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NORTH LAMoINE.

Capt. and Mrs. A. o. Holt were at the
Films on Sunday. g. ~
Emery smith leaves in few days for
Bridgeport, Conn, to work.
Roy smith, who has been employed in
Lake View, is al home for short vacation.
Willard Young has gone 10 Ellsworth to
be employed at the Hancock house stable.
1. n. Salisbury, IT,, recently gathered
from two trees twenty bushels Of tine
apples.
Mrs. S. J. Young, who has been visiting
rsiasirss at Birch IIsrbor, returned Friday.
She was accompanied by her brother, J..
M. Rice.
Rebie Norwood and family, Of South
west Harbor, visited Mrs. Norwood's
parents, George II. Coggins and wife.
recently.
Oct s. Y.
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superstisions of Farmers.

Farmers stick TO the moon" In re-
gard 10 planting corn and other crops.
Some Of them will not under any cir
cumstances plant corn on moonlight
nights, claiming that corn planted then
will produce tall stalk with a short
ear. Others just as successfully plant
when they are ready, when nights are
dark or moonlight. as the case may be.
Other notions are INDUCED In. such as
throwing the eobs in running water 10
keep corn from firing. Some farmers
would under no consideration burn
plnder bulls. the seed of which Is to be-
used for planting. They must be scat
tered along n path or highway. TO be
trodden upon In order to secure a good
crop. Green butter bean hulls must be
thrown In a road after being shelled
for table use from day to day to insure
a good crop the following season.
Charleston News and Courier.
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where Christianity Began.

