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filutual Benefit Column.
EDITED BY AUNT MApek".


The purposes of this column are succinetly
stated ia tn title and mottOi It Is Tor the mutual
benefit, anG aims to be helpful and hopeful
Being fer the common Coca, it is Tor the COM
mon use-a pubic servant, puryeyor OF IN
formation and suggestion, a medium for the In
tcrcbaHge OF ideas. In this capacity IL solictts
communications, ana its success depends largely
ON he support given IL in this respect Com
municaiiOns must be signed, but the name of
writer viii not be printed except by permission
Communications will be subject to approval or
rejection by the editor of the column, but none
viii be rejected without good reason. Address
all communications to
THE AMERICAN,
Ellsworth, Me.
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The WHY Quaker.

A Quaker had his house broken into
by a burglar and several valuables
stolen. He did not inform the police,
however. but kept the affair 10 him
self.
The following evening neighbor re-
marked to him: Il am sorry 10 hear of
your house being robbed, Mr.. Fry.
hope your loss is not heavy?"
Friend" said the Quaker, thou
must know the extent of my loss as
well as | can do since thou art the
burglar. l spoke not to soul of what
had happened, and thou art the first
to mention it TO me; hence | know
thou art the burglar and will trouble
thee for my property" He got it.
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Cook-Yes; my mistress is prima
donna and horrible creature. She
treats me like the dirt beneath her feet.
but revenge myself by opening the
drawing room window when she is not
at home and by bowling with all my
might, so that the neighbors may think
her voice is Fliegende Blat-
ter.
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Canvass For Members.

Let every society inaugurate a mem
bership canvass. Search the Sunday
school, go through the entire congrega-
ton, for recruits. Enlarge the asso-
ciate list. Bring in the Christian
young people who have not yet learned
the joy of service for Christ. This will
be a splendid preliminary to cam
Edwin Forrest Hallenbeck.
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"Fll match pennies with you" said
dining room Ito decide whether you
take my share of beef or take yours.
mo, thank you" replied the other
hungry one. Il never play for small
steaks"
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His Question.

IL want to ask one more question"
said little Frank as he was being put
to bed
Well" acquiesced the tired woman.
when the holes come in stockings
what becomes of the piece of stocking
that was there before the hole came?"
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PASADENA, CAL, Nov. IS, 1903.

Dear Aant Madge:
Yes, / understand, now come to think of it,
that ''stick" is no go in the steady '0ld Pine
Tree State", and it would be well IL It were
stopped in all the states, and may the day hasten
when all people shall be sober.
But must now tell you we had real good
old-fashioned New England Thanksgiving
dinner to-day, with all New England friends at
the board. and we thought and talked of the
folks in their several homes back there.
We had sky without a cloud. How was
yours? Our thermometer stood at 81 in the
shade Where did yours stand?
Nine of US ate of the tender roast turkey and
other good things including Hubbard squash
and miuce pies--out of the minee we picked the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-12-09

Toni heard my sister talking about
giving somebody pair of military ha ir
brushes. What are they, anyway?
Dick-Give 1t up. | don't,feyen know
what "military hair" is. Some kind Of
bristles, / suppose.
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Fame.

''How do they get on together?"
-'Famously! They quarrel continual
ly, and their quarrels all get into the
newspapers Life.
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Isabel-Weren't you congenial?
Arabella-Not at all. He made me
jealous, and | couldn't make him jeal-
ous.-Detroit Free Press.
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WEST FRANKiIN. Nov. /


