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TURBINE STEAMERS.
speedy Boats Building for New York
-Boston Route.


-Boston Route.
Flowing through the water at the rate
of twenty-six miles an hour the new tur-
bine boats, Yale aud Harvard, now being
built viii, next summer, ply the ail-water
course from Boston to New York in four
teen or fifteen hours.
The performance OF the new turbine
steamer, Governor Cobb, which made the
run from New York 10 Boston in sixteen
hours and forty-eight minutes, is regarded
as final proof by the officials OF the Metro
politan Steamship Co., that the new tur-
bine steamers now building in the docks
OF the Delaware Iron d Ship Co., al
Chester, Pa, at a cost of 1900, 900 each,
will he able 10 maintain regular sched-
ule OF fifteen hours between Boston and
New York when they are put in commits
sion early next May.
The Governor Cobb, which Is 70 be put
in commission in few days, is 10 ply be-
tween Boston and ST. John, n. B., for the
Eastern Steamship Co. She cost
500, 600. She is the first turbine steamer
OF her size ever built in the United States
The Governor Cobb is propelled by
three Parsons marine turbine engines,
which developed an average speed Of ISL
knots an hour on her run from New York.
or an average rate Of twenty-five miles an
hour. With three turbine engines of the
same make, but developing 1900 horse
power, the Yale and Harvard, the New
York and Boston flyers, viii easily main
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10. q. q II aolumn.

The editor Invites secretaries OF local union
~ the W. c. T. q. In Hancock county, and
white ribboners generally. TO contribute 10 this
column reports Of meetings or Items tha, viii b.
Is Interest to workers In other paris of tho
county. We would like this 10 he a live column.
but 10 needs some effort on the part OF W. Q. T,
q. women to make II 80. It's q column Of their
making DOT ours, and viii be what they mak.
H. items and Communications should ne short,
aud are. Of coarse. sabiect 10 approval OF tbs
sxtitof.l
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

Bar Harbor's new temple of music.
which is nearing completion, bears close
resefn blance to the old Greek temples with
their many pillars. 1t is finished in white
stucco, with red-tiled roof, and all the
lighting viii come from the top, after the
manner OF the ancient Greek shrines.
The walls and ceiling Of the stage Will be
constructed on the same principles as the
sounding boards of the stages in German
music halls. The tile roof will be made of
special thing OF Venetian red made es-
pecially for this building. The outside OF
the ediice will be of roughcast plaster,
while the interior finish will be OF Miehi-
gan pine. The pillars will be the largest
wooden columns ever turned in Maine.
There is large loggia ON the front of the
building, and ON either side OF this will
be two large panels in which viii be
placed plaster casts from the parshenon
frieze, which viii be specially imported
from Paris. The building is located near
the Kebo golf links, in a beautiful grove
of trees. The hall win have seating ca
pacity of $50.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31
WORLDS CONVENTION.


A private letter from Or. Abby NJ. Full
ton gives a vivid and most interesting de-
ssription OF the convention of the Worlds
W. C. r. T., which was held in fremont
Temple, Boston, Oct. f7-23.
"There was never seen or heard on this
continent" writes DIR. Fulton, '.such a
gathering of earnest, courageous men and
women representing thirty-sevcn civilized
nations, for the establishment OF God
Home and Every Land.
In the absence OF the president, Lady
Henry Somerset, the worlds vice. presi-
dent-at large, Mrs. l. NJ. y. Stevens, pre-
sided at each session ''proving herself as
without a superior in the country As q
presiding officer.
At the election of officers Mrs. Stevens
was urged 10 accept the Office of the
worlds president, but declined and was
reelected vice. president at large. The
Countess of Carlisle was elected president,
and the office was accepted for her by her
daughter, Lady Dorothy Howard.
The Hancock county unions were rep
resented by several members, among them
four from southwes. Hsreor, who, DR.
Fulton writes, were in attendance ai
every session. She also adds that one oil
the Hancock county women contributed
the generous sum of twenty-five dollars
toward the work OF the W. c. 7. Z. In
Japan, which was represented by .'the
wonderful president, Mrs. Kali Yakima,
seventyfou years old, who crossed the
ocean for the first time and won many
friendsp
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

