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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
KING SPLIT LOG DRAG.

Instructions For the Use Of the Ma
chine Embodied In Eleven Rules.
How to get the best use out of the
King split log drag is emb. led In the
following Instructions:
Drive the team at a slow walk.
Ride on the drag and learn to man
age 1t by changing your position on it
Begin on right hand wheel track and
return on other track.
Drag after every ra.. or wet spell,
when the surface Is moist but not
sticky. just drying. The earth must
not stick to the drag.
II the road Is dry and work
will not be satisfactory.
The length of the chain helps to regu-
late the hold the drag takes on the
earth.
Lengthening the chain Is equivalent
to putting weight on the drag. But
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
TRAPPED BY FIRE
Driving Elephants to Their Death IN
the Dry Season In Africa.

Driving Elephants to Their Death IN
the Dry Season In Africa.
In the fleart Of the African elephant
country, from which comes the bulk
of the worlds ivory supply, once saw
the destruction Of these huge beasts
performed In a novel yet barbarous
manner. II was a process that played
upon the fear all animals have for ire.
When the Niam-Niam hunters-whose
name, by the way, means great eat
ers"-discover herd Of elephants they
set out and beat the country for miles
around. throwing Gordon about the
herd and gradually closing In Al
though the hunters are armed with
old muzzle loading elephant rides and
carry plentiful supply Of ammuni-
ton, they always use the fre trap dur
ing the dry season.
As the herd is gradually driven to
gether by the hundreds of hunters
torches are passed around by the won.
en- and at shrill blast from the war
horns they are lighted. Another blast
from the horns IL the signal for the
torches to be applied to the tall, dry
grass, and writhing sea OF fame soon
encircles the doomed herd. Half
mile In diameter Is not an uncommon
measure Of the fire trap.
Roaring and cracking like voIleys Of
musketry, the flames leap up and tend
to burn inward upon the circle. and the
poor elephants, who dare not face the
flames, die from suffocation-
Then, when the fire has burned itself
out, the Mann Nam enter the trap Of
death, gorge themselves upon elephant
meat and collect the ivory. which they
bear to the trading stations. In ex-
change for their booty they receive the
trinkets and gayly coiored cloths that
delight their hearts and after a time
start once more of on the never ending
ivory hunt. - Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
Method. Of Milkina.

In regard > to the best methods Of
milking a COW we are of the opinion
that the manner in which the COW ia
handled has more to do with her milk
fiow than the order In which the teats
are MIXED. Most mixers milk either
the hind or fore teats together, al
though there are instances where good
mixers prefer to milk one hind and
one fore teat at the same time. AS
suggested before. we are of the opinion
that kind treatment in the manner of
handling the COW and caring for her
wants Is more essential than whether
tho cows fore teats are MIXED first
ar not.-Hoard's Dairyman.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

being broader and deeper than In the
fore quarters and a strong develop
ment In the lower half of the body.
Therefore look for the development
which appears light in front and deep
and broad behind. This development
assures the largest capacity for the
consumption and utilization Of feed
and for the production Of milk. In or
der to secure this type of body there
must be a large development'of the I'D
der. being carried up high behind and
well forward, with rounding out
and even development OF all four quar-
tiers. The teats should be placed at
the corners of a square on the bottom
of the udder. There should be mel
lowness and elasticity of the skin that
covers The udder, and when the udder
is MIXED out 1t should not retain its
shape, but appear almost as folds of
skin. The milk veins should be large.
long and very crooked.
In the development Of the body
straighA strong back with broad loin
and ribs that are long and well sprung
are desired. because they form great,
roomy barrel. The pump should be
long. broad and level and more or
less angular The principal impress
sion given by well developed body
Is that Of great capacity. The animal
should be fairly deep down through
the shoulders and broad between the
front legs and just back Of them, CIV
ing plenty Of room for the heart and
lungs. There should be general mel
lowness and looseness to the skin and
a lean condition Of the animal. A
smoothness of body secured by tend
ency to put on fat while giving milk is
undesirable.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

