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hlutuaI Brnrht Column.
rs Motto. aHelpful and Hopeful"

The purposes CT thi- column are succlnctly
stated In the title and moits-it Is for the mutual
beneat, ane aims pi be helpful and hopeful.
Being for the common COED. IL Is for the con-
mon use-a pubyf servant, a purseyor Of in-
formation and suggestion. a medium for the In
terchange of ideas. In this capacity II solieits
communications, aud its success depends largely
on the support given Il In this respect. Com
munieations must be signed. but the name OF
writer viii not be printed except by permission.
C0mmanications viii be subjecs 70 approval or
rejection by the editor of the column, hut none
viii be rejected without good reason. Address
all Communications 10
THE AMERICAN.
Ellsworth. Me.
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Cousin Meo. This seemed somewhs, iise q
reunion SUSAN.
Well done, Susan. Maine air must have
braced you up finely, or you would not
have accomplished so much about the
ITO and tro". We are very sorry you
missed thek reunion, but glad you, took
back SO many happy memories of the Pine
Tree State,
Thanks to you all, my nieces, for the
ready help you are giving your
Aunt MADoE.
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Don ouixote.

The enormous number OF proverbIai
sayings in ~Qulxote" had much 10 do
with the success Of the book. especially
in England and France. at time when
the apothegm and maxim were favor.
tie literary form. and. quite apart from
the lnexhaustible fund OF humorous ac-
ton contained in the work. Sanchos
sententious dicta made the noval as a
collection of proverbs alone worth pres
ervatloa.
AS in the-ease Of SO many Of Shake
speare's apothegIns. hundreds of Sancho
Panza's saying have become so much q
part Of our common speech as TO sound
almost trite when we stumble across
them on the printed page. Diligence
Il the mother of success seems Obvious
enough. but the man who first enshrin-
el il in speech was u genius. "He
WHOM God helps is better off than the
man who gets up early is bit Of
WORLDLY experience that comes home
even low 10 many dOubter as to
whether we .'get our deserts while
CromweIi's Trust God and keep your
powder dry" was anticipated by San
chos Pray to God. but hammer
away" Another shrewd piece of OBJ
servation from the same source might
save many tradesman from loss te
this day. HE who does not mean to
pay does not haggle about price, and
the homeiy scrap OF philosophy In
which .Sancho warns the world against
stretching nsS the leg farther than the
sheet that levers it is as necessary and
pertinent now as 1t ever was.-London
Chrauicie
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PAsApEsA. CAL. Oct. IS. 1906

PAsADEsA, CAL, Oct IS. 1905.
Dear AUNT Madee.
arrived home safe and as sound as is CON-
mon with me. about month ago. and am now
glad to be roosting on my own eucalyptus
bough.
hsve delayed writing because have been so
very busy getting settled. o. 1 find 50 many
little things to attend to. How ones home viii
get out OF joint when one Is assay. Ii takes n
long time with plenty of work and patience TO
get righted again, and so many aprons have TO
be used. else one viii be untidy.
o, can't bear to be uEtidyl / know I ought
not try 70 make my sisters think am spotless
for am not; but they do say am just like my
Aunt Maria. guess am. a little bit.
Besides doing my own homework I have
painted aud vanished. My kitchen and pantry
looks Ike bran new. 1 have painted most Of
the screens to windows and doors of the whole
house, and think wiz pretty nearly finish
tomorrow.
have q very large walnut tree In the front
lawn, which Is dropping nuts very fast J am
obliged 10 pick them up morning and evening
so that passers-by Cant get them all. and then
the shucks litter the lawn 20. making los Of
extra work. have 10 get up early and sit up
late. There &c 30 much NEEDING TO do. 90 many
stockings to darn for my John. now that he's
come home. after being east al summer Waiting
his relatives.
o. i did have such general good time 'down
east. did enjoy seeing the folks and being at
the picnic times What vivid, pleasant pictures
rise before me as think Of them. Those pic
MICS were just right; and ! had such . good
appetite for riam-bakes and ehowders and fBe
opportunity 10 meet old friends and form new
aeqnaintanees. and l wss 50 glad to meet two
OF my II. B. C. sisters; Sister 8. J. Y. and
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.
Prayer Meeting Topic For the Week
Beginning New. L..