A years carefully and efficiently dirested
work on the village green at Bar Harbor
hss worked wonders with the formerly
bare and unattractive lot in the most cen
trail portion of the town. But short
time ago il was a stubbly pasture-like lot
Of ground, across whose centre the feet OF
many pedestrians, looking for short cut
across the corner, had worn broad diago-
nal path OF irregular width and uneven
surface. The lot seemed TO be good for
nothing in particular, except for the boys
to play ball on the field, which with its
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

There have been several con-
ferences between the state depart
ment and the White House over the
Japanese situation. The subject was
discussed at the last cabinet meeting.
In view of the appeal that had been
made to the President by the Japan
csc ambassador, there is no conceal
ing the fact that the situation is one
requiring the most delicate diplomatic
handling to avoid an open rupture.
The chief cause of complaint from the
Japanese side is the exclusion of Jap
anese children from the San Francisco
public schools. The action OF the San
Francisco authorities 10 entirely be-
yond the reach of either the President
or the government as a whole. but
foreigners hardly understand our sys-
tenn whereby certain state rights cam
not be touched by the executive.
The question that appeals most
strongly to this government is the
effect that antagonism with Japan
will have on the whole OF our Oriental
trade. OF course in a difficulty of this
sort the Pacific coast would be the
first to suffer, but any interference
with far eastern trade would affect
the wresa country as well. 1t is only
natural that this government is anx-
ious to avoid any strained relations
with Japan, even though the question
OF actual war is too remote TO discuss.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31
SARGENT WALKER.

Marcia A., daughter Of Mrs. Caroline
Sargent, OF this city, and Albert H..
Walker, marine on the bsttieship
Missouri, were married Monday evening
at the home OF the bride. Rev. $. W. SUIT
ton otfieisied. After the ceremony, re-
freshments were served.
Mr.. Walker, who has been here on q
furiough, left at noon to-day for Boston to
rejoin bis ship. Mrs. Walker will remain
here during the winter,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

Mrs. Vail That horrii Mrs Gale could
never make man happy. Mrs. FraiI--
She did, though. She got divorce from
her usband last week.
"Do You guarantee your work 10 give
satisfaction asked the homeiy spinster.
..Not necessarily" answered the consci-
entious photographer, shut ! guarantee
an exact likeness"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31
COUNTY GOSSIP.

THE moroR-soAr.
In the good old days of yore-
say in Nineteen h undred-four-
The seashore was dandy plsce 70 rest In!
There was not too much excitement
And good sleep was what the night meant,
And daily nap OF two the day was blest ini
on. the change that's taken placel
Motor-boats are IN the race,
with their p-p- paIpitating, p-p-perpetual
Pa pa pa pa peterpiperpiektape
peppers-pa- -pup-pup'
Now before the dawn Of day
Spreads its crimson on the bay.
When the luiling waves invite to sweetest
slumber,
Then from out the river mouth,
P-p-puifins east or p-p-puffing south,
DISH the motor-boats in ever growing NUM-
Der
Sleep they drive from lovely eyes.
Men breathe oaths OF Iurid dyes
Al the noisy noisome nuisance of their potent
p-p-puinng-
Pa pc pa pa- peterpi peFpieStapeekopi
peppers-pa- pa pa-pa-paP-pupl
You are sitting on the shore
With the fair one you adore;
I'm your lips Ant ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AAS9htNH
hoyers,
When, with sudden discord. round
Lobster Point, with horrid sound,
Comes the motor-boas detestsble to lovers
on the coast sweet bays indsnt,
Rainous to sentiment,
Is the motor-boat with nsuseous smelling
gasoleoe of lowest grade,
And its papa papa peterpiektape
ledpeppers-pa-pa-pup
They have driven ont the dories,
which were picturesque in stories.
And q vision for the enterprising painter,
Now the oariess fisherman
Fills an engine from can,
And p-p-pufs out 10 sea with noise that
grows DO fainter.
How hate the motor~hoatl
Neptune sink the ones saoat,
Or invent noiseless one without It's p-p-pro-
voking
Pa pa pa pa -peterpiperRiektapee
peppers pa a-pup-pups
Haxper's Weekly
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

