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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.

Topsc For the Week Beginning April -.
Comment by Rev S. H. Doyle.
lo--Habits.-Pror- vi. ell; xii, 14-2s {;
Luke NJ. i6-
A habit is constant method, of ac-
tion that is natural or that has been &C.
quired BY frequent repetition Of the
same act. The influence Of habit upon
human life is inestimable. After. We
spass- beyond q certain stage in life our
almost every ,sction-yea, even our
very thoughts-is the result of habit.
Habit largely determines cur actions in
this life and has much to do with our
d destinies in eternity. How careful,
> therefore, we should be in the formation
of our habits! Gradually. unconscious
ly, thoughts, words, actions, by fire.
quent repetition fasten themselves upon
us and hold us enslaved perhaps forever.
How important, therefore, that our
thoughts should be pure thoughts. our
words words of truth and soberness and
our actions noble righteous and just!
The topical references suggest study
Of several kinds of habits.
l. Habits of industry Prov. vi, GID.
Here the habit of slothfulness is de-
nounced, and the wise man holds the
industrious ant up to the sluggard as an
example that should inspire him to hab-
its of industry. The ant, though not
driven by overseer or ruler, provides in
summer provision for the winter, and
thus shows her wisdom. 1t has been re-
Gently claimed that ants do not have
this habit of industry, but this has been
disproved by the discovery Of a certain
kind of ant in Palestine that does lay
mp its meat in summer. This same spe-
cies of ant has also been found in Texas.
What the ant does by instinct we should
do by habit. We should make it the
= rule of life to be Industrious. Idleness is
. curse. Industry is a blessing. It is
unfortunate for boy particularly to be
born rich. 1dleness usually results and
consequent habits that lead to ruinatio0
and destruction. Whether rich or poor
we should form habits of industry. God
has work for all to do.
2. Habits Of morality in word and in
act prov. xii, 1926. In this passage
many moral characteristics are con trast-
GA eahb tbO SohSSiaoAo ASoAAe5 10 VoAAs
Wickedness and righteousness, foolish
ness and wisdom, truthfulness and ly-
ing. diligence and slothfulness. are set
the one against the other and disastrous
results of that which is evil against the
benefcent results of that which is good,
the results showing that we should cul-
tivate the good and avoid the evil.
3. Habits of church attendance
duke iv, 49,. This reference is page
out of the life of Christ. When He visit
ed Nazareth, His home, we are told that
on the Sabbath day, .'as His custom
was," He went to the synagogue, If it
was Christ habit to attend church,
how much more it should be ours, that
we may worship God, pay our vows to
the Most High learn of Jesus and His
word and receive inspirations to per-
form the duties Of life.
Bible Readings. i, 1-6 ", II;
cxix, 105-112; Prov. iii, 1-12; x, A;
xiii, 4; Xxx, Ia; xiv, 30-34; lisa. i, Is,
II; Dan. vi, Ito; John xviii, 80; Acts
Iii, 1; xiii, IA; Cor. xi, '16.
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All Men are Portrait Painters.

Weak, contemplate stuff is nine-tenths
OF the signing human beings indulge in at
having no chance or talent to create
something beautiful. Every time one
makes child laugh or a neig hbor rejoice
he creates something beautiful. To light
up with cheer face sunk in depression,
to call out a resolute, noble look on the
brow of friend. this is to be poet,
painter, sculptor, all in one.
Said lady to friend other girlhood,
whom she had not met for thirty years:
81 see a a glance in your sweet eyes and
serene smile that you have had happy
married life; you have been nourished on
love and trust and beauty.'
Do what they will, all people are and
must be portrait painters. The hus band
is painting the enduring portrait of his
wife, and the wife of her husband. The
son or daughter is creating the faces of
father and mother, making them bright
with he look OF pride and joy, or furrow-
ing them with the marks of humiliation
and misery.
Thus the man who wants to confront
his own real judgment day needs only to
read its record in the expression his com
ing calls out on the countenances OF
those whose fate has largely been put
into his own loving or selfish keeping.
Blessed the men and women who can see
in the minds eye rich portrait gallery
OF those into whose faces they have SYM
pathetically painted rare touches Of in
telligence, love, humor, charity, and de-
nominees
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SPANS GROWN JEWELS.
Brought to America by the Secretary
of the Fugitive King.


