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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-03
STATE CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS.

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At the State convention in Dexter the
following resolutions were adopted:
We, the Maine woman's Christian Temper
anee Union, in thirty-second annual eonven-
ton assembled, again acknowledge the guild
anee and the support OF God; we reaf,im our
faith In the righteousness of the cause which
brings us together, and we renew our loyalty
to the following fundamental principles;
TOTAL ABSTINENCE.
Resolred. That we recognize and accept
with gratitude the testimony OF many physi-
clans, scientists. industrial corporations and
r. n. employers, that total abstinence from
alcoholic drinks is essential for the main
tenanee OF the clear brain, strong nerves.
steady hands and brave hearts Of the people.
Resolped, That these forces, Joined with the
influence of the majority of the clergy, who
believe with as that total abstinence Is de-
manded from all Christians for the sake of
the weaker brother, should greatly encourage
us in our efforts to uplift humanity through
total abstinence and to dim inish the liquor
traffic by diminishing the demand for slco-
helic drinks
FRoHIRTrIoH.
Resolved. That our attitude regarding the
present situation in Maine Is best expressed
blythe words of our President in her annual
address at this convention; "Let eur watch
word for the W. C. t. U. year upon which we
are about 70 enter be, No compromise, no
surrender, no resubmission, no repeal Of the
stargis law, no lowering in any degree Of the
banner of prohibition, which is lift ed higher
in this nation to-day than ever before; the
banner OF prohibition which floats over more
United States territory to-day than ever be-
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sorrnwrpsr HARnoR US.

SOUTHWEST HARBoR US.
After several weeks vacation the Y's
have resumed their meetings. The meet
ing held at the home Of Miss Katherine
Freeman was well attended. As II was
the first Of the season, no programme was
carried out, but after the usual business
the hostess set forward games and dainty
refreshments and social evening was
spent.
A committee was appointed to plan pro-
gramme Of meetings for the coming win
ter. Adjourned to meet Oct. s, at tho
home OF Roderiek Clark.
Any mes ideas for work viii be gladly
considered by the conn ittee.
PRESS Con.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-03

Ohio is the proud possessor of one of
the handsomest of the increase cam
paign" banners. 1t was given to the
union by the United society, was made
In Yokohama, and at present represents
quite 400 per cent increase on the part
Of the Buckeye Endeavorers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-03

I have had a very pleasant call from
Aunt Jana since the reunion. She is
thinking OF writing letter for The coli
umn, and expect when the conventions
and field day gatherings and picking and
preserving are over, the column viii be
filled with reports of outings and expert
ments in new methods OF putting up fruit
and many other interesting topics.
Now will give you a poem passed to
me by friend, for use in our column:
COMFORT one ANOTHER.
Comfort one another;
For the way is growing dreary,
The feet are often weary,
And the heart is very sad.
There is heavy burden-bearing,
When ii seems that none are caring,
And we half forget that ever we were glad.
Comfort one another;
with the hsndelasp close and tender,
With the sweetness love can render,
And the looks OF friendly eyes,
Do not wait with grace unspoken;
While life's daily bread is broken,
Gentle speech is oft like manner from the
skies.
Comfort one another;
BY the hopes of Him who sought US
In our peril--Him who bought us,
Praying with His precious blood;
BY the faith that will not alter,
Trusting strength that cannot falter,
Leaning on the One divinely good.
by Mrs. Margaret &. sangstsr.
AUNT MApGE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-03

