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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22
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TO TAs Editor Of the AmeStcGa:
The terrible electric storms recently re-
call wildly TO my mind . tornado that
took place years and years ago. befors
most OF the readers ut The AMERICAN
were born. NY mother was alone with
"BiIly" and me. In the night there came
Terrific shock, with wind, rain and hail.
Mother called me 70 get up and get into
he'd with her. do not know whether abe
was frightened. or thought was. cud-
died down beside her, and knew nothing
more until abe called NJ to break last. The
sun wss then shining brightly, and every
thing looked beautiful.
Mother had MIXED the cows and pre-
pared our breakfast Of moiasses dough-
nuts. cheese and cofiec-krumbles, corn
fakes, pufIed rice, and what-not were I'M
known in those days. perhaps that Ia the
reason l am alive to-day 10 tell the tale.
While we were eating, mother said !:
'sAfter you put the cows In the pasture I
will show you something"
So ran on ahead to let down the bars,
while Billy drove the cows. When We
came back. mother was standing by the
gate waiting for rs.
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when he was . young man, and be was
born in 1900. cannot say how large the
tree was. To-day We would measure II
With . tspe. measure. but In tbosc DAYS
taps measures were unknown here. Every
family had : v.rd-stick.
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uely feet drawn M c,ose under their
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left the nest. ana " hen thsy did Billy and
l would throw sticks no al the nest.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

Virginia was the only colony which
ever received convicts, and very few
were sent there, and most OF those sent
were political prisoners. The aistocrat-
lie element predominated- In 1916 par
lament forbade the transportation Of
convicts to English colonies In America
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22
Train The Child.

A child should not only be taught.
but trained. Training Is drilling him
In what he does until he has acquired
the habit Of doing it-Henry Ward
Beecher.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

Feel ianeuid. weak, run dovaf Headache.
Stomach "eHf" A good remedy il Burdock
Blood Bitters. Ask your druggist. Price
el.1S--Adsf.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

Crabshaw-If you insist on this new
gown I'll have to get 1t on credit Mrs.
Crabshaw-As long as it's going to be
charged. dear. may as well get .
more expensive one.-Life.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

abontismn.s.
CHILDREN'S HEALTH Attn
OF FIRST IMPORTANCE TO A MOTHER.

Nothing causes greater anxiety 70
the mother Of family than the syrnp-
toms Of illness in ono of her chiidren-
Fcverishncss, loss Of appetite. irri,ability.
or listlcssncss - developing unexpectedly
and without apparent cause. wiil at onee
produce uneasincss and worry in the
mothers mind, uniting her for her daily
duties.
II the illness is due to digestive Dis
turbances, worms, or a cold in lis cariy
stages, there is no safer. speedicr relief
for such trouble than pronp, ard sys-
tematic use Of that old time household
remedy. Il. F." Atwood's Medicine. II
prevents congestion of the digestive ap-
paratus, increases the flow OF bile, and
helps to correct the entire disturbance.
Always keep Z bottle ready for use in
time OF trouble, either for children or
adults. At your dealers. IS cents.
Il F." MEDICINE Co, Portland, Maine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

and decided to Try II. I have taken two
bottles and to my surprise l am already
feeling nps. lean eat anything and am
~ troubled II ali.
II am completely rid Of my old stomach
trouble that had for three years. have
not felt so we'll for years ana am GER
tsinly glad to endorss Tsnlac because |
want others to b helped by this wonder
full medicine"
Taniacis being specially introduced in
Ellsworth by e. q. Moore; in West
Franklin, 8. q. scammon; North Sullivan,
II. Robinson; Hancock, Pamela Grange
Store, and there. 10 Taniaesgens in every
Maine town.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

