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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

Dear Friends;
II Is long time since wrote for the column
and feel rather shame faced. Does any ose
else who has not appeared lately FEEL The same
wayg
am not the Only absentee, for as usual mos,
of the work during the busy summer days has
fallen on Aunt Madge. and how do we know
she has any more time than we haveF How we
should miss the column II she found she couldn't
carry It on aud how We should hate 70 have
new editor. Then let US all write something 10
Aunt Madge may take sort Of vacation aud
not get weary in her well doing.
was much interested In her article on enter.
tanning in the column for July is. / believe
many deprive themselves Of the real enjoyment
Of their guests In their efforts al elaborate enter
tainmeut forgetting that TO sensible people
their over solicitade brings sense OF obligation
they are glad 10 escape from.
once read an amusing description OF the
seyersl dAys' visit Of lady to a friend who was
s msmier OF a large fasnily. All viei with each
other In 'entertaiaing' tll the poor guest was
quite worn Out When oae Hember Of the
family was called away ny household duties
another was ready To carry on conversation and
not quiet moment was given In which 10 rest
or enjoy the music, books and pApers which
tempted her. Before the time sppoiu,ca she was
obliged to Zee to the house OF friend, where
she felt she might, without ofrensa, ask that she
might be lefs quite alone tifi she could recover
somewhat from the strain Of wrongly directed
hospitality.
THIS Is one extreme. and the other IS where the
hostess boasts OF never making any change for
company and doesn't. and carries Il 10 the poins
of utter indifference TO the comfort Of the guest
Between these tive believe with Aunt aadgo
there Is golden mean where we may share eur
actual home life with cur guests, watehfui. vet
not obtrusivtiy 80, oftheir comfort, and making
them feel that we are receiving enjoyment as
well as giving IL.
While on tails topic thought woGld write
something about the Kind OF guests we mos,
enjoy. but time forbids. Won't Aunt Maase or
some one else take that OPP / hope all the
''delinquent' members of the column may soon
be heard from. ESTHER.
Can You realize, Esther what a help
your letter has been 10 me this week.
and 1t will 60 on helping because OF the
good thoughts and suggestions it con-
tains.
! thank you most heartily for your
thoughtfulness for Aunt Madge. / am
thinking OF your words, "the kind OF
guests we most enjoy" / cannot define
In this issue, exactly as | would like to,
the most enjoyable guest; but just for
now, would say, one that was e0nsid-
crate, and one that seemed to enjoy being
the guest OF myself and my family.
Let rs have some definitions OF this
guest whom we are to enjoy, and when
We go on visit We will try to live up 70
our NJ. b. standard.
AUNT MADGE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

II takes a good many pins to keep the
people of the United states supplied for q
year. The census figures out that more
than seven billion ordinary toilet pins
were used In 1900; OF bsir- pins, isi, ooo, oo0
were consumed: 10 these should be added
almost ss many more safcty-ptus.
these figures are derived from the an
pasi production, " hieh Is assumed to be
about equal TO the annual consumption.
There Is capital employed in this man
ufac,ure of 50 ~. iss. Most of the fac
tories are in Connecticut. A years crop
of pins 10 worth ssas .o5s.
The pin has a history which goes back
to the garden of Eden. Its prototype ia
nature 10 the thorn. The most ancient
relies OF prehistoric man are found &C
compsnIed by Plus, made from bone,
ivory, bronze, copper, and iron.
From the Iscustrine stations IN switxcr-
land alone more than 10000 pins hare
been taken and many have been ioand In
Egyptian and Scandinavian tombs.
Among the Angio-Saxons and Bsitons
loops, ribbons, and hooks and eyes ante.
dated the pin. Then came silver and
other metallic skewsrs, and finally the In
dispense bic pin.
In early days most pins used In this
country were imported, and during tho
Revolution the price went up to dollar q
paper. They were scarce at that. 1t was
then. and during the war OF 1872, that the
making of pins in this country began In 8
very crude way.
Dr.J. /. Howe Is the father OF the
American pin Industry IS II Is known
to-day. In 1880 be tegsn the study of he
problem of pin making by machinery,
and to six years he bad foe pisnt In OPP
Grafton In Connecticut, making pins for
the public and fortune for himself.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

