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To all persons interested In either of the o..
tates hereinafter named.
At probate court held at Ellsworth In Ara
for the county of Hancock. ON the siYth
day OF November. .. d. 1900.
1NHE following matter having been pre.
i sented for the action thereupon herein.
after indicated, 1t 10 hereby ordered that no,
tice thereof be given to all persons interested.
by causing . copy Of this order to be pub'
lished three weeks successfully in the Ells.
worth American. newspaper published Al
Ellsworth. in said county, that they may A.
pear at probate court to be held at Bucts
port, In said county, ON the fourth dav q,
December, a. d. 1900, At ten of the clock In the
forenoon. and be heard thereon II they see
cause.
David W. Benson, late Of fremont, in sa,a
county deceased. A certain instrument mr.
porting to be the las. will and testament Of
said deceased, together with petition for pro-
bate thereof. presented by Lizzie K. Benson
one of the executors therein named.
Althea Wilson, late OF Cssiine, In said conn
ty, deceased First account OF John N Gard
ner, administrator Of the estate of said de-
ceased, filed for settlement.
John A. slower, late OF Sorrento. in said
county, deceased. First account of James A
Slower, administrator OF the estate of said
deceased. fled for settlement.
Lucena II. Parker. late of Castine, in said
county, deceased. First account Of Rufus q
Parker and John N. Gardner, executors OF
the estate Of said deceased, filed for settle
ment.
Charles w. wasgatt. late Of Ellsworth, in
distribution. flied by Vernon q. wasgatt. ad.
ministratoI OF the estate Of said deceased.
Winnie Florence Davis, Charles II. Davis
and Percival w. Davis, minor neirs OF Charles
II. Davis. late OF Ellsworth. deceased. Petit
ton presented for sale of real estate by Eruss,
l.. Curtis. guardian Of said minors.
o. p. CUNNINGHAM, Judge OF said Cour.
true copy, Attest:-CHAs. p. DoRR. Register
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TO BUY-Yoke or 4 year old
w steers. 5. ID. JOY, North Hancock, Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-14
Io- Salt.

DIANO-Seeond hand square piano for sale
i cheap. Apply TO MRS ELMER L. ROWE,
II Pine ST, Ellsworth.
rOAL FURNACE-In first class order; fire
~ box almost new. Apply to CLIFTON
WOODWARD, Ellsworth. Me.
DICYcLE-a frs, class. brand new wheel,
ID 1900 model List at $50. viii be sold at
a great bargain. Inquire at The AMERICAN
office.
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COUNTY GOSSIP.
Eastbrook has . firebug.

Castine is after q shoe factory.
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nORY-The schooner Margaret Leonard
- picked up adrift about Is miles east OF
Desert Rock one dory, Is foot. dark yellow,
with two trawi buoys in dory with letter A
painted on them, also letter painted on
thwarts of dory. Owner can have same by
applying TO Carr. WILLIS BUNKER. Cranberry
lies Me.
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elNHE subscriber nereoy gives notice that
/ she has been daily appointed admins.
tratrix ri the estate oil Charles Il. Drummey,
late Of Ellsworth. me county 81
II .ncock. deceased. and given bonds as the
directs. All persons having de-
mands against the estate OF said de-
ceased desired To present. the same
for settlement. and all ind b. ed thereto are
requested to make payment Immediately.
MARGARET y. DnrsxKY.
Noxefuher e
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To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Promo Qulplne Tablets All
druggi Is rerufti the money II IL falls To cure
+. W Groves signature Is Oh each t-.S. &c.
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Removals? Aye, there's the rub! II $
uudou btedIy the fact that there have b, en-
many removals during tue past few Year.,
but 1t Is also true that new people have
come among us during the same time,
though this gain ls less apparent. We
take more account of old friends who
leave US than OF strangers who come
among us. Do you think there has BEEN
a net loss OF 500 thr ough removals? Does
business Indicate IL? We talk amepg
ourselves about Eiisworth's lost lumber
industry. How long since she lost II?
Was 1t within ten years? As a matter of
fact, ium bering operations on Union river
last year were more extensive than any
year In the past ten, and will be larger
this year. And Elisworth's hardw ood
industry is III its infancy. How about
the shoe factories, one established more
than ten years and one within ten years?
Haven't they brought in some new
families?
Vacant houses? Count them NJ. Then
go up on Turner'S hii; GO up Ia Jones
pasture; go uptotte Pond spritg set
tsemeni; go uoxn 10 Washington str- t,
Dean 81 rect anu other eros = reels la the
lower part OF tie city. Fiuu any houses
butt within ten years? Yes, uuzsns OF
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-14