A lazy livet may be only tired liver, or a
starved liver. A stick IL all right tor the hAck
Of lazy man. But IL would be savage as
we'll as stupid thi K to beat a weary man or
a starving man because he Jagged in his work
So in treating the tagging liver IL is a grea,
mistake u lash II With drastic drugs. Ia
ninety nine asses out OF hundred q torpid
or sluggish Liver Is but symptom n An III
uourished body, whose organs ara QGn1X witt
over-work- Let your liver alone. 1HT{ Mlth
the stomach and It's allied organs e 11rejon
ard nutrition Put them In prervf woC&ips
order, and see how quickly your H@us Win be-
come active and energetic n Fte1ee's
Golden Medical Discovery haa &1nDe lay
marvellous cures Of ''liyer troa bt(H " ~ &I&u-
derfni control Of the organs Of Hlnnr&ion ond
nutrition. IL restores the normal &111S)&W Of
the stomach. increases the seere1 9u ~ the
blood making glands, eleansce ~ oystem
from poisonous denominations, ST. ~ r4l. sycs
the liver OF the burdens imposed upon II by
the OBJECTIONS of other organs. Formula
printed on wrapper.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

The Bar Hsrbor correspondent OF the
Bangor Commercial says: ''Sherif Mayo
and Deputy Shea are still keeping the lid
on here solidiy. No seizures have been
made for some time, but there is little
interest shown just now in any attempted
evasion OF the law. A number Of the
places which were open this summer for
the sale of Uno and other three per cent.
drinks are closed up now for good and
boarded up. West street is practically
dead, and it looks as IL the liquor traffic
in Bar Harbor was down and out for some
time.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31
This weeks edition of The
American is 2,25O copies.
Average for the year of 1905, 2,s1s
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1905.

Hon. Edwin NJ. Johnston, of Brown
vile, has announced his candidacy for
state assessor, to succeed Hon. F. NJ.
Simpson, of Bangor. Mr.. Johnston
is native of 0rono and a graduate
OF Bucksport seminary.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

Here we've been married just one
month. and now you no longer love me.
He Bat, my dear. ''Don't try toexplain.
I'm not blind. You made y mistske--you
ought 20 have married some silly, stupid
woman stBut, dearest, I've done my
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

One OF the earliest hunting parties to
return from the camps OF John Haynes at
Alligator lake, says the Maine Sportsman,
was in Bangor recently ON its way home.
Like all parties OF Springfield sportsmen,
they gave their attention principally to
bear, and with the usual result that 3
splendid 800 pound specimen Was ex-
dressed to Boston on the same train that
took them from under the protecting wing
of VI. F. Bracket, who brought them out
from Great Pond in his blackboard. 1t
would seem a II John Haynes kept a
supply Of bears on hand for the special
delight OF his guests from Springfield, to
which city so many Maine bears have
been carried in recent years.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

10 Steward and Alec Mayberry, of Ban
gor, went hunting ont around Greene lake
the other day, and 10 is now posing as
something of trap-shot, says theBangor
Commercial. The two hunters were
beating the brush diligently when 10 saw
big fat coon sitting serenely on top of a
stump. The coon was some distance of,
so 10 did a quiet and successful stalk to
get within shooting distance. The coon
still sat serenely on the stump, and 10
made bull's-eye shot He knocked the
coon of the stump, and then went and
picked him up. This coon was monster,
and 10 is considering himself very lucky
to get him, in view of the fact that the
coon was fast in big steel trap when he
shot him That is why JOS friends are
referring to him as trap shot.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

First snow Of the winter, Oct. 81. And
an old weather proverh says: 'fThere will
be as many snow storms during the season
as there are days remaining in the month
after the time of the first snow" There
may be consolation in this for those who
pin their faith on proverbs, but the skep-
tical viii get out their snow shovels, just
the same
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31
SPECIAL. NOTICE

no NOT tTespsss in Canicuioeus Park. l
IL demand protection to life apd property
from the county Of Hancock. the State OF
Maine, and the unitei States Of America
M.RY q. FEkrr Au~Tts.
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spttial Nuu.m


NOTICE.
THIS L. to Gritty that my wife. Helen y.
i Bowtea, has irsl nv bed and board With.
out inst cause ard pfpsocAtiSn. snd | hereby
forbid sii persons trusting or hafbortag her
on my see-gant after this date.
n. d. BowpEs.
seutn Bisshilt. Me-. Oct. .. 1893.
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an6rtisfnfnt.S
Five Per Cent. Discount
FOR
Prompt Payment Of Electric Light
and Power Bills.
THE Bar Harbor & Union River Power Co
j r. axes the foIinNiDg announcement.
Beginning with the month OF October, 1905 a
bper cent cash discount wfl be allowed on
monthly lighting and power bills for that and
all succeeding months tGutt further poticel paid
on or before the 10th Of the next succeeding
month.
Bills win be payable at our ofaee,s Church
street.
This discount ~iII he deducted from bin when
rendered. but II not paid on or b. fore the 10th
day of the month, win be added TO the bill when
paid.
In no case win credit be extended more than
two months.
This discount applies to meter rates
only.
Free Lamp Renewals.

