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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
MARINERS FEARS CT FOGS
Numerous Safeguards Devised for
Protection Against Dire Peril
Of the Ocean.

Probably the greatest menace to the
safety of navigation at sea is the fog.
Modern steamships are seldom endan-
gered by the severest storms. but when
the impenetrable envelope of mist en-
closes a vessel, she is exposed to the
most terrible of perils-a collision at
sea. A single ship may be compare
lively safe even In fog, but when
there is fleet of vessels the danger
Is greatly multiplied In addition to
the customary fog-horns and sirens a
fleet OF warships often will keep in
formed of their relative positions by
the firing of signal-guns from the flag
ship. Another excellent method gem
orally employed is the use of the fog
buoy. Each vessel in a warship feet
carries fog buoy, large cask paint
ed a bright red. This is cast over
board at the first sign of any fog and
floats from the stern of the vessel at.
tached by rope of grass fiber which
does not sink beneath the surface of
the water Sufficient rope is paid out
by each vessel, so that its fog buoy
floats at the bow of the ship next
astern-two cables length 400
yards) when in close order and
double that distance in open order.
BY this means the exact stations of
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Cure for Chewing Gum Habit.

In one of the West Philadelphia pub
lie schools is little mite of a teach.
er who has a mighty way OF presery-
ing discipline. Her pupils being un.
mindful of all injunctions barring the
use of chewing gum during school
hours, the instructress determined to
make a horrible example of a couple
of the most willful boys. She accord
ingly announced that she would deco.
rate the school room a little. and
thereupon stationed the boys on one
corner OF the platform where they
would be conspicuous. Then she gave
each lad roll of clean white paper
and told them to chew IL.
The boys. with their cheeks bullying
out with paper pulp. were compelled
to chew steadily for Is minutes. There
is a slump In the chewing gum
market.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
THOUSANDS GATHER,AT BATHS
Arabian Men and Women Make Meet
ing Place OF Springs at Ham,
man-Rlrha.

DR.. Georges Martin of the thermal
station of Hamman-Rirha gives an in
terestlng account of the Arabs who
come in crowds to take the baths a,
that station. Their number every year
can be estimated at more than 10000
OF these batheTs about two-thirds
are women. Besides the medical ef
feet the baths are for the Arab WON
an meeting place. where she en-
counters her friends. as they remain
a long time in the baths, three-quar-
ters Of an hour or more. They dip
themselves I'm the water from time to
time; then, sitting on the curb. they
chat. laugh and sing.
Sometimes one of them addresses
an invocation to the Sultan Sliman
(Solomin). patron of the springs hid
den in the mountain. The more be-
lieving sometimes receive their recon-
pense in seeing the steam rise from
the waters After the bath the native
rolls himself in his cloak and lies in
the sun.
To quench the burning thirst which
NhS NSly WdiH Ddlu gives AIdUS SUCK
the juice of lemons or oranges or
they go to the cafe maure" attached
to the baths to drink a tiny cup of
coffee. Many Arabs, instead of COM
Ing to the establishment, prefer to
take the bath in the open air. On the
side of the hill a spring flows from
the rock and the natives come to
battle in the natural basin where the
water gushes out.
AS votive Offering the women
hang portions of their wells on the
neighboring bushes. The childless
come there piously to plunge in their
small stuffed dolls. It is there that
the prayer is above all agreeable to
Sliman. They sacrifice fowls to him.
they burn incense and spices in the
earthen braziers. and it is in his hon.
or that the little many-colored wax
tapers stuck in the ground burn so
often at night.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Inc Man Behind the Gun.

The late Admiral Erben had the
good fortune or the merit to originate
the woodworking phrase, "the man
behind the gun" He used 1t in a
speech on the factors of success in
naval warfare to emphasize the ne
cessity of having efficiency, prepared.
ness run through the entire personnel.
1t was also a reminder that the en-.
listed men have a good deal more to
do with bringing about a victory than
always appears in history or official
reports. The expression was employ
ed in experimenting the views of
Capt. Mahan, and attained circulation
at once as epitomizing whole library
of instruction.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
CLING TO ANCIENT METHODS
Many Egyptian Farmers To-Day Use
Tools Such as Ancestors Had
Centuries Ago.

