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AMHERST.
DAsID,

Mrs. Irwin Frost, of Bar Harbor, and
her three little boys, are visiting her
parents, j. G Durham and wife.
Charles NRichardson, OF Minneapolis,
Mimi, former resident of Aurora, aud
his wife are in town visiting brothers and
sisters.
The Richardson family will have their
FIRST reunion Thursday, Sept. 1. All in
any way connected with the late Samuel
Richardson. sr., of Aurora, are requested
to meet with james Richardson at the old
homestead in Aurora. Tea and coffee will
be furnished.
July %, Il.
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MARLBORO.

Mrs. Burpee and daughter, of Houlton,
are visiting Mrs. Clara Ford.
Dea. Walter Danforth, wife and four
children, OF Bangor, are tenting at the
shore for a few VT eks.
Rev. A. W. Lerrirner, OF Presque Isle, is
visiting bis brother, Rev. A. B. Lorrimer
ard family, at their cottsge.
b. K. Martin. with his wife and his
uncle, Handy Bunker, is occupying his
house'here for a few weeks and cutting bis
hay.
been visiting his father, David Mosley
have returned to their home in Philsdel-
phia.
July %. ARE.
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EAST oRLAND.

Mrs. Glenwood Reyes Is quite Ill.
Frank Brainetd returned to Hartford
Wednesday.
Mrs. Jennie Gross and little son Fred
erick are the guests OF her mother, Mrs.
e. c. Mason.
Mrs. Abbie Wsrdwell went to Bucks
por Saturday to care for Mrs. Henry
Buck, who Is III with fever.
Among the recent arrivals are Harry
Bell and family, Mrs. Irwin Bell and
daughter Barbara from Hartford, Conn.
A party consisting of Mrs. P. p. GIL
more, Miss Msdge Gilmore. Of Bucksport,
Mrs. w. r. Hart and two sons, Fred and
Frank, of Camden, and Norman Pearl, of
Chelsea. Mass, were the guests of Mrs. t.
F. Mason, Friday.
July % NJ
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EAST SULLIVAN.

Mrs. Eliza Dennis Is spending the sum-
mer at G. w. Doyle's.
Miss Rachel osgood, OF Aver, Mass, is
the guest of Mrs. George osgood, at WILL
lam Lords.
Charles CampbeIl and granddaughter
Marion, Of Cherryfield, passed through
town this morning on their way from
Hancock Point.
Fletcher Leighton and wife, with their
youngest daughter Leone, are on from
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Leighton is with her
sister, Mrs. McCrste, while Mr.. Leighton
and daughter are visiting his people in
Cherryield.
July %. a.
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sHrpHARp corsrvs ENrrRrAIys.

cAEthAkD NoISiNS
On Thursday evening Sheppard Cousins,
who served in the navy during the Civil
war, and Rev. r. n. Toms, who was
formerly a captain in the New Zealand
army, entertained the foilowing-men from
the Prairie: J. E. Bacrop, d. Wilson, n.
|. Rhone, n. e. Taylor, c. Gatty, E. Frey,
f. Rhosds, o. W. Dlc;z, A. b. chiles, f. A.
Southweli, J. A. Pummei, c. Cook, T. NJ.
wampler, r. e. Lnddy, A. MoeseF.
An elegant supper was served, good
musical programme was carried out, and
most enjoyable social evening was spent.
One OF the pleasing features OF the
evening was the kindly manner in which
the men spoke OF their officers, from Ad-
nfsral Wise, Capt. A. v. wsdhasns, Lieut.
Com. Clark, Chaplain Jones, to the petty
officers, which shows the high esteem in
which ell the officers OF the Prairie are
held by the men of that ship.
II also bears remarkable testimony to
the splendid personnel OF the officers OF
the navy, OF which the Prairie Is type.
About midnight the men returned to
their ship, carrying with them another
pleasant memory of their visit TO East
Lamoine.
Nearly all the men were from the eDgi-
neer force, and all bore high testimony to
the noble qualities OF Lieut.. L. l.. Ben
nett, their chief, who was on Admiral
SIMPSONS staff during the Spanish
American war.
july q SPEC.
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COUNTY NEWS.
EAST IAMoISE.
NEPTUNE cLuR ENTERTAINER.