BY REV. s. III. DOYLE
Topic--The dangers Of Indulgence
Prov. xiii. 2s-s5. lisa. v, 22-2s. "a temper
ancs meeting)
Indulgence in alcoholic drinks is one
Of the greatest curses of humanity Its
dangers are very great, and few who
ever euter upon. the downward path
through strong drink are ever re
claimed. II destroys men bodily, men
tally. morally and spiritually. II has
been doing so for centuries, and yet it
still finds victims who are willing TO
be debauched. II is one Of the great
mysteries Of human life that indul-
gence IN strong drink has not been
abandoned voluntarily or made i'm
possible BY human legislation. Gods
law Is against 1t, and so is the law of
man.
Progress however, is being made In
the cause 81 temperance. More and
more the ,.gink traffic IS being out
lawed More and mere men who per
sist in intig sing IN Intoxicating liquors
are being considered unfit for the Sc
rious and important duties of life.
Drunkenness Injuries a mans public
career today, whereas 1t used to be
considered no serious barrier to po-
litical preferment It's dangerous as
well as disgraeeful thing for the
holder of an important public Office
today to have the charge of drunken
ness proved against him. The public
conscience is being aroused. and the
cause of temperance is marching on,
The ehurca should endeavor to save the
young from this curse and to reclaim
those who have fallen victims to in
diligence ia strong drink The power
of God can save men even from this
evil, and we should bring it TO bear
upon them.
numerous and awful.
L Intemperance endangers the man
personally. 1t destroys the body, seri-
ousiy affects the mind, weakens the
win and makes moral and spiritual
power and development impossible.
No part of the man who INDUCES In
strong drink is left Endangered. His
~
endangered by intemperanee.
2 Intemperance endangers a mans
financial position Nothing lmpover-
ishes faster than strong drink Men
have taken fortunes down their throats
through the drink habit They have
impoverished themselves and their low
ed ones through the appetite developed
for strong drink.
3. Intemperance endangers the home
life. The world has never known g
greater home wrecker than drunken
ness. The hearts of loving wives are
broken, and poverty and rags take the
place Of the plenty provided when the
husband and father was temperate
man
4. Intemperance endangers Industrial
position. Employers of labor are to-
day, as never before, demanding sober
men for positions of any importance
whatever. No secular power today is
doing a greater work toward crushing
cut this evil than those who control the
employment of labor in demanding
that their employees must be sober
men
s Intemperance endangers alienation
from God and separation from heaven.
BIBLE READINGS
Lev. K. 0, 10: lisa. xviii, IA; Joel
/. 9; Prov. xii, /, .: Amos vi, 1-G;
Cor. vi. 10; Gal ', 1926; Eph- V, xviii;
Pet. iv, Is; Rev. xxi. 1918.
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! want you 70 be especially eager 70
preach Christ these summer days. You
WIZ come In contact with some whem
you may never be able to reach agniS.
LAvs Him out, tell Of His redeeming
lore put 50 much heart back OF both
conduct and testimony that the mes
sage must get IN. This Is the heart OF
ctr endeaxos Tod foEbld that we
should ever fo-get H.-Rev. Or. Ed
win Forrest Halienbeck.
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ID. 6. &. IL. Column.

