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the people ana the Observance OF cous,l-
tuition
The century began With tia destruction
BY the United States navy % one his
toric sham. the power OF the Barbly
piutes. whose moiestations Europe was
content 10 put up with long after their
power Tor harm Was gone. 10 ends with
the crushing by the same navy of another
dccrepit historic survival. the remnant OF
SPANS colonial power. In the interval
enc political events Of lasting consequence
are few. The purchase or Louisiana in
hQ through tho foresight OF Thomas
Jefferson. doubled the area ~ tho
United States. tore down tho western
bounds 60 setiiement ana lcft the path
open 60 thS Pacific ocean. Tine later pur-
chases ard ccssions from Spain ana McN-
Eco removed tho barriers 60 the Gulf ana
made sure the extension to thc Pacific.
tho control Of which Is now secured hy
che possession Of Hawaii ana she PHIL
ippines. When SpB'u's oppressed colo
MES shook on the yoke and removed from
tue hemisphere the second power that
might prove dangerous, President Nom
roc's declaration. that the American cou-
tinen's thencsforth were uot to be cone
s.dcrei subjects FOR future colonization
hy any European power Fuficed to secure
non-interfcrcnce with the affairs ~ the
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$50 lees a man than Alfred Russell Wal
la-e has pointed out that the scientific
h Movements Of the last hundred years
have been greater in extent and number
than those OF all previous centuries con-
fred And it has been not oniy IN theo-
rsHraI but IN practical science as well
rrtt most has been accomplished. In the
Hiring Of the burden OF "a Dor by machine
ri the speedy transit OF men and goods
aud the alaeviation Of human suffering
ord. has been the century OF centuries.
This has been the age OF steam one
OF fhe pathhnders IN Ghis direction was
James Watt O736-iSls) The delicate hoy
WAC could not play the rough games OF
o. fellows was TO stortle the world BY
f- discovery that water so long consld-
frei one OF the elementary substances.
really made up OF TWO gases. oxygen
and hydrogen. Bat he did not stop here
He invented the condenser Of the steam
c1..ue and the closed cylinder which hos
made the locomotive possible. opening
o.. v0y to all tho progress which the
fa' way has brought with IT, IN 1863 he
'ors lcfed the first steam engine that
VIC a work satisfactorily. n was he who
spesr.'od the metric system which has
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been adopted over Europe
Next 10 steam u Is electricity that has
done most for the advancement OF the race
during this century. and foremost among
tho original minds that solved the prclin-
irafy problems making advancement pos
sioIe was Michael Faraday d7si'iS6O. He
may well be called the arst electrician.
Tor his discovery OF the principles OF
No.taic and magnetic induction laid he
basis Of the science Of applied electricity.
Before his time scientists knew tnat
ilefe was force which they agreed 10
call electricity. but what could be done
with u remained to he proved by Fara-
days experiments That electricity was
Possessed OF a chemical quality had not
even been suspected until his experiments
80 what has since been known as cleo
trolysls
John Ericsson uS0s-iSs9 was a compeu-
Tor of Stephenson la the trial OF locomo-
u'ss in 1929. but his work was 10 be con
nected more with the development OF 10
Gomoiion by water than on land. BY the
une hc was ten years old his inventive
genius mad commenced 90 work, but u
was only after his coming 10 the United
states Ia 1888 that his most famous work
was done. lie had previously invented
the hot-air engine. which has been 50 Wen
utilized ia our modern gas machines, but
men as the inventor OF the screw propel-
yer Tor ships. The first vessel 10 which
Ne applied this original device was the
Princeton. Ia 1888. Ills place In history
VIII be always connected also with ms
conception Of the Monitor. which played
20 great part in the naval engagement
IN Hampton Roads The type OF vessel
modelled after this first example Is called
monitor. even now. In the later years
q MS lie Ericsson devoted his inventive
Genius 20 the perfecting of torpedoes ana
torpedo boats
Natural science has progressed marvel
oisly Ia these hundred years. and II Is
20 the mind OF George cuvier uI6s-lssD
Nat much OF II IL due. What Llnnaeus
had done IN the previous century toward
ihe classification OF animals was now put
Npon scientific basis. Cuyier esiab-
ilsncd the history Of the animal kingdom
ln the light OF comparative anatomy. ana
iaid the foundations OF the study OF pre-
historic animal life by his wonderful res
toFations OF extinct species from single
fragments. n Is a commonplace now 80
speak OF The age OF tho mammoth OF the
hiesiosaurus. Cnvier was tho frsi 20
sissp the fact that our age Is only the
'lnat "a a long series OF geologic ages.
