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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
new ADyERrIsEMENTs raTs WEEK.

Norwich Union Fire Ins Society, Lld-State-
ment.
American Central Ins Co-Statement.
Commercial Union Assurance Co, Ltd =
Statement.
In bankruptcy-Edward L Grindle.
New England Tel q Tel Co.
fhronia LHagerthy-Notice OF foreclosure
Horace Young-Notice Of foreclosure.
Admr notice-Est John F Rea.
Admr notice-Est Sarah H Bridgham.
Holmes-Consolidated announcement
Roy Haines- Easter art sale.
Herbert Cousins-New restaurant.
Ellsworth Milk Co-Bull for sale.
Lamson g. Hubbard hat.
DR. G Daniels horse renovator.
Ellsworth Greenhouse.
BosToN:
Swift's Lowell Fertilizer Co Animal fertil-
izers.
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OTIS.

Mrs. Emily Warren, aged eighty one
years, died March II. She was the widow
OF George Warren, and was well known
throughout this section. She is survived
by two dauKhters-Mrs. William H. True,
Of Ellsworth, and Mrs. Ruth Bowlby. The
funeral was held Sunday afternoon, Rev.
w. F. Emery officiating.
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EAST SULLIVAN.

A daughter was born to Capt. Edward
E. BragdoD and wife March 21.
Emeline, widow OF Jacob johnson, was
buried Saturday afternoon. Services were
conducted by Rev. G. A. Purdy.
Mrs. Lena E. Whalen and Mrs. Emma
Pettee attended the Eastern Star con-
vention at Winter Harbor Monday even-
ing.
March q. H.
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SCHEDULE OF MAILS.
AT ELLSWORTH PosroFF1cR.
In effect Oct. 4. 1909.

MAILS RECEIVED.
From WEsT-7.ls m; 4.2s and sos m.
FROM EAsT-i1.o7 q m; 1905, 5.55 and 1922 M
MAIL CLOSES AT PosroFPIcE.
GOING WEsT-1o45, 11.3o, m; $50 and p m.
Come EAsT-6.30 a m; 4 and $50 p m.
No Sunday mail. Postoffice open on Sunday
from . to 10 IN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03

A waiter and inquired what Monsieur would
be so pleased as to have inquired in the sping Eng
1ish that nearly every waiter in Paris speaks How
could he be SO honored as to serve Monsieur
Say son." queried Mr.. Smith. Il wonder if by
any chance you know what applejack is! Jersey
lightning"
"Applejack'" the waiter repeated painfully.
'Jairsey lightning?"
"Applejack-its drink Mr.. Smith elucidated.
If you can find me a small glass of it.
"Apple?" the waiter pondered. Tat ees re pomUc.
Jack-zat ees re Jacques in French and jacques ees
re James in English. Did it, Zerefore vat you want
ees apple of re James to drink: Ees it not So"
Mr.. Smith looked at him in amazement "Oh,
rats! If it's that much trouble bring me beer, he
directed.
Perched there in the center of the world Mr.
Smith meditated upon many things over his dfienuer
ever and anon by another glance at that wonderful
sign the way the sign of Chicago newspaper
He had never been to Chicago but he loved it now.
He would go over to that office when he had finished
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white handicapped to him!
the thin whining voice of man who is i'll, desper-
ately i'll. There will be scene.
For a second time Mr. Smith attempted to shake
off the restraining grip on his right arm but this
time the encrcling fingers closed like steel and again
he was conscious of some mumbling in his
something that seemed to be of no consequence in
the binding anger that suddenly possessed him. He
wanted sink his fingers into the throat of this
to scream the bitter rage that gripped his heart.
And yet looking into the troubled pleading blue
eyes of this girl eyes that commanded with unspoken
eloquence, he stood silent, rigid.
Finally, after a great while it seemed, reason
back to him, and vaguely he made out something
that being said in his
M. Clarke you are my prlsoner!
CLARKE! Yet it was to him, John Smith, that
~ the words were addressed! He turned to face
the man who had spoken, the who chung to him
now with a grip of iron. 1t the inquisitive
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understood and now he had dropped down into
seat in the Cafe de la Paix to plan continuance of
his search. with the aid of an interpreter. Disap
pointment had been added to disappointment he
had gone with not clue; but the bulldog de-
termination in way dulled. his purpose had
not wavered. 1t had never occurred to him to give
up-to quit. 1t never would occur to him while w.
Vaudeville Clarke remained to be found
A CROSS the Place de TOpera from the Cafe de
la Pax is large sign in bold United States sort
of letters, the sign of a great Chicago newspaper.
Mr. Smith discovered it now for the first time, and
Statesy that it made him feel hungry all over hun
ger that took the form of insane desire to
hand and to eat United States pie-all of it, from
upper crust indigestion. Pie! Paris wouldn't be
so bad if there pie to be had Chestnut fed Jer
sey pork and pumpkin pie! And perhaps just
smack of applejack real. undiuted Jersey lightning!
He wondered if it to be had
hy Jacques
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters

