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talled there and the fast freight hap
oened TO whirl after it round the curve.
as Il usually did now that the time
card was demoralized by weak service.
there might
Murray closed a nervous hand over
his revolver. Nothing must happen.
lie sat thus with straining ears for
half an hour. TO him it seemed as
IL hours had passed when suddenly
he heard a faint tap at the outside
door Very cautiously and with re-
saaver in hand he stepped to the door
ana asked in firm, clear voice
Who's there?"
"Its-its me-AIiriam."
Almost dropping his revolver. Muir
ray threw open the door and drew the
girl inside.
"Mlriamr' he gasped and led her into
his little den.
ies, she replied, with the calm
ness of the feminine mind which can
ignore past grievances when it chooses
TO rise above them. Il wanted to thank
you for helping me to win that love-
iy prize, and I-well--I didn't think
Andy-could thank you quite as well MS
could"
1t was full ten minutes before Don
aid Murray came back to earth and
the realization that No. 8 was four
minutes overdue. Just as he reached
his hand toward the instrument to
communicate with the junction the
door of the outside room creaked. and
a bury form, followed by another and
another. pressed into the waiting room
and jerked down the small gate leading
into the agents room. Murray did not
wait for second glance at the in
truders. One hand stretched coward
the receiver. the other toward the re-
volver.
No messages goes out of this office
tonight. young feler'
For answer Murray's finger sent the
first word over the wire With an oath
the leader sprang forward, and some
thing cracked with a sickening sound
in Murray's right arm. He turned
white, and the left hand loosened its
grip on the revolver. A burly fist shot
forth, but a small, white one closed
over the weapon first. Miriam stood
beside Murray. the revolver leveled at
the group of men.
Send 1t. Donald. I'll shoot the first
man that moves,"
Her voice trembled, but not with
fear. Murray felt his brain reeIing.
II don't know what happened" he
murmured thickiv
The men were edging away.
Tell him. cried Miriam. What
have you done to that train?"
Down at the junction they caught
the words and wondered why Murray
had such a jerky. uncertain touch.
''No. derailed Jamison arroyo. Hold
No. 0 and send help"
Above the mantel in the Murray
home there hangs an out of date re-
volver. When Master Donald Murray.
aged six, discovered it and asked
where it came from his father replied:
THAT is your mothers, She once
used it to bring down big game"
why can't she shoot it now?" per-
sisted the boy.
Because she doesn't know how" was
the answer as Donald Murray. Sr
gave a laughing glance in his wife's
Jfraot;an
Ellsworth American., 1903-11-18
MARINE LIST,
Ellsworth Port,

Ellsworth Port.
SAILED
Friday, Nov l3
Sch Nellie Grant, Dodge, Boston, lumber
Whitcomb, Haynes & Co
ARRIVED
Tuesday, Nov II
Sch Game Cock, Pratt, Boston
Ellsworth American., 1903-11-18

The impecunious Dobleman is willing to
humble his ancestral pride in the dust-if
the heiress will supply the dust.
Ellsworth American., 1903-11-18
Artistic
Photography

The JOY STUDIO is now open
for business and is under the manage
ment of W. r. Fenley. New back
grounds of the latest designs have
been added, and we have the finest
selection of dainty mounts ever shown
in this vicinity. For the holidays we
will certainly have rush, so you had
better place your orders early. From
week to week we will publish testi-
monials from the leading photograph
ers in Maine and Massachu setts. Of
Mr.. Fenley the late J. III. Lamson, of
Portland, said:
81 take great pleasure in recommending to all
photographers and the public in general Mr. W.
Il. Fenley who is first-class operator and, as he
is a protege of mine, and whose career and ad-
vance in our art-Science l have watched many
years with great interest and satisfaction, es-
peciuly in RECORD to his great success instruct
tor under the skylight, sort OF new departure,
and he hae no superior in my opinion
Yours very truly,
j. III. LAMsoN.
Ellsworth American., 1903-11-18
On the first and second evenings OF tn
fair the following prizes were drawn:

