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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-06
UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rer, E. L. Hunt Dosfor

On July 10 and II there will be no
preaching service. Other services as
follows: II a. M, Sunday school; 3 .. M,
junior c. E. meeting; 6. 80 p. M, mems
meeting; 730, prayer meeting.
Weekly services as usual at church and
Hillside.
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for Salt.

~-@-~>~~o-~~~N-O~~~N-N O.oo.~NNo
1ARRlAGEITwo- seated canopy-top car
" rage and harness, nearly new, ENQUIRE
OF A. w. Ellis, Ellsworth. Falls. +. E. HAIRS
HORN.
HoDSE and Grounds of the late James F.
IL Davis on Court street, Rridge Hill En-.
worth. VIII be sold at bargain. For terms
and information apply to SYLVIA W. DAVIS
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NOTICE.

A LII persons are warned against trusting
"a my, wife, Alline Randall. on my account,
~ l shall pay no bllls OF her contracting after
ms uate. STILIMAS RANDALL.
North sullivan. June 20. 1898
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-06

Prohibition Nomination.
The prohibition party has again nom
mated A. 5. Laid for governor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-06
NOTICE.

N Office is hereby given that / forbid all
~ pc sons from trusting my wife, Fermor
A. Treworgy, on my account, as [ shall pay no
bills whatever of her contracting from this
date. PHIIIP r.. TeEwopey
July l. a. d. 1898
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-06
Spe.ial Notirrs.


4 Ii persons desiring to teach in the pub
"A lie schools of the city of Ellsworth the
coming year are notified to present them
selves for examination at the high school
room, Main street, on Thursday, July :, at 9
O'Clock a. m. No application will be consid-
cred until after the examination.
ERNEST l.. MOORE,
Stunt of ScboflS
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-06
COUNTY TICKET.

COUNTY TICKET.
For Senator's
RUFUS <. GRINDLE, of Bluehill.
HANNIBAL E. HAMLIN, of Ellsworth.
For Clerk of Courts:
JOHN F. kNOWLTON, of Ellsworth.
For Judge of Probate:
OSCAR p. CUNNINGHAM, of Bucksport.
For Sheriff:
LEWIS F. HOOPER, of Ellsworth.
For County Attorney:
JOHN E. BUNKER, JE., of Bar Harbor.
Fer County Commissioner:
PERRY ". RICHARDSON, of fremont.
or Register of Deeds:
WILLIAM E. CAMPBELL, of Ellsworth h.
For County Treasurer:
OMAR w. TAPLEI, of Ellsworth.
The OF asition to Hawaiian annex
alton is dying hard, but there is no
doubt tia, is dying. 1t is doubtful
whether s has strength enough to
keep up ,aa light all this week. 1t is
expected that a vote will be taken in
the Senate on the annexation resolu-
ton the latter part of this week. Ad-
lournment Of Congress will soon fol-
low.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-06
ALDERMEN MEET.
A Short Session and Little Business
Rolls of Accounts,

The regular monthly meeting of the
board of aldermen was held last evening.
The full board was present. Little bust
ness of Importance came before the meet
ing beside the usual rolls of accounts,
which were passed as follows:
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~pFlIdI NUUlf8,
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NOTICE.
1NHE proprietors of the Mount Desert Bridge
L Corporation hereby notified that
their annual meeting will be holden at the
dwelling mouse of the heirs of William
Thompson, in Trenton, on Monday the
eleventh day of July next, at 2 O'Clock D. M,
for the following purposes, viz,
FIRST. To choose officers for said CORPORA
tion for the ensuing year
Second. To transact such other business
rel tive to the bridge that may appear neces-
sarv.
Eden June II, 1895
EBEN L. PIGGINs, Clerk.
By Eben NJ. Hamor his attorney
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MONEY TO LOAN,
SECURITY TAKEN on REAL ESTATE
OR PERSONAL PROPERTY.
ALL BUSINESS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Offices over Burrill National Bank,
ELLs"ohfh, MAINE.
Ifaal Notirfs.

