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Fred P. Brown. the we'll known stage driver
who has driven the mail stage from Ellsworth
on four different routes, including Cherry
held, Southwest Harbor, Lamoine and Great
Pond, has secured the sale Of DR.. Groves
"Herb Extract, which cured him Of an abb
scess on the liver that had troubled him for
several years. See advertisement in another
column.-Advs
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CITY MEETING.
GASOLINE TANK GIVEN AN
AIRING.
EXPERT SAYS THERE Is PRACTICALLY
NO DANGER FROM TROLLS
OF ACCOUNTS.

The full board was present at the regu-
lar meeting OF the city government Mon
day evening. The feature of the meeting
was the hearing on complaint of residents
OF High stree against the gasolene tank
recently erected by the Standard Oil Co.
Rolls OF accounts were passed as fol-
lows:
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NEWS.
HANCOCK POINT.


Mr. Wan, Doston' u occupying ms coe-
tage.
=. =. Hurter ana wiie, OF hyoe PARK
MASS, are ~ the Srocker mouse.
DR.. Bertram l.. BRYANT. Bangor. spent
Wednesday with his family At The Croker
house.
r. w Burr and wife. Bangor. and Mrs.
silas White. Danforth' we're at the Tara
tire Friday.
A. CO.. p.,s;,, po.,o, a. ~. and
u n cccnnv hsr svs IN ths rsn,e;ndrr
"t,hs $500,
u.r-r W., .rs f>a.~,.. p.-,,.,, p.r.
49, .,.s,.f S~ta.S.,- 80 s,,,.,,.v =, ~.
49, rfo,..s - .1 '~s :. 'Ae
- =
Ms. =. '. Young sno mas,et nenoerson,
ElIs~oftn, were ~ tne niros Nest coseaxe
~. N" uAys 10.
Mn; Soroan, helpn yofaans NJ. sno
Ms; n0pinson ana tamny, nsnsof' 40 %
the JORDAN costa&e tor week.
j. d. Frederickson and wife, OF Little
Falls, N. Y, have returned home after
spending two weeks at the Tsrrntine.
The schooner Ned P. walker has landed
3OO0 SnIlons ~ 0nsolene FOR G. q. Young
& sons. This il the largest Rssoiene ship
meut ever received At the Point.
CT ia. 0. = -
Pearron. Roston. G. r. Fernald Ban1or.
and Miss Heater Fernald. Denver. Col.
made M an auto uarty which dincd st The
Tsrrstii,e Sunday.
VIZ Hows and ~;s. Hva. p.rt
NJ
49,, u;ii. p,nc,,, Ar. I,oo,,,'
md E,vsrs ~ R,anv, avda p.rr Mas
s 49, "a D ~ T.;,,s ''
a'e sina'ns a. ~ Wy
s,na.N BE- s,a~ Mscnor.,d hsr
Harbor, gave an interesting talk about
the Maine seacoast missions. Rev Mr..
Duttop. BROOKLYN, will preach nexi Sum
day.
Ao,ny ,b,,se x-ho u,ere al tbs ,rarro,;ne
snnSay var pos,mas,er Jnhn NJ
oak and vile C. W Coftin. Bangor. a
Doneid Rar Harhor Mrs Rertha Smith.
Naw ynrr
curing lne apsenee OF .he rsguiar com
msnaer, oapt. DICKSON, owing 70 the
aeatn oil ms iatner' Sommooore Z. +.
DicAson, the lei.y ooat SApPno was
Iammeo INTO tne HAneocs rolnt wharf, oy
.ne sups.i. NY, espsArn. Sne ny NY rnAl ,
~ nesrIy iun speeu rIuay, ana tne sn0ck
Lls,oussa W. pIes apus sne . tne
poal was not nul.. AoouI tnc e.me tning
Gnsppsnea assln S..uro.y ms Sms .ne
"" sno A'
A dance for Miss Bertha Godfrey and
Drummond and Jack Freese was held at
the Tarratine last Wednesday evening BY
Mrs. l. n. Godfrey and Mrs. A. L. Freese.
Willis Haines, Of Bangor, furnished
music from $50 to lilo. This ~as the
drst large dance OF the summer, and most
Of the Point people attended 1t. Delicious
Investments were served and all had .
delightful evening.
aAsr aari
..., s.-~.-, s.,x..
Az e1citinS .seoen gsms ~ neao ~
Ssfurdsr sfterponn hetvsen Hsnrock
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PRETTY MARSH.

