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rotted. sunken. missing tombstone.
Upon these crypts are no inscrip-
lions. No visible. words Of love and
hope mark the interment Of these dead.
But yet they are there. Who, standing
upon this spot, looking back two GEN.
turtles, but can, in the minds eye, see
yonder approaching group. There at
the head walks the old pastor. Behind
him, with faces set and drawn, the
bereaved wife and her tall, sorrowing
sons, and fair, bonnie daughters. The
pail Of death II over them They an
proach the open grave upon whose
edge reclines the rude box enclosing
the once stalwart frame of him whom
they called husband and father. With
uplifted face the grayhaired preacher.
summoned, perhaps. from far away
Portland. descants In homely phrase,
the manly virtues Of him who has
gone. Neighbors and friends have
gathered. and In their rough way, try
to comfort the stricken wife.
the sweet, sad voices Of the young
people break forth In the funeral
hymn. and then all is over. The
group slowly depart to their cabin
homes but the heart OF the wife and
the tears OF her children remain In the
grave behind them.
Such scenes as these run through
ones mind as one gazes upon this
spot. now so changed. All Of that
sorrowing group are here, now, them
selves. The graveyard. then level,
cleared land, is now the tangled mass
We have described (note ~. In this,
the common burying ground of the
early settlers OF Chebeague, the lit.
tie group Of stones set apart from the
others betoken the family lots. Gen.
erations now gone attest the sacred
ness Of this spot. and in memory Of
our early pioneers, men and women
whose energy and grit formed the
beginnings Of the State, we hope that
this historically valuable place may,
in some way, be preserved from de-
struction. and become better known
by all lovers of the traditional past
of this section and our common coun-
try. f.I t
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A. DELIGHTFUL AFTERNOON RE.
cEPTl0M.
Mrs. George N. Fiske Extends HsI
Hospitality to Friends on Cliff
Island. A Most En-
loyable AFFAIR.

The beautiful gardens and broad pi.
azzas Of the home Of Mrs. George NJ.
Fiske Of Newton, Mass. on Cliff Isl.
and were thronged Friday afternoon
with the elite and style Of this delight
full resort. About twenty OF the sum
mer people In response to the invita-
ton OF Mrs. Fiske gathered at her
pretty cottage for what proved tn be
a delightful reception.
Everyone enjoyed themselves thor
oughly. Although perfectly informal
and planned In a very short time.
everything passed on smoothly. After
being received by Mrs. Ffske and her
accomplished daughter Amy. light
lunch was served. In serving Mrs.
Fiske was assisted by Mrs. Oberholt.
Raspberry and pineapple frappe were
among the many good things enjoyed.
Ferns and wild flowers adorned the
pretty parlors and the spacious piaz.
zas were richly cafpeted.s The pros
pect: from the front of the house Is
grand and many encomiums of praise
for the selection Of the site were over
heard. The young ladies wore light
muslins and many striking costumes
were noticed. After an hour charac.
terized by entertaining conversation.
music and bahling little puzzles, the
event came to an end. late in the after.
noon. and one of the most enjoyable
times OF the season was over Much
praise Is due Mrs. Fiske and Miss Amy
Ffske for their successful efforts in
promoting such an enjoyable affair
Among those invited were seen: Mrs.
Heydecker. N. Y: Mrs. Coyle. N. V:
Mrs. Phoebe Hunter. Mrs. G. F. Hun.
ter, Miss Morris. Miss Huning and
Miss Phoebe Hunter all from Mont
Clare. Pa; Mrs. Oberholtzer Of Mont
Clare. Pa; Mrs. Asher Black, Mrs.
Webster from Maiden. Mass: Mrs.
Oscar p. Stone. Maiden. Mrs Law.
renee and the Misses Lawrence. N Y;
Mr.. Herbert Oberho,tzar and Miss Ger.
trude Oberholtzer. n. ". Miss Scull.
Mrs. Henry B. Johnson. Mrs. Murphy
and Miss Adele Murphy Of Philadel.
phia, Pa
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
COUSINS ISLAND.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES xxxxS

Mrs. G. G. Toor and daughter, Mary,
OF Philadelphia, Pa, who have been
visiting Mrs. l.. o. Van Doren the past
two months returned home Monday.
