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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-10-18

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-10-18
COUNTY NEWS.
FOR additional County Ne,os see other pages.


Waltham.
j. IL. Haslem had n valuable COW break
her leg recently.
There was Smelling bee at Arvill
Jordan's Saturday evening.
A son was born TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas GrIad'" F=a -day, Oct. ..
Il. Merriil is ourdinga spoolwood MIL
on he East Branch stream, near the
residence OF Milton Fl lSiem.
The aocable al NJ. X. Ht-iem's Sept. 80,
WAS II decided success Haere vii be an
Oct, II
IL II
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1t was one OF.

IT WIS ONC OF
these experiment.
al farmers, who
put green spec
tacles OH his COW
and fed her sliav-
i17gs. His theory
was that it didn't
matter what the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08
MENTAL SUGGESTION.
the Mind US Witnessed bS
Doctors

If an individual has faith in a medi-
i'm. or in :, treatment. he will lSSurcd!y
lcrive more benefit from that medicine.
u treatment than if he We're Skeptical
IS To its merits. There can be Htti,
louht that the sympathetic physician
IS the one best calculated to lead his
patient to recovery. Again in many
diseases the good that may be wrought
to the sufferer by the agency of mental
suggestion is undenable. Professor 5.
NJ Baldwin, referring to this fact in
connection with insomnia says:
In experimenting upon the POSSIBLE
ttN OF suggesting sleep to another.
have found certain strong. reactive in
'lucnccS upon my own mental condition
such an effort which involves the pic
curing OF another as asleep is a strong
luto-suggestion of sleep. taking effect
T. my own case in about five minutes
t the conditions be kept constant. The
more clearly the patients sleep is pic
tured tn" stronger becomes the Subjec-
i've feeling Of drnwsineSs an unf;lil-
lE cure for insomnia, speaking for my
elf. is the persistent cfferot to put
some one else asleep by hard thinking
II the end i'll View, with Il continued
GENTLE movement such as StrOkng the
'ther with the hand
DR.. f. G. Spitkza, Of New York has
recently given some really remarkable
instances Of the power Of mental suy-
hat the mortality from wounds and
diseases in Il defeated army compared
%ith victorious army. is as four to
three and even three to two He also
refers to the incontrOVertible fact that
persons in robust health have been
known to die apparently of starvation
after being without food for from three
TO five days DR.. Spitzka is of the opin-
ion that these individuals did not die of
actual starvation. but from the physi-
al effects of hunger. The proof Of this
contention lies in the fact that persons
have been known to fast Of their own
free will for more than forty days,
without injuring their constitutions to
any appreciable extent. Many exam
ples establishing the truth Of This state
nent might be given. but it will be
sufficient to quote one from DR.. SpitZ-
'1a's paper. He says: In the graver
sormS OF hysteria. when loss Of senSn-
ton occurs in exactly one-half Of the
hody. you can lay a piece Of tinted pap
r on the sensitive side: then. sug-
costing il 70 lie mustard plaster a red
area Will appear on the corresponding
unsenSitive side. HiiStcrs of such a
character that sears have permanently
remained from them have been pro
luced in similar casesb by the same
METHOD The ms tlicl profession. it an
pears more than likely, have not as yet
wholly appreciated the advantages 10
be derived from the employment CT
mental sugestion.-MeLical Record.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08

across seas ten tn usana miles from
home and in other needless cxpcndi-
lures. Why Il few thousands couldn't
be spared to clear UP L case tina. affects
tn" honor of the country looks very
much, to unparalleled people. as if this
government is afraid u have tn" true
cause Of the explosion made apparent"
These hundreds Of thousands Of unpre-
JUDGED ana Intelligent Americans are
keeping Very quiet in regard to the
matter. In this they are very wise,
for. unless they kept their views in the
deepest rcccSScS Of the backwoodS they
would soon lose their reputation for in
t"lligrnc". Ii tho huh uf The old Maine
ncnaces Navigation it should be re-
moved by All means.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08