Ms. PhilsnA Folgsr, Of Boston, is VS.
iting her niscs, Mrs. Lsttie Rumiii.
Nias Linda Smith, who has been em'
paoysd 1t West fremont, ID home.
Herbert Cousins and wife, who have ns ~
employment ct the freeman house, Law
returned to their home 1t Indian Point
Aug.7. u
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WEST sURRY.

Mrs. r. W. Blaisdell il III.
Mrs. Sadie Saunders, Of East Orland, lie
few days.
F. K. Saundefs, with party OF friends
from Bucksport, was the guest OF his
parents, Hollis Saunders and wife, Sunday.
Elijah Partridge and Thurston Conary.
OF Ellsworth, were guests OF Frank
Sunday.
Aug T.
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Grand total,


large, and statutory bond Of John H. Bres-
nahan as collector, were accepted and flied.
THE GASOLINE TANK.
The hearing on complaint against the
gasolene tank was the next business taken
up. J. A. Smith, OF Portland, eastern
manager for the Standard Oil Co., was
present, and John A. Peters represented
the company as counsel. Prof. Ora w.
Knight, OF Bangor, State assayist, was
present as an expert on explosives.
Mr.. Peters, in opening the subject. said
the Standard Oil Co. came in spirit OF
inquiry or Cancellation, rather than as
contestant. ssIf there is danger" he said,
s.the company will remove it; il there is
no danger, we desire it to appear. ] be-
heve this board will take as careful and as
just action with the Standard Oil Co. as
with any other taxpayer.
81 have looked over the ordinance to
which believe the city refers in its notice
to this company that an ordinance has
been violated. We disclaim any desire to
take any technical advantage Of the law,
but the Standard Oil Co. has rights which
should be protected as well ~ those Of an
individual taxpayer.
Eve do not believe this ordinance,
passed in 1883, could bsmaintained as a
basis OF action at law. There is no evil
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BLUEHILL.
OBITUARY.

Adelbert Edgar Hinckley, . native OF
Bluehill, died at his home in Portland
Friday, Aug I, after : short illness Of
Biuehill, May 8, 1884. he married Martha
Anterior at Bluehili, May 8, 1851. She
died in 1867. On July A. 1871, he married
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SPEC.

8. G. Penney and wife, OF Bangor, spent
Sunday with their parents.
Aiiss Margaret Peck, OF Bristol, Conn.,,
is visiting her apnt, Miss Jane Brownell,
at her cottage at the shore.
Marion Chester, of Owls Head, is spend
ing a short time with her sister, Mrs. Eta
Tribou, in the old home at the Point.
Aug7. K.
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EGYPT.