"One of the curious sights in the
Egyptian harvest season is a modern
threshing machine noisily working in
field adjoining that in which ma.
tive thresher is treading out the
grain," said a Chicagoan, who has
made tour of the world I'm the inter
ests of American farming implements.
The brown-skinned tiller of the soil,
clad in his flowing robes of white or
the favored dull blue and yellow COM
Dlnation sitting on the high seat of
the crude thresher, which is dragged
over the fields by a yoke OF patient
camels or perhaps a camel and a
donkey or couple of buffalo cows,
appears to the stranger who sees this
for the first time like the principal
actor in a scene worked out by an
ingenious mind for stage effect.
The native pillow in Egypt is sim
ply the forked portion Of a tree or
two pieces joined together and
smoothed off, a primitive contrivance
which may still be seen in use by
Cuban farmers. The thresher is a
sledge-like affair fitted with round
crushers of wood or iron and weighted
down from the top. The grain is
crushed into the ground and when
gathered up 1t is mixed with Jumps of
mud, but IL is said that never a
kernel of it is lost or wasted.
American farming machinery may
he found in the remostest parts of the
world and where least expected. In
what manner it gets there could not
ascertain. The natives could not en-
tighten me-"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15

liant events of the spring. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel, with their
daughter, Miss Margaretta Drexel, will
come from London. Miss Drexel will
be one of the bridesmaids. She will
return few days after the wedding,
as she is to be married i'm June i'm Lon
don to Viscount Maidstone.
Miss Gould and her fiancee were
members of a large house party Mrs.
Gould entertained over Easter at Geor-
CLAN court, Lakewood, n. j.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15

New York, Apr. 14.-Society is great
~ interested i'm the approaching we'd
ding of Miss Marjorie Gwynne Gould,
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
law Gould. to Anthony j. Drexel, Jr.,
which will take place i'm st. Bartholo-
news church on the afternoon of Apr.
10. Their engagement was announced
last January at a dance given by Mrs.
Gould in her new house, No. S57 Fifth
avenue.
The wedding will be one of the brill
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Genius.

The only real difference between a
genius and one of common capacity
is, that the former anticipates and ex-
plores wat the latter accidentally
hits upon. But even the man of genius
himself frequently employs the ad-
yantages that chance presents to him.
II is the lapidary that gives value to
the diamond. which the peasant has
dug up without knowing its worth.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Suffocated in Church

Owing to the defective means en-
ployed in heating the Church of Ge-
frees, in Upper Bavaria, 30 men and
women and all the school children in
the gallery were rendered unconscious
by poisonous gases during the ser.
mon.
The preacher stopped the sermon
at once. but despite immediate ven
tilation many other persons were TAX
en- i'll as they were leaving the church.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
The Father Handicap.

mo man will ever ask me to marry
him." Daysey Maymne Appleton wrote
in her diary recently, after an outburst
OF tears. "as long as father continues
to wear porous plaster. and come in
the parlor to scratch his back on the
mantel when am entertaining a
young man. "-Atchison Globe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
"Rio,,tsv and "the Riobt."

Small sorls are always seeking their
rights" g reat souls seek 1.-The right"
No great deed has ever been done by
the absolut ely independent man. There
have been brilliant deeds and daring,
but all la :king something of human
grandeur If not under orders and in
OBEDIENCE ITO higher will.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
ReVenOe.

Revenge is IN debt, in the paying of
which the greatest knave is honest
and sincere. and. so far as he is able,
punctual. But there is a difference
between a deot of revenge and every
other debt. By paying our other debts,
we are equal with all mankind; but In
refusing TO I,ay a debt of revenge we
are superior
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
The Successful Man.

He has achieved success who has
lived well, laughed often, and loved
much; who has filled his niche and
accomplished his task; who has left
the world better than he found it:
who has always looked for the best in
others and given the best he had;
whose life was an inspiration; whose
memory a benediction.-A. Stanley.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
The Smallest Tree.

Naturalists say the smallest tree In
the world is the Greenland birch. This
miniature tree grows 10 height of
less than three inches. although IL
spreads over a radius of two or three
feet.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Limitations of Genius.

