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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Beecham pills for consti-
patton ro' and 75'. Get the
book at you. druggists and
20 by it.
Annual ..irs r,ors .han Cpuloa, b,r.a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Gardiner. assisted by his pupils. The entire
proceeds are to be given to the Christian
Armenian sufferers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Following the "Hoap Of Gold, The attrac-
tion az Lothrop's opera House. every after.
mon and ovoning durine the week OF January
20 viii be the Yankee cOmedy IN siI acts. m
titled slluho stacy" with the character
actor. J. ". Harrington, supported by n
strong company Of popular favoritcs, In the
cast.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

A comedian was giving an imitation OF Her
mann the Great In Troy, N. V. one night
last week and asked if any ono in the house
would lend him an egg. Three young men
stood up and each one threw an egg at the
comedians head. lie lodged two, but stopped
the third with HIS face. II seemed that the
disturbers had seen the show in Schenectady.
and were prepared.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

The order Of Good Fellows will give a Sum
day evening concert in Music Hall. January
20 The talent has hoen secured through the
agency OF tho Hone Talent Club. ThiS club
opens a new avenue of amusement in this
city. rs IL VIII afford many capable amateurs
the desired opportunity to appear in public
Mr.. Charles Lovonborg has charge Of the basi-
ness OF the club, and his experience will prove
valuable in the conduct OF the clubs affairs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11
westminster Ihsa,er.

lA' innuns orgrnizstlon known ~ the
"a Owls. appssrins nj the N,sim'nstcr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Tho Wandering Bards are busy arranging q
their usual annual public concert. The enter
tainments offered by this organization have
always proven Of the greatest interest, and
no doubt the coming concert will bo equally
Us entertaining. Mr.. A. M. Langstaff will bo
the director, and his committee Of arrange
ments will consist of Messrs. William Nc
Cabe, George A. Fisher, Fred Jeune and
Charles Lovenberg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Send q Cents for sample Pack.
age. Faultless Chemical Com.
pany. Baltimore. Md.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11
RAILROADS.
NEW YORK, new HAVEN And
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.

Time tables giving full Inform alto,
rs to local and through train service
may be obtained at Proyidencc sta
ti0n ami stations below.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Gilbert A suliivnn's opera. Tho Pirates OF
Pon2anc'. - 10 De given at the Tnlma Thea.
ter. Tuesday and "Wednesday evenings. Jauu.
arS y and ~. under the direction ci Fred ).
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Nvotte Guilbert-lf you want to prove
yourself French scholar and come into tho
Fraces % the singer YOU must say Evet,o
cthe 4" e. sratrsly soundodl Occlhcrre tthe
q hard, accent on tho "berro l--sVttte
GerlBERRE
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Treasurer W. Arthur Stubs OF Lothrop's
Opera House, who came horo from the Brock
ton Theater, and has made himself quite
popular. will hereafter be located in Boston
and ex-mansger Frank Chase will succeed
him in the box office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

"The Night Clerk" whi h ptesonts Peter
r. Daley in n new character, will bc pre-
sented at Keith's Opera House during the
week beginning January e.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11
theatrical Tidings.

"5horo Acres" will be seen again at the
Providence Opera House for week, begin
ming January 70. James A. Herne is receiving
many letters from people who have seen his
play. "Shore Acres" in the different cities,
and some OF tbom contain laughablo sugges-
tions. One man wanted the author to buy a
large clock, and have Uncle Nat wind IL mp
every night before going TO bed. Another
wanted big wooden bars placed across the
doors while third thought MIR. Horne ought
10 add another act TO his comedy, Just TO
show how happy tho players would be on
Christmas day. Occasionally these letters
are more serious, and there is one in psrticu-
lar, which was sent 10 the author from n
prominent Clergyman, tciffug OF two brothers
that had beensestrangod for over 20 years and
were reunited through witnessing a perform
ance of ''Shore Acres"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-11

Annual sales nors shanGcac' bpr.s
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
CAPTURED a SHARK .,
And Found In Its Capacious Nav u Paper
Addressed to Himself.

