth annual convention Of
Cum bsrland County Sunday School As.
ISOLATION will be held at the Congrega-
tionaI church, North YARN outh, Ne.
Thursday, May 10th. The following is
the order OF exercises;
Morning.
$50 Praise and PRAYER service, CON-
ductsd by Rev. j. II. L. Richard, North.
Yarmouth.
9.l5 Business: residing Of records: ap-
pointing Of committees.
1000 Address, "a Front-line Bible
School," L N. Halliday. Field Worker.
Maipe state s. S. Association.
l1.O0 Report Of county work by dis
trietf. 1t is expected that written or
verbal report will be presented from each
district and township association.
1890 Picnic dinner
Afternoon.
LEO Scripture lesson; quotations from
the Word, especially helpful to s. ..
work. led by Rev. <. Ii. Newcomb' SO.
i.45. Address. "Graded Lessons on the
Life of Christi Miss y. s. Lucas. State
Eupt. of Primary Work.
$50 Round table, on Home DEPART
ment work. led BY Rev. Q. ID. Crane,
500 Address, "The Relation of the
school," /. N. Halliday, Fisld Worker.
40 Report Of committees; Offering for
county expenses.
ss5. Address, "The Teachers Concsp-
tion OF Ultimate Purpose" Rev. j. x.
Wilson, ID. D., Portland.
The exercises Will be interpreted with
readings and solos by Miss Jennie Hey
nolds. So. Portland.
The ofRcers are: President. A. s. Jones,
Soarboro; secretary. L. N. Douglas,
Portland; treasurer. Il. q. johnson,
Stroudwatsr; executive comm ittee.
Thomas Varney, WindhAn,, Rev. g. W.
Rogers, Steep Falls, Rev. !. y. Millett.
9oFham, u. l.. Alden, Westbrook, y. W.
FuIlam, Portland.
Trains leave Portland at $50 and Ito
for Walnut Hill station. One tare. old
basis, has beea granted by the Maine
Central railroad. Session will close In
time for all TO return same day.
The Executive Committee Of Portland
District s.. 8. Association met in Y. n.
r @. A. hall on Monday, and assigned the
work OF the district among its members
as follows: Supt; Normal work; proi. y
Home Department. Work, Prof. Asa
Boothby, Westbrock; Supt. Primary
Work, i. N. Halliday. Portland; Supts.
Evangelistic Wore, b. A. Skillings, q. 1.
Orr. b. x. Cook, Portland. 1t was en-
Enthusiastically voted to l arrange for =
Q. A. hall, Thursday evening. May 8.
7.:0 to o. 40 O'Clock. The chief speaker Of
the evening will be Kew. Il. W. Hal.
penny, Montreal, General Secretary Of
the s. s.. Union Of Quebec. Pastore,
superintendents and officers Of the asso-
citation will occupy the platform, teachers
the balcony, and invited guests the floor
OF the hall. 1t 10 expected that this will
be an affair of special interest.
The Executive Committee Of the Maine
State 5. s. Association, comprising
gentlemen from many parts of the state,
will meet In Y. III. q. A. hall next Wed.
nesday AFTERNOON. The place and date Of
the next annual convention will probably
be settled at this meeting.
Sunday school gatherings arranged for
York and Cumberland counties In the
near future are: union servi ces at Bridg-
ton, April 2y; convention at Harrison,
April 80; convention at Sanford. May 2;
reception at Portland, May 3; convention
Q; Cum berland COUNTY convention at
North Yarmouth, May 10.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
AN AGED COUNCIL MASON
IsPEcIAL TO THE rREss.1

ESPECIAL TO THE PRkss.i
Brunswick, April lS.-Forty candidates
were given degrees 1t Mount Vernon
council of Mssons In this town this eve
ming. Among the candidates was Theo.
S. Mcclellan. who is nearly ninety years
Of age. He 10 said to be the Oldest man
ever given = council degree In the United
States. He is active as Mason and rare
ly misses meeting. After the Initiation
the members OF the council and guests to
the number Of two hundred had ban
quet at the casino Mt Merry meeting park.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY.

