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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18

Christs own command to every or
ganization. as well as to every indi-
vidual of His ordaining, is, Go, go, go
into all the world" Because the Chris
tan Endeavor society has of late been
obeying this command more complete
" and literally than ever before it has
enjoyed the best year of all its his
tory. Whether it will continue to
prosper depends upon whether it con-
tinues to grow.-Rev. DR.. Francis E.
Clark
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
HEROES AND HEROES

HEROES AND HEROES
We give unstinted praise to the man
Who is brave enough to die.
But the man who struggles unsinchingly
against the currents of destiny,
And bears the storm of adversely.
We pass unnoIiced by.
We've plaudits and tears for him who fails,
Borne down in the shock of strife.
But word of cheer we neglect to say
To him who plods on his weary way,
And fights in silence from day TO day
TIE unseen battles of life.
There's courage, grant. required to face
Grim death on the CORY field,
There's also courage required to meet -
Life's burden and sorrow; TO brave defeat;
To strive with evil and not retreat,
To suffer and not to yield.
Some moments there are in every life,
When the spirit longs for rest.
when the heart is filed with bleak despair,
When the weight of trouble. remorse and care
Seems really greater than we can bear,
And death were welcome guest.
But we crush 1t down and we go our way
To the duties that lie in walt.
From day to day we renew the fight
To resist the wrong and to seek the right.
To climb at last to the sun-crowned height.
And to triumph DER time and fate.
And thus--for my heart goes out to them
My need of praise would give
To those who struggle life's path along,
The host of toll. who are patient. strong,
The unrewarded, unnumbered throng.
Who are brave enough to live.
-Dencer Neies.
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embellishments.
CURES CATARRH.
"hyomei the Most Wonderful
Cure for catarrh Ever Discovered. -
Says George A. Parchcr.

Sotc tot SdtdFFn GNef discovered"
Says George A. Parchcr.
Do not try to cure catarrh by taking
drugs into the stomach; it cannot be
cured In that manner. The only way
in which this too common disease can
be cured is through a direct applica-
ton that will kill the bacilli of catarrh
and prevent their growth.
Hyomei is the only known method
of treatment that accomplishes this.
1t is the simplest. most pleasant and
the only absolute cure for catarrh that
has ever been discovered.
Thousands of unsolicited testlmon-
ials have been received from the most
prominent men and women in the
country who have been cured by this
remarkable remedy. Ministers, bank
ers, lawyers, even eminent physicians
have given strong testimonials as to
the remarkable powers of HyOmei to
cure catarrh.
The complete Hyomei outfit costs
but 81 90. consisting of an inhaler,
dropper and sufficient Hyomei to last
several weeks. This will effect cure
in ordinary cases, but for chronic and
deep-seated eases of catarIh, longer
use may be necessary. and then extra
bottles of Hyomei can be obtained for
soc. 1t is not alone the best iii might
be called the only method of curing
eatarrh, but it is also the most eco
nomical.
Mr.. Parcher has so much confidence
in the power of Hyomei to cure ca
tarrh, that he will for limited time.
sell this medicine under his personal
guarantee to refund the money If the
purchasers can say that it did not help
them.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
hlutual Benefit Column.


The purposes Of this column are succinctly
stated In % title aud motto-i is or the mutual
benefit and aims TO he nelpfui ami hopeful
tsetug ! the common COCA. Il H. for the CON.
formation ana suggestion. a mrslium for the In
ierchange of ideas In this capacity IL solicit.
Communications, ana Its success depends largely
On he support gtveh IL in this respect Com.
municaliOus must be signed. bur the name OF
writer aiil not be printed sN ept by permission
Communications will he subject % approval or
r lection by the editor OF the column, but B0ne
Will be rejeeteG without good reason Addre S.
all communications 10
The AMERICAN.
Ellsworth, Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
ID. O. q. u. Column.