John SMITH assistant paying teller of a bank
in Passaic. New Jersey who had arrived in Paris
with one hundred and seventy-three dollars in his
pocket, He seeking w. Vaudeville Clarke.
Others also interested in Clarke'S movements;
for the hotel clerk who did not understand English.
when asked if Clarke stopping there, thought that
Smith himself Clarke, and told Rem Paris de-
tective. Then Smith went tour of Paris looking
for Clarke; and Paris detectives followed Smith about
The gendarmes had authority to arrest Clarke but
just to keep him in view. mysterious woman
also nquiring for Clarke. and also wondering why
Smith seeking him.
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and perhaps some there-an American OH joy
could give him some information as to where he
might get interpreter.
A Nd as he considered it all with rising spirits
there to him indistinctly from a table a
dozen feet away a few words in English-good
United States English. The sound of that voice
brought quick, tense expression to his face and
spasmodic gripping movement to his hands He
knew it, knew it despite certain whining quaver
crumbs from his knees folded his napkin carefully
la Passac, paid the waiter, and rose. He had
found Clarke!
come and as yet unnotced himself, stared. stared
with frank surprise in his face. 1t Clarke, all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
IN FOUR PARTS-Part IL.
CHAPTER vi.

GONE one has said that the corner table of the
- Cafe de la Paix that table on the sidewalk. pre-
~ cisey at the intersection of the Boulevard DIES
Capucines with the Place de IOpera, is the exact
center of the earth When he dropped into chair
at that particular spot, Mr.. John Smith didn't hap
pen to know that he occupied so important a geo
graphical position; he only knew that this famous
outdoor place with its thin-legged tables and
unsubstantial chairs, something like Terry
Maloneys Winter Garden back in Passaic. and
that was enough. He aweary of limb. bat
tered by disappointment. and there was creeping
him resistessly that longing for home which at
sometime is the heritage of every man who travels.
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manding. cleaning eyes
of him,-but a different
Clarke, a Clarke minus the
square cut beard he had
always worn, a Clarke
whose head had been
stripped of its glory of
white hair. a Clarke who
had shrunk from the TO
bust. ruddy man he had
known to a mere skeleton
of himself. a Clarke with
thin. yellow face and color
less lips; but Clarke it was
the man he had been
seeking.
Mr.. Smith strobe straight
toward him through the
web of spidery tables and
chairs. needless of all else
in the world, needless even
of the sudden appearance
at his side of a strange
man who said something
to him in English. The
slight commotion attra cted
ClarkeS attention. and
there. while still half a
dozen feet separated them.
the eyes of the two men
met. Clarke's thin face
went white beneath its sal
lowness and. leaning heavi-
ly on the table in front of
him. he struggled to rise.
1t was an effort for him.
a desperate effort; but he
came to his feet at last and
his burning gaze fastened
itself upon Mr.. Smith.
Some one laid hands on
Mr.. Smith S arm. He shook
them off and took another
step forward. Then, and
not until then. he became
conscious of the fact that
Clarke was not alone.
There was a young woman
with him, a girl he knew,
the girl who had directed
his cab to the Maison de
Treville on his first day in
Paris, a girl in poise and
in figure and in carriage
strangely like the mysteri-
Gus yelled woman in black.
There was abject terror in
her blue, wide opened eyes.
a blanching of the rosy
face, an Involuntary move
ment of appeal in the slim,
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For just a week Mr..
John Smith had been
tramping up and down
Paris, cut off as effectively
from home and country
men as if he was in a dun
geon, asking questions, al
ways the same questions.
listening to the meaning
less. volatile babblings
about him. and bordering
moodily upon the hun
dreds of unused hand
shakes in Main-ave. back
home. Not once had he
met an American. save the
clerk in the Hotel Cont
mental. He had not seen
the mysterious yelled
woman again. There came
a time at last when he felt
he couldn't stand it any
longer, and he dropped
into the Continental to
shake hands with Water
bury. Connecticut. But
some change had come
there. The clerk regarded
him with frigid eyes. in
which lay a shadow of
suspicion.
You haven't come
across Clarke yeti" Mr..
Smith inquired.
Don't know a thing
about him. replied the
clerk tersely. That was
all.
And once. in his great
loneliness, he had paused
to watch a child at play in
the Garden of the Tuileries.
a rosy checked little chap
who was whipping a top.
And he had spoken to the
child. The answer was an
incomprehensible tumble
of sounds-just sounds.
Even the children in Paris
spoke Frenchl He had
moved on YEARLY. and as
he went a shrewd-faced
man with beady black
eyes-M. Remi had come
up and inquired of the
child what the strange
American had said and
what had been the answer.
By noon of the seventh
day Mr.. Smith had ex-
hausted those hotels where
he could make himself
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
II was Crippled,
could hardly walk
and had to Crawl