Thought would add my mite just to let you
and the sisters know how much have enjoyed
the NJ. B. c. in the past few weeks. SO many
good things and SO much of every day life.
The summer has departed. but has left behind
many pleasant spots in our lives; we have met
many old friends and made the acquaintance of
new ones. To some it has brought joy, to
others, sorrow, but we can all sympathize as
there are but few of us but what have shared in
each. so we will rejoice with those who rejoice.
and weep with those who weep.
The little song referred TO contains q great
deal of food for thought, and 1t would need a
wiser brain than mine to fathom it. The little
bird sings whether it rains or the sun shines,
there is one thought, and 1t reminds us that We
should try very hard to be cheerful under all
circumstances, and let the little light we have
within shine out TO cheer and help others on
their way.
viii send a few clippings that you can use at
any time that you fall short of material for
your column.
beaten with y cup of sugar, X cup milk, cup
flour, teaspoon cream tartar, u teaspoon soda,
! tablespoon butter. i square melted chocolate
Steam one hour and serve with any sauce pre-.
ferred.
GRAHAM GEMs-One cup sour milk, X cup
sugar, ] egg. teaspoon soda, tablespoons
butter, Graham -four 10 thicken. Bake In gem
pan in quick oven.
Many thanks to our good friend from
West Franklin, not only for her welcome
letter and recipes, but also for the nice
collection of clippings she sent, one of
which is at the head of this column.
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Many widow marries a second Inns.
band In order to get even with the ser.
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Pauper Notice.

THE undersigned hereby gives notice thal ~. h'
Il has contracted with the city of EhsWoI,sm,
for the support of the poor, during the ensuing
year, and has made ample provision for s sa
support. tie therefore forbids all persons no oc.
furnishing supplies to any pauper on mis aT .
count, as without his written order he VIII PH'
for no goods go furnished. HARRY s. JoNhs'
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thoughts, and will give us something new
to consider,
Dear AUNT Mddgs
/ read and re-read the poem of Ralph Waldo
Emerson and it seemed to me he meant the spirit
of life, for we are taught that the things that
seem inanimate to us, are throbbing with life.
We recognize the animal life In woman's fair
face, and the vegetable life in the beauteous
rose, but perhaps fail to recognize the life in
the mineral kingdom, In the mud and scum, but
why not there as well as in drop of water or
In the rocks?
Biologists tell us rocks are alive and l think it
must be SO. for have seen granite gravestone
that was very unsatisfactory both in looks and
lettering, so it was taken to expert stone cut
ter to see what could be done to it. He looked
at it moment and said "Why, that is dead
stone; said at some time a fire had run over the
land and killed it. and he proceeded to show the
difference between that and what he called live
stone and the contrast was so great that the old
stone was left and new one ordered which was
very satisfactory, both In looks and lettering.
Is not every thing that God has created throb
bing with life? Even our plants, roots, bulbs
and seeds, are they not all alive. although ami
nation is suspended for time? Thinking of
this poem recalls another, the last lines of which
read
For every word and every deed
Shall hold within itself the seed
OF future good and future need.
Who can give the rest Of the poem and its
author? Does 1t not suggest the thought to us
that even our words and deeds are imbued with
life2 SISTER b.
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BIBLE READINGS.

Josh. |, q; lisa. xi. 25-31; Ps XII, IT; xvi,
Ill; xiii; xxxvii, rs; Xvi. 1t: Mark
VI, 45-51i John xvi. 80; Acts xvii,
21-2a.
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Correspondence.
Object of Young Peoples Societies.

[The following paper was to have been read
by j. t. 1ott, Of surry, before the meeting OF
the Seaside Local union, which was 70 nave
been held in Surry, Nov Z, but was postponed
on account of Atorm.I
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Now "Sister B" comes with her thoughts
of the poem and they are very interesting
thoughts, and will give us something new
to consider,
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
Woke up in a Church.

Special Watchman w. II. p. Winey
heard strange sounds coming from
within the Brick Presbyterian church
early this morning. says an East Or,
ange. N. j., dispatch. and summoned
Patrolmen Hector and Winter. The
three found all the windows and doors
fast: so they sent for the sexton.
When the door was opened they found
q man sitting contentedly IN a pew.
This Is the best Joke on me that
ever happened" remarked the in
truder.
The policemen couldn't see 1t and
were about to arrest the man when
the sexton recognized him as prom
inent Brick Church business man.
He had been walking around. he said,
to find his hat, and awoke in the
church. He was greatly amused be
cause he is an avowed infidel and
doesn't attend. II is thought the man
wandered into the church during choir
rehearsal and fell asleep. His hat
wasn't found.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
The Solution
OF Difficulties

A Judge was recently looking over
some of my subjects and trying to Sc
lect something to take with him on
his vacation.
He ran his finger along the list till
he came to one which read, THE
True Solution of Our Difficulties"
Give me something to read under
that subject" was his request. | had
to reply that while every printed
thing had might come under this
subject yet had nothing with this
title.
He selected several things to read
and resolved to think on difficulties
and try to write.
For some time | have known that
a very good plan to follow when in
any kind of trouble is that which
would suggest TO a friend.
You can see through difficulty
so much better II it happens to be on
the other fellow.
In solving difficulties it may bene-
fit some individuals 10 stop and in
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
Toy Water Wheel.

