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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27
The shortest Sermon Ever Acted

As to preaching, arguing and inter
preting Scripture in the pulpit, the &c
centricitles of ministers are endless.
We need not have recourse to such sto-
rles as that of Lorenzo Dow, who per
formed 1.-The shortest sermon on rec
ord" His subject was "Backsllding,"
and what might be called the body Of
his sermon consisted In his climbing up
a smooth sapling with great pains and
difficulty and the sliding down again,
An immense concourse of people had
assembled to hear him, and great was
their establishment at witnessing this
performance. The only words uttered
were, Hold on there. Dow; hold on. "
Then he slid down again. put on his hat
and left.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27
Are You Engaged.

Engaged people should remember that,
after marriage, many quarrels can be
avoided by keeping their digestions in
good condition with Electric Bitters. g..
A. Brown, of Bennettsville, s. c., says:
..'For years my wife suffered intensely
from dyspepsia, complicated with a tor
pid liver, until she lost her strength and
yigor and became a mere wreck of her
former self. Then she tried Electric
Bitters, which helped her at once, and
finally made her entirely well. She is now
strong and healthy" e. G. Moore, drug
gist, sells and guarantees them, at Soc a
bottle.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27
EXCURSION TO NEW YORK.


huusOH W We" hOTh.
The Hoosac mountains and the Deerfield
valley form a combination of mountain
grandeur and pastoral beauty of rural
landscape seldom seen. 1t was Hawthorne
who in a ride through this region per-
ceived the variations of nature in her be-
stowal of beauty upon this favored coun-
try, and he expressed it forcibly when he
observed that the peaceful scenery of the
valley was diversified by the mountains
in their offerings of sunshine and shadow,
glory and gloom.
1t is the Fitchburg division of the Bos-
ton & Maine which serves this scenic sec
ton; and it is safe to say that no railroad
in the United States has such magnificent
border of landscape beauty as the railroad
from the "Charles to the Hudson.
This is the route of the IS excursion from
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27

"What is the chief product of the
United States:" asked the teacher in a
European school.
And without hesitation the bright
pupil replied
Money. Washington Star.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27
Got off Cheap.

He may well think he has got off cheap,
who, after, having contracted constipation
or indigestion, is still able to perfectly
restore his health. Nothing will do this
but DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A quick,
pleasant and certain cure for headache,
constipation, etc. 25c at E. G. Moore's
drug store; guaranteed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27

public schools to her brightest pupil, "give
me an example of the use of the word
damper in a sentence. Robert thought
moment, then delivered himself of the
following: ''Teacher is damper-ticular
about our English"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27

LET me see. Il cynic is man who is
tired of the world, is he not?' the
young student of language asked.
No no. my child" replied the know
ing tutor. "A cynlc is n man OF whom
the world is tired."-Pick- Me-Up.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27

We have been long enough consider
ing what Christian Endeavor stands
for. Let us now give more attention
to what Christian Nndsavor goes for
Rev. J. D. Lament
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27

LAW REGARDIsG WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
A bush.l Of Liverpool salt snail weigh so
pounds. and bushel of Turks Island salt shall
weigh 70 pounds.
The standard weight of a bushel OF potatoes
in good order and fit for shipping, is 60 pounds,
Of apples, a pounds.
The standard weight Of a bushel of beans in
good order and at for shipping. is 81 pounds;
of wheat, beets, ruta- baga turnips and peas, o.
pounds; of corn. IS pounds; of onions. B..
pounds; OF carrots, Fngl'sh turnips. rye and
Indian meal. so pounds; of parsnips. As pounds;
of barley and buckwheat. IS pounds; of oats.
81 pounds. or even measure as BY agreement.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27

One OF natures remedies; cannot harm the
weakest constitution; never fails to cure sum-
mer complaints of young or old. DR.. Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry. -Advt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27

The miserablest day we live there is
many a better thing to do than die
Daley.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-27
Hancock County Crops.