Mrs. Cerobel v. Smith, OF South Franz
ipgham, Mass, is visiting c. J. Smith and
wife.
Aug. /. M.
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TKAcHKRs' SALARY ROLL.
Common schools,
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twenties was elected president OF its
council.
Cheyenne grew up about him and made
him city trustee, councilman and mayor,
which office he resigned to become gov
ernor of the territory when forty-one.
Then came statehood and he was elected
first governor Of the independent COM
monwealth, which office he had held but
two months when he was sent to the SEN
ate, where he has served for nearly
twenty-one yeas.
Indeed. this is the day OF the six-footer
In the Senate. to which class also belongs
the insurgent. Moses Clapp, the opulent
Elkins' successor as chairman Of the i'm
portant interstate commerce committee,
which. as pointed out will have such a
potent influence in reshaping government
policies affecting railroads and interstate
corporations.
Clapp is great of girth as we'll as OF
shoulder. spine and limb and weighs
more than any other man in the Senate.
He attributes his vigorous health at sixty
to the fact that like Senator Works of
California, he is Christian Scientist, in
which sect he is SO enthusiastic member
as to occasionally rise in their Washing
ton church to give testimonials of the
benefit which he has derived from the
faith.
Like Warren. he wears a long mus
tache, but spurns spectacles, which War,
rem customarily wears.
Like his brother in the faith-works-
Clapp was a Hoosier by birth, but went
west, stopping first in Wisconsin.
Here he clerked in a grocery, taught
school for few terms and then signed
as cabin boy on a grain ship that sailed
up and down the Mississippi. stopping at
his home town of Hudson, Wis, and it
was in these days, because he was so tall
and dark. both as to complexion and hair,
that the Indians dubbed him THE Black
Eagle" sobriiquet which has played no
small part in his political campaigns
But after the BLACK Eagle" had flown
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CUR and Banks. assisted by Farragut.
stormed the port in vain and finally a
desperate attempt was made to charge
1t by a small body of men from Weitzels
brigade.
Volunteers were called for and War
rem was one of fifty to offer his life for
the forlorn hope.
When the little band marched up a
HILL from which they were to charge the
enemys ranks they had little hope OF
returning alive, but they pushed on as
their comrades looked after them with
shaking heads.
The charge was over three-Quarters OF
a mile Of open country. directly within
the fierce fire of the enemy, and as the
brave volunteers rushed toward the
breastworks which they were ordered to
climb shot and shell moved them down
like blades of grass in the path OF
scythe. For their bravery in keeping on
while their comrades were falling on all
sides. and although the assault ultimate
w failed, Warren and three other pri-
Yates were recommended to the War De-
partment for the reward winch was
forthcoming.
Having given such a good account OF
himself, the young soldier was made
captain of militia upon his return to
Massachusetts, Where ne harmed TOT
three years Then the lure of the west
seized him. and taking Horace Greeley S
advice he started out as a pioneer. stop
ping in Wyoming. then a part of Dakota
territory.
He was twenty-four when he reached
the great cattle country and after shar-
ing in all of the hardships and thrills Of
It's rugged and picturesque life he won
his ranch, got into politics and became
a leader OF men. He soon got to the ter
ritorial legislature and while still in his
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insurgent chieftain Moses Clapp of Min
nesota succeeds the late conservative
Senator Elkins of West Virginia.
You perhaps do not realize the full
power of the Senate committees. Under
the rules of that body, all bills must first
be referred to them before the Senate
may consider them And the committee
to which a bill is referred has the power
to amend it In any manner, substitute an
other bill for it, or refuse to report 1t
back to the Senate at all, in which event
1T never reaches the calendar of that
body The chairmen preside at the COM
mittee hearings and meetings and they
lead upon the floor the debate upon the
bills reported by their committees. AS
succession to these chairmanships Is de-
iority of service. the chairman, by his
superior experience. is apt to dominate
the majority members. And IL he Is a
man of dominating temperament. like
Aldrich or Hale. his influence is all the
greater.
Such a temperament Is possessed by
Aldrich's successor, Penrose, the new
majority leader and chairman Of the COM
mittee on finance. In Pennsylvania it is
frankly admitted that he has even out
Quayed Quay" in his ability to control
his party organization. And in the Senate
he has risen to party leadership over the
bald and silver pates of seven republican
senator's who have served anywhere from
two to sixteen years longer in that body
than has he. He 10 fifty years old-nine-
teen years the junior of Aldrich-
He belongs to one of the proudest and
oldest families of Philadelphia. and traces
his pedigree back to colonial officials and
revolutionary heroes.
The Riddles, whom the young Prince OF
Wales Oater King Edward VID heard so
much about during his visit to Phila-
delphia that he inquired who such an
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NEW CHAIRMAN %APPROPRlATloNs