Zone afternoon, when we wero In the In
dian ocean, said the captain, Il noticed
n shark swimming round the ship, and |
didn't like ii a bit. You know thu super
stition to the etfcetN hat n following shark
presages the death of one OF the ships
company. He sailed round us all the next
day and the next after that, and l deter.
mined to catch him and quell my uneas-
ness We baited hook and after short
time captured and killed him. Then we
cut him up Do you know what we found
in that shark inside? No? Well, news
paper unopt ned, and 1t will surprise you,
rs it did me, when tell you that 1t was
addressed to me,
A shout OF great laughter went up from
the captains audience, who w!nked at
each other unblushingly. ;io, however
took all the bautcring in good part, and
when the jecrs We're ended he said:
"Now, gentlemen, III tell you how II
happened. | found that my children had
been skylarking the day before in the
cabin. They found among tho mass Of
reading that had been brought aboard
some unopened newspapers addressed tc
me, They had been throwing these news
papers at each other, and one of them went
out of the portfolio. The shark saw it, OF
course, and gobbled it down, and that Wa
how it happened. Now, gentlemen, judge
for yourselves the truth of my story. -
London Answers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
Powdered Fluor Spar Helps X Rays.

Professor Winkelmann and DR.. Stranded
of the University of Jena have succeeded
In discovering new method of photo
graphing with Roentgen rays by which
the length Of exposure is reduced from 10
to Is minutes to only few seconds The
method is based on a conversion of the y
rays into rays Of other undulations by
means of fluor spar crystal. If the Roent
gen rays are allowed to fall upon a photo
graphic plate the sensitized film of which
Is turned away from them and covered
with fluor spar. the rays, after passing the
film, will be absorbed by the fuor spar
and there undergo the modification spoken
Of. The new rays now act upon the pho
tographic plate, and indeed much more
strongly than did the Roentsen rays Oh
passing through. AS large fuor spar
plates are to be had with difficulty powder
OF the same crystal was tried in their place,
and as this succeeded nothing stands in
the way OF the further application of the
method. The new rays emitted by the
1uor spar We're infinitely examined by the
discoveries. They succeeded In determin
Ing the Tranquility, and from this the
length of the fluctuations. The rays lie
far beyond the ultra violet end of the visi
BILE spectrum. London News.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
THE MAKING OF PENS.
Eore Steel Used For Them Than For
Guns Swords and Needles.

"Do you know anything about pens?"
Asked Nassau street statoner the other
morning II thought you didn't Now,
let me tell you something about tho me-
tnllic pen that you never dreamed Of. 1t
| requires the finest kind Gf steel to rDnke
really first class pen. 1 have been over
hauling records and find that greater
! quantity OF steel Is used annually In the
| penmaking business than in all the gun,
sword and needle manufactures Of the
world. The recent popularity of the type
writer has, of course, diminished the use
of pens, but the output is enormous never
| tholess.
In Birmingham, England, there are a
number of pen manufactures that turn
| out total Of $50, 600. 900 pens every work
ing week. The majority of the workers
are women, and the wages, while low, holp
to make Birming CHAM Is notable seat of in
dustry. To make 1000, 600 pens a full ton
Of steel is required There Is really SO
much work about the manufacture of a
pen that 1t is surprising that they sell as
cheap as they do, but, as l have said, the
production is so great that 1t Is profitable
business. Pens have been in use "a whole
century now, but 40 years ago when they
took the place of quilts as the popular ink
spreader, 1t was one of the secrets of the
I age how that slit was made in the pen.
Those employed in that particular branch
| of the work wcro obliged to record an oath
that they would not reveal the secret OF
that slit cutting process.
The secret became an open ono, though,
In the natural course of events and soon
almost every interested person knew that
the slit was made with pair of scissors
fixed In "a press. Men perform the initial
work pen. That is to say, they roll
out the steel to the proper thickness. The
women then take hold, cutting the steel
into strips as wide as two pens are long.
Presses do the cutting for the women.
The steel when 1t leaves the presses is
/ shaped like a pen, but is fiat. The forms
made by these presses arc then put into "a
! rod hot furnace, and when thoroughly
heated are taken out and permitted to cool
slowly. This process makes them soft.
/ Then the women use fast presses that ham
/ mer the points as we'll as stamp the name
/ of the manufacturer.
"This done. the pens are heated again,
and, while still hot, are cast into Oil They
/ arc much harder, but dirty and greasy
/ when taken out To clean and Wilton
/ they they are then boiled in water to which
place them in y cylinder which revolves
over gas jets. This turns them blue. y
number Of other minor details, and the
| pen is packed and ready for the market
Whether it be the rich or tho poor man
pen, the mode of manufacture Is alike. -"
New York Mail and Express.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
KITTERY TO CARIBOU.
One Weeks WinDowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