Constipation causes headache, nausea, dizzi-
ness, languor. heart palpitation. Drastic
physics grippe, sieksn, weaken the bowels and
don's cure. Dcau's Regu cts act gently and
cute constipation. ;. e u. Ask your drug
gist fer .hem.-Aart.
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When cheerful. brave, light-hearted
woman Is suddenly plunged into that
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She i.=s been feeling out of sorts
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Adrf.
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DruxEtsts refund morey II II fails 10 cure. Il. W
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Perhaps ii was the line referring 10 an
''extrs bit of pluck" which caused me to
introduce this poem here, for this weeks
column must perforce be Of the four-lesf
clover style, with only the fourth leaf
visible, fear.
But the word '.work" suggests an idea.
Nsrcissus has definition for work which
some others may agree to adopt. Work is
that which you don't like to do. Any
task which /; is pleasure for ore TO per
form, or which one had as lief do as not,
is not work.
Certainly the work about the house, or
without fret or friction, does not wear
upon the nerves like the work which is
distasteful and which irritates one while
doing ii.
do not forget that ones physical con-
dition has much to do with the spirit in
which the homework viii be done. The
weary mother with little ones, who sell
dom gets a nights sleep undIsturbed; the
careworn woman not really III but with
ailments that, though hardly worth men
tioning. cause her pain and perhaps weak
ness; the naturally nervous housewife,
who is in distress II the work is not done
on time-to these and many others all
unvarnished work.
In most kinds OF work the mind must
be kept ON what is being done, but we
mustn't forget that life is more than
work; that home and family and friends
are worth more to us than model house
keeping; that comfort is better than
business, and that cheerful atmosphere
Is more conclusive to good health than an
oppressive and chilly one.
pAhxRp HOUSE, Rolls (unfermentedl-Stir
into quart of sifted aonr three large tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder Tor two of cream
tartar and one of soda q teaspoonful of cold
butter, teaspoonfnl of salt and one of sugar
-four. pour in pint of cold milk, mix up
quickly into a smooth dough, RON 1t out less
than half an inch thick, cut with large
biscuit cutter, spread soft butter over the top
of each, fold one-haA over the other by
doubling it, lay them 8 little apart on creased
tins. Set them Immediately in pretty hot
oven. Rub over the tops with sweet milk be-
fore putting In the oven to give them glaze.
suxr Puppfss-one cup molasses, one cup
sweet milk, one cup of suet chopped fine, one
cup raisins, one teaspoonful soda, half a tea
spoonful Cloves one tSaspo0nfQ4 OF CHINA
mon, little sitting of nutmeg; -four to
make a tolerably thick batter. Steam two
and one-hAH hours or until done. Eat with
liquid sauce half teacupful of cold butter
may be used instead Of the suet II more con-
venient.
CHICKEN SALAD DRRssISe-Yolks Of two
eggs we'll beaten; one small teaspoonfal salt.
one-haf teaspoonful pepper. two teaspoon
tard, one Tablespoonful butter, four table
spoonfuls vinegar. Put all in vessel Of hot
water; let boil and add last ope-half cup OF
cream; set away to cool before pouring on
the chicken previously boiled aud chopped
not too fine.
Good PLkIs CAKE-one cup sugar. one egg
one-half cup butter, oDe-haif cup milk. one
| teaspoonful cream tartar. one-hAlf teaspoon
full soda, two cups four flavor TO taste.
All the above are tested recipes.
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rHE FoUR-LEAF CLOVER.
Three leaves of coarse I'm bound % have,
The little clover said;
They're all I'm set to do, bat still
think III so ahead
And grow another If can,
An extra leaf, TO show
That am trying, with my might,
To live, and work, and grow"
So while the other eioyers stayed
Content with leaflets three,
Their drawer brother added on
A fourth, for all 10 see.
"How foolish." cried the other ones,
why do an extra tasks
Three leaves Is ali the world expects,
And all that it can ask
But lol men hailed the extra leaf
And grasped its meaning, too,
For now the four-leaf clover stands
For luck--a symbol true,
Since It's the added, willing work,
The extra bit Of pluck
That cOnquers all she best OF life
And brings the worker luck,
By Pytseilta Leonard
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Dear MufudIs:
A few weeks ago we had poem on
Four Leaved Clover, and coming across
the following in the Youths Companion
OF Sept. q, il seems well to use 1t, as it
gives a suggestion of encouragement to
willing workers:
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fore; the banner of prohibition which to-day
has more than ever the fealty Of good men
and good women and the hatred Of the whole
liouor fraternftvts
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
Morley at the Bat
CWITH APOLOGIES.)