On the first and second evenings OF the
fair the following prizes were drawn:
Cord of wood by Joseph Luchini.
Barrel of flour, Thomas e. Lee.
Pipe, Miss Jane Dunlavey, Boston.
Boys suit of clothes, Fred Doyle.
Pig, Mrs. Nj. j. Coughlin.
China clock, Mrs. Jane Hartman.
Five dollar gold piece, II. Fl. Higgins
Painted belt pin. Mrs. James Hartman.
Box of cigars, Miss Katherine Brady.
Picture of Father O'Brien, James Dunlayey.
Picture of Father Hayes, Rev. Father O. Brien
Black sheep, Patrick Larkin.
Parlor chair, Harriet Schoppe.
Table, William A. Callahan, Quincy, Mass.
Father O'Brien wishes, through the COL
umns OF THE AMERICAN, to thank the
public in general, and the nom Cat holic
contingent in particular, for the liberal
patronage bestowed upon the fair; also
all who so generously gave their time
and talent to the minstrels.
Ellsworth American., 1903-11-18
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If II fails to cure.
4. w. Groves signature Is on each box. 26c.
Ellsworth American., 1903-11-18
CATHOLIC MINsrRELs
Thing of the Past Good Attend
ance-Dance Followed.


The Catholic Ministries last Thursday
night were greeted with full house
The performance would be credit 10 pro-
fessionals. Everything went off like
clock work, and was as satisfactory to the
management as to the audience.
Many in the house were hard to please,
while Others would smile at look, but as
the curtain went down on the closing act
one and all pronounced 1t one OF the best
exhibition OF minstresy ever given by
local talent in the city.
In the first;part OF the programme the
jokes were new and original, OF the local
hits there were plenty, and the coon
singing was good.
Little Margaret Grant was introd uced in
the opening in "Ohl Mr.. Moon'. Hal
pin, Hurley, Linnehan and Robinson
were good as end men. A. l.. Friend
acted us master OF ceremonies,
Miss Bertha l.. Giles and Miss Lucy
Monaghan both sang In their usuaI
pleasing manner. Hutson Duffy, in buck
and wing dancing was good.
Two new artists to appear we're Clarence
Foster, as tenor, and II. w. Dunn, jr., AZ
bass soloist. Both did we'll and both re-
sponded to encores.
In the second half Miss Hazel Larkin.
OF Waterville, as soprano soloist, was a
leading feature. Miss Larkin has a high
soprano, sweet and strong. She made a
most favorable impression.
The mandolin and guitar club made its
hrst appearance at this entertainment
and did we'll. Harry Gerry was good in
his stump speech.
Miss Nan l. Drummey creditably pre-
sided at the piano.
After the final curtain the hall was
cleared for dancing.
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WEATHER GLASS HOUSES.

Weather glass houses will be re-
membered by most middle aged folk
as having charmed them i'm the days of
their youth, when one was very gem
orally to be found stuck up somewhere
in the nursery. which was anxiousIy
regarded by the little people on the
mornings of high days and HOLIDAYS.
when pleasure depended mainly on the
smiles of King Sol.
These quaint little cottages are much
valued nowadays, and ancient speci-
mems which perhaps cost % cents are
now sold at fancy prices. The cottages
vary more or less in characterization.
but all have two doors, and the inhabit,s
ants are a little man and a little wo-
man, whose movements are controlled
by piece of catgut which. by contract
ing or expanding according to the state
of the atmosphere, sends the little man
out when it is going to rain and draws
the little woman into the shelter Of
the house, not allowing her to show
her nose outside the door until the fine
weather comes once more.
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the women work on alone. In one re-
spect the woman's cause is more fortu-
nate in Paris than in America, for IL
has a leader of fashionable society at
its head, no less renowned and brilliant
a woman than the Duchesse d'Uzes.
sportswoman, hunter, autonobilist and
one of the most gorgeous and artistic
dressers that ever lived If the devoted
American women who strive for the
freedom of their sex had with them
from the select fashionable set here a
woman like Duchesse Dues every wo-
man in the United States would have
full citizens rights inside of ten years
The Duchesse d. Uzes is. president of
an organization called L'Avant Courier.
whose object is the abrogation of the
old unjust laws against women. Many
of the most popular and influential la
dies in fashionable French society also
belong to the organization and work
faithfully with the duchesse.
Many of the titled ladies of the old
noblesse are now poor and reduced.
but noble ladies still. Several of them
are fashion writer's and editors on the
women's magazines. Vicomtesse de
Rebille is editor of Lettres Parisiennes,
a periodical devoted TO women's inter-
ests. 1t advocates dress reform and a
return to flowing Greek draperies in
stead of the present tight corsets and
hampering garments. Vicomtesse de
Rebille also edits an art jewelers. trade
journal. beautiful magazine. She is
greatly interested in the designing and
manufacture of art jewelry. She is a
brilliant writer and has most charming
personality. None of the titled DANES
who thus earn money loses her social
standing in Paris. 1t seems no longer
noble to be idle. LILLIAN GRAY.
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A BUBBLE BURST.

