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Dear NJ. Il. Friends:

Dear NJ. b. Friends:
The poetic '.Tsik" which heads our COL
umn presents three subjects for CONVEX
sation. One poet says: "But talking is not
always to converse" Did that poet refer
to "small talk? Did you ever when en-
tertaining a caller or while engaged in
conversation with some person have your
mind on the alert for some topic to intro
duce next, while the query repeated itself
again and again: Nv hat shall say next?''
You will all readily see that ! am in the
interrogative mood at this time and If
should happen in to these various homes
where our kind Sister L. thinks there
would be welcome for me, no doubt /
should ask great many questions, and
should begin at Great Pond and ask E. " if
the woman who weaves carpet rags would
have any objection to sending her address
to the NJ. b. column. IL she should not
want to do SO perhaps she would be will
ing for az to send it to me by private
letter, and | would communicate it to r.
I. b. ! hope we shall hear of some one
nearer the centre OF the county who does
that work.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-23
He Fooled the Surgeons.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of
West Jefferson, o., after suffering Is
months from Rectal Fistula, he would die
unless costly operation was performed !;
but he cured himself with five boxes of
Buckien's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure
on earth, and the best Salve in the world.
% cents a box. Sold by S. d. WIGGIN,
Druggist.
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advertisements.
FOR MIDDLE-AcED WOMEN.

Two Letters from Women Helped Through
the "Change of Life" by Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
DEAR Mrs. PrSKHAM when first
wrote to you / was in very bad con-
dition. / was passing through the
change of life, and the doctors said l
had bladder and liver trouble. / had
suffered for nine years. Doctors failed
to do me any good. Since have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, my health has improved very
much. / will gladly recommend your
medicine to others and am sure that it
will prove as great a blessing to them
as it has to me. Mas. GEO. II. JUNE,
9oi DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, n. Y.
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Dear 4aHt Madge:
think you would De welcome in every home
from Great Pond to Deer Isle. The busy sisters
would gladly rest awhile from their iabors TO
talk with one who has been Kind and helpful.
quite agree with Ego about house Cleaning.
There Is one woman here " no sometimes weayes
rag carpets, they warm and wear well but
] have outgrewn my admiration for them. they
hold so much dust and sweep hard. one Can
buy pretty carpet for what rag one will cost,
counting the time In making, that will last until
they need something uew for a change; for
sleeping rooms prefer straw mating
This Is the season for eggs and this Is a quick
way of cooking them for breakfast; Put pint
of milk In a shallow baking pan, small piece
of butter. sprinkle OF salt and pepper, set In
the oven. They bake quickly and look quite
dainty when served.
Great Pond T..
E., my dear, you forgot to break any
eggs in that pan, and Chick A. Dee,
forgot to put one teaspoonfui each of
cream Of tartar and soda in the cake recipe
| gave you. Esther comes with a new
recipe for vanilla waters and her coffee
snaps require no milk.
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o Eye that needeth no repose.
Look down upon my hand
And see II | am using it
To do as Thou hadst plannedi
o Ear that hears all vibrancy,
Attend upon my voice
And stop the idle parlance there
Unneet to be Thy choice;
o Mind that knows infnity,
Be critic OF my own
And temper all its transient thoughts
To righteousness aionei
o Strength that rules unnumbered orbs.
Yield me enough each day
To keep my hand. my voice, my mind,
Above the claims Of clayi
Philadelphia Ledger.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-23

doing for another's encouragement. Per-
haps 1t was only to be sympathetic lis
tener to the story OF some ones trials or
temptations. Perhaps it was to give a
few minutes pleasure to little child.
How would 1t do for US all to observe W hat
opportunities these interruptions bring
to us? AUNT MADGE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-23
Another Woman Helped

DEAR Mrs. PISKHAN Il took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
during change of life and derived great
benefit from its use. MARY E. JAMES,
1856 Coydon ST., Bradford, Pa
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PRICE. $3.50.