The hills Of Bethlehem are full of
caves. natural and artificial and
n-ny OF tlem have historic sIgnia.
cznrc. There Is the milk Erotio. In
which Joseph aud Mary are said 10
have concealed themselves before their
fii.ht into Egypt 10 escape the evil dc
sigBs Of Herod. The snowy wilderness
of the soft chalk out of which Il is
hewn Is ascrIbed 10 the splitting OF a
few dreis OF the Virgins milk when she
ssrssl the iafant Jesus. Another grot.
TO IL pointed out as that la which st.
Jerome for more than thirty years led
the life of hermit when bitter fac
tlonal dissonsloas bad forced him to
leave Rome ON a western hill n rock
strewp plateau. around which stately
tereblntlls stand guard. marks a place
where the ancient Hebrews brought
sseSr sacrifices unto the Lord II Ia
solemn place. well fitted 20 excite de-
vout thoughts a place where a man
might well keep communion with his
Maker. In its broader features BstiIie-
hem is almost unchanged since the days
OF Dsvid.-Four Track News.
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MOBILITY
True worth IS in being, not seeming.
In doing each day that goes by
Some little good. not in the dreaming
OF great things to do by and by.
For whatever men say In blindness,
And spite OF the fanoies Of youth,
There's nothing so kingly as kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth.
We get bacS our mete as VIC measure,
We cannot do wrong and feel right;
Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure,
For justice avenges each slight,
The air for the wing OF the sparrow,
The bush for the robin and wren,
But always the path that is narrow
And straight for the children Of men.
lis not in the pages Of story
The heart Of It's ills to heguiie.
Though he who makes eourtship TO glory
Gives ali that he hath for her smile.
For when from the heights he has won her
Alas! II is only to prove
That nothings so sacred as honor,
And nothing SO loyal as love.
We cannot make bargains for blisses.
Nor catch them like fishes in nets,
And sometimes the thing our life misses
Helps more than the thing that IL gets,
For good lieth not in pursuing.
Nor gaining Of great nor Of small,
But Just in the doing. and doing
As We would be done by is all.
Through envy, through malice, through hat
ing.
Against the world early and late,
No iot OF our courage abating,
Our part is to work and to wait;
Aud slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth,
Fer he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.
By Alice Cary.
Selected BY ". L. n.
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Just as the plowman takes furrow by
furrow, one ended before another Is
begun. so our duties come to us, not In
battalions, but singly. Our life's plan.
If we read IL Alright, is benefcently
designed. We are not abandoned to
blind chance. Confusion and entangle-
ment can come only by our choosing
to refuse guidance and to shape our
lot for ourselves. So it will seem to us
when we have come to the end of IL
and can look back, divinely ordered
whole, which even our failures cannot
mar, for God only asks Of US our best
and bravest, and II we give Him these
we need not grieye overmuch IL some
of the burrows refuse to run straight.
The failure may be success after all,
so far as our discipline Is concerned.
Our very failures may be an answer
to orr doubts, evidence of a time when
we shall neither faint nor fail, when
the acre win be freed from weeds and
ready for a fair harvest. For In the
midst OF our saddest blunders we have
visions of higher things, uafulhlled as
pirations. cravings for growth; and
these win be satisfied, every one of
them. We who have tested the bitter
fruit of the tree of knowledge are
meant to inherit the tree of life, and
somewhere else the task dropped here
may be taken UP and made good
Sunday at Home.
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boarding the school teacher for the first time,
and like Il FIRST rate, IL is more jolly.
My John is hauling wood 10 Bueksport.
We shall soon be very rich and when we
really are I'm going 20 have q clean apron
every day; won't / be swell mug" thens
Aunt Madge, your sermonette was proper
ana all true. All the same, when one gets
really provoked with person. it is hard to
see any good in him for any place. while our
anger lasts we are usually not very sensible
or broad-minded
See here, I've something TO tell you all.
You won't think I'm broad-ninded, NO, but
tits such great event to me. Yes, I've q new
tailor-mAde suit. There, do laugh. did. for
it's my very hrst lailor-made suit and it beats
q clean apron all hollow.
Let me see, have any OF you mistrusted
while reading this letter that twas Monday
morning and hadn't got the wash out, nor
swept or busted, and Brenda at school. Some
Of you hrs.-elass housekeepeTs will take a
long breath, know but am 70 be alone most
all day, and il was so stin thought II just
my chance to talk while with you.
Before long hope TO answer ali the letters
owe 10 you NJ B. friends. and thank you all
so much for your kind letters while was sick.
You will never know how welcome hey were
tiu you are in a like place. Win the Mrs.
Blaisden ] met at the oTland fair write q
letter for our column and put in her address.
so when the evenings get long can write herr
Nov, / must get onto my job, for I've
brother and his wife from Seattle, coming 10
see us soon, and Il may be to-day. It won't
'.jar me" much, for I've four apple pies and
that right after Sunday. Why, must be q
small part OF a hoHsekeeper after all. Here's
love and best wishes to you all, from yours
truly, AuRr MAZDA.
need not tell you how glad we are to
hear from you and know by your letter
that you are the same old Aunt Maria. /
hope you viii be able to go to Castine and
then visit with your
AUNT MADGE.
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and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed OF q wonderfully sympa-
thetie nature.
In 1919 she married Isaac Pinkham.
builder and real estate operator. and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and .
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days II
was common for mothers 70 make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only In specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained . won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs
Mrs. Pinkham took . great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
beautifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, II we but take thc pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex.
presslv designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
1t was her pleasure 10 search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief OF these was a rare combina.
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure OF the ills and wszknessc. pecu-
liar TO the female sex, and Lydia Z Pink.
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became qaite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely. with.
ont money and without prics, a. q
labor Of love.
But In 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were toe
much for the large real estate interests
Of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered nost from
fearful depression, so when the centen.
NAL year dawned II found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother. combined forces tc
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restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their nrst laboratory
VIVA the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing gross of bottles
Then came the question OF selling
IT, for always before they had given
1t away freely. They hired . Job
printer to run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine. now called Lydia z. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York. and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Al
the medicine were. 10 q great extent,
self advertising, for whoever used IL
recommended Il to others, and the de-
msnd gradually increased.
In 1877. by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money TO cora
menee newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success "a
the enterprise were assured. until to-
day Lydia r Pinkhsm and her Vege-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons Of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia e. Piukham herself did not
live to see the great success OF this
work. She passed TO her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work Is
effectively as she could have done IL
herself.
During her long and eventful expo
riencc she was ever msthodisnl In her
work and she was always careful topre-
serve a record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied 10 her for advice
and there were hoGxands~-r0eeived
careful study, and the details, inolud
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference. and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds Of thousands made since. are
available to sick women the world
over. and represent . vast collAbora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's Ills, which for
anthentieity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia z. Pini<ham worked her
daughter In law, the present MIRA
Pinhham. She was care fully instructed
in all her haId-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her In her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when Its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
i've years shs has continued ID, aad
nothing In the work shows when the
FIRST Lydia Z. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of = large family. took
il mp. With woman assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been ad-
vised how 70 regain health. SICK we
men, this advice Ia YOURS for Health"
freely given IL you only write TO axk
for 10.
Such Is the history Of Lydia z. PINK
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument TO the noble
woman whose name II besrs-
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els rsTIAN ENDEAvoR.



