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Maine State Board of Trade.
ANNUAL MEETING AT PORTLAND.

| The Board of Trade of Portland having
invited the State Board to hold its annua
meeting in that city, on the 10th of Sep
tember next, at 2 80 p NJ. and the invita-
ton having been accepted, your Board il
cordially invited to send delegates in ac
cordance with the following provisions OF
the Constitution
Zach association having not over thir-
ty members, who have the right to vote
therein. shall bc entitled to two delegates
having one hundred members four dele
gates having two hundred members eight
delegates; and for each additional fifty
members, one additional delegate
Secretaries will please to bring the mat
ter Immediately before their boards and
notify the Secretary at Portland OF the
number of delegates that will attend. as
early as possible
Each Board in the State is invited to be
present and TO Offer subjects of general
public interest, for discussion
Reduced fares at the hotels expected
The Maine Central and the Knox 4 Lin
coin Railroads and Maine Central Steam
boat lines, will pass delegates to and from
the Convention for one fare the round
trip
Delegates have only to make themselves
known as such at the stations where they
purchase their tickets, to secure free re-
turn tickets, or a round trip ticket for one
fare.
As this can be made a very useful and
advantageous meeting To every Board in
TINS State, just at this time when every
locality IN Maine is putting forth re-
htNcd eiortS to better development OF
her resouFces,i Is hoped that all viii be rep
resented ana participate In an Interchange
Of views and opinions for promoting tie
common good Of the State, and the discus
>lon of trade matters or home industries,
the inculcation Of close and friendly rcla-
tons and a helpful cooperation in all
matters,
lIF>EY LoKp. Pres.
NJ \ RI,H, Sec.
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EXTREME AGE AND YoUTH.-It i said
that the oldest G. A. Il. man In line was
Comrade Trevivick of Lenhart Post lG3 Of
Tottenville Staten Island n. Y. He was
born 81 years ago in Wales. His post
commander insisted on his riding in car
riage, much against the old mans will, for
he wanted to be one of the "boys" and to
march with them. When the war was 90
ing on, Mr.. Trevivick was in the tailoring
department, and he made an immensely
big overcoat for Gen. Winfield Scott
The garment was so large that it not only
covered the general, but almost concealed
the horse also.
And the youngest person in the parade
a wee little girl in white, with a military
belt-was borne on the shoulder of her pa
pa, a Massachusetts veteran, and waved
Acknowledgements of applause to the crowd
with her baby fists.
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% %ORTH, MAINE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2S 1900 r=~=

fresh violets on each tells of the sorrow
ing mothers care and love. She can look
up from her window and see the white
stones and she silently longs for the time
when her weary hands shall be folded over
the tired heart forever stilled, and she
shall rest at last with the golden haired
dar|ings who have gone before.
SO many. many graves! Some stones
bear the date of long ago and their memory
has passed from the minds of all hut
every mound tells its own story of the
heart ache and bitter missing Of those left
10 mourn, when the dear one was laid be-
meath the sod and the home was left desc
late.
Some tiny mounds tell of an infant,
who, perhaps. never lived and others, larg-
er, speak Of the early ending OF a bright
and happy life.
AGED sixteen years" one stone reads
What darkness reigned in that empty
home, when the life which seemed so
bright and beautiful suddenly went out
Another marble slab says of the sleeper
-"aged eighty-four." A we'll earned rest
after the sorrows OF long journey
through this world. The grasses move
gently in the brcezes and the very birds
seen to chirp softly around the quiet spot
Here the life--tories end and rest and peace
come to all-at last +. A. b.
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BluehiII.
Rev. f. Mason is away on his vacation
His pulpit is occupied during his absenc,
by Rev. Mr.. Eveleth.
There was a large audience at the Con
gregational house, Sunday morning. The
sermon was by the pastor, Rev. F. L
| Drew.
| There was union temperance meeting
at the Baptist house Sunday evening.
Rides and excursions are now the order
of the day.
| The annual sale and festival of the Con.
| gregational circle will be held in the yes
try, Thursday afternoon and evening
Aug. 2l.
