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Few "Find Their Work"
The writer for the World's Wcrk
who inquired of twenty clergymen It
they would choose the ssme occupa
tion If they had their lives to lire over,
need not have been surprised to find
nine who replied that they would not;
car the Investigator for Leslie's
Monthly who asked eleven teachers a
similar question to find only one who
ins willing to say yes. Such expres
sions of disappointment can be got out
of men and women of any and every
vacation, says the New Bedford Stan
dard. The person who wishes he were
nomothing else thsn what he actually
is can be found at almos* any minute
of the day by any one who takes the
pains to Inquire. Not much is proved
by It. except that. In the first place,
there are too many squsre pegs In
round holes, and that. In the recond
place, there are more pegs for which
there are no appropriate holes than Is
good fo' *he community. We have no
Question that the nine clergymen and
the ten teachers who wish they had
chosen some other manner of life were
not conspicuous successes In the occu
pations they had selected, and It Is
rather to be doubted If all of them
would have been successes in ac7 of
the occupations which they wish they
had selected.
It is net difficult for a clergyman to
dream fhat he would have made a
great lawyer, or for a school teacher
to fancy that he would have been a
splendid captain of industry. But the
great lawyers and the splendid cap
tains of industry might, if they would
tell some stories of disillusion about
the business. They would certainly
say that If unsuccessful preachers and
teachers put no more effort and Inter
est Into tbe law or Into Industry than
they have put Into preaching and
teaching, the end would be the same
disappointment and the same longing
for something else.
"Happy Is the man who has found
his work." It Is a pity that so many
persons hare apparently not found
the work that they could best do and
be happy in H. But sometimes it ap
pears to us ss if those who complain
because they did not choose rightly,
and who give up their thought to spec
ulations of how much better they
could have done if they had done
something else, are not quite doing
themselves and their opportunities full
Justice.
The secret of happiness in an occu
pation Is usually in the worker himself
more than it is In the occupation. And
it mostly comes from the disposition
and the determination to do the best
possible, even if a mistake or bad for
tune have made a wrong choice. Not
in fancying thst better cculd have
been done, but in doing the best you
can where you are is found the recipe
of contentment with a life-work.
Caught Grizzly With Lariat
~In the winter of 1893." said Tim
Kinney, a ranchman of Rock Spring*.
Wyoming, "the bears in Bitter Creek
were surely a nuisance to the stork
men. I lost so many calves that I got
fight hvg mad. and declared war on the
four-footed despoilers.
"One day my foreman and I were
out rounding up a herd of beeves
when hi a low, marshy spot we came
aero?*, one of the biggest bears I ever
saw. Unluckily, we didn't have either
rifle or revolver, but as I looked at
the beast and thought of my dead
calves my dander got up. and it oc
curred to me that we might throw our
lariats over him and hold him un'.il
some way of executing the death pen
alty could be found.
"We thought it was a picnic, and so
It was. as far as throwing a rope over
Mr. Bear was concerned. My man got
his rope over the enemy's neck and I
pot him around one leg. It looked as
though we had him. Dismounting. I
made the end of my lariat fast to the
stump of a tree, but the foreman
stayed oil his pony. Grabbing a huge
rock. I got quite close to the brute and
dealt him a terrible blow in the fore
head. With a howl of rage he gave
a mighty lunge that broke the rope
from the tree and started after me.
"But for the tremendous efforts of
tny companion, who still maintained
his hold. I would have been caught
and killed before I could have been
able to reach my pony. As it was, the
shave was extremely close, and the
bear was right at my heels as I got
in the saddle. All this time the fore
man was tugging and hauling man
fully, and if he hadn't been both
strong and skilful I'd have never lived
to tell this yarn, in a few minutes 1
managed to get another piece of rope,
and this time old Silver Top was un
able to break his fastening. Both of
us then assaulted him with stones and
beat him - into insensibility before ad
ministering the coup de grace with a
hunting knife."—Washington Post.
The Casco Bay Breeze
New York and White Mountain
Trip Guessing Contest
THIS COUPON GOOD FOR ONE GUESS
*****************************
I guess passengers
will be carried by the Harpswell Steamboat Co.
during the term of this contest.