The effect of feed and care nfthe
dairy COW was well brought out at the
New Salem On. d. dairy school. The
our-year-old record of twelve cows
was given. The butter fat production
averaged 116 pounds in the first year,
1906 the second, 214. the third and in
1913 $50 pounds. The production was
more than doubled in the four years.
The cows were three to six years old
when the records were started. The
milk was weighed from each milking
and tested each month. This very en-
phatically brings OUT the fact that to
secure good production the COW alone
cannot do it--she must have the feed
and the care.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
sARGENrviLLE.

Miss Inez c. Nickels has returned to
Cherryfield.
Mrs. wylie Heath and little son Donald
are visiting Mrs. Phebs Hinckley.
Mrs. Arthur H. Sargent and daughter
MISS Ruth visited friends in Bangor and
waterville last week.
An enjoyable evening was spent at the
Argentville chapel Wednesday evening,
feo' II, when the mems bible class enter
famed the ladies, the result OF contest
oe1ween the two classes in the Sunday
scnooi' for the largest membership during
december Ind January. The men proved
themselves royal entertainers.
Feb. q. SIM,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
POINTS TO NOTE IN
SELECTING A COW

The dairy cow must be studied from
the point Of view Of her development
around four centers--first, the milk
producing center, indicated by the de-
veiopment OF the udder, the milk veins
and the milk wells; second, the diges-
tive center as found In the barrel or
body Of the COW: third, the respiratory
and circulatory center. located In the
chest, and, fourth, the nervous center
ms manifested In the development Of
head and back and In the general lean
appearance of the animal.
In the development Of these centexs
the tendency Is for the animal to be
larger In the rear half of the body,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
CARELESS SUPERVISION.


The American people are los
ing $4,000. 900 annually because
Of careless supervision of the
$500, 600 miles Of public roads in
this country.
Our annual expenditure for
roads is S2O0.000.00O. and it is
estimated by experts that one
quarter of 1t Is lost annually be-
cause Of careless supervision.
Some wall of protection must be
rebuilt against political med
dlers.
The most effective measure of
safeguarding the state highway
department from the destroying
Influences Of politics IL TO place
1t under the general control Of
commission. This commission
should be nonpartisaf. nonpaid,
constituted partly by appoint
ment and partly ex officio, on
which would be represented the
educational and scientific insti-
tutions Of the states. the appoin-
tive members alone being lay
men. These men could be trust
ed to select the chief technical
officials without prejudice and
with due regard for their quali6-
cations.-Logan Waller Page.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
When Lessons Tire tho Child.


"The child does not pay attention"
the teacher says of the little boy or
girl In the kindergarten, whose mind
seems to be upon the thing that Is be-
ing done and yet cannot accomplish it
But it very often happens that the
child is not capable Of concentrating
attention for very long upon one thing.
He watches the play or the drawing
very carefully for certain length OF
time; then he wearies through no fault
of his own. but because OF brain "a
tigue, and his eyes wander to the
shape Of the pencil he is holding or
possibly to the waving leaves OF the
tree outside the window.
Mothers who study their children
carefully can tell just how long they
can hold the attention of the child
without wearying it, but the teacher,
having so many to think about, may
not realize that she is firing the child
with the lesson.
Many children that are voted stupid
by parents or children are only slow
In their mental processes and require
great patience and care in the first
years In the nursery or school. Let
the lesson be a little longer each day,
and as soon as the child seems tired
change to something else.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

Parson Ats hard to get people into
the church. Doctor B-But it's easier to
do that than it is to get them into heaven.
Parson AATrue. We ministers can only
point the way to heaven; when it comes
to getting there we are obliged to fall
back on the doctors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

II the chain Is too short the drag will
not work smoothly, but will Jump.
To move dirt or cut SINAI weeds
lengthen the chain, then hitch the
double trees clear over close to the
ditch end of drag and stand out on the
ditch end Of front slab, right over the
cutting edge.
On a soft spot stand on rear slab, to
clear the drag Of hay. straw or sod.
Step as far from the ditch end Of drag
as possible.
To eliminate wavy stretches, or large
holes. try changing the angle of the
drag at each dragging. In extreme
cases build longer drag
To drop quantity Of earth at one
spot step as quickly as possible from
the ditch end to other end of drag.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
3oooooooooooooooooooooooos
, DAIRY WISDOM.