Charles Dickens. though he married
Catherine. one OF George Hosarth's
three daughters. in 1880 was later do.
vo,eily attached to her sister Mary.
Why he did not marry Mary IN the
nrxt place IL not certainly known UNI
less IL be that Mary. a young woman
OF great ioYeliness Of character. had
successfully concealed her eva asfec-
ton for GATHERINGS betrothed ia order
10 save her sister from dlsa appointment.
Percy Fitzgerald. friend Of Dickens.
expressed this idea Ia an article in
HaEper's Magazine entitled Dickens
In Ills Books"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13
Writer for ne AmsS7can.
EVENING


TIE sumner sun hss FADED from che sky;
( The slgHics OF the west ssii npeer on
AZ u rtlactsni 10 irpart aad leave
. The gloSies that ~ owu Itasgicd nshs
/ 1s xaraoous celexs las b,nasih has spzsaa.
TIE sHasef clouds o. airy piHlons ishl
aHlia nalou sc4Fss Il laaph eye perceived,
I fn arten Nse sssee eFsgi set along The sssl,
7hab fenlI1aiatd neaiegs. golden fSiasea,
shire psst ,hC fietg u 10 day ital's pest,
tnd breathe ihs rreml q cay % eome.
Bat hietsr 80 IA bssrtB's sauls heyend.
uthind su lhsse aeepsf Ri0Is GWeiis,
IN ssrrica stscaksa teEA fraea fuil disptsy "a, :
Rxtcp8lrg pseAf ard q rf fiem west 10 easi,
on Gaer c'onds 81 anE fstrie formed
In martial Ehe ihsir pafpie ranks afsr
Hang sllerty suspeHsioi, ana amid
Their aeoey tnts the ggliou sunlight streams
The hasy eartlsrs q ,bc far.spsnt day
Now tutn their course toward their nlghgly
home.
Amid their graceful curves on pens,vs wing
Taey seem 10 consss plate the days returns
And notc the place Nicre last their tstor ceased.
That when the san again should eail them forth.
sun might rcsamo their interrupted task,
Then homeward wheel with sosga Of Ioyoss
praise
A calm, coBplaeops river, broad and deep.
Rolls on in soothing slIoncc near 81 hand,
AID DER ~ placid surface, asrrur.ike.
The smile of heavens reflected beauty lies.
Along its farther bank Woodland stands,
And far along rs surface near The shore
ny Tipples bigfresi the Inverted woodland soais.
The casts duh gloom ihas bsralds coming sight
cresps stsARhily ~ ACROSS The fading SAY.
And crowds tho naasinz Fierics from the wsss.
And duils The beauty % The blazing cloud,
And draws nlgbt'e usaa.sa over all the world.
The stars glance skyiy upon the scene
But lately bAihesi In sloFy. Bow In stsds.
The mooabcAm on tbs water waxes hold
And glanccs Ger the lsAis and sicepy pasture.
Bss now the Right birds on their wheezy wing
soad here and there with blind and reckless
haste.
In Circles Wild as darkness esns them forth.
AsH In answer 80 The nsghthAwk's cry,
The deep toned baii frog from the river blooms.
And now the wakenlnK nighs-soasds Oh The air.
-Gioasos L. Archer.
SshAsis. Ne.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13
Value of savip, Time.

Thrift of time Is as NECESSARY as thrift
OF money, and he who knows how to save
time has learned the seereHof sccumulat.
ing educational opportunity. Men who
regard II as sinful to waste honey, waste
time with prodigal's lavisiiness because
they DO not understand the ssalne OF short
periods OF time; society is ftlil of people
who might enrich themselves a hundred
fold. and make their lives immensely more
interesting, II they learned { Dis common
place truth.-Ladies' Home J5ssrnai
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13
Contested Minds Make Happy Home

Contepted Minds Make Happy Homes.
Some OF the happiest and most ideal
homes, where peace, coutentment and
harmony dwell, hsve been the abotes of
poor people. No rich carpets covered the
floors, no costly paintings were on the
walls, and there were no pianos, no works
OF art; but there were contented minds,
and unselfish and devoted lives.
Each member OF the family contributed
as much as possible TO the happiness OF
all. endeavoriug TO compensate by kind
ness and intelligence tor the poverty of
their surronndings.--lSac
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