9{ame
cAddress
If here as a summer visitor write your home address above and your
hotel or cottaf e address on the line below
(Hotel or C«U|t AMrtu)
RULES OF THE CONTEST.
All coupons must be received at the Caaco Bay Breeze office, 148 Middle
Strrrt. Portland on or before August 19th and 12 midnight In order to be ad
mitted In the contest. There Is no limit to the number of guesses one
may nend as the coupons will be printed In each Issue of the Breeze until
Augrait 17th. Of course the more guenses you send the surer the chance of
visaing at lea»t one of the awards. No one connected with this paper or
with the Harpawell Steamboat Co., will be eligible to compete la this con
test.
HOW TO GUESS.
The Harpswell Steamboat Co. carried during June, July and August last
year 83.295 passengers to and from Portland on three steamers, the Aucoclsco.
Sebsscodexan and Maquolt, according to the accurate record kept on eash
trip op and down the bay. This number does not Include passengers riding
from one landing to another In the bay, nor doea thla-conteat Include auch
paaaengers In the number to b? guessed. Hew many psasengera will be ear.
rled to and from Portland by the H arpsweil Steamboat Company's three
steamers from June 1, 1305 to August 23, 1905 Inclusive la the problem of
tftis contest. By closing the contest August 19th no one will know Jjst how
many pasaengers are to be carried the remaining (We days and n? one can
he said to be "on the Inside." The winners will be anounced In the lasue of
Asgnst 24. >
THE AWARDS.
The person guessing nearest the actual number mar take choice of the
following;
A trip to New York and return Tla the Maine Steamship Co. with cno
day's board In New York City at a first-class hotel.
A trip to the White Mountains snd return rla the Maine Central R. R.
with one day's board at a first class hotel.
k Choice of a "de luxe** JO Inch sofa pillow or a complete fishermen's out.
fit Including oilskin suit "Sou-wester" and rubber boots.
The next nearest guesser will take choice of the remaining prizes an 1
the 3rd nearest g;ieww»r the remaining prize.
The New York trip may be changed to a trip from New York to Portland
Had return with one day's board at a flrat-class Portland hotel If preferred.
T*n— portatlon on either trip win be transferable to another part? by t e
winner If desired, and the name given ua before the transportation Is made
GUESS EARLY AND OFTEN.
Bend la your guesses when yon please and bow yon please, but send
Wmm nil early enough to reach the Breeze "Onw Editor" on or before the'
dMag date of the contest.
Tibet'* C.000,000 people have to sup
port nu army of 430 000 priests, who
protluce nothing but beautlfuiy illum
inated copie* of the sacred writing*.
They hold all the public offices.
One of the show-bottles in a Derby
(Conn.) «lrug store eontaius the same
coloring matter that was placed In it
in 18G4. It is just as bright a blue us
it was the day the bottle was closed. •
The number of timber sleepers on
the railways of the world is calculated
to be about 1.494.000,000. and their
value is estimated at about $900,000,
000. This item mak?s a serious drain
on the timber supplies of the world.
A bell cast by the Boston patriot.
Paul Revere, hangs in the bell tower of
the Chapman street schoolbouse. at
(Sreenfleld. There is another of his
bells in the church at Suudcrland. A
third one was In the church at North
field. which was burned several years
ago.
The saints have no fewer than 397
streets named in their honor in Lon
don. There are 105 Church streets,
fifty-six Chapel streets, 100 Queen
streets and nearly as many High
streets. If a letter were addessed to
one of these without further definition
it might take some months before it
would reach the address.
In the archipelago of Mergui. off the
coast of lower Burma. Aula, live the
•*sea gypsies." Instead of carts they
own covered boats, in which with their
families, dogs. cats, chickens and pets,
they float about on the sea and wander
from island to islnnd. By day they fish
or harpoon turtle or dive for oysters;
but every night they put back to the
shore.
What Is believed to be the largest
white sapphire ever discovered has
Just been brought to Berlin by M.