Thought you-loved me- she
sobbed and her words were choked
with emotion
How can you doubt it? I love you
as much now as when l first professed
it on the beach in the mellow moon
light. eight weeks ago."
"Ah, we were happy them" she
sighed as her thoughts turned to the
past &t
Yes, we were happy. he repeated.
When you softly answered Yes
dreamed how we would journey
through life hand i'm hand. living each
for the other, sharing our sorrows and
joys"
oh yes. that is all very fine, but
1 might have expected this would be
the end You are like other men
cruel and deceitful."
Darling" he exclaimed, moving to
take her in his arms.
Away" she cried. You never loved
me-"
"Ho. my love, If you only knew how
you are decorating my heart, you would
not speak that way. Alas, how could
l foresee what the future held in store?
Had only known. 1 might have saved
us this misery
And then we must really part?' Her
words seemed to come from the inner
recesses of her heart.
Yes it must be so.''
You can give me up so easily?"
There was sarcasm in her speech.
why torture me with such words
when even now my heartstrings are
breaking? Why doubt my anguish +?
Woman. you are cruel-heartless!"
Il heartless? All. all! This is in
deed novel You accuse me of cruelty
| you, who by honeyed words and mis-
representations gained my confidence
and won my esteem-you-you who
have stolen my hearth" she cried, CIV
ing full sway to her grief.
"Forbear, forbeari' he interrupted
And now you would hand it back
pierced and bleeding she continued.
Il know it seems hard"
You say we can be only friends"
Believe me, I don't want to give
you up, but you do not know ALL
81 do not know?' she asked in sur
prise.
mo. Circumstances beyond my con-
troll prevent our marriage"
Then something has happened?"
Yes. 1 have discovered 1 am not
able to support wife,
I Not able to support a wife?"
No.
But you told me a week ago that
you were rich?'
Yes, 1 believed I was. but when I
told you so 1 hadn't paid my bill at
| this hotel. l have just done so and
am now penniless I know you will not
scorn me now. 1 deserve your pity"
With convulsive Shrek, as if a
| bubble had pierced her heart she fell
in faint at his feet A summers
dream dissipated. A bubble burst!
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magical results, if any, have been
achieved, is not manifest. 1t is true,
too, though it has been strenuously de-
MED, that Paris really has today a cult
of black magic-devil worship-whose
devotees perform rites and indulge in
orgies indescribable. Neither does it
appear that the black magicians have
achieved anything. Followers of both
cults entertain themselves, no doubt,
and that is sufficient.
Gayest, brightest, most beautiful of
underneath this surface smolders ever
more the dull, sullen red fire of hate,
the hate of the poor toward the rich,
ready to burst forth at any moment.
The idea of politics among Latin races
appears to be to hate something, and
the poor of Paris hate with such biting
malice those whom they call "aristo-
Gratis that in certain quarters of the
city it is not safe for well dressed per-
sons to walk along the streets.
In her explorations of Paris Nine. de
Montaigu walked everywhere among
the people themselves, watching, taking
notes. She used to walk for miles and
miles learning things. Her desire for
information took her afoot to the Eau
bourg st. Antoine, the quarter inhab-
tied by the poorest class of working
people She knew beforehand what she
was going into, so wore the oldest,
shabbiest garments she possessed. AS
she passed along the street suddenly a
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BLACK SERGE WALKING SUIT.