A summary of crop conditions in Han
cock county as reported to the State
board of agriculture, is as follows
Amount of apple crop, 50 per cent. Condi,
ton of sweet corn, very good, though the crop
is a littl e late. In some sections the potato
crop has been quite badly affected by the
drouRh. Blight is also reported to some ex.
tent. The price of dairy products has been
about the same as last year. Condition of the
grain crop, good. Quality of hay, 1902 per
cent. There has been no increase In ensilage
crops. Corn is the principal crop raised for the
silo. Sheep husbandry is not increasing to any
extent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
TWO OF GANG HELD.
The Alleged GiIbertsUiHe Robbers
Thought To Be old Offenders.

The trio IF alleged professional robbers wanted
in GIbertsville, n. Y, were arraigned here yes
teroay- The two men were held and the woman
was discharged for lack of evidence. The police
are looking for two other men. The gang is
accused Of robbing F. C. Brewer. of Gilberts-
Vile, y. Y, Of $4,000 on May 2
The prisoners were Edward Watson, alias Will
son; John Mullen and Mary Wilson. AIulen's
picture, according to Detective Sergeant Pea
body is in the Philadelphia Rogues' Gallery as
that OF a former prisoner in Moyamenslng
Prison. Peabody said the woman was a former
keeper Of disorderly house in Allegheny Penn
and that it was in that house that she met VIII
SON He says that few days previous to the
robbery the woman got into trouble and was
told 10 meet Wilson at Syracuse Then the rob
bery occurred, and according to Peabody, the
Ito came here, although they say they were in
This city several days before the robbery
Mr. Smallwood. Of GilbertsVflle identified
the two men two Of four men he saw In the
town on the night Of the robbery. Acting In
spector OBrien says Thomas A. McQuaid head
Of the detective force Of Pittsburg Penn be-
heves that Watson is really Harry Greninger
sneakthief and burglar who is now wanted
in Allegheny for jumping his bail bond Super
lntendent Murray, Of the Bureau Of ComblIsti-
bles, examined some nitro-glycerine found I'm
the possession Of the men and SAID il was the
pure explosive and that there was seven ounces
Of It.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
TENEMENT FACTORY UP.
First Case Called Under Nesc Lac
Others Soon.

The first case under the new factory tenement
law, that Of J. Searles Barclay. owner of a house
at No % Suffolk-st, was instituted yesterday
by the county Of New-York
Mr.. Barclay, according to the police. failed
to stop Nathan RosenbIoom from manufact-
uring cloaks in the SufoIk-st. house or to pay
legal attention by dispossessing the occupant of
the alleged illegal tenement house factory.
More than nine hundred notices. including one
to Barclay, have been sent out to house owners
in New-York City by p. Tecumseh Sherman.
Commissioner Of Labor. About 30 per cent Of
those receiving notices complied with the Law.
Other prosecutions will follow soon.
Factory Inspector Keefe said yesterday:
Barclay is wealthy. That doesn't look as
though are going after the little chaps only,
does it, We gave him every chance in the
world TO dtspossess RosenblOom. after a legal
notice 10 stop the coatmaker. II was a ground
floor shop. Four of them were at work there
Ten families filed the five upper fats. so it was
a clear violation of the law. This law ap-
plies-and we want that made clear to property
people-not only to owners but to the agents
or lessees of shops in tenement houses where
they manufacture. This tenement law must
be carried out at once by those amenable to
the law II is felony if they don't.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
POISON ENDS EL0PEMENT.
Former Tennis Champion Dead at
Hotel 5cith Married WOmdn.