Warden Joseph Slower has his eye ou,
for the mackerel selners. Let them be-
| ware
Aug 49, SUBSTITUTE.
The events of the week are not numer.
Gus. We note the arrival of Mr.. Geo. II.
Stoyer, Col. Copelin and Mr.. Buugey on
| Thursdays boat.
II p. Hinckley and Stanley arrived from
their fishing trip Saturday with small
fare and the loss of foretopmast.
Sunday found both churches with fair
sized congregation.
Mr.. Vaughan and wife, of Boston, ar
| rived in town last week and are the guests
Of Mr.. f. Z. Chase.
Mr. s. f. Smith and wife. of Beverly,
are visiting their father here.
Mr., G. II. Stover took party of gentle
men to Bar Iiarbor Monday on his steam
launch, Maud s., bringing back Mr. and
Mrs. Bennett, OF New York
Mr. Blake, Of Boston. arrived in town
Monday
Miss Lillian May Kane arrived home
Monday from Orono.
Herbert A. Smith, of New York, arriv-
ed Saturday and left Monday for New
York via Bar Harbor.
The granite quarries employ 225 men
and business in that locality is brisk
Mr.. Shahcr, Of Staunton, Va, left town
Monday for home.
We hear that contributions for the new
Baptist parsonage are increasing with
prospect Of obtaining sufficient amount
to build the house.
| desire TO express my obligations to
Mr.. Geo. IL. Stover for favors.
Mr.. Bill, while sailing the Yacht Ade-
line coliided with tie steamboat wharf and
carried away the mast
The base ball game proved perfect
success, the Bluehill nine being the vic
tors. Another challenge Is talked of.
The fishing boats are taking quite good
fares Business in general is thrifty in
town.
Mr Young and wife left for Boston on
Mondays boat
Mrs. Lizzie W. Doe, of Providence, r.
L., is visiting friends in town
Miss Lena Tucker il contemplating leav-
ing the post-oiiice. We hear Miss Fanny
Stovcr j. to take her place.
Mr.. Cline leaves town this week for
Cleveland, Ohio.
Maj Appel is busy in the stone bust
ness.
Miss Belle Wescott IS improving in
health.
The Bluehill G, A. II. post returned from
the National Encampment Saturday.
Aug. 49,
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Franklin.

Franklin.
Big bills and little bills announce that
The Original Comical Brown" will play
in Town Hall, on Saturday evening, Aug.
%.
The absence Of our towusman, Mr. Geo.
a. Martin, is noticeable on the street as he
with his cstimabe wife has charge Of the
"Tsrratine House" at Hancock Point this
season We are glad to learn that this
popular house is well patronized as is usual
Mrs. Amos Adams and daughter, Eta. of
NewburypoIt, Mass, with Miss Gertrude
Bragdon, of Lamoine, are visiting rela-
tives in town. Mrs. George Bartlett and
son, from Providence, are at her father,
Mr.. Samuel j. Springers.
Miss Alice P. Gray. of Castine. has
been the guest of her friend, Miss Vcrana
A. Bunker.
We took passage for West Gould,boro
last week, and landed at the wide open
door of Mr.. George +. Tafl's pleasant
home, surrounded by broad acres Of cuiti-
waited and wooded lands-thcSe stretch
unevenly down, down to the tlde-watcr.
whose narrow arm of the sea reaches uy
to the old mill and aJ~JrJ- The tuR uS
stream of the pretty pond near 5y, TIE
large Taft farm is occupied by jic tvo~9ls
of the late Col Francis Iait aul from
Tafts Point, or land Of Francis Taft, JI.
projects the steamboat wharf, where boats
come and depart often during The dav.
