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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22
Al Bates,
The Baccalaureate by Pres. Chase in
the Free Baptist Church.

Lewiston, Me, June Pilates COM
mcncement week opened with the usual
baccalaureate exercise in the Main
Street Free Baptist church. Owing to
the protracted rain storm, there was
small attendance in the morning. Fol-
lowing was the order of exercises: Or
gan voluntary; doXology, choir and
congregation; Invocation; anthem by
choir; reading of Scripture by Prof
Leonard; prayer by Prof. Il. l.. Ange..;
hymn, read by Prof. Hartshorn; ser
mon by President Chase; Baccalaurcatc
hymn, words by Miss Susie M. Ken
drick, music by Miss Lillian A. Norton
The class was marshallcd by Mcssrs
Flanders and Weymouth, 1904.
The sermon by President Chase was
scholarly and inspiring. He chose two
texts. Phil. It's; list Cor. ii:2; the first
an impaSS:Oned eXhortation to n Symet-
rical life, second, the prime condition
to success. He said: what could be
more comprehensive than that noble
climax of Whatsoevers, what more mar
row than that negation of all aims but
one. Paul seems to have voiced the
After enumerating the evils of our
intense modern life, with it's tendencies
toward the continental Sunday, he
urged self-culture, the culture of others
and the mastery of some worthy call
ing as the highest aims of existence.
The Christian conception of life har-
monte these aims and makes each
Contributary to the others.
In closing his direct address to the
class as they stood before him he held
up a Christian ideal in which these
three normal aims are happily blended.
They are the pure, aspiring generous
lives in which the man preSdeS over
his calling and irridates all its func-
tons and activities with the light of
his ever present and ever growing
Christian ideals. Such a man has time
for his home and family, time for his
civic and social religions, to think of
the honest. the just, the pure, the lovely.
the worthy and lustrious in the whole
range of life; of the grand and beau
tiful in nature and man. For he shares
with God the secret of his own individ-
uality, it's meaning to himself and to
Others"
The Commencement program fol-
lows:
June %, sophomore prize debate at
2.30 P. NJ; junior exhibition at Las P.
M; June 90. class day exercises at 2.3O
P. NJ, in college chapel; meeting of the
alumni at 5; Commencement concert at
s P. M; June "A, meeting of the Col
lege Club at A. NJ; meeting of the
Alumnae Club at $50 A. NJ, in Polym-
MAN Society room; meeting of the pres
ident and trustees at A. NJ. in Ha-
thorn hall; banquet and business meet
ing of the alumni at 7.30 P. NJ; June
| 25. 37th commencement at 10 A. NJ
in Main street church, followed by the
commencement dinner in City hall;
promenade concert and illumination OF
grounds at P. M. on college campus;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22
ETERNAL VOWS.
Young Lovers Decide to Die
Rather Than Live Apart.
He Shot Himself and She Is Dying
from Dose Of Poison.
All Caused by Another Woman At
tempting to Part Them.

Scranton, Pa, June 21.-A pair of
young lovers, Ernest Sohmic and Miss
Jennie Brennan, both of Greenwood
were the participants in a double trag-
cdy, early this evening.
Another woman from Sohmic's old
home interviewed a week and sought to
hold him to an alleged engagement
with her. This led the pair to seek re-
lief in death, and they apparently plan
ned tonight's affair with much dclib-
Grafton.
Miss brennan purchased a bottle of
carbolic acid, this morning, and short
Iy afterwards both started out for Il
walk.
When friends came i'm sight of the
pair Miss Brennan put the bottle of
acid To her lips and drained it. AS she
did so s5ohmic drew Il revolver and
shot himself twice. lie fell dead in
stantly.
The girl suffered great agony and
her physicians hold out scant hope for
recovery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22
KING PETER APPROVES
The Program for His Coming Reception
in Belgrade.