The happiest genius will hardly sue
,eed by nature and instinct alone in
rising to the sublime. Art is art! he
who has not thought it out has no
right to call himself an artist
Goethe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Results of Travel.

When' one travels one soon dfscov.
ers that the "IIght-headed" Frenchman
rs the best Of fathers and most
thrifty person, and that perfidious
Albion, the INSCRIPTIONS nation" is
a people of pious idealists, fanatics
and Righteousness and liberty
Prague Prager-Tagblatt.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Liberty.

To be a good citizen you must think
of number of things besides liberty;
the jails are full of people who aren't
interested in anything else.-Atchison
Globe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Men and Wisdom.

The best men are born wise. Next
comes those who grow wise by learn
ing; then, learned, narrow minds.
Narrow minds without learning are
the lowest OF the people.-Confucius.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Unidentified

Mrs. Trout-Have you found any
trace OF poor dear Speckles?
Mr.. Trout-No. I've read all the pa
pers that fell overheard, but nobody
has caught anything under five
mounds
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Friends.

After a man passes so he is pretty
fortunate If he doesn't find more ac-
quaintances on the tombstones in the
cemetery than he finds on the door
plates In town.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Would Make II Valuable.

A Frencnman says he can under
stand the language Of chickens. This
will be a valuable accomplishment II
he can persuade a fowl &c tell its age.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
Different.

Miss Angela, may kiss you-or
don't you like to be kissed by a
MANI"
mo, it would give me the horrors
for a man to kiss me. but you may
kiss me, Cholly."--Houston Post.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
EatefiII premonitiOn.

A little English girl named Frances
Cole write in her book at school:
This is my last sum-" The next day
she died.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
aeneath Notice.

AS to people saying a few unkind
words about us. we must not mind
that any more than the old church
steeple minds the rocks cawing about
it.-Home Chat.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
sllobt Punishment, for Perjury.

A British magistrate. referring to
illness contracted by kissing microbe-
laden Bibles. Remarked: 1T is my
opinion that a large number of people
who commit perjury are punished in
no other way"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15
a WarninQ.

Don't think THAI every idea you get
into your head Isl an inspiration.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-15

The long lines of this dignifed look
ing negligee render il especially be-
coming to a woman of matronly figure.
The fulness which is laid in tucks
across the back and in two plats over
the shoulders is stitched down fatty
half way TO the waist line whence it
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-10

day with his brother George in thi,
village.
Mrs. Albert Parker and children. q,
portsmouth, are guests Of Mrs. Fannie
Parker.
Mrs. Fred B. Stafford, Of Faneuil. Mass.
is visiting her parents, Hiram Harding
and wife.
MRS. Cara Clapp, OF North Sedgwick.
mas been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Fred J. Sargent.
Misses Gertrude Cover and Mary l..
Kendall, OF Melrose, Mass, are guests OF
Mrs. Lydia Cover.
Miss Vera Harding left for Charleston
Monday as delegate to the Christian En-
deavor summer school.
Mrs. Waldo 4. Kingsbury and daugh-
ters Miss Lima and Clara Olive, are visit
ing Mrs. Clara Bowden.
Harold Dunn and wife, and Misses
Amelia and Lillian Dresser are spending a
Few weeks at their cottage here.
Elmer e. Cummings and family have re-
turned to their home in Portland, They
were accompanied by Miss Phebe Hinck-
ley.
Aug. 5. s1M
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-10
Beetle Fighting.

What is probably the least known and
at the same time the most curious sport in
New York - or, for that matter in the
whole country = is the Chinese pastime
of beetle fighting. In miniature way,
its popularity in Chinatown corresponds
to the popularity of bull fighting in
Spain.
A first class beetle fight is an important
matter and is generally the cause OF much
betting. The combatants, couple Of
two-inch beetles, are placed in large
porcelain bowl with sloping sides, large
white dot having previously been painted
on the back Of one in order that they may
be distinguished. All the fighting is done
with the mandibles, or pinching claws,
which are carefully tested for strength be-
forehand. The fight continues until one
Of the contestants succeeds in pinching
the otner to death.
From an American standpoint, the So
called sport would hardly seem to be in
teresting, since q combat may last several
hours. The oriental, however, manages to
enthuse, since the contests are always
watched with untiring interest by good
sized audiences.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-10
LAKEWOOD.