''In 1877 Joseph Bonaparte's secretary
Maillard, left Philadelphia armed with
letters which represented him TO be a
travelling agent for Girards commercial
house and visiting Girard's correspond
ents in Holland and Switzerland writes
William Perrne i'll Ladies Home Jour
nal. His real destination WAS the Swiss
chateau at Prangins, from which the
king had fled two years before, and his
real object to secure the treasure
which had been buried in the ground
of the estate on the eve of his flight.
Mailard found the buried packets, and
with them he would also have brought to
Philadelphia Queen Julia if her physi-
clans had not compelled her to renounce
the project of joining her husband.
''The jewels, which We're valued at one
million dollars, were stuffed into belt,
which Maillard wore on his person when
returning across the Atlantic, and wit b
which he was gladly received by his
master in the Lansdowne house, near
Philadelphia. 1t WAS about the time that
wild rumors began to circulate in Phila :
delphia concerning the ex-king's riches
and OF the boards of specie which he had
deposited in the vault OF Stephen Girard's
Philadelphia bank. Mysterious heavy
boxes, sealed with wax, were believed by
Girard's clerks to contain the crown jewels
of Spain and Naples. One or two old men
in recent years, who were then among
those clerks, have told how Joseph would
sit in the bank talking with them affa bly,
while waiting for the great banker"
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A CHAMPION OF GOLD DUST

"gold dust" for washing. Evidently IS.
j. Y" does not like. l have used "gold
dust" and hard soap for nearly seven
years, and l never have any yellow streaks
in my clothes. l rinse them in two
waters, putting them through the wringer.
like it very much in the water when
wash dishes.
Surry M. E. B. M.
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Christian Culture.

And so we come to the answer to the
question of whether it is worth while
to strive after culture, and we conscien-
tiously answer yes, believing that in
stead of leading us away from the
straight and narrow path the very es-
sence of its highest things will draw us
nearer and more firmly into the single
Sess of purpose and ideal of life por-
frayed in the New Testament. Amer.
lean Friend
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III. 6. q. u. Column.

[Tbe editor invites secretaries of local unions
of the w. e. T U. in Hancock county, ana
white ribboners generally, to contribute to this
column reports of meetings or items that VIII pe
Of Interest to workers In other parts OF the
county. We would like this to he live column,
but II needs some effort on the part OF '" Z: L.
u. women to make IL 80. II Is column OF their
making not ours and will be what they make
IL. items and communications should he short,
and are, of course, subject to approval OF the
editor
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Ibe farm ano 6ome.

This column Is Intended az a vehicle for the
exchange of ideas, questions and answers, re-
,cipes, and leayes from the book of experience
of every housewife and farmer In Hancock
county. BY 1t we hope 10 bind the readers Of
THE AMERICAN closer together in one big fam
lily. Contributions are invited from the house
wives and farmers. Communications must be
brief and to the point. Address Household De-
partment of THE AMERICAN, Ellsworth, Me.
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The patients of DIR. Thomas will be glad to
know That he has arranged professio visits to
Ellsworth every other Tuesday at the American
House. and to Bluehill every other Wednesday at
the biuemll House. There is no physician In the
United States better known than the doctor. His
curesare so numerous and often of such a mi.
raculous nature that many writers have claimed
that many of his cures were miracles DR..
Thomas ability to tell a patient his diseases
without asking a question is as well established
as that DR.. Thomas lives.
These visits of the doctor will afford an ex
cellent opportunity for many to consult this
eminent specialist close to their homes
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Jane (reading)-The wearied sentinel
leaned on his gun and stole few mo-
ments' sleep. Little Robbie know
where he stole it from. Jane-Where,
Robbie? Robbie-From his nap-sack.
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pected until they are far
advanced.
So-called I" wandering
pains"may come from its
early stages, or the pres
ence of danger may be
made manifest by ex-
cessive menstruation ac-
companied by unusual
pain extending from the
ovaries down the groin
and thighs.
Ifyou have mysterious
pains, if there are indica-
tions of Inflammation or
displacement, don't wait
for time to confirm your
fears and go through
the horrors of a hospital
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The utility of life is not in its extent !;
it is in the employment of it. A man
may live long and live little.-Montaigne
Beauty and uginess disappear equally
under the wrinkles Of age. One is lost in
them; the other hidden.-J. Petit Sem.
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One Of the rumphs Vegetable Compound
the conquering woman dreadenemy, Fibroid Tumor
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begin its
Mass will hr advice free OF all
will
haven 70 hesitation about being perfectly frank
B. A. Box II, Wetdae, Mass,
fbrod womb
the hospital
usual health but had worked quite
flow be stopped possible
trouble Upon examination he found there
womb and treatment without benefit
called recommended Lydia
said
still
all had passed
and that dull ache gone
s :' St, si5; IL: &; :;:s ss s;s ;s mfort powder
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Powder
Among My Books.
!. Harmless and rsliaAlA


