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A Victim of Philanthropy.

A meditatiye kitten looked exceedingly dis
traught,
Across her furry, furrowed brow were lines
OF deepest thought.
SLOW shall | best improve my lives ?'' I
heard her, muSing, say:
"I've only nine to live-I must not fritter
them away.
at is appalling when I think how Tabby
Tortoise-shell
Has spent eight lives already, and not one
of them spent well
But shall plan mine carefully, and make
them all sublime,
And 50 leave noble paw prints on the shin
ing sands of Time.
'Em such little kitten, the first life of them
I'll only chase my tail around and play with
The second I'll be older-and | think it
would be nice
Entirely to devote my second life to catch
ing mice.
SAnd then the next one-let me see-yes. |
am sure the third
Could be employed with profit learning how
to catch a bird
The fourth I'll roll in catnip, oh, won't that
be immense!
The fifth think I'll yowl away on the back
garden fence.
''But no-these are my pleasures, and it
isn't right a bit
l know l ought to live my lives for others
benefit,
Pm sure l ought to try the philanthropic
dodge, and that
Is awful hard for such a small and ignorant
little cat
''These questions overwhelm mel" She
drew a shuddering sigh.
''I'm tired of living my nine lives, think l
want to die!''
And with sad, despairing moan the kitten
then and there
Gave up nine ghosts, and once again a cat
was killed by care
SIT was almost miracle, Burdock Blood
Bitters cured me of terrible breaking out
all over the body. 1 am very grateful. -
Miss Julia Filbridge, West Cornwell, Conn,
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A Plea in Behalf of the Feeble-Minded of
our State.

| TO TIE EDITOR OF The Journal:
! According to The census of 1890 the
census for 1900 viii not be tabulated
until July, 1902 Maine has an aggregate
of 1891 feeble minded persons. Nine of
/ this number are being supported by the
! State at the Massachusetts School for
! the Feeble Minded at Waverley, Massa-
chusetts, at the rate of three hundred
dollars each per year For the rest we
are doing practically nothing.
From purely economical standpoint,
would it not be cheaper to take the
| twenty-seven hundred dollars which we
are paying Massachusetts each year and
add to it an amount sufficient to start a
school of our OWL and thus enable more
than nine children to receive the care
and training which We owe the feeble
minded?
We are caring for the insane. aud we
have our Reform School for boys, In
dustrial School for girls. School for the
Deaf and various Orphans Homes, but
we seem to forget the duty which we
owe this class of detectives and they
: are left to roam at large, untaught,
where they are menace and expense to
the community.
In the schools for the feeble minded,
and there are now 'twenty-three State
institutions in the United States, they
are taught in books if they are capable
of learning, particular attention being
paid to the manual and industrial
training, which is very important
factor in the training of the feeble mind
ed.
A feeble minded person can never be-
come self supporting; but needs super
! vision and care as long as he lives. If
| this protection cannot be furnished by
the friends in the home, it should be
offered by the State in the form of a
school or home. Massachusetts realizes
this, and has already purchased tract
of land of nearly two thousand acres so
that they can transfer their adults from
! the School at Waverley to permanent
home constructed on the colony plan.
At very many of our almshouses one
or more feeble minded persons can be
found and if we took the trouble to
investigate, we would find that many of
the arrests and cases that come before
our courts, are from the so-called
reflective class. We surely can never
overcome poverty and crime and uplift
humanity until We make some provision
for this class.
Last year the women of New Hamp-
shire, through the Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs did active work in behalf of
the feeble-minded of their State anC
their efforts were crowned with success
Shall not Maine do likewise? w.
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longer be considered the national bever-
age. That other British everage, brandy
and-water, or brandy -and-soda, has also
ceased to tickle the Englishman's palate
to any great extent, and Scotch whiskey
is now the almost universal tipple. 1t
is taken hot or cold, with water or with
soda, but in either case is largely dilut-
ed You call for a large Scotch or a
small Scotch, and the barmaid measures
out the exact quantity and pours it into
the glass. There is no passing of the
bottle or decanter. An exchange says,
and truly: "For between times and
for bracers for men and women in Eng
land, from royalty down, the praises
are for Scotch whiskey and water"
Some one said that the falling off in the
consumption of beer was due to the
discovery, a year or more ago, of harm
full ingredients in this once popular
amber fluid; while Scotch whiskey owes
something of its popularity to the re-
commentator of physicians. Beer has
made many great fortunes in England,
and brewers have been given titles;
now it looks as though the distillers
were to have their innings. Not only
is the home consumption of Scotch
whiskey very large, and growing, but
the export of this liquor to the United
States is increasing by leaps and bounds.
We used to read occasionally in the
English newspapers comments on
Americans abroad that We're not flat
teriDg to our national pride. But | saw
and heard enough in brief sojourn on
British soil to convince me that these
criticisms We're not unWarranted, and
to feel heartily ashamed of the rude
ness and incivility that is sometimes
manifested to people that are uni
formly kind and courteous. Suppose
harrangnes in public places against our
manners, customs and most cherished
Institutions; who Ieyiles baked beans
and clam choWder: who intimates that
we are all cheats and sWindIers. etc. OF
course We would not ike it, We would
say that our visitor was ill-mannered,
and should regard his room as better
than his company. Why then expect
that the American who goes through
Europe with a chip on lis shoulder, de
nouncing everything that does not har-
monte with his contracted IDEAS, should
be otherwise regarded by the people
whose sensibilities he otfends:
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Q a. TO RIA
s Bear. the @''' Kind y. Have Always Bought
Signature Of &zHAzzzx
A Most Charming Semi-Monthly

