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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
Household Ise for Borax.

Borax has become almost as indispeh-
sa bIe an article ia every household us
salt and pepper. Nothing viii SO sue
cessfuly soften hard water as horHA'
Use it in the proportion of large hand
full to ten gallons of water. The texture
of he finest linen and cotton viii not be
injured by its use. Stains upon tahle-
eliot his and napk ms may be readily washed
out Il 6uraA /, put IN ,he wafer.
A little borax water boiled in the coffee
not twice a week for fifteen minutes
sweetens and purifies it. To cleanse WIN
dow glass simply use warm water ana
borax, no soap. Wipe dry and polish
with crumpled newspaper.
For the shampoo use one teaspoonful
to two quarts of water. 1t acts directly
on the scalp, keeping it in healthy CON
dition As dentrifice and mouth wash
borax is unexcelled. 1t cleanses the
mouth, hardens the gums and relieves
cankers. In using it for the teeth make
a powder of one ounce each OF powdered
borax and pulverized CASTLE soap and two
ounces OF preciptated chalk.
Bags made of cheese cloth, ABOUT eight
inches square, filled with oatmeal, some
powdered horax, pulverized CASTLE soap
and a little powdered orris root, used
in the hath, are delightfully."- refresh
ing.
A box Of powdered borax is indispen-
sable at the toilet table and as a dis
infectant, and will prove a valuable aid
in procuring cleanliness at the kitchen
sink. And If it We're more frequently
used, a great amount of waste might be
prevented in the larder.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

Here Is little trick that will help out
an evenings entertainments when CONVEX
sation begins to lag A boy gets up and
says to the company:
II have in my pocket something that
has travelled thousands of miles by sea and
land. 1t has been handled by hundreds
and thousands of people, and yet no one
has ever seen it. 1t lives in house of its
own, but it was never outside of its house
can exhibit it to you here so that you all
will see it, and then it will disappear SO
that you will never see it again. What is
it?''
Then the company begins to guess and
guess and guess, and by and by they give
up, completely discouraged, and ask to be
shown the wonderful object
The boy promptly takes from his pocket
a Brazil nut or any other foreign nut,
calmly cracks it in the presence of the
company and holds up the meat
You see this meat" he says. sit has
never been seen before, and it never will
be again" And he calmly puts il in his
mouth. chews it and swallows it.-Chi-
cago Record.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

One OF the things thHt surprise foi-
eign hous,-kecpC1s, notably FrcnchWomcn,
when they come over here IS our cumNrous
domestic machinery, Particularly are they
amazed that it should he such an almost
universal custom to have the family wash
ing done at home 1t is had enough IN
the dwellings that shelter only one family
beneath their roofs, but laundry work GO
ing on in the little sets of rooms in the
apartment houses fairly staTtlCs the Pgri-
sian Chatelaine. That this custom must
be changed sooner or later seems inevita-
BILE So much of cooperative housekeep-
ing could be adopted with profit to him or
them who would undertake it and with
enormous addition to the comfort and con-
yenience of living Tho nearest approach
to this millennium at the moment is the
scheme of some of the laundries to take
the family washing by the pound. Five
cents per pound on all bundles of five
pounds or over is charged, price which
includes the ironing of certain flat pieces
like towels and bed linen The starched
pieces are returned starched and dried and
ready to dampen and iron, and the other
pieces rough dried. If such u system Will
pay in isolated establishments with neces.
sarily limited patronage, it deserves trial
on wholesale plan. New York Post
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
Talking Clocks.

"Grandpa," said Harry, the clock is
talking"
Clicking, you mean said grandpa.
"Ti-c- k-i-n-g'
"No, grandpa" said Harry, "the clock
says lots eff things. 1t says: Harry, Harry
Ho, no, Harry Christmas comingl Ho,
no, Harry and it says, Play, play Satur-
day. Go to church on Sabbath day = and
it says lots of things. I've been sitting
here listening to it, and l wish l could re-
member all it has said to me :"
IF you listen long to the ticking of a
clock, or the beating of drum, or to any
sort Of machinery, any regular sound in
deed" said grandpa, you will soon fancy
that it says something. If you are think
ing of anything in particular, it will talk
about that. | remember once, when was
small 1 had been a naughty boy and had
to sit in the corner of the hall for long
hour as punishment. There was a tall
clock in the corner, and as l watched and
listened to it it began to say: The boy
stole jaml The boy stole pie. Naughty
boy! Naughty boy!' until l thought
should jump out of my skin. New York
Ledger.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
How to Clean Neckties,