The editor invites secretaries OF local unioHF
Of the W. C. r. u IN Hancock county, and
white rfbboners generally. 70 contribute TO this
column reports Of meetings or items that win he
OF interest 10 workers In other parts Of the
county. We would like this 10 be 8 live column.
but Il needs some effort on the part of W. Q. II.
U. women 20 make IL 20. IL IS a column of the.i
making, not ours, and will be what they make
Is. Items and communications should bs abort,
and are, of course. subject to approval OF tns
esittur.l
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Mans UnreasonabIeness

Is often ss great as woman's. But Thos,
8. Austin, Mgr. Of the "RepubIican,n OF
Lesven~orth, Ind, Was not unreasonable,
when he refused TO allow the doctors to
operate on his wife for female trouble.
.Instesd, he says, 1--WE concluded TO try
Electric Bitters- My wife was then 20
sick she could hardly leave her bed. and
i've l5l physicians had failed to relieve
her. After taking Electric Bitters. she
was perfectly cured, and can now perform
all her household duties" Guaranteed by
e. g. MOORE, druggist, price, soc.
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son OF Rev. L.
A. King of
Sandusky. Mr..
King comes to
the Office with
large Endeavor
experience and
with a store of
wise executive
ability, which
will help to
prove him an
ideal executive
officer. Ohio
has forged to
the front at
q rarraarl-nhlA
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wk AKK Nur nEnE ro sIeI

WE AKE MT HEsE TO SIGH.
We are rot here 10 sig0 aud moan
And make our Kindred sad;
We're here 70 do the beet We can
Toward makiag others glad.
Cheer upi cheer up and do not fret,
II things dont come your way,
Be glad that some one eise. has luck,
Yeu'i1 have your turn some day.
But until then, just try 10 be
As cheerful ss you can,
For gloomy ways and gloomy speech
Are man's worsi gifts 70 man.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-11-08

pace during the past three years and
now stands rs one of the best organ
lied states in the union along Chris
tian Endeagor lines.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-11-08

Law REGARDIsG WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
A bushel Of Liverpool salt shall weigh 90
pounds. and bashel OF Turks Island salt shall
weigh &c pounds.
The standard weight OF bushel OF potatoes
In good order and as for shipping, IL % pounds,
OF EpPles, a. pounds.
The standard weight Of bushei of beans In
good order and nt for shipping, Is 81 pounds;
of wheat. besis, rnta .haga turnips and peas. %
Poands; of corn. IS pounds; of cnions, 81
pounds; Of carrots. English tarnips, rye and
Indian meal. &c pounds; of pArsnips, as pounds,
of barley and buck wheat. Is pounds; Of oats,
80 pounds. or even measure IS by agreement.
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nhin.r Nerr PrerIdrnt.

The Ohio State Christian Endeavor
union has new president in the per-
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sourm BREWER, Oct. p. 1896.

Dear AHHt Nadoe:
As have two sisters who write for the NJ b
C., and as have always been interested In it. I
theught / would write just few words for Il;
and II you think 1t worth printing you car do
so; II not. throw IL one side.
ana the airs. H." whom Dell spoke of. and
we have quite lot OF fun with those pies. She
forgot to say THAI her John did BOT Ike them so
sweet. and one day we made one and did not
put any sugar in It. but I, was too sweet to sui,
her John. ] viii send cake receipt; think Sc
good.
CAKE-one- nth cup butter, u. cups sugar, /
cup sour milk, teaspoonful soda, Il teaspoon
fal each OF cinnamon and nutmeg. cup Of
chopped raisins. Frost II you Ike.
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"s.". Of wess HAncock, requests a receipt for
eitron preserves. l win send mine
CITRossPRKssRyEs-Cn in any shape de-
Sired lay IN strong salt water for two days. then
soak IN clear wafer Tor twenty-four honrs.
changing the water frequently. Put them in
alum water, nos too strong. TO harden them. To
every pound Of ciiron, Use u pound Of sugar.
Make syrup, adding few pieces Of white
ginger root and sliced kmon. Remove the
root ard lemon after the syrup has been boiled.
and add the ctron; let ii boil Until clear. Care
fully mn II out aud place In jars. and pour the
syrup over ii and seal. s.
To ''s'', of West Trenton, who responds
to s.S'', of West Hancock, we are greatly
obliged forl recipe for preserving oitron.
Only last evening reader of the column
spoke TO me about the recipe for that
which was sent week or two ago. The
ready response to these requests is what
makes our work particularly helpful.
Amy unanswered question is usually on
my mind until reply is received. Pm
thinking now of ks poem Perhaps it
will eome.at last, as did "a Little Bird
and II.
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Here comes new friend TO Us generally,
though not new friend to all the mutuals,
and she. brings her welcome with her in
the form of new recipe, for which
thanks.
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EL1swoRTH MARKETS.
Eggs Jump up Three Cents Corn or
Five Cents bag.