Geneva, June 21.-King Peter, this af-
ternoon, gave an audience to the Ser
Wan deputation and in the course of the
proceedings expressed his approval of
the program for his reception in Bel
grade, which will include a gala per-
Torrance at the theatre, June 25.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22

The Philadelphia cricketcrs in the
second innings. Saturday. at Noting
ham, Eng, of their match against a
Nottingham eleven, declared their in
nings closed with AGO runs for nine
wickets down, making total of 559
runs for the visitors. The home play
ers scored 154 runs in their first in
nings. At lunch time Nottingham, in
their second innings had scored 81 runs
for three wickets. The home players
We're all out in their second innings for
220 runs. They made 1874 in their first
innings. The Americans scored le9
runs in their first innings and 400 in the
second, thus winning the match by 1S5
runs. This is,fhe; first time this season
that the Nottinghamshire cricketers
have been beaten.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22
DIVORCES AT LEPER COLONY.
Opposition of Religious Nature to Gov
ernment's Plan.

Honolulu. June .. via san franr,Sc ,,
Juno 21-As n result of the resolutions
Of the United States Senate Committee
that visited here last Fall the Board "
Health is trying to arrange about slNtN
divorces at the lcpcr settlement on
Molokai and the assistance of the At
tnrncy General has been invoked,
In all the cases under consideration
the husband or wife is at the settlement
while the other person is away. These
partitions have resulted in conditions
Mt the settlement that the Senate Com
mttee strongly condemned and II IL ihe
opinion of many that the moral situation
would be greatly improved If the lepers
were free to intcrmarry at Molokai
The plan has aroused much local oppo-
sition, chiefly of a religious nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22
Killed His Rrother-in-Law.

Lancaster, KY, June 21.-1n Herman's
Lick church, this afternoon, james
Rogers shot and killed Bud Ledford.
They were brothers-in-laW. Rogers
claimed that he shot in self-defenee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22

During the last three years %
millionaires have died in England.
Their average age was IS years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22

Germany has on an average SOC or
chard trees to the square mile.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22

Within six months 120 new companies
have been incorporated whose stock
aggregates s., 500, 600, 900.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
STREET SINGERS LEAD A
HARD LIFE IN LONDON
Army OF Musicians Strive to Amuse the Public at
AN limes and Seasons-Cerman Bands and "NigssS"
Ministries Seem to Be the Most Popular

Especial Correspondence

In all the great army of those who
I'VE to amuse the public, the street
musicians OF London are among the
most to be pitied Theirs is a hard
lie, even at it's best. In summer, when
the season is "on" and moneyed PEG
pie throng the city, they manage to
make fairly comfortable living, but
In winter, when the climate has settled
down to its worst, when fog-laden air,
that makes ones throat smart the
moment he steps out into 1t, is all
there is to breathe; when penetrating
dampness goes through to the very
marrow-then the lot of the street
musician is not pleasant one, and he
is deserving OF all the pennies and
sympathy he can get. and more.
Street performers have no HOLIDAYS:
1t is on bank holidays and Sundays,
when the 'Arrys and 'Arriets are en-
Joying the day of rest and recreation.
that the street musician must reap his
harvest.
On wet day the average Londoner
lounges about the street corners and
public houses. and at such a time even
the dreary music of the blind perform.
ers or the rollicking melody of the
nurdy-gurdy is most welcome. One
sees children lifting their little skirts
on the sidewalks that would put many
music hall danseuse to shame. SO
graceful are the little tots.
The street singer, too, has a hard
Time OF 1t. Some young girls there
are with shrill soprano voices, but the
majority of street singers are past the
prime OF youth, and occasionally one
hears duet from an old couple of so.
the man sightless and led by the faith.
ful wife, who sings alto to his tenor.
Dragged and weary, their hopes of as.
sistance rest upon the pity of the
public rather than upon any pleasure
their voices may give
Some of the more antiouated mem.
pers OF the organ grinding fraternity
have instruments as antique as them
selves. Blu the majority of the piano
organs, which are rented for a small
amount per day by the firms that con-
troll them, are up to date in their Sc
iections, coon songs" from "Amurri-
ca" being interspersed with "A Fran
cescha," or selections from the latest
comic opera or musical comedy in the
London theaters.
Some of the bands that frequent
London streets are really good per-
formers, particularly the cornetist,
who is the central figure. National
airs of all nations are favorites In !
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
A LAWYERS GOOD ADVICE.
Intending Litisants Would Do Well
to Heed IL.