salt, one-Quarter tablespoonful pepper
Cut livers In small pieces and fry In
butter. Fry peppers separately: also
the onion In the same way. Remove
these things to one platter. Make a
Nttle sauce OF extract Of beef and add
to the mixture. Beat egg<yolks and
add Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Serve hot.
By NARY PICKFoRD.
Raspberry Jam Tarts--A quarter
pound pot cheese or cream cheese. one
quarter pound butter. one-quarter
pound -four MIX into a dough, then
cut into very thin sQuarea Fill the
center Of each square with raspberry
jam and then turn up the corners In
envelope fashion. Bake In q moderate
oven until nicely Drowned
BY ANITA STEWART.
Pot Roast.--A four pound piece OF
beef. three large carrots cut In half.
six onions. bay leaf, eight potatoes, .
piece Of suet. Tut suet In a pot and
cook slowly until partly melted. Then
put In the roast. with good sprinkling
Of pepper and salt and bay leaf. Cook
slowly for about two hours, then add
the vegetables, q cupful OF water and
cook until they are tender. Remove
all from pot and make . thick brown
gravy with little nour.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

Aug. Is. there was good attend ancs.
There will b . roli-call Il tho meeting
Sept. 9, to BE- rssponded to By quotations.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

Chicken Livers-A pound Of chicken
nvers, one-haif pound Of butter, yoIks
Of two egs. one-half tablespoonful
beef extract, two green peppers,
small onion. one-half tablespoonful
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

For any itchin~ss Of the skin. far skin
rashes. chap. pimplss. etc. try Doaa's oiut-
menI eoc. ~ ali drug storea.-Adrs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

Keep up and you win never have b
catch up.-Youth's Companion.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

hope all our "hopes" will be realized
for nice day the sd and full attendance
OF my family Of NJ. BIS.
AUNT MAD0E.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-22

! am very glad Of these questions.
Some OF the niecss will answer. We hops
to see you for ali day at the reunion. II
was just late call you made Us last year.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Time to Fiqht Mice.

The time TO fight mice Is when your
house is still rid of them. First make
a hard and fast rule that not crumb
Of food Is left exposed In kitchen,
pantry or cupboard. See also that In
the bedrooms Of your home no waters
or other tasty bits are left where n
mouse might get them and thus find
encouragement to take up his perma-
nent abode there.
The next thing to do Is to cut off the
means of entrance TO your home, and
this Is done by seeing that there are
no loose passageways into the cellar
or open cavities In the wall or loose
woodwork. As final resource you
will perhaps have to choose between
a mouse trap and n cat. 1t all de-
ponds on your affinity for the feline
pet which you will do. But remember
that, whereas permitting mice to lodge
In your house was formely only an
act Of slothful neglect, it Is now one
of the crimes of wastefulness, of
which no patriotic woman should be
guilty.-Exchange.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
An Army Dentist.

A gunner of the Garrison artillery,
who had successfully passed black
smiths course was home on furlough,
bearing the hammer and pineers on
his arm, when he was accosted by a
civilian, who asked what the decora-
ton was for
"Oh." replied Tommy, 'I'm an army
dentist"
II see," said the civilian. "Of course,
the pincers are for extracting teeth.
But what Is the idea of the hammer
well, you see, its like this. Some
Of the chaps are bit nervous, so we
use the hammer TO chloroform them
with" was the reply.-London Tit
Bits.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Kindness.

Private Simkins had returned from
the front to find that his girl had been
walking out with another young man,
and naturally asked her to explain her
frequent promenades In the town with
the gentleman.
"Well, dear" she replied. 1T was
only kindness on his part. He took
me down every day to the library to
see If you was killed"
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Fuel Gas as Petrol Substitute.