down stairs at times on my hands
and knees. My doctor told me
had an acute attack of inAammatory
rheumatism. l was in the hospital
for weeks, but was scarcely able to
walk when left it. read about
DR.. Miles Nervine
bought bottle and began to get
better from the start, and for the
past six months / have had scarcely
any pain and am able to walk as
well as ever" jill. SANDERS,
P. o. box s, Rockaway, N. ].
Few medicines are of any benefit
for rheumatism, but Mr.. Sanders
tells plainly what DR.. Miles Re-
storative Nervine did for it. One
ounce of salicylate of soda added to
one bottle of Nervine makes an ex-
cellent remedy for rheumatism,
which is now known to be nerv-
Gus disease and therefore subject to
the influence of medicine that acts
through the nerves, as does
DR.. Miles Nervine
Sufferers from rheumatism seldom
fail to find relief in the use of
DR.. Miles Nervine, with salicylate
of soda.
Sold under . guarantee that assures
The return Of ths.prIoe Of the first bottle
n II fails to benefit. At ali Druggists.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of the authority vested in
me by the terms and provisions of
certain deed in trust executed by Rasp
Washington and Laura Washington,
his wife, on the goth day of May, 1909,
to secure an Indebtedness therein de-
schibed to A. L. Bush, which said deed
in trust is recorded in book 5, pages
22S-229-230, of the records and mort
cages and deeds of trust on land In
the office of the Chancery Clerk OF
Forrest county, Mississippi, |, the I'M
dersigned, having been, by the present
holder of said Indebtedness and deed
in trust securing same, duly appointed
substitute trustee in the place and
stead of the trustee named therein,
said instrument of substitution being
recorded in book 7, page 384 of the rec
ords of mortgages and deeds of trust
on land in Forrest county, Mississippi,
and default having been made in the
payment of said Indebtedness and hav-
ing been thereunto properly requested
by the holder of said Indebtedness and
deed in trust, l will, on Monday, the
9Th day of December, A. D. 1910, at
the front or Main street door
of the court house in the
the city of Hattiesburg, Forrest coun-
ty, Mississippi, during legal hours, Of
fer for sale and sell at public cutlery,
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described real estate, with
all improvements thereon and appur-
tenances thereto belonging, lying, be-
ing and situated in the city of Hatties-
burg, Forrest county, Mississippi, and
being more particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
Commencing at the NV. corner of
block of the Nancy Anderson sur
vey and addition to the city of Hatties-
burg, Mississippi, and running thence
N so feet, thence E. 100 feet, thence
s. so feet, thence w. 100 feet to point
of beginning, being a part of section
8, township 4 North, range 10 West
Witness my signature this the 18th
day of November, 1910.
T. c. HANNAH, Substituted Trustee.
14-3 Mons
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
NlSSISS|PPrS annual
CONFERENCE MEETS HERE