The family of Gortons of Chicopee,
Mass. who have been such pleasant
neighbors with US for several seasons
past are at the Hill cottage for Aug.
ust
Mr.. Harrison Glover of Avon. Mass,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Glover and
little Edith Glover visited Mr.. and
Mrs. j. 8. Glover over Sunday.
Mr.. Anthony. formerly of Togus, is
visiting his old comrade, Edward RI.
Packer.
At camp Doyle are Mr.. Everett Ia
Der. the telephone man. with his fam
lily Of Yarmouth. Also Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. Carder and son OF Cambridge.
Mass. Mrs. w. G. Moore of Stoneham.
Mass. Mr.. Taber's mother, Mrs. A. Ia
Der with Mrs. Bruorton of Brooklyn.
". r., spent Tuesday at the camp.
Mrs. Salisbury of Trenton, N. J..
and Master Rowland Stuart of PhiIa.
delphia. Pa. are the guests OF Judge
and Mrs. tanning at Daybreak cot
tage.
Mrs. John A. Seabury. Miss Mabel
Seabury. Miss Ida Seabury and Miss
Ada Seabury. Bay View street, Var.
mouth. visited Mrs. J. @. Drinkwafer.
Tueeday.
Mrs ss.sh Curtis and Miss Lucy
1--WE q Cambridge. Mass, with
aiss Ddith Roeefs Of Yarmouth visit.
"a M,o A. c. Hamilton Thursday.
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Frederick I. Of Prussia was killed by
fear. His wife was insane. and one
lay she escaped from her keeper and.
iabbing her clothes with blood. rushed
upon her husband while he was doing
10 his chair. King Frederick imagined
her 10 be the White Lady. whose ghost
was believed to invariably appear when
ever the death Of member OF the roy
nj family was TO occur. and he was
thrown into Q fever and died In sir
weeks
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Noryf. We desire 70 thank pnoss heating
our friend. DE-. Hale OF cbebcague, for bic kind
information and guidance concerning the hts
torfc spot treated OF In our columns this veek
He assurance, We may say, vAs Invaluable aod
much appreciated.
NoTy1. soms idea OF the wilderness and
small popuiatiou Of the Island even 100 years
man, Mf. DAVID hamilton, Who died 10 yesru
ago nearly 100 years Old. and VINO had rspea ted.
~ eaSd that he rouId remember when bue ssr
families conssisutsd TIE inhabitants of Cbe
bsaaue.. heasy grown ef timber at that
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Snildren returned Saturday to their
nome In Taunton, Mass.
Mrs. Albert Alexander was In
Brunswick Monday.
Miss Lena Rich OF Freeport is here
'isiting her aunt. Mrs. A. Skolfield.
also her uncle. o. F. Snow.
MRS. Morris Lubee and children Of
Orrs Island are here visiting Mrs.
Luoees parents. Capt. and Mrs Hum
phrey Skofield.
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LiTTLEJoHN's ISLAND.
THE RocKMERE.

The Rockmere is enjoying the most
prosperous season ever known. Over
forty guests are being entertained by
Mr.. @. II. Hamilton at this popular re-
sort which Is conducted in a strictly
nrst class manner. The table here
~ excellent and the guests are all well
pleased. II may also be said that the
elite class OF summer tourists are en-
tertained under the huspitable roof Of
the Rockmere, the only, first class
house on the island.
Several OF the guests from the
Rockmere enjoyed a fishing trim one
day recently with Capt. Hamilton In
the yacht. fdlewylde. Good success Il
reported.
At the Kingston cottage are Mrs T..
N. Blackstone. Master Raymond Black
stone. Mrs. Henry Ducett and Miss
Edna Fitzsimmonds.
Miss Judith Phelps of winsted.
Conn, II visiting Mrs. z. p. Soule.
Both the Shepard and Elms log cab
ins are now occupied.
The Messengers of Melrose are aft
the Sprague cottage.
Mr.: n: Il. Wellington and family
OF winchester, Mass, with friends
from Goffstown, N. r.. are at the High
land Cottage for few weeks. They
are taking their meals at the Rock
mere.
Quite number OF the little folks
from the two islands met at Mrs. q. A.
Willis one day recently to help Mas
ter sumner celebrsfe his 7th birth
Gay. Ice cream, cake and fruit were
served. games were played and the
children returned home late IN the az
ternoon having had . lovely time.