Intending Lltissnts Would Do Well
to Heed II.
One of the old practitioners at the
Osceola (Mo) bar tells this story of
the good counsel which lawyer In
that town once gave a client:
Shortly after the firm of Nesbit g.
Ferguson hung out their single an
old farmer called upon them in regard
to land suit. Some of the parties
at issue were not residents of the
state and 1t was necessary to notify
them by publication. Ferguson took
down blank and began to fire ques-
lions at the farmer at a great rate,
which the honest old fellow proceeded
to answer after weighing carefully
each word. The blank having been
finished and put in pigeon-hole, the
client asked what 1t was.
THAT is the advertisement com
manding the non-residents to appear
and defend the suit
And how much will that COST"
my friend, said Ferguson, calmly,
looking the old man in the eye, IF
you are going to figure on the cost
you had better stay out of lawsuits. -
Kansas City MOI Journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
THE DOG THEY WANTED.
Teacher May Have Been Very Good
But He Knew Little of Boys.

Teacher May Have Been Very Good
But He Knew Little Of Boys.
Now, boys" said the teacher, Il
need not tell you anything further OF
the duty of cultivating a kindly dis.
position; but l will tell you little
story of two dogs.
George had a nice little dog that
was as gentle as a lamb. He would
sit by Georges side quietly for an
hour at a time. He would not bark
at passers-by nor at strange dogs, and
would never bite anybody or any
thing.
Thomas dog, on the contrary, was
always fighting other dogs and would
sometimes tear them quite cruelty.
He would also fly at the hens and
cats In the neighborhood and on sew
eral occasions has been known to
seize COW by the nostrils and throw
her. He barked at all the strange
men that came along, and would bite
them unless they interfered.
Now, boys, which is the dog yos
would like to own, Georges or
Thomas'?"
Instantly came the answer in one
eager shout:
Thomas"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
THEIR MOUNTAINEERING scHEMe
irtshmsn Were Quick to See a "osed
Thinu,n

freshmen Were Quick to See a "0sed
Thing"
A few years ago, owing TO the sert-
ours depredations of ratcatchers on the
banks Of the Thames, the authorities
were compelled to Issue notice boards
offering reward OF a5 for informa-
ton, payable on conviction of the of.
fender, relates London TitBits. Not
many days after the notice appeared
an Irishman was caught and, being
brought before the magistrate, was or
dered to pay a fine and costs amount
ing, altogether, to g2. Not having the
needful, Pat went into retirement at
the expense Of the country. The next
morning, however, another son of
Erin appeared at the prison and, pay
ing the fine, liberated his friend. The
governor, having been in the court on
the previous day, recognized the lib
orator" as the principal witness
against the accused. This puzzled
him, and he asked for an explanation.
Well" said Pat, its loike this,
sorr. Tim and myself were hard up,
and, seeing the notice, Tim agreed to
be caught gave information against
him and this morning drawed the
money; and now yere paid, we've a3
left to start the world with, and, be-
CORA, l hope the board1l stop a hi
longer"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
Five Generations Of One Family,

Mrs. Susan d. Crossman, mother Of
Elisha Crossman of Chicago, and a pi-
oneer of Rock county, Wis, celebrated
her Tooth birthday at her home, five
miles from Beloit, Wis, on Sunday,
March 20. Five generations were rep
resented by fifty persons in the family
gathering assembled to celebrate the
event. Mrs. Crossman was born in
Cheshire, Mass. Her grandfather
was Earl Clapp, minute man and
major in the revolutionary war In
1S4S Mrs. Crossman and her husband
penetrated the wilderness to near the
present site of Alton, Wis, and set
tied on government land. OF their
seven children four are living. One,
Mrs. Helen M. Chandler, was a mis-
sionary in Siam for thirty-nine years.
Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
Count BonI Plans Annals Gowns.