The shortage Of petrol, MS gasoline
is known abroad, occasioned by the
enormous quantities needed on the
battle fronts, has resulted In England,
in the introduction of fuel alterna-
tive. In England the use Of motorcy-
cles for private use necessarily came
to a slandstill when the gasoline be-
came acute. But ii is reported that
motorcycllsts there soon discovered
that coal gas would serve just us well.
A gas container in the form Of bal
loon Is hoisted on steel supports
above the machine, giving the whole
outfit the appearance of Il zeppelin
pup.
They are popularity termed balloon
bikes" and are said to operate much
more cheaply on coal gas than on gaso-
line. The possibilities that might re-
suit from meeting between this new
contraption and good broadside gale
can only be imagined, but there would
undoubtedly be no lack Of thrills.-Ex-
change.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Yaqui outlaws to Seize Supplies,

Douglas, Aria force of 1900
Yaqui Indians Is in the Mountains near
conchi. east of Cumpas. Sonora, await.
ing the arrival of party Of $50 Indians
from the border with supply of arms
and ammunition. according to an
American mining man who reached
Douglas from that section late Satur-
day. He said that about 400 Yaquis in
the army of Gen. P, Elias Gales gov.
ernor OF Sonora. had deserted and are
on their way to join the force In the
mountains.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
OCT. % DAY OF PRAYER
FOR SUCCESS OF AMERICAN
ARMS IN THE WAR.
President Wilson Issues Proclamation
In Accordance With Resolution
Passed by Congress.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Observation-Disclosures Wilson by
proclamation declared Sunday, Oct
%, as a day OF prayer for the success
of the American arms in the war, in
accordance with the recent resolution
OF Congress. The Presidents procla'
nation is as follows:
Whereas, The Congress of the
United States by concurrent resolu'
ton adopted on the 4th day OF the
present month of October, in view oil
the entrance Of our nation into the
vast and awful war which now afflicts
the greater part of the world, has re-
quested me to set apart by official
proclamation day upon which our
people should be called upon to offer
concerted prayer to Almighty God for
His divine aid in the success OF our
arms; and,
Whereas, 1t behooves great free
people, nurtured as We have been in
the eternal principles OF justice and OF
right; a nation which has sought
from the earliest days of its existence
to be obedient to the divine teachings
which inspired ii in the exercise OF
its liberties, to turn always to the
Supreme Master and cas-. themselves
In faith at His feet praying for His
aid and succor in every hour OF trial,
to the end that the great aims TO
which our fathers dedicated our power
as people may not perish among
men, but be always asserted and de-
Tended with fresh ardor and devotion
and. through the divine blessing, set
at last upon enduring foundations for
the benefit of all the free peoples OF
the earth;
Nov. therefore, /, Woodrow vii
son. President of the United States.
gladly responding to the wish ex-
pressed by the Congress, do appoint
Oct. 2S, being the last Sunday Of the
present month, as a day or supplica'
zion and prayer for all the people OF
the nation, honestly exhorting all my
countrymen to observe the appointed
day, according to their several faiths
in solemn prayer, that Gods blessings
may rest upon the high task which is
laid upon us, TO the end that the cause
for which we give our lives and treas
ure may triumph and our efforts be
blessed with high achievement
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
His Enforced Absence.

Y A Columbus correspondent tells us
m anecdote In which the names must
be suppressed. but which is none the
Iess true and moral, says the Cleve-
and Plain Dealer.
A state senator died during the ses-
Ion, and committee was appointed
% accompany the body back to the old
Zone of the deeedent. Two Of the
committee met In the state house that
afternoon.
i Are you going to take this trip?"
Fked one.
~ "Yes. | can III afford the time, but
q believe 1t to be my duty. Are you
going?"
"Yes, ! feel as you do. 1t will take
"A whole day, but wouldn't feel right
II didn't 90. VIII Senator X accom-
pany usf'
"No. He says he is too busy, and
besides he doesn't drink"
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
CHANGES IN DRAFTING SYSTEM.
Nine Million Remaining Registrants
Viii Be Divided into Five Classes.

Washington.-A sweeping change
In the machinery of the selectlve
draft, based on division of the 9,000,-
900 remaining registrants into five
classes In order of their eligibility for
military service. was announced by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Details of the plan, which has been
approved by President Wilson, are
not disclosed. 1t is calculated, how
ever. to do away with virtually all the
complicated machinery of the first
draft. The plan was worked out at
conferences with local and district
board officials and approved by the
various state authorities.
Its chief features are that every reg
istered man will know his exact posi-
ton and be able to arrange his affairs
accordingly and that no man deemed
necessary in any important industry
or needed at home to support his fam
lily will be called to the colors unless
the military situation is desperate.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
What the Craftsman Does.

