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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-28

another step, and holds. that actual possession
OF such property taken by the mortgagee in the
exercise Of an authorize, expressly granted In
tne MORTGAGE, Is also equivalent 10 a voluntary
delivery by the mortgagor. and IL such posses.
sion Is retained. 1t makes good the u,ortsagee's
hen as against an attaching creditor. statutory
provisions for the registration OF chattti
mortgages In effect precisely like our own,
existed 10 all the states from which the fore
going decisions have been cited. but In no case
directly Involving tho questions now before the
court have they been held to be in conflict with
the equitable doctrine above stated.
Norsisi Il apparent that SUCH a contract re-
specting sfter.acquired property Is IN contra.
Fenuon OF any established rues OF public
policy Indeed ii would seem to be ore in
obedience to the principles OF sound morality
and considerations of public duty TO sanction
the net Il the mortgage IN taking and holding
the properly 70 accordance with the express
terms Of the contract. rather than the act OF the
mortgasor or an attaching creditor In taking IL
away from him in violation OF the agreement.
IL Is accordingly the opinion OF the court that
the scion Is maiutainable and that the entry
must be exceptions sustained.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-28
Collection of Linuor Debts

decision by Chief-Justice Andrew ] !.
Wiswell in the action of II. F. Corbin and
others VS.. Peter F. Houlehan rules that
chapter 20, section 65 of the Revised
Statutes of Maine, which prohibits the
maintenance Of an action in the courts Of
this State to recover for Intoxicating
liquors bought in another state with in
tent to sell the same in this State, is not
in violation of the federal constitution,
which gives Congress the power to regu-
late the commerce between states
The rescript states that it is a funda-
mental and elementary rule of the com
mon law that the courts will not enforce
an illegal contract which is contrary to
public policy or which is in contravention
OF the state independent of any statute in
relation to the same; no court would en-
force a contract in behalf of vendor to
recover the purchase price of goods sold
II the vendor had knowledge that the
vendee was to sell them in another state
for Illegal purpose.
The question raised was as to the con-
stitutionality of the statute in question,
which does not make participation by the
vendor in the purchases illegal purpose
or even his knowledge of such purpose
necessary to prevent his resorting to our
courts.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-28
New President of e. Nj. @. $.

The trustees of the East Maine confer
ence seminary, Bueksport, at their meet
ing in Bangor last Friday, elected
Frederick f. Bragdon, of Saylesville, R..
l., president of the seminary to succeed
Rev. s. A. Bender, resigned.
Mr.. Bragdon was a dark horse in the
race, the contest up to within a few days
of the election being between James
Brooks, of Bangor, and e. A. Cooper, of
Bucksport. Mr.. Brooks withdrew from
the contest when Mr.. Bragdon's name
was presented. Mr.. Bragdon received
sixteen votes and Mr.. Cooper seven.- SIS
Mr.. Bragdon was born in Brewer thirty
FIVE years ago. He graduated from Wes-
leyan university in 1891 with degree of A.
B., and from Brown university in 1895
with degree of A. M. He has been teach
ing in public and highsschools in New
Jersey and Rhode Island several years,
and has been superintendent of schools at
Saylesville five years.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-28
MIR. Edison's Watch.

he does not waste it even by taking 'ao-
count of it," says writer in Worlds
Work. thine to him is only the chance to
get things done; and no matter how long
it takes, they must be done.
s'In his office safe there is carefully
locked away s2,7OO Swiss watch, given
him by European scientific society. 1t
is never used. He buys a stem-winder
costing dollar and half, breaks the
chain ring off, squirts oil under the cap of
the stem, thrusts it into his trousers
pocket-and never looks at it. When it
gets too clogged with dirt to run, he lays
it on laboratory table, hits it with a
hammer and buys another"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-28

Ex-M Mayor John M. Johnson, of Calais,
has bought the property of the late j..
Malcomb Forbes, at Ponkapog, Mass.
Mr.. Johnson will continue to use the
property as a stock farm. In addition to
Nancy Hanks and other Forbes horses
which he bought at auction after Mr..
Forbes death, Mr.. johnson viii ship
many OF his horses from Calais.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-28

Take LAXATIVE BR0MO QUININE Tablets
All druggists refund the money II II fall 70 cure
L. W Giove's sig nature 10 Oh zach box. 2oc.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-28
ELLSWORTH MARKETS.
WEDNESDAY,, June as. 1905.