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9ilc "d> lcu. 1he 4t'Ssllolis " u1SeH.loli
and nourlSh1nent had not entered into
his calculations.
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oi'lS 'e'l ' 'ool ial ,i'e' ,l'l
would try such an experiment with
co HS nul many ! ,l larl';e1 leeds nln-
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08

Secretary +. ID. Cuburn Of the Kan
sa estate Board Of Agriculture, says
that the sending out of false reports Of
IavaSeS BY caterpilarS is 4 crime
against the State. ana that the guilty
persons ought to be severely punished.
because intending Immigrants are
scared away by them. Kansas. he says,
seems likely TO suffer more at the hands
II su,h untruthful persons than from
insects of any sort
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-08
For Sale.

Lots including two corners at River
view on car line. at a bargain for a
few days. Call or write for particulars
BOOKER &; RRITTON,
Hampton. Va
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HARDENING PLASTER OF PARIS
Process by Which the Usefulness of the
 Composition May be Enhanced.

..These plaster casts are very success ful as a rule" said lover of fine art in the statuary gallery at the Art insti- ute the other day, but unfortunately, they cannot be long preserved. The humid weather, of which we have superabundance in this locality, will destroy them ere many years have passed. This is the general complaint. Recently, however, a patent has been taken out in Germany for the treat ment of articles of plaster Of paris with an aqueous solution of ammonium borate, for the Rirpose of hardening them and rendering them fnsolub,e in water. The process referred to is said to give results decidedly superior to anything that has heretofore been pro- posed The hardening liquid may either be mingled with the plaster in the act of molding or may be applied on the surface of the finished casts with brush. The solution is prepared ay dissolving boracic acid in warm water and adding thereto sufficient am- monia to form the borate which re- mains in the solution. The manner of using the solution is thus described: The saturation of the gypsum or paint ing of the plaster of paris is carried out in the cold The objects are 'ub- sequently rinsed off and dried. The surface becomes very hard after two days and insoluble in water, while the induration in the interior advances more slowly. By means of the fluid described gypsum floors can be hara- ened and rendered more durable and imperyious to the influence of the weather. saturating with ammonium borate is said to be especially useful on the exterior walls of buildings, bar racks. etc.; on the latter, because ex- periments have proved an antiseptic action of the liquid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
FLYING ENGINES TAKE WATER,
Tanks Are Replenished While the Loco-
 motive Is Making Speed.

On many of the railroads centering at Chicago it is no longer necessary for a train to stop to enable the engineer to replenish his boilers with water. All travellers have now become accustomed to seeing the narrow trough. 1,200 to 1,400 feet long, at various dead level points along the road and they know that the strip of water which it con- tains is seooped up by the engine as it speeds over the tracks But people from foreign countries often ask ques- tions about the water between the tracks and marvel when they hear the story about drinking the engine on the fly. What seems marvellous me- chanical contriyance is an extremely simple thing. A pipe with a scoop end is fastened to the tender. It is . shaped, with the top end pointing into the water tank and the bottom curled under the body of the tender. By series of levers this end may be dropped until it reaches the level of the ties. When the engine reaches the trough the fireman drops the scoop end, T14ca Is 5A inches high and F inches wide, into the trough, into which it sinks distance of about six inches or within an inch of the bottom. It may wabble slightly without doing any harm, because the trough is A inches wide. Dropping the end is all that is done, for the motion of the en- zine does the rest. The water rushes into the pipe and thence into the tank with a rush and force that suggests to the uninitiated the use of powerful en- zines. "The most remarkable thing about the water-taking scoop said railroad official, lis the fact that the speed of the train must be reduced when the water is taken on. t reaches the bend in the pipe with such force that if the train were allowed to go at it's regular speed the metal would be seriously strained, so we reduce the speed to about thirty miles all hour and have the best results" While the engine is passing over the trough at the rate of thirty miles an hour 1t takes up about 4,000 gallons of water about as much as would be contained in 100 spirit barrels.
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Died at the Throttle.