The calf should always receive
the colostrum or first milk of the
COW. This starts the digestive
{ organs into action.
Train the youngsters to lead.
No heifer should reaca her first
birthday unhroken to the halter.
1t Is great mistake to leave
the separator day or two with
out cleaning.
BE sure to keep good, clean
bedding under the cows and al
sorbents In the cutters.
The greatest gains are made
when the cows are warm and
comfortable. The food they eat
goes for production instead Of
fighting the elements.
The separator should be wash
ed every day, even II it stands
in a cool place.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

Perslstency in milk production is
marked characteristic Of the Red
Poll cows. In this respect few
breeds will excel them. Persistence
Is used in the sense OF making high
yields for successive years. Some
cows make very high record for
one or two years and then fall OF
rapidly In their yields. 1t is not
thus with Red Polls. In England
Red Polied cattle produce both
meat and milk. In America the
dual purpose idea has been largely
lost sight OF In many herds.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
The Model Nur,er,aid.

The children's nursemaid should be
neat and have a good disposition. IT.
ritable manners and harshness have
no place In the nursery. for they soon
make the little ones sullen and bad
tempered. BY her influence as well as
by their play and games she should
make them feel the value Of good man
ners. unselfishness and perseverance.
She should insist ON obedience from
even the smallest child This once
learned will give the nursery an air of
sunshine and contentment 1t cannot
otherwise have. Still she must realize
that good discipline does not mean
tyranny and hard discipline Punish
ment should only be used as means
Of last resource. Then 1t should be to
deprive the child of some simple pleas
ure ANY severe punishment should
be left to the parents.
1t Is nurses business to see that the
nursery Is supplied with toys to amuse
the children so there may be toys
for all, but 1t is equally important to
let the children feel that the toys are
owned In common. She should direct
their play and games, but let all the
children pick up their toys and put
them away after they have finished
with them.
In her personal habits and appear
ance she should be neat and clean.
Her work Is clean, so there is no ex-
cuse for dirty hands>and soiled aprons.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
CASTINE.

Prin. A. F. Richardson spent several
days last week in Boston.
Mrs. II. B. Webster and little son, who
have spent month in Boston, are home.
supt. w. F. Clark returned to Castine
on Saturday after spending the past week
in Boston and Portland.
Feb % e.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
MOUTH OF THE RIVER.

Capt. Fred B. sadler, who has been III
some time, had serious i'll turn this
week.
willis Sadler, OF Springfield, was called
nome last week by his fathers illness.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
DIED

BowDEN-At South Brooksville, Feb II, Mrs
Lydia Bowden, aged 50 years.
CARTER = At East Bluehill, Feb 10, Mrs
Hattie A Carter, aged 81 years, 1 month, 2
days.
EATON - At Little Deer Isle, Feb II, Mrs.
Sophia Eaton, aged IS years.
RANDALL-At Castine, Feb 81, Mrs Lizzie
Randall, aged Al years, months, days.
STAPLES y At North Penobscot, Feb %,
Andrew Staples, aged 50 years.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
WHY Notf

Mother" asked Tommy, rs 1t cor
rect to say that you water a horse
when he Is thirsty?"
"Yes, my dear" said his mother
well. then" said Tommy. picking
up a saucer. I'm going to milk the
cat."-Ladies' Home journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
Where n, Drew tho Line.