One Weeks WinDowings of News,
Novelty aud Nonsense.
| William F. Boynton, of Brewer, died
Sunday i'll the eightyseventh year OF
his age.
! The business portion of the town OF
Bartlett. n. H., was wiped out by fire
Sunday evening. The total loss is esti-
mated at 500, 900.
NJ. S. Balentine, farmer of Fairfield
Center, WAS struck by lightning while
riding horse rake Saturday afternoon,
and instantly killed.
William Ii. s. Lawrence, cas- her of the
Kenduskeag national bank, leading
member of he Masonic order and we'll
known citizen of Bangor throughout
his lifetime, died Monday, aged fifty
eight years.
Hon E. B. Harvey, the oldest attorney
Of the Washington county bar, died at
Calais last Wednesday, aged seventy-three
years. Mr.. Harvey was born al Barnet,
VT, and came to Calais in 1913 and was
soon afterward admitted to the bar. He
practiced for two years in Cherrytield,
and then returned to Calais, where he has
since resided. He was senior member of
the law firm OF Harvey d Gardner, the
oldest i'll Calais.
The Maine Central railroad has pur-
chased of the Pickering and Roberts
heirs, all the land along the water front,
between the toll bridge and water works,
at Bangor. The purchase is made to Sc
ownership Will not affect concerns now
using wharves and buildings along the
shore. The only difference is that the
rental of the holdings and wharves will
be controlled by the railroad company.
During a thunder shower recently, as
Portland woman was closing a door, she
received stroke of lightning on the fore
head, between the eyes. She was sensible
of nothing like blow. 1t seemed more
like sudden ana severe headache. The
mark of the stroke was to be seen dis
tinctly on her brow and covered space OF
two inches. A physician was called, who
congratulated the lady on her fortunate
escape. But one similar case has ever
come to his notice and had ended fatally.
The Portland woman is getting on nicely,
and with the exception of discolOration
which is nov disappearing and the loss of
the skin, which is peeling from her fore
head, The is as well as ever.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

"It would seem, says the Boston Trav-
eller, 'as if the bench of Massachusetts had
fairly reveled in Deweys, for no less than
four Of the same name have sat at one
time or another either on the supreme or
superior court bench since 1874. The first
ono was Daniel Dewey, who held office for
a year on the supreme court bench. Then
came Charles Augustus Dewey, appointed
in 1887, dying in office In 1866. Francis
Henshaw Dewey was appointed to the SUI
perior court in 1869 and resigned in 1881,
and Justin Dewey, now on the same bench,
was appointed in 1886. There are, there
fore, today two Judge Deweys in this com
monwealth."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
The Story of
Purltana.