Generally speaking craftsman, or
dranghtsman, Is one who draws plans
from instructions given him. A me-
chanical craftsman Is an assistant to n
mechanical engineer, and he draws the
plans Of the engineers proposed
works II he is mechanical engineer
1t will be plans of machines, bridges,
etc. An architect plans buildings, and
his craftsman, from instructions fur
nishcd him. draws the plans. The
craftsman is largely copyist. He
creates nothing, but he gives express
sion 10 tho ideas Of his sunerior.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
War Declared on
Rats by U. S. Govt.

The government at Washington is pre-
pairing a campaign that should be effec-
tive In killing the rats that are so destruc-
tive both to lives and property. A con-
seryatiye estimate places the loss Of food
stuffs from rats at over two hundred mil
lion dollars annually. and in the present
scarcity OF food, this loss must be pre-
vented. The most efficient way to XIII
the Rat" Is by the use OF Stearns Paste,
and thousands Of dollars worth have been
bought by the government. Every house,
keeper troubled with rats, mice. reaches
or waterbugs should buy small box Of
this reliable exterminator for thirty five
cents, and stop further loss Of food In
her home. Adv,
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
FOODS 80 PER CENT HIGHER.
Sugar Prices in England Have Been
Trebled.

Ottawa, Ont-Beef and mutton in
England now exceed their pre-war
prices by Is pence per pound, says a
report published In the government
Labor Gazette. Butter and bacon are
now double their pre-war level. Milk
is rs per cent higher than in July,
1914. These figures and the following
table OF per cent increases since the
war are contained in a London dis
patch to the Ottawa agency of Ren-
ter's limited:
Beef, nearly 100; mutton, 81; import
ed beef, 1872; imported mutton, 1853;
bacon, 10; fish, $50; sugar, 100; but
ter, 80; cheese. 81; eggs, 100.
In the cost of all items usually en-.
tering into the working class family,
including food, rent, clothing, fuel and
light, the increase has been nearly so
per cent, allowing 5 per cent for the
advances due TO increased taxation.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Catarrhal Cough

M. w. S. Brown. Il. +. ID. No. 4.
Box 81, Rogelsville, Tennessee,
writes:
II feel 1t my duty to recommend
Peruna to all sufferers Of catarrh or
cough. In the year 1900, l took a
severe case Of the la grippe. l then
took bad cough. l had taken all
kinds Of cough remedies but got no
relief. then decided to try Peruna.
/ used five bottles. After taking five
bottles my cough stopped and my
catarrh was cured. My average
weight was 115 and now weigh
14Sh. Any one suffering with Gu
tarrh In any form l will advise them
to take Peruna."
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Very Deem.

"They tell me young Whittier made
deep impression when he called on
the Lotserox family the other night.
as that sof"
"Yes; when old Lotserox helped him
through the door he landed in one OF
the flower beds on the lawn."-Rich.
mond Times-Dispatch.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
FOR SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn, Torture and Disfig.
ure Use Cuticura-TriaI Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. They
usually afford immediate relief In itch.
ing, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruil
and most baby skin troubles. They
also tend to prevent little skin trou'
bles becoming great IL used daily.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Wooden Bedsteads.

Furniture manufacturing has been
greatly stimulated In South Africa In
recent months. Because the steel tube
factories Of England have been en-.
gagged in making munitions the South
African furniture market shows many
wooden bedsteads.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Melancholy Thouqhts.

"rhe falling leaves fill me with mel
ancholy thoughts" said the poetic per-
son. "rhey used TO have that effect
on me-" said the unpoetic person.
what changed youf" Il moved into
an apartment and don't have to rake
them any more"
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Only Ones Who Haven't.

