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Rev. II. a. Lueken bach, of Ellsworth,
was guest at c. NJ. Biaisdellis Thursday
Howard w. Dunn, OF Ellsworth, was IN
town on business Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week.
Carroll Blaisdel and Elwood Went
worth were playing in the powder house
of T. NJ. Blsisdell Saturday last, and
from the emptied powder cans collected
quite little pile of powder. The boys
think match must have got at the
powder some way; anyway it exploded.
Tue boys were burned quite badly, but it
is hoped not seriously.
July "A. 5. L.
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COUNTY NEWS.



erookun.
0. L. Five has purchased the Lowell
cottage at FIye's Point,
Mrs. NJ. V. Dodge, OF Boston. IL visiting
her brother. II. w Five.
Tho church ot,, soota.r = ,,.
,,,rotions ,or a ,o,r ,o bo hoIa T., -
f,eorga Dosga and wife =, pos.o,, ~,
VISITING Mrs Doooe,s mother A,,. a =
STANLEY
,,-..,.,,
?, - -
'',' "A Is. u -
bliss eeta u. b4ake' OF Aeahela, Aa--5s
Formerly OF thia town Ii VISITING friends
at RYE fo4ht'
L. Z. Bent ami L. L. Babson have gone
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SASKAPoo.

Biueh,n.
John E. Bunker. jr., was in town Mon
day on business.
Mrs. Clarence Stevens Is visiting her
parents, Ira Grindle and wife.
William Phillip left for Denver, Col,
Monday, to regain his health.
John Philip and two sons are spending
a weeks vacation at their home.
Miss Elizabeth Doe, OF Providence,
X. L., Is spending the summer at the Blue
hill house.
Mrs. Sidney Howe, Masters Roger and
Stanley Howe arrived on steamer Rock
land" Sunday.
E. L. Gross is still confined to his house
with lame leg. MIR. Gross has not been
at his bar Der shop for six weeks
Daniel Hamilton. of Rockland, who at :
tended the funeral of his sister, Mrs.
Bowden, returned home Monday.
Capt. Robert Adams, OF Montreal, and
Miss Agnes Dodge, of Melrose Hig HANDS,
Mass, are stopping at the Dodge place.
George Dodge and family We're enjoying
ride Sunday when the horse backed
into the ditch, throwing the occupants Of
the carriage out. Fortunately no one
was in ured. The top of the carriage was
broken.
July "a. II. A.. c
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were rapidly gaining headWay when dis
covered. \ large crowd gathered, and
the fire WAS soon extingu.shed.
July a.
Mount Desert Ferry
There is a eoodly nnmter OF guests At
the bluffs.
Mrs. Martha Persons, Of Chelsea, Is
visiting relatives in town.
Miss Flossie Colby has gone - SeF-
ridgewock to visit relatives.
Miss Lott!e Baker, OF Hampden, is
stopping with her aunt, Mrs, Ella Grant.
Miss Lou p. Moon, OF Lowell, Mass, is
stopping at her brother 5 Eugene Moons.
Miss Gilmore Edwards gave an inter
esting bible talk at the schoolhouse yes
terday forenoon.
George NJ. Moon has returned from the
hospital Although the operation WAS
successful, 1t viii be long time before
he will be able to work as formerly.
Washington Bennett was hurt quite
badly Saturday. His horse took fright at
the train and ran, knocking Mr., Bennett
down. The hay cart passed over his
chest.
The Y. p. 5. {. f. held its sixth ami
versary last evening. 1t is interesting
to know that from six active members it
has grown to thirty-iour, and a large
number OF associate members, Only two
members have died. Miss Edwards took
charge OF the meeting, which was quite
largely attended, aud OF course interest
ing.
July y. YASKAPoo.
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East rankin.