The elopement OF Herbert Leon Kepler' once u
well known tennis player, with married woman
ended yesterday in a Raines law hotel with MS
suicide by morphine when his money was gone
Two weeks ago Kepler fed from Deland' Fla after
forging his fathers name TO some checks IN com
pany with Mrs. Dona Miller. one Of the witnesses
in the trial OF William Hooper Young for the muir
der Of Mrs Anna Pulitzer in 1902 She ana hepler
lived across the street from each other IN Deland
When his forgeries were discovered he fed. she
accompanying him Kepler had divorced one wife
and when he left Deland abandoned his second
wife and his children. She is said to be SUNG
for a separation.
The pair came here on May and went to Sues
eus's Hotel, 5sth-st. and 6th-ave. At S:D a. m
the woman asked the housekeeper, Elizabeth smith
for a glass of water. She went back to her roon'
TO return ten minutes later TO ask Mrs Sueseus 10
wake up the proprietor, as her husband was Ill
Mrs. Sueseus refused to do SO. and the woman
who was known at the hotel as Mrs. Kepler' salo'
Really. you had better call him. My husband
isn't ul-hes dead"
The housekeeper ran TO the room, and found
Kepler dead and then called a policeman. While
and. hailing cab. drove on. She gone half an
nrour, and when she returned she was taken to tne
west Ooth-st police station and detained is 4 VIII
She told the desk sergeant that Kepler's money
ran short soon after he here, and his letters
70 MS rather for more money remained unanswered
net get cashed. In the evening he asked Mrs
M1Her TO lend him her revolver but she refused
drink OF water, she found KepIer dead. Pinned on
nsI nat she found note telling her to tell Jack
RRaymond a bartender at the Cadillac Of his death
raymond IS Aeplers nephew, AMI X 10 him
dead.
IN the room were two small bottles marked
prime sulphate one empty, the other half full, and
some letters. one addressed his father and the
other 10 his brother in Deand.
tennis champo efti IU R R0ae Ie l Bes66 Wbo
also met violent death. He and Raymond played
many victorious doubles through the South. TWO
.esrs ago kerlers foot was crushed, putting an
a
ne contracted the morphine habit.
,,CoroneT Scholer committed Mrs. Miller to the
House or Detention. She objected, saying she had
once been there and knew what a miserable place
y was She was confined there a witness against
William Hooper Young. She had lived in the
same mouse IN 46th-st. with the Pulitzer and
had introduced Young TO her.
Jacksonville, Fla. May IS (SpeciaD Leon
kepler was the only of w. L Kepler. Of Eau
claire. Wis. who has a winter home and large
orange grove on Lake Winnemissett, Deland.
They are well known in Eau Claire and are well
thought Of IN Deland. Herbert Leon Kepler was
ABOUT thirty years old. Kepler's father and
sister are at Deland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
FIGHT FOR A MOTHER.
Rival Children Battle for Her on
STEAMSHIP Pier.

Passengers who waited on the Hamburg
American pier in Hoboken last night to meet
their friends on the Deutschland were treated to
free-for-all family fight which had been brew
Ing long before the steamer arrived.
Mrs. Mary Schwartz who had been in Ham
burg for three years. returned last night on the
Deutschland. When she went down the gang
plank there was rush by her two daughters.
Mrs. David Troutman, of Ridge and Stanton SITS.
Manhattan. and Mrs. Adolph Furhman. and bv
her son, Emil Schwartz. of No. 5S6 Brfdge-st
Brooklyn. Each wanted the mother to go 70 his
or her home. First she was pulled to this one
and then to another For while it looked as
If Mrs Furhuan would get her mother, but as
they We're about to leave the pier Miss Julia
Iroutn1an, the seventeen year-old daughter Of
Mrs. TTontrran brought an umbrella down with
q thud on the head of Mrs Furhman. The bat
tie then turned in favor Of the Troutman fac
ton. Who succeeded in taking the mother TO
their home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
AMATEUR CRACKsMEN" DIsBAND.
Career Of Harlem Gang of Youthful Grim
inals Rudely Ended by Police.

Captain Brennan OF the East lo4th-st station
believes that IN the arrest yesterday and Weones-
day OF 1--WE boys and young men he has broken up
one Of the worst gangs Of budding criminals IN
Harlem Two of its members were sent 10 the
Workhouse yesterday by Magistrate Baker IN the
Harlem court; two others were held for exaInina-
ton to-day, and the fifth has promised TO turn
States evidence.
The leader Of the gang IS alleged TO have been
Benjamin Rovner an usher in the Star IAea'Ee'
HIS father on several occasions has tried 10 nave
the boy, who is sixteen years old. committed 10
some institution as incor1gtble. but no case mas
been proved against him. He named his gang the
Amateur CracksTnen." His lieutenant was I'd
ward Schoenlan, nineteen years old, VINO Was SCH
fenced TO the Workhouse with him yesterday: -
Randolph Lenohan, fourteen years oid was tAAeH
into the gang because he was small ana ABltg
enough TO squirm through transoms enq sH!la+I
windows. When his leader was arrested Leilobe!
became frightened, and gave the ponce eVloehcee
which resulted in the arrest yesterday flloTIlliG
William Jacobs, twenty years old. ana hudoIph
Baton, fourteen years old All lived In the he4sA-
b0rhocd Of l04th-st. aad sd-ave.
RoVner and 6choenlap were arrested on Lech-
meal charge Of disorderly conduct They sent Len
chan into the cellar Of a 5th-ave. bicycle shop'
staying outside while rs tried 70 get a machine
All three were grabbed by detectives, and Lenohan
told all he knew. Jacobs and Eaton were arrested
yesterday "a sd-ave. on Lenohans evidence ana
held in $50 for examination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
FIRES MORE; LOSS LESS.
Last Year Shoes Best Record in
Department. History.

