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DIED.

CANDAGE-At South Bluehill, Jan 10, Mrs
Lorinda Candage, aged 20 years, months,
80 days.
HALL--At North BrookiiD, jan II, Mrs Martha
Il Hall, aged SO years, ii months, days.
MERRILL-At Stonington, Jan IA, Paris Gran.
villt Merrill, aged 81 years. II months, II days
SMlTH-At Castine. Jan %, Capt william
Smith, aged so years.
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COUNTY NEWS.
wALTBAM.

WALTHAM.
| Mrs. Susan Jordan and the family oil
Elliott Jordan, jr.. whom she is caring
for, have gone to Ellsworth for the win
ter.
The many friends OF Miss Eta Blake
who is at the Maine general hospital for
treatment, are glad to Know she is Inn
proving.
The spoolwood mill OF A. Merrill is in
operation, and many teams are employed
hauling wood.
Miss Ethel Jellison and friend, Miss
Lucy Ruddy, were the guests of Miss
Jeilison's grandmother, Mrs. Mary Has
lem, Wednesday.
Announcement was received Saturday
Of the marriage OF william Henry Chap
man, OF Scranton, Pa, TO Miss Mary Lee
Granbery, of Elizabeth, N. j., on Jan.
% MIR. Chapman was born In this town
and spent his childhood here, and his
| many friends wish him much happiness
in his welded life.
There was a union installation at the
hall Saturday evening, Jan. IS, when
he officers OF court Snyctic and
companion court Sunbeam were
duly installed by Iilustrious Commander
s. DeBeck. Although stormy, quite a
number attended, and felt rejoiced for
their trouble. Refres hments were serve d
by the companions.
The dance Thursday evening given by
Miss Sylvia Jordan in honor of her birth
day was success, and all enjoyed alpleas-
ant time.
Jan. Is. H.
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HANCOCK s. J. COURT.
ONLY THREE JURY vERDICTS
THE PAST WEEK.
INDICATIONS POINT TO SHORT TERM
DISPOSITION OF CASES ON AS
SIGNED LIST To DATE.


THE COURT.
Presiding Justice-s. wIswELL. G. j.
Cierk-JoHN r. KrowLToN.
County Attorney--B. K. TRACY.
Sheriff.. r. WHITcoMB
Crier--H. T. SiLsBr. Aurora.
Deputies-D. L.. FIELDS, Ellsworth; j. SUN.
fNsBY, Bar Harbor; II. r. sILsBf. Aurora.
stenographer-C . BARR0ws, Portland.
Messenger--F. X. TILDES. ast
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-01-27

Nagg-I thought you simply despised
Mr.. Greatman. Bragg-So do. Nagg-
Well you were exceedingly pleasant when
you were speaking to him yesterday. You
used to boast that you always say what
you think about man. Bragg-Exactly,
but-er-this time / merely said it under
my breath.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-01-27
Mt. Desert island Local Union.


The twenty fourth meeting of the Mt.
Desert Island local union wilt be held at
Somesviile, Saturday, Jan. 80.
PROGRAMME.
Morning.
1000 Praise service 90. ......... Dc Hall
1910 Devotional exercises, Rev Dean A Walker
1o45 Chrisrs Message to Young People,
hev A NJ Macdonald
HOO Business
Roll call of societies
Picnic dinner
Afternoon.
$50 Praise service. ....... Iona Rich
Prayer
Las Junior hour
2.i5 The responsibility of the society In
proclaiming the message,
Rey Geo Kinney
Discussion
3.l5 Pledge an ideal to be lived up TO-
law 10 be enforced. ..........H A Brown
400 Question box ...-...... Rev s l. Hanscom
Picnic supper
Euening.
$50 Praise service
6.i5 Reeubmissiou ............Dr l. Grindle
7.O5 selection by Southwest HarDor choir
tbs Address -. .............-... q ID Crane
500 Conservation service, Rev A p Mcdonald
A banner will be presented to the So
ciety responding at the roll call with The
largest number OF delegates present &C.
tive, associate and honorary.
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MOUTH OF THE RIVER.