Take IS grains of powdered white CASTLE
soap, 5 fluid drains OF strong aqua am
monia, 2i grains of granulated saltpeter
First dissolve the soap in Il pint of warm,
soft water; then add the saltpeter, and
after it has dissolved add the ammonia
Set aside overnight, or the equivalent of ten
hours, and then it is ready to use. Take IA
cloth or small sponge and after wringing it
out of this mixture gently rub the tie I'M
til all dirt disappears. Use this on white
or dark ties and fine silk and wool goods
1t can be made for about 10 cents per pint
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
The Decorative Ironing Table.

The combination ironing table that can
be turned into a seat has been put to other
than kitchen use by some clever women.
One had been stained deep olive green
and had the seat upholstered with olive
corduroy fastened with white nails An
other seat, stained an oak color had pat
tern on the back picked out with fancy
headed wrought iron nails. The one was
covered with figured burlap in oak color,
fastened in place with the same kind OF
nails used on the back. a seat of the kind
in "a bedroom is painted with white enamel
and has tie seat covered with scarlet.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

The mistress of n large household In
Hungary has need to be very capable
housewife, for she is numbered with many
cares YOU must boil your own soap,
mold your own candles, dry your own
prunes, prepare your own candled fruits,
smoke your own sausages, cure your own
hams, bottle your own compotes, make
your own vinegar, store your own fruits
and vegetables, butter and cheese for win.
ter use, grind your own maize for culinary
purposes, grow your own wine, act as your
own butcher and poulterer, laundresS and
seamstress. The eye of the mistress must
be everywhere, even though she invariably
has house keeper under her. Servants get
much smaller wages, work harder and live
less comfortably, but they are very indie
pendent, and tAere is absolutely La stand
ard of personal morality among tAem.-H.
Ellen Browning in &AAdeIinSs IN Hum.
gary"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Topic few the Week Beginning Jan.
So oHment by Key. :. II. Hoytr.


So Comment by Rev. $. II. noytr.
ToPIc.-Endetvorar loyal to Christ. What
will they do:-oohn xii, 3l-5S; Viii, 81. Chris
tian Endeavor day)
Another year has rolled round. An
other anniversary is upon us. The hosts
are still increasing. The stakes are be-
ire rt~oHcthoned aDd the lines advanc-
ing. 1t is, however, no time to pause
or to falter. The higher the position
reached the greater the responsibility
and the greater the need of increased
loyalty to Christ Loyalty to Christ is
to be emphasized this Endeavor day,
not loyalty to Christian Endeavor. Hap
py thought! After all, loyalty to Christ
is the main thing, and the Endeavorer
who is loyal to Christ will not be dis
loyal to Christian Endeavor. What will
the Endeavorers who are loyal to Christ
do? The references suggest that:
l. Loyal EndeavOrers will love one
another as Christ loved them. "A new
commandment | give unto you. that We
love one another; as | have loved you
that you also love one another" How
did Christ love His disciples? l. He
loved all of them. Sowe should love all
Christians, not simply those of our own
church or denomination, but all who
love Observation-Disclosures love.
2. Christ loved His disciples when they
were aliens and strangers to Him and
sinners against Him. In doing this
Christ loved His enemies. He loved all
men. Following Christ's example, we
should love all men. 3. Christ mani
Tested His love for His disciples by dy-
ing to save them. We should manifest
our love for all men by doing what we
can to save them. We cannot die for
men, but we can direct them to Him
who did or send Him 10 them if they
dwell in heather lands. Practical love
seeks to save. Christ loved men practi-
cally. So should we.
2. Loyal Endeavorers Will live for
Christ. Christ told His disciples that
He was going where they could not go,
but whore i'll time they could follow
Him. Peter thought he could 60, no
matter where it was, even if going cost
him his life. Bat Peter made poor
stagger at dying Tor Christ. He failed
to live for Him for q hours. We her
a great deal Of sunctimonious gush
about dying Tor Christ. Christ is not
asking Us to die for Him. but to live for
Him. Are We doing that? Do we show
by our lives that we stand fer Christ.
and are we willing TO testify that We
are His even in the presence of those
who are not His? Christ wants our lives
just now. Has He got them? We cannot
be loyal to Him unless He has.
8. Loyal Endeavorers will continue in
Christ's word. They will be steadfast
in believing what He has told them to
believe and in doing what He has told
them to do Steadfastness in thought,
word and deed is certain proof of loyalty.
; Bible Readings. - Math. V, 1916,
43-4S; xviii, 10, 30; Rom. xii,
1-21; XIV, Is; Cor. x, 81; XIV, So; Gal.
vi, 10; Eph. V, /, 2; Phil. ii, Ill; iv,
/; Col. ii, LII; II Thess. iii, II, 10; II
Tim. iv, I, 8; Heb, xii, /, ,; Pet. iv,
Til; Rev. ii, 10.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
Happy and Contented Deaf Children.