The total number Of fires in the year 1904, &C
cording 10 statistics compiled by Fire Marshal
Peter seery. were 1919 in the boroughs Of
losses entailed 10 buildings and contents were
81 $50 943 an average loss Of 5000 20. the lowest
average IN the history Of the Fire Department,
Notwithstanding that there was an increase OF
T62 fires over that Of 1908 and an increase Of
LILO fires over that Of 1902, While reviewing
the workings OF his bureau, Fire Marshal seery
said.
year shows that thirty-four persons were ar
rested for suspected incendiarisTn.
There were also eight cases pending from 1903.
which makes total of forty-two cases during
the year. The bureau is seriously hampered in
the proper investigation Of fires through lack
Of sufficient help. It is owing to the abnormal
Increases IN the annual number of fires. In
many cases find II impossible TO give the time
ana attention that some fires Of apparent IN
cendiaTy origin demand. While fires in two
years have increased TO over LOO, no addition
whatever has been made 10 the working force
OF the bureau. II is only recently that two po-
Mceuen have been withdrawn from the bureau,
and ia the face Of being compelled TO work with
less help than heretofore, while the work IS
naturally accommodating. II VIII be impOss bic to
Of some fires unless additional assistance be
given
Carelessness in the use Of matches caused 763
fires causing loss Of S74.52 carelessness in
the use of lighted cigars. cigarettes, etc. 495
fires. causing a loss OF S1S644; children playing
with matches, 200 fires, causing loss Of SAL
5l4: causes of fires not positively ascertained,
$685. loss, $3.619.651.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
DEATH OF ARABIAN HORSE.
Clay Eclipse, of Fleetwood Farm Stud, Vic
tim of Blood Poisoning.

Oyster Bay. L. L. May IS (speciaD.-Clay
Eclipse. one of the Arab stud Of the Fleetwood
farm, died to-day from blood poisoning, the re-
suit of an accident. A small twig was thrown
into the under part Of his body when he stepped
on a piece Of bark while being driven few
days ago Blood poisoning quickly developed
and he died to-day in spite of the efforts of half
a dozen veterinarians.
The horse was one of the Maneghi- Hedruj
strains from which sprung the famous English
barley Arabian. The Fleetwood stud now con-
sists of four stations and five mares. One of
the stations, Kaled, was valued by the founder
of the farm Randolph Huntington. at 100000.
Mr.. Huntington gathered his stud more than
forty years ago at a large cost and UP TO few
months ago devoted his efforts to the develop
ment of a national type of horse here by the
aid of the Arabian strain. A few months ago
he found the management of the farm too great
a task for one OF his age and sold IL to Robert
V. Y. Seweu and Walter Russell. two New-fork
artists and two other men. who formed a stock
company for the breeding Of high class horses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
"BIBLE TEACHERS NOT HONEST"
Some of Them Impart What They Do Not
Believe, Says DR.. Schaufler.