THE subscriber hereby siSrs notice tha;
traitor Of the estate of Dora X. Rice.
late of Trer,oAi. IL the county 81 hancock
deceased. and given bonds A. the tsw directs,
All persons having demands against the
tate Of said deceased are desired 10 present
the same for settlement. and all indebted
thereto are requested to make payment i'm
msdiately, HEsBEKr a. Rfok.
NuHenlbrr 9. LOO.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-14

Ray Veasie, OF Bluehiii, aged twelve
years, took gun and went a short dts
lance from home one night after school.
As he neared the "Miiibrook" he heard
fiutter OF wings, and thinking come
ducks might have aiighted there, he
dropped to the ground and crept to the
edge OF the bridge. He saw q large bird
In the stream. There was only q small
charge in the gun, and he had no more
ammunition with him, bat he coolIy took
aim and fired. The bird was disabled
but quite lively. The boy threw a stone
at 1t, but missed the mark. Then he
went down to face the bird which showed
fight. The boy secured a stick, and
striking the bird on the head, killed 1t.
He returned home with his prize, baS-
ing been absent less than fifteen minutes.
The wings Of the bird when spread meas
ured a little over five feet and six inches
from tip to tip.
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THE subscriber beEcby gives notice that
1 he has been iuls appointed admins
traitor of the estate OF Hannah II Gott.
late OF fremont. in tie 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. LEWIS F. Corr.
NoEemher 9. 100
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INHE subscribef hereby gives notice that
L he has been duly appointed executor
OF the last will and testament of Julia Hig-
gins. late of Ellsworth, IN the county ~
Hancock, deceased, no bonds being required
by the terms OF said will. All persons
having demands against the estate
OF said deceased are desired to present
the same for settlement, and all indebted
thereto are requested tn mako -avment i'm.
mediateiy. JosHrH NJ. HiesIys
November g. 1900.
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THE subscriber hereby giyes notice tina,
L he has been duly appointed admins
traitor Of the estate OF CaNste Austin.
late of Ellsworth. ia thr ccunty Of Hancock.
deceased. aud give bonds a. the law directs
All persons having demands AGAINST the estate
of said deceased desired 20 present the
same for settlement, amt nil indebted thereto
requested to ina ke payment Immediately.
October ?. 1870 PHILsApFs Il. AUsr;s.
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fuNHE subscriber hereby gives notice tbnt
i she has been duly appointed e1ecutrix
OF the last will and testament of William II
Carr. late Of Buckspcrt, in the county OF
Hancock, deceased, no bonds being REQUIRED
by the terms OF said will. All persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased
are desired To present the same for settle
ment. and all indie bted thereto are requested
to make pay ment Immediately.
November 6, 1900. LIzztR ]. CkRs
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-14

Uncle 'Thaniel Robbins, OF Deer Isle,
may he 101 years old instead OF only 100
The Stonington Press calls attention to
the fact that the town records show that
Nathaniel Robbins was born March 13,
1879. THE AMERICANS South Deer Isle
correspondent says the question Is hard
to settle. Uncle 'rhsniei Is like "Oid
Uncle Joe" Of the song, who
"Liyei so long
Dat nobody kuowed when he was born
The facts are that the Deer Isle town re-
cords of hundred years ago are very I'M
reiiab Many of them were destroyed,
and mistakes were made in renewing them.
They were copied a few years ago Into
new books, and the letter dates are reliable.
Uncie 'fhsniei himself says he was born
in 1900. and no better authority than he
eau be found. On the ct her hand, when
Uncle 'fhaniel celebrated his centennial
last March, Mrs. Gott, II very old lady 81
Sioningtoa said she knew lie WAS 10i
years cid.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-14
HOW BIG ARE WE?
CENSUS RETURNS SAY CITY HAS
LOST FIVE HUNDRED.
FACTS AND FIGURES WHICH SEEM TO
SHOW oTHERwIsE-THERE ARE
MORE VOTERS NOW THAN
TEN YEARS AGO.