NEPTUNE CLuR ENTERTAINED.
The people Of Lamoine and Marlboro
entertained the Neptune elGt OF the y.
$. $. Prairie, who so kindly entertained
them on two former occasions.
The club consists OF thirty-fve mem
bers; 1t has fine string band which plays
for all their social times.
A splendid supper was served In the
grange hsil, and dancing was kept mp 10
the town hall until the early morning
hours. There was large attendance, and
all had good time.
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thecefcea TOO tate Tor tdsf reSk.
Mrs. Addie Reynolds, OF the woodbine
cottage, Mrs, Capt. Olsen, OF the Naples,
and Miss Cordeiia King, through the kind
| ness OF Rev. and Mrs. II. n. Toms, were
included In the party so kindly enter
tanned by Capt. and Mrs. A. v. wadhams,
OF the Prairie at a O'Clock tea. All speak
highly OF the captain and bis wife as en-
tertainers, and 1t was with deep regret
that the usual good byes had to be said,
especially as the excellent music by the
band, rendered especially Tor the party,
and the poiiteness and attention OF all the
officers and men OF the Prairie made one
love to finger on board. But 1t was a. hap
Ply party that the captains launch took
ashore, and every one IL hoping that the
Prairie and the other ships will return to
the eoaling station next year.
Your correspondent desires to correct
mistake he made In his report OF the sup
per and social to the men of the Prairie,
owing to his being misinformed. 1t APP
pears that they have club on board the
Prairie called Merry Sons OF Neptune,
consisting Of about thirty-hve member,
and they have given two parties to the
people of this section. Those who have
been the guests of the club are DESTROYS OF
returning the compliment, and have In
vited the club and any friends that they
msy invite to the supper in the grange
hall and the social time in the town hall
on Thursday, and that 1t Is not 3 general
invitation to the men OF the Prairie.
Your correspondent hopes that this ex-
PLANTATION win remove sii misunderstood
ing In reference to this matter.
July 20. SPEC.
The rain OF the past few days has done
great good to the gardens and growing
crops.
The Columbia and Dixie are expected to
join the naval squadron In port here, and
but for the fog would have been here last
week.
Lieut.. ouis c. Richardson addressed
the Y. NJ. c. A. at Bar Harbor on Sunday.
His subject was: ..The Successful Young
Man." 1t was highly spoken Of by all
who heard it.
The Prsirie coaied at the dock on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and went
to her anchorage on Saturday afternoon.
A large number OF visitors arrived from
Boston and vicinity last week.
! Wesley Cousins and wife and Sheppard
Cousins were In, Ellsworth Friday evening,
and attended the "Parada". They, with
all who heard it, were delighted, and say
that IL was credit to the local talent of
Ellsworth.
| There were large number OF visitors to
the Prairie last Sunday, as many thought
It would be the last Sunday she would be
in, and they took this opportunity of say
Ing good bye to the officers and men who
have endesred themselves to the people OF
this community.
There was large attendance OF the men
OF the Prairie and visitors from Boston
and New York at the service at East
Lamoine last Sunday, Notwithstanding
the inclemency of the weather. Rev. A..
b. Lorimer ID. D., OF Bangor, and Rev. A..
w. Lorimer, of Presque Isle, assisted the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Toms, at the service at
Marlboro on Friday evening. They are
both able ministers and are delighted
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Is convsiescent after an illness resulting
from a severe surgical operation per.
formed in March. For nearly two months
she has, with her brother, J.. II. Heath,
been soiourning at Alpine, mountain
resort thirty Eve miles from San Diego.
July 2. SpEc
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Mr.. Joeko-What is Jumbo going to do
with that steamboat hawser he just
bought? Mrs. Jocko-W Why, his wife
told him to tie string around his finger
so he wouldn't forget her toothbrush.
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MAILMAN.
July ..