Farm and Home, always attractive and
interesting, appears with decided improve
ment for this year. A most charming farm
and family semi-monthly ; pure in tone, and
treating diversity of subjects, it meets
the wants of every person actively engaged,
or at all interested, in agricultural pursuits
and family life. A fine Art Calendar for
1902, with weather forecasts for every day in
the year, and five beautiful pictures, 9x13.
each a gem of art, is included in each sub
ScriptiOn.
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UNREASONABLE Proof.

An article which has recently been put
on sale in this district, and is becoming
well known, is Pages Poultry Food. The
numerous testimonials in praise of this egg
producer are of such high character that
they are indisputable; They are written
by people who are we'll known throughout
New England, and who lend their names to
nothing that is not gilt edged. Send your
name on postal card to G. S. Page, Hyde
Park, VT, and get circular.
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Euglish tourists are sometimes SAID
10 .Xueet to see buffalo running wild in
the streets of New York and to meet
Indians il their full panoply of war
paint and feathers We did not anticl-
pate any such violent contrast to condi-
tlous at home, but We're surprised to
ind the people we met. as rule, differ
ing SO slightly from Americans. We
heard no gaelic i'll Scotland, and the
cockney did not manifest himself even
IA London which is is native cath.
Tie people generally seemed to be at
tending TO their own business much III
the way that ours do, but they were
never SO hurried that they did not find
time to be polite. | think they have a
little of the advantage Of us there. One
of our party who had met with the
utmost courtesy when abroad, had only
set foot on lis native soil few hours
when he experienced the 'Insolence of
office. and from woman, too, and IN
addition received an extremely brusque
response to a very proper and polite
enquiry in a business place. There are
other contrasts, but it would require
much space to set them forth intel
Lightly: and to Illustrate the difference
In language ! will give few American
Terms and the English equivalents:
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THIS list could be extended almost in
definitely, and then the differing forms
Ut expression might be taken up. There
Is, indeed. so much difference in the
every day language of the two coun-
tries that an extremely insular Briton
and an equally extreme Yankee might
ind some difficulty in understanding
each other.
1t was surprise to find that the
British shop keeper eXcels the Ameri-
can store keeper i'll the art of window
display. This applies to the smaller
shops rather than to the larger estab-
tishments, which are perhaps hardly
equal to our own. In the small and
medium sized shops the windows are
usually filled with goods from top to
bottom, and the different articles are
most attractively arranged. IN many
eases the displays would not be posi-
bic il this country, because of flies and
the heat of the sun. On the other side
OF the water there are apparently no
flies and the sun usually is about as
luminous as boiled gooseberry. There
are shops devoted solely to the sale of
butter and cheese: and the window is
filled with cut cbeeses of the different
kinds and butter in bulk and III pack
ages. Ia one of these shops we were
told that they received most Of their
butter from Australia They. also had
margarine without the oleo) duly label
ed, and it looked quite as nice as the
butter. Fish were displayed at the fish
m0ngers stalls on marble slabs-soles,
place, whiting and turbot, oysters and
Grassland there were mo flies on
them" In Oxford saw bigger crab
than any ever encountered in Southern
waters; but the proprietor told me he
often had much larger ones. The one
saw would make a salad for a small
party. Does it pay to make these win
dow displays? The experiences of oul
party would indicate that it does. In
every pace visited we maze various
small purchases, and in every instance
we were attracted by something in &
show window, or something seen there
drew us within the shop.
In a former article spoke of thu
cigarette habit in Great Britain and thu
apparent decadence of the pipe.
was quite as great a surprise to flint
that beer-ale, as we call it-can n,
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A Toast to Our Native Land.

