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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-03-12

1t has been said that many persons can
make an entire breakfast on a cup OF coffee.
1t is equally true that many hard working
women make an entire meal on bread and tea.
In both OF these cases, however, it must be
assumed that the coffee and tea have lost none
Of their potency through aduIteration or
other impurity. We know from practical ex-
perience with Chase & Sanborn's high-grade
coffees and native package teas " hat valuable
food properties may be contained in each Of
these beverages.
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Rev. Dauid Kerr, pastor.

Friday evening at 7.30, prayer-meeting.
Free music class at close. All welcome.
Sunday, March 16-MorniDg service at
1890. Sermon by the pastor. Sunday
school at u IN. Junior Q. z. at u. M.
Evening preaching service at 80.
Trenton-Service Sunday at 2.30 p. IN. !;
Mr.. Kerr.
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SCHEDULE OF MAILS
AT ELLSWORTH Posr.orFICE.
In effect Oct II, 1901.

GOING EAsT-7.ls a. m, sos p. m.
GOING wEsr-ll-t6 a. m. $40 p. m.
MAIL CLOSES AT PosT.oFFIcE.
GoIse EAsr-e.sO a. m, 8 30 p. m.
GOING WEsr--ll 20 a. M, 8 and $50 p. m.
SUNDAY.
Train from the west arrives at T.is a. M, de-
parts for the west at 6Oi p. m. Mail closes for
the west at $50 p. IN.
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Fishing at Green Lake.

GREEN LAKE, March 10 Especial l)-The
fish had a hungry day Saturday. Follow
ing Is a record of some OF the good ones
caught that day:
w. A. Bragg Bangor, 1-2 ID. salmon,
Capt. r. II. Noble 10
Mr.. Baker 10
G. A Harlow, Brewer trout
Charles Royal, +" 9 -" Z"
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singing. and nearly all of them are
good singers. They generally begin
the school day by singing 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" MY Country. TITS
Of Thee" or Hail Columbia" sing
ing the English words. and following
the American song with "Borinquen,"
sung in Spanish. "Borinquen" is the
ancient name of Porto Rico, and the
song bearing that name was to Porto
Rico what America" is to the Unit
ed States. "Borinquen," or "Boriuuen,"
means "the land of the valiant lord"
and Is what the natives called the ISL
ana when Columbus discovered it on
his second voyage to America.
The island was so beautiful with its
fruits and flowers, its mountains and
its streams, that Ponce de Leon, the
same man who afterward discovered
Florida thought that he would GER
tainly find there the fountain of per-
petual youth. Capt. Ponce, though a
valiant soldier, was getting old, and
believed. foolish man, that somewhere
in the New World he would find a
spring of water which would change
him into boy again. IT is a singular
fact that boys do not wish to be men
half as badly as men wish to be boys.
Capt. Ponce did not find the foun-
tain of perpetual youth in Borinquen,
and your history book will tell you
that he afterward went seeking 1t in
Florida and was killed there in a bat
tie with the Indians. But the chill
dren of Porto Rico still sing "Borin-
quen" and one of the principal cities
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Get away with much?" he inquired.
The turnkey shook his head.
Thirty or forty thousand" he re-
piled, they nipped him in the bud
He's no good" returned the other.
Got any more thatre better'n him ?''
Again the turnkey shook his head.
L tell you he's the slickest of the
lot" he protested, as they started off,
leaving the prisoner alone.
Mr.. Stephen Duckworth rose lazily,
and. stepping to the window of his
cell, rested listlessly against the bars.
In this position, with his back to the
door, he carelessly placed his hands in
his pockets, with the air of man who
has nothing better to do, and as care
lessly withdrew them. In one of them
was a small grey ball of worsted yarn.
He had picked it up when he had
stopped down to rub his ankle Ten
minutes before it had reposed within
the pockets of his erstwhile visitor, the
deputy sheriff from New York.
All that night and all the next Mr..
Stephen Duckworth stood at the win
down of his prison cell, contemplating
the heavens. He calculated that there
would not be a new moon for three or
four nights.
II reckon it'll rain in a few days,
too" he said to himself.
On these dark nights there was no
sound to keep him company save the
grooming of a delirious patient over in
the sick ward. The turnkey passed and
repassed his cell at intervals
Gee! he sleeps like a top!" COM
mented this individual as he glanced
at the recumbent form of Mr.. Duck.