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manner in which the ball shall be put in
play, the new rules distinctly state that
the ball must be touched by a center man
before it can go into play, otherwise it
must be returned to the referee and
thrown up second time. On free throws
for fouls, it has been customary for a
member of the team which has the free
throw to stand underneath or at one side
OF the basket, while his team-mate
throws the ball, hitting the rim of the
basket and having the ball carom off
into the players hands underneath the
basket, and in many cases the player
has been successful in scoring goal in
this manner. In order to prevent such
tricks the rules for 1903 cover this point,
and the latter part of section 10, rule x,
says: The ball shall not be thrown to
another player; an honest attempt must
be made to cage it; if the ball is caromed
to another player and he succeeds in
throwing goal it shall not be counted.
Whether the goal is made or missed the
ball shall be thrown up at the center.
The referee makes the decision on this
rule. Beyond the above changes the
rules are practically the same as last
year. There are few minor changes,
but nothing that will cause a change in
the game in any way. George T. Hep
bron, secretary of the National Amateur
Athletic union basket ball committee.
is one of the committee which drew up
the new rules.
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man getting the table set, and the veg
etables mashed and placed in covered
dishes ready to be taken up any mo-
ment. The children ran about under
foot, as usual, but Mrs. Wilson de-
clared it seemed just like old times, and
she would not allow one of them to be
sent away or set up in chair.
Meanwhile, where was Jonas?
He entered the house, wondering II
he had lost his sense of smell. Did he
smell turkey and plum pudding? There
was no sound Of hurrying feet in the
kitchen, as if Miranda was setting up
the dinner. My, how hungry his long
drive had made him! He must sharpen
the carving knife so as to be ready when
that turkey was. He opened the kitch-
en- door. All was silent, save sort
of sputter that seemed to proceed from
the stove. Where was Miranda? The
table was set. Probably she had
stepped upstairs. He washed his hands
at the sink, and dried them on the long
roller towel. No signs Of Miranda.
Where was the dinner? In the oven, OF
course. He would sit down and wait.
What was that at his place? A note!
Dear Jonas: You said you'd drather
have mush and molasses than turkey and
so-well, Will Herman's been awful sick
and she said they couldn't have no Thanks
giving. I was tellin' we couldn't have the
children home and she said they was go
in to give thanks because Will was better
and goin' to git well, but they couldn't have
no dinner, and said If she'd send down I'd
Cyiu hnr CHI ~ 1of
help eat it, and she cried, and the Oldest
boy come and got the turkey in bushel
basket, and he come again with his little
cart and got vegetables. and cooked the
pies and he come and carried 'em of, and
I've gone to help 'em eat cause 1t did
seems If I couldn't go without er Thanks
gtvin dinner noway, and If you want to
come up Mrs Herman said she hoped you
would, and if you don't want to why I've
excused you, because your stomach wont
let you eat always just what you'd drather.
The cream for the mush is behind The door
in the right-hand pitcher If you'd drather
have it than molasses. and the apple pie
Is on the third shelf. though don't s'pose
you'll touch it cause you think pie crust
amt good for folks. Dinner here'll be good
cause Miss Herman's better cook'n
be, and then did the pies, so no more from
"Yours truly.
MIRANDA WILSON"
oval, snum!"
He went to the stove and looked at tho
gray material in the kettle. His mouth
was made up for turkey, and rye mush
didn't look at all like the vision of crisp
ness he had in mind.
''Humph!"
He went to the pantry, and, taking
the quarter pie, devoured it; but still
there was an empty place that pie
couldn't fill.
Better cook'n Miranda? Humph!"
He looked at the mush again.
"S'pose she walked up there. Be
kinder pity eff she had ter walk back.
Guess I'll hitch up'n' go after her"
He could have turkey dinner if he
wanted it; he was invited. "If I'm goin'
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after her, nights well go fore dinner"
started for the barn.
There's Jonas, now, comm up the
hill"
All rushed to see, and then the two
ladies flew, one to thicken the gravy,
| and the other to take up the dinner, so
| when Jonas entered it was all on the
table, and Jimmy sat in his high chair.
''Sit right down here, Jonas, and s'pos' n
you carve, cause Mr.. Herman amt very
strong yet, but the doctor says he can
have taste O. most everything to-day.
Come, Jennie, you sit here side O. me;
now, we're ready. Ideclare, Jonas, don't
it seem jest like old times? Mr.. Herman.
you arsk the blessin', and Jonas, you
be sure to help Jimmy furst, cause
he's hungry"
They were going down the long hill
toward home when Miranda almost
jumped out of the wagon. Jonas, did
you take that mush off'n the stove? I
put in three big sticks, an if you didn't,
/ bet it's burnt to cinder!"
