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CONCERNING HIGHWAYS.
Legal Definition of What Constitutes
a Public Road.

Public Road.
A highway is q road or way over
which the public at large have a free
right of passage, Highways by water
c::et - fo-co Of tho natural u 81 I'll =!
every citizen possesses of free passage
along all water courses not Of artificial
construction Upon land they are Great
cd either by express dedication of the
owner, by prescription or in pursuance
of legislative authority. Dedication is
an act by which the owner of the fee
gives to the public for some proper pur-
pose au easement in his lands 1t must
be made by the owner or proprietor and
be to the public in general. No particu-
lar form its required, clear intent be-
ing all that is necessary, with accept
ance by the public, which is usually
proved by public use and enjoyment
Prescription is where a man claims
anything because he, his ancestors or
predecessors or they whose estate he
hath have had or used it all the time
whereof no memory is to the contrary. !"
A road becomes public highway by
prescription, by an open and adverse use
for 30 years on the supposition that a
dedication had at some time been made,
Highways are laid out, altered, dis
continued and kept in repair by officers
known as commissioners of highways.
They describe and cause to be recorded
in the town clerks office all the high
ways in their respective towns, divide
all highways into districts and appoint
overseers of the same. They expend all
moneys raised and collected from the
town at large for highway purposes,
upon the roads and bridges within their
territory and have power to enter upon
the lands Of any person adjoining any
of the rivers, streams or creeks OF the
state, drive spiles, throw up embank-
ments and perform such other labor as
may be necessary They report annually
to the town board.
The work upon highways is usually
performed by the residents Of each road
district. male inhabitants between the
ages of 81 and 20 years, with some ex-
ceptions, being each required to work
or pay for one day, all property owners
being assessed highway labor according
to the valuation of their respective hold
ings. Among the duties Of the overseers
are the following: To repair and keep i'll
order the highways within the district;
to cause the nOxious weeds within the
bounds of the highway within his dis
trict to be cut down or destroyed twice
in each year 10 cause all loose stones "
inc, ~, tbn Ita1tPu track of every high
way within the district to be removed
once in every month from the first day OF
April until the first day of December;
to execute all lawful orders of the com
mlssionerS
Bicycles and tricycles are considered
carriages by the statute, and as such
have all the rights and are subject t.
the same restrictions as other Carriages.
san Francisco Examiner.
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Embellishments.
TALKS WITH MUlHEkS.-So.2 z.
FEEnING THE RARY


Much Is written at the present day - 2ut
the care and feeding of infants by people
whose only capabilty for dealing win the
subject is n fertile brain, and whose only
aim is to appear in print; every mother
knows how unsatisfactory and fallacious
euca adviceis when she attempts to follow
it. How to feed the baby is the greatest
problem met with in the happy state OF
motherhood, and upon its solution depends
the health, the happiness and the life of the
child. If the mother is able to nurse her
child, the question Of feeding is practically
settled; If she is not, she should be guided
Try those who have had successful expert
euce ia feeding babies and not allow herself
to experiment with different foods. There
are scores of artificial foods offered for sale,
Eminent authorities who have thoroughly
Investigated the subject of infant feeding,
and scientists who have analysed infant
foods, unite in pronouncing Mellins Food
to he the only perfect substitute for mothers
milk. 1t is palatable, nourishing and
strengthening; the weakest stomach will
retain and digest it, and the puniest child
will thrive upon it beyond the mothers
fondest expectations.
For con valescentS, consumptives, dyspep-
ties and the aged, Mellins Food is also OF
incalculable value. 1t Is food, not medi-
cine, and the system receives the nour1Sh-
mentit demands for its daily needs. For
those severely ill Mellins Food will sustain
the falling strength and promote q speedy
recovery when convalescence has been
established.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-09-20
JOHN MILTON.

The following essay written by Louisa
May Mcintyre, n pupil of the Academy at Blue
hill, and is published by request of the princi
pal Il. II. Slower
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-09-20
COUNTY NEWS.