Heppmer, who' has resided for many
years in Brazil, where he possesses
many mines. Before cutting, the stone
weighed 12T»0 karats, but a flaw caused
the clea%*age of a piece weighing 400
karats. This piece will produce a cut
stone of 100 karats. That cut from the
larger piece weighs 418 karats, is two
Inches long and one inch and a half
wide and thick.
MOLASSES DIET FOR HORSES.
Over Twenty Per Cent. Cheaper Than
tl»* Oat* and Hay System.
The tracking horses used by a big
sugar refining firm in Brooklyn. N. Y.,
are such fine, big, slc..-k-lookIng ani
mals that their passage through the
streets attracts attention, and horse
men generally believe that the cost of
keeping them in such condition must
be considerably above the average.
This is not the case, however, for
In the stable of the firm an experiment
of mixing molasses with the feed has
been made, and the plan has been
found to be not only extremely econom
ical, but also of exceptional value in
producing nourishment. It costs only
thirty-four cents a day to feed these
fine horses, which range from 1700 to
1800 pounds in weight. This, accord
ing to experts, is from twenty to
twenty-seven per cent, cheaper than
the old system of maintaining the
stock on oats and liny entirely.
This is what th? sugar refinery horses
eat: In the morning they get a quart
and a half of Indian cornmeal. a quart
of wheat bran, seven pounds of cut
hay and a quart and a half of sugar
house syrup, which remains after all
possible crystallization of sugar has
taken place.
At noon each horse gpts four or five
quarts of oats and the night ration Is
the same as that in,the morning, ex
cept that five ponnds of loose hay is
placed In the stall In addit'on.
The hygienic value of the molasses
feed formula Is proved by an experi
ment which was made on two rundown
horses tliat had been kept upon or
dinary rations. Their weights were
WW) and 1*2." ponnds when tlipy were
put on tb«» molasaes system, and both
soon showed Improvement In weiclit
and health. At the end of six we*ks
the smaller had gained *JOf» pounds, and
the other was 181 pounds heavier. •
New York 8nn.
Hh»kMpf*r» ami lllawwttm.
An American achoolboy. aaya the
T<ondn*h Chronicle. fcas written an ea
aay on Hi* "Merchant of Venice." foil
of original matter. Thin la tiln Tlew of
Portia: "Portia wan a kind ami trne
hearted yonng lady. Kit* waa *+rj
cood-natnred. e«peclally to aome of her
gentleman frlenda. when tho«e yonng
I men waa colng to ehooae their roftlna.**
I lint the gem of the article reliitea to
Hhakrapeare hlm«elf. **The atory wna
written by 8hake«peare. who married
Hiawatha. He waa born In Venire,
i where he and the merchant ahot ar
rowa of the aame fly wh»n boya. It
waa here that he learned to aea«on
inercy with Jnntlcf." Anna Hathaway
turned Into Hiawatha la a really Inter
i eating Caae of derangement.
ri*t«
Tlie anperlorlty of Ix>ndon orer Parla
In the matter of health, and eapeclally
| In the matter of tnhercnlar dlneaaea,
la dne primarily to the fact that there
are fewer data In the Engilah metrop*
olla than In the French. Tbe exceaalre
deration of bnlldlnga dealgned to be let
In flata prevent* tbe aunllgbt from
reaching tbe lower room a, and wo
make* tbeae the breeding place* of
•wry fowB of diteiw.-Ptrla JmtmL
WHY EYESIGHT FAILS
MFERIOft ARTIFIC'aL t.tCHT FRE.
QUENTLY THE C XUSE.
of !•»• rai', On* *a4 All*
Har* F«rl*«« U.Urt*-Ac*trl«n« (ia*,
ITIIh It* Cirar, Vawatarlac, Vat Haft
Via in* Caiaol Bar: Ika S>—.
New York, Juue 20.—No one can go
Into oar school* or meet > group of
children on the street without noticing
how large a number of tbem wear
spectacle*. The proportion seems to
increase yearly, and there are many
more who ought to wear passes. The
experience of one teacher might be du
plicated by the score. She knew Alice
was Inattentive and she thought she
was unusually stupid. She said so
to the principal and sent n note to
the mother, requesting that the child
be helped at home if rhe wished her
to keep up with her r'asr. Or.e day
after a blackboard explanation, the
teacher called upon the child and found
that she had not seen what bad been
written. She was kept lifter school
and by dint of much symn;ithetfc ques
tioning Miss C. found that Alice had
never been able to see wi»at was put
on the board and that her head bad
ached so often and so hard that she
frequently failed to hrar what was
said.