peginning November i. the Company viii fur
uish frs lamp renewals as follows
When q lamp burns ont after that date. II the
burned ont lamp Is brought 70 our Office, s new
lamp Will be gwen for same without charge.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

THE annual meeting OF abe stockholders
i Of the Sullivan Harbor Water Com pany
will &c seid At the oeies OF pGnbsr Brothers
In sullivan. asneoss caaBtv, Maine. on Wed.
utSaAy. the 9th cay OF SoscGiber, q q. 1866. a.
o'clock In The zftsFno n, tor the purpose o.
clecttpg board OF dfIcstoFs OF said psny.
Rrd 70 act upon any other other business
which may properly come before said meet
srs. Per orssr,
wtLLIss q. EsxRr.
Clerk 81 said Company.
Dated this I'd day OF oelohsT, g. a. tsce.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

Bueksport's Saturday afternoon blazi
looked bad for q time, but the firemer
won out.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

NIyHERkAs my wife ella n. aeCauley. ha,
w lett my bed snd DO srd xithnns lusi
cause or provccatton, this Ia TO sive neiies
thai ailr4 this date seaii pay no bills of hui
contra ting. WILLIAM AcGsrLxy.
Hancock. Me-. Oct. ~. 1876
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-30
japanese Mothers and Daughters,

1t seems unfortunate that the nun
dreds of charming girls who are assim-
Hating the pest in western education
while the salutary exercises of the
gymnasium and the playground are
turning them into tail, strong. broad
shouldered. women, should not have
been able to retain the charm and ur-
hanlty OF manner for which their
mothers are remarkable. The moth
ers loo X small and fragile besides their
daughters; the physical advantages of
modern trainins have completely al
tered the physique of growing girls in
Japan; but the manners have changed.
too. and it is only among the older
women that one sees them in their
perfection. -Fortnightly Review.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-30
Mrs Ethel Watts MumOrd Thought Not and Broke MARITAL
Chains That Bound Her Too Tightly
ROOM IN HFARTFOR BOTH LOVE AND WORK
Now She Ha. Found Husband Who Promises Devotion
end Freedom TO rurs Literary Dulles
TO Any Extent She May Desire.

the courtship and honeymoon, again
asserted Itself, Tales Of adventure
poems OF the seas. romances OF far
away lands-all were seething in heI
brain.
And so she took up her pen again
and wrote.
One after another the things came
into being, only to be striven for by
the publishers. But prose and poetry
did not comprise all the brilliant girls
talents. She would write play and
she did-"The Scenario" and the tai
ented Annie Russell presented it. II
was a story OF Mexico and Paris-note
how the young wife kept close to the
scenes she had visited before her mar
riage.
And all the time she wrote and
wrote. Things were finished. only tt
be torn up and rewritten. Other eff
forts were destroyed, never to be seen
by anyone. And all the time, too. the
boy was growing bigger and bigger
and needing more and more his moth
er's care.
Who shall say who began the trou
BILE?
If vital household dispute arises
either wife or husband must make the
sacrifice. 1t Is for the outside world
knowing nothing OF what transpires
around the hearthstone, to say who
shall yield?
Mrs. Mumford wanted to write. Mr.
Mumford didn't want her to write
There was the problem. He wanted
his wife to entertain, to go out with
him, to give him all her spare time, tC
spend her energies within her home
and not between the covers Of the
magazines.
Mrs Mumford said mol" She in
sisted that she could be "A good wife
and good mother, and still give rein
to her literary ambitions. Neither
side would yield. There were quar-
res So, after five years Of married
life, in 1899, Mrs. Mumford took her
New York home. AS for her. she went
TO California and acquired a legal resi-
dence there. Then suit for divorce
on the ground of desertion was
brought by the young wife; the proper
papers were served on Mr.. Mumford
He appeared by an attorney, but pu
in no defense. In 1901 Justice Heb
bard in the superior court. San Fran
cisco, granted the decree, and The
young wife. free now to write all sh,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-30
TALES OF UNEASY SKULLS.
Gruesome Stories Of Murdered Men
and Women from Various
Sources.