A good toy is water wheel. the
kind that has a handle by which a
boy can hold 1t in stream of water
and see It turn. And, of course. the
boy must make it for himself.
Here is the way to make it: Get
the largest empty spool you can, say.
one on which stout linen thread is gen
orally wound, and on one end of 1t
tack three strips of wood cut from an
old cigar box. The strips should be
about five inches long and half an
inch broad. and they should be tackled
on the spool SO that the six ends are
equi-distant from each other. like the
spokes of wheel.
Tack three strips on the other end
of the spool in the same way exactly,
so that the strips at one end shall be
opposite to those at the other. The
accompanying picture represents one
end of the spool with the strips tackled
on.
Now bore a hole through the strips
where they intersect at both ends. so
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
Evadino Political Oblivion,

Viscount Valent!a. the conservative
member of Oxford, is an Irish peer
who has never qualified to vote in the
election of Irish representative peers.
In this respect he is following the
example of Lord Palmerston. of whom
it was said that the reason he never
Irish pee: was that If he did so bis
Tory enemies in the Irish peerage
would averge themselves by electing
him as one OF their representatives
and so consign him to the house of
lords against his will for the rest of
his days.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
NEoREss DIES AT AGE OF ia.
New Orleans Woman Had Been Q
Slave and twenty-five Times

New Orleans Woman Had Been a
Slave and twenty-five Times 2
Mother.
Widow Victor Marie Deransbourg
colored. supposed to have reached the
good old age of ia years. died at her
home, New Orleans, last week.
According to statements made by
members Of the family. the old WON
an was born in the year 1888. In st.
Charles parish. and was the property
of rierre Lario, rich planter. who
sfterward removed to the lower coast
of Algiers.
Deceased was a daughter of Judge
Labattus of Louisiana. Her mother
was a Congo negro. imported during
the year 1872. The old woman was a
slave until 1852. when she was pur'
chased from the Lario family by her
husband, Victor Deransbourg. with
nine children.
All told. deceased has given birth
to twenty-five children. of which mum
Der only nine survive. the eldest being
sixty-nine years old and the youngest
forty-seven years.
Her husband died some twenty
years ago.
During the latter part of her life de
ceased would tell of the battle of New
Orleans. when Jackson met Paken
ham, and claimed at that time she
was twenty-three years OF age.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
$1,000 After Forty Years,

Daniel Prime of Easton. Pa, a col
ored man, has received a letter from
Charles Smith, an attorney of Jack
So, Mich. stating that Prime Is a
legatee to the amount of $1,000 under
the will of Jonathan Moore of that
place.
In the civil war Prime was a SER
Feant in company II, Fifty-fourth
(colored) Massachusetts regiment.
Jonothan Moore was first lieutenant
in the Eleventh Michigan. In opera
tions near Charleston Lieutenant
Moore was wounded in the leg. Prime
took off his own blouse and wrapped
1t around the leg to stop the flow Of
blood. and carried the lieutenant to
the rear. The men never met again,
but Moore learned the name of the
man who had saved his life.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
Must Ejoht His Own Father.

Senator Provost De Launay and Fis-
court De Kerguesac. the manager OF
the Paris Nouvele Republique. fought
a duel over an article that appeared
in the latters paper. Since then the
senator's father has admitted that he
himself wrote the article. What
the proper thing to do now is not
known, for the coue does not provide
for such contingency.
At duel since the one mentioned
the parties engaged exchanged four
shots without damage, but one had a
rib broken through the hugging that
the duel.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02


that these two holes may be a con-
tinuation of the hole through the
spool.
Your next step is to cut six strips
from the cigar box. and having made
them the right length. tack them
ncross from the strips on one end of
the spool to the strips on the other
end. like the paddles of a real water
wheel. Use small brads in all the
tacking.
Now take a piece of soft wood.
about six inches in length. and with
your knife trim part of 1t down to the
right size to slip easily into the hole
through the spool. and let this part
be long enough to extend half an inch
out OF the other end. Put a brad
through 1t there to keep the spool
from coming or
The untrimmed part of the stick
will serve as handle for you to hold
the wheel by, and as it Is larger than
the trimmed part. of course the spool
cannot get of that end.
II you wish to see how prettily this
simple little wheel will turn when you
hold 1t in a stream, try 1t under the
hydrant with the water turned half on
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02