There was joy in Morley's manner as he
stepped into his place;
There was pride in Morley's bearing, and
a grin was on his face,
And when, responding to the cheers of
many an eager fan,
Jim Morley doffed his baseball cap, he
surely was just grand!
"One strike!' the umpire shouted loud;
the loss Jim Morley felt,
But when two strikes" was called on
him 1t struck below the belt!
Still faced he all that cheering throng,
and answered to the shout,
But when he got three strikes!" why
even Morley knew twas "out!"
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the
sun is shining bright;
is playing somewhere-baseball
is playing right!
The pitcher and the catcher, too; the
batter-up as well;
Eut since they struck our Morley out
baseball here is just HI!
w. H. c.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
DoN'Ts FOR WEDDING TOURISTS

Don't go on wedding tour at all.
But, if you must
Don't forget to leave your luggage
where your fool friends can tie ribbons
on it. This is bit of humor that ap-
peals strongly to the depraved sensi-
bilities of many persons, and it is un-
kind to rob them of any pleasure which
your wedding journey may bring to
them.
Don't swear when you discover that
you have carried a few pounds of rice
into the train in your umbrella and
have scattered it about the floor of the
Pullman. Everybody knows you are a
bridal couple anyway, so don't make
yourself look any more foolish than
you really have to.
Don't hesitate to embrace each other
occasionally. At least, don't forget to
hold hands for long periods of time.
Nothing relieves the tedium Of a jour-
ney for the tired commercial traveller
so efficaciously as the spectacle of two
young things holding hands, appar-
entity oblivious of the proximity of a
red nosed drummer or any other coarse
and mundane object.
Don't, above all things, try to let on
that you have been married long
time. You are sure to be caught at
this wicked deception and the result is
to make you seem sillier than you
looked as bride and groom.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
MAYOR AND SALOON LICENSES

Mayor McAleer processes to be great.
" concerned over the saloon license
trust and Is apparently so excited about
Il that he has gone to asking advice
from the Municipal league and to maxi
ing suggestions Of new ordinances and
new rules looking to an Increase in the
number Of saloons.
Citizens who are familiar with the
existing laws do not quite comprehend
the mayors dilemma. His recourse is
so plain that there would seem to be
no occasion for doubt. All he needs to
do is
ENFORCE THE LAW.
All he requires is an exhibition Of
the working capacity Of that famous
backbone of his, concerning which we
heard so much during the last cam
paign. His necessity is for a little
moral courage, rather than more or
dinances.
The law provides that liquor license
ID a personal privilege granted to a
certain person to conduct a saloon in
a certain place, on payment of the tax
required and on compliance with the
prescribed formalities. 1t stands to
reason that such license cannot be
transferable, since It Is granted to
fit person and its transfer might be to
an unfit person; it was granted to con-
duct a saloon in a specified place
which might under different circum-
stances become an unfit place.
The great present value of saloon
licenses--some OF which have been sold
as high as S7000-les more in the possi-
bility of transfer than in the Limitation
Of the number. Breweries would hard
ly value a saloon license at much more
than it's tax If there were no power Of |
transfer If the license apses, as IL |
certainly does, with the closing of the
saloon or the withdrawal from busi-
ness or change in place of business of
he person in whose name the license
g issued. there would be no need and
10 occasion for a brewery trust to
dispose of it and handle it. The per-
son so licensed is an agent of the city
md when he quits the license reverts
o the city and can be either Cancelled
n sold at auction, or other disposition
made of il.
The proposition is very simple one.
Mayor McAleer is too much inclined to
onsider precedent and shows too great
desire to change rules by the enact
nent of new laws. There is no occa-
ion for the exercise of anything more
han the mayors boiler arm and his
amous backbone The laws are suf-
cient for his purposes if he will only
nforce them.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
GOVERNMENT WEDDING GIFT