ihe natural successor Of Cuvier, prout-
ina oy his researches and az the same
Tine bringing 10 bear a new theory oy
winch hs explained fhe relationship De-
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gssted that wound fever was caused T.,
liiile germs IN the air. and that n opera
lions were performed under proper con-
ditons there need be no foyer Carbollc
acid was first used for this purpose and
later other drugs were found useful Tho
surgeons Of Germany accepted the new
idea Immediately. bur it was only after
years q demonstration that the conserv-
ative British practitioners were oonvinc-
90 N a fact now accepted by every stu
dent in the world who knows anything
al am about the subject
The man who did most to alleviate the
woes OF a certain class OF workers was
Elias Howe Osis-lSsD the inventor OF the
sewing machine, IL may seem that he
has only substituted mechanical slavery
for manual. but the possibility q cheap
clothing arose with his invention, and ~
the machine has been abused % IS not
the fault Of this most useful invention.
II is only forty-elght years since the first
machine factory was opened IN Bridge
port but whaf "a change IL has made IN
the industrial ard commercial world
A discovery which has done much for
science as wen as art during The century
Is that OF photography due 20 Louis
Jacques Mande Daguerre u7S-iSD. H
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added immensely 70 the powers OF man
kind. an age OF unparalleled expansion IN
territory and increase IN numbers foi
the white races which have bean the
bearers OF civilization. The temperate
regions Of the globe on the American
continent. in Australia and New Zealand.
la Southern Africa. in Northern Asia.
save only ln the extreme East are all
iu the white mans hands. and ALL too.
in hts sole possession. for the sparse na.
tive population has everywhere died away
at his approach. Iie alone has the land
on which TO multiply and develop. and
50 lsnce may yet give hm the power 10
master the climate OF the tropical regions
be- has seized upon.
lea this new conquest OF the world the
irst and most marked factor has been
tho growth ana development OF the Unit
ed State 81 America. the spread of i,s
free institutions and their reaction on the
political system ~ Western Europe The
young confederacy. with be- 10000 in
habitants. between the AleEhanies and
the sea. shut OF from tho Guif Of Mex
100. ana with the Mississippi Tor is west
ern boundary. has become ia a hundred
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,,,'.t me different species IN o.. ..,.--.
H. Oun Was Charles Darwin 49,. ,s'.. q
- "h strange 60 ia th,+ .
it...t'..'"" my years slneo a..
49," OF thc Origin of sc..i.. i.
80 the principle OF ovoi5,,.. ll
4, explicitly Tor the arsf ,t,,. ,N.
ueen so generally accented b. q. w 4.
ieiNl.lar almost as our A r. -, -
~ aaa dimly perceived sou,.tbir.' -
80 n,'efsal law. bat Darwin rng3. h.
$3.50 aiu furnished the key 10 tbe ,,,,,,,
ait. OF zoology which had hesr 49,.
MI, -'l'o'. able before his time. His
"VtA crowned that ~ Culver
Medlool science has progressed .,,..
w., ''''"Ay or bacterioioey chiefly drr.
~, ~, 'ne cen tury and among Tho le,5,r. b,
80, "n- ""7 been Louis plsteur 0s.5-
49,, A7 young man be- ruec..3rd Ii,
h, more Than ouo dimruu rrobl,m
s.,,,,.. " interesting the world OF
bacterial life bio devised t, ,,.,t..t y.