Charles Bailey is seriously i'll at his
home.
Union river bay is now frozen beyond
Oak Point.
Miss Carrie Wiggin, OF Eden, is visiting
her brother Fred.
There was party at William Jones' one
evening last week.
Mrs. George Day, who has been Ill sew
eral weeks, is improving.
Mrs. Lydia McCollum is seriously i'll at
the home OF her daughter, Mrs. Minnie
Witham, at Ellsworth Falls.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-01-27

Advertisers in THE AMERICAN are
capturing the trade
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Have You an Idea ?

We will help you develop, patent it,
or incorporate you a company, and fur
and Brochure. HAYWOOD & co.
8 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Me.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-04

A good story is reported from
Duluth. A Jap was sitting in a.
street car reading the account of
the Russo-Japanese war, in a
daily paper when a rather fresh
young fellow approached him and
expecting to make Jap appear
ridiculous to the large crowd in
the car asked in a loud deep
voice: What kind Of a'nese are
you, a Japanese or Chinese?"
The little native Of the Orient
quietly folded up his paper, look
ed the +. y. f. squarely in the face
and remarked: "What kind of a
key are you, a yankee. q donkey
or a monkey" The uproar on
the car was so great that the
fresh. young fellow quietly made
his exit at the corner and waited
a half hour OF more for another
car.-Ex.
The hail season is here. See
Keene for protection.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-04
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

/ During the electrical storm
last Friday evening Mr.. @. w.
I. Connor's barn was struck by
!: lightning and three of his finest
7 horses killed and the barn set on
i fire. Another horse that was in
the barn was knocked down but
/ recovered. The hired man was
feeding the stock at the time and
/ although he was standing just
where the bolt seemed the most
severe he miraculously escaped
being only stunned. for a few
seconds. In another part of the
! barn Mr.. Connor's youngest
!, boy, Clyde was doing theevenings
] milking; he and the COW were
;thrown down and although the
animal was several minutes in re-
covering Clyde escaped any in
Jury. Hshe.fire was quickly put
.asoutand but little damage done to
the barn. While the financial
lose of the horses was heavy Mr..
Connor and his family realize
they have much to be thankful
for in that no person was killed.
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49,
EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS.
How Future Generations Will Profit
from the Results OF the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.

Unborn generations will profit by
the Worlds Fair Of 1904. The influence
of this exposition upon the educational
systems OF the world will be such as to
be felt long after those who attend the
fair shall have passed away. The little
red schoolhouse Of the future will ben
eft by this influence no less than Will
the great university, for n cannot help
but see in such a comprehensive expo
sition a light that will shine far into
the highways and byways of the earth.
One hears quite frequently in these
preexposition days the remark that the
st. Louis fair is to be primarily educative
in its spirit and tendencies. That the
creators of the exposition have in view
its educational value to the world, rather
than it's greatness as a mere spectacle for
a period, there can be no doubt. They
have entered enthusiastically, in every
department Of the work, into the idea
that this exposition is going to be q
great worlds university, a school for
the nations, in a sense more distinctly
defined than at any previous enterprise
of the kind.
Here, for the first time in the history
Of the world, there will be a compare
tive exhibit Of the educational methods
of every nation and state. That educa-
ton is the source of all progress has
been recognized by the exposition man
agement in giving first place among the
departments to education and in assign
Ing to education and social economy for
the first time at any exposition, one ofthe
main exhibit palaces. That there was
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-04
HESSiAN FLIES DAMAGING
GROWING CROPS.

Considerable damage is being
reported to the wheat crop in
certain localities by the Hessian
lily or something OF a similar na-
ture. The insect, a grub Matched
from eggs laid early in the sea.
son, works at or about the first
joint of the stalk and finally eats
it's way out. Sometimes there
may be found as high as four CT
five Of these grubs in one stalk.
The stalk is so weakened by the
working Of the grub that itbreaks
down and only partially fills or
dies entirely. We saw one piece
the first Of the week where about
fifteen per cent Of the grain was
affected. We donot know whether
the ravages Of this insect pest
are very general or not, but if it
is, it will make a very material
difference in the yield Of the
CROWNS crop s
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CORNER OF PALACE OF EDUCATION.
nothing Of the after-thought idea in this
may be shown by the fact that the Pail
ace Of Education was the first Of the
great buildings to be completed. The
educational influences Of the fair were
in the minds Of the creators from the
first.
But outside the one building devoted
exclusively to the branch Of education
by name, everything in the marvellous
spectacle will be educational. One can
not find anything within the limits Of
the 1910 acres of exposition ground a
feature that lacks the quality Of being In
structive. Whether 1t be a ponderous
engine putting away in the turning OF
gigantic wheels, or the silent flame Of a
chemists lamp aiding in'the elucida-
ton of the secrets of the elements, all
exhibits and processes will teach.
In the discussion Of vital topics by men
and women Of national and international
renown, at the various congresses to be
held during the exposition, there will ba
q fruitful source of instruction, the r.
auence OF which must be felt by the fu-
ture. It IS not oyersanguine to hope
that at these congresses new Nght may
be thrown upon problems o. the mosti In
gaasis interest 70 pansiaSs .s.s
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Locals.