Such a condition may be caused by
lack of proper food, hut In our Ameri
can homes It Is usually due to the poor
quality of the artificial light. The yel
low. insufficient light of tlip ordinary
kerosene lamp, with its smoky chim
ney, Is about as bad for the eyes as
can bo imagined. Thr» flickering llclit
from a coal gas Jet Is hut i'ttie better,
aud even the clectric light, brilliant
as it usually Is, has an unsteadiness
due to variations in power, and a glare
peculiarly trying to the delicate nerves
of sight. The comparatively new II
Iumliinnt acetylene gns produces ns
nearly perfect au artificial light as lias
yet been found. It gives a cl'ar whit",
unwavering light, very brilliant, yet
perfectly soft, and so nearly lik-» the
rays of the sun that even colors ap
pear as in daylight.
Fortunately. acety>ne Is very easily
and cheaply produced, and the simple
apparatus necessary can be purchased
and Installed in any home at a very
moderate eost. and the acetylene tun
be piped to convenient points iu the
house where a light Is needed. It is
then lighted and extinguished and used
exactly like common city gns.
Acetylene is rapidly coming Into
common use in homes, churches,
schools and institutions of all kinds,
and it is reasonable to expect that as
its use in the home increases, there
will be fewer defective eyes, particu
larly among cliildrcn. Poor eyesight
and the many Ills resulting therefrom
will undoubtedly be much reduced by
the use of this new lUuminant.
Birth of the Moon.
Year by year the moon is Retting
a few Inches-more distant, and. revers
ing the argument, year by year in the
great past the moon was nearer to us.
Prof. George Darwin has shown that
long, long ago the moon revolved close
to the earth, and still earlier formed
part of this globe. From that time to
the present he calculates at least flfty
four millions years must have elapseJ.
The birth of the moon took place,
therefore, says The I^ondon Tele
graph. somewhere about that date in
the past. Sir Robert Hall observed
that wlien the moon was near to us
Its attraction must have produced
enormous tides, many times greater
than those that wash our shores today,
and he suggested that these tides, by
their powerful erosions and wasting
of the land, accelerated the geologi
cal forces and so reduced the tremen
dous periods which the geologists have
demanded.—Boston Budget.
Bible Commentations.
Dr. Hook, fatl'.er of the Bishop of
Kingston, when taking the service In
Chichester Cathedral, of which he war!
dean, was frequently ovcrhearJ to say.
"Here endeth the first lesson, and a
very good lesson, too—a most excel
lent lesson!" IVan Burgon, his suc
cessor, had a similar habit of thlnk
iftg aloud. He oncc concluded a read
ing with: "Here endeth the second
lesson, though why on earth It should
end there I am sure I cannot Imagine."
The late Rev. D-. Norman Mcl^eod, a
noted Scottish peeacher, used to make
some curious comments while reading
the Bible in the pulpit. One Sunday,
at the Old Baronr church. Glasgow, he
read from the Psalms: "I said In mine
haste, all men are liars." and added:
"Ay, Dauvld, and had ye taken time to
think the matter over, ye'd probably
have reached the same conclusion."
ALL DC Wg OUT.
Vetemn Joshua Heller, of 700 South
' Willnut stroot. rrbnna. III., snys: "In
the AM «»f iift«»r taking Ifctsn's
Kinney rum I tolri
the render* of thla
pufwr that Ihty Imd
rHIfrwl me of kid
ney tronlde. dla
|h««I of a lame
back with pitln
arro*« my loin* and
be!ten til the ftlmnl
der blade*. I Mir in sr
. the Interval which
ha* elap*ed t have
bad occasion to re
aort to I>oan*a Kld-^
ney Pill* When I
noticed warning* of
•n attack. On each
and every ormalon the rnmlta obtained
were Jiidt an Mtl«f«pfor; aa wben the
pilla were flmt brought to my notice.