1t is generally supposed that the deaf
have tendency to moroseness and melan-
choly. This is least true of the orally edu-
Gated adult, and among the children in
the oral schools is not true at ALL l know
of no happier or more contented lot of
children than are to be found in these
schools. The visitor who expects to enter
place of silent halls, quiet playrooms
and noiseless yards is much surprised to
hear peals of childish laughter and cries
and shouts as the children romp and frolic
out of school hours.-John Dutton Wright
In Century.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

A hall seat seems to be what is needed
In many halls, but every housckeeper can
not afford an old oak or mahogany settee,
or even have one built of pine and stained
to match the woodwork in the room. y
plain wooden bench, such as is to he found
in every house furnishing store, stained to
initiate cherry or oak, makes a nice look
ing settee. Make box cushion for the
top, covering it with sumptuously colored
cIetonne, corduroy or some inexpensive
material, tufting it by lacking down with
covered buttons. Put a IL inch tlounce
upon the cushion, box plating it on, and
you will have a very comfortable and
pretty hall eat.-New York Sun
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

Each one of US is bound to make the
little circle III which he lives better and
happier Each one of US is bound to see
that out of that small circle the widest
good may flow. Each one of US may
have fixed i'll his mind the thought that
out of single household may flow the
influences that shall stimulate the whole
commonwealth and the whole civilized
world.-Dean Stanley.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

The most unresponsive metal for a
housekeeper to attack is steel. Rub and
polish as one will, unless n certain secret
be known there is still the dull look, and
the hardware dealer will only advise the
expensive expedient of sending the article
to be ground at the factory. The old fash
Toned knife brick, however, will work
wonders here by simply buying it pow
dered, mixing with sweet oil and rubbing
on freely. Allow this to dry on; then pol
ish briskly and finish off with emery pow.
der
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

TIE roy DOG.

Ee Is Only Handful, and His LONE is
Down IL Mexico.
Down in 2cxico live the smallest dogi
In tAG world Al first sight one would
take them to be toys carved by some cum
ming workman, but the moment they move
that impression vanishes, for they are the
liveliest cs all lively little dogs. Their
native home is in chihuahua pronounced
he-wa-wa), Mexico, and one of them that
weighs more than a pound is considered
very giant of tho race.
Not long ago resident of Houston
bought one of these toy dogs and brought
1t home with him. He called it Perrito,
which is the Spanish for little dog"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
A Silhouette Social.

Much amusement may be excited at
social by silhouettes, suggests The Gold
en- Rule. Hang up sheet, divide the
company into two parts, let light be on
one side of the shee, only, and let the
part Of the company who are i'll the
dark guess from the "shadow picture
who is casting it. Let each SIDE take
turns in guessing, winning the person
as the result Of each successful guess.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
Not Open to Other Ewes.

Faith sees worlds that are not open
to any other eye. 1t has been well said,
'The Holy Spirit can put an eye of faith
into the soul and thus make the things
of God manifest to it, as He did to the
Old Testament saints, who saw things
afar off. "-English Churchman.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
Dressing Room Tables.

