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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-30

NOR SALE-Block Off houses, IN perfect re-
II pair all occupied by good paying tenants
at $500 per annum water rates ssi per annum,
tax Sg5; investigation will satisfy sharp buyers:
must be sold a choice Investment; price $4,000.
W. II. WALDRON & Co, 1870 Middle ST. SOL
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important 20 Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle Of CASToRIA,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that It
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-30

In Use For over so Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Deering Highlands
LAND AND HOUSES.
DALTON & CO.,
53 Exchange ST.
So Exchange ST


ITO LET-Four furnished rooms on Deering
highlands suitable for light housekeeping
price SIS per month; location unsurpas sed. AZ
50 line down stairs rent Of Z rooms with mol
crn eonveniences, at corner Of High and Preble
streets, South Portland, for Sl3; room rent
stevens auenue, near Congress street only SIS
two sroom rents No. 81 Concord street so
each and many others. Several very low tor
the winter DALTON & co, So Exchange &.
ENOR SALE-Houses In Deerlng for $500
A $4,000, $4,000 s. 500. $1,000: also houses 10
Portland for a., 200 TO 5000. Choice building
lots at Oakdale. Fessenden Park, Deerlng
Highlands and also choice cottage lois at ctta.
wa PARK (Chff Coitage) Cape Elizabeth. All
kinds of real estate taken In exchange. Easy
terms. DALTON & Co, 80 Exchange street.
GNOR SALE-Those magnificent building lots
on Fessenden, Pitt, William and Da.t
mouth streets, 0akdae g. Perfect electric car
service, sewers, sidewalks and Sebago; sure TO
advance to double their present cost; interest,"
only per cent; other property taken IN eX'
change; 1t win pay you TO investigate. DAIr
TON & CO.. IS Exchange street. octledtI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-30
AGENTS WANTED.

xVANTED-~A lady agent to eonyass year in
w and year out for preparation OF acknoM-
legded merit, and viii find a ready sale. Adj
dress L. D., Press ONCE. 21i
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ITO LET-Nice. large. sunny front room. with
bath room privilege. None but respectable
parties need apply. Ga FREE STREET, Port
and. 1913
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EoR LEAsE--The Wen lighted, very ,desir-
II able ground floor Office No. Exchange
street. web situated for brokers compartments.
Owner would htit up to underlet space in same,
to satisfy good tenant. BENJAMIN SHAW
& Co, 81 Exchange street. is-2
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WANTED SITUATIONS.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents, cash I'm advance.
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WANTED-An energetic man or woman TO
w represent something new and desirable.
Good paying arrangement made with the right
party Call for interview upon MONTAGu =
NJ. SMITH, Room 2TB.. First National Bank
Building Portland, Maine. 25-l
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WE HAVE customers for ffty-two family
w houses. Price $4,000 to $4,000 ii You
have IA house that you want sold and want to
get what the property is worth and no more,
call At our office or send us q description. H'
f. ALEXANDER & co. 90 Exchange St 291
Evening star., 1901-12-21
WOMEN AS TELEGRApH1sTs
they Have Only Ordinary Capactty
but They Are Docfle.