There is a skull, said to be that OF
negro murdered by his master, 3
Roman Catholic priest, at Belts
combe house, near Bridport, in Dor
setshire. Several attempts, it is said.
have been made to bury or otherwise
dispose of this skull, with the in
variable results of dreadful screams
proceeding from the grave, unaccount-
able disturbances about the house, and
ether equally unpleasant occurrences.
An account of the house and skull.
on the authority Of DR.. Richard Car
nett, will be found in Ingrsm's
Haunted Homes and Family
Legends" second series, page 10. In
the same volume, at page SO, is a no
tice of another haunted house, Burton
Agnes Hall, near Bridlington. Here
the skull is that Of lady OF the
Boynton family, who was attacked
and murdered by two ruff1anly men
dicants in the sixteenth century. Be-
fore she expired she implored her SIS
ters to preserve her skull in the fam
lily mansion, which was then being
built. This was not done at first,
but finally the sisters were compelled
to comply with this strange request
by the noises, resembling claps OF
thunder, which resounded through the
house every night until the skull was
taken from the grave. Several at
tempts have been made to bury it,
with the same results as at Belts
combe. AT page 257 is a rather unsat-
/ isfactory account of a skull, said to
be that Of a murdered heiress, kept
at Tunstead Farmhouse, near Chapel
en-le-Frith, Derbyshire.
THE Skull House" is the title OF
one of Robys TRADITIONS of Lam
cashire.' The house referred to is
Worsley, or, as it is sometimes called,
Wardley Hall, an ancient building
about seven miles west from Manches-
ter. 1t was an old seat of the
Downes family, OF which member
who lived in the seventeenth century
appears to have been in the habit VI
first getting more wine into his skull
than was good for him, and then
! brawling with his brother sons Of
Belial in the London streets. In one
of these nocturnal rambles he was
killed and his head was sent to his
sisters as an announcement Of his
fate. They in vain tried to bury 1t.
and were only able to secure respite
from the hauntings by placing 1t in
&. niche on the staircase Of the hall.
The peculiarly horrible disturb
ances at Hinton Sumpner Manor
House In 1870 have been narrated In
more than one collection of ghost sto-
ries. The fullest account is to be
| found in the Gentleman's Magazine
for November and December, 1872.
1t is there mentioned that when the
house was being taken down Gin 1870
there was found by the workmen.
under the floor of one of the rooms,
a small skull, said to be that of a
monkey; but the matter was never
brought forward by any regular in
quiry, or professional opinion resorted
to as to the real nature Of the skull
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-30
FRIGHTENED CLUB WOMAN.
American Mothers Mortified to Learn
That Their Children Are
Brutal"

A club of mothers has recently been
discussing the brutality of American
children. Their alarm in regard tc
the matter is based on some statistics
compiled by one of their members.
She had been putting test question"
to a large number Of children under
IA years old, and Mortified the moth
ers by the announcement that Ameri-
can children are 40 per cent. mora
brutal than foreign children. This
is startling. But in order to find out
how frightened we need to be, we
must examine the aforesaid test
question" and the answers from which
the statistocs were compiled says
Youths Companion.
What would you do" the children
were asked with a child who On be-
ing presented with box of paints;
went into the parlor and daubed the
best chair.?'
The answers OF the American chill
dren are reported shocking" Feed
him on bread and water" Shut him
up in dark closet all night"
Thrash him within an inch OF his
life"
Unfortunately. we are not told what
were the kindly and pacific answers
given by the Italians the Germans
and the Irish. But horror at the cru
elites may be somewhat mitigated by
the fact that one seven-year-old Amer
lean maiden showed the wisdom Of
Solomon in her reply: II really don't
know what | should do to him."
Until some foreign boy or girl can
match the completeness of that an
swer. we may endure the obloquy OF
the 20 per cent, excess without undue
shame.
The truth is that any such general
zation from such premises is absurdly
founded. Test questions. for chill
tren are not likely to yield useful re-
suits, except such as Wordsworth long
since deduced in his "Anecdote for
Fathers-Shoving How the Practice
of Lying may be taught" The aver
age child will manufacture an answer
TO any question rather than confess
Ignorance in that word Of wisdom, II
don't know"