Ralph Garland has returned from hay
ing in Holden.
Miss Sadie Franklin is spending q
month at home.
Alexander B. Moore is driving the stage
to Ellsworth Falls.
Edward Garland is at work for Charles
o. and Martin A. Garland.
Norris Moore is making weekly trips to
Bar Harbor with garden produce.
Mrs. Grace Barron, of West Ellsworth, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ellen franklin.
Ernest Garland and Alick White, of
Ellsworth Falls, are haying for Simon
Garland.
Augustus Danico and family, Of Green
Lake, have been spending few days at
their old home.
Miss Efiie FRANKLIN and Miss La Blanch,
OF Massachusetts,, have returned to their
work in Massachusetts,.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-10
CASTINE.

DR.. E. E. philbrook is spending several
days at Sandy Point.
A. IL. Folsom, Of Roxbury Mass, is at
his cottage for August.
Miss Alice Grindie Is spending a few
days with friends in West Brooksville.
The Unitarian society will hold its an
nual fair at Emerson hall Thursday after
noon and evening.
Miss Helen Foster, Of Woodfords, is
spending the week with her grandmother,
Mrs. Wheeler Webster.
Miss Mary Perkins, OF Bangor, is spend
ing August with her sister, Mrs. w. A.
walker, at the Acadian hotel.
Charles Hooke was taken to the hospital
IN Belfast Friday, and was operated upon
Tor appendicitis. At last reports he was
comfortable.
Rev. Mr.. Fessenden, former pastor Of
the Methodist church and now preaching
In Salem, Mass, preached at the Metho-
DIST church Sunday morning.
The ladies OF the Methodist society held
their annual fair at Emerson hall Tuesday
afternoon. In the evening special reading
ny Miss Maude Andrews and music by
the Castine orchestra were enjoyed.
Aug. O..
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-10
Guessed Right.

A little old woman with soft, blue eyes,
white ringlets around her ears, and Q
quaint purple gown got on Ninth street
car in Washington on very hot day.
She looked rosy, but cool and comfort
able, while the others on the crowded car
were hopping their brows, tanning them
selves and cursing inwardly.
As she got on the car she said to the con-
ductor: "Hi want to get hoff at Hem
street."
"All right" said the conductor, and the
car went on. Nothing happened until L
street was reached, when suddenly the old
lady looked up and asked: ''His this hell?''
"You bet it is" said big, perspiring
man, and soft, low cries Of "Hear! hear!'
mingled with the laughter that rippled
through the car.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-10
WEST EDEN.
SIM.

Miss Mildred Mayo spent the past week
at Northeast Harbor.
The c. +. Society had sale OF ice cream
last Wednesday. About 8 was realized.
Quite number leave to-day to attend
the c. f. summer school at Charleston,
which opens Aug.s.
Mrs. Agnes Mayo leaves to-day for
Hornell, n. Y, where she will spend few
week with her uncle, Elmer Reed and
wife,
Charles ID. Kittredge, who is employed
In Massachusetts, is spending his vaca-
ton with his parents, &. W. Kittredge
and wife.
State secretary of the G. Z. society, Miss
Margaret Koch, accompanied by her sis
ter, Miss Christina Koch, were guests at
the Hiilcrest house last week.
Mrs. Lillian Hamor, who has been en-
ployed at j. j. Emery's the past few
weeks, came home Friday, and will leave
Monday for Charleston. Mrs. Hamor is
the delegate from the Mt. Desert local
union OF c. f. societies. Miss Octavia
Hamor is the delegate from West Eden
society and will also attend the school.
Aug s. NJ
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-10
DIED.