From the Lol,don Economic Journal
Women possess the ability to perform the
routine duties Of telegraphy when carried
on at low, even pressure as efficiently as
men. A broader worldly education gives
them the judgment and ability necessary
to perform duties of a higher character.
In addition, they are attractive to employ-
ers because they can be obtained consid-
erably cheaper than men. They possess.
too, the sovereign advantage of dociIity,
There are not lacking signs, however, that
thls ooclllty Will decrease as women be-
come more con scious of their economic
value and responsibilities. AS set-off to
their attractive qualities they suffer from
certain disabilities and DISADVANTAGES
which detract from their value and tend
to neutralize the economy in money wages
They would appear to have lower in
dlVldual output than men, and, as conse-
quence. 1t is necessary to employ a larger
staff Of women than Of men for the same
work. They suffer much more from sick
ness than men, which reduces their trust
worthiness and value. This sickness is
largely due to causes that are natural and
average service is considerably shorter taan
mems, and they are thus lost at the period
OF their higher efficiency. They possess
less powers Of endurance and are there
fore OF much less value in sudden emereen-
cies, such as frequently arise in tele-
graphic work. "A social prejudice prevents
the performance Of night duty by women.
although there seems reason to believe thai
TINS can and will, be overcome
Administrations differ in the value thew
set upon these various qualities, and the
resulting decisions are consequently differ
ent. The majority Of administrations speak
strongly in favor Of female employment.
but do not give the details Of the reasoning
which brings, them to this conclusion.
Weighing up the evidence which is to hand.
the writer is forced to the conclusion that
the factor which turns the scale in favor Of
women is their docility. Doubtless the au-
thorities are Influenced to considerable
extent by the necessity OF justifying them
selves in adopting female labor. But alter
allowing for this influence, there does NOT
seem sufficient reason for the very gem
eral declaration in favor of women unless
we allow tremendous value to their do
ciiity. This characteristic Of women is ex-
ceedingly attractive to busy administrative
officers. With a male staff torn and agi-
tated by the labor upheavals going on
around them, there is doubtless much un-
rest and troublesome worry. Women are
not 80 much affected by these disturb
ances. If this does not weigh as heavily as
suggested 1t Is hard to understand the
present position of heads Of departments.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
THE LATEST CONVENIENCE.
All the Comforts Of Home without the
Necessity of Going There.

Necessity of Going There.
From the Century.
An insidious little circular has of late
been calling the attention of New Workers.
to certain downtown parlors where a man
may keep evening clothes, extra top coats
and other changes of apparel. avoiding in
this way the annoyance of going home to
dress. AS the Golfers of Killingsworth
who witnessed the first journeys of Steph-
enson's travelling engine" did net, In all
probability, appreciate the Importance Of the
experiment going on under their eyes. nor
foresee the revolution the little machine
was destined to work in the habits of man.
klnd, so the recipient of this circular doubt
less faiis to grasp its real purport or the
possibilities that lie dormant in that iuno-
but what changes will ensue when our
women have seized upon and elaborated
the scheme?
with a wardrobe judiciously distributed
IN dlHerent parts of the city and its SUBJ
uros, a demoiSele Will be able to go
through the successive transformation re-
CURED by her days amusement-jIlmp from
riding habit to golf skirt, into luncheon. re-
ception and ball dress-without the tire
some necessity of re-entering the family
circle. Think what saving of nerves and
cap rare viii result, Two of New York's
largest department stores already provida
pain rooms where customers can take dips
between tussle at the bargain counter
and a quick lunch. The phrase IAN the
comforts of home" will soon be as obsolete
as the place Itself, and returning there ex
cept TO sleep, Will be eliminated from the
list of a damsels duties
Evening star., 1901-12-21
PAID FOR DOING NOTHING.
Queer Sfnecures That the Theory of
Vested Rights Creates In England.

Queer Sfnecures That the Theory of
Vested Rights Creates In England.
From the st. James Gazette.
There are times when even a government
department forgets all about red tape and
becomes mere human thing, and when
even the treasury filings economy to the
winds and becomes the soul Of generosity.
When, in the construction Of depart
ments, somebody must go, the man to go,
though he loses his work, never loses his
salary. Thousands of people are idle today
through the operation of laws or
through administrative changes-out of
work, it may almost be said, by act of par
lament but the governments out-of-w works
paid for doing nothing.
1t is over a generation since the registrar
general decided to do without an indexer,
but the man who lost the lndex.ng work Is
still drawing nearly a hundred pounds
year. In 1886 the home office found that
it could dispense with the schoolmaster at
Wormwood Scrubbs, and the gentleman
who had held the office up to that time has
received f124 a year since And when the
foreign office found in 1856 that 1t could
dispense with a translator, 1T gave its
translator f176 a year not to translate.
There is no limit to the pensioned out-of-
works of the government; hundreds of
thousands of pounds are paid away every
year to people who do not lift a finger to
earn it. They may have sat on government
StoolS years anu years ago. Ihey may
have cooked prison food at Dartmoor; they
may have been judges in some little corner
of the empire which no longer wants them;
they may have been housekeepers, laun-
dresses, jailers, laborers, chaplains, govern
ors, consuls, ambassadors 1t makes no
difference; generous government compen-
safes them all.
There Is an old man somewhere who
years ago collected toll on Chelsea bridge
and who because there are no longer tolls
to collect, receives check for FIT a year
from the kind-hearted treasury, which
could not send him empty away. He has
friend in the field laborer who has re-
ceived 121a guineas year for a quarter of
century because the official surveyors of
the united kingdom have nothing more for
him to do; and the ex-servants of the
crown include cook at Broadmoor, who
costs the taxpayers f19 a year. The board
of works gives $500 a year to an out-of-
work clerk in the stationery office; the CO.
lonial office has been paying an ex-store-
keeper at st. Helena FAB year since 1854,
and the foreign office has on its list an out
of-work ia Ter at Yokohama and an out-of-
work consul at ST. Petersburg who between
them draw f1,074 year.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
LIBRARY ILLUMINATION.
An Important Subject Being Carefully
Watched.