THE AMERICAN has subscribers at IO6
of the II6 post-o1ices in Hancock county,
all the other papers in the county COM
bined do not reach so many. THE AMER
ICAN is mot the o"I" nnner printed in
Hancock countu, and has nerer claimed to
be, but it is the only paper that can prop
erIu be called COUNTY paper; all the
rest are merely local papers. The circutd-
ton of THE AMERICAN, barring the Bar
Harbor Records summer list, IS larger
than that Of all the other papers printed
in Hancock county
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-09-20
south Deer Isle.

south Deer Isle.
Rev. Mr. Haskell left this week to at
tend a theological seminary in New
Jersey. The pulpit is to be supplied by
another preacher as soon as arrangements
can be mad"
The weat her has been good for ripening
fruit and other crops lately, and he apple
crop is good. The peculiar hazy atmos-
phere of Sept. 2, was particularly noticed
here. the air being very oppressive.
Now that the country IS safe again,
there is another town meeting on the
taps to see about money for roads, and
to discuss town division. The prompt
and decisive action of the county com
missioners. while it satisfied those who
were interested in improving the roads,
stirred up much opposition on the part of
those whose only policy is to avoid rails
ing money for any purpose unless obliged
to do SO.
The steam barge "Margery, which was
sunk on the Londoner last week, was
loaded with granite for Goss & Small. 1t
was thought at first that it would be a
total loss, but dispatch from the captain
informed them that part of it was being
landed, and their agent, y. X. Warren,
went on to see about it. At last accounts
it was thought that nearly all of the stone
would be saved, and there was hope of
saving the barge, as divers We're at work,
and the wind was favorable.
Sept 15
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-09-20
The Tax on Mud.

In every state,
From Golden Gate
To Pass'maquoddy bay,
Travel and trade
Are sore delayed
BY mud and rude highway.
With half a load.
Ger muddy road,
The farmer drags his way
And wonders why
When roads were dry
He had no calls for hay.
Tho good NJ. d.
Spends many a fee
To pay for wheel and tire.
Patrons get sick
II roads are thick
And "up to the hub" with mira
The dominic,
With 'pointmens three
On Sunday, miles apart,
In miry clay
Plods all the way.
Who needs more grace OF hsAr0
Five days each week
The schoolma'm meek
frudges In slush to school
Pays half her dues
For overshoes
Stuck fast and lost in the peol
ENVOY.
Taxpayers all,
Both great and small,
Unite for public good.
With one accord,
Pass on the word
And down the tax" on Mud.
Good Roo6n
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North PenobScot.

The young peoples society OF literary
improvement have chosen officers as
follows: Miss Lizzie Slower, president;
Mrs. Alice Leach, vice president; Mrs.
Fannie Lunt, secretary; Miss Tena Hatch,
treasurer; Miss Gladys Hutehns, libra
rian.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-09-20

or the right of the English to depose and
execute their king.
In was in Latin, and like all poems was
full of personalities, in which his oppo-
nents indulge even greater than he.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-09-20
Wide Tires Save the Horses.

The following wide tire test was
made at the Ohio state university. An
ordinary wagon with new inch tire
was loaded with two long tons, or 4. $50
pounds, and the draft was measured by
a dynamometer. On an ordinary earth
road in good condition and hard the
draft was 254 pounds, On a grass field
it was 46S pounds. On newly plowed
land it was I'll pounds, AS the draft
power of an ordinary horse of 1000
pounds is $50 pounds, two horses could
draw this load with ease on an ordinary
road and ton and half ON Il grass sod
while with a narrow tire half a. much,
or single ton, is full load for dou-
BILE team. Besides this, the broad tires
roll and level road so that the more 1t
Is used the better it becomes, while mar
row tires cut it into rutS if at all soft
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II. &. {. II. Column.

Edited by Mrs. JENNIE \. PACKARD, East
Winthrop, Me. I.adic-, for God and Home
and Native Land" ash YOU To help the ten
peranCc cause aIuUs l., -endiH- clippings or
original articles 10 the ahoSe address.
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Stir'ri.

Surri
Capt. II. O. Staples, in the schooner
Lion, has gone % BlHehill to load for
Rockland.
Miss Alice Bccde has arrived home from
Bar Harbor, " here she has been al work
at the West End hotel.
The primary school commenced last
Tuesday with Mrs. kena Staples as
teacher. This will be the sixth term that
she has taught here
Daniel Murphy of Rhode Island was in
town a few days ago looking over the old
familiar places. Mr., Murphy moved from
here some forty or more years ago, then
quite boy, having been here only once
since, about two years ago.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20
LEFT ITS IMPRESS.
Marks of the Glacial Period in the Gorge
Of the Ohio.