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STEPHEN DUCKWORTH'S
COUP D'ETAT
By WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE
Copyright, 1902, by William Hamilton Osbornel
By WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE.

Mr.. Stephen Duckworth, one leg
crossed list1essly upon the other, sat
contemplating life. His contemplation
was mainly interpretive, as was natu-
val for a man whose horizon consists
If an unlimited view of gray stone
wall. through a set of uncompromising-
" tough steel bars.
Mr.. Stephen Duckworth was no COM
mon man-none of the flotsam and Jet
sam of society. He was man of prop
erty. He had recently amassed a snug
little fortune of some $4,000. This snug
little sum of money had at one time
belonged to two old ladies, who had
been induced by Mr.. Duckworth to in
vest it in some gilt-edged c. T. & A.
bonds. The bonds had been Mr. Duck
worth's private property, and he had
Iabored industriously to make them
marketable, and of course his labor had
not been in vain. 1t rarely was. But
later. the officials of the road failed to
detect a sufficient similarity between
the presidents signature as it appeared
on Mr.. Duckworth's bonds, and the sig
nature which appeared on other bonds
of the same concern.
Mr.. Duckworth, when the matter was
called to his attention, had been unable
satisfactorily to explain the discrepan-
cy-hence his present plight. But fort
unately for him, and unfortunately for
the two old ladies, he was not caught
with the goods on" He had a very
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IT must be at Bathgate's before half
past. This things worth seventy-five to
him, anyway"
wait. wait" gasped the other man.
as he started off. "I1l do it'll make
1t seventy-fve. I'll give you fifty in
cash now-I had that ready. anyway,
and YOU take check for the rest"
Duckworth burst into a laugh and
stepped over to the phone. With one
hand he held the several wires to-
gether. With the other he placed the
receiver TO his ear.
This is Bannigan's." he said, "is
this the bank? All right. Mr.. Bran
nigan says TO send up another $25, 900
IN bills for that r. P. & W. affair. He's
struck snag. TEN the cashier. He'll
know. Right away. There's just one
ing to the president, land that's the
right way"
1t was five minutes after 10 that day
that the cashier entered the meeting
room of the r. P. & w.
Fifteen minutes later he had voted
the entire set of old directors out, and
an entire set of new officials in.
BY nightfall Mr.. Stephen Duck
worth. with his original nest egg of
sos 900, and his added fortune of three
times that much. was speeding, with
seven league boots, toward the bound
less sea.
.
a tai spare man passed down on
one side of strasse in Berlin. There
passed up on the other a large stout
man. The latter was T. p. Branni-
gan, president of two railroads and d.
rector in several others. He was an
American. The other was a man of
the name of Silas Dalrymple. He also
was an American 1t was not the first
time these two men had passed When
ever they had done so the railroad man
had invariably looked the other way.
with a flush of embarrassment upon his
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skillful in preparation are those which
are she simplest of execution Up to
this time Duckworth's escape had been
simple enough. The balance of the
arrangements were somewhat too cum
bersome and apparent. There had
been a man at the foot of the wall.
There had been two men in the empty
car. Way down the road. toward the
town. two other men-young ones. were
driving slowly away from the prison
in closed carriage. All of these men
had been stationed to aid in his escape.
Everything was cut and dried.
All, therefore, that Duckworth had
to do. in order to make his escape
successful. was to elude-not the Of
ficers-but to elude each of these men,
and shift for himself-and he did it.
When the pursuing party emerged
from the jail, they found the two
men in the car and the two men in
the carriage. That is to say. they
became aware OF their presence. They
did not disturb them. They knew too
we'll that Duckworth somewhere be-
tween the prison and the town would
join the four. The rain stopped, and
the two men, descending from the car,
started toward the town. The entire
force of pursuers followed on their
trail-confident of success. All this
took time; the men walked slowly and
the carriage drove slowly.
AS they entered the town. one set
of pursuers closed in upon the car
riage; the other upon the pedestrians.
1t was a fruitless proceeding. The
men were unknown, but what of that?
Two men have a right to take shelter
from the wet and twelve at night is
rot an unheard-of hour for two young
skylarkers to drive to town. They
kept the gang a week and then dis
charged them.
Duckworth, with an intuition born
of much experience, as soon as he had
landed outside the wall. had eluded,
not only the officials, but also his own
men. There was less danger of mis-
take. He struck straight across coun-
try; his pants rolled up and the red
stripes of his suit concealed by a long
linen buster which had been placed
outside. He had a good start and he
took all chances-for he was ahead OF
the alarm.