The editor invites secretaries of local unions
Of the W. c. T. U. In Hancock county, aud
white ribboners generally, to contribute to this
column reports of meetings or items that will be
Of interest to workers in other parts of the
county. We would like this to be a live column,
but 1t needs some effort on the part of W. C. Il.
U. women to make 1t 80. 1t Is column of their
making. not ours, and will be what they make
it. Items and communications should be short,
and are. of course, subject to approval of the
editor.1
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
A Means to an End.

Teach the Endeavorers TO put the
larger interests of the church before
the less important interests of their
society. This is to be done chiefly by
insisting all the time that the Chris
tan Endeavor society shall be what ii
was intended to be-merely the train
ing school for the church. merely the
stepping stone toward full church ac-
tivity and never an end in itself
Amos K. Wells In Congregationalist.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18

A very pompous woman attempted to
leave car while it was in motion, and
the little conductor stopped her with the
usus'-"Wait until the c-a-a-r stbops
leddy"i Don't address me as lady, siryl
she said haughtiiy II beg your pardon.
ma'sm, but We are all liable to mex mis-.
tskes", was the immediate reply.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.

Topic For the. week BEGINNING Nov.
22-Commeat by Rev. s. II. Doyle.
Topie.-What are you thankful for?-
Ps xxxiii liz
In reading the topic 1t may be wei
10 place the emphasis upon the you"
for nothing is more important in
thanksgiving to God than its indi
vidual element II the emphasis be
placed upon family, church and ma
tional thanksgiving the individual may
be unimpressed and the thanksgiving
IN vain. but if the individual is thank
ful for home, church and national
blessings the thanksgiving of these
also will be necessarily included.
The thanksgiving of the topic refers
to God What are you thankful unto
God for? The justice of thanksgiy-
ing for benefits and blessings is uni
versally acknowledged. Every human
language has word to express thanks
giving. Men are thankful unto their
fellow men, and ingratitude is looked
upon as one of the basest of human
characteristics. How much more, then,
should we be thankful TO Godl If hui
man kindness meets return how much
more should divine kindnessA be met
with appreciation and gratitude!
/. We should be thankful to God for
His goodness. In the opening verses of
this Thirty-third Psalm the poet calls
for praise to God because of His good
ness. praise the Lord. sing unto
Him new song, for the earth is
full of the goodness of the Lord. -
Gods goodness and mercy are every
where manifested about us. Every
thing that has been made rebounds to
the glory of God and at the same time
contributes to human happiness and
comfort 1t is only when man abuses
the goodnesses of God that His crea-
lions are harmful instead of beneficial.
II we will use the world that God has
made for us and not abuse it we will
and that we can testify with the psalm
1T that "the earth Is full of the good
ness of the Lord" and, recognizing the
goodness of God, we will also admit
that praise is comely for the upright. "
q We should praise God for His
power The power of God is infinite.
HE gathereth the waters of the sea to-
gether as an heap; he layeth up the
depths in storehouses. He spake
and 1t was done; He commanded and
It stood fast" Moreover, the infinite
power of God is used for the benefit of
His people. Power wrongly used is q
blighting curse to mankind. but rightly
used it is an untold blessing. Gods
power is a blessing and not curse.
He uses His power to Illustrate the
plans of the heather and to the benefit
of His people. Wherefore we should be
glad and thankful unto God for His
power.
8. We should be thankful unto God
for His providence. Divine providence
q national as well as individual.
BLESSED is the nation whose God Is
the Lord" And surely as a nation we
can claim that our God is the Lord.
His providence has guided and directed
us In all our history and His hand is
large with blessings upon us as ma
ton today. Let us therefore be thank
full unto Him and render unto Him
praise and honor for all His benefits.
BIEE READINGS.
Ps. tx, /, 2; xiv. Is; xxxiv, Is:
xviii. LA; xcii, is; xcvi, IA: Gill,
1-14; CIV, lis; evil. Is; cxvi, 1919;
Eph. v, 1921; Rev iv, Oil.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18