,iltIAlon OF water which ms sto,t 80
80 tests based as % ls upon e5ul s,I,,.-
,.iie l'lh" plies Ills work bea. Know, g.,
..'' Plp'i.. however. ls DIS discovery 49,
20" '"'7 ny which rabies ls prevented
II medical science has mad. so-,s ....,..
''fwarh surgical science has .d,,,...,
~ leaps and strides. Much OF f1ls ho.
oeen made possible hy the discovery ~
ahdes th''irs ANA anusepucs. but cblart
~ tHe latter No one hsr done sueh pis-
Heer "ofE la thi direction as Sir Jos.nb
User. born in 1871 As early as isss ha
hah suggested the valuable method 81
: kuaIalns against danger from the use OF
, sh'"ioio'tn ~ operations by noting the
breathing n tho patient HIS study or ui-
cro-orFanisms led him 20 present some
startling conclusions IN 1857 when he sus
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United States and 90 cave South America
from the fate Of Africa Tine war OF Isle
with England made clear the necessity Of
home manufacture and fastened the In
dustrial development OF the country The
great civil War put an end 20 the causes
Of disscuslon OF half "A century by dccid-
Ing that the Union Of the states IS in
dissOluhle. aud ahollshing black slavery.
President Liucoln's Emancipation proc
lamation. followed soon By Car Alex
ander IFS liberation 81 the Russian serfs,
marks the end OF slayeholding hy white
men.
National Capitalization In Europe.
Europe saw the rnpid extension and
more rapid fan OF Napoleou's empire The
terror inspired by him and hy the ReVo-
luton from which be spraug. led 90 a
general repression Of freedom hy the gov
erumcnts OF the continent from which
France managed 20 escape IA 1890 but
Central Europe, not till well IN the latter
half of the century in spite OF the mo-
mentary outbreak OF i6ts A new theory
OF Nationality that those speaking the
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sun tho riddle Of the end 81 the cen
fury Europe 10 MOI yet all Cossack. but
the danger seems a. great a. n did 10
Napoleon Ia the last nifty ycarr Rus
sia's progress 60 Asia has been amaz-
ing. she has overrun Central Asia 20 the
Chinese boundary and 20 the edge OF
India. end the railroad has followed close
on the heels Of her Cossacks. She has
built a railroad across siberia and IL set
Ting the country rapidly. and she has
eaten into the northern rim OF the Chi
mere empire. She has established manu-
features and is developing exhaustless
natural resources. Her immense territory
Is al within the temperate zone, Il Is
contiguous. ana there seems no reason
why this century should not see Rus
sian growth 20 tho eastward as remark
able as that OF che United States 10 the
west.
one race that - not white. and one
only. has taken par IN tho century's
progress. The sudden transformation OF
the japanese people within one genera
ton is a curiosity OF history. The jap
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is true that II was an accident By which
he found the combination Of chemicals
which would fix sun-pictures permanent
ly on plate. but he had been working
10 find this agent Tor many year, per
fecting tho camera obscura. and ih"rs''r
with might and main toward this ena.
The accident only FASTENED discovery
mon which Daguerre was bent ana whieh
hos proved invaluable with al Of me inl-
movements which have followed upon MS
primary labors.
In geography the century's advance mas
heeu extraordinary The groaios' OF mo
leaders in this work was DAVID Living
stone dHs-iS7N, who began as a meaieal
missionary 20 Africa and endei ny aou.,s
-, oreas Of mo Dark Continent 70 the
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anese have shown themselves capa be Of
taking up and uslnH whatever the white
civilization has developed The part which
this nation viii play Ia the twentieth CEN
fury is an interesting problem.