East Franklin.
Mrs. Judson Gordon and daughter
Blanche have gone to Millinocket to
visit her husband.
Lysander Hooper, who has been in III
health but able to be around, died sud
denly Monday evening, after having felt
the best through the day he had fer a
long time. He WAS about eighty-seven
years OF age. Funeral at the school
house Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. II. F. Day preached an able
sermon at the Baptist church last Sunday
The evening service was especially pleas
ing. The address by the pastor WAS fine,
as was also the reading by Miss Myrtle
Rutter. The Sunday evening services are
growing in interest and the church is
filled each sunday evening.
July .. S. [.
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Bueksporr.
The tennis club Is arranging for
tournament.
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Hoods Pills cure Liver His. Biliolsnes' 10
digestion. Headache. Easy to take, eas3 '
operate CSC -Adrt.
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West BrooksviIle.
Arrivals of summer visitors the past
week: At the Riverside farm, Prof.
Franklin c. Robinson, OF Bowdoin college,
Mrs. Robinson and three sons, DR.. d. Ar
thur Robinson, of Bangor; Mrs. Robin
son and children, Misses Fannie, Julia,
Dorice and Master Harry. At Grasmere
lodge, DR.. J. F. Smith, Of Bangor. At the
Halves house. Mrs, DR.. j. NJ. Woodcock
and four children; Miss Forsyth and Mrs.
White, OF Bangor. At 1.-The Brookside",
Mrs. W. n. Brann, Misses Bernice,
Margaret and Dorice Brann, A. c. Sawyer,
Miss Lillian Fellows, Bangor.
July "a. ToMsoN.
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sound.
Eleanor Howe and Edith Dorr have
gone to Winterport for week.
Mile Wasgatt is visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. George Newman, of Eden.
George Sargent, of Northeast Harbor, is
visiting his grandparents, Capt. and Mrs.
George Sargent.
Capt. George Sargent's schooner came
in Friday morning, and Saturday he went
to Hall Quarry to load with stone for
Philadelphia.
July "a. B.
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AshyiIle.
Jonas Lindsey arrived home Saturday
to stay until after haying.
Mrs. John Small is able to be out again.
Her many friends hope for her speedy
recovery.
Mrs. Horace Sperry aud baby, OF South
Gouldsboro, spent last week with her
mot her in law, Mrs. Alden Robertson.
Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Bunker and her daugh-
ter, Miss Julia, were the guests OF Oliver
Jones and wife,of West Goulds boro, sun
DAY.
July Is. MEB.
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AiEB.
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JES.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03

New York, Sept. 2.-The Financier says:
The statement Of the New York clearing
house banks for the week ended Sept :
shows, as has been anticipated. a loss in
surplus reserve, due to operations with
the treasury and the interior. The de-
crease in money held above the legal re-
quirements aggregated about % per cent,
and as there is no reason to expect a diff
ferent statement for a week or two to
come, the outlook favors a firmer tone in
money. The banks have apparently reach
ed a position where they cannot expand
their business. and if the demand for mon
ey from the West and South attains con-
siderable proportions. contractions in out
standing commitments are inevitable.
The loans of the banks have been stead
lily reduced since the opening of July. the
decrease up to the present having been
40 millions. Deposits show heavier fall
ing off. The result of these coptractions
however, as reflected in excess cash, is
seen in the enlargement of the reserve of
only s5,OO0,00O. These are the conditions
under which the banks face a demand
the extent of which is in doubt as for
money needed to move the crops
Still, the outlook is not as dubious as
might be inferred. The interior nstitu-
tons are much stronger than at this time
last year and the decline of foreign ex-
change rates forecasts what may be ex-
pected il rates show a tendency to rise
beyond a reasonable figure. At this time
last year the reserves of the New York
banks We're only five millions higher than
at present and fell to four and quarter
millions on Sept 4, but a month later, ow-
ing to gold imports and treasury opera
tons, the excess reserve had risen to
about 20 millions. The movement of money
to the West this year will probably be
much less than last. but in any event the
method of recuperation employed is cas-
ier of accomplishment now.
The principal feature in the current
statement. aside from the loss of s.. 272 500
in cash, is the decrease of sS3il, 800 in de-
posits. Loans. in the face of considera BILE
stock exchange activity. have contracted
s2,l26,000 Circulation for the week has
increased $22S 400
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Fountain, passing around on the south
side of the fountain, back to Park
Drive and thence to Riverside park,
where all will enjoy themselves in a
basket picnic.
Parade-Harry H. Black. marshal of
the day: Black Eagle band, delegates
to Trades and Labor council, visiting
unicns, Mills and Smeltermen's union
No. 16, w. F, Of NJ; Bricklayers' and
Stonemasons l.. L. No. g. Building La
borers L. L. No. ., Tailors' L. U. No.
43, Cigarmakers' l.. L. No 373, Brew
ers' local branch of No. sc, Carpenters
and Joiners' L.>U. No. 2S, Typographi-
cal L. U. No. 256. Retail Clerks L. U.
No. 81, Labor Union No. is, w. L. u,
Painters and Decorators l.. U. No.
260 Backsmiths' L. L. No. 5, Butchers
L. Z. No. /. Laundry Workers L. U.
No. /, Team Owners L. U. No. l, Stone
cutters L. U. No. 10, Plasterers' L. U.
No. 1856, Lathers' l.. z. No. 2, Timers
and Cornice Workers l.. L. No. SS.
cricket team, baseball team, bicyclists
on wheels.
The sports will begin in Cascade park
and River Drive at 80 p. m. The com
mittee has arranged for a long list of
interesting events. The pavilion in the
park on the river bank will also be
open through the afternoon to those
wishing to dance.
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power. That is. man with a small
head cannot get to be president of the
United States, nor can real small man
attain to that position. They have a.
comparison of the men who have been
presidents of our nation, consisting of
the relative size of their heads and
their respective weights, which goes to
show that they have been tall men and
that they have had large heads.
"Phrenologists also state that because
a man has a large head it is no reason
to believe that he has an unusual
amount of brain power. But they say
that he has the best opportunity for
development and he can cram more
learning into his head than the man
with the smaller head. People with
thin heads are usually ruled by the
broad heads. The protuberance imnie-
diately above and behind the ears de-
notes executive force and ability, and
a man with a narrow head has little of
this power. The best lawyers and
statesmen have wide, broad heads. The
argumentatiVe faculty which is located
in front on each side of the top of the
head is well developed in these persons.
so that it gives the Uranium it's shape.
You can generally tell whether a
man is refined in his tastes by the
width of his forehead above the eye
brows. If he has a good development
above his eyes he is man who knows
what is going on in the world about
him. You can tell a mans generosity
and his sympathetic powers by the size
of his head at the forward portion on
| top. You can also determine something
| about his own estimation of himself
| and his ability to stand by a point if
| he thinks he is in the right by knowing
| the exact size of his head from the
| middle of each ear to the crown. His
| fighting qualities and his ability to
| make his way in the world are denoted
| by slight elevations behind and above
| the ears The size of a mans head is
| determind by running measure
| around it just above the eyebrows to
| the back of the head, passing over the
| oCcipital bone"
The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03