BANKS-At Bar Harbor, Aug 8, Blocker
Banks, OF Albany, Y, aged u years.
BEAN-At East Sullivan, July rs, Mrs Harriet
Bean, aged 81 years, months, 26 days.
BLAISDELL-At Orland, Aug 8, Willard W
Blaisdell, aged 40 years, II months, % days.
DOWNS-At Deer Isle, July 80, Mrs Elizabeth
Downs, aged SO years, months, II days.
GRINDLE-At Bluehill, Aug s, Mrs Nancy
Grindle, aged SO years.
HAMMOND-At South Gouldsboro, July 81,
Mrs Eliphalet Hammond.
HEATH-At Bucksport, Aug Q, Mrs Nancy G
Heath, aged 50 years, month, IS days.
LITTLEFIELD At Bucksport, Aug 8, Mrs
Otis Littleheld, aged 48 years.
STAPLES-At North Penobscot. Aug B, Samuel
d Staples, aged "a years, months, % days.
SMITH At B!uehill, Aug 5, Mrs Mary S
Smith, aged 81 years, months, 2l days.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-08-10
OTTER CREEK.

Miss Clara Davis has employment with
Mrs. James Davis.
Frank Davis and wife, who have been
i'll, are much improved.
A small building is being built for
Florentine Davis for confectionery store.
Frank Hamlin has purchased piece OF
land OF F. A. Stanley and is building a
house.
Services at the church Sunday were con-
Quoted by Rev. William Slocum, of the
Unitarian church, Bar Harbor.
Alton Grover and wife are receiving
congratulations on the birth OF a daugh-
ter (Thelma BELIEF born July 81.
Mrs. Annie Hartman, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. veazie Young,
has returned to her home in Massachu-
sets.
Aug g. G.
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BUCKspoRT.

Mrs. Abbie Mason, of Portland, is visit
ing Mrs. ID. n. Hagcrthy.
Lewis Chandler is spending his vacation
with his parents, George Chandler and
wife.
Fred Edwards and wife, OF Boston, are
Edwards was Miss Sadie Abby, native Of
Bucksport.
John d. Buck, who has spent the past
year In the West, arrived Thursday for a
visit with his parents, A. x. Buck and
wife, orlsnd.
Mrs. J. W. Trip and little son Norman,
OF Waterviile, and Mrs. Mitchell, OF Or
rington, are spending few days with X.
B. Slower and wife.
Kew. Maurice Prince occupied the pulpit
at the Franklin street church Sunday
morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Prince are guests
of Frederick Wood and wife.
The many friends OF DR.. Harold II.
Crane, OF Bangor, former Bucksport boy,
are pleased to learn OF his appointment AS
one OF the examiners on the U. s. pension
board.
Miss Lillian Ames, assisted by Miss
Mary Weston, Of Bangor, violinist, and
Arthur fischer, OF New York, pianist,
gave an enjoyable musical, at the Spoiford
school Friday evening, Aug. 5.
The camp meeting at Verona park
opened Sunday, Aug. Z. There are a
large number at the park and many in
teresting speakers will be present. There
Will be fine musical and literary enter
tsinments.
Mrs. Otis Littleheld died suddenly Mon
day night, OF paralysis. She had been out
In the evening, and was taken i'll soon
after arriving home. She was forty-eight
years OF age, and leaves q husband and
five children.
Aug O. l.
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NORTH ELLSWORTH.

The pleasant home Of J. A. Phillips and
wife was the scene of merry
gathering Saturday evening, when q
barn dance was given in honor OF
their guests, William Warren, IT,, and
Williston Clement, of New York city.
The barn was prettily decorated with
green and the national colors. II. N. Joy
furnished music for dancing, and Miss
Frances Jordan gave several piano solos
during the evening. Cake and ice-cream
were served. Those present were Mr..
Warren, Mr.. Clement, Mrs. Myra Jordan,
Miss Frances Jordan, George Durham and
wife, Mrs. Harriet Hastings, Arthur Glenn
ent and wife, ]. Sargent and wife, L. H.
Phillips, L. d. Patten, Miss Bessie L. Pat
ten, Miss Julia Higgins and Dorothy
Hagan.
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Coffee Ice-Cream.

''Scald one and one-half cupfuls Of milk
with one-third Of cupful of ground
coffee, and add one cupful OF sugar." says
Fannie Merritt Farmer, in Woman's
Home Companion.
"Beat the yolks of three eggs slightly
and add one-fourth Of a cupful of sugar
and one-fourth of a teaspoonful OF salt.
Combine mixtures and cook in double
boiler until mixture thickens. Cool, add
one quart of thin cream, strain through
a double thickness of cheese-cloth and
freeze. Did you ever try serving coffee
ice-cream in halves of cantaloupes?"