Boston. April 1s.-The joint eommirtse
ON judiciary of the Massachusetts isgisia-
ture reported In the House this after.
noon, bill abolishing the death penalty.
The bill provides that whoever lie guilty
OF murder shall DO punishsd BY imprison-
msnt In the stat prisen for life.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
SPECIAL SPRING TOUR TO ALASKA

Messrs. Raymond & WEitcomha special
tour to the Pacific Northwest, Alaska,
and the Yellowst National Park, etc.,
will be unusually attractive this year.
The data of departure from Boston 10
THURSDAY, May 81, and the party is to be
under special escort throughout all Its
journeyings. Dslig htful visits are to be
made to Chicago, st. Paul. Portland,
Oregon, and Seattle, before the Alaska
voyage is made. On the returning jour
ney A week will be devoted to the Vel
lowssone National Park, and Minneapolis
will also be visited. A special descriptive
circular may be obtained of Asssrs. Ray
mond Il whitoomb. sS6 Washington
street. opposite School street, Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

Matthew @. Morrill, Of Gray, who had
been supposed to be out Of the cemmis-
.ionsrship race, has taken fresh start
and is making an active canvass for sup
port. His competitors are George p.
Plaistsd OF Gorham and Henry Harmon Of
Raymond. Plaisted and Harmon have for
several months been industriously en-.
gagged In gathering support and the fight
had been apparently between them. Nor.
rill viii pull strongly from shs Portland
end Of the county.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
SWAN LAKE OPEN.
ESPECIAL TO 1EE rREss.J

Belfast, April ls.-Swan lake, ak miles
from this city. famous trout and sal
mon fishing place IL clear Of Toe and the
first trout have been caught. This lake 10
almost always the second lake In the
state open for fishing. Sebago being the
fret. A party Of state officials Ia expected
at Swan lake this week.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
WASHINGTON TOUR sa5.

Under the personally conducted Tour
ist System of the Pennsylvania Railroad
will leave Boston, April eth. Last tour
OF the ssason May 18th. Itinerary Of ID.
N. Bell, Tourist Agent, 2c5 Warrington
street, Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
cow MOOSE MUST DIE.
Merrymceting Parks Latest Treasure
VIII BE Chloroformed.
ESPECIAL TO THE rREss.l

ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.I
Brunswick, April 1S.-Ihe big COW
moose which was found stalled In the
snow near Houghton few days ago and
brought to Merrymeeting park In this
town for treatment as she was badly In
jursd has been pronounced by vstsri-
nary surgeon to be inouratle. Chairman
Carleton has ordered the naimal to be
ohloroformed. She will be mounted and
pl iced In the state museum at the state
house Augusta.
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
PARIS.

West Paris, April 1s.-The Universa-
lists and Baptists united In giving an
Easter concert at the church, sunday
evening.
Ley E. Eyster. formally OF this place.
Ii Attending the New England Oonssrva-
tory Of Music, Boston.
Rsv. X, 3. Leard and wife ara attend
ing the conference this week.
Iirs Ella Y. HodsdoD OF Pownal. Wis
tied friends hera over Sunday.
DR.. y. II. Packard is having his house
now occupied by u. y. Survey, painted.
Austin HAyss's little son Carl, Is quite
sick.
Wm. Y. Wiilia's wifs and daughter,
spent Sunday with friends In Lewiston.
Osmond Chase Of South Paris, Is the
snare hand at the station FOR the summer.
He IL learning telegraphy.
The village schools commenced last
Monday.
Edwin ]. Mann, University OF Maine.
1900, 1t at home on . few days vacation.
8. w. Durham 10 on . visit 90 his
daug htsr, Mira II. L. Hamilton, Ever
EFT. Mass.
Mrs. v. 8. Earnum has her millinery
opening, April Goth and 2ist-
NORTH YARMOUTH.
North Yarmouth, April IL The rsopIl
Of this commu unity were shocked ane
The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19

North Yarmouth, April H. -The people
Of this comm unity were shocked ans
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-16
Let Anglomaniacs Take Heed.