10 these are four lay members from
each presiding elders district, these
oelng elected by the district confer
ence.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
0"e OF The Five Important Methodist
MISUNDERSTANDING History
OF The Conference.

Inc Mississippi Annual Conference
VI 'he Methodist Episcopal Church
0outh' Will convene in Hattieshurg on
december Z, Bishop Mouzon Of Texas
presiding. These annual conferences
usually hold two sessions day. morn.
Ing and afternoon, with preaching
services every evening, and the c,n.
terence remains in session about one
week.
IN Methodism there are five confer.
ences, extending from the local church
conference which meets monthly to
'he General Conference which con.
Venes quadrennially. Midway between
tnese extremes lies the Annual Con.
terence, which as its name indicates
assemblies once a year.
The Annual Conference is presided
over by Bishop, or, in the absence
OF this dignitary, by a President cleo
ted by the body from the travelling
elders, and is composed of all the trav-
eiing preachers within its bounds. ex-
cept such as have not passed a two
years probation and an approved ex.
animation upon course of study nre.
scriped by the Bishops. In addition
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of authority vested in me
as trustee in a certain deed of trust
executed on the 23rd day of November,
1908, by ]. D. Mayo and Jno. E. May,
covering in trust, certain property
therein described, to secure that GER
tain Indebtedness therein mentioned,
and upon the terms and conditions
therein contained, which deed of trust
is of record in the record of land deeds
in Forrest county, Mississippi in book
8 on pages 13-14-15, default having
been made in the payment Of said in
debtedness, and having been thereunto
requested by the beneficiary named in
said deed of trust, said beneficiary
being the present owner of the in
debtedness mentioned therein, /, ]. e.
Davis, trustee, will, on Monday, Deem
court house of Forrest county, in the
city of Hattiesburg, state of MISSISSIPPI
pi, having given notice for three (3)
weeks of the time, terms and place of
such sale by publication in The Daily
News, a newspaper published in Hat
tiesburg, Forrest county, Mississippi,
and by posting said notice at the court
house in Hattiesburg for said period of
time, as required by said deed of
rust, to pay said Indebtedness, interest,"
and costs, offer for sale, and sell, at
public cutlery within legal hours, to the
highest and best bidder for cash, the
property described in said deed of
trust, and here described as follows.
Lot five (5) of block three (3) Of the
G. ]. Miller survey of the city of Hat
tiesburg, county of Forrest and state
Of Mississippi, as per map now on file
in the office of the Chancery Clerk OF
Forrest county, at Hattiesburg, Miss,
together with all improvements there
on.
Dated at Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
November IA, 1910.
J. b. DAVIS. Trustee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
JACKSON HAS LARGE GANG
OF JUVENILE NEGRO THIEVES.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 21.-The Jack
son police have arrested, all told, IA
negro thieves the last three or four
days. They are all charged with pet
ty larceny, and are all boys still in
their teens. 1t seems to have been an
organized band of thieves, operating
all over the city, and had acquired
good deal Of plumber.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
The Remedy which Cures Ca
tarrh by Killing the Catarrhal
Poison and Purifying the Blood.
LARGE SAMPLE FREE.
You must not neglect discharges o
NAUSEATlNG YELLOW MATTER
from the Ear, Nose and Throat.