wonder what all our good friends are
doing these short days! Hurrying, many
of them, to accomplish all they can before
upon them each night.
How nice it would be II some of the
mothers who keep their little ones tidy,
who manage to have their work well done
each day, and their meals on time, could
impart their methods to other mothers
with the same number of children, who
are never through with their work, who
find home-making and housekeeping such
wearisome task.
OF course the mothers get tired in every
household; of course there are times when
the work goes wrong, but the homes and
the children! Obi how you ought to
cherish them, to appreciate them and to
happiness and best good OF ALI
When the years have flown and the little
ones stand in the world as men and women
worthy to be trusted and respected, you
will realize that the years OF care and
labor were not lost; that you were doing
life's best work when you were training
these little ones for an honorable manhood
and pure womanhood.
hope these truths will cheer some busy,
discouraged mother, who thinks because
she cannot go out much and help in the
outside work in her town or church or
neighborhood, that she is missing some of
life's best opportunities.
Wait sister. Do not underestimate your
own sphere OF labor and the work you are
performing, not alone for your own
family, but for tine community, the town,
the state, the country, for we are all a
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18

'Dldnt you git no money from dat
woman you held op"? asked the first foot
pad. "Naw", replied the other shivering
slightly. She wuz from Boston,. swell,
Boston people has money!. "Maybe dey
has, but when | SEE to her, Money or
your life, lady, she SEE. How dare We
speak to me widout de formslity Of an
introduction? SEE she, an leaves fruz
tiff.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
To the les. of III. knowledxe.

ITO what do you attribute your
longevity" asked the reporter.
my which," queried the oldest in
habitant.
Your longevity?" repeated the re.
porter.
"Neyer had 1t. AS far as l can re-
member l amt never had no sech COM
plain"
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Their Number.

you must come and SEE us, my
dear" said lazy 10 little girl of her
acquaintance. do you know the num-
berf'
"Oh, yes" responded the innocent
child. Papa says you always live at
skies and seyens"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18

Christian Endeavorers. you're organ
ized to help. not merely to wait before
the altar for the help that you can get.
Rev Reginald John Campbell, Minis
ter OF City Temple. London.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
The Countrx.

What is the country?" asked a dis
trict visitor of a slum child. The quick
reply was, THE place where things
are alive" Yet many country boy
or girl says, II wish l were Ear of this
dead place and in the live city,
Youths Companion.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
Sufficient Reason.

Mr.. Borem-I can't imagine why she
was out when called
Miss Why. didn't you just tell
me Ehe knew you were coming Phil
adelphia Ledger.
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part of the world itself, and our work is
not SC. small as it may seem to us to be.


If you let yourself be upset by the little vexa.
tons and perplexites from which no life is free,
you are acknowledging that they are bigger than
you are.
AUNT MADGE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18

stops the Cough and Works OFF the Cold
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold
one day. No Cure no Pay. Price Is cents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18

1t isn't always the long haired man rho
has the most brains.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
Selected BY Aiepia.
Dear III. B. Friends:

Dear NJ. B. Friends:
+ When it was time land later time than it
ought to bel to begin the column for this
week, turned to my stock of clippings
for suitable heading, and the first selee-
ton / saw was: Heroes and heroes
When / had read the first stsnza said to
myself: 'this is what l want" and you
viii say too ait is what we want.
We need to be reminded occasionally
that heroes are not always dead heroes;
that true courage and seIf-sactifice may
not always eliminate in an act which
means the giving up of existence, but 1t
may endure in silence ana patience while
years go by.
Look over the friends and neighbors and
acquaintance of yours, or pei haps even
your own home circle. and you may find
more than one possessed of the stRff out
OF which heroes are made. He or she rho
stands faithfully to the post OF duty, W hist
ever adverse winds may blow or whatever
persuasive voice may call to easier tasks
and sweeter pleasures, has the elements Of
heroism in the heart.
Usually that KIND Oh person isn't one
to whom you want to express sympathy.
You may honor such one, but you know
iustinctively your pity is not needed. So
IL you would help him, 1t must be by good
comradeship, by good cheer, by acts more
than by words.
Isn't 1t queer that sometimes persons
talk as though they would like to make
the world over II they could? Perhaps we
all talk that way sometimes. But there
are those who are born reconstructionists.
You have heard them talk. They know
W hat changes ought to be made to better
everything in general and most things in
particular, and usually they are the per-
sons who have really accomplished the
least.
Those who are actually engaged In help
ing to make life richer and deeper and
broader, haven't so much time for theories
Of reconstruction, whether those theories
apply to homes about them, to school, or
church, or state.
Don't understand me to say that we
should mot all be active and interested in
all that is for the public good or for pri-
waite benefit. l lam only abiding to those
who know what ought to be done in every
case, every time.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-11-18
BIE1E READINGS.