Take a policy in the Alliance
before it is too late.
There was a severe hail storm
at Michigan City yesterday morn
ing. !
Thos. Dodd returned last week
from a visit to the St. Louis fair.
He reports a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. b M. kayser Of
Duluth are visiting the latter's
sister, Mrs. d. j. Mcmahon.
Mrs. Black, accompanied by
her children, arrived yesterday
for a visit with her mother, Mrs.
Hogue.
Mrs. Johnston returned to her
home at Aberdeen Monday, after
a visit of several weeks with her
son, M. @.
j.. p. Burling is at Buford for
a car of heavy draught horses
and mares. He will return next
week and have them for sale
here,
Work on the school house is
progressing rapidly. The roof
is on and work on the finishing is
being pushed as fast as possible.
n. A.. Couran is erecting a nice
cottage at the east side of the
race track. His family arrived
from Minnesota Monday and will
make this their home.
The W.C.T.U. will meet with
Mrs. DIV. Vadnie Friday after
noon at three o'clock. An election
of officers will be held and a full
attendance is desired.
Richard Baldwin is visiting
friends here this week. He now
has a run from jamestown tt
Miles City, Mont, and and says
he likes the mail service.
The youngest son Of Thos
Sussex had the misfortune, {
short time ago, Of breaking his
arm at the elbow by falling from
a wagon. He is reported as doing
nicely.
We understand that G. w
Conner carried insurance in thu
Steele County Mutual and tina
his loss was adjusted at $75 eacl
on the three horses and $40 OF
the barn.
Mrs. n. S. Bogert Of Finle,
and Mrs. James Loney of Hop
had a birthday yesterday an.
twenty ladies came up from Hop
\ to help them celebrate the even
] at the Bogert farm. A goo
!. time was enjoyed, and the crow,
went home in the evening happy
is Finley Beacon.
The agricultural department
le gives the following states as max
re ing the best showing in whea
crops: Minnesota, 100000
bushels; North Dakota, $4,000
"a COG; South Dakota, 81, 900, OOl
Kansas, IS, 600, 900; Pennsylvania
n. 100000 600; Illinois, 20,000, 00i
California, "a, 1000; Texas
a "a, OO0,0 900; Missouri, o. COX
n Nebraska, 100000, 900. al
H. P. Patten suffered a hail los
o. in the storm last evening. Th
a. heaviest loss was in thu n W Il {
34i in Sherbrooke township wher
about three-quarters Of the graf
en- was knocked out, Or. the HON
al place, the loss was about on
be quarter. He had $500 insuranc
% in the Alliance on the crop in
and that on 4 was protected by.
- policy in the Northwestern.
ay For SALE. Champion binde
run one season
lb n p, WoopWqsTl
NWA &t
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-04
HORSES.

I will be at Hope with a car Of
heavy draughth horses and mares
next week. Prices will be right
See me before buying.
J. p. BURL1NG.
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THE ONLY LINE WITH A
WORLDS FAIR STATION ]

THE ONLY line WITH A
WORLDS FAIR STATION ]
This refers to the Minneapolis
& St. Louis railroad and means:
1st-TheS Shortest Line.
2nd-The most comfortable
route.
3rd-Two fine through trains
direct to the Gates Of the Fair
4th-A saving of about three
hoursin time.
5th-You avoid the crowds at
the Union Depot and on the
Street cars.
6th-You save money by being.
landed just where you want to go.
There are many other reasons
but "a word to the wise is stuff
CENT.
For excursion tickets, berth
reservations and "a complete
Guide to the Fair, free, address
u A. B. CUTTs,
G.. P, Ct. A.
Minneapolis, MINI.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-17
QUEER ELECTRIC BOAT.
Cuts Its own Canal Ahead and Fills
In Behind Itself in It's Search
for Gold.