In France the first gift to be received
py newly married pair after the civil
rites have been performed is a PAM
phlet about the size and color of the
English postoff1ce saving book, pre-
sented by the French government
through the official who conducts the
service
The little "family book" as it is
called is not a guide to happiness in
matrimony, but represents the ATTEMPT
of the French government to secure the
well-being of children, and it contains
an official record of the wedding-sotne-
what similar to the marriage lines"
delivered to the English bride-besides
number of blank spaces for future
births, marriages and deaths in the
family.
Six pages are devoted to the special
instructions "issued by the Academy Of
Medicine concerning the care and at
tention to be given to children of tender
age" and these are apparently regard
ed as the most important feature of
the book.
The French government has made 1t
its business in the book to supply all
the important deficiencies of education
in this respect. They recognize the
necessity of bringing infantile mortality
down to the minimum, and accordingly
the Instructions, numbering thirty-five
In all. cover almost every contingency.
Natural feeding, mixed feeding, artificial
feeding and weaving are dealt WITH
then hygienic rules and clothing; then
extracts of the laws and regulations
concerning dry-nursing and the pro-
lection of children.-London Mail.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
THE LITERARY USES OF MURDER

In Georgia, late in March, "Cub" and
Lee Watts shot and willed C. B. Burch
and George and James McDuffie. Cub
explained that he had it in mind to
write a book, and that he could bet
ter write the book he had in mind if
he could write from actual experience
of murder His plan was to serve a
term in the penltentiary and then get
out and produce some literature. He
said that his brother Lee had the same
aspirations and had acted upon them.
This story the news dispatches tell
and they say the Watts boys have been
well educated are great readers and
think they have literary gifts.
1t will be agreed that they have
been overzealous. Whatever big sellers
they have fed on have misguided them.
They have gone much too far. A lit
erary aspirant goes about as far as out
of the beaten track as it is safe when
he abandons his wife and children and
takes up with an affinity. Even so
great a divergence as that from con-
ventional form has it's hazards and it's
Inconvenience, because aspirants are
apt, in time, to tire even of affinities,
and a collection of abandoned wives
and detached affinities located here
and there makes the world seem
cramped to free spirit.
The truth is there is no royal road to
literary success. One or two persons
have caught up with it in automobiles,
but that method is costly and is
already pretty well worked out. Ger
tainly you cannot go out with gun
and bag it, and even ap experience of
affinities is only valuable in hands en-
tirely great.
We are sorry for Cub" and Lee.
They got fooled, poor children.-Har-
perS Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
ANOTHER KIND

They are talking seriously and sober-
ly about "a new form of insanity" The
subject came first to public notice
through the action of an accident in
surance company in refusing to pay
the policy on the death of a man who
was killed while speeding an automo-
bile in Los Angeles. The Insurance.
company claims that the man who was
killed was practically insane ON the
question Of speed. and that IL should
not be held liable for deaths resulting
from the actions of a person tenn
porarily insane. The company also
holds that its liability is lessened II
the insured engages I'm any hazardous
employment, and this, It is asserted,
covers automoblling Anaconda stand
ard.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
WHAT ABOUT THE coNsuNnR7 2

In statement made to the National
Manufacturers association. Harvey IT.
Wiley. government official, not only
highly praises California olive oil for
its absolute purity and its great ex-
cellence. but makes the assertion that
so hopeless is competition with It re-
garded by Spain that she sends large
quantities of her inferior oil to this
state, relabels It as a California product
and sells 1t in competition with our own
goods
Putting aside for the time being the
tlatterfng status Of our olive oil In
dustry-a singular record in the midst
OF universal adulteration and fraud IT.
is, too--let us look at this other phase
of the statement--the importation I'm
great quantities Of Spanish-made oil.
which later masquerade as our own.
How is this possible, in the way of
competition? Wherein consists the
profit?
The cost of growing olives, in Spain
may be slightly less than It is in Cali
fornie, though this is doubtful The
expense of manufacture by the crude
Spanish methods is certainly costler
than IL is here, where every modern
Improvement in machinery is at hand.
Surely, this more than offsets any les
sening of cost of growing in Spain, ad-
that such exists. But added to
this must be the expense of transporta-
ton, which is heavy. Coming entirely
by sea, as most of 1t does, IL must
cover half the globe i'm it's travels And |
there. is the loss of interest on the in
vestment meanwhile Yet this Spanish |
oil comes to the United States. is re-
packed and relabeled here, and is then
sold I'm competition with our own
for less.
What leads to this? Only one thing
The Republican tariff. There is a high
import duty on olive oil. The Spanish
product pays it. The California
product does not. The latter is there
ore sold to the American people with
he tariff rate added-a huge profit in
tself. And to come into competition
With it. the Spanish oil must pay this
AK, besides the cost of Transportation.
t does all this, and still undersells the
lative oil. And we of the United States
,ut up the difference.
This is the kind of protection" to an
American industry that the Dingley
ariff, passed by the Republicans, af-
ords.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
SALOONS IN SAN FRANCISCO
City's Opportunity to Establish New
Basis of Regulation and
Reduce Crime