Small, round tables, that look at first
glance like tgose intended for smokers
use, serve valuable purpose in a lady's
dressing room. They have attached to
their polished tops all paraphernalia need
ed to crimp the hair, including safety
matchbox, alcohol lamp, with tongs stand
ard, harpin tray and bandoline jar. The
tn bles are in oak or mahogany finish and
the attachments in various metals, brass,
nickel or silver.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
Admirable Flower Holders.

A woman who likes to have uncommon
things in her home has discovered that the
clear glass jars such as are used for electric
batteries nuke admirable flower holders
She gets them at an electrical supply
house, and at one visit found an old jar =
feet high and Lot more than inches
across, into wu!ch u trio Of American
Beauty rUs with IRE effect
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

The stones of yard and doorsteps fire.
quently have 4 greenish look which is very
unsiguly. Ia order to remove this wash
the stones with the following preparation;
Half IA pc md of soda and a quarter of
pound of chloride of lime in quart Of
boiling water. The greenness will steadily
disappear
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

Holding His hand. my steadied feet
May walk the air, the seas.
On life and death His smile falls sweet
Lights up all mysteries.
Stranger nor exile can be
In new worlds where He leadeth me.
Not my Christ only-He is ours,
Humanity's close bond,
Key to its vast, unopened powers,
Dream of our dreams beyond.
What yet We shall be none can tell.
Now are we His, and all is well.
Lucy Larcon
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

THERE ARE so MANY "would- be"
cough cures in the market, that people
are often cautious about trying anything
NV. Before buying any more, hunt up
some one who has used Adamsons Bo-
tanie Cough Balsam, and see what he says
about it. 10c. and Soc.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

Mrs. Strongmind And for what ara
you incarcerated here, my poor MANI
Prisoner-I married n new woman. Mrs
Strougmlnd-Io couldn't be put in jail
for that! Prison er-But | was! mar
ricd a new woman, and the old woman
already had put me in here for bigamy
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
What Education Means.

Education does not mean teaching the
people to know what they do not know.
1t means teaching them to behave as
they do not behave. Christian Leader.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28
Boy and Wagon.
In Century
nth S Companion.

Nothing angers the sn all boy more than
to run with all his might for quarter of
a mile after delivery wagon, and then,
just as he catches on behind, to have the
wagon turn abruptly down a side street,
where the small boy doesn want to 90.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

The saddest hour in the life of youth
is when he thinks he can get dollar in
some other way than by squarely earn
ing it.-Greeley.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-28

Perrito was years old and weighed about
IL pounds. He could curl up in his mas
ter's hat or find a comfortable nest in his
little mistress muf or stand up, bright
and lively, on mans hand, as you see
him in bis picture. He WAS always playful
and mischievous his FRANKS showing him
to be nearest like the terriers of any dogs.
But Perrto grew lonesome away from
his Mexican friends and he fell sick. I he
best doctors in Houston We're called in to
attend him, and he took his cough dpps
regularly, ard even allowed the doctor to
give him a dose Of castor oil. But it was
all to no purpose, and Perrito died.
Tho picture Of Perrto is copied from
the Houston Pest.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-22
The British medical Institute.

II affords us much pleasure to an.
nounce that the British Medical Institute
has become permanent fixture in Calu-
met and that DIR. Ira Z. Williams, who has
made 80 many friends in this vicinity,
has been promoted to the position OF
chief consulting physician.
DIR. Williams has had twenty.four wears
of experience in the practice OF medicine
is a graduate of Long leland Hospital,
of Brooklyn, New York, class oil 1873. Is
an honest. conscientious. and skillful ply
stefan. Hrs speciality is the treatment OF
all chronic, nervous. and special diseases
Of both sexes, especially all catarrh aiiec'
t;ons of the nose, throat and lungs, dis
eases Of women, and the special diseases
OF men.
From now until further notice, the
doctor will give the deserving poor Tree
treatment ever week day morning to
10 O'Clock, at bis Office in the Agnit'
block. 439 Fifth street, and to those abl'
TO nav his charges are exceedingly rea
sonable.
He can be consulted from a. m. till
%. m. ON week days, and from 10 to = OF
SUNDAYS. No better opportunity hs
ever been afforded the citizens OF thi
country to avail themselves OF the ser
vices Of an honest and skillliul physician
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-22
What SouirreIs Eat.