How big is Ellsworth Or rather, in
view OF recent census returns, how small
Is Ellsworth? Figures from Washington
pu blished as official by Maine papers, say
there are just 1927 OF us. NJ. 8. Smith,
one OF the Ellsworth enumerators, says
he thinks the official returns will show
something more than that, 334.
Assuming that the first figures are from
the official count in Washington, the pop
ulation Of Ellsworth has decreased 507 ir
the past ten years, the census of 1890
giving Ellsworth population Of 4,S04.
These figures, naturally, are disappoint-
ing. They are more than that--they are
surprising! How is this big decrease to
be accounted for? The question naturally
suggests itself: "Were we all counted?"
appreciate the fact that this question
is being asked and answered in the mega
tive, by every town In which the census
returns show . decrease in population.
Towns, like individusls, are pretty apt to
feel bigger than they really are.
THE AMERICAN does not presume to
make the assertion that we were not oil
counted, but 1t is going to present some
facts and figures which seem to indicate
that there has been no such shrinkage Ia
the size of Ellsworth as the census figures
show.
DEATHS AND BIRTHS.
How is the loss of 500 accounted fort
By deaths? Let's see. Since January ],
1892, when the new law regarding the
recording OF vital statistics went into
effect, record of births and deaths has
been kept by the city clerk. Before that
time no accurate record was kept.
We have, then, fairly accurate record
of births and deaths since 1892. What
does 1t show: 1t shows that in that Pc
riod OF eight years there were $50 deaths
and 557 births in Ellsworth. II Is fact
to which attention hiss frequently been
called that the physicians are some hat
diiatory in reporting births, aud il is pro-
bable that many births during these
years have not been reported at Gil.
The record Of deaths comes from
the undertakes, aud is more accu-
rate. But assuming for sake of argument
that the returns OF births are correct,
there is an excess OF deaf hs over brit hs OF
only % for the eight years. That is far
from accounting for the loss OF 500 III
population.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
Too Much Rurn..

Charles Mackay once told this story
in connection with a Burns memorial:
Mackay had promised to collect shil-
lings for some monument to the honor
of Burns, and he applied with conf
dence for a subscription to an Eng
lisbman who had represented in parlia-
M for many years certain Scot
tish borough.
NO" said Mr.. Fortescue Harrison.
Il am no longer in parliament, and l
have now much pleasure In refusing
to subscribe the shilling which in
former days l should have been
obliged to give. What l have suffered
through Burns heaven alone can
tell First, 1 had to praise him in the
most fulsome manner, without having
read his works. Then l had to learn
to recite portions of his poems by
heart, and in doing so to give the
verses as much as possible with a
Scotch accent. have had to walk
without my hat and with the rain
pouring down upon my unprotected
head as leader of a procession In hon
or of Burns, and under these circum-
stances l refuse with genuine delight
to give a shilling or any smaller sum
to the object you have in view"
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
Thoreau,s Mother,. Cbo.t

Besides Thoreau and his mother, the
house (at Concord has had for its oc-
cupants A. Bronson Alcott and family.
including his distinguished daughter,
Louisa NJ, the author" writes Samuel
8. kingdom in The Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. TO them sometimes came the
ghost Of Nine. Thoreau. Those who
know Nine. Thoreau and her habits
confirm the description given by a
servant, who left the house because of
the visitation, in every detail; her tall.
gaunt figure, her big, white cap, her
stealthy step, her quiet comings, her
noiseless goings.
when seen, she invariably stood in
the doorway, her great cap well ad-
1usted, her neat handkerchief, half un-
folded, tucked, securely into the waist
band Of her full dress skirt-pausing a
moment on the threshold. looking anx-
iously about, then STOPPING and run
Ing her finger along the edge of the
mopboard, to see If perchance a speck
OF dust had found lodgment there.
Proceeding to the workroom, she glanc-
ed In, then glided to the fireplace,
STOPPING over it and motioning with
her hands as If in the act of covering
the Goals with ashes.
I'm life, it should be said, the two
prominent characteristics Of Nine.
Thoreau were an adherence of dust
and dread of fire. Satisfied on these
points, the spirit would disappear. I'm
like other ghosts. this one always ap-
peared in the daytime"
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
~ q ;Sscrful EIrsi.

