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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03


II would Ike" said the youth, "tU
write a great book. How shall &C
about it?''
Don't, beg of your said the novel
ist- Write one that pays, as do. OF
else-study law
Il do not care to write book for the
sake of the pay" said the youth. He
was very young and must be forgiven
for this. Perhaps, after all. had bet.
ter be lawyer"
So he became lawyer, but the old
ambition to write great book came
over him again.
Anything but that" said friend
to whom he told his wish. IF you don't
like the law. be a doctor"
So he studied medicine.
In time. however. this palled upon
him. He still thought of that book
He felt that he had a mission.
'You could do so much more In the
pulpit" said another.
So he preached until the hollowness
Of 1t came over him.
And he left the pulpit.
One day he woke up and found that
the great book was written. And he
laughed Mt the thought.
at was not lit was the lawyer, the
doctor. the clergyman and the other
man who did it"-Smart Set.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03
OF The Track.

The limited goes sixty miles an hour.
In the smoker men joke and play cards
and tell risque stories. The day coaches
are crowded and comfortless. The heavy
sleepers as they sway to and fro make only
gentle rocking for the people, who chat
and read and nap. Crash! Engine and
car and flesh and blood are ground up
together in shapeess, horrid mass.
Of the track!
So goes humanity's train. Here is a boy
W no got to running on a fast schedule.
He began by pilfering from his fathers
till. As he grew older he made faster
time. Down grade he goes. And soon
comes the crash. Newsboys cry murder
and suicide. The crowd halts for
moment. His friends murmur: 81 never
thought he was so bad" A young man is
OF the track.
young girl thinks her mother is too
slow for these cordsbreaking times.
Mother is s'old fashioned" The girl goes
to places her mother has warned her she
should not frequent. The bloom is
brushed from the fruit Brutal appetites
lust after 1t. One day a brazen, drunken
creature, cursing and shrieking, is loaded
into patrol wagon. A woman is
EOff the track.
A man gets 10 hurry to be rich. His
father went slowly, carefully, successfully.
But fathers methods will not do. What's
the use of moiling and toiling when a
quicker way may well do the business?
So and so speculated successfully. Surely
am as shrewd as he.
pistol shot. A man is
on the track.
Why did the train go off the track? 1t
may be the rails were too light. Or the
curves too sharp. Or the equipment poor.
Slower locomotion might have prevented
accidents Sixty miles an hour was too
fast. But the rival line is scheduled at
that. Our train must get in on time.
Open the throttle. Shovel the coal. What
matters II we do go
OF the track.
Our age is a rapid one. Business ard
society go at sixty mile clip. Rather
than be side tracked for a time men will
drive their trains into the ditch. Many of
them run wild. There are frequent col
lisions and wrecks innumerable by
getting
OF the track.
Look out, thriving but venturesome
merchant and reckless young woman aud
gay young man. The race is not to the
swift alone. Put on the brakes. Slow up.
Or, before you know it you will be-
on the track.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

The impression that sugar is bad for
the health, and particularly for the
teeth, is combated by modern physi-
clans, except of course in the case of
those actually diseased with diabetes
or kindred troubles.
Sugar is nutritious, antiseptic and
fattening 1t is a quickly absorbed
food. A coloriess solution of sugar and
water has often been used by fast
ers"
AS for sugar spelling the teeth, the
finest grinders in the world are those
of negroes in Egypt and in our own
southern states, who chew sugar cane.
The ancients had little knowledge
of sugar, but their possession of the
Sweet tooth is proved by frequent
references of classic authors to honey.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

In Malay the natives keep a record
of time in tho following way;
Floating in bucket filled with wa.
ter they place cocoanut shell, having
a small perforation, through which by
slow degrees the water finds its way
inside. This opening is so proportioned
that It takes just one hour for the
she'll to ill and sink. Then a watch
man calls out. the shell is emptied. and
they begin again.
Such trifies as minutes and seconds
are rarely needed on the peninsula.
Fancy any one asking the time in Ma
lay and being told that the eocoanut
shell was half full
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03
Loaded with Money.