Suburban Resident-It's simply fine
to wake up in the morning and hear
the leaves whispering outside your
window. City Man-lt's all right to
hear the leaves whisper. but l never
could stand hearing the grass mown.-
London Tit Bits.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

jects light ray 100 feet. Not iashlight Prize
with silvered reflector, postpaid 81 without
battery. Special shutter for testing eggs:
l0c extra. Attractive offer to canvassers.
H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE co. OF MASS.
IS High Street, Boston, Mass.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
A Timely Warning.

II am really very much afraid Of In
fection."
Then you had better not read the
Book you have just taken"
'Why notY'
II am told II contains some germs
of thought baltimore American
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
Concrete Road Building.

Sprinkling the wearing surface Of
concrete roads during the construction
period must be practically continuous
on hot days unless there is some mois-
ture retaining medium present Recent
observations of number of pieces Of
road construction, on which contractors
new to the work were engaged, indi-
cate that the inspector Is having his
hands full In getting the "wetting
down" specifications properly adhered
to. Where earth is available gener-
GUS layer thrown on makes an excel
lent cover and holds water well. Some
careful road builders In the west. rec
ognizing the value of curing concrete
under water. have made earth dams
along the edge of concrete roads and
divided the road longitudinally into
series of pools. Record
Marrow and Wide Tires.
The general use of wide tires on road
wagons would contribute much to the
maintenance of good roads. Narrow
tires are not only destructive to dirt
roads, but to all road construction 9TH
er than the very best of pavement.
Many wagons with ten inch tires are
used In Illinois. but those with four
Inch tires are In most common use.
No load with less than four inch
wheels Is allowed upon the road be-
tween Omaha and Florence. Neb. The
wide tires help pack and smooth the
road, while the narrow tires cut up
the surface and make ruts.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
ELLSWORTH MARKETS.

An advance in the price Of corn 10 cents
bag is the feature Of the local market
this week. Other prices remain practi-
cally unchanged.
Following are retail prices:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

She-People around here are saying
that you married me for my money
alone.
He-They are mistaken. You had
quite a lot Of real estate.-Boston
Transcript.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
Tho Flre Fly SINGLE

CELL BATTERY LAM
TERN. Burns for about
80 hours on any Nos Dry
Battery. Operates in any
position, from hand, belt
or pocket. Light weight
Locks at once by thumb
pressure, on or of. Fit
ted with siIvered reflec-
tor for out door use, pro.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24
Strategy.

Strategy.
NAV. I'm not going to propose to
her. know she'll reject me-"
Propose by phone. and don't tell her
who you are."-Houston Post.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

aRINDLE--At franklin, Feb D, to MT and
Mrs Thomas w Grindle. Q son.
MIxERs-At Penob.cot, Feb 10, to Mr. and Mrs
Manford A Mixer, son.
wEBBER--At Ellsworth. Feb 3, to Mr. and
Mrs Joseph Weber, son.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-24

The maoiLorder house is sCaging par
on the local merchants NTH advertising
as its ammunition. The local merchant
,oho doesn't fight back Nth the same
ammunition is bound to lose out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24

Fly ISRAEL ZANGWILL

and art and been happy in his home l life, and by his damnation to d life Of | poverty is to have the chance of win
 ming his way back to the human l brotherhood. It is a method which may be fruitfully applied in all directions, l and it is not surprising that the au- I thor applies it to the Kaiser.
 I Nor is 1t surprising that under this | method the Kaiser is far from appear | ing the vulgar ogre of the British ear | toonist. though there is humor enough | in the figure he presents before the | judge-whom he saluates as an equal, and before whom, being hopelessly me- chanical," he behaves as courtmar- | tial." Nevertheless l am afraid that | in this one instance the charity of even our new St. Francis has failed before his patriotism and that he has not sought so eagerly as with his other
 occupants of the dock to furnish the advocate with an extenuating plea Even the judge betrays for once q British bias, and his judgment has the severity of Draeo rather than ths com passionateness of Christ.
 It is true the Kaiser Is not to be put into cage as the British work man demands, but 1t jars ones sense of the Judicial not to mention the god : like, to find the judge telling him "only by appealing to the brute in man did you gain your empire over tha masses"
 The case against the Kaiser is surely dark enough--the childish passion for soldiers, the mail cart fist, the mega
 lomana, the vanity of jack of all-
 arts, the epileptic outbursts of rage. the reactionafy mediaevalism with it's Torquemada like ruthlessness---to be in
 need of British backing.
 And on the other hand the advocate
 would surely find ample material for
 the other side of the balance sheet.
 He would plead that not by appealing
 to the brute in man. but to the soul
 in man had the Kaiser gained his um-
 pire over the masses; by giving his
 subjects shining example of labor
 and prayer and purpose. While other
 Kings" he would say, have been sunk
 in debauchery. his life has been a model
 of domesticity; while other have given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24