Huge and alert, irascible yet strong,
We make our fitful way mid right and
wrong.
One time we pour out millions to be free,
Then rashly sweep an Empire from the
One time we pull the shackles from the
slaves,
And then, quiescent, we are ruled by
knaveS.
Often we rudely break restraining bars,
And confidently reach out toward the
Yet under all there flows hidden stream
Sprung from the Rock of Freedom, the
great dream
OF Washington and Franklin, men of old
Who knew that freedom is not bought
with gold,
This the Land we love, our heritage,
Strange mixture Of the gross and fine, yet
sage
And full of promise,-destined to be great
Drink to Our Native Land God bless the
State.
Robert Bridges in the January Atlantic
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MEN AND THINGS ABROAD.

In writing of English and Scotch
hotels | intended introducing some
menus; but found so much to say that
| feared they would make the articles
too long. | will supply the omission
nov by giving dinner menus Of Riggs
Crown Hotel, Bowness, and the Bath
Hotel, Leamington-tWo OF the most
desirable Stopplng-places on our route
These were not special dinners, but the
usual daily menu. In the number of
dishes they fall far short of the second
or even third class hotels in this coun-
try: but if quality is considered they
will take rank with the highest. Every
dish on these menus was simply per
fect.-nicely cooked and well served AS
between a menu in French of a hun
dred or more dishes-few of them eat
able and most of them served in single
mouthfuls. and the good wholesome
food served at BoWnesS and Leaning
ton, give me the latter every time. The
menus speak for themselves
The Bath Hotel,
bennington, England.
Tomato Soup
salmon. white sauce and cucumbers
Roast Reef
Lamb and mint sauce.
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PROBATE NOTICES.

DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE. The subscriber
n hereby gives notice that he has been duly
appointed administrator of the estate of
JAMES c. LAMPHIER, late of Stockton Springs,
in the County of Waldo, deceased, and given
mands against the estate of said deceased are de-
sired to present the same for settlement, and all
indebted thereto requested to make payment
Immediately.
SAMUEL A RENDELL.
Stockton Springs, Dec. 10, 1901.
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plLFAST FREE LIBRARY.
s.a,ai List of Scientific Books.