Eggs Jump up Three Cents Corn or
Five Cents Bag.
The advance in price Of eggs predicted
in this column last week, came, with q
jump Of 8 cents, the retail price now be-
ing IS cents. No one would be surprised
to see another advance, but 80 cents will
probably hold Throughout the week.
Butter remains plentiful at Is cents.
Apples win be high this winter. A No.
barrel Of apples for winter costs the
dealer to-day around -, and retail at 81 TO
30 cents peck. Cooking apples are sell
ing at 20 to d cents peck
Potatoes still remain at 90 cents a
bushel. There is a surprising difference of
opinion as 10 the future of the potato
market. Farmers, OF course, are "buil-
ing the market, claiming that potatoes
are rotting badly, and predicting that a
csoliar-a- bushel is but matter OF few
wrecks. Some dealers agree with the farm
ers.
On the other hand. one OF the shrewdest
potatoe buyers on the street says the posa-
toes which he has bought at the prevailing
price OF 90 cents are keeping splendidly,
that he has yet to see any rotten potatoes,
and he believes the ruling price through
out the winter viii be 50 cents. The dol
lara bushel figure, TO bis mind, Is still
months away-not before spring.
Corn is of cents a bag In Ellsworth.
Big holders in the western markets are
unloading in anticipation Of the new
crop. There is seasonable upward ten
dency in oats, but local retail prices re-
main al IS cents.
The quotations below give the range OF
retail prices in Ellsworth,
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Lydia EPnhams Compound Makes Sick Women Well
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HEN WILSON IN TROUBLE.
Scandal Dsturbs Serenity Of Inhabi.
tants of BinuvilIe.

IL Is rumored on reliable authority
that Hen Wilson has left his wife
again owing to some marital trouble
between them. This Is not the first
time Hen and Sary Ann have had mar.
ital trouble The last time before this
Sary Ann struck Hen with a rolling
pin above the left eye and he went out
of the house and did not return for
several weeks. Some says he went
to the Co. seat and spent most Of his
time in a hospital. Finally he returned
Eome a sadder and wiser man and
him and Sary Ann made up again and
started out together to try to liYe a
different life with the dove Of peace
perched above their hearthstone, as
you might say
But now ruction swift and terrible
has broken out in their midst again.
We got this straight or we wouldn't
say anything about it in print. Mrs.
Wilson herself told Mrs. CaroliEe
Hooper that Hen had left home fol
lowed by all the cooking utensils in
the kitchen Mrs. Hooper told 1t to
Ben Wades wife and Ben Wade's wife
told it to Mrs. Widow Henderson who
told us.
Sary Ann has quick temper and
when she gets mad there seems to be
nothing else to do but for Hen to dig
out for while and wait until the
clouds roll by. What the trouble was
this time was that Hen went right into
the house like durn fool and set his
self down on new sofa pillow which
Mrs. Wilson had just finished. Mrs.
Wilson stated that Hen might think
that sofa pillows were made to sit on,
br1 he was mistaken. Hens where
abouts is at present unknown.-"Bing-
Vile Bugle Items" in the Boston Post
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No Other Cotton Fields.

The attempt in this country, or the
talk Of it, TO restrict the cotton acre
age because of a heavy crop, follow
ing several short years, has naturally
given new impetus to the movement
set on foot several years ago by Eu.
ropcan cotton mill owners to find a
new source of supply that would rem.
der them less dependent than at pres.
ent upon the American supply. En-
colraging reports have been received
from time to time Of this or that cor
ner of the earth, but on the whole
the prospect of considerable increase
from new fields is not encouraging
and American growers apparently will
not have to worry for several years
over the matter OF foreign competi.
tion.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Properly Introduced.