Some Consequences of Rejecting Inspiration"
the subject of yesterday mornings session Of
the American Bible League in the Marble Collegiate
Church.
The Rev. DR.. E Fitch Burr spoke Of the Effects
of the Higher Criticism in the Ministry" He said
that it will lessen the number of ministers; it
will impair their quality; it will enfeeble their
Instruments; It will dwarf their message; it will
scatter their audiences, and it will destroy their
audiences and themselves"
Jonah: Is the Book a History or a Parable?'
the subject of the Rev. John Urquhart, OF
Glasgow, Scotland He said that Jonah was an
historical person and that the Scriptures stand or
fall with the historical character OF the book.
Bible teaching the subject of the afternoon
session. Its governing principles were explained
by the Rev. DR.. A. F. Schaufder, secretary of the
committee the International Sunday school les
sons. He complained:
Some teachers are not honest according to ordi-
nary standards. They teach things they do not
belieYe like the cure of Naanan,s leprosy. We
attention TO Hebrew and more 10 the English Bible.
Bible or could read a chapter in that language
unless he had an excellent memory of King James's
Fathers Tertuan and Origen and more for the
Church sons Jim and Sam.
The Rev. DR.. George E. Pentecost opened the
evening session with address the power OF the
Bible in the foreign mission field. He pointed out
the great part foreign missions had played in
the directions God had given 10 His Church from
Abraham onward, and that the message TO be de-
uvered in the mission field did not differ from what
had 10 be preached at home. This he found, he
said, in the Bible alone.
The convention was brought to a close by an ad-
dress from President Hall The Present Urgent
Call" He said in part:
The non-attendance of men upon church services;
the religious indifference Of the most Of the people
especially in the great centres Of population; the
domnancy Of the spirit of graft and of greed
the apparently limited areas of evangelstic
vlvals the constantly diminishing legacies 70 the
great Christian societies; the comparative ndiffer-
ence Of Christian people to the cause Of religious
educauon-alI have their root in the spirit Of
belief
Notwithstanding the dark side of the situation as
presented there are many indications of general
awakening interest in spiritual affairs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
MRS. CHADWICK MAKES STATEMENT.
Says She Borrowed About 5000, O00-Tells
Why She Needed It.

Cleveland. May 1S.-AIrs. Chadwick made a state
nent last night concerning her affairs in which
she told Of the beginning Of her financial troubles
She said:
Since January J. 1901. I have had 50 10000 Of this
amount borrowed not over $4,000, the remainder
coming from a trust fund and some sales. In April
or May. 1901 I owed only $4,000. 1 paid that debt
I was then induced 10 make investment which
called for almost 10000. ! took security Tor
this investment, ana the transaction, far I
was concerned. InateIialized. The investment
was made upon the advice Of friend.
Early in February, 1902, after my return from
abroad, I informed that my Investment a
loss and that I in debt 500 600 Besides that
sum there was additional loss which l had in
Cured Of 500 01o. In order meet these obliga-
tons 7 made large loans, for which I paid heavy
commissions
I have borrowed in all $500 co. obtained s175 o5O
on my own note. A loan OF $4,000 was secured by
me on the Endorsement Of prominent New Yorker
The other S4O00 ] have mentioned before.
I have been offered bail by a prominent Cleve-
lander who wishes his name kept secret I shall
son who makes the offer is wealthy.
At the sale to-day by Nathan Loeser OF the Chad
wick homestead, at Euclid-ave. and Genesee-st the
highest bid $4,000. made by ex-Judge W w
Boynton on behalf Of the Savings Deposit Bank
and Trust Company OF Elyria. Ohio the holder Of
a mortgage which with interest. amounts 10 about
$4,000 The property appraised at $4,000 A
lot in Iincoln-ave. was bid up 81 $50 while the
third piece offered, small lot valued at 500 had
one bid Of 500 DR.. Chadwick present at The
sale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
BISHOP FROM VATICAN HERE.
On Three Months Trip to Visit Polish Ro-
man Catholic Settlements.

Bishop Franc Albino Symon, attached 10 the
Vatican, arrived here last night the Deutsch-
land. He will remain in this country for three
months and VIII visit the Polish Catholic settle
ments of the United States. He said last night:
There is no Polish bishop IN the United States
and my people are as anxious TO I
to greet them I shall go 10 Washington to-mor-
row and later I will call Cardinal Gibbons in
baltimore There is no special significance to my
visit here. II Is simply the visit of bishop 10
his people. ] the Holy Father on May 8. and
told him I wished 10 visit my compatriots in the
United States. He pleased. and gave me his
blessing and a bon voyage
A party Of two hundred Polish priests chartered
the steamer Isabel. and greeted the Bishop at
Quarantine 4 reception was arranged for him AZ
the Hotel Manhattan. but made short ana IN
formal because Of the late docking OF the steamer
The Bishop is the guest OF Archbishop Farley