EAfsE Law xEokkpne wxisHTs Aap ssxsusss.
A bushel Of Liverpool salt shall weigh SO
pounds, and hushel of Turks Island salt shall
weigh 70 pounds
rhc standard weight of bushei 81 potatoes
In good order and DIT for shipping. Is 90 pou5ts;
of apples. a pounds.
The standard weight of busnel of ueans IL
good order and ht for shipping, Is 81 pounds
OF wheat, beeta, ruta-ba turnips and peas. &c
pounds: of corn. So pounds; of onions. 81
pounds; OF carrots, English turnips, rye and
Indian meal, so pounds; OF parsnips, 45 pounds;
of barley ana buckwhcat, As pounds; Of oats.
80 pounds, or even measure as by agreement
Revie~ of tue Week.
The Ellsworth markets are dull, with few
price changes Butter Is almost a drug on the
market, at g to 2s cents retail. Eggs remain
firm at 20 to -
In vegetables. the only material change In
price is in new potatoes, which drop TO % a30
cents peck, and win soon be crowding old pc
tatoes out of the market.
In fruits, watermelon and cantaloupe are the
latest arrivals. Strawberry growers have been
hit hard by the cold, wet weather, and as the
season moves this way, prices which ordinarily
drop. hold at 10 to is cents. while the quality Of
berries Is not up to the average.
Provisions, flsh and grain show no changes
from last week.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
Al Ex-Sheriff Talks.

Scott City, Kan, March 2Oth.-(Sue-.
c1al.)-Almost every newspaper tells
of cures Of the most deadly of kidney
diseases by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheuma-
tism and Bladder troubles, in fact any
disease that is of the kidneys or
caused by disordered kidneys is read
lily cured by this great American rem
edy.
But it is in curing the earlier stages.
of kidney complaint that Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills are doing their greatest.
work. They are preventing thousands
Of cases of Bright's disease and other
deadly ailments by curing Kidney Dis
ease when it first shows it's presenceI
in the body
Speaking Of this work ex-SheriffI
James Scott Of Scott County, says
II have used eight boxes Of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and must say that they
are just the thing for Kidney Disease.
We have tried many kidney medi-
cines, but Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best Of all''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
FOR IDENTIFYING ROPE.
Means Used in British Naval Service and
in This Country Commercially.

Every rope used in the British naval
service, from heaving line to hawser, and
wherever it may be used, on shipboard
Or in dockyard," said a cordage manufac-
turer, has woven into one of it's strands
for purposes of Identification a red
thread. The presumption is that any
rope with the red thread found outsideI
of such uses is in improper hands. This
custom in the British navy has prevailed.
since the days of Nelson, or since long.
before that for ought [ know.
ga like means Of identifying rope isl
employed in this country to some extent
commercially. Some railroads have their
rope marked in this way, and this meth
Cd is sometimes employed for marking.
rope used for the transmission of power
in operating machinery and on lighters,
where it might be exposed to depreda-
ton.
"Ropes have been marked with sim
gle red thread, or with two red threads,
or with single threads Of some other
color as distinctive mark of ownership;
we have marked ropes with single
tarred thread. We would mark ropes in
any manner which might be desired on
large orders."-New York Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
POISONED BY MATCHES:
DOWIE FAILS TO CURE.
Burly Former Jefferson County Sheriff
in Critical Condition-Third Opera
ton to Be Tried

Johnson Creek, Wis, March 20.-[Spe-
cial. l-Moaning almost continually from
intense pain, and perhaps fatally i'll, Fred
f. g. Jaehnke, former sheriff Of Jefferson
county, is suffering from violent case
OF what is believed to be poisoning
through using matches for toothpicks.
Mr.. Jaehnke has already undergone
two operations in hope of relief, and in
desperation sought the aid Of John Alex
ander Dowie at Zion City, III. Thus far
every method has been unsuccessful and
as last resort he was taken to Chicago,
where he will again be operated on to-
day.
His physicians state that several Of
the large nerves in Mr.. Jaehnke's face
are diseased from the poisoning, and that
this is the cause for the intense pain
which the patient suffers. The case has
batf1ed several experts and some declare
there is no precedent
Mr.. Jaehnke while in office captured
several notorious criminals. When he re-
tired to private life he continued this
work to a large extent. He was at one
time a blacksmith and is an unusually
large and strong man.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
DEAN OF ODD FELLOWS.
Hammond Pioneer Has Belonged to Or
der Since March I, I84o-Joined
ii New Jersey.