Dear ". B. Friends:
There are many times in our lives when
ii Is a most excellent thing for as TO be
obliged to ''iust 90 right on working.
think most Of the contributors 10 our
column are such busy people they have
not time to think Of the dignity Of la.
bor". That person must be poor indeed
who has not accomplished something
either by hand or brain.
Who are the men and women who have
won the honor and esteem and gratitude
OF their fellow men7 The idlersG Neverl
Doubtless yon have read statements OF
comparison wherein is estimated how
much time each person would have TO
spend In labor every twenty-four hours,
II the work to be done in the world was
equally appoEtioned, but | doubt II that
arrangement would really be any more
satisfactory than the present condition OF
things. The fact that ia various partner
ships zone Is willing TO do ali the work
and the other is willing he should", shows
the two extremes OF the csse In question.
A gentleman " no was al the head of
fiourishing society, was asked the secret
OF success, and made answer: sssome-
body must be willing to do more than his
part" How many times hayp all OF US
heard the remark when some public work
was to be done, "welI, I've done my part. :"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

There are some points which are val
liable In horses 90 every description.
The head should be proportionatsly
large and well set on. The lower jaw
bones should be sufficiently far apart
10 enable the bead to form an angle
with the neck. which gives II free mo
ton and o graceful carriage and pre-
vents IT bearing too heavily on the
hand The eye should b. large. little
prominent, ard the cyelids fine and
thin The ear should be small and
erect and quick in motion. Tho Iop
ear indicates duIincss and stubborn.
ness. When too far back. there 10 a
disposition to mischief.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

All, yes. tbe task T. bard, tits true,
But whats the use 81 stghingg
They're soonest With their duties tbroash,
Who bravely keep on trying.
There's be advantage 20 DC found
10 Borrowing or sairk.Rg;
They with saceess are soonest erowBed
Who iuss so right on working.
Strive patiently and With a win
That shall not be defeated;
Keep singing Al your task Hntii
You see It stand completed,
Nor lei the eloads Of doubt draw near.
NouF 81 - glad sanshtnc murkinF.
BE brave and 81 your heart with cheer
And Just go right on working.
--Ninen wasssFann.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13
He Paid the Bul.

A funny story STOUT q phys.ctaa ii
Monroe CITY, Mo, is going the rounas Of
tho state press. A resident % lhs tosa
set cut four shsds. trees Tor The aoetst.
A short tame later shs physician xu
called to attend tbs mother ia-lsw Of ,ss
man y bo bad set cut tito trees.
The old lady died. and the physician
presented BIN. After paying il ths
Citizen thought Of the trs4a, aaa reaae
and presented bin for them.
.aBnt tho trees died - protested the boe-
tor. 80 did my mother-ln law" fesog,.
ed the othsS man.
The doctor paid the bIli.- Eabsas Ciss
.foarnul.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

Christian unity can never be brought
about by hard hitting theolOgicalIy, but
only by Christians learning to love one
another; then they can defy the devil
TO keep them apart sour unhappy
divisions" keep him master OF the field.
A united church would soon dispossess
him OF his trongholds.-Bishop John
Eton Of Western Texas.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

Vacation time Is here and the children
are fairly living out OF doors. Yon need
only 90 guard against the accidents gnei-
dental to most open air sports. No hem
eoy equals DeWitt7s Witch Hazel SaIvA for
quickly stopping pain or removing danger
from cuts, scaIds and wounds. Sure cure
for piles and skin diseases. Draws Sut the
inflammation. Beware Of counterfeits.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

Wherever the self is forgotten
And mine il transmitted TO thine,
Though Ups pay grow ashen and faiter
There, on the Lords holy altar,
Wait ever the bread and the wine.
For lows Is the bread that is broken,
The eaaiice upailed 70 the brin.
And forgetting the SELF for another,
The Tenderness shown to a brother,
Are dane In remembrance Of Him
\. Independent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13
The Exceptional Case.