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Next morning about s o'clock a
man in linen buster sat shivering In
the branches of a tall tree. The
| tree stood near the road and COM
manded the view in both directions.
Occasionally some conveyance pass
ed. The man in the tree surveyed the
occupant of each as it went by.
Finally he spoke This is the man
for me-" he said. He looked far up
the road, then far in the other direc-
ton. There was no other vehicle but
the one in sight. In it was a young
man, tall and lean and gaunt as Duck
worth himself. Duckworth sauntered
out and hailed him.
Stranger" he said, in a pleasant
voice, ''can you give me lift to"
The fellow looked at him doubtful
ly-then at his watch. I'm in a hur-
ry,' he said.
Duckworth glanced at him with
gentle smile-the kind that had sep
arated the two old ladies from their
patrimony.
We'll" the fellow said, ST suppose
l can-I don't know" Duckworth
leaned up against the shafts. I'm
FACED out" he said, YEARLY Would
you mind gettin' my bundle there
against the tree? / don't want to ask
too much
Duckworth, in his linen duster, was
pleasant-looking fellow enough, and
he had persuasive way with him
The fellow got out. AS he stepped
down, his coat tails were brushed
aside. and the handle of a six-shooter
stood out in view. Duckworth gently
seized it and slipped il out--a proceed
ing of which the other man was to-
tally unconscious.
The other man stepped to the tree
there was no bundle.
He turned around to ask for an ex-
PLANTATION, and found himself looking
down the barrels of his own gun.
Stranger" continued Duckworth,
throwing back his buster; I'm an es-
capped convict. My name is Duckworth.
You've heard of me. I'm a desperate
man. Strip"
There was but one thing to do. The
other man removed his outer gar
ments and then stopped. Duckworth
stood over him. Go on" he said.
But" the other man protested. For
answer Duckworth clicked the weapon
to full cock. Now" he said, finally,
you put these on" 1t had been a
difficult process for each--Duckworth
dressed and undressed with one hand,
but the whole thing had taken but q
few moments at the most.
Now" said Duckworth with a
smile, as he drove of In the other
mans clothes, In the other mans bug
gy, with the buster in the bargain. III
they find you. as they will, you tell
'em you're not Duckworth. Under
standg They'll believe you. Tell 'em
I said 90"
The place where this happened was
f0rty-dve miles from Duckworth'f
starting place. The local oflicisls, as
DuckwOrth had assumed. did later hnd
the man. They lodged him ~ the local
fbe prison. ~ the time the prison Of
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In reading. writing. drawing. sing
ing and memory work the children of
Porto Rico are, on the whole, ahead
of the children in the United States,
but in mathematics and other studies
they are behind. The Porto Rican
children have great difficulty in keep
ing their minds concentrated upon
what they are doing. Sad to say, there
are some few children in the United
States who are afflicted the same way.
Nearly every Porto Rican child who
goes to school can write a beautiful
hand, and draws pictures you will
seldom find equalled in an American
school by children of the same age
Thousands OF children in Porto Rico
stay away from school because they
have no clothes to wear, but things
are improving on the island, and it
will not be long before every child
there has at least one suit of clothes.
The majority of these Porto Rican
pupils live In huts with matched
roofs, huddled in little villages amid
groves of great towering palms. 1t is
especially for the benefit Of 1.-THE child
whose home is a shack, whose world is
cocoanut tree, a banana grove and
poverty that the schools of Porto
Rico have been established. Porto
Rican children are especially fond of
pictures. Heretofore they have lived
pictureless life. No picture papers
were known in the island before UncIe
Sam took charge and the children
never even imagined such thing as
a picture book
Now, greatly to their delight. thou
sands of pictures have been distribut-
ed for the decoration of the interior
of the school houses. In the interior
of the toughest shack pictures are
stuck up on the walls which the chill
dren have cut out of some illustrated
publication.
The children in the rural districts
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face. This time the first of the two
men crossed over and planted himself
directly in the others way. He held
out his hand.