From the Museums Journal
A deputation of gentlemen interested In
general museum management visited Lon
don and other English museums recently
Although they appeared to be much i'm
pressed with the lighting of the British
Museum and the Museum Of Pract cal
Geology. yet the best system was found
in the Manchester Museum. Here the sys-
tenn of inverted arc lamps, rejecting light
from the ceilings, is in vogue. This method
approaches very near to the proper nat
ural system of lighting, whereby the source
OF light is not thrust prominently to. the
sight OF the spectator, while the action of
the light is everywhere even.
The subject of museum and library light
ing is rapidly becoming of great Importance
in America. Museums are today (as well
as libraries) more places of reference than
amusement and instruction, though these
are useful functions. A museum as well as
library should be open at all times day
and night, to the student desiring informa
ton.
Evening star., 1901-12-21

he remained behind till he judged the Brit
ish soldiers were near the well, and set IT
off, escaping in a canoe and landing with
the others near Giesboro.
Whichever report is true is of but little
matter, but there is good reason to believe
that the number Of killed and wounded
was much greater than stated, for the
writer has heard more than one Of the
Oldest Inhabitants who were boys at the
time describe the scene which they wit
messed two days after when the indica-
tons were that twice the number given had
been burned, and such quantity of the frag-
ments of bodies was found as TO Indicate
that the British commander must have
lost half his force
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Sunnite and Shiite Hair Growth

From the Lsncet.
The Mahometan religion Is divided into
two principal sects-the Sunnites and the
Shiites. The members Of these sects can
be readily Disseminated by the fashion in
which the hair grows on their arms, for
while on those of the Sunnites the growth
turns downward from shoulder to wrist on
the interior side and upward from the wrist
to shoulder posteriorly, the hair on the
Shiite arms presents the contrary appear
once on both sides Of the arms This sin
gular divergence is produced by the man
ner Of washing their arms as prescribed
by the tenets of the sects respectively, for
while Sunnites hold 1t orthodox to stroke
their arms, after washing them, from shoul-
der to wrist on front and from wrist to
shoulder on the back, the Shiites abhor this
practice and stroke their arms in the oppo-
site ways, and hence the two directions in
which the hair is seen to grow on the arms
of the two sects.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Novel Electric Railroad.
From the Mexican Herald,


The magnificent old Corniche road from
Nice to the convent of Laghet, passing
by La Turbie, is to be served by a novel
and ingenious traction system. No rails
will be laid. The cars are practically large
electric motor cars minus accumulators.
The motor receives Its electrical power
from overhead wires. Central electrical
works will provide the current, which will
pass through two parallel aerial wires SUM-
ported by posts. One wire will be used by
the ascending, the other by the descending
vehicle. Great economy Of energy is OBJ
tained, besides the gain of all the space
and the avoidance Of the weight of the
accumulators. One feature Of the system
Is the ease with which the motor cars will
make way or pass round any carriage thew
encounter. the connecting wire being sum-
cdently long to allow Of such deviations,
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Some Little Things.

1t is habit with most folk to discuss the
biggest things of earth, yet the littlest
things are quite as amusing. Here are
few littlest things: Ourselves, the alphabet
on a pinhead, the free silver craze, what
Van Wyck got at the polls, Germans
chances for the presidency, etc. The lit
tlest church is in the village Of St. Law
renee, Isle of Wight. 1t originally had
sittings for twelve people. The Iittlest
kingdom in the world is Monaco. The lit
tlest man on record was Phnetas of Cos,
who had to carry weights in his clothes to
navy in proportion to population is Mex
ico's. Twelve million people are protect
ed' by fleet Of two dispatch vessels.
two unarmored gun vessels carrying one
4-ton muzzle-loading cannon and four small
breech-loaders. and five second-cIass tor
pero boats. This fleet" is manned by
ninety officers and 500 men.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
lit is IMPORTANT
10 KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING WHEN
USING CATARRH MEDICINEs.