Souirrels do not entirely subsist on
nuts, as most people suppose. They are
largely fruit eaters, and occasionally
work big havoc in the orchards at the
fall of the year. They are not above
stealing partridge eggs and on this ac'
count are not beloved by the sportsman.
Even poultry, when they stray. as they
often will. and lay eggs beyond the
confines of the poultry yard, suffer from
attacks of squirrels when the mother
bird is away In pine tree districts these
little climbers are fond Of splitting the
nine cones and eating the seeds thereof.
But above all things squirrels are
fond of fungus. They will not have
ANYTHING to say to the common or gar
dem mushroom, but confidently devour
the most yellow and poisonous looking
of toadstools that grow in damp woods
and fields. They never store these for
thew know we'll that fungi will not
keep. They devour them greedily as
they come to light and revisit the spot
as soon as fresh spawn renews the 1un
gus. There are, however, many kinds
of toadstools that squirrels know to be
poisonous, and these they will not
touch. Detroit Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-22
SAMPLE CORPSE.
scheme OF an Ohio Undertaken For Ad-
vertising Embslming.


An Ohio undertaken named Pearce
doesn't allow sentiment to interfere
with business He can't see why the
shoemaker adjoining his establishment
should advertise his skill by displaying
his samples or the tailor across the
street hang his latest sartorial confec-
ton in his front window, while the EN-
balmer's good work has to find lodg-
ment beneath six feet of earth almost as
soon as it has been accomplished.
Mark Twain, when he was shown the
mummy of Pharaoh who lived in the
time OF Moses, shrugged his shoulders
with contemptuous Indifference and re-
marked to the curator of the museum:
Haven't you got corpse that is q
little fresher?"
All Mark has TO do is to visit the fu-
neral direction establishment of Mr..
Pearce at Ardmore, There he will prob
ably find something more to his fastidi-
GUS fancy in the shape of sample of
embalming, kept on view by Mr.. Pearce
for inspection by his customers. The
subject" has now done service for a
period of three years, and the proprietor
confidently expects that it will last as
long as he remains i'll business.
The body in question has been in the
very warmest workroom of his estab.
lishment all this while, and the leather
like flesh of the corpse is totally free
from odor or putrefaction. Some say
the hair on a body will grow after
death. This probably originated in the
mind of dramatist or novelist, wh(
wanted to sensationalize his readers Il
sell his books, for there lies Mr.. Pearce'
dead man, with his very last hair Gu
the same as it was two or three year
ago Then some say that the hair viii
fall out, but you couldn't pull the hal
out of that body with tweezers. Eacl
hair seems to be particularly riveted IN
to the hardening leather and bone
Even the fuzzy, lighter hairs OF al
other parts of the body remain the sam
as they were at death.
Formaldeheyde, a product OF WOO
alcohol, and comparatively recer
product, is the fluid with which tn
body was embalmed, and Mr.. PearC
says that there is now fluid, with otf
er elements added that is far bette
than the l40 ounces or a little over Oh
gallon-$3 worth-of the formaldeheyo
used for the dessication of the body
question. New York Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-22
A New Use For Organ Grinders.

A we'll dressed woman lately entered
a Paris jewelers. shop and asked to see
some valuable gold pins. While she
was examining them a man began play
ing a barrel organ before the door. The
music seemed to annoy the lady, and,
stepping to the door, she threw piece
of money to the man and told him to
90 away. which he did at once.
On returning to the counter she said
that none of the pins suited her. but
that as some compensation for the trou'
BILE she had given she would buy q
brooch. She accordingly chose one, paid
10 francs for it and was leaving the
shop when the jeweler missed dia-
mond pin of great value from among
those she had been examining He ac'
cordingly stopped his customer. who
seemed highly indignant and insisted
on the proprietor's wife searching her.
which was done, but no pin was found.
The jeweler then set his sister te
watch the woman. who was seen to en-
ter another jewelers. shop. and was pre-
tending to make a purchase when the
organ grinder made his appearance. Al
soon as he began playing she agar
threw some money and ordered him Il
move on. but the person who wa
watching her perceived that with TIT
money she had given the man piece o
| jewelry. This was at once made known
! to the police, who arrested both. and OF
searching the man they found severa
articles of stolen property. Paris Let