Inventions That Have Changed the
Phase of Existence.
inventions OF the century such rs have
changed the conditions Of mankind Is a
hopeless task They enter into every de-
tan Of daily life. doing everything that
human hands could Do with immeasura-
biy greater speed and strength and &C
eufacy The sewing machine. che shoe
machine. the jacquard loom. the blast
Furnaces, the Esapsr. harvester. binder and
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same language should be Joined in ono
country. sprang up and was carried into
eject by the union % Italy Into new ma
tlon Ia 800 The same idea led 10 the abb
sorptlon OF the smaller states OF Germany
into the rev German empire under Prus-
sia's hegemony. founded after the defeat
os France in 1871. Tine idea Il AZ work Ia
ths Slavic lands, and has taken new
turn IN she endeavor Tor common action
among tho coionies OF Great Britain, and
IN Germauy's desire 20 hold together her
former subjects who have emlsrated. The
forma ton o. the new German empire ana
rs rise 20 a power OF the hrsf rank haA
t-ssn ACCOMPANIED by an astonishing con-
sterriai and industrial development. u
has led, TOO. to tue sstablishmeDt q com
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TEN MASTER MINDS.
- WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED
VITAL FACTS OF CONTRIvED
rPooH-MAI1ING INvEN-
TIONs.

,.,, and the steam Engine-Fara-
Ja,'s Application of Electric
rsree-Rewointioni of Sea
t-,vel by Ericsson-Natpral HIS
,,r,'s Debt Ia Cuvier--Dnrwin's
origin of Species Furnished the
.ctntion to the Riddle of Organic
tifr-Pasteur ana the Science OF
uaetcrdoIoEy-Lister and the New
.urEery-The Sewing Machine of
,lins Howe-DaEuerre's Discovery
of photography Opening Up
Of africa by Livingstone.
-opvtFhted. 1900. by C. H. Lazy.
~.D York. Dec 2s.--If the nineteenth
,.rr.rv has been marked by progress In
an, s.nels direction Il IS emphatioally
,5st o., science Standing now at lie very
,,., glance az the personalities who
did most towards the shaping OF this ten
ssr-g ard tho moulding Of mems minds Is
timely There have been great men In
..H.t departments OF human eudeavor.
4l writer's great statesmen, artists and
l.e clans. but 1t Is by It's scientific
d syements that the century win be
marked out from all preceding centuries
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years a compact nation Of 1s@ocO souls
stretching from ocean TO ocean, equal IN
strength and resources 20 any European
Power. with every prospect % becoming
within a measurable time equal 20 ali tu-
rspe combined. The growth has been
rapid. steady and unchecked. iu tho half
century Of bondage 10 absolute govern
mcnt- IA which the greater part OF Eu-
rope was held for half the century. tho
prosperous existence Of the American re-
public. the sole example q peaceful gov
eminent by q free people. served 20 keep
alive the hope OF liberty In the Old World.
Growth and influence Of the United
states fn the Century.
The frame Of government. devised TO
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hold together weak and disjointed col
onies. proved adequate for al the needs
OF a great nation. n became impossible
20 keep out the liberties demonstrated TO
be beneficial and now all Western Eu-
rope enjoys Ia substance representative
government. freedom OF speech, freedom
OF Inc press. equality before the law. free
dom 10 migrate. public education. reh-
rious liberation. popular suffrage and the
right for every one 10 pursue any suitable
calling. regardless OF class or sex, None
OF e. hereditary rulers can regard MS
power seriously az derived from divine
right, but must base II on the VAL o1
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55sa ~ Inc world. IN 1919 he found the
n'lp me great inland lake or central
~ south Africa. by 1886 ne h1l
,raycrsed south Africa from ocean 70
ocean. ana by 1853 had diseoVereu ~
80 lake. For thirty Ions years no n 10y.
haen under constant pres. urs, hs mus I'm
wav through the wllds OF Nir -'., - M
mighty guns and hos's OF "a ,hc cen
ny w ,pb,cb wins when al other means
fall, ..io,,. century. With
~ - ,,arvelous men IN u. but these yen
lnans sery I'VE IS representatives Of It's se'en-
tine ael's Clifton HARDY Levy.
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the CENTURY or MAHvFfS IN sci
ENCE. DISCOVERY. MECHAN
les. ART.

4 Review OF one Hundred Years OF
frogress-Nearly the whole Globe
Vow belongs to the white Man.