Ps. tx. i, 2; xiv. Is; xxxiv. Is;
xviii, LA; xcii, Is; xcvi, IA: Gill,
lila; CIV, lis; evil. Is; cxvi, 1919;
Eph. v. 1921; Rev. iv, GIL.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-17

Minnesota, and containing million
people, crop losses have been suf-
! fered substantially as severe as in
Finland and due in the main to the
same causes. 1t is estimated that
at least 225 900 people in this dis
trict are more or less destitute of
food, while of that number 1880
are in need of immediate relief their
food supply having already been prac-
ti"ally exhausted 1t should be OBJ
served that throughout the entire
Scandinavian peninsula, as well as
in Finland, the past crop year was
an exceedingly unfavorable one The
food supply is everywhere short,
thus making it more difficult for the
people as a whole to care for their
destitute neighbors. An honest, hardy.
industrious and usually thrifty popu-
lation, always hospitable to the vis-
tor and generous to those in need. is
forced to seek the aid the outside
world in order to feed the furnishing
in their own northern provinces. The
means of communication and trans
portation throughout this region as
well as the larger famine districts of
Finland, are SO primitive, consisting
mainly of reindeer trains in winter
ter, that large district has not been
heard of for months, but it is be-
licvcd that the conditions there must
be even worse than they are nearer
lines of communication. and it is
feared that the spring will bring APP
palling news of almost total extinc-
ton Of human and animal life if the
means of its support is not sent soon.
Authenticated reports of distress
also come from Norway. where the
disaster To the scanty crops has been
augmented by the destruction of the
fisheries through an unaccountable
invasion Of the seal from the north
into the fishing waters of Norway.
Happily, however, the numbers af-
facted are not so great in Norway
that they cannot be cared for almost
entirely by their own countrymen.
But any contribution intended for the
Norwegian sufferers, and so desig-
mated, will be forwarded to their
proper relief agency in Norway, al
though it is clearly understood that
the greatest need is in Finland and
in Sweden. The reports of distress
herein set forth have been verified
through official sources, by private
personal correspondence, through in
vestigations by representatives of the
American and EurODean press and
we are convinced that only generous
and prompt response to this appeal,
coupled with the measures for relief
adopted in other parts of this coun-
try, will prevent great loss of life, at
tended by the narrowing pangs Of
hunger, and augmented by the preva-
lence of disease.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-17
MCDONALD SETTLES THE STRIKE
Trouble Among Lumbermen at Victor
Smoothed Away.

President Dan Mcdonald of the
American Labor union has returned
to Butte from quite protracted trip
through Idaho and southern Montana.
While he was gone he settled a
strike of large proportions among the
lumber men of Victor. Mont, and put
$50 men at work who were out
The strike was declared on Tues
day, and six days after, last Monday,
Mr.. Mcdonald had settled all the diff
ferences of the sawmill proprietors
and the lumber workers, and had Sc
cured an agreement from the form el
by which all the demands OF the men
had been granted.
At Victor there are two large mills
employing between $50 and 200 men.
and last October new scale Of hours
and wages went into effect. The mills
at that time were not working, how
ever, and therefore, there was no
test of whether tie employers would
submit to the scale or not.
When the mills were started up a
short time ago, the scale was not
regarded by the mill men, and so on
Tuesday, week ago, about $50 men
walked out. Mr.. Mcdonald was in
Idaho at the time forming new labor
organizations at Montpelier and Ida
no Falls, and a telegram asking MIN
to come to Victor and take charge
of the strikers was sent to him. He
responded to the call and the results
of his labors were eminently salts
factory.
He found that the mill owners
were shaving the wages in many
cases from IS to SO a month, and
that the scale of hours providing for
a nine-hour day was disregarded.
The men were working ten hours a
day. He secured an agreement from
the employers by which the nine
hour day and the scale of wages
were granted. Also all union men
were put to work, and the employers
agreed not to dock the men for short
time. Mr.. Mcdonald will now be in
Butte for some time.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-17
The People of Sweden Are Also in
Bad Way for Provender.
Finland, Northern Sweden and Nor
way Suffering from a Total Crop
Failure - Disease is Prevalent
Throughout the District and the
Death Roll is Portentious.