Sir Samuel Baker once had thrilling
adventure with an African buffalo bull
which he discovered standing in the
shadows of small lake. He fired two
bullets without effect, and the animal
charged Sir Samuel had no ammuni-
ton left; but. luckily, the bull halted
to stare at him. suddenly a bright
thought flashed through my mind"
says Baker. without taking my eye
off the animal before me. put double
charge of powder into the right hand
barrel, and. tearing Off a piece OF my
shirt, I took all the money from my
pouch. 3 shilllngs in sixpences and 2
anna pieces. Making them into a
rouleau with the piece OF rag, l
fammed them down the barrel They
were hardly home before the bull
sprang forward The horns were low
cred. with their points on either side
OF me and the muzzle barely touching
his forehead. when | pulled the trigger.
and 8 shillings' worth of small change
ratified into his hard head. Down he
went and rolled over with the sudden
" checked mcni nsu:n OF his charge"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03
countr, For Children.

There should be some sort of law
framed whereby each boy. just as in
France and Germany each ablebodied
man performs his term Of military
duty. must spend at least three win
tiers Of his boy time In the country,
writes Emery Potter in Outing And
when | say country do not mean that
pert refinement of the genteel pastoral
the suburb. | believe II would act rs
a tonic 20 the race. There would be
wider outlooks. freer. less cramped
brains aud harder souls.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

An OcfasfOuN W.. canton Dtd No1
Get His ra.efs signed.
Robert Lincoln when minister Il
England told friend an Incident Of hl,
childhood which WAS deeply impressed
upon his memory. so Illustrative was Il
of his fathers character.
He was with his father in his cabi
net one morning during the early years
of the war when Secretary Stanton
was announced. Scarcely replying to
the courteous greeting of the president
Mr.. Stanton walked directly UP 10 the
desk where Mr.. Lincoln was sitting
and said, "Mr. President, have come
for the papers that brought You yes
terday to be signed
Well" said the president, with IN
expression in his face something like
that of convicted schoolboy. .'thf
truth is. Stanton, they are not ready
well. then, those you had the day
before
They are not ready either" was the
answer. with a somewhat quizzical
look.
But you have had some of them fos
whole week, and all ask you to dc
Is to put your name to them. Come, dc
1t now! The whole batch will not take
half an hour. will wait while you
sign. 1t is only trifle l am asking
and 1t is not like you to hinder our
work in this way"
"a trifiew echoed Mr.. Lincoln, with
deep gravity settling over his care.
worn countenance. do you know
what these papers are?'
"Of course / do" answered the secre-
tary. They are death warrants"
"And you call signing a death war
rant trife? Look here" And he
drew out from under his desk basket
overlooking with papers. Here are
the papers you have brought me during
the last week and that you have been
urging me to sign. and every one of
them will condemn a man to death il
put my name to it. How can | sign
when | know so well what will be the
result?"
"You must sign, Mr.. President; you
must sign them. You are clogging the
wheels of government. We have been
at standstill for week because you
have picked out every death warrant
from the papers I have brought you
No wonder they have accumulated
But now we cannot wait any longer.
We must have those papers, and you
must sign them" And, Selling a pen
from the rack. he dipped it in the ink
Back and forth. up and down the
room, strobe the tall form, as was his
wont when in perplexity. Suddenly his
face cleared, and he approached the
hearth. where there was glowing coal
fire Taking up the poker, he stirred
up a bright blaze. Then, almost run
ming across the room. he picked up the
basket of death warrants and tossed
them all on the Goals. A tongue of fire
seized them, and puff of wind blew
them up the chimney.
There, there; good riddancew he
muttered as he saw the ashes disap-
pear. Then he turned to Mr.. Stanton
who stood aghast and speeehless for
once, and with deprecating look said
81 couldn't help it, Stanton; really
couldn't, and l couldn't sign them. II
is too beautiful day to send so many
souls into eternity. / don't believe the
wheels of government will be blocked
Come, now, let us take walk down
the avenue"-Youth's Companion.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

Mr. Borden-Pll have some of that sau-
sage, please, Mrs. Starvem. By the way,
what was all that racket out in the yard
last night? Mrs. Starvem-O, that was
our poor pussy cat. dog got in and
killed her. and Mr.. Borden-Er-never
mind that sausage, Pm really not
hungry.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

70 man can cure consumption. You can pre-
vent 1t though. DIR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup cures coughs, colds. bronchitis, sore
throat. Never fails.--AdUt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

Everybody's liable to itching piles. Rich and
poor. Old and young-terrible the torture they
suffer. Only one sure cure. Doan's Ointment.
Absolutely safe; can't fail.--Advt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

The man who boasts of being able to
accomplish more in one day than any
other man can 10 week, never has oc-
easion to do it.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03
ELLSWORTH MARKETS.
wnDNnsDAr. Februar,