The Growth OF This Nation with
Its Eject Upon the old world L.
the Foremost Political Event.
Capitalization In Europe--Number-
less Inventions Have sietamor-
phoscd Conditions OF Life ana
Have Also Eauaiised Them-Sci-
ence's Wonderful Century-ARae.-
thetics and Antiseptic surgery
Have Done More TO Eliminate suf-
ferinE Than Any other AEenoie.
since the World BeEan-'rhr The
ory OF Evolution Marks an Epoch
MHrNeis OF the Infinitely Little.
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N.opyILshl. N. IN d. Torrl

Copyright, 1900, by c.. Torr)
New York. Dec. 2s-Whatever The fu-
ture may bring tine Nineteenth century
must he looked upon as a turning point
Ia tho history Of che world. In material
achievement 10 has surpassed every cen
fury that preceded n. It has been an age
o. scientific investigation and discovery.
followed at once bv practical application
10 the uses ~ mar. an age or marvellous
mechanioal inventions which have com
pictcly changed me habits as they have
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Grayheard Is made only BY Respsr'
Drug Company. sole owners. ana is solS
ct drsagstores for 81 a bottle.-od-
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studying the InantfesimaI Things
of Mature.

Perhaps the most marked Characters
tic OF scientific research Va the nineteenth
century has been rs study OF the infinite
iy little. IL has been an age Of incon-
celvabiy minute and accurate measure
ments. Each branch OF science has turn
ed, microscope or spectroscope. to seek
for some primal cause. the atom. the
molecule. the cell. the microbe. the num-
Der OF lines IN the spectrum. the number
Of vibrations Of light or u heat. The mi
cromcter has played the part that the
mariners compass dd IN the age 81 dis
coverles. The parallax OF star has been
measured and the speed ia which Z
moves. and the size and velocity OF q
fnolcculs OF gas have been computed.
The FIRST years Of the century were ex.
iraordinariiy fruitful Young. BY means
OF the spectrum. gave the nrHt convinc-
ing proof % the undulatory theory o.
lights AMI conceived the idea OF a. ''lumi-
nous ether In which the vibrations o.
cur. since then heat, electricity. magnet
Ism. chemical affinity. have all been
shown - bo likewise merely
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"Graybeard cured me Of catarrh front
which l had suffered thirty-fve years.
Nothing on earto 20 FAR as I was an.t
70 obtain gave me relief Since sakin
Graybear6 I am ~ well as EYER. / hal
casarrh Of the head. AIRS. Rhoda peani
Dalifnger Tex.
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and Art.

H. the domains OF letters the nineteenth ~
century has well held IT. own with itpg
predecessors. II may not show any name.
Of the very first rank, for Goethe. thes
poet. can hardly be- included in a. but mo-
past century IN any literature can rnstch,s
the list that ranges from Scott 70 Tenny 4,
son. from Victor Hugo TO Renan from.
feine TO M0mmsen. Its philosophy ex-F
tends from Hegcl 10 Herbert Spencer. Trss
music q had the greatest OF an naKfere4
Beethoven, Nendeissohn. Chopin. anal
wagner In art alone. creditahie as ltwt
productions have been. has II failed 70 ap@
preach the great works OF the past
IL has been a century Of such aatoundI
Ing achievement that Il ~ perhaps nat4
ufal 90 believe that there viii be no Others
equal 20 u, ana "a more than one hranclf.
Of science men hold the opinion that tia.
fundamental problems have been solved.
and that the future can deveiop oni1'
along tho lines marked out in the nsn.ls
tenth century. Past history, howevrr1
shows no limits 70 the capacities for a.
veloFsasht Of the human race and the hisi-
torian OF the twentieth century may hap@
fully as wonderful tale to tell. II
'14oI oa1oaD y
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-12-12
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Wy HEREAS G. Percival Stewart of the
w city of Manchester, in the count, OF
hillsborouRh, and state of New Hampshire,
by his mortgage deed dai ed Feb. l, a. d. 1892,
recorded in the registry of deeds tor
hancock COUNTY Maine, March 10, a d. 1872,
in book 257, page So, conveyed to the Granite
State Provident Association, a corporation
existing under the Jaws of New Hampshire,
certain real estate situated in the town of
Surry, in Hancock county, and described in
said mortgage deed as follows to wit:
A certain lot or parcel of land situated on
Newbury Neck. so called in the town of
Surry, Hancock county, State of Maine,
bounded and described as follows, to wit:
Commencing on the shore of Union River
Bay at land belonging to the heirs OF j. X.