Vital Notlffs.
No-@~0~7~ --0-------
INHE subscriber hereby gives notice that
he has been duly appointed admins
traitor of the estate OF samuel Scammon late
OF Franklin, in the county of Hancock
deceased, and given bonds as the law directs
All persons having demands against the estate
OF said deceased are desired to present the
SAINT Tor settlement. and all indebted thereto
are requested to make payment Immediately
LTNWOOD +. GILES.
June :, a. d. 1895
'J'HE subscriber hereby gives notice that
she has been duly appointed admins
tratflX OF the estate OF Charles T.. Babbidge,
late of stonington in the county of Hancock,
deceased, and given bonds as the law directs.
All persons having demands against the es-
tate of said deceased desired to present
the same for settlement, and all indebted
thereto are requested to make payment i'm
mediately. MARY l.. BAERIpGE,
june 4 q. d. 1898.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-06
REPT BLlCAN NOMINEES.

ELECTION, SEPT. i, 1898.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
Lleweiiyn Powers, of Houlton.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25
Heirs Afraid of a Bomb.

By way of illustrating the nervous
ness which the recent explosions have
revived here, queer adventure which
has just befallen the heirs of house
owner may be mentioned. They had
met at the dwelling of their departed
uncle for the purpose Of drawing up an
inventory of his effects in company
with lawyer and had nearly completed
their task when one of them pulled out
Of cupboard metal box. which was
laid on the table and which the man of
business was about to open, when one of
his nieces cried out in horror: Don't
touch it'll Look, that is fuse. - Sure
enough, there was little something
popping out of the cover. ''It is a
bombl" exclaimed the panic stricken
heirs in chorus, and then they proceed
ed to remark that their deceased rela-
tive had been moody, silent and re-
served sort of individual, and thence
they inferred that he might possibly
have been an anarchist Two of the
nephews had had put on their hats and
were on the point of rushing off to the
Office of the nearest police oommissary,
when the lawyer, who had been quietly
inspecting the box, calmly suggested
that it might simply contain some pre-
served fruit This theory somewhat re-
assured the men, but the ladies would
have their way The commissary was
sent for, and the mysterious box was
soon ON its way to the municipal labora-
tory. 1t was found to.contain pine
apple, the stalk of which had been mis-
taken for fuse. So the good old uncle,
who had been SO ungratefully maligned,
had not been an anarchist after all
Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25
From Pulpit to Mining.

The Rev. Frank B. Vrooman, who
says that he has been frozen out of the
pastorate of the People church, Chica-
go, is going to the Klondike to direct
mining company and viii not return
to the pulpit. He is lineal descendant
of Count Egmont, prince Of Gavre, who
was beheaded by the Duke of Alva dur
ing the prosecutions of the sixteenth
century He is a Harvard man, but has
spent much time at Oxford and in Ber-
lin, and studied sociology for year in
London, where he lived at Toynbee
Hall While he was at Oxford he filled
the pulpit of the Holloway Congrega-
tional church, which eventually gave
him a call, but he received at the same
time call to succeed the Rev. Thomas
K. Beecher of Elmira, N. Y, and ac-
cepted it. After filling this place for IS
months he returned to London for
awhile, but soon accepted call to the
Salem Street Congregations church Of
Worcester, Mass. His difficulties in the
Presbyterian church arose from the fact
that he had no metaphysical theory con-
corning the doctrine of the Trinity
New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25
CONSERVATIVES HEADS.
A Medical Man Says That as a Rule They
Are Flat Sided.

A Medical Man Says That as Rule They
Are Flat Sided.
Consumptives have fat sided heads
This interesting discovery has been
made by DR.. Mark l. Knapp of New
York His paper on the subject, read
before the New York County Medical
association, is printed in The Medical
Record
One Of the conclusions of DR.. Knapp
is that tuberculosis can neither be in
fictitious nor communicable. This is the
opinion held by DIR. Shrady, editor of
The Medical Record, and is the opinion
not held by Dr. Wilson and his associ-
ates of the New York city board of
health.
However this deduction is regarded
by medical men generally, Dr. Knapp
does not intend to be understood as say
ing that the fact that man has fiat
sided head Called medically plano
parietal head either already has or that
he of necessity is doomed to have tuber-
culosis. That this assumption would be
absurd DR.. Knapp shows by saying that
centenarians and athletes are recruited
from the ranks of the plano parietals.
Nor does he wish to be understood as
meaning that tuberculosis modifies the
contour of head which previously had
been of different shape. DR.. Knapp
says his statements are substantiated by
few hundred cases, of which ATT were
collected from four New York hospitals.
In all these cases only four exceptions
to the rule were found
The most important conclusion
reached by DR.. Knapp is that the foun-
dalton Of tuberculosis is laid in early
life, and therefore the way to save the
adult is to guard the child.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25