Famine prevails today throughout
the larger part of Finland, Northern
Sweden and northern Norway. There
exists there a condition of great dis
tress, due to no fault OF the frugal,
Industrious and honest people who
inhabit those countries. The people
Of these regions subsist chiefly upon
rye and barley, potatoes, milk, fish
and limited quantities of salt, sugar
and coffee, obtained in exchange for
re products of the dairy at the coun-
" stores. In the districts where
"Fcat distress prevails, lying ada
cent to and in part within the Arctic
circle, only a few of the hardest
vegetable crops can be grown sue
CeSsfully in the most favorable sea
sons. Last year the conditions were
the worst. Only about eight weeks
passed without snow, and scarcely a
week OF warm sunshine was enjoyed
throughout the whole summer A
late spring attended by almost con-
tinuous floods and cold rain, made it
difficult to plant the few grains and
vegetables ordinarily grown there,
and prevented their maturing. Freez-
ing weather in midsummer destroyed
cultivated crops, killed the wild fruits
and berries of the forest, cut off the
insect life which constitutes a large
part OF the food of the fish which or
dinarily swarm in these waters, while
forage crops for domestic animals,
grown in the meadows and lowlands,
We're flooded by heavy rains until the
water was turned into ice, and then
that portion which might have been
harvested above the ice, was almost
Immediately covered by two feet of
snow, leaving the farmers entirely
without food for their cattle. The
destruction OF the wild fruits and
other natural food products upon
which game and birds and animals
ordinarily subsist. and the killing of
their young by frosts and cold rain
has made game exceedingly scarce,
while the fish, deprived Of their in
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-17

bia State, is meeting with prompt
responses, and it may be said on the
best of authority that former Lieu
tenant Governor Tillman's boast that
he will be represented at the trial
by the best legal talent South Caro-
lima has ever produced, will be met
by one of the most vigorous prosecu-
tons that state has ever witnessed.
In an editorial the World says
This cowardly crime touches the
vital rights of the press of the whole
country. South Carolina becomes
the scene OF precedent making
trial that is of the highest interest
and importance of the entire union.
American journalism, from New York
to San Francisco and from Maine to
the gulf, is interested in the vindica-
ton in this case of the right of the
press to discuss, criticise and con-
denim the public acts of public men.
unawed by violence or the fear of it.
This brutal assassin's boats should
act as an alarm bell to arouse all
American journalists to the united
performance OF great public duty.
The best talent that can be enlisted
for the assassin's defense should be
met by the best talent the bar of
the south can furnish to vindicate
the right of the press everywhere in
this country, including the southern
states, to exercise its functions in
that perfect freedom which is the
first and strongest guarantee of pop
ular government.
The contention Of the World is that
the laws Of libel and SANDER provide
proper and sufficient remedies for
any public man unjustly assailed in
a public manner, upon which the
courts of South Carolina will be
called to pass, when the assassin of
Editor Gonzales is brought to trial
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-17
A Weak Stomach.

Causes a weak body and invit S
disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures
and strengthens the stomach, and
wards off and overcomes disease. J.
B Taylor, prominent merchant OF
Chriesman, Tex, says: 81 could not
eat because of a weak stomach.
lost all strength and run down in
weight. All that money could do
was done, but all hope of recovery
vanished. Hearing of some wonder
full cures effected by use of Kodol, l
benefited me, and after taking four
bottles I am fully restored to my
usual strength, weight and health"
Bronson & Lighthall, Broderick &
Walker.