The book may be obtained of the author. DIR.
II. W. SMALL. Atlantic, Me-; of IL. w. BRY-
ANT. e23 Middle street. Portland. OF of the pub
fishers. THE HANCOCK COUNTY PUBLISHING
Co., Ellsworth, Me.
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SOUTH DEER ISLE.

The union here held Its anniversary
meeting May is, with Mrs. r. s. Warren.
Reports OF work were given, making quite
a good showing for the year. That OF the
secretary showed four new members
gained and some members removed from
town, keeping the number about even.
Only one death has occurred among the
entire membership since the union was
organized i've years ago.
Delegates to the convention will be
elected at the next meeting. All are
hoping for success on that occasion.
Eco,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-23

Dear ". c. T. L. Sisters:
The date decided on for convention for
Hancock county Is June Il and I3, CEN
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-23

"a single fact Is worth a sh'pload OF argu-
ment." Every cure by Hood's sarsapariiia Is =
fact, proving Its merit, and the thousands and
thousands of cures recorded certainly should
convince you that Hoods will cure you.
Indigestion. nausea are cured by Hoods Pills.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
/. Introduetion-A tori
III. observation-disclosures and Land Titles.
III. A sketch of the Life of Col. James Swai
~. Biographical Sketches Of Early Settler
V. Cots Island.
VI. The Fishing Industry.
VII. synopsis of Municipal Records.
VIII. Miscellaneous
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-23

A history of Swans Island has just been pub
Hshed, and is now ready for delivery. DR.
Small, of Atlantic, has given much time te
the preparation of this volume, which cover,
pa pages. From the following table of con
tents may be seen the ground which the booi
covers
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LILLIAN MAY Robbins,


President Hancock County w. Z. T. U.
NAV IS. 1900
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The following article from the Youths
Companion should be read by every one,
especially by every woman and girl who
makes graveyard of her hat, as SO many
have done the past year.
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SPEECH.

Mutual BENEFIT Column.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
They Drink blood.

''The fire eaters are dying out, but
the blood drinkers are on the increase"
says a New Orleans physician in The
Times Democrat of that city, $50
down to the slaughter pens near the
barracks any morning. and you'll see a
crowd of them waiting for their daily
draft fresh from the animals veins.
Most OF the drinkers are people who
show plainly the rayages of tubercu-
losis, but others are merely run down
and debilitated and take the blood as a
tonic. There are always women and
children in the gathering, and, while
all classes of society are represented,
it is one place at least where there are
no caste distinctions. Their affections
and the curious treatment they are tax
ing give them common meeting
ground, and it is singular to see how
they fraternize. You will find wealthy
business men chatting confidentially
with hoboes and society women swap
ping symptoms with women in ragged
! calico. It's queer sight"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
street Car Riding For Insomnia

Street Car Riding For Insomnia.
One of the most prominent physi-
clans in the city is recommending a
new remedy for insomnia, a cheap and
pleasant remedy, which is at least
worth trying. Two hours before bed
time, says he, put on your most COM
Portable clothes, your easiest shoes and
your least choky collar. Then walk
over to the nearest car line, take a
front seat in the first open car that
comes along and sit there till time to
go to bed, riding from one end of the
line to the other with the cool night
wind blowing in your face. An hours
street car riding, he says, scarcely
ever fails to bring on feeling of drow-
siness, and he has actually been able to
bring sleep to the most nerve wrecked
of insomniacs by his simple device
Washington Post.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
MIGHT have shot Custer.