illustrious family might be, occupy a con-
spicuous limb of Penrose's family tree. He
was born. bred and still lives in aristo-
cratic spruce street, in the Quaker city
And, like Roosevelt, he rose to be a mas
ter politician In spite of the fact that he
was reared on velvet.
He was three years with Roosevelt at
Harvard, entering as freshman when
the future President was a sophomore
His father was a professor Of medicine In
the University of Pennsylvania, and he
and his younger brother Charles were
prepared by a private tutor for Harvard.
which they entered at the ages OF fifteen
and fourteen. The two boys were grad
uated together and Charles succeeded his
father az professor in Philadelphia, while
two still younger brothers. Richard and
Spencer, also went through Harvard
few years later both becoming success
full mining engineers
That Boies was a born politician was
that age, through a competitive examine
ton held at Harvard, he was chosen to
deliver a commencement Grafton and Sc
lected for his topic Martin Van Buren,
as a Politician" And upon the same day
he received honorable mention for his
studies in political economy.
From Wayne MacVeagh. to whom he
was now apprenticed to learn the law
yers trade, he added to his store OF po-
litical knowledge cleaned from the study
of Van Buren's methods, for his pre-
ceptor had been chairman OF the repub-
lican state committee, minister to Tur-
kew and Attorney General of the United
States. So. with such a beginning, it is
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masterpieces had the honesty TO add the
names OF unknown young aids whose
idea often started their creation Such
was the saddle OF veal Monte Carlo, the
lobster in tights, the-but you shall see
1t is exactly like the salon OF painters
and sculptors.
Its thousands OF exhibits, numbered and
described in an official catalogue. show
the best work OF genfuses old and new
and mark the progress of the world in
high-class cookery.
The chefs Of ell kings and princes. gour-
mandiZing rich men. famous restaurants
and great hotels rush TO it.
At the salon you see Cedard. new chief
Of the kitchens OF King George V: Coste
Of the London Hotel O. Gil: Lavocat. with
the Duke OF Orleans; Paul de A4nici of
the Quirinal Kitchens; Bosomporo OF the
Vatican: Boreln. with Prince Doria; the
British embassy chefs-Chaussin at Vi
emma Hazard al Rome and SEWN at
Paris; Vasseur, chef TO the King of
Spain; Milton. with the Emperor Of
Austria: Lentheric serving the sultan;
Barre, with Nine. Edmond de Rothschild,
and others
All stand by the humolest boy cook
Vasseur Of Spain. as usual. gave 500 ito
permit colleague out IF work to produce
himself" and Coste of the Cecil, SO FOR
the apprentice exhibiting the most succu-
lent chaudfroid' Prizes from the great
ones went 70 unknown strugglers for the
hors d 'oeuvres," the hest entree revived
from the eighteenth century" And
noted four gifts OF $40 each from King
Georges man TO ray for tie materials,
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entire skeleton out so deity that the tiny
bird could be pressed back into its natu-
raj shape, the bones replaced by a divine
sauce
At the salon we saw wonderful snu-
premes of chicken. duck. pheasant and
turkey There were boned pigeons in
wine jelly. stuffed calves tongues, the
royal hare, with its meat and farce all
melted together. and all without a bone.
ready for the most ignorant Lucuilus to
slice them down.
I saw boy cook make simple dish
fried Writings Don't talk to me about
woman cooks.
He cut the two nat flets from
each fish. He coated them lightly with a
farce OF hard-boiled eggs. anch svies. pars-
ley and butter finely chopped. seasoned
and kneaded. He rolled them in flour,
dipped them into raw eggs and oil beat
en- up together. then dabbed them In fine
bread crumbs Each skewered in roll,
he fried them a rich brown Need I say
more?
His name was Ledoux, and I saw him
do charming thing.
1t was late that same evening and the
salon was emptying There was no one
freres. Up clattered a trio OF young
jockeys, smartly dressed. well groomed
and vulgar. At once they began to guy
the boy cooks.
"A cooki Pouahf'
Standing worthily by their exhibits.
they were troubled. but Ledoux spoke up.
Cooking is an art" he said. You
seem to be jockeys. I have won praise
from gentlemen who own race horses.
Like the tailor who makes their
Clothes" sneered the biggest Jockey. "A
cook and tailor-they are only half
men,
Looking at Iedoux I saw that he was
also straight, well built and confident
why do you stand that?" whispered
his companions.
''Oh. they don't know" he laughed. IL
ought not to abuse" Then to the jock
eys he said: You ride horses for me to
bet on, you know"
You bet? Where would you get the
money!" said the heaviest jockey, rude
ly: and as they started off, laughing he
jostled the boy cook
But did you ever jostle iron post?
1t was like that. He caromed off and
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air was full Of perfumes from the ladies'.
An unusual proportion of young girls of
family had been brought this Sunday
afternoon, as to place Of innocent
revery. They gobbed the little iced
cakes with flushed cheeks. The pretty
creatures had a hungry look-starved OF
pastry to protect their figures.
How many Of them have culinary edu-
cation?' complained the old maitre-
dhotel. II serve a great lady nearly
seventy. who lives alone in a palace and
dimes as perfectly. alone with her paid
companion. as when she gives gala din
ners. II one of her grandchildren should
mistake a potage Crecy for a potage