rou must not neglect ulScndrgeS
NAUSEATlNG YELLOW MATTER
from the Ear, Nose and Throat.
CATARRH is NOT ONLY DANGER
GUS in this way, but it causes ulcera
tons, death and decay of bones, kills
ambition, often causes loss of appetite
and reaches to general debility, idiocy
and insanity. 1t needs attention at
once. Cure it by taking Botanic Blood
Balm (B. B. b. 1t is quick, radical
permanent cure because it rids the sys
TEN of the poison germs that cause
catarrh. At the same time Blood Balm
(B. B. b. purifies the blood, does away
with every symptom of catarrh. B. 3
3. sends tingling flood Of warm
rich, pure blood direct to the paral
yzed nerves, and parts affected by ca
tarrhal poison, giving warmth and
strength just where it is needed, and
in this way making a perfect, lasting
cure of catarrh in all it's forms.
B. B. B. has cured thousands of ca
tarrh cases-even the most deep-seated
kind-after every other treatment had
failed.
Botanic Blood Balm (B. 3. b. is
pleasant and safe to take; composed
of pure Botanic ingredients. SAMPLE
SENT FREE by writing Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Ga. SOLD BY DRUG
GISTS, or sent by express. At 81 PER
LARGE BOTTLE, with complete di-
rections FOR home cure.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
Leaders of Later Years.

LcducTS OF Later Years.
Later in the history of the conference
are to be found prominent in its coun-
ellis such names as j. G. Jones, the
gifted historian; Charles X. Marshall,
the matchless orator, H. F. Johnson,
the peerless educator, VIM. H.
Watkins, w. E. M. Linfield,
C. G. Andrews, for thirty-five
years the conference secretary, and
most distinguished of them all, the
brilliant Bishop Chas. B. Galloway.
The Man Of Golden Speech.
Perhaps the most eloquent preacher
Of his time was Elijah Steele, under
the spell of whose eloquence the peo-
pie would laugh one minute and weep
the next, and all unconscious of NOV
ing from their seats would gather
around the chancel and look with
charmed gaze into the eyes of this
man of golden speech.
BY this time the conference has de-
veloped many laymen Of influence and
prominence, among whom may be
named ", z. Nugspt, Peter James. \.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
!. Thornton and r. w. Millsaps.

AS was said of the faithful in the
Hebrew Hall of Fame as given to us
in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews,
Thine would fail me to tell of all
those who, from Richmond Motley,
bravely meeting death on his knees in
the snow in the swamps of Louisiana,
to W. B. Lewis, the st. John of the
Mississippi Conference, so recently
assembled, have obtained a good re-
port through faith"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
SIR ALFRID'S BIRTHDAY.

(By Union Associated Press.)
Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 21.-Sir Alfrid
Laurier, premier of Canada, is receiv-
ing many messages of congratulation
on his sixty-ninth birthday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
OTTAWA DRAWING ROOM.
(By Union Associated Press

(By Union Associated Press.)
Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 21.-The draw
ing room, the great social function
which marks the opening of each ses-
sion of the Canadian parliament, will
be held this evening.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21

Be patient with the girl with the af-
fected walk. In a very short time she
will be wheeling baby buggy with a
gait suggestive of only one thought,
and that is haste to get there.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
What it Means.


ihto community is an event of no
small Importance. 1t is a call to the
people to set apart for the time be-
ing, prophets chamber, wherein the
man of God may dwell and bring a
blessing to the home.
1t means the opportunity for seeing
the workings of a great ecclesiastical
body; it means the inspiring sight Of
more than two-hundred men waiting
In trustful confidence, to receive the
appointments which they believe to
be, the choice of God for them. It
aHords the people a chance to hear
the correctional men of the church;
1t means to the Methodist people of
the community the opportunity to
magnify with pardonable pride and
just appreciation the church which has
so manifestly inherited the blessings
and favor of God.
History Of Mississippi Conference.
The history of the Mississippi Con-
ference is not without interest. It had
Its origin in call of Bishop Asbury
for volunteers to labor in "the Nat
chez Country, lately ceded by his
Catholic Majesty, the King of Spain
to the United States Government"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21
CATARRH CURED

Bad Breath, k'Hawking, Ringing In
the Ears, Deafness, Hacking Cough
and Splitting Quickly Cured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-21

Thos. Ferguson sells real estate
and loans money to pay for It. eff