WEDNESDAY. February 8. 1906
susk Law nKoAnDme wKIaHrs AND nkAsuxss
A bushel Of Liverpool salt shall weigh 60
pounds. and q bushei Of Turks Island salt shall
weigh 10 pounds.
The standard weight of q DusheI of potatoes.
u. good order and ft for shipping, Is 90 pounds
of apples, "A pounds.
fhe standard weight of bushel of peans In
good order and ft for shipping, is so pounds.
Of wheat, beets. ruta-bass turnfps and peas, SO
pounds, Of corn. So pounds; Of onions, 81
Indian meal, so pounds; OF parsnips, Is pounds /:
OF barley ana buckwheat, 40 pounds; Of oats,
~ pounds, or even measure as by agreement.
Inc pricos quoted below are the retail prices
at Ellsworth. Farmers can easily reckon from
these y bat they are likely to receive IN trade
OF cash for their products.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03
SCOTCH FOLK RHYME.


Names Play In Them.
Scotland has good number of folk
rhymes connected with her old fami-
lies, and It may be interesting to col
lect few of these. Considerable pride
of family is supposed to be feature
of the Scotch, and we might expect to
find 1t reflected in these rhymes. With
regard to some the expectation is real
lied. Thus we have the Berwickshire
rhyme:
Tide what may betide.
Haig shall be laird of Bemerside.
Somewhat similar to this is:
AS long as there's a cock the north
There'll be q Fraser in Philorth.
There are many such proverbial say
ings that are not in rhyme and that do
not come under our present heading.
But the Scotch family rhymes are not
always complimentary. Sometimes they
have evidently been inspired by the
stranger outside the gates" An ex-
ample of this is the following:
From the greed o. the Campbells,
From the ire o the Drummonds,
From the pride o. the Grahams,
From the wind o. the Murrays,
GUIDE Lord deliver us.
Though given in rhythmic form, this
Is certainly not a rhyme. In another
we have an echo from the old time of
raid and foray:
If We wi Montrose gaze yen get sick and
wac enough;
If We wi Lord Lewis gaze, yen rob and
reive enough.
Similarly we have trace of the ref
ormation and gibe at the Catholic
Gordons in the next couplet:
The guile the Gordon and the noodle
Are the three worst things that Moray
ever saw.
The guile is a weed that often pes
ters cornfields A Roxburg rhyme tells
lands of Linton;
The wode laird of Laristone
Slew the worm of Worme's glen
And won all Linton parochine.
Two different rhymes record the vast
power and influence of the Cassilis fam
lily. whose surname was Kennedy. One
speaks Of
From Cassilis to Ardstincher tower.
The other states that
Tween Wigtown and the town o. Ayr,
Portpatrick and the Cruives o. Cree,
No man need think for to bide there
Unless he court Saint Kennedye.
Another traditional rhyme gives a
supposed origin of the name of Buc-
eleugh, but etymologists are not likely
to pay serious attention to the deriva-
ton:
And for the buck thou stoutly brought
To us up that steep heuch
Thy designation ever shall
Be John Scott of Buckscleuch.
The turbulence of the freebooting
Armstrong; inspires another old coup
let:
Comes Liddlesdale's peace
When Armstrong; cease.
And nursery rhyme more suitable for
singing to southron babies gives a rec
election of the Douglas who fought
with Bruce:
Hush We, hush ye little petite,
Hush we, hush ye. do not fret ye.
And the Black Douglas shall not get We.
Scotland has an unusually rich sup
ply of proverbs, saws, adages and folk
sayings of all kinds, but it is not easy
to discover many more family rhymes
of this nature. Each of these frag-
ments has its value, though it is val
~. 1.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

Every Movement Hurts when yoH have rheu
matism. Muscles are stu and sore and Joints
are painful Hoods sarsaparilla goes right to
the spot IN this disease. neutraiizes the Acidity
OF the blood and cures.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03

Indigestion. nausea are cured by Hoods Pills
--AdUt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-03
Comes Liddlesdale's peace
When Armstrong; cease.

And a nursery rhyme more suitable for
singing to southron babies gives a rec
election of the Douglas who fought
with Bruce:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-09
BROOKS GOES ABROAD.