Friends Of Mrs. John Hasiam, of San
Diego, CAL, formerly OF waItham and Bar
Harbor, viii be pleased to learn that she
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Group instantly relieved. DIR. Thomas Ike
trio oii. Perfectly safe, Never fails. AZ any
drug store --aart
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Roland E. Carter lett the I'D for Rock
land.
Elias Andrews and wife left for Sorrento
last week to visit relatives and friends.
Edward p. Keene, OF Boston, a former
resident. has been In town the past week.
Henry Kenney, painter, is at work in
West Brookiin painting the residence Of
L. b. Bridges. He viii also paint the
new. chapel at West Brookhn.
Frank Gray, sexton, while working for
the Maine Lake lee Co., fell through the
apron to the deck Of the vessel, distance
OF seventeen feet, and was badly hurt. He
is in a critical condition.
July 20. @.
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sEDGwIcK.

July2.


adopted By Eggemoggin lodge, r. and A.
M, at its last stated meeting:
Whereas. 1t has pleased our Divine Master
to remove BY death our esteemed brother, d. +.
Dority. therefore Il rs
Resolped. That in the death OF Brother
Dority this lodge has iost strong ard honored
member. the community good and honest cit
izep, and his family kind and afee,ionase
friend and father.
Resolved. That we extend TO the family OF
our deceased brother our heartfelt sympathy,
and assure them that their loved one Is not lost
for what ia ours once is ours forever.
ResolSsd. That copy OF these resolutions
be spead on our reeords, copy sen, to the
family OF our deceased brother, and copy sent
TO the ELLSWORTH AMERICAN for publication.
6. S. BRIDGES,
s. /. SAITH,
Il. X. DoRIrY,
Committee on resolutions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-24

remote corner of earth are engaged to
reproduce the life of Is different peoples
Fifteen hundred animals are required to
lend reality to the varied scenes. Two
shows in the list of 40 represent an out
lay of $1,400,000. Twenty of them cost
not less than 100000 apiece, and hardly
an attraction less than $50, 1000.
Some idea of what there is to be seen
of Pike features may be had from list
Of the educational amusement features
which, this section of the fair contains:
Alaska and Esquimaux Village; An
cient Rome and Hawaiian Volcano; Bat
tie Abbey; Bohemia; Crystal Palace;
Cliff Dwellers; Chinese Village; Colorado
Gold Mine: Creation; Coal Breaker;
Cairo: Constantinople: Fire-Fighting
Exhibition; Glass Weaving, Spinning;
German Tyrolean Alps; Golden Chariot;
Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood;
Haunted Castle; Hereafter; Hunting in
the Ozarks; Infant Incubators; Indian
Congress and Wild West; Irish Village;
Japanese Villagea Jerusalem; Jim Key
Educated Horse): Lincoln's Log Cabin;
Moorish Palace; Model Playground;
Miniature Railway; Magic Whirlpool;
Morocco; Mysterious Asia; Naval Ex-
hibition; Old Plantation; Old st. Louis,
Mo-; Old CahQkia Court House; Old
Virginia Homestead; Observation
Wheel; Palais Du Costume; Pottery;
Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail-
way; South African Boer Exhibits;
Streets of Seville; Statisticum; Sub
marine Diving; New York to the North
Pole; Trained and Wild Animals; Under
and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi
Views; Water Chutes; Wireless Teleg-
raphy.
What runs in all; what supplies the
power that makes the countless wheels
go round! The majority of visitors are
intensely interested in the mechanical
motive force of this greatest of EXPOSE
tons, and we'll they may be. One of
the most striking features is the power
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sH l|l''l 4 Ah / S iUNTIllo q.
Big Game Bagged ~ African Hunters
+. @s u IN Great Demand as =ls5 I. 81:
Butchers Meat. ~ a. ..lj ssI..s:fS