Major Thomas Lawson, a prominent
ex-Confederate of this city, tells an in
teresting story of General George A.
Custer, the dashing Federal commands
er, who afterward fell in the massacre
of the Little Big Horn. Major Lawson
served with the Virginia troops. He
was in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg
and, although still hale and hearty,
bears the marks of three serious
wounds.
During the Virginia campaigns"
said Major Lawson, ''our forces made
a night attack. Our regiment charged
into Clusters camp and stampeded the
Yankees Chance sent us in the direc-
ton of the generals headquarters. In
the midst of the rout l saw hand
some man rush from tent a few feet
from me- He was only half dressed,
and from his long hair | recognized
him even in the dim light as Custer.
He had no arms of any sort, and the
Confederates were in almost complete
I possession; but, hastily pulling bride
over his horses head and without wait
4 ing to saddle up, he jumped on the ami
i NAL and galloped off, without arms, TIC
attempt to rally his routed men. He
1 was within ten feet of me for more
/ than minute, and drew my revolver
to shoot him, but could not kill Sc
brave man when he had no means OF
! defense himself. 1t would have beer
!. too much like murder.
I 81 have always been glad that die
/ not fire on the gallant Custer tina
I! night louisville Post.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
8E66zaRg5
COSTLY DooRPLATEs.
Many Were of Silver and Went Over
the Hundred Dollar Mark.

the Hundred Dollar Mark.
"People who get about town much
must have noticed one change that has
taken place in the past few years. said
the man with the red mustache, land
that is the abolition of doorplates for /
all except business purposes. There
was a time, and not so very long ago
either, when everybody that aspired to
any kind of social prominence decorat-
ed his front door with plate on which
his name was engraved. These plates
were made of all kinds of metal, rang
ing from plain tin to solid silver, ac-
cording to the prosperity of the owner
Some of them We're very expensive. l
happened to be in the engraving bust
ness when the doorplate craze was rag
ing in it's most virulent form, and
know for fact that we turned out any
number of plates that mounted up to
, and even beyond the hundred dollar
mark
"One of the most expensive plates
! we ever made was for man who lived
+, over on East Twenty street
!, This man was Russian who had en-
braced American customs, and he had
/ a name about seven feet long. / can't
i remember now what it was, but do
know that it used up about all the
! plate we had in the shop to fit him out
j and that when we We're finally through
/ with him his front door resembled
nothing so much as the billboard of
vaudeville show There was peculiar
thing about another block over in that
part of the city. There We're 40 houses
in that block Each was ornamented
with doorplate, and on 81 of those
houses the name was Green l went
over to that neighborhood the other
day out of curiosity. There are no
doorplates there now, and had no
means of ascertaining whether the
Green colony still sticks to its old
haunts.
Sin one way these doorplates We're q
mighty fine thing. They gave a stran'
ger within our gates invaluable assist
ance in sizing up the nomenclature OF
. the city, but they savored too much OF
self advertising to suit the quiet tastes
of the more conservative element, ant
gradually the custom went out of fash
ion, until now private house tina
: sports doorplate is curiosity
! New York Sun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18

sert his feet in them and ride along,
standing bolt upright and brandishing
his lance, as much at home as an ordl-
nary mortal on park canter, or he
will drop his stirrups, rest his right
shoulder in the saddle and throw his
heels in the air as nimbly as knight
of the sawdust. All this is child's play,
if you like it. but when man is armed
and equipped it is not SO easy, and the
Cossack dearly loves to do things for
their very difficulty. 1t all enables him
to meet the unexpected, argues he.
While riding backward the Cossack is
ready to fight his pursuers with car
bine or pistol OF, should it come to close
work, the knife which is in his belt.
The horse of the Caucasian Cossack
is small and the men are of lighter
stature than the Don Cossacks or those
from the valley of the Don. The horses
of the Don Cossacks are heavy, and
the riders are larger men. Sometimes
wholeIregiments will be composed of
six footers. Grim tales are told of the
savagery Of the Cossacks. Their life
|
sin the mountains is wild and free, and
| in the service of the czar they are al
lowed liberties denied to the regular
troops. Their pay is in plumber, and 1T
is said they get bonus for the ears of
the enemy.
Swift moving cavalry must be able
to cross rivers where there are nc
bridges, and the Russians have taken
a hint in this from Forrest. Forests
men would ride to river armed with
boards and rails picked up along the
line of march and could quickly i'm
provise the means of crossing. The
Russian horsemen are trained in max
ing RATS of driftwood and other chance
material. They also carry skin bag.
which. when inflated, will float maj
and horse A bundle Of straw packed
in wooden frame and carried on thu
horse is another device. Russia ma,
y or may not be making for war, but sh'
means to be ready if any other nation
comes looking for trouble.
GEORGE T.. KILMER.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18