USING CATARRH MEDICINES.
Catarrh is the short route to consumption, and
the Importance Of early and judcious treatment of
catarrh, whether located In the head, throat or
bronchial tubes cannot be too strongly emphasized
The list Of catarrh cures is long as the moral
law. and the forms in Which they administered
numerous and confusing, from sprays inhalers
washes, ointments and saives 10 powders, LIQUIDS
and tablets.
The tablet form is undoubtedly the most conven-
lent and the most effective, but with nearly all
advertised cstarrh remedies 1t is almost entirely a
matter Of guess work TO what you are taking
into your system, the proprietors, while making
all sorts of claims to what their medicines will
do, always keep it a close secret a to what they
are.
The success and popularity Of the new catarrh
cure, Stuarts Catarrh Tablets, Ia largely because
1t not only catarrh, but because catarrh
sufferers who use these tablets know what they
are taking into their systems. Stnart's Catarh
Tablets are composed Of Red Gum, Blood Root and
similar valuable and antiseptie ingredients. and
are pleasant to the taste. and being dissolved In
the mouth they take immediate effect upon the
mucous lining of the throat, nasal passages and
whole respiratory tract.
The cures that stuart's Catarrh Tablets have
accomplished In old chronic cases OF catarrh are
little short Of remarkable. ana the advantage OF
knowing what you are putting into your stomach
is Of paramount importance when 1t is remembered
that the cocaine or morphine habit has been fire.
Quently contracted the result Of using secret
catarrh remedies.
stuart's Catarrh Tablets meet with cordial sp-
character renders them perfectly safe for the gen.
eral public to usa and their composition makes
them q common-ssnse for all forms Of eatarrh-
al troubles
Al druggists sell them at 50 cents for full-sses
psekages. dsls&2l-2s
Evening star., 1901-12-21
UNCLE SAM: DON'T WORRY, I'LL UNITE YOU SOON'

described before the ophthalmic section of
the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
case of sudden blindness whicn was prob
ably due to methyl alcohol, the patient for
two months prior to his loss of vision
having been constantly employed in using
only this, but he, as we'll as his fellow
workmen, were in the habit at the close
# the days labor of washing varnish
tains from their hands, forearms and
aces with the methyl alcohol. 1t is evil
en that the dangerous nature of this
iquid is not generally understood. and no
time should be lost in making known the
risks of it's use.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Royal StOckhOIders.

TUIH tIIV -NtW 1Ofk Times,
There is probably no American railroad
which can boast OF so many stockholders
OF royal blood as can the Great Northern
railway. In the Offices of this road are the
signatures Of the Duke of Connaugbt, the
Prlnce OF Wales, the Princess Beatrice, the
Duke Of Fife, the MARQUIS of Iorne ana -
most OF the other dukes and duchesses.
princes and prineesses, marquises and
marchionesses in whose veins run the tra
dltional blue blood. The only one who holds
no stock In this road is the head - a.
family-King Edward VII Another dis
tinguished stockholder is "Bobs." Field
Marshal Roberts. Most of these peonle
were lnduced to invest in Great Northern.
coma and Mount ROYAL.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Copper I'm Cheese.

The green color of certain kinds of ItaI-
ian cheese'is due to the milk having been
kept standing in copper vessels. During
this period of rspose the milk takes up con-
siderable quantities of copper; indeed. it
Is customary to estimate the degree Of
acidity attained by the milk by noting the
gradual disappearance of the brightness of
the highly polished metallic surface. DIR.
Mariani has examined twenty-five samples
of green Parmesan cheese from various
places, and has found that to about every
two pounds of cheese there is present from
0.S to 3.3 grains of copper
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Wisdom of Experience,

rom the ChlcdgO news.
Singleton-"I wish you were eligible for
membership in our bachelor club, old man.
You have no idea of what you are miss
Ing"
Wededly-"Oh. yes. I have. count the
change In my pocket every night and morn
ing
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Methyl Alcohol.