Rachel. she would disinherit the girl.
There are twenty-four great soups. How
many young wives can describe them?''
"It is the automobile" I said Men do
not notice what they are eating"
They begin to notice when they suffer
from dyspepsia-a thing unknown In Paris
in the rest Of France. Any young mis-
tress has time to order her table. The
general effect will always be appreciated
It is one of her surest triumphs."
I think that many know it, Charming
creatures escorted by clubmen inquired
sraciously of flushed boy cooks, who
stood by their exhibits:
All, yes, l see, American mint sauce for
those who like it The famous Pou-
larde Montreuil. / am told that the
peaches are a mousse Of foie-gras held in
form by q strong glaze and painted. OF
course, you use only cooks colors." PAR
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doux's friends on tho cheek.
II was too much. As neat as clock
work. I saw three jockeys sailed into.
trimmed and gratifed with black eyes
and cut lips by one slim. small very
lightweight boy. without noise excite
ment or the slightest disoraered move
ment. And the three stood hopping
their bleeding noses, too surprised TO
speak. the boy cook drew three tickets
from his pocket. offered them good ma
turedly and said:
II hope that you are not dana ged.
am sorry that I hit you: but l mustn
let my friends be struck by strangers,
must I? Here are three ring seats for
next Thursday night. 'when I tight Johnny
Hughes. l had them for friends; but you
deserve the places. I'm not only cook
but I'm also Ledoux. champion bantam
weight pugilist Of France"
So he is. The French have learned TO
box from Americans OF the stamp Of
Willie Lewis. The famous Johnny
Hughes OF London got only a doubtful
victory from Ledoux on points sitter
twenty rounds.
When King Georges chef heard OF the
jockey incident he invited Ledoux TO
lunch with him at the Carlton. where he
was staying for the Salon with his
friend Quellian, and the two sublime
chefs SO questioned ana complimented tho
young fighter that he started a boy cooks
boxing club with funds from themselves,
Lavocat. Coste, chaussin. de Anici yasi
seur, SEWN and others.
The "others' had great corporations
among them. The apprentices Mutual.
ity'' looked favorably on the IDEA. Cons
tributions came from the chefs OF La
Perseverance, Society. the Sociste des
Maitres- hotel Francois, Les Cuiciniers
de Paris and the committee OF the Sa-
Ion.
Said the president OF the Mutuality to
Ledeux:
Make il a luxurious club and call on
us when short of funds. But make IL
also a club OF real, handy fighters. Hence
forth, in Paris. a tailor may be half a
man, but cook-well, let them tackle
him and find outi
STERLING HELLO.
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don, this Neptune piece? A fish baked In
pie-crust. See. Georges, how exactly the
crust follows each line OF 1t! A carp
chambord with the famous sauce Jellied
Perfect. You will go far, young man
Let me take your name
The Monte Carlo saddle of veal was ex-
hibited as the joint product Of great
restaurant chef and his boy aid, one Mon
tlexun. and the celebrated artistic made
no secret of 1t that young Montlezun had
much to do with creating the piece. 1t
is larded saddle of veal, pique and
roasted Cor baked in casserole). and 1t
reposed on an ediflce Of cornstarch-not
by banks of tender young carrots. tur-
nips and asparagus in slender siivers.
The saddle itself and large dice of game
farce were decorated and held together
by meat-and-wine jelly, forming rou-
lette layout, the four aces and the lucky
sevens.
A magnificent piece like this is proper
at an intimate supper. where the slicing
is done at the table. All can see the
beautiful object. and surprise and ad-
mfration excite the appetite. Remember
that the Montreuil pullet has more to
recommend 1t than its artificial peaches.
The essence of the supreme" is prepa-
ration for this surprise slicing at the ia
BILE. AS a preliminary to cooking it each
replaced by fote gras. truffies and farce
OF bone scrapings. giblets and little
mashed fresh pork fat.
chabot's artistes. actually dissect q
thrush-aA extraordinarily small bird
with tts feathers OF. Yet he took tho
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The boys stood at a long table. Intel
ligence shone in their strong and virtu-
Gus faces In six, eight ten years, they
will draw in salary and commissions any
thing from $1.21O to 5000. unless they
are In business for themselves and doing
better.
Each boy had his head and knives
Time! with the dexterity OF surgeons
they made the thin blades flash. as the
slices fell in neat heaps Bump! they shift
and turn 1t deftly, as the knives play and
the heaps grow higher. The skulls are
nearly bare. The scraper. Quickly, in
two minutes, three four, the swiftest and
the slowest boy have finished Thirty
white skulls, sixty clean piles, stand
ready for inspection. Each Is carefully
examined by the jury.
They crowned three boys: but the others
1T Is all touching story Of generous
maturity encouraging youthful merit, and
its result Is an ardent espousal Of high
principles.
admired a gorgeous lobster. It's pink
and white meat decorated with black
trufiies gave the effect Of maillot.
1.-THE lobster in tights?' said.
Yes but now they are making imita-
ton truffies." spoke up q worthy man in
short white sideburns-perfect type OF an
cient maitre-de hotel Synthetic chemis-
try" he added. 'just as they make
Ylang-Ylang perfume and the bouquet Of
old wines. Everything is threatened-con-
somme by meat extracts, butter by mar
Earine. dollhouse prtmeurs by timed vexe-