I jnat aa emphatically endorse tb«
proration to-day aa I did orer two
year* a*o.~
Foater Mllbnrn Co., BofT*lo, IV. Y*
proprletora. For Ml# by all drafglata,
prteo 50 cant a par bo*.
TO SHOOT MOTORISTS.
Marquis of Qussnabury Plans to Uos
His Guru
The latest and most drastic propos
al for checking reckless motorists is
that of the Marquis of Queensbury,
who has inquired at the West London
police court "if I am at liberty to car
ry a revolver or rifle to protect my
self and my family agalnat sudden
death on the road?"
His I^ordship said he resldsd In
Edith Villas, off the Hammersmith
Road, and twice in the last ten days
he has been nearly killed in crossing
the road. On Tuesday morning a mo
tor car. going at a rate of at least 25
miles sn hour, came along without
any warning and grazed his arm. He
dared not aend his children to the
psrk. unless he were with them, ss
the nurse refused to take the responsi
bility. He had complained to the po
lice. and had also wired to the com
miss loner, but had received no reply.
"I am not." continued the Marquis,
"a timid man. having served In her
late Majesty's navy, and lived and
traveled extensively In the outlying
parts of Africa. North and South
America. Australia. Russia and Si
beria. During all those travels 1
never carried arms, belnc a oeaceful
man. Now I wish to ask the Magis
trate If I am at liberty to carry a re
volver or rifle to protect myself. In
India or Africa If a man run amuck
he Is shot like a dog. and I ask what
difference there is between the motor
fiend and the man who runs amuck?"
The Magistrate. Mnr I^ane. said the
application was an interesting one.
no doubt the Marquis had good
grounds for complaint. But he would
probably get Into some difficulty If he
took a loaded rifle through the streets.
On the other hand. If he could get a
license for a pistol he was at liberty
to carrv it about.
"I thought." observed the Marquis,
"that possibly the press might take
note of my application, and so bring
to these motor drivers an apprecia
tion of the great danger they cause."
. An inspector stated that that morn
ing a telegram ha J been received from
the chief commissioner, directing an
officer to call on the marquis and ob
tain particulars of the accident to
him.—London Chronicle.
Irish Railways.
A tourist writes from Ireland to
complain of the desperate management
of the Irish railways. She was re
strained from enterirfg an express by
the awful warning of the porter. "This
train sthops nowhere at all."—Ixmdon
Telegraph.
By an order of the Minister of Com
merce all articles sent to the public
laundries of Paris must in future be
disinfected before being sorted out.
8AD1K ROBINSON.
Pretty Girl Suffered From Wen*
ousness and Pelvic Catarrh
Found Quick Relief in
a Few Days.
—■ariiiinii n I
NERVOUSNESS AND
WEAKNESS CURED
BY PE-RU-NA.
Miss Sadie Robinson, 4 Rand street,
Maiden, Maw., write*:
"IVruna was recommended to me about
a year ago as an excellent remedy for the
trouble* peculiar to our sex. and a* 1 found
that all th»t said of this medicine was
true. 1 am pleaded to endorse it.
"J be/an to «*• it about xerrn
months ago for ire iknes* and nerv
ousness, caused from overwork and
sleeplessness, and found that in a
few days 1 began to grow strong, my
appetite increased and I began to
nteep better, con*eiuentty my nerv
ousness passed away and th ■ weak
ness in the pelvic organs suon dis
appeared and I have been %cell
anJ strong ever since. "
Address I)r. S. B. Hart man, Present
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
O., for free medical advice. All corres
pondence strictly confidential.
1'lant I.lnr.
Ocfan (rip* to Nova Scotia. «*ape
Breton, Prim* Kdwanl l>lau<l or NVw
fomtdwad. six day' cnIn MM biDm
for jlH. From Roiii n. every Tuesday
and Saturday 12 ihmiii. Re»t trout and
salmon tlsdiuig and shootiu>r. Beautiiul
Mrenery. This don't hulf tell it. Semi
stamp for ln>oklet. map*. etc. A. W.
Perry, Gen. Mgr., Union Wharf, Boston.
It is estimated that the Parisians
alone spend $120,000 on confetti every
year. NE23
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