On" '!ay u v nderful bird tapped at
the window Ct Mrs. Nansen's-wifei of
the fam9us az tic eXplorer-home at
Christ.ania. Instantly the window
was opened and in another moment
she covered the little messenger with
kisses an6 caresses.
Thc/carrier pigeon had been away
fromfthe cottage so long months, but IT
had.not forgotten the way home. 1t
Thought, note from Nansen, stating
that all twas going we'll with him and
hts expedition in the polar region.
Nansm had fastened message to
the bird and turned it loose.
The fran courier darted out into the
blizzardy air 1t flew like an arrow
over a thousand miles of frozen waste,
and then sped forward over another
thousand miles of ocean and plains
and forests, and one morning entered
the window OF the waiting mistress
and delivered the message which she
had been awaiting so anxiously.
We boast of human pluck, sagacity
and endurance. but this loving little
carrier pigeon, in its homeward fight,
after an absence of so months, accom-
plishpd a feat so wonderful that we
can only give ourselves up to the
amszam"it tEl nd admiration which must
overwheIni every one when the mar
velous story is toi,i,-Atlanta Constitu-
tiOn
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
The Laxiest Man,

The LATEST man in North America
discovered himself the other evening
in the swell bachelor apartments not
far from Lafayette square where he
lives. He was lying on a couch in his
lounging room, smoking a cigar, when
the cigar went out-that is to say,
the fire at the end of the cigar depart
ed. The man raised himself on one
arm with great effort, and snapped the
messenger bell that was installed over
the. couch. Then he reclined and wait
ed. After about ten minutes there was
knock at the door, and a messenger
boy entered.
"D'jou ring, sir?" asked the boy.
Eyes. son." said the LATEST man in
the western hemisphere. "Just gimme
match off that table there, will your
The boy handed the man on the
couch a match and waited. The man
relighted his cigar and smoked on.
"D'jou want me to go somewhere.
sir?" asked the boy, fdgeting.
mo, that's ALL" said the man. "Take
that half dollar on the table"
Then the boy went out, grinning.
That man ought to be on some gov
ernment commission" to investigate
something somewhere. - Washington
Star.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
The Sin Eater.

One of the most important figures at
a Gaelic funeral of the old style is the
sin eater. 1t falls to his lot to con-
sumo all the sins resting on the soul of
the dead, and thereby enable the latter
to rest easy in his grave.
In remote Wales and the highlands
Of Scotland funeral is not always
complete without this functionary. He
is necessarily a poor, unfortunate per-
son, for under happier circumstances
be could not be persuaded to accept the
responsibility of his post, and his part
in the ceremony is taken seriously by
himself and everybody else.
A loaf of bread and jug of beer are
laid upon the corpse. These are SYM
bolic of sins committed during life
The sin eater is introduced and with
much solemnity eats the bread and
drinks the beer. AS he is frequently a
hungry man with well developed
taste for malt liquors, the part is usual
ly played. with zest little out Of keep
ing with the dreadful nature of the
obligation assumed, for it is firmly be-
heved that in thus eating and drinking
the sin eater actually burdens his soul
with the sins of the deceased.-Kansas
City Independent.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
ssze FIaAenr neI,cat. %

At one of his famous little dinners
prominent professional man of Wash
ington was greatly pleased with the
salad, as were also his guests. Evi-
IDENTIFY it was partly meat and partly
vegetable, but the favor was new, dis.
tinct and undeterminable. This was Sc
faint that one guest declared Its not
taste at all, only SMELL"
At length some one suggested that
the chef be asked for the recipe, upon
which the host remarked:
MY man greatly dislikes being asked
for recipes. On this occasion, however,
his vanity may overcome him If we
tell how greatly we have enjoyed the
dinner, and the salad in particular.
At any rate, We'll see."
The Frenchman soon appeared, and
was visibly affected, not to say elated,
by the compliments.
"Eet gif me gret plaisir," he said,
ITO tell how / max re salad. Eet YER
seemple. haf re laitue range ready;
an 1 haf re meat chop YER fine an
dry; re celeri I hat chop YER fine; an 1
haf ze pamme de terre, re patate, an
stan a leetle an dry; zen 1 mix zem
up. Zen I max re dresseeng mayon-
naise; madame, she know, 1 haf all
YER cop ready as re feesh ees serf.
Zen as re salad ees to serf, TAX une
tete dali, pardonnez moi, one leetle
cloaf of re garleek an needle him in re
mouth, so, an breathe gentle, YER
gentle, on re salad. Eat gif eet re
f1aveur t."-What to Eat.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
WOMAN A BEAST OF BURDEN.