"You say you are thankful you have
a coldY'
Yes" answered the epsinigs. "a
cold is one Of the few ailments that u
doctor viii undertake to cure nova
days without a surgical operation
Washington STAR.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

The bot weather ,sst nasss people bssier q,
qaAluSssi ~WA snutt resources og tud9gaaes
Mar HsI slrs nsssi tteosl's sanapsriilA. st.ss
issIs0fAsea tie sleod. pEomosos rsifssalE.
sssrp snd svrEeosscs that sirsd fexlirg.-Aags.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13

Itching pilesf Never miod II everything else
failed TO cure you. Try Doan's Ointment No
failure there 50 cents. at any drug store
Adst.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-13
Pauper Notice.

THE undersigned hereby gives noties ", ,t6.
Il has contracted with tie city 81 h.iiss ss,-g
s0r TIE support OF he poor during the ens 80
year. and has made ample proyision W e-aa
support, &c therefore f0rblds AZ peEsotiss, -
Furnishing supplies 70 any pagper On al AZ
count az with0n this written uraers q 49,, N.sss
for 10 goods 70 Furnished. HAREf ,. SVNA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-22
PRAYER FOR LEGISLATURE.
Bishop of Vermont PrOmulgateS
Specific IntercessiOn to He Used
In Episcopal Churches.

While the Episcopal church has
specific prayers for the president,
governors of the states, and the
guidance of congress, none is provid-
ed in the church prayer book for the
state legislatures. RI. Rev. A. C.
Hall, bishop of Vermont, has there
fore supplied one for his state by
promulgating the following prayer,
which he requests may be widely and
frequently used: 20 God, the foun-
tain of wisdom, whose will is the law
of happiness for peoples as for per-
sons, we beg Thy guidance and bless
ing for the legislative assembly of
our state; grant that truth, and
Justice may rule in the deliberations
of our senators and representatives,
and that their decisions may pro-
mote Thy glory and our true well
fare, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son.,
our Lord. Amen"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-22
IMPROVES MARcoN1 SYSTEM.
Charles w. Gray, Student Of Illi-
nOis Wesleyan University, In
vents q DecOherer.

Scientific circles at the Illinois Wes-
leyan university, at Bloomington, are
all astir over the invention of new at
tachment for the wireless telegraph
instruments, which, it is thought, will
work wonders in aiding to perfect the
present system. The inventor is
Charles Walter Gray, a member of the
senior class and assistant in the chem
ical laboratory of Prof. Graham.
His invention is a new decoherer,
which allows the instrument to re-
ceive $4,000 vibrations minute,
while that now used by Marconi will
receive but few hundred. The at
tachment has been tried on both the
wireless telephone and the wireless
telegraph. On the former it proves
valuable, as the finest shades of the
human voice can be received. The
invention has been pronounced dis
tinct success by both Prof. Ora
ham, of the Isaac Funk chair of chem
istry, and H. B. Leonard, professor of
physics.
Mr.. Gray is 10 years old. He has in
vented number of appliances for the
chemical laboratory, one of which he
had patented. This is a machine for
generating hydro sulphide gas. It
has replaced the old standard Kipp
generator in the following schools:
University of California, University
of Texas, Illinois Wesleyan university,
University of Illinois, Oklahoma State
Agricultural and Mechanical college
and Miami university. Mr.. Gray is
from Chrisman, Ill.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-22
Attacked by Bumblebees.

Near Upper sandusky, O., John
Boehm was nearly stung to death by
bumble-bees while blowing on a farm
north of the city. He was following
a short distance behind Charles Bolin-
ger, who was also blowing, and walked
right into big nest of bumblee-bees,
which had been unearthed by Mr..
Boinger's pillow. By the time Mr..
Boehm came to the nest the bees were
thoroughly angered, and, almost be-
fore he was aware Of it, he was COW
cred with them. He was stung sew
eral hundred times before he succeed
ed in scraping the insects from his
face, head, hands and arms. Mr..
Boehm went home as quickly as pos
sible, but by the time he reached there
he was suffering terribly and vomit-
ing almost necessarily. There was no
time to send for q doctor, SO Mrs.
Boehm administered home antidotes,
and no doubt saved her husbands life.
Mr.. Boehm's head and face-in fact,
his entire body-showed signs Of
rough usage, and the agony he suffered
was most intense.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-22
Another Coronation Pageant.