Willis-Y0u're more of historical
scholar than thought you were. How
did you know that Assyria Media and
Carthage are dead nations?
GllIis-Well. | hadn't seen anything
In the papers about their declaring war
ION Germany-Judge.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25

We offer $1,000 for any case Of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is taxi
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System
Sold by druggists for over forty years
Price 15c Testimonials free.
+. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Ddicine I took. Every month since !
= . young girl had suffered with
Amps in my sides at periods and was
Dver regular. ! saw your advertise
mt In the newspaper and the picture
~ . woman who had been saved from
y operation and this picture was i'm
sssed on my mind. The doctor had
wen me only twomore days to make
"a my mind 90 sent my husband to the
ug store at once for bottle Of Lydia
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
bslieve me, ! soon noticed q change and
hen | had finished the third bottle l
PAS cured and never felt better ! grant
ou the privilege to publish my letter
md am only too glad to let other women
know Of my cure Mrs. THos. McGoN-
DnAl. 34S2 Hartville Street. Phila-, Pa.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Save sperannuated Oysters.

Polluted oysters may be purified, II
is claimed by keeping Il short time In
water containing a little calcium hypo-
chlorite. The oysters are not only
made perfectly safe and suitable food.
but the flavor Is not affected.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Mexico Drops Foreign Soldiers.

Mexico City.-The department of
war has issued stringent orders to dis
charge from the army all men and Of
ficers not Mexicans by birth.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25

"ie was rejected by the army doc
tors for physical reasons"
well, that's better than being
thrown out for not being able to pass
the mental tests"
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Many Mohammedans,

In Egypt and the Sudan, nine out Of
every ten men, women aud children
are Mohammcdans.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25

It's hard to reform the man whose
wife and children seem happy In his
presence.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
BRIG. Gen. Burton Dies.

Los Angeles. Cal-Brig. Gen.
George II. Burton, U. s. A., retired,
died here after long Illness.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
Heard Of an Office.

II see Price has joined the army
Good II he doesn't advance rap
idly, he'll be different from all the
other prices"
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
OPERATION
AvERTED


u my Aoe ana Dack
until I nearly went
crazy. I went 70
different doctors and
they Ill said ! bad
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until ! would
be operated on. /
had suffered forfour
years before this
time. but l kept get
lting worse the more
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25

There's one good thing about golfers
they never have time TO talk about
their neighbors.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25

Everyone has his faults. Of course,
hut some people work theirs more
than Others.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25
No Such Thinu.

There Is no such thing rs solitary
happiness. If you object to matri-
mony, try dog.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25

Sunday plety win not make up for
six days dcpravity.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-10-25

Some men are known by the friends
they fail to make
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-16
w ants Insurance
Bill Enacted Now
President Opposes Delay Until
Next Session, He Adoises
Senate Leaders.
IBy Associated Press.l


WASHINGTON. September 15.-
Plans to expedite passage by the Sem
ate of the soldiers and sailors insur-
ance bill were completed to-day, after
Senator Martin, Democratic leader, re-
ceived a communication from Presi-
dent Wilson urging its enactment be-
fore adjournment.
a Senate Finance subcommittee con-
sisting OF Senators Williams; Smith. of
Georgia, and Smoot, was Immediately
appointed by Chairman Simmons to
take up the bill, which was passed
by the House last Thursday without
n dissenting vote. The subcommittee
will begin work Monday, and later
hold brief public sessions at which
insurance company representatives and
others will be heard. Prompt commit
tee action is planned, and Senate de-
bate is expected to begin within a
week.
Arrangements also were made to
speed up final vote on the bill. leaders
determining to resort to cloture II
necessary. Senator Martin canvassed
the Senate, and was assured of enough
pledges to put cloture into effect, but
1t was believed that without resorting
to it a final vote early In October can
be had. Enactment of the insurance
measure virtually in the form pre-
scented by the administration also was
forecast.