Margaret is well-brought-up little
girl who has some knowledge of oti-
quettc. She has been taken to the
country this summer to a house where
there is a large dog.
Don't go near the dog, Margaret"
said her mother; che doesn't know
YOU and he might bite"
But that did not suit Margaret and
she knew how to arrange matters
Going to the dog, she made a little
courtesy such as she has been taught
to make at dancing school and said po-
titely:
"Doggie, am Margaret Brown"
Then, the introduction having been
made and the dog having no excuse
for not knowing her, Margaret waited
up and petted him, while he waggcd
his tail with much graciousness.-
New York Times.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-08-31
CLEMENTlNA GONZALES,
OF CENTRAL AMERICA,
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
PE.RU.NA THE REMEDY.

Miss Clemcntiua Gonzales, Hotel Pro-
cincia, Guatemala, {. A., in recent
letter from 247 Cleveland Ave-, Chicago,
Ill, writes:
"I took Peruna for n WORKOUT con-
difiOn. Twas so run down that cOUia
not sleep n! night, had no appetite and
felt tired In the morning.
~ tried many fOniCS, but PerHna
was the only thing which helped me In
the least. After had taken but q hail
bottle I felt much better. continued
IFS use for three weeks and was conf
pIefeIy restored TO health, and was
able to take up my studies which had
been forced to drop. There is nothing
better than Peruna TO build up the
system. CIemenfina Gonzales.
Address The Peruna Medicine CO.,
of Columbus, Ohio, for instructive free
literature on catarrh.
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The Two Brothers.

Harry Lehr told at Newport a story
OF two brothers-the one rich and
ugly, the other poor and handsome.
The two brothers sat in cafe gar
den. and the rich one, as he lighted
cigarette, sighed complacently and
said:
"Confound It! All the mothers in
New York are after me. There's no
rest"
The other brother laughing, an.
swered:
Yes, and all the daughters are af
ter me. We divide the women folks
between u.s."
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Best in Existence.

81 sincerely believe, all things con-
sidered, Hunts Lightning Oil is the
most useful and valuable household
remedy in existence. For Cuts,
Burns, Sprains and Insect Bites, it has
no equal, SO far as my experience
goes c. r. HUNTINGTON,
Eufaula, Ala.
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A Hardy Lineman

A Inc man at Reno, New, came in
contact with heavily charged wire
at the top of sixty foot electric light
pole and fell to the ground. When he
recovered consciousness ne wished to
return to work at once, but was per-
suaded to call 1t day.
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Don't get into the way of belittling
your chances and feeling they are not
big enough to bother over.
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Select the pleasures that will bring
you greatest joy Choose the work
YOU are most fitted to do.
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He has not learned the lessons of
life who does not every day surmount
a fear.
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,'so' $ Cure cannot BE- too highly spoken OF as
cough curc.--J. w. OBRIEN, 32c Third I've.
N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900
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Keep your eyes open; be alert;
never be afraid to try things.
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He is great who is what he is from
nature, and who never reminds us Of
others.
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Take advantage of every oppor
Unity. that comes your way.
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Character is the centrallty, the i'm
possibility of being displaced or over
set.
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ElTe permanently cured 10 fits nervousness Ifter
FEb - frst suse of Or kne's Great Nerve Re-tor
er send for FRI T. u 100 trial bottle aud tree tlse
DIR Il n KLINE Ltd i3I hrcn street. ilsielph,a Pa
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When You Buy Starch

puy Dehance and get the best, 16 OF.
Tor 10 cents. Once used, always used.
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Do Your Clothes Look Yellow?
Then use Defiance Starch, 1t will
keep them white-16 OF. for 10 cents.
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USE THE FAMOUS

| Red Cross Ball Blue Large 2oz. package
| cent? The Russ Company, South Bend, InC
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When Answering Advertisement
Kindly Mention This Paper.
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W.N.U.-okIahoma city-No. S5, 1905