On her recent visit here the Coun-
tess de Castellane made an excellent
impression on her countrymen. She
was always an interesting figure in
the Avenue. 1t is said that, like Har.
ry Lehr, Count Boni plans all his
wife's gowns, and, being an adept
with the crayon, he arranges all those
unusual color plans that distinguish
her Judging from Anna's spring
fnery, Count Boni is aiming at POM
padour revival. She is hardly good
looking enough for this pretentious
effect, and when she uses patches in
the daytime 1t is carrying the fad al
most too far. Several of her gowns
have an old-fashioned cut, and a
church frock of sea green silk has a
fichu of cream lace.-New York Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
THREE SPOTS OF INTEREST
ON LONG ISLAND SHORE
They viii Have Part In the Coming Celebration Of
Historic Old Huntinetons 25oth Anniversary Mem
cries Of Nathan Hae-Wak Whitman's Birthplace

mortal fountain and column has been
erected in honor of Nathan Hale.
It was in the old town Of Hunting
ton that Walt Whitman was born and
launched in his literary career. When
only Is he started a weekly paper
called the Long Islander, which Is
still In existence.
The old house in which Whitman
was born still stands. So far as Is
known there are no copies of the first
issue Of the Long Islander in exist
ence. Fire destroyed the files of the
old paper many years ago, so that
Whitman's early impressions as a
journalist have been lost to the
world.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
BlIkins and His Joke.

Forty years ago Bilkins, then a lad,
saw 1t for the first time. 1t was in
an old almanac which had been
printed before he was born. The aim
anac credited it to still older pub
lication. Bilkins laughed when he
saw 1t. To his immature mind 1t ap-
peared funny. Then he took It unto
himself for his own, and every year
at the recurring season he has in
fiicted 1t upon his friends
The other day while rain was fall
ing, Bilkins, In a waterproof coat and
under an umbrella, met Silkins dash
ing along unprotected from tho ele-
ments. Bilkins seized the oppor-
tunity.
Hello, Silkins!" he cried. Where's
your umbrella? Lent, I'll bet. Hal
hal"
mol" howled Sillzins Its stolen,
you dodgasted idiot" And he smote
Bilkins full sore.
policeman assisted Bilkins out of
the gutter. While waiting for the
ambulance the officer said:
Let this be warning to you. Re
member, the man who jokes about an
umbrella and Lent borrows trouble
from people who are glad to let Nm
have it."
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
A riP.rAkgR's VIEW.
Sees Q Decline In the Great Amor
can Habit.

Sees Q Decline In the Great Asnsre
can Habit
The bitter cry of the victims Of the
''tit nuisance" Is loud in the land, but
the recipients Of tips have usually
maintained a naughty silence. Now
Mr.. James 8. Stemons, colored
waiter explains their point OF view
in the Independent.
Walters wages have everywhere
been reduced with the growth OF tips.
50 that the Upper is merely making
good the deficiencies of the employer.
But Of late there has also been a
great decline In the volume of tips.
so that the waiter, underpaid and
confronted with the loss Of his per.
Quisite at the same time, Is fiattened
between the two rolls of a wringer.
In a number of representative
hotels and restaurants in different
cities the tips received by colored
walters vary from nothing at one
place In Cleveland to a dollar and a
half day in New York. At the best
hotel in New Orleans they average
seventy-ive cents day, In Louisville
fifteen cents, and in Philadelphia
from forty cents to a dollar. The
usual range in the South Is low.
In the North the tendency is for
the best hotels and restaurants to
employ white walters. Where color.
ed men are employed they get much
lower wages.
AS rule colored walters draw
from SIS to $22 a month In wages.
and they are lucky when they can
get SIS more in tips. In most res
taurants the bulk of the business Is
compressed within two or three
hours, and ten cents is the prevailing
fee. I'm fact, 1t is only the most
aggressive waiter who manages to
average so much as fifty cents q day
in tips"
The recipient of this tip takes 1t as
q matter of hard necessity-not be-
cause he likes to- The author of the
article quoted worked for three
years before he consented to accept
one and then 1t was forced upon him.
But the tip will stay until the patrons
Of hotels and restaurants induce pro-
prietors to pay living wages. Such a
movement, If Mr.. Stemons may be
credited, will have the enthusiastic
support of the walters, whose sup
posed exactions inspired the yirtuous
resolves of the Anti-Tipping league.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
AN AMERICAN FACE.
London Authority Says II Has No
Strong Characteristic.