81 don't care If it's"
"Ain't Mis- Herman a good cook?
Warn't that turkey done to turn"
"Oh, fair; not so goods Miranda Will
son, but fair, pooty fair"
There was a long silence, and then she
said: Jonas, want"
81 know, Miranda; and want We ter
have two Thanksgivin' dinners every
year, one in November and one in De-
cember, jess longs we live, an if our
folks can't come we'll have somebody
else's folks. Git up there, Jerry; we
got to git home"
Miranda never had occasion to make
rye. mush another Thanksgiving day
Ladies' World, New York. -
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PATTI AGAIN WITH US
Most Famous Singer in the World
Now in This Country.
Something of the Prima DOnna's
Sixty-One Years of Life-Started
Out as an Infant Prodigy-The
Daughter of Singers.

Patti is backin America, and we are
glad to say she has brought with her her
old songs, "The Last Rose of Summer"
and Home, Sweet Home" At Patti
night without these would be very lack
ing in sentiment.
The songstress, though 81 years Of
age, shows astonishingly little of the
usual marks of long acquaintance with
Father Time-she looks not day over
IS. Her face is smooth and fair, her ex-
preston mirthfully joyous, her dark
eyes sparkling, her whole being sug-
gestive of undiminished vitality. And
this after long public career, it being
now so years and more that her voice
has been the wonder Of the world.
AdelinA PATHS father and mother both
were celebrated singers, and the night
she was born the mother sang in the
opera of Norma, the parents starring at
the time in an opreatic engagement in
the city of Madrid. Soon after the birth
of this daughter, the family removed to
Italy, remaining there three years, and
then they set sail for America. Money
was needed, and little seven-year-old
Adelina was put on the stage, an infant
prodigy; and before the age of IL giving
concerts in all the principal cities of the
United States. She sang difficult opera
airs, and her voice might have been
ruined had not friend stepped in and
demanded two years of rest for the child.
At 16 she reappeared more than ever Of
marvel
Patti possesses an unusual memory
and this has been of great aid in the diff
ficult task Of singing all the principal
Italian operas in four or five different
languages She has taken the heroine's
part in at least 80 different operas and,
in all her years of work, in all the diff
ferent places she has appeared, has
failed but once or twice. The music
loving Russians fairly worship her, st.
Petersburg probably has witnessed her
greatest triumphs. In that city, at a
Patti concert gallery seats have been
known to sell at 10 robes each ($7.70)
and stalls at 100 robes. At one per-
Torrance, some enthusiastic Russian
gentlemen showered upon the prima
donna flowers to the value of 5000
robes.
All the fairies must have watched over
the cradle of Patti, for she was lowered
not only with glorious voice, but also
with glorious beauty. With these two
gifts she has conqured the world, has
won people of many nations and tongues.
And that she is born linguist has
aided considerably in gaining her wide
fame. Louis Engel, writing of her
triumphs in various lands, says the
Spaniards call her Spanish because she
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Friends and EnemieA.
A truthful enemy is better than ly-
ing friend.
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two continents and
who made as high
as $4,000 in one
year, is now really
working for a small
salary as chauffeur
sor an automobile
concern in Paris.
1t is said that he
has lost his fortune
and does not now
make as much in
one month as he
used to make in a
dow hoforo tho
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-11-19
SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS
There are no very great changes in the
basket ball rules for this year. Probably

the most important
is the extended
power that is be-
slowed upon the
referee. Hitherto
he had practically
no authority to call
fouls, but the new
rules grant him
this privilege. They
also give the visit
ing team the right
to CHI 90 Sc tn e
referee. In section
three Of rule K,
which SnooE of I'll a
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was born in Madrid and speaks Spanish
so well; the Italians claim her most
reasonably because she was born of
Italian parents; the French consider her
French, and the wife Of a Frenchman
and because of her perfect French &C
cent; the Americans say she came to
their country as child, was educated
there, developed there, became a great
singer theresa it seems we can lay
pretty good claim to calling Patti an
American.
In the supposedly usual American
manner we certainly can make boast
that in the matter of financial support
we have not been behindhand in our ap-
probation. Patti has received larger
sums of money here for single perform
ance than any other star has yet at
tanned to. When the Auditorium was
opened in Chicago, PATHS price for
singing Home, Sweet Home" was 81, 600.