step by step during that brief walk
from one business house to the other
and spat all over the back of her dress
The impotent rage of the low class Pa
risian to one more prosperous thus ex-
perforated itself upon a lady's dress.
Again peculiarly Latin, that.
The countess attended this year the
racing at the Grand Prix. 1t was bril-
liant, but these shows are now never so
splendid and spectacular as they were
formerly, probably will not be again in
this generation. The reason is the ever
menacing specter of hate that the poor
send TO shadow the entertainments of
the rich. Formerly there were sump-
tuous luncheons. with priceless cham
payne and dazzling silverware, and
these luncheons were partaken of upon
the tops of the coaches of the rich who
ride in chaises in plain sight of all the
poor, who walk. Gradually a rabble
gathered around the coaches to watch
these luncheons, a Partisan rabble.
Fierce faces, threatening gestures,
menacing growls of rage and hate met
the glances of the merry ladies and
gentlemen upon the coaches. Year by
year these crowds grew larger, year by
year they drew nearer and were more
threatening. Now the luncheons are
abandoned altogether.
The emancipation of woman moves
slowly yet surely among the French.
Mostly men are dead against it, them
selves desiring to seem superior, and
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The pretty custom of throwing the
slipper originated in France An old
woman. seeing the carriage of her
young king-Louis XIII.-passing on
the way from church, where he had
just been married. took off her shoe and
fiinging it at his coach. cried out: . 'Tis
all 1 have, your majesty, but may the
blessing of God go with it,
There is an old superstition in Ger
many against May marriages. A favor
lite wedding day in Scotland is Decem-
Der 81. so that the young couple can
leave their old life with the old year
and begin their married life with the
new, one. Surely this is very pretty
idea. f+at
The Italians permit no wedding gifts
that are sharp or pointed, from which
practice emanates our superstition that
the gift of a knife sewers friendship
One of the most beautiful of all mar
riage customs is that of the bride i'm
mediately after the ceremony f1inging
her bouquet among her maiden friends
The one who is so fortunate as to
catch it is supposed to be the next
bride
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THE HABIT OF EXCLUSIVENESS
MEXICAN

tree afterward. The arrow is in the
museum
NO" said the exclusive lady; I've
never been near the museum. 1t be-
longs to the people here, you know
just a common lot. Our set has nothing
to do with Them
Once more: Il see Miss Sporrocks is
giving physical culture lessons here. 1
really think she is the best teacher of
athletics and gymnastics 1 ever saw
She actually is herself as strong and
graceful as she processes to train other
women to be. I suppose your daugh-
ter attends her classes
Mrs. d'Oyle-Cann fairly rolled her
eyes in horror. "Oh, dear me, no. 1
couldn't think of letting her 60 When
we first came here 1 sent for full list
of all the families patronizing Miss
Sporrocks-mades her give the name of
every one. There were Objectionable
people among them, persons not at all
in our set. Many of the very best peo-
pie did not patronize her at all. One
cannot be too particular. A teacher
who wants our patronage must keep
exclusively to pupils of our set
Then I suppose your daughter plays
golf and tennis to amuse herself The
swimming and bathing along the beach
in the bay the present summer have
been unsurpassed
And again Mrs. Algernon Reginald
d'Oyle-Cann replied: ooh, my, no!
could not think of letting Regina do
these things. She does not golf or play
tennis. She cannot swim at all. and
we were only I'M the surf once this sea-
son. The crowd here is mixed, very
mixed I never let Regina go among
common people, never go among them
myself"
Then. you don't know how much you
miss said Mrs. van Sparkbright, half
to herself. Entirely to herself she re-
marked: We'll, of all the stupid women
ever met, Her gentility must be very
thin or she wouldn't be so afraid of its
rubbing off,
TABITHA sSOURGRAPES.
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"a M ADAME the Countess Anna de
NN Montaigu, journalist. has just
wv returned to her native Amer
lea after some seven months
residence in Paris, where she
has lived off and on more than in the
United States in the past few years
She is warmly interested in the prog
ress of her own sex, in humanitarian
movements and in the achievements of
science as one after another they fash
up and illuminate this old world. Being
besides one of those trained observers
that all newspaper people must be If
they are worth anything, Mime. de Mon
taigu is one of the most delightful and
instructive of interviewees. She in
fuses-she cannot help it-her own
dainty and charming feminine person
ality into her talk, making it doubly en-
PERTAINING. 1t was Countess de Mon
taigu who first sent to this country the
accounts of DIR. Baraduc's experiments
in photographing mental states. She
obtained from DR.. Baraduc himself
photographs of the human face show
ing variousy anger, fear, joy or love,
weird pictures covered with showers of
sparks and flashes of light.
The countess also obtained the first
copies of those strange drawings which
Dramatist Sardou declares with all
solemnity were made by his hand with
out any will or conscious motion on his
part-just shaped themselves under his
hand. Madame is likewise especially
fortunate in enjoying the acquaintance
and friendship of Camille Flamnarion,
whom she met at DR.. Baraduc's. In
Paris" she says, lin the best literary
and artistic circle the question is not,
Have you money? but Have you
brains?' After all, it seems as if the
better class of French people are not
20 mercenary as Americans and Eng
,ish.
Nine de Montaigu discovered among
other queer French developments the
existence of an actual school of magic.
continues and thrives, though what
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WOMAN AND GENIUS.