Marks of the Glacial Period in the Gorge
of the Ohio.
Above Louisville. KY. the large cit
les upon the Ohio strikingly reveal the
limitations imposed upon them by the
character of the river valley. Having
begun as a cluster of houses upon the
rivers bank. they have gradually
spread back upon it until reaching the
base of the rocky precipices. With the
rapid growth. both of population and
of improvements in later years. Cincin.
natl and Pittsburgh have literally over.
flowed their banks and risen to the
summit of the hills on either side. the
inhabitants being transported from
their places of business to their resi-
dences by long inclines up which the
street cars are drawn at steep angle
to height of from 800 to 500 feet: from
given in every direction over the
broken surface. whose SUBMITS repre-
sent the once comparatively level area.
At Parker City. Pa. an elevator was
once used to lift foot travellers from the
lower terrace to the upper terrace. 200
feet above.
Although flowing in so deepa trough.
the present Ohio river is considerably
elevated above the ancient bottom.
This is owing 10 the fact that during
the glacial ptriod such an excessive
amount of grGvel was brought down
from the Allegheny river and other
northern tributaries that the old chan
mel was silted up to considerable
depth. At Cincinnati there is more
than one hundred feet of gravel be-
tween the present river bottom and
the rock bottom. Below the mouths
of the most important northern tribu.
taries the accumulations were much
greater than this. At Cincinnati the
channel was choked with gravel from
the Little Mama to a height of one
hundred and twenty feet above the
present river. Subsequently this was
partly eroded away, leaving the one
Observation-Disclosures gravel ter
race which is now occupied by Fourth
,treet.-Prof. G. f. Wright, in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20
4 FAULT OF FADpisTs.


Tho IgnoAle and Wlde3y-Ytne11ooa Ar q
ExngGeEat3sa.
Faddists are the masters Of the i9-
noble art Of exaggeration. II ono
wishes to avoid exagger1tion, one Il
careful to measure ones speech; one Is
never in extremes. Faddists seldom
measure their speech: they are almost
Invariably in extremes. Teetotalers,
anti-smokers, anti-vaccinators, anti
everythingites, vegetarians, the people
who would put down. fiction. the "a
tional enjoyments of the Sunday the
aters. dancing, cards. billiards. so many
Of the things which make life worth
the living: if these people did not ex
aggerate, they would forever hold their
peace Unfortunately, exaggeration is
too often their only weapon. The clear,
Try light of truth is not for them. They
could not live in such an atmosphere
for an hour. 1t would be well if our
weakened brethren could be brought
to understand what plain and certain
fact this is. 1t might bring peace and
comfort to their minds.
The more attentively one considers
the subject the more clearly one per.
ceives how almost universally prevalent
is the vice of exaggeration. One sup
poses it is vice. There are the clerics
at one end and the politicians at the
other: the clerics of all the creeds.
There is the Mohammedan. who tells
you that if you do not do certain things
certain other dreadful things will hap
pen. There is the Buddhist, who as
sures you of the paramount, and, in
deed, vital necessity which exists why
you should do certain altogether differ
ent and entirely incompatible things
And the ssme positive, and, in truth.
superlative assertions meet one nearer
home. The religious atmosphere, all
the world over, is too apt to be crowded
with exaggerations. One seldom enters
a place of worship. belonging to any
one of our nine hundred and ninety
nine different sects, without hearing at
least-well. say one exaggeration, ut
tered by the parsOn in the pulpit. This
may seem a dreadful thing to say But
though It's true. tbs pity. pity It's It's
true.
We get on to safer ground when we
approach the politicians. Everyone
recognizes that there is exaggeration
among them. We all of US have radical
friends who will be the first to allow
that the tories habitually deal in what
it would be courtesy to call exaggera-
tions: while that the radicals are. of
their nature, compelled to exaggerate,
none will be reader to admit than the
tories. If, on the other hand. you GO
to third person, an individual who
cries plague on both their houses, you
will find him prepared to concede that
both parties all sides -exaggerate
alike. And. possibly. that third person
will not be so far out as he might be.
One is almost forced to the painful con-
clusiOn that faddists. clerics. and
politicians make what may be called a
trade of exaggeration.-All the Year
Round.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20
LITTLE CURIOUS THINGS.