This line of communication rs boon
to the dwellers of this part of the
town and proves great oyuy.L.errc 20
surrounding towns. In the front entrance
of Mr. 6. + Tatt's house is d curou>y
and artisticaliy trained ia~mj lc vine An
enterprising bit of the main vine outside
has worked its way through tiny Crryi,e
OF the floor and gracefully twlues about
an inner door and still another aspiring
piece climbs higher, and against the wall
of an upper chamber" delicate tracrry
of green Is growing al It, own sweet viii.
and the good housewife carefully guards
these friendly intruder> croguct ground
in the roomy dooryard ailures a deeply u-
terested group from early morn TO d,wy
eve In the unique little church, a confer
ence of Jnitarlans occurs next Tuesday
The church Is completed outside aud for
this occasion friends have festooucd the
rough inner walls with evergreen THIS.
with pots of plants and vase, of flowers.
will prove an Inspiration no doubt to the
speakers and please the eye, Of the auU-
lence.
Aug. Is. Lrp>
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Cape RosIer.

Cape Rosler
Summer boarders are very plentiful
about here now sGuct flies. In o, which
home 'e are not - - NG9led -, makes
little boat. but we are not at all avcrse to
hearing little noise Of the kind she
makes, To- lay she proved tickle and did
not call at the time stated, so two passen-
gers who were waiting were obliged to 90
to Castine to take the Electa. Play US no
more such Jokes, fair, false Emmelinc,
Capt W F. Blake has gone to Camden
to spend the Sabbath with Mr.. L. 5. Da-
Wis They will both return Tuesday next,
Mrs. W. f. Blake went to Bangor the
4th inst, returning the 1th. Mrs. NJ. Il.
Mailing with her three children came with
her. Mrs Maling's friends were delighted
to see her end the little ones, and Master
Willie enjoyed the seashore very much.
They returned to Brewer yesterday.
Mrs Jackson and two children, and a
lady friend, Miss Nicholson, all from
Wilkrsbarre, Penn, are boarding at Mr.
their stay
For some reasons. to us unknown and in
expliCabIe, the new post-ofiiCe called "Har-
bOr,idt" on the north side Of the Cape has
been discontinued. We now have but one
pust-otiice, with the mail three times a
week. \ daily mail is very much needed
on the Cape and if the government can at
ford Us but one Office, We hope we can
have a daiy mail at that one. Such an
arrangement would make matters better
| for ali.
Girard G. Bates has arrived home from
| Boston.
7 We have since learned that two more
I passengers who wished to 20 on the EN-
incline" wcre obliged to wait until Sun
/ day Thi, boat calls Sundays as well a.
week days, and, If she does not play u
false, she will be quite largely patronized
although the "Cimbra" is still the favOrit,
boat, but even she is sometimes behind
and as the Emmeline is on an entirely diff
ferent route, she cannot interfere greatly
with the B. 4 b. II. boats.
II is quite surprising even to thos'
| who have long felt the need of a whar
here to see how much use there is for th'
new one. Cape Roster is indeed a lovely
| place for rus ticators," as it is a good, com
Portable and economical place for home
Perhaps many who read this have noticed
in the last paper an extract from MIR
Howes' writings. He says: Nearly al
the shore from Castine to Eggemoggi
Reach is owned by a small syndicate o
Boston gentlemen" In the main, MI
Howes' book is very accurate, but it ca
be shown that there are still great man
acres of land bordering on these water
which cannot be bought by Boston men o
any others, even if they are Gas we mos
! sinnaraly hnnpN DpDfIp3npn There thOS
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Science.

\ French s,r4lf Has been calculating tho
time acquired to perform Journey around
the world, with this rcsuI, man walk
ing day and night, +2s DAYS railway
train, 10 DAYS, sound. at medium TEN
pcrature, ~ IL hours Canuon-ball, II
81; night. trifc over onc-tenth of sec.