The first arch was capped by a dom
ino with two pips or spots Ia double
2") over it, and so on consecutively
to the sixth arch. which was topped
by double 6, the domino with the
greatest number of pips, there being
12.
After these arches were constructed
the small checkerboard was laid fiat
on the floor, closed with its edge
pushed up against the entire back of
the bridge, this forming a brace and
making six compartments out of the
six arches-as shown in drawing.
Now, where do the checkers come
in?" you ask.
George and Lew quickly showed
their use. George took ten reds while
Lew got an equal number of blacks;
then they toed line about eight feet
away from the front OF the bridge.
from where they now tried to roll the
checkers under the arches. Gac-ge
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
criticises American Architecture

Jules Huret, continuing his articles
to the Paris Figaro on his Impressions
of the United States. writes that he
has studied the ornamentation OF
American cities and finds 1t rare to
see anything built in America for
beauty's sake alone. nearly everything
having its utilitarian side. There Is
one thing. however. the aquarium in
New York. which, he says. has no end
except its beauty. He found 1t very
Interesting and very extraordinary. He
marvels at the apartment houses.
their size. their height and their mod.
ern appliances. French architecture,
he remarks, Is not altogether pushed
to the wall in America. in spite of the
rivalry of American architects, and
1t does credit by its good taste to
the French nation.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
THIS ACCURACY REVIEW
DEPART M E N 7

10 for cooperation In reformation TO reduce
mutually erpensire mistakes. II is for mechdn-
icai, commercial and Irofessiondt people: the
Employer, emp'oye and customer: and consists
Of extracts taken by permission from the copy
ryhtsdi letters the iscfures note books and hbrdries
of Dr. Earl W. Pratt. When you secure any
subject an ided personally usefui 10 you. and
you irish to gips II to him. address him in care
Of The John Crerdr library. Marshall Field
Buiiiiag. Chicago. lie IL hunting the nhoie roorid
oper for Information Of erery day use TO yoc.
and he rsgrsts his inability. persohatiy 10 reply
to contributors. 50 FAR as possible he uishss 10
hare In this space the very ideas you tcouid Ike
10 ind here You are at liberty TO send him
any suggsstioa you may 10. His hrcdde
Iader Libraries ,csre started In 1872 and HoH con-,
tain unpublished Information dating back 10 1895
NTH sysfeUldtic plans eJfsnding TO 1859. Your
short story Of eranipis oJJorsfhou1ht dc
posted IN the Arcade Inder collection may prove to
b your best monument.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
GOLD HUNTERS ARE DESTITUTE.
Eushcd Into the Tanana District With
Insufficient Provisions.

fuShco INTO the anana District With
Insufficient Provisions.
Dispatches from Dawson to Taco
ma. Wash, say that Harry Bratnober.
who left the Tanana country three
weeks ago. has arrived there bringing
news that many Americans are desti
tute on the upper Tanana River and
are In danger of starvation. Word
was Immediately sent to Capt. Per-
kins. commanding Fort Egbert. with
the request that government relief
expedition be sent to the district at
once. Bratnober estimates that fully
200 persons are in urgent. need of as
sistance.
p. A. Rettig of Seattle. William
Kruhm of New York and Henry Beh.
rens Of Baltimore were rescued from
starvation by Bratnober after they
had subsisted on wild berries for
seventeen days. Tha man had given
up hope and had lain down to die just
before they were discovered.
The famine is the result OF miners
stampeding To new diggings and carry.
ing insufficient provisions. Many min
ers returned from the district before
the famine overlook the camp. but
others remained to prospect further
in hopes of securing paying gravel.
Capt. Perkins has telegraphed the
Washington authorities and an expedi-
ton will be organized at once to carry
relief to the miners.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
Took What He Could Get.