When the mountains comb the sky
Lowering sour. and leaning nigh
To the hilltops dark and gray,
Where old paths of summer lie.
All, thrice welcome days like this
When the bluff wind sulks and roars,
And the cloud o'erturns and pours
Down the spinal chord of bliss,
If one ventures out of doors.
lila, behold my yoiceful hearth
And the sparks fantastic float
Up the chimues'- roaring throat
No, dout want all the earth,
Nor "a Yacht. nor biz bank note.
just book and ample weed;
See the smoke OF incense curl
Up and up in dreamy swirl
If some better thing one need
One must he Il hopeless churl.
Here I'm more than king by half,
other claimant but pretends
To the throne, nor comrrehends
Why the listening embers laugh
At my sort of royal friends
Greater'n Kings are on my shelves,
Some In black, some perked in brown,
Coaxing me 10 ask them down,
To become one of themselves,
Wear their losa of renown,
Now for once I'm great as they,
Slapping Browning on the back.
And Will Shakespeare, with thwack
Little Brceches," come this way,
Here, shake hands with Jerry Black
No, indeed, my royal guild
Are not all of flesh and bone,
Some, the grande>t ever known,
Once an authors fancies filled,
Made his teeming brain their throne.
Though a velvet be ones hand,
And the crest his fathers wore
From medieval fields of gore,
In a strange and alien land,
Empty -headed-ones bore.
But the mighty one of earth,
And the only creature that
Ranks the naughty autocrat,
Is who magniies his birth,
He's the real aristocrat
Bolt the door and tie the bell,
Bid the caller Come again
After this downpour of rain,
But to-day I'll cut swell
With some peppery chaps of BRAIN,
All, there; best of all the crew
Is your own sci, Rabbie Burns,
Flush of wit and tears, by turns.
And my hat comes Off to you.
Rueful, witty, Robert Burns.
Now the ngle for go,
Say, how is O'shanters bride,
Sin Meggie Tam sic ride.
Through Doon's brig the warlocks know,
Leaving Meg's tail scrimp the hide?
Petrarch, Dante and Boccaccio,
Ye seem greater now than when
In your day some little men,
Envious, sought to overthrow
Giants fashioned by your pen.
Men grow bigger when they die;
Bigots, offspring of the slave,
Cannot prowl beyond the grave,
So they groyel here and lie.
Suits their cast to play the knave.
Now here swarms a crowd of seers.
And their names are listed thus:
Scion Chase to Oedipus;
Reaching back four thousand years,
BOUNDS, the number is tremendous.
These be Fame's own beyond doubt;
And each name splendid gem
Flashing from her diadem,
And not one may be left out,
So do1 my hat to them.
Long this catalogue of the great,
In that words intensest sense;
And the alma mater whence
Came the builders of state,
And a nations sure defense.
So | say. God bless the man
That invented rainy days,
Books and pipe and hearth ablaze;
And through life's uncertain span,
Here's harp to sing his praise.
A. S. Condor.
Ogden, Utah, March, 1898.
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Men will face powder and steel be-
cause they cannot face public opinion
Edtcin HubbeH Chaplin.
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MfpiraI.
A WOn1an'S
Heart.

The aoye Of clergyman tells tie story Of her suffer-
ing 0iM neuralgia Of the hear, zelM tile hope that her
experience may indicate to others the aeay to regain
health
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embellishments.
FIBROID TUMOR CONQUERED.

CompoundStrong State
AdrsB A.
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Comparative Spot Market.
The following are the closing quotations for
cotton on the spot today at the leading mar
kets. together with the closing of middlinS
Yesterday. with tndaY's sales.
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a asked: b bid: II nominal.
New York Futures.
Futures opened quiet; at noon barely
steady; closed steady
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st. Louis Grain nnh provisionS.