Were that interesting and miscalcu-
lating gentleman, Robinson Crusoe, to
find himself upon one of the sand slopes
Of the Pacific coast, he would think that
his toilsome building Of a boat so Tar
from water as to be unavailable when
finished was being repeated on large
scale. 4 pit 100 feet long by 40 feet
wide and II or Is feet deep has been
dug, and in this, often miles away from
any open water, is built a large, fat
bottomed barge, scanned and caulked
and made properly seaWorthy.
On the barge are erected derricks, and
much strange machinery driven by
powerful electric motors By the time
all is installed, water has percolated into
the pit, and the boat, built under such
queer conditions, is a1oat.
This is the gold dredge. The sand
with which it is surrounded contains
gold in quantities which would not pay
to work out, except by such a scientific
apparatus as this,
When operations begin the sand and
soil in front of the boat are dredged up,
dumped into sideways on board,
washed, sifted and treated SO as to Sc
cure valuable particles, and the debris
(tailings) is then deposited over the
stern.
The work goes On continually, the
unwieldly boat gradually eating it's way
through the marshy slopes, filing in the
canal behind, as it works along foot by
foot, and never having floating room
more than q few feet beyond it's own
length.
The electric current is generated in a
separate power house on land a short
distance away, and conveyed to the mo-
tors on board by the usual conducting
wires.
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PACKING BY MACHINERY.
Elaborate Mechanism Which Makes
Its Own Package and Weighs
and Wraps the Goods.

An ingenious packing appliance has
been invented by Mr.. Van Allen, OF
Paris. By means of this apparatus,
which is almost human in it's action,
it is possible to fashion the package,
charge it, and then seal it ready for
transit. The appliance is a combination
Of weighing machine and a packer.
First the machine cuts off the requisite
length of lead, paper, or whatever IS
utilized for the envelope, from a con-
tinuous travelling band, rastes and folds
it into shape, leaving the mouth of the
bag open. The package then passes
along, stopping in it's passage for a
moment to receive its contents of tea,
sugar, or cereals, through a funnel. It
makes another forward movement, and
an elastic pressure piston comes into
action and rams down the contents to
the minimum volume. By a further
series Of operations the bag is shaken
into shape, pressed, and the ends are
folded down. pasted and then labeled.
Not once during the operation is the
bag or it's contents touched by hands.
The inventor has been engaged for
three years upon his device When per-
fected it will perform the work of 10
people and complete the whole cycle
of operations at the speed of 40 pack
ages per minute, thus effecting a. rec
mafkable saving in. time and expense
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-17

CHINESE TREE IN FLORIDA.
Rice Paper Plant is Said to Be Well
Adapted to the Climate Of
the South.

The rice paper tree, one OF the most
interesting of the entire fora OF China,
has recently been successfully expert
mented with in Florida, where it now
flourishes with other subtroplcal and
Oriental species Of trees and shrubs.
When first transplanted in American
soil the experimenters expressed doubts
Of its hardness, fearing that it would
be unable to stand the winters. All
these fears have vanished, however, and
it is now the universal opinion that it
is as well adapted to the climate Of this
country as to that of the famed Flowery
Kingdom.
1t is q small tree, growing to a height
of less than Is feet, and with trunk or
stem from three to five inches in diam
eter. Its canes, which vary in color ac-
cording to season, are large, soft and
downy, the form somewhat resembling
that noticed in those Of the castor bean
plant The celebrated rice paper, the
product of this queer tree, is formed Of
thin slices of the pith, which is taken
from the body Of the tree in beautiful
cylinders several inches in length.
The Chinese Workmen apply the blade
of a sharp straight knife to these cylin-
ders, and, turning them around, either
by rude machinery or by hand. dexteri-
ously pare the pith from circumference
to center. This operation makes a roll
of extra quality paper, the scroll being
Of equal thickness throughout. After a
cylinder has thus been pared it is un-
rolled and weights are places upon it
until the surface is rendered smooth
throughout its entire length. It's alto
gether probable that if rice paper max
ing becomes an industry in the United
States those primitive modes will all be
done away within w. Herald.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-17
FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS.
Housemaid Said Her Grace as Direct
ed When Addressing the
Duchess.