Fe2vy Loads Carried by Italians
Through Sew Works Streets.
It is no uncommon sight to see Ital-
fa women walking along the streets
balancing burdens on their heads that
tie aycrag man would prefer to have
Cut hcnle on truck. A few days ago
Dne of these women passed through
City Hall park. On her head she was
carrying what appeared to be the en-
lire woodwork from the interior of
some house. The bundle was made up
Of eight pieces Of hard wood, the short
est being fully 10 feet in length. Each
piece was six inches in width and an
inch thick. The woman steadied this
burden with one hand. while in the
other she carried what one would con-
slider good load for one person in
the shape of bundle of shorter pieces
Of wood.
AS she turned into Center street, near
Chambers. the end Of the load of lum-
Der on her head came in contact with
lle head of a man who was going in
the opposite direction In order to
prevent hitting him too hard the wom-
an tried to turn to one side. and as she
Hid so her burden fell to the walk. In
vain she tried to replace it on her head.
At last two men took hold of it, one
1T each end they found that even
their combined strength was just suffi-
cient to lift it up AMI place it on the
wonlan'S head again. When the wood
was Gnally adjusted in a proper posi-
ton the woman picked up her smaller
bundle and started up Center street.
New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
oJEl3 RliLEp BY SUN TINE
es In Various States Refuse to
Accept Standard Reckoning.

- es In Various States Refuse to
Accept Stanford Reckoning.
If you ever expect to 90 to law over
question in which time is involved,
however slightly. don't monkey with
standard time. 1t won't go in the
courts. To be sure. you can't catch
trains if you don't use standard time
to do it, but you will miss the verdict
if you do. In Georgia the court of ap-
Peals decided that the use of standard
time instead of sun time in regulating
trial was an error. In the particular
case in question the sun time was fast
er than the railroad time, and a YER
dict was received after IL o'clock on
Saturday night by the sun time. though
before II by standard time. 1t was
decided that sun time should have been
followed
In Nebraska a certain summons was
returnable before justice at 10 o'clock
a. IN. The defendant failed to appear.
The justice waited until II o'clock
standard time. which was about half
an hour faster than common time, and
NASA S,o'O JuuShSAl " QSldull. L lie
defendant appeared before IL o'clock
common time, and it was held that the
judgment by default was premature
and invalid.
In Iowa there was a question as
to the expiration of an insurance
policy, which by its terms extended
until II o'clock at noon of certain
day. Fire broke out at about I1:45
o'clock a. m. of that day by common
time and about two and a half minutes
after II O'Clock by standard time. The
court held that the insurance was still
in force. 1t did not appear that any
statute had enacted any change in the
ordinary rule which regards noon as
the time when the sun crosses the
meridian. There was evidence of the
customary use of standard time at
that place, but this was held not suf-
icient. The court says: 1T was not
only necessary TO show the customary
use of standard time. but that by Gus
tom Of the place at II o'clock at noon
meant at u o'clock standard time.'@
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Amador ledger., 1900-10-26
A Chinese storv


NJ. Monnier, the well known French
. Asiatic traveller, vouches for the truth
of the following story of how his
friend, Hop Sing, a Travelled oriental
and man Of means and refinement. was
on one occasion sorely victimized. Hop
! Sing lived in the street of the roasted
corn, as unsavory and as i'll paved a
street as any in all Peking. The local
mandarin was an intimate friend of
his, and Hop Sing availed himself of
this friendship to press the mandarin
10 have the street repaved. Certainly.
At once. The men would be at work
on it before Hop Sing had returned
home. A week passed, then another
visit, and SO on, until, in despair. Hop
Sing determined to have the street re-
paired at his own expense. The work
was satisfactorily completed.
The surprise of Hop Sing was onIy
equaled by his indignation when. on
awaking one morning, he found a gang
Of coolies upheaving the newly tagged
street. His surprise grew when he
heard from the mandarin's own Inns
that the men were there at his orders.
You see, my dear friend" said the
mandarin, Il am expecting the head
Inspector round here in a few days.
Now, If he were to see the beautiful
pavement you have laid down in your
street he would come to the conclusion
that there was money about, and he
would assuredly bleed every vein in
nv body. This would mean nv ruin.
Don't you see why your pavement
really must come up? 1t cost me one
fortune to secure my post. 1 don't
want to spend another in keeping it.n