Prof. Dixi Crosby, NJ. D., IL. D.,
who for thirty-two years was at the
head of Dartmouth Medical College,
belonged to the famous Crosby family
Of physicians, which forscveral gener-
atoms has furnished more distin-
guished medical men than any other
family in America. His father was
DR.. Asa Crosby, of Dartmouth, who
procured the charter of the State
medical society, of which he was for
thirty years a conspicuous member;
one brother, DR.. Josiah Crosby, in
vented the invalid bed and the method
of making extensions of fractured
limbs by adhesive strips; another
brother, DR.. Thos. r. Crosby, was
chief surgeon In Columbian College
Hospital during the war, and later
professor of animal and vegetable
: physiology at Dartmouth College;
while DR.. Dixi Crosby himself was
the inventor and discoverer of various
important improvements in medicine
and surgery, including a new and
unique mode of reducing metacarpo-
phalangeal dislocation, opening OF alb
scess at hip-joint, etc, etc.
AZ Inc early aye Oh twenty -lou1 mo
extraordinary skill and successin over
coming disease had already attracted
the attention of medical men through
out the world, and Won for him the
highest honors. His greatest achieve
ment was the discovery OF an original
method for perfecting and compound
ing in permanent form what has pc
come known as his "Irize formula"
and which, under the name OF Purl-
tana, is legally protected.
The foundation of this remarkable
medical discovery consists OF simple
New England roots and herbs, and the
original family recipe for it has de-
scended to the long line of Crosby
physicians from their Puritan ances-
tors. It's peculiar vegetable compost
ton rendered it necessary to brew 1t
whenever needed in the early days OF
its history, and after the scattering OF
the Puritan families to remote local.
ties, where the necessary ingredients
were not to be found, many attempts
were made to put it up in permanent
form, all of which failed until DR.. Dix
Crosby discovered means and methods,
sthe result of which is: Natures Cure
compounded in the laboratory OF
Common Sense.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
"SIXTEEN TO ONE"
Just What This Much-Quotcd Term
Means.

just What This Much-Quotcd Term
Means.
The term ''sixteen to one'', now so much
in use in discussing the money question,
relates to the weight of gold and silver in
the dollars issued by the United States
government; that is, the law under which
the government coined silver dollars until
repeal of the purchasing clause OF the
Sherman act provided that the silver dol
lar should contain sixteen times as much
weigat in standard silver as the gold dol
lar contained in standard gold.
When this ratio was established the two
dollars were practically of the same in
trinsic value, gold being worth in market
sixteen times as much as silver per ounce.
Since then the development OF the silver
mines has reduced the market price of sill
YER bullion so hat il is worth in gold only
a little more than half as much as it was
formerly, and with gold dollar one can
buy almost silver enough to make two sill
yer dollars. This is what is meant when
people talk about fifty cent dollars.
The value OF every dollar which man has
in savings bank would be reduced at the
present price OF silver, to just tifty-three
cents. These dollars circulate at their
face value because the government re-
deems them in gold. II it did not they
would at once lose half their purchasing
power. The free silVerites demand that
the government shall receive all the silver
bullion that is offered, and coin it into
dollars upon the ratio and make them a
legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate, without any provision for their re-
demption in gold. This would at once
make the silver dollar the standard of val
ne instead OF the gold one, or, as it is
stated, bring us to silver basis and drive
gold out of circulation.
The gold hugs" maintain that The gov
eminent should issue no money but gold,
and perhaps silver enough for change,
leaving it To state banks to furnish paper
currency.
The sound money bimetaIiists be-
lieve in gold, silver and paper money
issued by the government, with gold as
the standard, VIII Oh is the kind OF money
we have had siuce the passage of the re-
sumption act.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

,s. E. c. VESTS NERVE AND saAIN TREATMENT
is sold under positive written guarantee by
authorized agents only, to cure Weak Memory:
Loss of Brain and Nerve Power: Lost Manhood;
QuIckness, Night Losses; Evil Dreams; Lack of
Confidence; Nervousness; iiassitude; all Drains:
Loss of Power of the Generative Organs in either
ok. caused by over-exertion, Youthful Errors, or
icessive Use of Tobacco, Opium or Liquor
.'hlch leads to Misery Consumption, Insanity
and Death. By mail, 81 a box; six for IS; with
written guarantee to cure or refund money.
Sample package, containing five days treatment,
with full instructions. % cents. One sample
unly sold to each person by mail.
S. ID. WIGGIN, Ellsworth, Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
ELLSWORTH MARK ETS.
WEDNESDAY, July II. 1896.