The Woman's Relief corps, in ma
tional convention at Buffalo, has accom-
plished a noble work According to the
report made by the national president,
Mrs. Agnes Hit of Indianapolis sit
has endowed and supports national re-
lief corps home for the wives and moth
ers of soldiers and dependent army
nurses; it has led in the founding of
homes in Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin,
California, Illinois, Indiana and Mis-
souri,; it founded and supports the me-
mortal home in Pennsylvania; it secured
legislation for the founding of a home
in New York; it secured the legislation
that provides government aid to the des-
titute army nurses; it established indus
trial training for girls at the Ohio Or
phan s home; it has built memorial halls
and monuments, and it secured a united
movement for patriotic teaching and a
flag on every schoolhouse. =
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25
NO MORE THoRNs.
The Perfection to Which Fruits and Flow
ara A pa DevaIoniuV

The Perfection to Which Fruits and Flow
ers Are Developing.
The limit of Improvement is not
found in producing fruits of great size,
beauty and sweetness. There are other
desirable qualities that the horticultur-
list is anxious to obtain, and toward
this end he is devoting his energies.
One Of the most noticeable trends Of the
science of fruit culture is toward the
elimination of undesirable organs The
thorns of some of the citrus fruit trees
and the prickles Of such small berry
bushes as the gooseberry, blackberry
and raspberry are protuberances that
have outlived their usefulness and are
highly unpleasant They not only puno-
ture the ripening fruits, but they often
make harvesting exceedingly inconven-
lent. Gardeners have long wished to
do away with these thorns and prickles
but it is only comparatively recently
that systematic efforts have been made
to eliminate them.
The thorns are conspicuous organs of
our cultivated plants that have ceased
to be of any value, for their original
purpose Of protecting the plants from
animals has no force today in the gar
dens and fields. They should have been
exterminated long ago Through the
careful selection of plants that happen
to be thornless, stocks are obtained for
a new race of thornless plants. Others
are noted for the few thorns that grow
on them, and by judioious selection OF
seeds and gratis from these the same
work is continued Already gardeners
have cultivated raspberry and blackber-
ry canes that are entirely thornless, and
by grating improved varieties on these
the desired end will soon be reached
The wild orange trees have many more
thorns on them than the budded stock,
and the wild Florida lemons are thickly
studded with thorns, while the grated
La France have none. George Ethel.
bert Walsh in Lippincott's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25
AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
SOmber and Terrible Was the Scene at
the Moment of Totally.

somber and Terrible Was the Scene at
the Moment of Totally.
Mrs Mabel Loomis Todd, writing in
The Atlantic Of an eclipse seen in ia
pan, says: "Just before totality, to oc-
cur at minutes after o'clock, / went
over to the little lighthouse, taking
up my appointed station on the sum
NIT, an ideal vantage ground for spec
tacle beyond anything else / ever wit
messed Grayer and grayer grew the
day, narrower and narrower the cres-
cent of shining sunlight. The sea faded
to leaden nothingness. Armies of crows,
which had pretended entire indiffer-
ence, fighting and Tapping as usual on
gables and flagpoles with undated fer
vor, finally succumbed, and flew off
with heavy haste to the pine forest on
the mountain side The French man-of-
war disappeared in the gloom, the
junks blended in colorlessness, but
grass and verdure suddenly turned
strangely, wildly yellow green.
ut was moment of appalling sus-
pense. Something was being waited for.
1A0 NOly OIL WehS tfOl OShVOun' AhO NUNS
Of circling sea gulls disappeared with
strange cries One white butterfly fiut-
tered by vaguely.
"Then an instantaneous darkness
leaped upon the world. Unearthly night
enveloped all things With an indie
scribable out1ashing at the same SEQ
ond, the corona burst forth in wonder
full radiance. But dimly seen through
thinly drifting cloud, it was neverthe-
less beautiful, celestial flame beyond
description. simultaneously the whole
northwestern sky was instantly flooded
with lurid and startlingly brilliant
orange, across which doated clouds
slightly darker, like flecks Of liquid
flame, while the west and southwest
CLEANED In shining lemon yellow. Il
was not like sunset; it was too SOM
bar and terrible 4"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25
ENGLISH INNKEEPERS.
Said to Be Mainly Doors Who Treat Pa
irons as Intruders.