Milwaukee Correspondence Chicago Times-Herald: Engineer John T. Gregg of the Milwaukee and St. Paul road. died suddenly in his cab t1ris morning about two miles east of Fox lake. His death was not discovered until the fireman had spoken to him once or twice and received no response. The engineer was at the time sitting on his seat, with his hand on the throt- tle When the fireman discovered the condition of the engineer he stopped the train and called the conductor, and the remains were taken to the caboose and brought to Beaver Dam. Death is supposed to have come from heart disease. Mr. Gregg had been in the employe of the road for twenty years, and lived with his family in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
AT THE PARIS MoRGUE.
subiecting Criminals to Terrible
 Ordeal.

subiecting Criminals to Terrible
 Ordeal
 A law that has recently come into operation gives prisoners the right of communicating with counsel within twenty-four hours after their arrest, says Paris correspondent of the Lon don Standard. One of the immediate consequences of this measure may be to put stop to those conformation" at the morgue, which are so dramatic feature of French criminal proceed ure. With a view to bringing a mur- derer to confess, he is taken to the morgue, and there brought face to face with the body of his victim. Every artifice is used to make the confronta- tion as impressive as possible, as it is hoped that the terrible sight he is com pe1led to gaze on will sc trouble the murderer that he will lose command over himself and make a clean breast of his crime in his agitation. When he enters the room he can see nothing, as the stone bench on which the body is exposed is concealed by curtain. uS SAdA1lilLS uldS lSlIdC0 presses ullI with questions, and then, at what he considers the opportune moment, gives the signal for the curtain to be pulled back. The murderers who have stood this ordeal without fiinching have been comparatively few. The majority of them exhibit the utmost terror, and tmplore to be taken out of sight of the corpse. There is a chair in the room where the confrontations take place, in which the majority of the most no- torious murderers of the last thirty years have been seated. Their names are inscribed on it's back, one of them being Troppman, who, just before the Franco-G German war, butchered an en- tire family French criminal counsel have found that these confrontations almost always result in the confusion of their clients, have looked into the matter, and believe they have discov- cred that the examining magistrate has no legal right to subject prisoner to this ordeal. For the future they are going to advise their clients to refuse to allow themselves to be taken to the morgue, and it seems that it is a moot point whether the authorities will be able to convey them thither by force.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
DlAMoNDs OF VARIOUS HUEs.
Most of Them Are Colorless, But Some
 Are Red and Black.

Most of Them Are Colorless, But Some
 Are Red and Black.
 Although thousands of men and women in Chicago wear diamonds, at least on occasions if not constantly, few know much about the precious gems they value so highly. While the E largest number of diamonds are white, a clear, colorless, transparent stone is rarer than might be supposed There are also red, blue, green, yellow, brown black and pink ones. Heat often changes the color and after aWhile the acquired hue becomes per manent. Yellow diamonds perhaps af- ford the greatest variety of shades. Some of them surpass any other gem of that color. Specimens of canary colored diamonds are quite common. If the gem has rose-colored tint it Is very valuable, while red tints, sur rasslng the ruby, and considered the most beautiful of all precious gems. are exfeedingly rare. A few varieties 2 are on'ecord. One weighing ten carats was bought by Emperor Paul of Rus- s1a for Sl00, GOO. A cinnamon. or brown. stone is undesirable, as it is seldom fnure. A black diamond is nearly as E scarce as a red one. Blue diamonds rank next to red ones in variety and beauty Those of dark blue color, resembling sapphires, are handsome gems, differing only from the sapphires in quality and the beautiful play of colors peculiar to the diamond. The only real blue stones are found in the mines of India Besides the Bismarck and Hope diamonds, there are only two others in the world that are prop- erly called blue diamonds. The green
 TiS 9ties are not as rare as the blue. lckA red and rose-colored species,
 a gSrass-green or fine emerald color z scaree. When it does occur it Is more brilliant than the finest emerald. There aIae several varieties of green dnted dialmonds at the museum of nat aral history in Paris, but the best Known specimen is at Dresden and is sconsidere4 one of the five paragons Of the world among gems.-Chicago sChroniclel
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AfNovel Wedding Present.