Mr.. Brannigan," he said. ct have
seen you often, and know that you've
often seen me. l understand how you
feel about 1t. and / wanted to explain
that L am not the messenger or GO
between you thought me. never had
anything to do with Scarlet in my
Ire. That seventy-five thousand I got
from you was a bit of my legitimate
business" He looked around and low
cred his voice. MY name is Duck
worth-Stephen Duckworth," he said
II m an escaped convict. You will re-
call me as the man who attempted that
million-dollar bond scheme that fell
through. Now you know that I amount
to something. 1 wanted you to know
1t may make some difference"
The president extended his hand. 'It
does make a difference. Mr.. Duck
worth"-there was a note of admiration
in his voice-"all the difference in the
world. Shall we" He waved his
hand in the direction of a spot devoted
to refreshment
An hour later the two Americans and
a congressman from Illinois sat with
three piles of chips, at a small table.
deeply involved in their national rec
reation, with Stephen Duckworth, alias
Silas .Dalrymple, way ahead of the
game.
q.
When you require any more proxies. A"
said Duckworth TO the president some
weeks later, as they parted, don't go
to Scarlet. You come to me-"
Your" queried the other How'll
you get them?"
, Mr.. Stephen Duckworth smiled an
| inscrutable smile.
I'll make EN-" he replied solemnly,
as he nodded his head and waved his
| hand goodby.
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worth on his cot. When he had passed,
the sleeper again resumed his silent
vigil at the window.
AS the east became slightly streaked
with gray, Mr.. Duckworth took lit
tie piece of soap and pressed it into a
horizontal slit that appeared in one of
the bars. Then he took a little pow
dered plunnbago, and busted the soap
with it all around, and the aperture
Immediately disappeared. That was Il
wonderful ball of worsted the deputy
had provided
On the second night the turnkey
thought he heard sound, a peculiar
sound, issuing from the cell. He did.
1t was caused by the fact that Mr..
Duckworth, in sleeping, had failed, I'M
Willingly, to close his mouth. A sharp
rasping sound issued from somewhere
in his Uranium as he lay with upturn-
ed face in the glare of the turkeys
light. The latter turned away with
sigh of relief. The rasping sound was
much in evidence that night, but what
can you do with a man who snores?
No cure has been invented yet.
On the third night it began to rain.
1t started in before dark. At 1880 it
was raining pitchforks. Mr.. Duck
worth, man fond of nature in all her
visible forms, stood at his window and
watched the elements.
Damn those fellows" he said to
himself, where are they. This is just
the time?"
Even as he spoke something small
and cold and soft struck him in the
face. He looked out. Up on the hill,
where the car tracks were. were a
number of box cars. In one of these a
man who had taken refuge from the
storm, was lighting his pipe. Duck
worth glanced in that direction for an
instant then stopped and picked up
something that had fallen to the floor.
II was a piece of putty, wound and
rewound with fine cord. The cord
passed out of the window into the
darkness beyond. Duckworth pulled it
in, hand over hand.
Outside at one end of the wall a SEN
try chung, shivering, to his sentry box.
The sentry kept his eyes running back
and forth along the wall. Suddenly
small long object scampered across.
Darn them rats!" exclaimed the
sentry. How in time do they get way
up there"
over in his cell Duckworth remov-
ed the bars that he had sawed, affixed
the rope ladder that he had just pull
ed up, and lowered himself into the
prison yard. He crouched in cor
ner for an instant. with his eye upon
the sentry. Suddenly he sprang across
10 the wall, felt in the dark for rope
that he knew was hanging, there. and
in an instant was up the wall and
over IT,
The sentry saw him. Duekworth
assumed that he would. Nov the diff
fcult part Of an escape is not 30 much
10 get out Of prison. That's hard
enough, 100. But 70 get away INTO
freedom-fO elude recaDture-ls 70 Sc
complish the impossible.
Tie schemes which are the most
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YOUTHS GAMES !.
IN ALL THE WORLD.
Daring walkers. ON stiIts, Etc.


American boys walk on stills, but as
compared with French boys, they
know little of the sport.
Perhaps the reason for this is that
in one part of France-away down In
the south of the country--stilts are a
necessity to the people, who are mostly
shepherds. They must walk on stills
In order to oversee their vast hocks of
sheep as well as to pass through the
boys which beset them everywhere.
These shepherds-men and women
both-walk continuously on stills that
are from six to eight feet high. Those
stills are merely fastened to the feet.
There is no thought of an upright by
which the hands and arms may steady
the progress of the aerial pedestrian.
Sometimes the stills have uprights
reaching as far as the knees and
bound firmly to the legs.