ond; electricity, tric under one tenth of
second
Lieutenant John r Finley OF the Signal
Service has complied statement Of the
number of Tomatoes in this country for
The last seventeen years. While III 1870
Their" were only nine, the number has in
creased annually the year I,,f having
been credited with 2s0. But since that
time there has been gradual decrease III
The number only - having been recorded
in l~s9
New York : great aqueduct was opened
this week. and water supply of 3ls .OOO,-
900 gallons every twenty four hours il
now available. 1t j. one of the most stu
pendous works which even this genera
ton. 50 familiar wiki stupendousness OF
All kinds has produced. Its length is about
thirty miles beng for nearly all that dis
tance far underground. and passing, bv
means of an ingenious Siphon system, un-
Ter instead Of over the Harlem River. Its
cost is about So GoV 900 already. and the
system Of dams 10 process of construction
will add many more millions to that
In the chronological part of the forty
nrst annual report of the trustees OF the
New York State Museum OF Natural His
tory lately published, reference Il made
to the statements which have been adj
vanced az TO the long imprisonment Of
B..s.f i.,.zt - D. f.,T T,,-
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The Issue squarely Joined.

The Uhig's columns have always been
open to sincere prohbitionists, but we
confess that we might draw the line at
those men who pretend to favor prohibi-
ton while straining every nerve 10 aid the
license movement Bangor Wing.
Our contemporary is right ANY paper
that is sincerely working for the cause of
temperance cannot afford to give comfort
or countenance to men who are working
for high license and in the interests of the
wholesale liquor dealers who secured the
insertion of that plank in the Democratic
platform, no matter under what banner
such men may assume to march, There
are only two ways in this campaign One
of the great parties has declared for license
of the liquor traffic. 1t stands for the Ii
uuor interests. The other great party has
declared strongly and unequivocally for
prohibition, 1t stands for temperance.
All men must be upon one side or the
other. Those who weaken the Republican
party strengthen the party of license, and
rice rersa The issue Is squarely Joined
and no paper that has at heart the temper
ance interests of Maine can afford to give
countenance to any set of men that are
serving the wholesale liquor interests.
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Penobseot.
The hay crop this year will fall consld-
erably below that of last year. The re-
ports are various even in the same locality.
Farmers report the falling off from last
year from one-tenth to one-half. The
grain crop is looking poor; other crops
are looking well considering the lateness
of the spring season.
The NJ Z. Church at the Bay has been
greatly improved, especially in its interior.
and was re-opened last week with appro-
pirate services.
Work on A. f. Varnums store is rapid
ly progressing.
We recently received pleasant visit
from our old friend, Hon. w. L.
Guptill of Gouldsboro.
A. II. Stover, Of Somerville, Mass, 8
former resident of this town, is on visit
to friends in this vicinity.
W. S. Haney is soon to go to Belfast to
engage in the shoe business.
You have well said that the Republican
party at its last convention nominated a
set Of clean candidates for county offices.
There are no scabby sheep in that flock.
Our s. s. committee has adopted Sc.
ries of text books for our schools
We believe the ringing resolutions adopt
ed by our last county convention echo the
| deliberate sentiment of majority OF the
| leading Republicans Of Hancock and are
not meaningless mass of words thrown
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DREADFUL LAwAKENING.-'Ma Madam, said
the eminent surgeon, II am happy TO say
we have discovered at last the cause of
your husbands condition. A small por-
ton of the skull was fractured by the in
iury that deprived him of consciousness a
wear or more ago, and splinter has been
pressing upon the brain, | have located
the fracture, and in a few minutes, with
the help of my assistants, the splinter will
be removed. You must not be surprised,
madam" he continued, "at anything he
may say when he returns to consciousness.
1t has been many long month since the
injury happened to him, but you will re-
member that to him there has been no
lapse of time whatever. If he was inter
rupted in & ne course OF any remark he was
making at the time of the accident he will
finish that remark as soon as the pres
sure is removed from his brain The sur
geon resumed his place at the bedside OF
the unconscious patient, and the operation
proceeded. 1t was complete success,
The moment the splinter was removed
from the mans brain natural look came
into his eyes, and his anxious friends in
the room adjoining heard him say in a
slow, hesitating monotone: hen and
half lay an egg and half in day and
half how many eggs VIII six hens lay In
seven days 2"- Chicago Tribune.