81, Louis. October 2I.~Flour duh and
heavy. Wheat-Lowcr; No 2 cash. elevator,
Gs; track, 7o@7l December. 20 rs; May, 7O:
No. hard, cash. 6SG6sis Corn-Highor: No
Oats Firm, No . cash - track, e6is pc
ceinber, Hs,; May, 25ls. Rye-Bettcr FLAX
seed. ~, Whisky, i,25, Timothy seed-Nom-
inally s,ao Cornmcal-~ Quiet, lG0Gi 90, Bran
-Flrmer sacked, east track 5Sis Hay
Firm: timothy, 60ona00. prairie, 60OfI7 90
Pork Quiet standard mess, jobbing, 7.s7ls
Lard-l.ower: prime steam, ls2is: choiec
tMis' Dry salt meats--Lower; boxed shout
derS. AS extra shorts, i.lst3 ribs, Aa5:
shorts, hS7ia, ilacon-Lower: extra shorts
Nh2is' clear ribs. a,75: shorts. 5.S5HaSItg Re
cepts-Flour 5000 barrels: wheat III o01
bushels corr, 1900 bushels: oats, i9O01
bushels. shipments Flour, 50OD barrels.
wheat, l5l,0oo bushels; corn, o.. 900 bushels:
oats. " 600 bushels
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A GENERAL FINANCIAL REVIEW
Good Demand at Times for Railroad
and Industrial StOcks--st. Paul
Led the Halfway List.

rev York. October 1.-THE stock market
continued strong today and the speculative
market broadcned out considerably in addi-
tioh There was not quite such congestion
OF trading In Tobacco and Sugar, although
those stocks continued to BIO leaders In point
OF acuvity. They were traded In nearly all
cay at level below yesterdays close, though
each stock advanced slightly above yester-
DAY price for q brief interval The covering
OF shorts. which caused yesterdays rise in
Sugar left that stock weak again and the ex-
IRENE 6ecline from tho high point was az A
raiiy at the close leaves the net loss la4 To-
Dacco was under pressure on the superstition
that the recently Incorporated company is
destined to be powerful competitor and on
aceessioDs 70 the American company OF out
sue pug companies The stock WAS at one
time on "a. but closed with a small net gain
In railway securities. the continued dull
ness ana hesitation on foreign exchanges was
without effect There was a large oeinann
for quite an extensive list OF railroad sto,k
the grangers Leading, with pretty much of the
western ana southwestern roads showing a
good tone.
The Eastern trunk lines continued to lag
on account of the admittedly bad rate sit,la-
tion IN that territory. which nullifies the
dement, OF the exceptionally large tonnage
~hlch is being moved
~. Paul was the leader in the railway list
ana the movement OF the stock supposed
10 ioreSnadow good September statement
due tomorrow. The gross Increase of tina.
period IN earnings Is known to be well on
toward NO0.0oo. and 1t Is surmised that the
statement Will show reduction In the recent
heavy rates of expenditures for improvements
charged to operating expenses.
The statement OF the Union Pacific while
showing decrease of over $4,000 in gross
earnings. shows the operating expenses so
largely reduced as to leave an increase In
surplus earnings of sll2553.
Iho DELAYED movement in cotton now com
Ing forward and the decrease of yellow fever
shows good earnings for the Southern and
Southwestern roads.
The easier tone today OF sterling exchange
was the direct result of calmer feeling in
Paris
There was a heavy demand for sterling ex-
change here yesterday for Paris account.
which sprang frcm the cause as that
which lifted exchange on Loll1n and PaIis
above tho geld exports, namely the pressure
10 transfer funds from Paris to London. II
IL now known also that the violent recovery
in British consos was partly due to buying
for account OF timid Paris capital because of
domestic disduiet and not altogether to the
relief of the Anglo French tension over Fa-
shoda.
There was good absorption of railroad bonds
today and generally higher. Total sales 49,
10000.
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stamp Land yaisss

To the Lditor Of The Post.
lockwood, Texas, October A.-'A
vile correspondent, Mr.. G. II.
comes with a proposition tnet
tax is the most economical ana -
method of raising general revenve
is,not quite clear upon his stAnp ~
os.tion, as he does not SPECIFY
would stamp. .s....
IL TIE entire revenue Is 10 % JAY
it wouIi become necessary 70 s ~
thing In sight until many
stamped 'out of sight ana
the vacancy it formerly occupleu y,
II we stamp cOmmercial sn''n 'm
dustrial enterprise its cerpaln -
tend to discourage ccmmerce ~
until the horrors of the Britlsa
OF our colonial days are repes
eliminated in the Amercs. ~
Heaven save us from su5i = 80
Two-thirds of the people y ~
now rowing tenants VINO ~! sSa
O,O00,O 900 yearly for the pa, ~
to linger on the earth and ton ~
iiigious sum is just for the use ~
exclusive OF Improvements
tion is the fruhtful cause 2 -
producer wearing cotton rags ~. ". ~
patches upon every point 70
isted anatomy u, II 3
Let US repeal this stamp ~ b1
done. Texas is comparaiivey
country, with only nine peopx \, n
mile. Nine-tenths of the ~
touched by the productive e.. -. ~
Did the landlords prcdlls,s. N.
Dli they produce its vA X "
land value is chiefly pro'i,usc.. ~ ~
clasY, because they constilu,s.
iorjty in industrial entcTp~ ;u
Now, if Mr.. Beauchsmp Tssas
stamp tax every citizen q -
actIy cover the annual ren .,,i ~
bare fand he occupies. We ss
him, provided he is wha .ssxs "
The abolition Of all other ~ -
now sitting the industris, S1sx
Zealand and New South Wa ~ -
In this direction some years ~ y
tfose countries are bloomlnss ~ q
prosperity, having not essn - p
est symptoms Of the woi'a -
mencing sn 1892. We, !;
lend monopoly and seal Y
Sempation 4 50 rightly d.
'uos}isQoH H +
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CLEARED ron GALvEsrov