A hunter Of big game {. in; !. Africs
writes: Hipp otamus hunting, as q
rule; Is =, not exciting, except from a
canoe or boat, where the animal has q
chance Of turning the tables # \ .
clean shot is made he sinks like q
stone and beyond few bubbles on thu
surface nothing more is seen till he
rises to the surface, belly up in from
one to four hours. One can generally
tell by the thud of the bullet if the shot
has told. 1t is mostly snap-shooting
as they blow and novice or excitable
person will often waste lot Of am
munition banging away at every nose
he sees bobbing up, irrespective of dis
lance or position. The vulnerable spot
is the brain, and it is advisable to wait
for side shot, when a bullet in tbs
neighborhood Of the ear will surely
find it,
This hunter, says the Chicago Daily
News, writes further: when we
camped on the Kafue schools of from
ten to thirty hippopotami were foun:!
together, but after being. disturbed sew
eral times they shifted to huge
swamp to the north, where the only
way to get at them was by polling
canoes through about a mile of reeds
and narrow channels to the lake
like patches of open water whittier
they had retired. The only canoes we
could get were dugouts, capable of car
rylng not more than three men, very
narrow, mostly rotten and patched
with Jumps of moist clay to stop leak
age. IT capsized they sunk like stones.
So, as the place was full of crocodiles,
we had always spare canoe at hand.
We hunted them successfully several
times in their swamps."
Being useful as butchers meat. the
big river horses were hunted systemat-
ically. The hunter, Mr.. Wright, says:
"An the fat which we used for cooking
was procured from hippo. We had to
feed from 40 to so natives living on the
station during the rains, when grain
and native foods were difficult to get,
so that a hippo, even if he weighed
three tons, soon disappeared into
biltong. Hippo make splendid tracks
across country between bends of the
river and the natives dig round, deep
pits on these and cover them with
branches and earth; the hippo, travel
ing along at night, drop head first into
them"
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Where Cloth Is Currency.

In Abyssinia American cotton cloth
is the monetary standard of the coun-
try. Coffee is quoted at 50 many bolts
a hundredweight, and crops are pur-
chased by the French with American
cotton. An agency has been estab-
'lished in New York to purchase the
special quality of cotton accepted by
the Abyssinians as standard of the
realm. The French, controlling the
trade of that part of the world, have
been able to introduce American cot
ton in competition with the English
product. but now that the fame of
our fabrics has spread through Africa
the Arabs and negroes will have no
other. Everywhere along the coast
and in the interior Of Africa,
where Yankee beads were once the
money standard OF the aboriginal
races. American cotton has become
king.-Success. f ~ s u
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st. Louis.-Early visitors to the Louis:
lana Purchase exposition have found
at St. Louis an exposition so nearly COM
plete that they have in no way missed
the few minor details that were unfin-
ished on the opening day, and which
have since been completed. In fact in
an exposition of such proportions as
this it would be impossible to discover
thousand little details that might lack
completion.
Weather conditions were against the
exposition management for few days
preceding the opening. Now every
thing is favorable, and the great fair
is entirely complete, a completeness, we
must repeat, that is so enormous that
it is ali but impossible to comprehend
what it has meant to the builders. The
last vestige of scaffolding that for q
few days surrounded some of the less i'm
portant buildings has been torn away;
the last wagon load of refuse hauled
from the grounds; every flower and
shrub the landscape gardeners included
in their scheme of decoration growing
under the benign influence of spring
sun, and the exposition stands forth a
completed giant, beautiful in concep-
ton, wonderful in execution, stupendous
in size, by far the masterpiece of the
worlds expositions.
Stupendous size does not half express
1t. This worlds fair has many sur
prises for the visitor, but it's immense
size is the greatest astonisher of all.
Amusement at the extent of the fair is
heard from every visitor.
1t has been interesting to watch the
visitors these first days of the fair. In
teresting to see what would appeal to
then strongest, but after one has studied
the mass of humanity in their quest for
the wonders it is hard to select any one
feature that could be designated as a
general favorite with all. OF course all.
visitors are enthusiastic over the general
picture, the grand en- semble. which has
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transmitted ~ cable through ont ths
grounds "a the electric railways, tho
machinery ii operat lion ii the exposi-
ton buildings, the pumps supplying
water to the cascades and: fountains,
the refrigerating plant and for other
purposes The total horsepower used
at Chicago did not exceed 10 900 and at
tho Pan-American not over 5000, in
comparison with the 10000 to $4,000
here @s-s-.,.. i. b >>sS. + %:a:5 ~. 8
Electricity had only five and one
half acres at, Chicago, while at St.. Louis
nine acres are given to the same de-
partment, besides a large display, Of
electrical generators in the Palace. Of
Machinery. .> ~. a. -.
No one should be deferred from visit
ing the worlds fair because of the fear
that living expenses in st. Louis are too
high. If anyone has this notion it is
high time that it be dispelled. There is
absolutely no doubt of the fact that one
can find excellent living accommodate
tions in st. Louis now at rates not ex-
ceeding the charges this same month in
New York, Chicago or any other great
American city. "a H.
No one need pay more than one dollar
day for good room. That is an aver
age rate, though many accommodations
Of excellent character may be had TOR
less. There are many unrented rooms
at five dollars week. advertised every
day in the newspapers Hundreds of
restaurants serve meals or give short
order service at the same rates
that prevailed before the exposition
opened.
It is suggested that the stranger in
st. Louis, who wishes to find reasonable
clearinghouse rates, make inquiry at
a grocery store or meat market in tho
vicinity where he desires to stop: The
grocers and butchers know nearly all
the boarding houses in their neighbor-
hoods, and they are quite willing to
oblige the stranger by directing him to
a place, to suit his purse and his tastes.
The want" columns of the daily news
papers also contain columns of small
advertisements for boarders or dodgers.
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been created, and for the first hour or
more of their stay inside the grounds
but few get further than the point from
which they catch their first view of this
grand picture.
1T almost takes my breath away"
exclaimed one woman near whom I was
standing as she caught her first glimpse
OF the beauty Of the cascades and the
magnificence of the grand exposition
palaces. Such is the general verdict
For beauty, for magnificence, for extent,
st. Louis has beat the world.
There is another feature, or rather
collection of features, which seemingly
appeals to every visitor, and with good
reason, and that is "The Pike" The
tair management do not wish to appeal
to the public with side-show. They
built an exposition which should stand
forth to the world on its merits as an
educator, as monument to the worlds
progress, but realizing that an amuse-
ment feature was necessary they set to
work to provide the biggest and best in
this line that has ever been known. That
they have succeeded in this is evident
to every visitor who travels The Pike. I"
Nor is this great amusement feature
lacking III educational interest. Here
one may study the architectural fancies
of the world; here he may study the
nations Of the world, their methods of
life, their surroundings, their customs.
He sees realistic pictures OF the Esqui-
maux in their snow and ice bound homes
in one minute. and the next is trans
ported to the jungles of tropical Africa
'eThe Pike" il. not an aggregation of fat
women and the skeleton men, in no
sense = circus side-show, put realistic
picture of the world upon which i've
millions Of dollars has been spent. !. 7
Six thousand performers from foreign
countries. and busy artisans from every
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COULDN'T USE THE emblem
Sale Of Book Prohibited Because
Mikado's Flag Was on
the Cover.