One ofNhe recent brides has received Ia small{ hand flash lights as a wed- ding gift. It may be turned on in moment by the mere pressure of the Ithumb, which when removed extin guishes the light. It is of a convenient
 size for carrying about in ones pocket,
 and would be fine to flash light on
 burglars. Tbe charge gives 5000
 flashes, or will burn steadily for over
 five hours. It is the most ingenious lit
 tie novelty for a wedding or birthday
 present.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
This Is the Field of Naturalist's
 Work.

Work.
 Theodore Holm, Dane, for many years botanist in the National Museum at Washington, concerns himself only with things above the clouds. He makes it his business to probe into the mysteries of nature in the remote heights of the earth. How plants and lichens grow in rigorous cfimes, on the windy rocks of the snow-capped mountains and in the arctic circle is the special object of his research, and the comparison between plants at the poles and these on the tops Of peaks is his special delight. His search for in formation has carried him into all parts of the world. Three times he has gone into the arctic circle, many times to Greenland and Iceland, and times without number to the North cape and the Lofoten islands. He has climbed the Norwegian mountains and has strange things to tell about the plants that grow on our own Pike's peak. T have for a long time been studying the subject of arctic flora, said MT. Holm at the Grand Central hotel, and during my studies have been in a great many parts of the globe. On several occasions I have been a member of polar expeditions. In 1882-3 I was with the Danish ship Dymphna, which took part in the in- ternational polar expedition, in which you will remember Gen. Greeley took part. Andre Hangaad was our captain, and for two years we drifted about the polar seas, caught in the ice foes. The Dutch ship Varna, which we met, kept us company, sank at the end of the second year, but we saved the crew. 1 began then, as the agent of the Danish government, to pursue the studies of eireumpolar botany, and since then I have followed the work in Greenland, Iceland, ,Ameriea-in fact, all over the world. What has most interested me has been the comparison of plants found in the polar regions with those found on the mountain tops. My work lies wholly above the timber line, and you will be surprised to see how many plants are to be found there. There are at least twenty species of Towering herbs on the rocky and snow covered peaks, some of wonderful beauty and color. None of them grow higher than an inch and most are only half an inch high, but they are perfect in their minuteness and of the most vivid hues. There is the Arctic pink and the Arctic dryas, both of exquisite shade and form. The Arctic poppy is another flower worth hunting for On the treeless slopes, and so is the Arctic willow. The little lycapod is series of plant that is found in both high and low places It is said by most bot anists not to grow higher than 5000 feet I have found it on the top of Pike's peak, 14,000 feet. There it is half an inch high. In Florida it grows eight inches tall. There is miniature clover also to be found above the tim- Der line, and flower resembling the forget-me-not, so you see that the rocks which you are used to eonsid- erIng barren are by no means so to one who has the eyes to look for the beauties that are there. Denver Re- publican
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
Peas, 5000 Years Old.

Peas taken from an Egyptian tomb 5000 years old have been planted by g. Scotch gardener and have produced vigorous vines and fruit There is no doubt as to the peas being Egyptian, but it will need strong testimony to convince botanists that they are as Old as the tombs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
sentiment and Reality.

Maud-There's something so touch ing about the attraction of the flame for the moth. Edith-It isn't half so sorrowful as the attraction for the moth for your best furs.-Indianapolis Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-27
CONSUMPTION OF ALMONDS.
Twenty-one Million Pounds Eaten in the
 United States Eacil Year.