Gy REV. s. H. DOYLE
Toplc.-yVho are foolish and who are
wise Matt. XIV, 1-fS.
The parable Of the virgins was
spoken ta connection with an address
of Christ concerning His second com
ing. The duty Of Ills disciples curing
the time OF His absence from the earth
Is summed up in two parab!es-the vir-
gins and the talents. The former
teaches the necessity Of waiting and
watching for Christs coming, and the
latter the Importance Of working until
He comes. The chief business Of Chris
tians during the absence OF Christ is 10
wall ami 10 watch for Han, since no
one knows the day nor the hour of His
coming. But we are not 10 W ait and
watch in idleuess. The talents which
He has given us are to be used in His
service We are 10 wait and watch,
and VIII le we are doing SO we are to
work
In the parable of the virgins there
are ten characters. In most respects
they were all alike. They were in
v..ed 70 the same wedding feast. All
had the lamps accustomed 10 be car
ried upon such an occasion. All de
sired to participate in the wedding
festivities. But in one vital poin: they
differed. Five of them took their
lamps and took no oil with them; the
other FIVE took oil in their vessels with
their lamps" The five who took lamps
without oil are called foolish. and the
Eve who took lamps and oil are called
wise And they are justly SO described.
for when the Bridegroom came these
who had oil entered in with him, while
the others were excluded from the
feast The wisdom Of having oil and
the folly Of neglecting to procure II are
thus clearly seen.
The application Of the parable Of the
virgins Is easily made. Christ, the
Bridegroom OF the church. is absent for
q time. but He is coming gain and His
union with the bride is to be celebrated
with festivities in heaven. All desire
to enter in and to enjoy these heavenly
blessings. The foolish are those who
are postponing complete preparations
for this great event; the wise are those
WHO are fully prepared for ii at all
times The supreme folly Of the foolish
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COUNTY NEWS.
~ ..aa,s,oaat go.nss sssss. see other psrss
suRRY.


sandy NcGraw is building two new
chirnncys Ia Augusta stsckpole's house.
Capt. Harry Wood is putting ncw gut
tiers on his house and making other re-
pairs.
Capt. c. NJ. Coulter has struck water in
his new well at the depth Of about eight
cen feet.
Arbutus grange initiated four candi-
dates In the FIRST snd second degrees last
Friday evening. There are more TO follow.
Capt. Fred W. Phillips and wife came up
from Brooklin last Saturday night to visit
Mrs. Phillips foster parents. ]. r. Staples
and wife. Coming from Bluehill 10 Surry
in the darkness, they collidcd with
another team driven turieusly along. bn,
escaped with slight damage to one wheel.
The other team did not stop.
Oct. 9. 8.
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poused the cause
OF Christian Eli
deavor In Eng
land none has
done II with
more success or
with greater en-
thusiasm than
Rev. W. Knight
Chaplin, who In
the Office OF sec
rotary OF the
British Chris
tan Endeavor
union Is render
ing Invaluable
service TO the
cause from
which much
good has re-
suited to all
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nlutual Benefit Column.


The purposes Of this column are saccinctly
stated In the title and motso-h Is for the mutual
beoent, and silns u be helpful and hopeful.
Being FIR the common coed. Il IL fer the com.
mon use-a public servant, purveyor OF In
formation and suggestion, medium for the In
terrhaHHe OF Ideas. In mis- capacity u schcits
COMM Bicati0ns, And iEs success depends largely
on fhe support given n IN this respect Com
municRiions mnet he signed. but the name OF
writer VIII not be nfiete4i except by permission
Communications viii its sutjHet 20 approval or
rejection bv the r'iitr OF she column. bot none
will be rejected wititoat COED reseea Address
all communications 80
THE AMERICAN.
Ellsworth, Ne.
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Dear NJ. n. Friends;
How do you dor Let's shake hands good
and hard. It's been long time since we met;
yes, it's fail now, and how very lovely the
trees are, but Of course it isn't so fne as
June; time Of the year ever Is. But this
September has been, oh. so good in ali ways.
Why, my flowers are not frost-bitten yet, and
haven't had the flowers though this summer,
and never an NJ. Bite to see them, and none
at the reunion. Never mind IN bring a ton
next year, II I'm so I can come
Yes, and how very good you dear mutuals
were to take time from. your talk and fun to
write those little letters to me. do thank
you sincerely. My letter OF little letters, gave
me great pleasure, that was such a lovely way
TO do. Let's remember to do so, some more,
see!
/ don't want you to think I'm feeble or i'll
because didn't dare take so long ride then.
I'm doing fine, can work most all the time and
am taking quite long drives since it has been
cool. In fact, I'm having a fine time. We
had the best Pomona, and real good orlsnd
fair; such alot Of folks at the fair and not a
blessed thing to see so we could talk and talk
and like that.
Yes, and we have had Maddocks reunion
which all right except that some OF the
Maddockses from away had small noses
and that's big mistake in the Maddoeks
tribe, but they made up for their small noses
in good feelings SO they worked in well, and
we had very pleasant day.
Our next racket is Pomona away down to
Castine and / hope to go. If I'm feeling
frisky at the time, mean TO risk It, and IL we
do shall take in Biuehill and call on Aunt
Madge and perhaps some of the other NJ. BIS,
seel
We have got our pickles most made. Shall
have thirty quarts in all, which is rather
small dose for us, but it's got to do. I'm
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Now" began the philosopher, 'taks
the life OF your neighbor. for instance.
He"-
I'D do Ii in minute" interrupted
the practical man, 'if the law would
not Interfere. He's learning to play
the cornetr
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Blood Poisoning