Generally these shepherds and shep-
herdesses carry long poles which they
can use either as balancing poles or as
supports-very long canes, as 1t were,
reaching to the ground.
They become 50 expert In silt walk
ing that 1t is no unusual sight to see
a shepherdess striding along on stills
that raise her six fet above the ground,
with her balancing pole strapped to
her back and her hands busily knitting
socks for husband, son or brother.
The complete unconcern with which
these hardy country folk make their
way along on stills Is astonishing. One
might almost say that children have
stills given TO them instead OF era
dies.
The writer witnessed a race on stills
IN the south OF France. IL was one
Of the sports 10 celebrate a holiday.
The course was about four and a half
miles long. and was covered by the two
winners Ia the extraordinary time Of
% minutes. When you atop to think
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definite idea at present, of the exact
location Of the well-earned fruits of his
toll, and he was considering the pos
sibility of a speedy enjoyment of the
same.
Now, if Mr.. Duckworth had been a
pauper he would not have rebelled.
Three meals a day and a place to sleep
Tor few years, be they more or less,
constitute a not unmixed evil. And the
law, as Mr.. Duckworth acknowledged
to himself. had the right to restrain
the personal liberty of the individual.
But the law had no right-and the con-
sdtution prohibited tito prevent him
from the enjoyment of his private prop
erty. The constitution was a thing
good enough for him to go by, and he
mad determined to take advantage of
Its privileges, in this respect at least.
1t was while these thoughts were
passing through his mind that a thick
set individual, apparently of sporty
tendencies, presented himself at the Of
nee down below. He exhibited con-
siderable expanse of shirt bosom, de-
corated with a pin of remarkable hue
and brilliancy. He was somewhat dus-
", and he carried a brand-new dress
suit case, which he carefully deposited
alongside of the desk. He nodded ia
mlliarly to the two or three officials
who were lounging around, and then
addressed a turnkey who stood behind
the bars.
I'm a deputy sheriff from N'Yawk,"
ne announced, with considerable
sprightliness of manner "off for lark.
thought I'd drop in here while l was
IN town and see how you run this
ranch. If you got any thing to show,
you kin show it to me. If you got any
Zig Bugs locked up, I'd like to see 'em.
Have a seegar."
He handed in two of them on top OF
Very large calling card with his name
printed on it in gilt letters The door
was opened and he entered
I'd like to see that cashier that got
away with three hundred and nifty
from your bank herein town. If you
qon mind, an any o. the rest of 'em.
ana particular"
Ihey showed him what there was to
see At last they stood in front of the
SeH where Duckworth still INDUCED
himself in reveries.
=, The turnkey stood with his back to
~. ne cell and in a low voice related to
ne visitor the interesting, circum-
e.ances In the career of the present IN
cumbent.
O., This is Duckworth." he explained.
tleilow who had that million-dollar
C Cond scheme. Forgery, yep. Ten years.
10y been in six months. Sent up last
",sater. Slickest thing We got"
me deputy sheriff was lounging
ssalnst the bars. With the one hand
nich was out Of the turkeys sight
-, made a movement. a. might one
no shook the ash from his cigar At
same instant Br. Stephen Duck
- To leaned forward and-ecTatched
~ ~ ankle. re WAS sfill rubbing IT, when
~ turnkey swung around and glanced
nm The deputy sheriff waved his
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is named Ponce after the man who
wanted so to be a boy again that he
lost his life in the attempt.
The children of Porto Rico do not
have fine modern school houses.
Houses originally built for storing
coffee or sugar, or barracks intended
as the quarters for soldiers, in fact,
any building that would do, has been
pressed into service.
Porto Rican schools are pretty noisy,
as rule. Under the old Spanish sys-
tenn the scholars used to study their
lessons out loud. all jabbering away
together.
Such "out-loud" studying is not al
lowed now, but the children still are
inclined to murmur to themselves in
an undertone as they bend over their
books, and are rather more restless
than American children.
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that the average good driving horse
does not ordinarily trot as fast as this,
the wonderful skill of these French
stilt-walkers will be appreciated.
One of the winners was a boy and the
other a girl Both were about IA years
old. Entered as contestants in the
race were old men and women as well
as young folk. Third in the race was
an aged shepherd, who certainly look
ed as IL he had well passed his 10th
birthday.
These shepherd stiltwalkers have had
their influence on boys throughout
France. Paris is a great city for holt