riders and take quite naturally to fight
ing on foot; hence the change of tao
tics does not weaken the efficiency OF
the Russian cavalryman. There are
horses in plenty in the land of the car,
Md 100000 trainedNo saddle is not
high figure where the total in the coun-
try is 2G,OOOOO0. The one picturesque |
feature of the Russian military camp is !
the Cossack horseman. Russia has I'M |
der enrolment and in training, though |
not always in active service, 100000
Cossacks from the mountain districts
of her southern border The race from
which the Cossacks spring We're an
Gent enemies of the car and, under
Shamyl, fought steadily in the noun
tains of Caucasus for % years. These
were the soldiers who conquered, Sibe-
ria, and in the event of war between
Russia and any power to be reached
overland an avalanche of Cossacks
would be hurled from the mountains
upon the armies of the foe.
The Cossack is soldier for Is years,
or from the age of 10 until 81. grant
/ of land is his reward for service, and
when in the field he furnishes his own
| horse and all the equipment but the
carbine. Being an artist on horseback.
it would seem that the Cossack might
easily be turned into a Snowman ana
spoiled for war; To the eye of the CT
william the Cossack drill has all the
thrilling attyactiyeness of the fancy
a zouave evolutions, but the American
trooper on the plains has found it
good thing for his health sometimes to
be able to make breastwork of his
steed both when running and lying
down.
In legends the Cossack is pictured as
"holy terror" riding across country
at gallop with baby impaled upon
the point of a lance, while in truth the
rough riding Caucasian is jovial, boy
| ish, simple hearted fellow who can
: outride the whirlwind if there is occa-
sion for it and also sleep like log aft
$ er a good feed.
, The Cossacks horse is much like q
broncho. He is a steppes, or plains
(: pony, but he shows a bit more care IL
f breeding than the ordinary COW pony
: ana is SOuleWudl larger. Oliilhe elLioS
: all wild or semicivilized riders, the Cos
]. sack rides with an easy, plain, bar bi
: instead of the gag bit of the Arab O
t Mexican or some variation of it. H'
s teaches his very intelligent. tractabl
q horse to mind the word and leg ant
d barely needs the bit at all, Thougl
d his seat is such that you wonder hoy
!, hn sticks Ia his horse al all he Will d
e the most marvellous feats. 1t is >indii
J. ferent to him. so to speak, whether b
d rides on his seat or OH his head, A
:, full gallop he will throw his stirrup
J. across his saddle. spring upward, il
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18

USSIA took les
sons from the
American war
while her ayow-
ed foe, Ger
many, looked on
$ uperciliously.
The people of
the car are
slow, or at least
p a t i e II t, but
when they move
it is with re-,
sistless force,
principally be-
cause they keep
abreast of the
times. never de-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
The Best Plaster.

A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain Pain Balm and bound
to the effected parts is superior to any
plaster, When troubled with lame
back or pains in the side or chest. give
it trial and you are certain to be
more than pleased with the prompt re-
lief which it afforps. Pain Balm also
cures rheumatism. One application
gives relief. For Sale by c. F. Casa
day & Co.. The Broadway Pharmacy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
Thousands of Them.

"See here" said the old gray rat.
whose conscience troubled him, l don't
think we should eat up this cheese. 1t
belongs to poor widow, and
'Ts that fact?" inquired the youn-
gest rodent in the swarm.
sit is"
"Ah, now l know what's meant by
widows mites Gee, whiz! Just look
at 'emw- Philadelphia Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-18
ARMY OF THE CAR.
RUSSIA READY FOR WAR, ALTHOUGH
TALKING FOR PEACE.
lessons Taken From the American
Civil War FORESTS Cavalry the
Model For Mounted Muscovites.
The Terrible Cossack us He Is.

[copyright, 1900, by G. L. Kilm.r.l
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