NAM LAW REGARpIHG WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
y bushel of Liverpool salt shall weigh 80
pounds, and bushel of Turks Island salt shall
weigh - pounds.
The standard weight of hushel of potatoes,
IN god ors,tr ana ut Tor shipping Is 60 pounds.
The standard weight of a hu=heI of beans in
good order and lit for shipping, Is g pounds.
Of wheat, heet-, ruta-baga turnips and peas, 80
pound-; Of corn, aG pounds of onions, %
pounds, Of carrots, English turnips, rye and
Indian meal, 30 pounds; of barley and buck
wheat, Is pounds; of oats - pounds, or even
measure as by agreement.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
July s..

Whatever noble fire is in our hearts
Will burn also in our work; whatever
purity il ours will chasten and exalt it :;
for as Weare so our work is, and what
ever we SOW in our lives that beyond
doubt we shall reap for good and ill in
the strengthening or defacing of what
ever gifts have fallen to our lot.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

First Poet-Heard a neat compliment
on your stuff about the t" Daffodils" yester-
day.
Second Poet-Indeed9
'Yes. Fellow asked me II l wrote IT,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

Pastor-Do you ever play with bad little
boys, Johnny
.Johnny-Yes, sir,
Pastor-Tm surprised, Johnny Why
don't you play with good little boyse
Johnny-Ther mammas won't let 'em.
london Tit Bits.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
Infammatory Rheumatism Cured in 8

IHIahi1HHIOTy MIC NlhslIIsIi { UTtU III .
Days.
MORTON l.. HILL, of Lebanon, Ind, says:
"My wife had lnhammatory rheumatism in
every muscle and joint, her suffering was terri
Bile and her body and face were swollen almost
beyond recognition; had been in bed for six
weeks and had eight physicians hut received no
benefit until she tried the MYSTIC CURE FOR
RHEUMATISM. 1t gave immediate relief and
she was able to walk about in three days. L
am sure it saved her life" sold by S. d. WIG
GIN, druggist, Ellsworth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

A.-lIave you ever heard the s-year-old
violin player who is creating such a SEN
sation? B.-Oh, yes; | heard him in
Berlin twelve years ago.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

To prevent the hardening of the subcutan-
eous tissues of the scalp and the oblteration of
the hair follicles, which cause badness, use
Halls Hair remover.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

Evcrg state ha- u4 uWu Ecc'ey Institute
Maine kccicv Institute f. nj beeripe railroad
station, Wc-thronk .1uuctiuu) Maiucs own Is
the best, nearest aud cheapest. Its phveician s
4 kecIoy graduate.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
II II u IU Il T.
All who wish to get rid OF rupture and to-
nenting trusses should send to
-. II. SKI ET :" NJ

Hernia Specialist, Nos. and 3 Ann St, New
York and Evans House, 1I5 fremont ST, Boston,
for his new and most interesting book on Rup-
ture and Trusses, containing full information.
Book free On receipt OF three lcent stamps
for postage.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
Hides and Tallow.

You can't buy happiness, but if you are suf-
tering from dyspepsia, scrofula, salt rheum,
impure blood, you may be cured and made hap
Ply BY taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Pills are the best family cathartic and
liver medicine. Harmless, reliable, sure,-4dtt
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

Get Of your druggist this great diseaseconqu dis
coyery (the price IS for the complete treatment
sistng Of one bottle OF Puritana bottle of Purana
Pills and bottle OF Puritans Tablets, all enclosed in
one rite us and you all bless the day when
you heard OF Purilana. The PuElIana Compound Co.,
Sv1eqGl, ). u.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
Fish.
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