London. Nov. 12.-Those who have
long agitatcd against the docking of
horses tails have won a great vi ry
The Queen, in sending out an Sr1er
that none of her horses be treated in
that way. also announced that she
had persuaded the Prince of Wales to
follow her example. With the royalty
taking such a vigorous stand, il is
likely that the docked horse will soon
be as rare in London as full-taiI'd
horses are at present.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-16
Ex-Governor Pillsbury Of Minnesota

Ex-Governor Pillsbury Of Minnesota
and his wife are going to build a
home for poor girls in St. Paul. The
ex-governor says: III girl is thrown
out of employment, or for any reason
loses her breadearning power, we
want her to feel that she is not with
out friend. She need never despair
30 long as our home stands. There she
can find food and shelter, be as COM
Portable. SO far as her surroundings
are concerned. as she would be any
where in the world" 1t is by such
things as this that John l. Pillsbury
deserves his statue, which, the work
Of Daniel G. French, has just unveiled
ON the campus Of the University OF
Minnesota.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-16

The growth OF populatich about the
Great Lakes will be one of the impor-
tant revelations Of the present census.
Six Lake cities, Buffalo, Cleveland, To-
ledo, Detroit, Milwaukee and Chicago,
have added more than million people
since 1890. an increase of nearly fifty
per cent. The increase is directly re-
lated to the growth of commerce Of
the Great Lakes, which has doubled in
the last five years. The tonnage ca
pacity OF vessels passing through the
canal at Sault Sainte Marie Is now half
as large again as that OF all the ves-
sells which enter and leave the port OF
New York, and two and half times as
great as the tonnage which passes
through the Suez Canal The Great
Lakes certainly cannot be called "a
waste of waters" They are teeming
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-16

Foreign trade has picturesque fea-
lures which greatly relieve its colby
commercial aspects. For example, in
sending to Zanzibar hundred thou
sand dollars worth OF kerosene oil last
year the United States was doubtless
trying to light up the dark continent.
American locomotives are going to AZ
rica in such numbers that the CONT
nent cannot much longer be called
rtca's wealth, is becoming so scarce
that earnest efforts are now making
to preserve the herds OF elephants
from wanton slaughter What wonders
modern commerce works!
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-16

The relations existing between mis-
nsss and maid in Australia are aptly
illustrated in recent issue OF a
Queensland paper, in which girl ad-
vsrtises for a situation to take charge
Of laundry or dairy. She can cook,
and understands housekeeping, and
adds: None but a respectable mis-
tress, who wishes to leave her servant
in uninterrupted discharge Of her du-
ties. need apply"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-16
Death of Marcus DAILY.

New York. Nov 13-NIarcus DAILY,
one of the leading mine owners of the
world. died in the Hotel Netherland ut
S o'clock yesterday morning. aged six
ty. Dilation of the heart and Bright's
disease of the kidneys, with resultant
complications. We're the immediate
cause of death. though Mr.. Days i'll
ness dated back several years
He had suffered severely during the
last two months, but the end was pain
less. While he was surrounded by
members of his family. his life went
out so peacefully that only the physi-
clans in attendance knew that he had
found rest.
Marcus DAILY was born in Ireland in
1872. He came to the United States
early in life and since 1876 had been n
citizen of Montana. He became gen
eral manager of the Alice silver mine
and later came into control of the An
aconda copper mine. At the time of
his death he was president of the
A-'"'"" "atnd Conner COmpany
The Grit-advocate., 1900-11-16

Those who are privileged to act a.
hosts Of the prince of Wales have to
carefully study his likes and dislikee
In the matter Of food and wines, there
bsins quite long list Of things which
are "blackmailed" by him. He Is also
very particular as to punctuality in
tho matter Of meals, viewing delays
With much disfavor.