The American lady who entertained
the duchess of Marlborough, during
her recent visit to the states took the
trouble, before the arrival of her guest
to instruct the maid who was to await
upon her that she must address her
properly, relates London Tit-Bits.
when you show her to her room =
the mistress said, you must be sure
to remember to say your grace
'Oh, I'd be sure to be tina. f1ustered.
marin, that I never could do it,
'Nonsense!" her mistress answered,
there is nothing to be flustered about.
She is not so very different now from
what she was when she visited me be-
fore she married the duke, and you
were not afraid Of her then"
No, marin, but / do be SO unac-
customed to saying grace anyhow. and
to say it before stranger will put me
out SO that I'll be sure to forget it,
The lady might have suspected from
this remark what was to come, but it
was only after the event that it was
clear to her. She merely repeated the
directions, and told the maid that it
was silly to think Of being afraid, and
the servant, in the end, said that to
oblige her mistress she would do her
best
In due time the duchess arrived. and.
after the first greetings had been ex.
changed, the maid was summoned to
conduct her to her chamber. The
girl came forward, hlushing and evil
IDENTIFY much confused. When she was
face to face with the guest she sudden
" cIasped her hands. bowed her head
and, TO the boundless amazement as
well as amusement of her mistress,
she murmlIred in a ehoked voice:
For what we are about to receive
may We be truly thankful. Amens,,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-17
BLACK HAND OUT FOR CASH
Secret Italian Order Seeks Only Money
While aMaAan Exists for
Plain Revenge.

An Italian thus described the secri
society known as the BLACK. Ham
which has come into such prominslce
of late. 1T should not, he said. be
confused with the malta, for tina ex-
lists fos purposes Of revenge only The
Black Hand seeks only none, and
sticks at nothing to obtain it. TO be-
come q member of the fratfn1ty a
candidate must be recommended by
some one already Initiated. fhe new
recruit is required to furnish list OF
his Weather friends or aeqaIntanees.
who are eventually ylaekmaiIed
through the instrumentSIy OF the
new memrer, who kn3y even be
ordered to aesassinste1 ayone who re-
sists the attempt, lfIae dlsobess the
order he may hinselfIDe murdered by
another member of tbe society The
leader of the gang resides in Italy, and
fro1n there zdfrecta hH subordinates in
all parts Of the Ro1d o." The Black
Hand, is rery powerful in the United
States where it is aid TO net over
500 coo year from Is victims.
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elected William Henry Harrison was
defeated in 1886 and elected in 1840.
Cleveland was elected in 1884, defeated
in 1888, and elected again in 1892,
while Harrison was elected in 1888
and defeated in 1892.
Van Buren, has the distinction of be-
ing the only president who was later
defeated twice for the same office
Rufus King is the only candidate for
vice president who afterwards became
a candidate for president and was de-
feated.
Whether candidate who has re-
ceived the popular vote Of the coun-
try, and still lacks enough electoral
votes to give him the election, feels
altogether defeated or not it would be
hard to tell, as we have no record Of
the opinions of the three men who
have had this unique experience.
Jackson, Tilden and Cleveland went
into the unsuccessfW list with a large
popular vote. The people apparently
were with them and yet the large vote
they po1led was so distributed as to
lose them the election.
Jackson was the first presidential
candidate to have this experience, he
polling a plurality Of $4,000 votes over
that of Adams Tilden had the large
plurality Of 250,935 over Hayes in 1875,
and Cleveland in 1883 had nearly 100,-
900 moae votes than Harrison.
It Is often stated that Horace Gree
ley was the worst defeated candidate
for president, but this is not strictly
true. While no electoral votes were
cast for him, he having died after the
election and before the meeting of the
electoral college, still the Greeley
ticket polled 80 Of the electoral votes,
nearly double the number received BY
Gen. Winfield Scott in 1852, only ~
out Of the 296 being cast for him.
The spirit in which the unsuccess-
full candidates have accepted their de-
feat would be a story by itself, but
history gives us two instances which
are remarkable, ard deserve mention
here. Adams was SO chagrined and