Prod

Chicago Sept. 1.-The tendency of wheat
a the opening was slightly downward.
Foreign markets were inclined toward
lower level and Northwest receipts were
much more liberal than a week ago.
Minneapolis. in addition. wired that re
ceipts by Tuesday next session on
change would probably reach 1000 cars
which added materially to the bearishness
of the situation, though ii did not have
any effect at first. A wild spurt took place
in corn shortly after the opening. The ad-
vance in that grain was so rapid that for
the time being it took wheat shorts off
their feet and sent the price up about
I@c for September and about Ssc for De-
Cemher. While the influence of corn firm
ness lasted there was activity in wheat
but when realization began to set in in
the coarSer grains and prices began to
ease off wheat readily followed. The in
fluence of the expected heavy Northwest
receipts then began to be felt Heavy
shorts. who had held aloof from the mar
ket during the early spurt, came into the
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market then and gradually pressed
prices downward. The selling of Decem-
Der was mucn more affected than that
of September and that option suffered
more in consequence.
During the last hour of the short Sat
urday session early buyers turned sellers,
but the demand was too light to absorb
the offerings and the market closed weak
and at the bottom. December opened un-
changed at 71iam7l7sc. 1t advanced to 717sc
and then declined TO 14c September
opened a shade higher at 799s0T T9&c, ad-
vanced to 70lsc and declined to 693sc,
where it closed.
The market for corn was active and
broad. Continued dry and hot weather
was reported from the West and fears of
damage We're strengthened by reports of
firing from parts of Illinois. Shorts
were heavy buyers, especially of Decem-
ber, and that option advanced sharply,
At the top there was a good deal of real
izing and late in the session prices eased
OF the advance in December being lost.
September, however, was strong to the
close. December closed unchanged and
September ssc higher.
Oats were strong and fairly active. The
strength of corn had considerable intiu-
ence on the market December closed &c
higher.
Provisions were weak to start with, in
fiuenced by reported yellow fever in New
Orleans. The decline was insignificant.
however. and later the market grew
stronger. There was a heavy drop in
stocks. notably ribs, more than. 10, 900, 900
pounds. Packers and outsiders were good
buyers late in the session and prices ad
vanced slightly all around the market
closing firm. October pork closed 2lsc
higher lard a shade higher and ribs a
shade higher
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THE EMPLOYEES WIN OUT
Laundry Strike Will Be Settled
Tuesday.
DEMANDS ARE GRANTED
Increase of Wages for the Strikers and
Weekly Payments to Be Re-
sumed - Concessions
Were Made.