Said to Be Mainly Doors Who Treat Pa
irons as Intruders.
If your pocketbook allows or fate or
the desire to see the country compels
you to remain in England, there are
parts where you can ride ON your wheel
with great satisfaction and at great ex-
pense Nothing could be more beautiful
than the midlands, lovelier than the
counties that surround London, but
westward go no farther than Bristol or
Truro, northward than Chester, avoid
ing Manchester-that Is, unless you
mean to go still farther north into Scot
land, which at times will repay your
enterprise. The southwest is largely to
be avoided Cornwall and Devon have
the worst roads In civilized Europe-in
fact, the roads and inns explain that
the country is not and never has been
civilized In the inns you are often
treated as an intruder, and sometimes
cheated In fashion that would bring
a blush to the cheek Of Swiss landlord,
for the emptiness of the larder the bill
makes up in lavishness There is hard
" anything to eat save cream, but for
that and salt bacon and ancient eggs
you are asked to pay as much as for a
good dinner at the Cafe Royal The inn
keepers are mainly Doors
AS for the roads, they go straight to
the top of all the hills, as uncompro-
misingly as the roads Of Bohemia, then
drop down the other side and are unrid-
able in both directions When not
climbing precipitately, they lie buried
at the bottom of a ditch They are
shadeless and embarrassing, rarely ap-
preaching the seacoast or passing near
anything that is worth looking at, and
yet we know Englishmen who are pro-
foundry impressed with the belief that
they are the best in England, and there
fore in the world The roads, inns and
innkeepers of Scotland are in every way
better, but the fact that the average
Briton spends his holiday on the conti-
nent when he can proves not only that
he wants to get there, but also that he
is driven from his own country by the
shortsightedness of the people who keep
it's inns and look after its roads. Mr.
and Mrs Pennell in Fortnightly Review
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25

A RIGHT ROYAL ROBE.
Made of Rare Feathers For the Ruler o
the Sandwich islands.

Made of Rare Feathers For the Ruler of
tho Sandwich Islands.
A million dollars seems pretty
round sum to pay for cloak, and prob
ably even Worth never dreamed of ask
ing SO fabulous price for the most
elaborate of his garments And yet in
the National museum at Washington is
q cloak the cost Of which cannot be
reckoned at less than this vast amount,
and ladies may be pleased to learn that
it was not woman, but man, who
was guilty of such piece Of extrava-
gance.
Long years ago, when the Hawaiian
Islands, small as they are, supported
not one but several fourishing king
doms, the kings, chiefs and mobiles,
whenever they appeared in public ON
state occasions, wore, instead of the
purple and ermine of more civilized
potentates, capes and oloaks of brilliant
feathers The ladies of the court were
forced to content themselves with feath-
er boas, as we should call them, known
as leis These capes and collars were
made from the yellow, red and black
feathers of few species Of small birds
peculiar to the Sandwich Islands and
called, from their habits, honey suck
ers. Fashion ruled even in those days.
and as the yellow feathers were scarcer
than the red yellow was the fashionable
color, and the more powerful the chief
the more yellow was his robe of state
These yellow feathers were found only
on two or three species of birds, the
finest coming from a bird called in the
native language mamo and known as
Drepanis paciflca by ornithologists
These birds, with their striking black
and yellow plunrage, were as dear to
the hearts of the Hawaiian monarchs as
they might be today to the hearts Of
patriotic Princeton students and were
sought for far and near throughout the
islands. The populace' paid poll taxes In
golden feathers instead Of golden dol
lars, and as each bird furnished but
few feathers the taxes may be consid-
cred as having been high. Some esti-
mate Of the value Of the feathers may
be formed from the prices paid in later
times, when a piece Of nankeen cloth
valued at $3.50 was the equivalent of
five feathers; but, after all, the great
element in the cost Of these cloaks was
time and labor, since the making of
single cloak required from 80 to 100
years
AS the feathers obtained for taxes
were very far from supplying the de-
mand the chiefs were accustomed to
employ regular staff of bird catchers,
much as medieval baron had his staff
of falconers These skilled foresters pre-
pared sort Of bird lime from the gum
Of the fragrant olapa, mixed with the
juice of the breadfruit tree, and with 1t
smeared the branches Of the Towering
trees frequented by the honey suckers
Frederic A. Lucas in St. Nicholas
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25
METHOD IN HIS MADNESS.
Police Officers Who HUNDRED Man Found
Out Their Error.