At a Saturday matinee in Boston she
sang to an audience of 5000 people, and
her share of that days receipts was
1886. In three performances in Boston,
I think it was, she added to her possess
sions the neat sum of $2O,s0O. Her
earlier contracts with Col. Mapleson
gave her $1,000 for each nights work.
Patti has thrice taken unto herself a
husband. The first time she essayed
matrimoney she had cause to repent her
choice; the husband, a Frenchman,
MARQUIS de Caux, was spendthrift and
very dissipated. Her second marriage
(1S86) was very happy one, her choice
this time falling on Ernest Nfccolini, a
famous tenor singer. He died in 1898,
and some little time afterward she mar
ried Baron Cedarstrom, Swedish noble
man.
PATHS voice is marvellously pure
and rich soprano. Enge1 says Of her that
she sings like a thrush, lark, a night
ingale, and apparently as easily.
THE AsTRoLOliER.
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A Hopeless Case.

<"At least you will try to celebrate
Thanksgiving in the proper spirit" said
the joyial person.
81 suppose So" answered the man
who is constitutionally gloomy; "but
don't see much prospect Of success. If I
don't have turkey and mince pie din
ner, I'll feel sighted; end il do, I'll
have indigestion. Washington Star.
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authorities ruled him off. Tod says he
will never return to America, as he is
too proud to suffer the humiliation he
knows would be his when his friends
knew that he was working for salary
of 81 900 per annum or less, which a
few years ago was hardly his cigarette
money. When in the full bloom of his
career as a jockey the young Hoosier,
whose foster parents live at Kokomo,
rode across the country in special cars.
His two brothers, Cash and Fremont,
are in the United States. Cash rode for
a time in the east and also rode few
races at Chicago, but he got heavy and
could not keep down to weight and
finally quit for the season. Fremont
undertook to return to the saddle during
the spring meeting at Lakeside, but he
found he had lost his cunning and gave
it up. Tod is now about 80 years old,
while Cash is 80 and Fremont IS.
A statistician has compiled table Of
deaths resulting from sports, his in
formation being derived from life insu-
rance reports for three years, as follows:
Football, 43; horseback riding, 261;
baseball, PIG; swimming, 81; wrestling,
co., bowling, II; hunting, 81; tennis, 10;
gymnasium, "a; canoeing, A.; skating,
Sc; golf, %; boxing, 2l--This includes
fatalities all over the world.
w. H. Watkins has disposed of his in
terest in the Indianapolis baseball club
to his partner, Charles Ruschaupt, and
has purchased the interest of Edward
A. Johnson in the Minneapolis club. He
will go to Minneapolis to take charge
of that club. Mr. Ruschaupt has an
nounced that negotiations were on be-
tween himself and Bill" Phillips, of the
Cincinnati National league team, by
which Phillips will manage the In
dianapolis team. He said Phillips had
been signed as player.
At a cycle meet at Dourdam, France,
the other day two new world records
were made Dubray, with a 100-horse
power machine, covered kilometer in
26 2-5 seconds. Lamberjack, with a
motorcycle, covered the same distance
in "a is seconds.
DR.. George o. Webster, an American,
won the golf championship of Germany
from H. H. Dobbs, an Englishman, on
the twenty-first green. DR.. Webster
also won the handicap championship.
Charles Mock, Of the Century Road
Club of America, has lowered the 100
mile record behind pace, covering the
distance in four hours and As seconds.
ia. Pariser, of San Francisco, during
a recent trip to Catalina and San Diego,
caught the record yellowtail for the sea-
son. He captured the fish off the San
Pedro breakwater. Its weight was AZ
pounds.
James Golden. the noted horse trainer,
is dead at Medford, Mass, after brief
illness. Golden was well known
throughout the grand circuit, and has
been identified with the turf for nearly
20 years.
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The Day Of SLAUGHTER

Though I isn't very lucky.
I'll be thankful as I can
Dat I wasn't born a turksy
Std o. jes' a culluc man.
-WaahinGton Star.
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Serious for Husbands.

Nodd-Tbere are times when a man
has to lie to his wife.
Todd-And that isn't the worst Of
It.
What is?"
There are times when he has to tell
The truth. Modern Society.
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.Accordingtoarecentnewspaper report,
Tod Sloan, once the premier jockey Of