Hammond, Wis, March 2O.-[Spe-
cial. il. 3. Fithian of this village is be-
lieved to have been a member of the Odd
Fellows order longer than any other liv
ing man in the United States He joined
Washington lodge No. 5 of Newcastle, n.
j., March 1, 1910, and has been a mem
Der in good standing ever since. Mr..
Fithian, now an honored pioneer Of this
section, is IS years old.
! Mr.. Bithian came to Hammond from
Philadelphia in 1865. He was born in
Cedarville, n. j., February /, 1919. and
his parents removed to Newcastle, Del,
when he was but 4 years old. In 1915
he moved to Philadelphia and joined
Adelphic lodge No. %, on February %,
1886, by card as past grand. Until
1870 he remained an active member of
No. p, not taking out his withdrawal
card until five years after he had left
Philadelphia. He has held many offices
in the different lodges to which he has
belonged.
On November Is, 1S47, Mr. Fithian
joined Ashland encampment No. 45 of
Philadelphia and in September, 1871,
he secured a transfer to SLIDER encamp
ment Of Hudson, Wis, of which he is
also member at this time.
A year ago Mr.. Fithian attended the
sovereign lodge in Baltimore, Md.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
Death from Electricity.

While death is produced almost in
stantly by the passage through the hui
man body Of alternating currents of high
voltage, such as are encountered in Ordi-
nary practice, yet in the currents of enor-
nous voltages produced by Mr.. Tesla it
is possible for them to pass through the
body without the slightest injury. 1t has,
Of course, been known that the Tesla cur
rents are of extremely high frequency as
compared with the ordinary current, as
well as Of high voltage, but it was
thought that they passed over the surface
Of the body rather than through it, and
thus did no damage. Lately Prof. Nernst
has shown the Bunsen society Of Berlin
that this effect is due to the high fire.
quency of the current, which actually
does pass through the body, but so rapid
are it's alterations that it does not have
time to effect any change in the tissue
before there is reversal of the electrical
stress This he has shown conclusively
in series of experiments where he
passed high-frequency current through
his hand and then through the legs of
Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
SPAULDING WEBS AGAIN.
Dispensation to Wed Miss
Genise Van Brunt.

Oconomowoc, Wis. March 2O.-[Spe-
cial. willis II. Spaulding and Miss
Genise Van Brunt were married at Wau-
kesha Saturday afternoon. The we'd
ding was surprise here. Mr.. Spaulding
was divorced last September, but secured
special dispensation permitting him
to marry before the expiration of the
statutory year. In his affidavit Spaul-
ding gave as a reason for asking permits
sion to marry at once that he runs
hotel and has a farm, and needs the
services of a housekeeper which he mad
been unable to secure Miss Van Brunt
is the daughter Of Mrs. w. A. Jones.
II. Z. Ryan of Waukesha gave the bride
away, and the ceremony was performed
by Court Commissioner Merton. Mr..
and Mrs. Spaulding will live in the
Landsmee new cottage on Lac La Belle.
Mr.. Spaulding is about 30 years the
senior of his bride, and for a number
OF years was the proprietor Of La Belle
Villa.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
RESCUE COSTS ID LIVES.
Death Roll in West Virginia Mine DisaS-
ter Contains III Names

Charleston, w. Va, March 2O.-In at
tempting to take the bodies of ten men
from the Rush Run and Red Ash mines
were killed by second explosion yes
terday. The blast which cost the first
ten lives happened Saturday night. Both
explosions were caused by fire damp.
The victims Of the second were killed
some time after they entered the mine
and their bodies still are entombed.
The first explosion seemed to shake the
foundations of the mountains and q
double flash of fire from the two neigh
boring drift mouths lighted up the skv
for several miles. From the mining vii
lagos for several miles up and down the
river hundreds of persons rushed to the
scene. The blast was caused by y
naked flame coming in contact with
the gas.
The flames from the drift mouth set
fire to everything in reach that was not
blown away by the explosion. The great
drum by which the loaded cars are run
from the drift mouth down the incline to
the dumping place was blown from its
,fastenings and down the mOuntainside
600 feet, while the farmhouse caught
fire and was consumed.
The cars that stood at the mouth of
the mine were blown far down the in
cline and much of the track was de-
stroyed. The rails We're twisted and the
cross ties whipped from their beds in the
ballast and sent scorched and charred
many yards away. The big fan that
furnished air in the mine was SO dam
aged that it was several hours before it
could be started again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
America Gets Off Easv