Young; thence westerly by the southeriy line
of land of said heirs of j. X. Young across
Newbury Neck to Bluehill Bay; thence south
erly by the shore of Bluehil Bay to land of
Byron P. Carter; thence easterly on said Car
ters northerly line and by the northerly line
of land formerly owned by said Byron p Car
ter, now owned, by me, across said Neck to
said Union River Bay; thence northerly by
the shore of said Bay to the place of begin
ming. Said lot contains forty acres more or
less and was conveyed to William p. Stewart
by Alfred Mixer by his deed dated The goth
OF June, a. d. 1883, and recorded in Hancock
county registry of deeds in vol. 226 page 357.
Also a strip of land lying to the south of the
above described premises, formerly owned by
Byron P. Carter and conveyed to William p.
Stewart by later deed, all the above described
William P. Stewart and wife by their deed
dated the sist day of October, a. d. 1891
Excepting therefrom the schoolhouse lot
conveyed by Alfred Young to the South School
District by his deed dated August 2, 1850, and
recorded in book 81, page All, of Hancock
county registry of deeds. Which said mort
gage deed and the debt thereby secured were
assigned by the said Granite State Provident
Association 10, and are held by the under
signed, Elijah NJ. Topliff, of Manchester
aforesaid by instrument of assignment dated
May g. a. d. 1892, and recorded in said registry
of deeds August 8, a. d. 1900 in book 1853 page
20. And whereas the condition of said mort
gage has been broken, now, therefore, by rea-
son OF the breach of the condition thereof
claim a foreclosure of said mortgage.
ELIJAH M. ToPLIFF,
John A. Peters, jr., attorney.
Nov. 80, 1900.
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>o,ICE OF FORECLOSURES.

Wy HEREAS Nancy NJ. Emery and Herbert
w F. Emery, both of Eden, Hancock
the seventh day of November, d. 1895, and
recorded in the Hancock county, Maine, reg
istry OF deeds, book 294, page ,2S7, conveyed to
me, the undersigned, certain lot or parcel
of land situated in said Eden, bounded and
described as follows, to wit: Beginning on
the northerly side of the county road the
line between the lot hereafter described and
a lot now or formerly of Thomas II. Leland;
about thirty rods; thence south ffty-seven
degrees east sixteen rods to stake and stone;
thence south forty-three degrees west thirty
rods to the county road; thence across the
said road same course; thence same course
thirty rods on the south side of the road
aforesaid to pile of stones on the side of a
hill; thence north forty seven degrees west
eight rods to a stake and stones; thence on
parallel line with Thomas II. Leland's said
lot to the county road; thence by the county
road direct to the aforementioned bound, con-
tanning four and half acres more or less,
with the buildings thereon; and whereas the
condition of said mortgage has been broken,
now, therefore, by reason of the breach of the
condition thereof, l claim foreclosure of
said mortgage and give this NOTICE for that
purpose. JOHN w. SoMEs.
YlNHE subscriber residing out of the State
county, New York, hereby gives notice that
he has been duly appointed executor of the
last will and testament OF Laura Benet, late
OF Washington District of Columbia, de-
has appointed Hannibal K. Hanlin, of Els
worth, in the county of Hancock. and State of
Maine, his agent in said State of Maine.
All persons having demands against the
estate of said deceased are desired to present
the same for settlement, and all indebted
thereto are requested to make payment inn
mediately. JAMES WALKER BENET.
November IL, 1900.