Francis NJ. Brooks, the well known
local attorney, sailed for the Orient
this noon as Il passenger on board the
steamship Gaelic. Brooks has for a
long time been contemplating a trip
to China. He has interested himself
In the study Of the Chinese language
and will now continue his studies of It
In the land of the dragon,
Brooks will go first to Manila, from
there to Hongkong and then on ia
Shanghai, where he expects to meet a
number of former Honolulu people who
live there. He will remain in Shanghai
for several months. Brooks stated
this morning that the objects of his
trip were partly business and partly &c
study the Chinese language. He in
tends to return to Honolulu next Aug
ust.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-09
LEVERS MAKES A HIT

A former Honolulu man, writing to
a friend In this city, gives mention of
having seen William Levers, the son
OF Robt. Levers OF this city, on the
stage in Knoxville, Tenn.
Levers acting Is described in the
following extract
Imagine my surprise when
glanced over the program and saw
William Levers name In the title role,
He is appearing this season with Ber-
tina Galland, and to put 1t mild to you
old man, Honolulu ought to be proud
OF him. He Is certainly one big hit
Bertha Galland makes an ideal Dor
othy Vernon and together they gel
curtain calls a plenty. bet 1t would
do his mother and father good to see
him in this play. The part suits him to
n 'U' -
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-09

Latest Sugar quotation, 3.62s cents.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-09
LOCAL and GENERAL

Weather Bureau. Punahou, April o.
Morning minimum, Sc;
midday maximum, 70.
Barometer at a. m, 1902, rising.
Rainfall, 07.
Absolute moisture at Q a. m, Az grs.
per cubic foot.
Humidity at a. M, 81 per cent.
Wind, fresh n. T.; weather, clear.
a, r. c. LYDECkER,
r Territorial Meteorologist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
Suits and OVercsats S9.75

You can't match them in material workmanship,
style or general excellence under $1,000 and $40
and then you'd be getting good value. Single or
doube-breasted sacks Of all wool fancy cashmere,
in new and neat checked effects, lined with Mo-
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Styles in Kerseys Serges, Cheviots, in all sizes, at
$975. > :."#= : :s..5 :. :. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
LAWYER DRILLED
DOUBLE EAGLES
Thousands of $40 Gold Pieces De-
based-Long Search for
Criminal.

San Francisco, Nov. 25.-James n.
Cary, an attorney at law, graduate of
the Hastings law college, and well
known about town, was taken into Gus
tody yesterday by United States Sc
cret Service Agents George w. Hazen
and Thomas B. Foster and placed in
the city prison on q charge Of felonious-
~ abstracting gold from double eagles.
Hazen and Foster had been on his
they felt certain that Gary : was re.
sponsible for the crime, he was so wary
that they were obliged to wait until
now before they acted.
The case is so complete, the evidence
SO overwhelming that Cary acknowl-
edged his guilt and showed how he had
drilled holes into the rims of the $40
pieces and taken from $3.50 to So worth
of gold from each. Twelve holes were
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
coal and a pint bottle filed with cut

!. . a.
coal and a pint bottle filed with cut
pieces Of brass wire.
q IN guilty. You We got me, - he
said. - There s no use denying it. 1
coming to me ali right. How is Cress
Unger coming out in his .trouble9'
The first person to detect a drilled
coin was Thomas Burns, cashier Of the
United States subtreasury. That was
three years ago. He reported to the
secret service men. They found where
the buttons had been sold and got a
description Of the seller. On May 26,
1902, Agent Foster saw Cary change
$50 In silver for a twenty-dollar gold
piece in the Swiss-American bank. All
bank tellers were notified, but the work
of Cary was so clever that the fraud
could not be discovered without actual
y weighing the coins, except when they
had been much used and the gliding
worn off showing the tops Of the brass
wire.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
The Last Opportunity to See the
Worlds Fair,

As the World $ Fair will soon close,
all should takead vantage of this last
opportunity to see the greatest exposi-
ton, ever held. The Minneapolis & st.
ever offered-only $1,000 for round
trip tickets. Two trains day to the
Gates Of the Fair. Tickets at 424
Nicolet Ave, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
ROCKEFELLER EATS AGAIN
Standard Oil King Feasts Like Others,
His Digestion Regained.
New York Sun Special Service.

Tarrytown, N. Y.,eNov. 25.-Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller and Mr.. and
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had a
family reunion yesterday at Pocantico
Hills. Under orders of the senior Rock
efeller, the chef prepared an old-fash-
Toned Thanksgiving dinner with al the
fxings, and it is said the wealthiest
as his indigestion has been entirely
cured
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
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