Professor Lester F. Ward said in an
address: Genius presupposes not only
work. but the materials to work with.
Genius is the power to bring truth out
of facts, and all truth must rest upon
basis of fact. Man has displayed
more genius than woman, largely be-
cause he has been in possession of n
wider range of facts, a greater supplv
of the only material out of which genius
can construct and create-that il.
knowledge-and if woman is ever IT,
display equal creative power she. too
must be supplied with the same kind ~
raw material, for which no qualities OF
mind can ever stand as substitute
But, thus supplied, there is no reasoy,
to doubt that very high flights ~
genius may be made by women ana
their greater familiarity with the So
cial microcosm might give to their
genius character of its own
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witchlike old bag darted out of hall
way and grabbed her arm and shook
her.
''Aristocrat-t,'' exclaimed the crea-
ture, with the peculiar, venomous hiss
of the Latin races in rage or excite
ment. "Aristocrat-tl Get out of here."
No, no. madame" replied the count
ess. L am one of the people. like you. "
But the face and whole manner of
the fair and dainty American belied it.
The old woman was only the more en-
ragged.
You iie,'' she screeched. Get out of
here, Co"
II thought I'd better GO" said the
countess.
In the edges of this same Faubourg
st. Antoine are some wholesale goods
| houses A prosperous and fashion,
able dressmaker whom the countess
knew had occasion to visit these houses
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Woman,s Indeci.ion.

The thing which irritates me most in
women is their indecision. I suppose
that is an inheritance from the time
when women were merely irresponsible
creatures without anything 90 impor-
lance to do But in this strenuous age
when half the time woman has to earn
her living this quality of decis. ~
counts for a great deal.
Scene at the dressmakers:
will madame have re yoke embroid-
cred in blue or pink?''
Fair Observation-Disclosures do
you think would be nicer?
Dressmaker-Pink: eet is mos styl-
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it was architectural. Not a bit of it.
On one side of a certain street in New
York hangs sign: Apartments to Let;
Seven Rooms and Bath" On the other
side: Flats to Let; Seven Rooms and
Bath. Inquire of Janitor" You go into
the flats to let and inquire the price
$50 month" Then you trail over
into the apartment house. How much?
One thousand FIVE hundred dollars a
year" So much for the privilege of
living in an apartment And, oh, yes
the apartment building is of white
stone, and there is a name over the
door. The Goldrocks'' or THE PiccadiI-
ly'' or some such
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RNRs. ALGERNoN REG1r
COLLAR,

N RS. ALGERNON REGINALD
W D'OYLE-CANN was of the ex-
clusively exclusive set. She was
asked to a ladies' luncheon at Mrs.
Smythowitz's to meet Mrs. Dietrich van
Sparkbright. Mrs. d'Oyle-Cann, having
to maintain her reputation as one who
insisted on keeping closed and paG-
locked the six barred gate into the Sc
lect social pasture, would not have at
tended Mrs. Smythowitz's luncheon ex-
cept to meet Mrs. van Sparkbright, for
Mrs. Smythowitz had only been of the
most exclusive set for three years. But
Mrs. van Sparkbright traced her ances-
try in a direct line back to the Van
NetherIanders, while her husband
traced his to the Van butchers, and
both were very wealthy so their social
position was an enviable one. Mrs.
d'Oyle-Cann felt that she must encour-
age this sort of blood with her smiles
and her presence. She went.
Mrs. Smythowitz's country home oc-
cupied an elevated site commanding
beautiful view of the Dean and the town
of Rip Rockers = by the Sea. Mrs
d'Oyle-Cann was placed at table on
the right of the guest of honor, Mrs
van Sparkbright. By way of making
talk Mrs. van Sparkbright said to Mrs
doc:
BeautlIui region InlS- 1 suppose, of
course, you have often been to Light
house rock
"Oh, no." replied Mrs. doc. ct new
er have been there even once. All those
vulgar tourists who have ruined Rip
Rockers go there first thing and hang
around it disgustingly. None of our set
ever goes there
There is a fine collection of curios
and historic relics at the museum in
the village here" continued Mrs. van
5lsarkbright. There is a story, prob
ably true, that in the earliest days of
the colony a pioneer settler slid down
Lighthouse rock precipice to escape the
Indians and actually came off with his
life. One of the arrows the Indians
fired at him was found sticking in a