@ Araova' az Alexandria, September "a.
e HAsnton nan, Liverpool. October 81.
September q. o"'se' e'c''
@ bbnenne,d' Plymouth, September Is.
tober O. ~ 'o'' Iaos' oc-
- biaenovon, Las Palmas, October is.
- bfinkburn. Shields via Port Eads, Oeto-
IS Britannia, Nelson. Algiers, October %.
her 81 o''efua'n' septem-
S co,lingwcod. at London. September 1s.
IS colorado. Risk. New York. October On
IS Cctahele. PHILADELPHIA, October 10
- Gumeria. Barry. October q
September IL. VI" 81 LUCIA.
tober 3 va d. LUCIA oc-
IS Elsie. Cardiff. August "
SsEthelhilda. Para. October Z.
So Europa at Maranhain. October
50 Florence Pile at La Plata sentemher .,
. rramneid, at Las Palmas October 4.
Der H. o''eru"m' Septcm-
IS Hcathville. Greenoch. oc.s Scr il,
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BUTrER AND EGGS.

New York. October s7,-Eggs-R Receipts a5,a;
frm: Western. 20.
Chicago. October 23--B Butter Market cas-
Ter; creamery ltd2l; dairy, 1903, Eggs
FIRM; fresh. LOIS Chcese--Steady; cream.
7%GeA
St Louis. October Butter-steady:
creamery, 1903; dairy is12l. Eggs-Steady.
Kansas City. October -Buttsr-Stsady.
creamery. 2s; dairy. rs. Eggs-Flrm; 9.
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nlnMs, WOOL Am nnnswAx.
Prices paid by Houston deaIers:
cosls,nRcIAL BRIEFS.

Paris, October 27.--Three per cent rentes
1olt SIC for the account; exchange ON london
PSI s5c for checks.
New York. October 2T.-Ciearings sisG r,s
2St; balances, SO. 500
New York. October s7.--Total sales OF stock.
tocay were sbi 200 shares including Bprllng-
ton 20. 1855. 81. Paul 1855. Sugar ~, 200.
London. October 2s.--Consols for money
l0s LIS; for the account 10sA; bar silver
steady, 2, 5-16d; rate OF discount In the omen
market for short and three months bills sysa4
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THE SUGAR MARKET.

sale OF a small lot OF centrifugal sugar
yesterday at fraction advance over the last
previous sales was tho feature OF the sugar
market. saws the New York Commercial Tnis
sale was at il4c for Peruvian centrifugal The
quantity sold was $500 bags Muscovado and
inolasses sugar were held for higher prices
as these low grades are very scarce. The
asked prices were iS-i6c for muscovado aud
s-l"c for molasses sugar. The bid prices
we're l-1sc under those figures. Nothing new
was brought out during the day regarding
Inc refined sugar war. IL was not In evi-
dence that prices were being cut under 30 for
nara sugars. In fact brokers said that they
couin not get their pcopl. to put in bids AT
even i-Sc as they preferred to buy sugar as
they wanted. prefening to take their chances
on the market. The reason for this is that
safes are made under n guarantee against
higher rrices. so that the buyer has nothing
70 lose, md may possibly gain something BY
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Less 1-ls.
NcM York Mnncx.

New York. October q. Money on call easy
az ltas per cent; last loan at ~, Prime
mercantile paper. 3Aei4is per cent Sterling
excnanre heavy, with actual business in
bankers bills at t.SStd4.s,ls for demand and
az sshniS2ia for sixty days. Posted rates,
4sS's and t.S6'am-.SI. Commercial b!iis, SOL.
Silver certificates, 6iises6i: bar silver. so,l;
Mexican dollars, AZ Government bonds
weak state bonds active; railroad bonds
StrCng