The sale of book about Japan has
received check in Japan because on
the cover was printed flag showing a
chrysanthemum with a particular num-
Der OF petals, reports the LondonChron-
icle.
The flag was imprinted on the book
back for no other reason than that il
looked pretty. 1t, however, happens to
be the flag of the emperor, or mikado,
and is something like high treason to
use it.
King Edward has flag of his own
the royal standard. It should only be
flown over buildings where the king &C.
tually is. l have no more right to fly
the royal standard from my bedroom
window when I get patriotic than I
nave right to pluck the flowers at
windsor castle because happen to be
fond of plants,
Every child in England knows the
stars and stripes is the flag of. the
United States. But it rather staggers
the British visitor to the states to find
his flag is very little known. When I
was In the states during the Spanish
American war, and flew the union jack,
was asked dozens of times if it was
the Cuban flag.
Even people who think they know the
British flag don't really know it. The
British merchant shipping f1ag-red,
with the jack in the corner-is accept
ed by thousands of Americans as the
British flag, and they are disposed to
argue with you when you say it isn't.
In the old days, when Theebaw was
king of Burmah, and COL Sladen was
British resident at Mandalay, there was
perpetual feud between the court and
the residency because in the hot weather
Col. Sladen insisted on carrying a white
umbrella to shield him from the sun.
The only person in Burmah who had
ever carried white umbrella-very COR
geous and infinitely superior to the
humble CAMP which served the resi-
dents purpose-was the king. I rather
fancy it was Col. Sladen's white UNI
brella that precipitated matters which
led to the deposition of King Theebaw.