From the Druggists' Circular.
The highly injurious effect Of methyl al
cohol on the eyes Is now well established;
1t was shown in a case reported some time
ago that the ingestion OF even the puri-
fed article had produced blindness; and it
has been found that exposure to the fumes
Is also dangerous. DIR. de Schweinitz has
Evening star., 1901-12-21
SYRUP
OF
FIGS.
Never Initiated inn
Quality.
An Excellent Combination.
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and benencisi effects Of the
Ssn-knowp remedy. SYRUP OF FIGS. m.nuf.c-
tured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP 90. H.
iustrste the vaIue OF obtsiniag the liquid lara.
tive principles Of plspu known to be incidentally
laxative and preseatinG them In the form uost re-
freshtrg to the taste and acceptable to the system
IL is the one perfect strengthening laxative cleans,
ing the system erectuslly. dispellins colds head
aches and fevers gently Jet promptly and enabling
one TO overcome habitual constipsuOp permanent.
E. lts pedect freedom from every Objectionable.
quality and substance. and Its acting on the Kid
peys, liver and bowels. without weakening or ir>
,ttating them. make It the ideal laxative
in the process OF manufacturing ngs are used. a.
they are pleasant to the taste. but the medicinal
Qualities OF the remedy are obtained from sem.
and other aromatic plants. by q method known to
the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co. only In order
get its beneficial effects and to avoid limitations
please remembe- the full name OF the COMPANY
printed on the front OF svery package
Evening star., 1901-12-21

Mistress engaging servanO-"Of course
you must know that allow no followers
Matilda Jones-"Tm right glad TO hear n
ma am. At your time of life, and a mar
ried woman, too. it wouldn't be proper II
you didr'-Tit. Bits
Evening star., 1901-12-21
Caustic.
From the Philadelphia Press,

Minnfck - Il sent some verses to that
magazine. but don't think the editor read
them at ALL"
sinnick-"Ah. They were accepted, were
they?'
Evening star., 1901-12-21

All Show a Decrease.

In the present 1st Brigade every organ
ization shows loss, varying from II in the
Gtf2e Regiment to IS in the 9th; the total
loss since last year Is 2SS. In the I'd, or
Brooklyn Brigade. there is a loss of 3, IN
creases In the total qualifications of the two
regiments preventing any greater dro
from last seasons figures.
The Sd Brigade, with headquarters at Al
bany. consists of the 10th Battalion and
two regiments and one battalion made up
or separate companies. In the 4th, Buffalo,
Brigade are three battalions of separate
companies. All of the organizations COM
posed of these companies have increased
the number of their qualified rifiemen. The
Sd Brigade has 1,794 such men this year as
against 1,629 in 1900; but large losses by the
city regiments of the 4th Brigade outweigh
gains by the country battalions, and the
total of the brigade is So less than it was
last year
The batteries, Troop C, and the Signal
Corps, now attached to headquarters, show
improvement since last year; but the larger
units, Squadron A. and the 18th Artillery,
show losses. There is total gain of 3 over
last years figures, however. The result Is
a total loss in the National Guard of 22l
qualified marksmen, sharpshooters and ex-
pertS.
Soldiers Who Cannot Shoot.
This unpleasant result is not to be as
crlbed to slacknesS on the part of the gen.
eral inspectors Of small arms practice" it
is pointed out. More interest in rifle prac-
tice on the part of the brigade commanders
might have prevented it. The matter is too
important to be allowed to drop. A soldier
who cannot shoot is of little military value:
and the duty of developing riaemen falls,
not on the general inspectors, but on the
brigade commanders and their subordinate
commanding officers"
Major James E. Bell. inspector general of
rifle practice, District of Columbia Militia,
commenting on the situation in New York,
Is inclined to believe that Notwithstanding
average per man is not in reality any less
than last year, but is possibly greater, and
that the standard of marksmanship is prob
ably superior. The experiences of the Dis
tr1cts representatives with the New York
teams at Sea Girt last September indicated
thas the New Workers are very near the top
OF the ladder SO far as the use Of the rifle
Is concerned.
Evening star., 1901-12-21
The Erect.

Ida-"I see less people have been killed
by foot ball this year than ever before"
May-"For goodness sake, don't let the
players overhear you They would feel
ashamed and start in to break the record
for brutality