SPECIAL List of Scientific Books.
MINERALOGY.
*Ansted )avid Thomas.
In seara of minerals. $780,. 253. An
Hamlin augustus Choate.
Ieisnre lours among the gems.
1884 ''o'e'o' 1i-1
*Hamlin, augustus Choa1e.
The toutllal'he' ILLUSTRATIONS.
1873. ''''.'''''''''' ooo'o I'LL
Martin, Edaard A.
Story nj piece of coal: what it
is whence it comes, and whittier
if goes Illustrated. 1896. ..... 553. NJ 3
Orpen, Ms Goddard.
Stories ABOUT famous precious
stones e. $780,. $3.50. Or
BIOLOGY 1xcIUDING ARCHAEOLOGY AND
EVOLUTION.
Clodd, Edward
Childhood of the world; simple
Account of man in early times.
1887 ................. ST.. { 6
Clodd Edwarl
Primer OF evolution. lllustra-
tions. .................,.5 75. 6-1
Clodd, Edward
Story of creation. A plain ac-
count Of eyolution. 1sos........ SIS. c
Darwin, Charlie Robert.
Origin of species by means of
natural selection. 1889. w.. SO. D .
Donnely, Ignatus.
Atlantis the aotediluvian world
illustrations Observation-Disclosures. I'll. ID I
Drnmmond HenIN
Ascent of MAJ S!4.. 575. D s
Foster, John W..
Prehistoric race Of the United
States OF Amrrica. 1SS7....,. 81. F
llaeckel, Ernst.
The riddle Of IT, universe at the
close of the l9t injury. Trans
lated from the u"nman by Nc
Cahe. 1901. ...........,....,... SO. II
Hutchinson, / \
Extinct mouStel4 sone of the
larger form, OF lctent animal
lie. iiu tatios ,........... 566. II 9
Huxley, Thoma- Hem.
Evidence a. TO na place in
Nature Illus. i,,'..-....... 573. H
MacLean John Patterson.
Mound bui de.*. r archaeol
ogy of But4l Coun Ohio.
lSS1....-...........-... .........571.9. NJ
"Mivart, St 1eogea.
Man and apes. ....... ...-.... 573. NJ 50
*Miyart, st. Geor-e,
ON the genesis ot specs. ........ l75. VI SO
Moorehead, Warren km-
Primitive men I'll OUo. Illus
trations. lSQ2.........-........5 7f.9M 7
Morley, Margaret Wanr
Love and life illustrated 1885. 57t. N 5
"NadailIac, Jean Franco, A. mm-
quisd.
Manners and moaumea, of pre-
historic peoples, Trus by y.
Bell. 1l@ illustration. 1892. 81. y
*Quatrefages, j. l. Armand de. 80
The human species ID ....'- 81 Q
Spencer, Herbert
Principles of biology Revised
and enlarged edition, 1aS2v... $40. So
Starr, Frederick
Some first steps IN human pro-
gress Illustrated l,97........ 511. st
Tyler, John Mason
Whence and the whittier 0l man.
ii story of his origin and dovel-
opment through conformity to
environment. 1896. .......... 575 I 9
*Tylor, Edward Burnett
Anthropology an intIoductuuto
the study of man and cNilila-
ton 1889. ..........-......... 51l 7 .
Wnchell, Alexander
Doctrine of evolution; its data,
its principles, its specI atoms.
and it's theiStic bearings 1s14. 80. "
Winchell, Alexander
Pre-adamtes, or demons ration
of the existence of men before
Adam Charts and il.u>tNa-
tons. lSSS............... -. " I
Presented
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Where
Do You Go

for YOUR medicine and other
drug store articles :? We
would like to have lou come
here for them. Perhaps all
drug stores Seem alike to you.
They are not alike, any more
tina individuals are alike.
We are working for the high
est results in the compound
ing Of medicines as prescribed
by physicians. We try hard
to put up every prescription
jost as sklllfully as it can be
put up. No detail is ever
rushed over or sighted. he
medicine has to be right or
we Will not let it 90 out OF
our store. We invite you to
come to US with your pre-
scr,ptlonS.
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Poor & Son,
JOhnsOn'S Block.
For Sale at a BARGAIN

-, mat desirable and well located real estate at
ne ne loot of Main street, known as the Daniel
lane wharf property will be sold low to close
ine estate. Inquire of
d.. N.F. HOUSTON Executor.
belfast December 10, 19OO.-51t
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OUR H0NOREp BATES.
How dear to all her loyal sons our own, our
honored Bates,
When first we trod the toilsome path that
leads to wisdom's gates;
We love her halls and chapel where we SO
oft have met,
The mountain by the campus we shall not
soon forget.
CHORUS.
Hurrah for old Bates College, our thoughts
shall linger near,
Hurrah for old Bates College, to us forever
dear.
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Frank Gould a Benedict,

Mr.. Frank Could who was recently
married to a daughter Of the late Ed
ward Kelly. is the youngest member Of
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o, DEAR LOVED MAINE.
The University of Maine.