Great Falls, Sept. at Is probable
that Monday morning will see the end
of the trouble between the owners of
the local laundries and their employees
and that all will be DIT work on Tuesday
morning. Several consultations be-
tween employers and semployed have
been held and the former have made
concessions which, it is believed, will
be accepted by the strikers. The agree
ment between the two is in writing and
will probably be signed by both this
evening. The laundry workers proper
are to receive increases in pay ranging
between 81 and $4 per week, according
to the class of labor performed, while
the drivers will be paid s. per month
more than they are now receiving. or
the amount that they asked before go
ing out
Besides this the employers agree to
employ only union help and to dis
charge all in their employ who fail to
join the unions. On their side the en-
ployes agree to accept monthly pay
ments for the next two months, after
which weekly payments will be re-
sumed.
From the standpoint of an outsider
1t looks very much as if the strikers
had secured all of their demands and
possibly something more. All of them
appear happy over the termination of
the strike and the prospect of going to
work on Tuesday, While the general
public views with satisfaction the re-
moval of conditions which made a man
lit IL
wonder how soon he could get the
cleanliness of those in the dirty linen
bag renewed. No one knows just how
the employers feel over the matter, but
as the laundry business in this city has
always been supposed to be one of the
most profitable, it is likely that they
are also glad to see their income con-
tinued
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FOR HORSE STEALING.
Sheriff Proctor Arrested Three Men on
That Charge.

Great Falls, Sept. 2.-Last night Sher-
iff Proctor arrested Thomas Kincaid,
Harry McCune and Alexander T.
Moody for the larceny of a gray mare
belonging to Harry w. Gardner of Au-
gusta. The latter is a freighter, and
several days ago brought the animal
into town along with the rest of his
outfit and with the other horses turned
her out, hobbled, near the county poor
farm, two miles up the river.
The next morning the mare was miss
ing, but after long search was dis
covered in pasture several miles
away, fenced in, and without any hob
bles on her legs. Several people claimed
to have seen the trio arrested last
night take the hobbies from the mare,
turn her in with band of horses they
were driving and so take her away.
The idea of the complainant is that the
mare was taken for the purpose of later
receiving a reward for her return
The men arrested say that the mare
insisted on joining the band of horses
they We're driving, and in her efforts
to do so broke the hobbies Even if
this is so, it would seem strange that
the animal should break both hobble
straps. Kincaid furnished $500 bonds
for his appearance for examination on
the Sth, but Moody and McCune were
unable to secure bonds and are in the
county Jail
The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03
0UlETTE CONVICTED.
Ten Years in the Pen for Killing Young
.... Wills

Great Falls, Sept 2-Odilon Oulette.
the half-breed boy, who, on May last
shot and killed John Goodwin Wills
has been found guilty at Lewistown
and sentenced to 10 years in the peni-
tentiary, the maximum penalty for
manSlaughter.
On the day of the homicide the two
boys. Oulette and Wills, accompanied
by Ernest and Earl Sprague sons of
Mrs. Susan Sprague, and aged II and
10 years respectively went down the
creek bottom short distance from
LewfstoWn, hunting ducks, the half
breed boy carrying a Al caliber Win
chester rifle. Ducks mot appearing
plentiful, the boys sat down on the hill
near the Catholic buryifg ground to
smoke cigarettes. From this point the
story of the .Sprague boys and the de-
ceased differ from that told by Oulette
Oulette claims that the Sprague boys
sat down behind him and that they
persisted in playing with the gun
which lay across his lap, pointed to-
ward Wills. Finally the gun was dis
charged the barrel rising up and strik-
ing Oulette in the jaw and the ball en-
tering Wills.
Prior to his death Wills made a state
ment to the county attorney which
precisely agreed with that given at the
trial by the Sprague boys and also with
what Oulette is said to have admitted
dlleI the d1ldlE. Inc story
was that Wills took from his pocket
pipe, which he was proceeding to fill
when Oulette asked for it and received
a refusal Oulette persisted in trying
to secure the pipe, though entirely by
demand, and finally said:
IF you don't give it to me l will
shoot you"
AS he reached for the gun, which lay
near on the hill. one of the Sprague
boys said to Wills, Look out. Bud"
Bud being the Wills boys nickname
The gun was lifted quickly and dis
charged by Oulette, the ball entering
the right breast and passing through
the lungs and liver and out near the
spinal column. All the boys assisted
their injured playmate in walking
home, a distance of a mile and a quar-
ter, and after the house was reached
the story was related. Oulette merely
claimed that he didn't intend to do it;
that it was accidental.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03
PREJUDICE is MADE PROFITABLE
Superstition Against the Opal Was Mere
ly jewelers. Fiction.