PROF. MAsso, the Italian scientist. is
authority for the statement that cells
blood is as poisonous as viper's venom.
One of the new rifles used by the
italian soldiers sends ball with force
enough to go through five inches of
solid oak at a distance of four thou
sand feet
STATISTICS prove that nearly two
thirds of az the letters carried by the
postal service OF the world are written,
sent to and read by English-speaking
people.
JUNE was named in honor Of Juno, .
Roman divinity. who was worshiped
as Queen of the Heavens It is called
the month of marriages and Of sui
cides."
"THE Speed Of the Earthquake" was
the subject of a recent scientific lecture
by Prof. Lancaster. He proved that
the average speed of Transmission Of
the shock is sixteen thousand feet per
second.
TIE year 1919 was one of notable
births" bringing into the world such
celebrities as Queen Victoria, John
Ruskin. Walt Whitman, Charles Kings
ley, Julia Ward Howe, ]. G. Holland
and Cyrus W. Field
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20
CROWNED HEADS.

PRINCESS VICTORIA of Wales, accord
ing to her father, can concoct . more
tempting Welsh rarebit than any other
woman in England.
THE annual salary Of the Queen Of
England is S1.92s.OO0 The prince Of
Wales gets 500. 900. and the rest of
the royal family somewhat smaller
amounts
MULEY NAnoNHEr has been impris-
oned by his brother Abdul Aziz, sultan
of Morocco. Abdul holds that there is
room for only one panta:a in his coun-
try.
THE princess of Wales has sent q
birthday gift in the form Of q shilling
for every past birthday to Mrs Sarah
Thompson. aged 100 years, the oldest
lady in Wales
The best dressed woman in the world
Is said to be Queen Margaret, Of Italy.
Her wardrobe includes q countless
variety of elegant costumes. and she
seldons wears . dress more than once.
THE 3oOth anniversary of the birth of
Gustavus Adolpbus. king of Sweden.
will be celebrated this year with great
pomp in that country. Invitations will
be sent to all other countries to take
part in the tribute to that famous ruler
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suffered in the least from the restric-
ton.
Edmund Russell, the high priest of
Delsarte. says that we kill the express
sion of the throat with q high collar,
but that must have meant the high
stiff collar. These were the folds of
soft slken tissues and gave with
every movement like the corolla of q
flower.
But the gowns. must come to them.
The young girls dress is no longer
esthetic or of the first empire style. It
is made with q simple, close fitting. but
not tightly-boned, waist The mate
Eial may be organdie, Swiss muslin.
betiste, null, China silk or any of the
dress goods sold for summer wear. The
trimming Is nearly always ribbon 1
saw one very fetching dress on . red
haired girl-and, by the way, those
girls are wearing their own hair this
season with good deal of style. This
girl wore . white organdie that had
just the hint of flower In faded pink.
There was one Aounce On the skirt nine
inches deep and trimmed with several
rows Of narrow dAri-g green ribbon. The
bodice had RUNE Of the goods edged
With the narrow ribbon In rows.
Above this ruHae wide band Of Nh
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20
England Produce. the r.llest Men.

England Produces the TAlleSt Men.
According to an investigation con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Inter
national Society of Anthropologists of
London, which has concluded valua.
BILE inquiry respecting the average
height of the various races and nation
alities, English and American citizens
average taller than any other repre-
sentatives of the human family. The
following has been cleaned from their
one hundred and twenty page report:
The English professional classes, who
head the list as the tallest of adult
males, attain the high average of five
feet nine and one-fourteenth inches
Next on the list comes the males of
al classes in the United States, and a
minute fraction behind them come the
English of all classes. Hence we may
conclude that, taken as . whole, the
British and their English speaking
cousins in America are approximately
Of the same height In other European
countries the average for the male
adult Is but five feet six inches. The
Austrians, the Portuguese and the
Spaniart3s fall somewhat below the
general European average IS given IN
- soregoing.-St. Louis Repuhlie.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20
DOLABELLE'S LETTER.
A Chat About Charming Gowns
Worn by Stylish Misses.
Extravaeant Simplicity Seems to he the
Prevailing Fad-Some Pretty Costumes
Seen at Recent Weddings and
Graduation Exercises.
Especial New York Letter. I