Hotels in New York were hard put
to accommodate the crowds who were
there to see the yacht races. rath'
er pompous-looking old gentleman en-
tered prominent house one evening
and said to the clerk: Il want six
connecting rooms for myself and five
friends The clerk suavely informed
him that 1t was impossible to grant
such request The very best | can
do for you, sir, is one large room with
double bed and four cots" And
with this the pompous party was
forcel to be content.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02

missed them entirely in his first roll
but on his second trial he managed II
penetrate the arch that was toppe |
by the double six. Each pip countei
one point, so George got 12, which put
him ahead of Lew, who had managed
to get only four and six on both his
two rolls.
The game grew very exciting and
was not decided until the last roll.
when Lew won by score of 43 to AZ
They called this new game Com
bination," and If you wish to play 1t,
here Is another way of counting: In
stead of taking only ten checkers, use
as many as you like, but fix on a GER
tain number-50 to 1OO-as the win
ming number, and whoever reaches 1t
1rst wins the game.
Combination may not be as scien-
iific as its parent games, yet it's lot
of fun. and as an eye-trainer 1t Is a
splendid pastime.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
How to Secure Wild Pets.

no" 10 oCCuTC VIII VClS.
The gentle, graceful little jumping
mice. white-footed mice. short-tailed
meadow-rats and fying-squirrels are to
be found in almost any rural place In
this country. These interesting little
creatures can be captured with ordi-
nary box-traps. figure fours or the
square or round wire mouse traps. The
white-footed mice, or deer mice, may
be found in the abandoned nests of
other rodents, in holes in the fence
rails, and under clods of old plowed
fields, or beneath brush heaps In the
fence corners.
Sometimes birds nests are found
with a neatly thatched roof over the
bowl, and a round doorway of access
to the interior. where. snugly curled
up In a warm bed of down, the little
white-footed mouse is sleeping.
You may capture these little fellows
by hand, II you use due caution In ap-
preaching their habitation, and shield
your hand with an ordinary pocket
handkerchief. They will make delight
full pets. and you will find them much
more interesting than the common
white mice. Give them a tall. narrow
cage with plenty OF head room. wire
a branch containing a last summers
birds nest to the side Of their cage
for sleeping quarters. and feed the
mice with bread. seed and grain.
Meadow rats are not climbers. Put
them in a fiat cage with a good wide
expanse of bottom covered with sod
of growing grass. the roots of which
they will eagerly devour. Feed them
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02
"Make Yourself Wanted"

"Make Yourself Wanted"
In an address reported in the Amer.
lean papers, Secretary Shaw tells an
incident that puts in half dozen
words the secret of business success.
"A young clerk in store" he said,
asked for an increase of salary. The
proprietor gave it to him. little
later the clerk asked for another rise.
At first the owner was indignant:
then, after thinking the matter over,
he sent for the clerk.
Young man." he said. what you
need is not more money, but more use
fulness." Then he pointed out to him
countless ways in which he might
have done something for the company
and had missed his opportunity-times
when he had been careless or indif-
ferent or ignorant.
Every time" he concluded. that a
customer comes in and asks for you
personally. 1t counts for you and
counts for the store. Your business ID
to make yourself wanted"
1t is the secret of success in busi-
ness; is 1t not also the secret OF sue
cess in every place in life? In the
home, in the church, In the school,
everywhere, the one whose work ~
thorough and. cheerful and enthusias-
tic Is the one who Is making the most
of his life.
Make yourself wanted" and you
will soon know the JOY of solid Sue
cess.-Youth.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-02

garden vegetables when grass roots
are not available.
II you are expert 1t is sometimes
possible to catch chipmunks by hand.
They will enter almost any ordinary
sort of trap. and can best be cap
tured in that way. Set the trap near
the hole known to be occupied by one
of these scolding rodents. and give
your captives a roomy cage, with a
dark corner for a nest They make
gentle and amusing pets. Feed them
on acorns and nuts. Crack the hard
est nuts for them.
The simplest kind of box trap,
which is almost always effective when
baited with a slice of fresh vegetable,