Medieval art has familiarized us ad nauseam with heaven and hell in mosaic on. canvas or minute in miasai. the same picture perpetually assails us-the judge superdominant in the center the rising dead at his feet, the saints on his right hand snug and symmetrical in their haloes, the sinners on his left en route for the torture chambers below.
 This conception of the last judgment Is for us moderns dead--killed by our sense of justice. A brave attempt to replace it by a better has just been made by "A Humble Clerk" in book called "The Grand Assize,' which in a more sensible world than ours would at once have been adopted as a Sunday school prize.
 Tho ethical basis of this new Hast judgment" is that anyone who looks into his own nature must feel his brotherhood with all who have been found out" Divine punishment, not cal culated to regenerate this nature by suppressing the evil germs and devei- oping the good, Is merely barbafous futility. The judge Is therefore no aloof ayenger but friend and brother; no prisoner is brought to the bar un- less he is so self-satisfied that the leaven of better iNpulses is not work ing of itself, nor Is he then accused except by himself, The only advocate who appears is briefed for his side, and the judge. all love and pity sums
 
 pose is purification.
 Before this bar "our humble clerk" arraigns the leading types of our day from the plutocrat to the derelict, rom the actor to the daughter or Joy. ITO" Mrs. Grundy to the party poliuclah' and to create all these so various tfials obviously requires no small Knowledge of the world and the human heart. One suspects that the author Is that rara avis a priest to whom religion IS call as well as a calling, and who has n touch of the spiritual genius as well as the humility of St. Francis. Where. unless weary worldilnSs haq noured out to him their egotistic trou- hIes. could he have gained this un- cannv insight into the windltngs of their ways and the labyrinths of their hearts? Especially in this boroe in upon us when such figure as the actor" appears before the divine trt. bunal-and misses his audience badly!
 Since Browning vivisected Bishop Bloughram there has been no such ruthless yet pitiful study of a complex modern temperament Indeed we find Browning's bishop uttering the very core of the new gospel.
 .sNo, when the fight begins within himself,
 A mans worth something ......"
 The problem of the grand assize" is thus threefold. First, to set out every mans spiritual failure as he sees it in his own heart, despite the outer gauds of success; secondly, since every man is good as we'll as bad-to say all that can be said in his favor; and, finally. to discover way out for the soul through it's tangle of evil
 The plutocrat, for example. who has risen to riches on the ruins of . thou- sand liver. has yet benefited industry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
DOG TAX SETS MANY
 CANNES ADRIFT

London. January 15.-fCorrespond ence of the Associated Press.)-The an nual dog tax of $1.e5, which fell due on New Years day. has set an unusual number of dogs adrift. The reason is due to the war, with so many men at the front and 70 many dependents be- hind.
 English people are extremely senti- mental in regard to animals, and the protecting act passed three years ago imposes maximum fine of s1OO or six months imprisonment on anyone con victed of abandoning a dog.
 This year the sentimental feeling for the homeless dogs has taken the form of appeals to the press for individuals to ransom the dogs and give them to the troops as mascots and also of print cd leaflets. which have been scattered among householders by Boy scouts. pleading with owners not to turn their pets into the street.