There are, roughly speaking, 21, ,000,- GOO pounds of almonds consumed in the United States each year, some eaten wisa raisins, some used in the manu- facture of candy, some ground for cream and aavoring extracts, and some, of an inferior quality, used for perfumery and soap. The state of Cal ifornia produces about 14,000,000 pounds of almonds in year, or two- thirds of the amount required for do= mestic consumption, and the other al- #monds are imported from European Acountries, from which, until a few 6years ago, all the almonds were sent. =The figures of almond importations for 4he fiscal year 1898 show importations Eof about 100000 pounds. Of this amount 4,500, 600 came from Spain, 1500 ,000 from Italy, chiefly Sicily, and the balance from Greece and Portugal. locoanuts to the value of about $600,- 900 year are imported into the U1iV.d States from foreign countries 5r from cpuntries which were under foreign Jurisdiction at the time Of the last an nual treasury report. Before the be- ginning of the Cuban War for inde- pendence the importation of cocoanuts from Cuba into the United States was to thE value of about S200,000 year. With the beginning of the war it de- clined, and under the present tariff the duty on cocoanuts further reduced the importation from Cuba, though large increase in the shipments Of eoeoanuts s IS Expected this year under American Jurisdiction in Cuba and Porto Rico. { The competition of American with for eign cocoanuts, the latter from the West Indies and South American states, has been more active than in the case of almonds, for the reason that the chief source of supply of American eoeoanuts is Florida, which is in closer proximity to the New York market. The annual report of Florida tecoanuts amounts to about 10000 006 bounds, of the value of about S300,OO0 a year, and the conditions as to al- monds and eocoanuts are in this par atieular reversed. California produces just twice as many almonds as are im- ported into the United States, whereas Florida produces just one-half as many cocoanuts as are imported.-Boston Transcrist
 Y.1AmnNFsC 0E uAPInIIG nIIrS
Evening journal., 1899-11-16
Cocks Grow, saved rhem.

A singular story is told of a gallant
cock whose moral influence at a critical
moment during the battle of St. Vim
cent helped to save a British man-Of-
war from the hands of the enemy The
fowl in question formed part of the live
stock of the Marlborough-a vessel
which had suffered so severely that
her captain was considering the advisa-
bility Of striking hS flag. The ship
was entirely dismasted, while the chief
officers had been carried below severely
wounded and the crew, without any
body 70 cheer them up We're beginning
TO grow sullen under the heavy 6re Of
the eneTly, to which they were hardly
able TO respond.
AZ this emergency a shot struck the
coop In which the fowls were confined.
The only surviving occupant. cock,
finding himself at liberty, luttered Up
and perched himself on the stump of
the miiinmast and surveyed the scene Of
carnage around him. Then, tapping
his wings in defiance, he began to crow
vociferously. He was answered by three
hearty and exhilarating cheers from
the crew, who all had a good laugh,
and with spiries thus renewed cOntin-
ued the action with a vigor that lasted
until a turn in the battle rescued them
from their tight position. .-LondCn
Mail.
Evening journal., 1899-11-16
whltcwnshea the Fence.

There is near CinnaminsOn a small
factory, where a young druggist makes
pills and tablets and lotions for the
wholesale trade. Tablets are what he
manufactures mostly, grinding them
out of a huge machine by turning a
stin crank A physician was looking
on one day, and sneered when the drug
gist, having made 40 tablets. stopped
painting for a rest and a smoke. Il
can beat that" he said. and he turned
the crank to the tune OF $50 tablets, a
feat he was so proud of that he told
all his athletic friends about it. These
friends in turn called on the druggist
and tested their strength by making
tablets for him, while he looked on and
encouraged them with loud words of
praise. In the neighborhood of Cinna-
minsoa now men do not explain how
strong they are by showing their mus
cles or by telling how many pounds
they can lift. They say: Il can make
200 tablets Il can make 25O," and
the like The young druggist is MAX
ing a speciality of tablets now. and ey-
cry day he may be seen in his labora-
tory, seated in a rocking chair. with
cigarette in his mouth, and keeping
score, while the physicians. clergymen.
lawyers and business men of his ac-
quaintance try to outdo one another in
turning the heavy crank OF his enor-
nous tablet machine. He keeps the
other wholesale druggists of Philadel-
phia guessing as 10 how he can sell
tablets so cheap phil. Record.