results from chrome constipation, which
is quickly cured by DIR. Kings New Life
Pills. They remove all poisonous germs
from the system and infuse new life and
vigori cure sour stomach, nausea, head
ache, dizziness and collie, without gripping
or discomfort. 25c. Guaranteed by Z. q.
Moore, druggist.
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WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panc of 49, Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale I'm Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn. Mass, February 9Th, 1879, com
ing from a good old Quaker family
For some years she taught school, and
became known a. q woman of an alert
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$50 you don't believe Ia college edu-
eatiouf"
mo. sir After graduation nearly
ssss~e<i to death practIciug law"
'Rut You lock prosperous now"
Yes. sir went into vaudeville and
made fortune balancing barrel on
my feet while standing on my head
Detroit Free Press.
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Neptune--I say. Boreas. IL you keep
D. blowing like that you'll get yosr.elf
iisiiked. Boreas--What do care! Ii
ISN'T my business TO furnish popular
airs Modern Society.
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Many favors which God giveth us
raveI out for want OF hemming,
through our own unthankfulness. for,
though prereT Hw-asiaseth blessings,
giving praise doth keep the quiet pos
session Of them. Thomas Fuller.
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Dear NJ. B. Friends:
regret that the following letter from \.
L. II. should have been left out Of its
place in the column for so long time, and
hope she will pardon the omission when
tell her in some way it was mislsid
and not put in the NJ. B. department of
my desk. / am very sorry 1t happened SO.
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To BOSTON AND RETURN.

To BOSTON AND RETURN
Bar HarboF and Seal Bareor,
Northeast Harbor, Southwest HALeot,
Riurhili. Wess fremont apd h@'9 IS
Harbor. as
Brooklin and sedxwick, IL
sarxentvilie and Deer lsle, rs
stooipgton and fsiesboro lDarA ii@iV''" u
North Haven. -,
Commencing Monday, Oct. 80 ,s Nss
leaves Bar HArbor at II m, hVu.A3 - ia,
nesdAys aud saturdays, toncips - IisIbo,
Dor, Northeast Harbor. south"es' .srfrils,
Brooalin, sedgxiek. Deer Isle 80, ga
Dark HarbOr and Roekland. copnee1lAs
land with steamer fof Boston. ,..,. MOI.
Steamer leaves BAss HArbor q, y wsss ne
DAYS, Wednesdays ard saturday, 1ol 'rtnrtss,
monf. Bluehiil, south Blneblh, IN. q
North HAyen and Roekland, eo"N
RoeklAnd with steamer for bostol'
RETURNING q
From Boston Mondays and lhnf'uA''
FROM Roekland At $50 n. Tuesdays
and Sundays. via way landings. ...,nsrs
All cargo. except live stock, via .hs m .;
Of this company. Is Insured asa'Ns'
marine rick. p.,ths1
r.s. SHERMAN. superin'c naen'' E'ei-'-
Maine P,stou, Asss
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ITS queer thing about children
bssiss." said the proud father. III
say eat to my boy. the nearest he can
get TO repeating IL Is tat but II I
make up a word Ike 'oohljoobie' that
youngster can speak IT more fiuently
than l can."-Pearson's Weekly.
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The first known. II not the original
use Of the phrase. Beauty is only skin
deep" occurs In Ralph vennlng's "or-
thodoxe Parodoxes." "Ail the beauty
OF the world is but skin deep: a
Eunne blast defaceth IL"
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Most dishguring skin eraptions, scrofala,
Pimplesr rashes, etc, are due to impure blood
Bardoek Blood Bitters is a cleansing blood
tonic. Makes you eieaF-eyed, elear-skinned.-
Adri.
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Trains leaving FlIswoTth 10 n aud ass
M. and arriving Ellsworth iits ait i02 -,
connect wtth Washington Co. ky
stop on signal to conductor.
q stops ouly 90 leave passenErrs ifun goiris
south Of Washington Junction
1suudAys only.
.until Oct p except Saturday.
irntsl Oct d except Monday.
These trains connect al Bangor WITH thfvssa
trains on Main Line, 10 aad !rca Fof'-aae'
Boston and - John.
Passengers are earnestly rrqaes'!y 70 PIG,
cure tickets before entering she Tabs, Az
especially Ellsworth to Fails Aud fAl' %
Ellsworth.
p. y. BooTHBY. q. p. 7. A.
GEO. =. EVANS,
ytcc-Pres. and Gent Manager
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"Our clergyman preached a sermon
to widowers today"
"What was his textT'
Sorrow not as those that have no
hoper"
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classes In the British isles. Mr.. Chap
IN has filed the position with marked
credit for several terms.