London Authority Says II Has No
Strong Characteristic.
The English face, the Jewish face,
the Irish face the Italian face, the
Chinese face, the Japanese face. the
French face, the Indian face, even the
negro facial these have something
about them which calls up a definite
picture in ones mind But the Amer
lean face has no strong characteristic
to differentiate it from other faces of
superior races. 1t is international. for
here and there one may find the traces
Which suggest relation to this, that,
or the other face. 1t may be line or
a ligament bequeathed by an early
English ancestry, or something sug-
gestive of Teutonic origin, or sharp
suggestion of the Frenchmaa's face or
the lrishman's or the Italians or the
Scotehman's. But when one must
deal with the American abstractly one
can scarcely call up the American
face
Uncle Sam, with his striped trous.
ers. his sharply cut coat, his plug hat,
his whiskers, and his bland. good.
natured countenance, is happy con-
ception, yet he may never hope to
portray the matchless and indeserib-
able cos1hopolitan.sm of the American
face.-L0l4don Health.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04

fin held a pistol at Mrs. Scudders
head and demanded that she tell the
whereabouts of her husband At the
time her husband was hidden in the
chimney. Mrs. Scudder remained firm
despite the captains threat. AS he
left the house, turning to Mrs. Scud-
der, he said:
"I'll find that rebel husband of
yours within week or I'll be in my
grave"
In less than a week he met his
death In the raid on the Widow
Chidd's house, while Henry Scudder
did not die until long after the close
of the revolutionary war
Besides the boulder on the shore
front, in Huntington village, me-
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04

Three spots of unusual interest will
be visited by people who attend the
coming celebration Of the 250th ami
versary Of the settlement of the town
of Huntington on the north shore of
Long Island. One is marked by a
great boulder on the shore TO Hunt.
ington bay. There Nathan Hale, the
patriot spy, was captured by the
British and taken to New York, where,
on Sept. %, 1776. he was hanged near
the spot in City Hall Park, Manhattan,
where his monument now stands.
Another point of interest Is the old
farm house tenanted in revolutionary
times by the Widow Chidd or Chi
chester. 1t was from its door that
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove
o mol II is an ever fixed mark
That looks on tempests and Is never
shaken;
1t is the star to every wandering bark
Whose worths unknown, although his
hight be taken,
Loves not Times fool though rosy lips
aud cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass
come;
Love alters not with his brief hours ana
weeks,
But bears II out ev'n to the edge Of
doom
II this be error, and upon me proved,
l never writ, nor no man ever loved
-Shakespeare.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04

their large repertoires, and, surround
ed by open-eyed open-mouthed chill.
dren, these little bands move from
corner to corner, raking in veritable
harvest of pennies that will bring joy
to the eyes of the dear ones at home,
waiting for the loaf of bread and the
tea and bacon these eoppers will buy.
For street musicians are generally
decent class of people, who have seen
better days, and over whom music has
the same refining influence as that
heard at Albert Hall or the Symphony
has over their more fortunate brothers
and sisters.
The either is frequently seen on Lon
don streets, and well played it is, too
The flute is seldom heard, but one
wishes it might replace the more dis.
cordant, nerye-wearing accordion,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04

Nathan Hale walked down to the
shore to meet the boat that was to
take him back to Connecticut and to
the patriot lines. and instead found
boat manned by British and Tories.
Then to all lovers of Walt Whitman
the ancient building in which he first
saw the light of day will be place
of pilgrimage.
The widow Chidd's house was also
the scene of skirmish in which Capt.
Coffin, British officer, was killed and
sixteen British soldiers were taken
prisoners. 1t was but a week before
his death that in pursuing Henry
Scudder, an active patriot, Capt. Cot
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-06-04
Senator Germans Commitment.


On one occasion while Senator Cor.
man was s2eechmaking In Maryland
he met LADY who told him how dis
appointed shs had been the week pre-
vious, when The crowd was so great
that she could not get near enough to
hear what Id said.
THE truth s," complained the fair
admirer, Il Rove fourteen miles to
hear you speak but was so complete
ly wedged In By negroes | could not
move step. 81
Madam" answered the senator
with gallaB bow, Il am very sorry
for your disappointment, but you must
remembegyou are not the first Jewel
which BIZ been set in ist."-New York
Times lhos