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THE PRESIDENT AND THE FLAG.-Here
is what the President said about the flag
on Monday night at the banquet of Edward
w. Kinsley Post 1t is not my purpose
tonight to address you in extended speech,
but only to say that, whether walking with
YOU, many of you in the private pursuits
of life or holding place of official respon-
sibility, can never in either forget those
who upheld the flag of this nation in those
days when it was in peril. be
lieye there are indications to-day in this
country of a revived love for the flag
Enthusiastic applause | could wish
that no American citizen would look upon
it without saluting it. Loud applause
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out as political easement In the tenn
perance problem hundreds and thous-
ands of the leading thinking men of
our country see the grandest issue that
overshadows our moral and industrial in
terests. Patriotism, religion and national
economy alike demand the overthrow Of
the gigantic curse of intemperance-and
the prompt destruction OF the Original
Package decision" by the Republicans of
Congress, shows that the Republican par
ty arranges itself on the right side Of
every great moral and economic question
as naturally as water runs down hill.
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ors of Fort Donelson, of Antetam and
Fredericksburg of the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania and Charlottesville; of
Appomatox and Gettysburg; of Ander-
sonvlle and Libby prison. A hundred
thousand hearts best IN unison with the
TRAMP. TRAMP TRAMP.
of this triumphant march. And hundreds
of thousands more, from Maine to Cali
fornia, from the Gulf to the Lakes, from
the land of the Palmetto to the land of the
Pine, repeat the story which even now is
a glowing page in our country's annals
Well may the monarchs of the earth sit
at our feet and learn OF us-the greatest
nation on the globe-the principles of free
government Of liberty and union
ELLA GRIFFIN EMERSON
Cambridge, Aug. 18th, 1890.
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Tt will be remembered that one Of the pre-
eous stones In the few presented to Longfet-
low on a notable occasion was tourmaline
from Mt. Mica. Susanna Merrifeld. In the
August number Of the Nelo England Mdgd-
zine. tells the story Of the first discovery OF
these stones. Maine people will also take an
interest in the vivid sketch Of the life OF Sam
mel Austin Whitney which appears in this
same August number. This old New Eng
land rover cut a strong figure In the early life
OF the province Of Maine and this account Of
his stirring adventures will be eagerly read.
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Gen. Neal Dow truly says: The
quantity of liquor now sold in this state Is
not ne-twentieth so great as it was be-
fore the prohibitory law. and not one-thir-
tieth as large as it would be now under
any form of license. The balance Of the
difference in this vast waste and loss goes
to swell the value of the property OF the
state, and to better ways of living of the
people in every department of domestic
and social life" Then why do some peo-
pie cry for license? Simply to make liquor
selling easier and to cover it with mantle
of Semi-respectability.
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For the Ellsworth merics&.
Wonderful Men.

Wonderful men have come and goue,
And still the world goes toiing on;
Wonderful men that came and went;
The world without them is content
Wonderful men that time has slain
They rose from city, hill and plain
They speed In steam. blossom on tree
And guide the ship acrnss the sea.
Cloud wrapped In yondcr SKY the, float,
Or changed TO hcTbage, speed the goat.
But what was good OF their lives here.
They left with Us to give u cheer.
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~oUErNerE.

The Belfast .iyc pleasantly alludes TO
the editor of the Belfast JoHrnn and in
the course of the articles we noticed the
following complimentary expressions lex
Canadian tourist 'yelpins eur" turkey
eobblcr," "carnivorou, animal of the
genus mephitis," "free-rum guzzler, ="
infamous hypocrite," ''craven bastard, "
Informed specimen, dete>ted by every
body, who goes sneaking around the corn
eIs with his legs bowed out and his toes
turned in" etc. 1t would seem as though
the editorial paste in Belfast was rather
inclined to sour.
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George Moody while cutting live cleo
tric light wire at Lewiston Thursday, got
a shock from the current of 1000 volts, his
plier slipping. He was rendered nncon-
scious and was badly burned on the hands,
but was not otherwise seriously injured.