New Workers are complaining bitter
y because butter has gone up to 80 and
40 cents a pound" said a missionary
who is about to return to Japan after
an absence of several months. Down
IL Cuba and some of the South AIneri-
can countries butter costs 81 a pound
and is hard to get at that Where I am
going in Japan you can't get it at any
price. The population is so dense that
there is no room for pasturage for cat
tie and butter is an almost unknown
luxury. A large part Of my luggage will
consist of butter, especially packed for
the long journey, for though [ have spent
many years in Japan, | am too thor
oughly American in my tastes to get
along without butter
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
PREDICTS A WFULFATE
Hermit Tim" Anton of Wau-
saukee Believes Milwaukee
and Chicago Doomed.
SHOES AND DUST LEFT BEHIND.
After Telling in Foghorn Voice of Future,
Recluse Leaves His Strange Haunts
for Long Tramp.

Wausaukee, Wis, March co. Spe-
cial. Predicting in a foghorn voice that
Chicago will shortly have an awful loss
of life and property, and that there are
terrible things in store for Milwaukee
and Wausaukee, the details of which
he refuses to tell, Hermit JIM Anton,
has left the dust Of this village and
neighborhood on his old shoes, purchased
a pair of new ones of cowhide, and has
gone to parts unknown.
Anton says he will hOOf it from this
village to Seattle, Wash.
Refuses to Follow Precedents.
Anton is most peculiar parsonage.
He came here about a year and half
ago from the upper peninsula of Mich
igan and ''struck" NJ. G. Ledvina for a
Job. The latter sent him out to cut
cordwOod on his land southeast of the
village. Instead Of living like other men
Anton erected a crude cabin in the
woods and has been living the lonely life
of a hermit ever since he put in an APP
which was only equalled by his disap-
pearance last Saturday night.
His cabin was made of logs and poles,
the roof being covered with brush. 1t
was by no means water-tlght and the
wind whistled through the openings OF
the walls.
Slept on Bare Ground.
No bed, or bunk, made up a part
Of the furnishings of Jim's lonely hut
not even a floor did he provide for his
comfort. He slept on the bare ground,
without any bedding whatever to cover
his shivering body. And in this condi-
ton the man occupied his home" and
apparently enjoyed life, in his own way.
1t was not that he could not afford
bed or better furnishings; for it is said
that the fellow had over 500 in cash
coming to him when he settled with Mr..
Ledvina on the eve Of his departure.
He seldom came to town, unless in
need Of provisions. He had no stove,
but did his cooking in an oven made
Of clay.
Anton is a Bohemian, about 80 years
Of age, and speaks the Bohemian, Polish
and English languages well.
Rescue Aged Woman Recluse.
Oconto, Wis, March 90 Special. !
Mary Priest, an aged recluse, was found
nearly dead in her home here after being
i'll and without food for several days.
NeighbOrs noticed that the usual sign
that she was about, a smoking chimney.
was not apparent. An investigation re-
suited in finding her in a critical condi-
ton, but in time to save her life.
Mary Priest is an unusual character.
1t is believed that her real name is
Mary Spearing. She came here years
ago as a housekeeper for Catholic
priest, who died, leaving her sufficient
money to support her during her life.
She is about 70 years old and very feeble.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
EAT BUTTER AND BACON.
Thus You May Escape Death from the
Great White Plague

Dr. A. N. Bell of Brooklyn, n. Y, in
The Popular Science Monthly, prints a
paper which he read at the international
congress on tuberculosis at st. Louis last.
October, in which he says:
Consumption is most prevalent among
those who are .stinted or who stint them
selves Of bacon and butter" He then
goes on to say that, in the whole course
of his professional observation, now COW
ering a period of more than sixty years,
he has never known a family or an ind
vidual that was brought up on a liberal
supply of bacon and butter who became
tubercUlous. Whether DR.. Bells remark
is true or not, there can be no doubt Of
the fact that those who know most of
tuberculosis recognize the Importance Of
diet and sanitary conditions in dealing
with the great 11White plague
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
NEW LIGHT ON PRIMARY LAW.
No Primary Nomination Means No
Ticket, Says Sturdevant.