o, DEAR LOVED MAINE.
The University of Maine
Land of the forest, lake, and sea-
OF mountain peak and lordly pine,
We lift our hearts in pray'r for thee,
And ask a blessing all divine
God ever keep thee in His hand
May peace within thy borders reign,
And all thy children loyal stand,
To guard thee well, 0 dear-loved Maine
Price S1.25. For sale at the book
store, Kinds 4 Noble also publish Songs
of All the Colleges, and have now in
press Songs of the Western Colleges, ;"
and New Songs for College Glee
Clubs"
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BOWDOIN BEATA.
When bright skies were DER us
And life lay before us,
Meath BoWdoin's pines we gathered far
and near,
SO filling our glasses
And pledging all classes
Wen drink Il toast to Alma Mater dear.
CHORUS.
Drink, drink. Clnk, cink, clink.
Smash your glass in splinters when youv
done!
0 Bowdoin beata, O dear Alma Mater.
There is no fairer mother meath the sun,
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SONGS OF THE EASTERN COLLEGES,

This is the title of large and hand
some volume of 1913 pages, published by
Kinds & Noble, New York City. The
compilers are Robert w. Atkinson of
Harvard and Ernest Carter of Prince
| ton, and the music OF several of the
songs was also composed by them Some
of the songs may we'll be termed classics,
such as 'Fair Harvard and ''The Lone
Fish Ball. (the latter inserted at the
special request of several old Harvard
AlumnD while others are new, outside
of the colleges at least. The preface
says:
'eAll the world loves the college stu.
de mt, and under no circumstances is he
mo re amiable or more provocative of
contagious. geniality than when he sings
his college songs.
I'm this volume have been gathered
not only the typical songs, but also the
most popular songs of all the Eastern
Colleges
''The collection has been made for
| two purposes; first, to provide the
Eastern College students with songs
which are always sung whenever they
! gather together: second, to deepen the
spirit of brotherhood already existing
| between college fraternities as they
learn to sing each others songs.
''All the old favorites will be found in
this collection, together with many new
songs that will stir the college man,
and revive those memories which unite
him and his Alma Mater in bonds which
can never be broken.
al is hoped that this book will also
be acceptable to the alumnus, for moth
ing brings so strongly before the grad
yates mind the glorious days of yore
as the sweet strains that one time float
ed to his ear in the gloamingS Of college
days"
The compilers and publishers have
alike done their part i'll making this
volume interesting and attractive, and it
should meet with a generous reception
from college men everywhere We
give below some specimen verses from
the Maine college songs. The music
for the Colby song was composed by
w. c. Crawford, formerly of Belfast,
and now engaged in teaching i'll Massa-
chusetts:
ALMA MArER-CoLBY.
When gathered round the social board
Or by some CHEEKY fire we're lolling,
When lying on the summer sWard,
Or through the streets at evening stroll
ing,
How sweet some good Old song to raise
To sing our Nina Matters praise,
How sweet some good old song to raise
That sings our Alma Matters praise.
BOWDOIN BEATA.
When bright skies were DER us
And life lay before us,
Meath Bowdoins pines we gathered far
and near,
So filling our glasses
And pledging all classes
Wen drink "a toast to Alma Mater dear.
CHORUS.
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In a former article l spoke of the
cigarette habit in Great Britain and the
apparent decadence of the pipe It
was quite as great surprise to find
that beer-ale, as we call it-can no
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Presented.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-29

Easter lambs at the Palace Meat
Market Saturday. 1"4-A'V
The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-29
REDUCED RATE SALT LAKE CITY
AND RETURN.

The spring conference of the Nor
mon church will be- neld at Salt Lake
City. Utah, April 18th to 9Th. inclu-
sive
For this occasion the Southern Paci-
ic Company will Sell tickets to Salt
Lake City and return as follows: From
main line points. El Paso Yuma and
intermediates. $55; from branch line
points. one way local rate to main
line points added. Tickets will be sold
only for trains leaving FL Paso, March
30th and 31st. Going trip limit six days
from date of sale. Return trip sixty
days after date of sale( continuous trip
being required in each direction. Tic
kets will be available via San Fran
cisco For further information address
or apply to c. NJ. Burkhaltcr, d. F. C
p. A.