This is the time of lovely summer
fashions for girls. the month of CON-
mencement gowns, bridesmaids and
contingent costumes, outing suits. and
dreamy summer goods
Those dear girls are always well
coined by the dressmaker. Their i'm
mature forms need only the simplest
draping. Waists. as a rule, they have
none, and whether they are tall and
angular, or short and plump, they will
look fresh and girlish and individual.
because they are at that golden age
when their ideas are beginning to bud.
Their mothers let them have their own
sweet wills because it takes the re-
sponsibilities from their tired shout
derS, and the dreSSmalkerS have not be-
gun the process of holding. So the
ingenue has her way, and the fresh
ness and beauty o. her toilets are mar
vels of good taste. 1 do think that the
women of the twentieth century will
be an improvement on anything we
have ever seen. if we may judge b.
these young girls who have just stood
up in solid phalanxes of beauty to re-
ceive their diplomas. There was not
much to judge them by except their
beauty and clothes, for there were no
essays on the problems Of life, and they
did not look either learned. or intel
lectual, or wise. behind banks of roses.
have attended one graduating class
after another, several coming-out par
tics, and numberless weddings just to
see the clothes and tell other girls who
were not there what was worn. And
have discovered something-the neck
of the girl of to-day is like Annie
Laurie's-it is elongated:
Her brow is like the snowdrift,
Her throat is like the swans"
never knew that it was possible in
the proportions of beauty to have such
long neclzs, and l began at once to
study the effect. and decided it was
necessity of fashion. The high band
is in again, and every sweet girlish
throat was swathed in bands of swiss.
tulle or ribbon, according to the ma
terial used in the toilette. And must
say the effect was good. There we're
cunning little bows of ribbon at the
back of the neck, just where the loose
tendrils of hair fell over them, and 1
could not see that the swan-like throets
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IN ENGLAND.

LONDON Jews will erect q fifty thou
sand-dollar hospital in jerusalem
The oldest epitaph in England is
found In q country churchyard in OK
fordshire, dated 1870. Its obsolete Ian
guage Is almost unintelligible.
In 1928 the skin of a man who was
hanged in England was tanned, and
pieces of the same were retained for
years. according to the statements of q
London exchange.
Ii order to beautify count1r stations
IN English Lady has sent presents Of
seeds and cuttings from her conserve
tory to all the station masters ON the
line over which she travels from her
rural home.
TIE British museum has books writ
ten ON bricks, tiles, oyster shells, bones
and mt stones. together with manu-
scripts on bark, on leaves, On ivory,
leather, parchment. papyrus. inn cop
PEI and wood.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20

A KANSAS man who lost five hundred
chickens that were aboard one Of the stolen
trains has entered suit in the United States
courts for the value of them. He wants to
recOOp, so TO speak.-Philadelphi Ledger
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20
Take no Substitute for
Royal Baking Powder.
1t is Absolutely Pure.
All others contain alum or ammonia.

'sTHAI's too bad! Ny wife has gone ard
put my handkerchief in the wash, and am
positive that / had tied knot in it to re-
mind me OF something r'-F1iegende Blaet-
ter.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20
The Ladies.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use the California liquid
laxative Syrup of Figs. under all conditions.
makes it their favOrite remedy. To get the
true and genuine article. look for the name
of the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near
the bottom Of the package
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20

CHoLLIE-"Pve got an awful cold in my
head. What'll do, Dawson,' Dawson
''Oh. let it alone. It'll die of ennui. '-Har-
per's Bazar.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20

IT is positively hurtful to use ointment for
skin diseases. Use Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, Soc.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-07-20

OF the treacherous, long abiding, deceptive
symptoms of kidney complaint But the
return Of regularity Is hailed when, withthe
aid of HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, the wise
disciple Of common sense who uses it per-
ceives return of regularity. Use the Bit
tiers IN malarial. kidney ordyspepsia trouble,
disorder of the bowels, nervousness Or de.
bility.