Out Their Error.
A tall, slim man, with a vacant stare,
walked into the police station of west
ern city, stepped up to the officer on
duty and said in hollow voice:
"Sir, have an important communi-
cation to make. am dead was muir
dered, and 1 entreat you to find the
murderer and have me buried"
The official started back 1t was evil
dent he had lunatie before him He
rang bell and the captain Of the di-
vision, the police surgeon and all the
constables obeyed the summons. In a
moment the room was packed with a
crowd of persons, all anxiously looking
toward the surgeon, who, in such cases,
has the first word
''Just so" the latter said, addressing
the stranger. 81 could tell at glance
you were dead. Do you happen to know
your manner"
Certainly, the maniac replied.
"My name is Berthold Lenwarz -
"And your address?''
"The grave.
"Who is the murderer
Columbus. F"
1.-THE same as discovered American
eyes"
"Then let me congratulate you. We
have captured the smart chap Come, /
will show you to his CELL
Directly" said the mailman in re-
ply to the surgeons diplomatic ittle
speech and began fumbling in his pock-
ct, from which he quickly produced a
thick packet of neatly bound almanacs.
Gentlemen, when was alive, / used
to sell these almanacs They are the
best sold in this country and only cost
threepence each. You will admit that
these handsome little volumes ought
not to be left to molder in the grave,
and, as we appear on such friendly
terms, perhaps the gentlemen will not
object to buy the lot "
Ten minutes later, almanacs all sold,
he departed -Scottish Nights
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-10-25
GROWS RICH BY LoAFlNG.
BE Gave Nature a Chance, and She Does
the Producing.

be Gave Nature Chance, and She Does
the Producing.
II any one doubts seriously that ma
ture does not oftentimes encourage lazi-
ness in her children, he should make a
little journey into the oilfields of Brad
ford, Pa. There Is man down there
whom nature in her most gracious mood
simply has compelled to be lazy. All he
does day in and day out the year round
is to sit upon the bank Of one Of her
little creeks and watch nature slave for
him If he were to raise his finger, he
might undo all the skillful plotting that
has been done by her in his behalf
Long ago this favored child-he's an
Irishman by birth and his name is
Michael Grath-discovered the folly of
toiling for his living. Before the dis
oovery he owned little tract Of land
that was as sterile and barren as a strip
of the Jersey coast. He titled and
plowed until he was wrinkled and bent,
and all he got was barely enough to
keep body and soul together. But one
day he found that that barren little
strip Of land was oozing with oil. He
said nothing about 1t, but he redoubled
his efforts, and after awhile he had
enough money saved to put down a
well. He struck oil the day the Triggers
threatened to quit unless they received
their pay.
The well was not gusher. 1t was
what is known in the oil regions as a
'fsmall producer" and yielded on an
average 10 barrels day.
While Grath was looking about for
some method to pipe his oil the rains
came and swelled the tiny creek which
passed through his farm until it's course
was changed and it flowed by his well.
That was all the Irishman needed At
practically no expense beyond the cost
of cutting little timber from his land
he rugged up water wheel, and soon
nature was merrily pumping her treas
ures into neighboring tank owned by
one Of the big pipe lines, and Grath
was charging her work up to the com
pany at SO much a barrel
When she had shaved long enough for
Grath to save some money, he put down
another well, which, like the first
proved to be small producer. The sup
ply from this well was pumped by the
same wheel into the same neighboring
tank, and the only increase in the Irish
mans labor was to charge double the
sum for the work nature was doing
It matters little to him what the
prioe of oil may be- The cost of produc-
ton worries him not at all Even with
it down to 90 cents barrel he is sure
Of an income of $12 per day, and that
is enough to meet all his needs. When
there is dollar oil, the Irishman wakes
rich fast, and his slave does the work
for him at the same rates For years he
has watched her, and never once has
she gone on strike or asked for shorter
hours. New York Press.