Racine, Wis, March 2O-[Special.l-
In reply to a request for an opinion At
torney General Sturdevant says:
1t is my opinion that where in any cleo
ton precinct there are nomination papers
filed for any candidate of particular politl-
cal party, then that party should have no
ballot in that election precinct.
The law provides that voters may write
In the names of persons whose names do
not appear upon the official primary ballot.
1t is my opinion that this permits voters to
scratch out the name of candidate and
write in another name, but does not per
nit the voter to vote for a candidate for
office where there is contest at the prI-
mary for such office, because of failure to
file nomination papers.
If there has been no primary election con-
test for office, there can be no vacancy
to be filed by the party committee.
AS Democrats will not have candidates
in several wards for aldermen it is GER
tain that the Republicans will control the
council.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
TIE SIMPLE LIFE
Ways that Are Pleasant and Paths that
Are Peace.

Are Peace.
1t is the simple life that gives length
of days, serenity of mind and body and
tranquility Of soul.
Simple hopes and ambitions, bound
ed by the desire to do good to ones
neighbors, simple pleasures, habits,
food and drink.
Men die long before their time be-
cause they try to crowd too much into
their experiences-th climb too high
and fall too hard. A wise woman
has done her:
II have been using Grape-Nuts for
about six months. l began rather
sparingly, until | acquired such a lik-
ing for it that for the last three
months I have depended upon it al
most entirely for my diet eating moth
ing else whatever, but Grape-Nuts for
breakfast and supper, and I believe
| could eat it for dinner with fruit
and be satisfied without other food,
and feel much better and have more
strength to do my housework
when | began the use of Grape
Nuts | was thin and weak, my muscles
were so soft that I was not able to do
any work. l weighed only 108 pounds.
Nothing that l ate did me any good.
l was going down hill rapidly, was
nervous and miserable, with no ambi-
ton for anything. My condition i'm
proved rapidly after I began to eat
Grape-Nuts food. It made me feel
like a new woman; my muscles got
solid, my figure rounded out, my
weight increased to 1875 pounds in a
few weeks, my nerves grew steady
and my mind better and clearer Ny.
friends tell me they haven't seen me
look SO we'll for years.
81 consider Grape Nuts the best food
on the market, and shall never go back
to meats anG white bread again."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's reason.
Look in each pkg for the little book,
'The Road to Wellyille."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-22
! REV. JEREMIAH PAYNE DEAD.
Was Presiding Elder of United Brethren
in Wisconsin and Michigan.

! Reedsburg, Wis. March 2O.-[Spe
cial Rev. Jeremiah Payne of Coopers-
vile, Mich, is dead here, aged Il years;
He was t; born 1ed At Nia aga n, T., and
came here and acted as pastor of the
United Brethren church for many years
His wife and daughter died while he
lived in Cedar Springs, Mich. He was
presiding elder of the United Brethren
in Wisconsin. and later held the same
Office in Michigan.
Anton Elder of La Vale was found
dead in his barnyard by his wife after
he had gone to do chores. He was born
in Germany in 1884. He served in Co.
X, Eighteenth Wisconsin volunteers, and
contracted rheumatic diseases in the
Civil war which caused his death.
Was Born on Georgian Bay.
Stevens Point Wis, March 2O.-TSp
cial. wv. P. Mallory, a native of Geor-
gian Bay, Ontario, is dead here, aged
Sc years. His wife is seriously i'll.
Wealthy Bachelor Found Dead.
Monroe, Wis, March 90 Special. I
Benedict n. Rush, a wealthy cigar man
ufacturer here, who never married. was
found dead in his room over his factory,
presumably of heart failure He was 10
years old. He formerly lived in Daven-
port, Ia.
Wooden Mill Builder Dead.
Sagole, Wis, March 90 Special. I
Michael Murphy, aged 81 years, who
built some of the first wooden mills in
Wisconsin, is dead here. He crossed the
ocean twenty-one times to visit his birth
place in Ireland.
Depere Pioneer Merchant Dead.
Depere, Wis, March 90 Special. L
q. G.. Merrill, aged II years, who has
been merchant here for sixty years, is
dead. He held numerous public offices
and the city flags were put at half-mast
until the funeral was over. He was a
past master Mason.
Storm Over at Superior.
Superior, Wis, March 2O.-[Special. I
"A thirty five mile northeastern last night
gave way TO bright, clear and frosty
weather today. The temperature is IL
above.