It is only within a few years that the
fashionable women of Chicago could be
induced to wear opals. although they
are among the rarest and most beauti-
full of gems. But now the opal long
tabooed because of its supposed un-
lucky qualities is reported by dealers
in gems to be once more selling Well.
With this information comes what pur-
ports to be the true story of how so
beautiful a stone came by its bad
name,
1t seems. according to this story, that
a Belgian jeWeler. finding a great de-
mand for opals in Brussels, sent one of
his salesmen to London TO purchase a
supply. On arriving there this emissary
found to his chagrin that the object of
his quest was the most popular gem in
the English capital and that its price
was proportionately large. Forthwith
he conceived the story that opals bring
bad luck. He circulated this story dill
gently. with the surprising result that
the much sought stones came to be
sedulously avoided, and that their price
rapidly declined. In the course of two
months opals We're selling in London
for One-third of the price previously
asked for them, and the astute Belgian
promptly bought up all there We're Of
fered for sale; in fact. all the opals
that were to be had Before the super
stitiOn he had started had time to
reach the continent of Europe he had
delivered the jewels to his chief, and
the firm had placed them on the mar
ket and reapeu a mammoth profit on
the transaction.
The belief in the ill-srarred fortune of
an opalS owner grew greatly ana
brought forth fruit a hundredfold. For
fWantV-tiNp wears fha has
been almost unSalable, in spite of its
beauty. Now some one has unearthed
or more probably invented, the story of
the Belgian speculatOr, and the pendu-
lum of popular sentiment has begun to
swing in the opposite direction.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03
Financial GabIegram.

New York Sept. 2.-The Commercial
Advertisers London financial cablegram
says There was small attendance and
no business to speak of in the markets
to-day. Americans opened duh and had
fractional recovery later. Spanish As
Were IS: Tintos. 461a; Anacondas II 1l-16
The bank bought G41,000 gold in bars and
9iO,O00 was taken for Roumania Money
was wanted early. Call money was up 2la
per cent. at first, but relapsed later to He
per cent, too late. however to affect bills.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03
Cash Quotations,

Cash quotations were as follows. Flour
steady: winter patents 81. .50a3. so (;
straights. s5 lOm3 .35; spring patents, 50. 40
m3.70; spring specials, $4.30; straights
81. .SOd3. 20; bakers, 81 .9Oa2 .65. No. spring
wheat, 66s4 d7Os4c; No. red, 71lac No. 2
corn, 3l&c; No. oats, 21laM21&c: No ,
white, 23d23Ac; No. white, 22h 023lac;
No, . rye, 54l2c; No. flax seed $l.lSI2 :
prime timothy seed, 81 3OGt2. .321a: mess
pork per barrel, s7.25as; lard per 100
pounds, s5.05d5.20; short ribs sides. loose.
81 S5d5 20: dry salted shoulders, boxed,
512a59sc short clear sides boxed, s.. 4On
$50
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Receipts. ShipmentS.
OTHER MARK ETS,
Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha, Sept. -Cattle-Receipts. LOO.
Market steady. Native beef steers, 81. 50
as; Western steers. S.2564.90: Texas
steers. 81. 70d4.2O; cows and heifers s.. 60d
4.25; Gamers. 81. 25m3.4O; stockers and
feeders s3.75Gi.95: calves, $4d6. .25: bulls
and stays. 81. 75d4.25
Hogs-ReCeipts $500. Market sc lower
Heavy, ad415; mixed. &.l0a4 Is; light
S.15GI4.30: bulk of sales. 81. 1Od4. 20.
Sheep-ReCeipts. 100 Market steady
Fair to choice Westerns. S.. .60a3 80; com
mon and choice sheep $3.5Oa3 90; lambs, 81
n
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Great Falls, Sept. 2.-The following
programme of events on Labor day was
issued this morning by the committee:
Organizations will meet at their re-
speetive halls at O'Clock a. m. The
parade will form at 10 o'clock sharp on
Sixth street and Central avenue. 1t
will move down Central avenue to
The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03
san Francisco WoaJ.

San Francisco, Sept. 2-Spring wools-
Nevada, 12al4c; Eastern Oregon. l0al4c;
valley Oregon, l7dl9c. Fail wools-North-
ern mountain lambs. S1lOc; mountain
lambs. 'Sa10c: San Joaquin plains 6nSc:
Humboldt and Nendocino. l2ml3c.
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Dogs Growing Weaker.

Experts agree that the life of a dog
is shortened by close breeding and en-
hibitiOn, and that we are gradually
raising dogs that will not be so long
lived as the semi-wild mongrel tyres.
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IreaSurX Statement.

Washington, Sept 2.-To-day's state
ment of the condition of tAe treasury
shows: Available cash balance. $27S 793,-
79j: gold reserve, $24S.3T1 1,1SS
The Anaconda standard., 1899-09-03
London Quotations.

London. Sept 2.-Anaconda. H.; bar
silver steady at 2 5-l6d per ounce: money,
> per cent