LOS ANGELES, May 17-(Editor
Herald):-I am a survivor of three
great fires-those of Chicago, Cripple
Creek and San Francisco. Having lived
in those cities and having Witnessed
the wholesale destruction of their liquor
saloons, l know something of the good
uses of fire as well as OF the bad uses
of fire. water.
Fire as an instrument Of publication
is not be be despised. A conhagratton
in a great pagan city is generally, like
the death of a despot or a tyrant, an
unmixed blessing. The death Of King
Henry VIII was a great blessing to
England-even a greater blessing than
the tragic passing of Charles l. Ihe
great fire in London in 1865 cleansed
the city of the plague and provided
the foundation for the modern metrop-
oils.
San Francisco had $500 saloons-about
5000 too many. Nearly every grocery
in the residence districts had saloon
attachment, and every saloon in the
city was permitted to keep open all
night and on Sundays. The history OF
San Francisco proves conclusively that
the all-night saloon is prolific source
of crime vice, iniquity, lascivousness'
waste, misery, wretchedness. FOOLISH
ness and disorder. The San Francisco
fire destroyed about ninety per cent of
it's saloons, and the fire did good work.
san Francisco needed an earthquake
and a conhagration to clarity the moral
atmosphere and to eXtirpate many evils
which seemed to be indigenous to the
sail.
Only about one-seventh Of San Fran
cisco's former saloons should be per-
mitted to reopen. The retail liquor Ii
cense should be raised from $S4 year
TO $500, and the new ctys 500 saloons
should be placed under such rigid reg
ulations as obtain in Los Angeles.
ADALBERT BEACH.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
A SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT

Senator Beveridge was making an
impassloned speech. In the midst of one
of his most flowery periods the VEN
cradle Senator Pettus of Alabama arose.
Does the senator from Indiana yield
to the senator from Alabama?" asked
the presiding officer.
Certainly" said Senator Beveridge.
Il am always glad to yield to the sem
ator from Alabama, who never inter-
rupts without shedding knowledge on
the subject which is under discussion,
and who always adorns every speech
into which he may come with his rare
and graceful humor. What does the
senator from Alabama desire to
ask me?'
Nothing" said Senator Pettus SOL
emnly. II move that we adjourn
Saturday Evening Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18
TENNYsoNs MANY LOVES

In discussing little oddities and and
peculiaritles in connection with the
works of various writers, and more
especially poets, an official of the con-
gressional library recently said:
II was talking with a publisher not
long ago about new edition of Tenny-
sons poems which he proposes to bring
out. He showed me a sample of the
type which he intended to have cast for
the edition, and L asked: Have you
given an order for an additional lot of
rs and VS.?
Why no; why should ~ he asked
Because you will have to have
Them L told him. The word "loye'
occurs so many time in Tennyson' > s
poems that the usual percentage of rs
and VS. is far short of the number re-
quired. "-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-18

BY decisive vote yesterday the cit
liens OF Los Angeles authorized the is
suance OF $2s7.5OO Of four per cent bonds
for the construction of main and lateral
sewers in various portions OF the city.
This means progress and continued
development. This shows confidence in
the future Of Los Angeles and fully
vindicates the patriotism and devotion
OF the people. 1t was probably wise to
defeat the other propositions at this
time, but by adopting one of them the
citizens have done all that could reas-
onably be expected. Now let the i'm
provement OF Los Angeles proceed on
intelligent lines