Another Coronation Pageant.
A second coronation pageant, perhaps
even more splendid as spectacle than
that in London will signalize the proc
lamation of King Edward and Queen
Alexandra as emperor and empress of
India at the beginning of next year.
The ceremony will take place at Delhi,
with the viceroy and leading chiefs on
elephants, under military escort, and
the coronation, which will be held in
a great amphitheater which will ac-
commodate 10000 persons. Hundreds
of chiefs and native noblemen will
take part in the ceremony; 10000
troops will pass in review, and the
festivities will be continued for two
weeks. An incident of the celebration
will be the opening of an Indian arts
exhibition.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-22
TO MAKE TIMBER TESTS.
Bureau of Forestry to Learn the
Strength and Durability of Lum-
her of Country.

Preparations are being made by the
bureau of forestry for extensive tests
in the strength and rability of tim
bcrs in the different parts of the coun-
try, most of them scarcely known to
manufacturers and lumber dealers.
Many tests made of the strength Of
well-known timber are particularly
deficient on account of the faulty ma
chinery used in testing. The machin-
cry to be used in these new tests is
of the most approved sort and the
tests will be final in the minds of deal
ers and builders. Experiments are
constantly being made in this bureau
with. timbers neglected by lumbermen
throughout the country, but which by
careful treatment are made to take
the place of the various forest growths
which are in such constant demand
as to threaten the destruction of the
species in some parts of the country.
Along this line the department has
just made report on the much de-
spised hemlock, so prolific in the ex-
IRENE west. By fair tests made of the
wood it is shown by the department
that it can be substituted for redwood
or cedar, many forests of which have
been entirely demolished by injudi-
cious cutting. The report shows that
hemlock is best adapted for uses which
require ease of working, handsome fin
ish, and ightness combined with con-
siderable strength.
1t has been found suitable for floor
ing, joists and scantling, laths, siding,
ceiling, and other such purposes, ex-
ceiling most other woods for boxes.
Tests are also being carefully carried
on in the Philippines, where the in
roads of insects are SO great.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-11-22
DIPLOMATIC CIRCLE.
Increase in Number of Homes of
Foreign Representatives.
The Winter Mt the Nations Capital
Promises to BE One of Unusual
Activity Along Social
Lines,

There will be a greater number OF
diplomatic homes at the capital this
winter than ever before. A number
of the smaller countries represented
at Washington which have never main
tanned legations, or at best simple ones,
are branching out this winter into
Independent quarters. The Peruvian
minister, Manuel Alverez Calderon, who
came to Washington last spring with
Nine. Calderon and their young daugh-
ter, and made their home with the first
secretary and charge d'affaires and
Mrs. De Pezet, at their home, 1850 Mas
sachusetts avenue, now occupied by
Secretary and Mrs. Shaw, have leased
the home of Mrs. John F. Hurst, wife
of Bishop Hurst, at 1901 Massachusetts
avenue. where the legation headquar-
tiers will be esta blished.
The Peruvian minister was appoint
ed to his post here two years ago, but
has spent little time in Washington.
Nine. Calderon was presented at the
white house last spring.
The British embassy is putting on
| new and attractive air under the
decorators, and with its ample pro-
portions will be, as it has always been,
the most attractive embassy in Wash
| ington. The house will not be ready
for occupancy for some time yet, and
it is likely that Lady Herbert will re-
main with her relatives in New York
until late in the season:
The Russian ambassador will be
| here the middle of October. 1t is ru-
mored he is to select new home, but
at the embassy nothing is known OF
the proposed removal.
The German ambassador is expected
to return here in November, when
some changes that will contribute to
| the success of his social entertain
ments will be made in the embassy on
Massachusetts, avenue. The Italian am
bassador and Signora Mayor des
Planches have reached Washington
and taken possession of their new en-
bassy on New Hampshire avenue, for
merly the home of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst.
There are two new titled attaches
to the Italian embassy, Count Vim
cenzo Macchi di Callere and Count Giu-
scope Della Gherardesca. Count Cal
lere, the first secretary, and Countess
Callere are now house hunting. Rep
resentatives of most of the South
American countries are now in Wash
ington and settled for the winter.