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The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Casus Bell.

"Yes'm,' through his bruised lips
confessed the little boy whose hair
sprangled uncurriedly and whose
freckles were as the sands on the sea-
shore, 1--WE been fighting. Skinny
Smith bet me a thousand dollars that
his brother who is in the army would
kill more Huns than my soldier broth
er would. | bet him a million dollars
his old brother wouldn't do any such
thing. Then he bet me billion he
would, too. didn't know any bigger
number than that, and so, O course, l
had to whip him."-KanSas City Star.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Watch Your Stomach
In Hot Weather
A Cool, Sweet, Strong Stomach Your Best Safe
guard Against Summer Sickness

Keep your stomach in good work.
ing order during the hot summer
months and you will have little to fear
in the way of sickness the advice
many physicians give as hot weather
approaches.
Good, sound, common sense advice,
too. For very frequently, and especial
ly in hot weather, these common stom-
ach disorders which so many people
seem to regard as ofminor Importance,
do open the way for serious illness.
So keep your stomach sweet, cool
and comfortable all summer long The
extra war work-change of diet-poi-
sons that come with hot weather-all
hit us in the stomach. The strongest
stomach will need help this summer as
never before. ca
The one easy way if you have the
right remedy is to rid the stomach of
800 much acid. Because it's superacid-
ity that interferes with digestion and
assimilation, and this causes about
all those stomach miseries you are so
familiar with-heartburn, food repeat
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17

ing, indigestion, sour, gassy stomach
and that miserable, bloated, puffed-up
condition after eating.
Now here is good news. An easy,
sure relief has been found to get rid of
the harmful acidity and gases in the
stomach. 1t is called EATONIC, a
good tasting compound that you eat
just like candy. A tablet or two of
EATONIC after meals will work won
ders. You can have no idea of what
sure, quick comfort EATONIC brings
until you do try it. Use EATONiC
after your meals, enjoy good appetite
and get full strength from fhe food you
eat. At the same time protect your
self from summer stomach and bowel
miseries.
Get big box of EATONIC from
your druggist today. He will tell you
that people who have used EATONIC
say that they never dreamed that any
thing could give such quick and won
derful results. 1t costs only soc box
and if it fails in any way, your drug
gist, who you know and trust, will re.
turn your money.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Lemon Juice
For FreckIes
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for q few cents. Try II!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
q bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces Of orchard white
70 few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands and see how freckles,
sunburn and tan disappear and how
clear, soft and white the skin becomes
Yesi It is harmless.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
BY Absent Treatment.

Miss Skreecher was giving a concert
all by herself and had succeeded in
puncturing the roof in several places.
The man with heavy shock of bald
head started for the door, reellng as
he went. A friend met him at ths
Goc-
"What's the matter, old top" asked
his friend, in stage whisper"
"Oh, I'll be all right as soon as get
out OF hearing distance. Just an at
tack of high-C sickness"
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Don't Poison Babv.

YEARS AGO
m and FEW nR@Ps To Se % % % ul"gs % PTGa%Ee
FROM THERE IS NO WAKING.
morphine, which
prohibited selling either
without labelling poison"
medicine eh
doses produces upor
smell of medicines disguised and under the
Drops" Cordia" Soothing Syrup should
medicine
Of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature -H
of Chas. III Fletcher. ~ ~ZZTNl-N.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At ell good grocers. Adv.
No Kick Then.

The motorcar dealer met an under
taker one afternoon to whom he had
recently sold a secondhand car.
"Well, Lane" said the dealer, chow
about that car I sold you? Every
thing going satisfactorily?
"Well," replied the undertaken. at
did give me q little trouble at first.
l used it for mourning vehicle, you
know, to carry the mourners and
friends, and they don't like to be shook
up in their grief. But now I'm using
it as a hearse, and I haven't had any
complaints so far" "-Harpers Maga-
zine.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Judicial Pun.

4 certain judge was trying case
where a dealer sued a steamship com
pany for the loss of some pigs in a fire
on hoard a crosS-channel boat. 1t came
out ~ evidence that the steamer had a
large deck load, and here the damage
was greatest.
The Judge thus began his charge to
the jury:
'Gentlemen, to put these pigs on
deck was rash act, but to fry them
waA q raSher."
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
She Wrote 1t.

wished to send her on an errand to
the grocery.
Get can of peas" said the moth
er; they're little peas. l think they
are called Lilliputian peas"
II can't ever remember that name,"
said the small girl.
every WE'LL" said the mother, then
write it down."
And this was the puzzle she present
ed the grocer:
"One can Lilly Pub Shun peas"
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Molly Was Persistent.
Observation-Disclosures

Camp Crane, Allentown, Pat
took two sergeants and a first lieuten-
ant to convince Mollie King, motion
picture actress, that women are not
wanted to drive ambulances for Uncle
Sam in France when she tried to en-
list in the "USaacs" here.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17

Military Aeronautics at the University
of Illinois, he was commissioned a
first lieutenant and was ordered to
duty in Washington with the
schools division. On October % he
was promoted to captain, and on De-
cember II he was ordered to Talia-
ferro Field, Fort Worth, Tex, where
he remained until his death.
Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla. named
in honor of Second Lieutenant Henry
B. Post, 25th infantry; reported for
aeronautical duty at Signal Corps
Aviation School, San Diego. Cal, May
26, 1913. On December 1S, 1913, he
made an altitude record for the army,
attaining height of 10000 feet. On
February g. 1914, at San Diego, while
attempting to make an American alti-
tude record, he was killed, having
flown up 1910 feet.
Rich Field, Waco, Tex, named in
honor of Second Lieutenant Perry G..
Rich, Philadelphia Scouts; reported
for aeronautical duty at Fort William
Mckinley, P. l., March, 1913, and was
killed by a fall into Manila Bay, No
vember 10, 1913.
Rockwell Field, San Diego, CAL.
named in honor of Second Lieutenant
Lewis G.. Rockwell, 10th infantry; re-
ported for aeronautic duty at College
Park, Md. July s, 1912, and was killed
at that place September %, 1912.
Scott Field, Bellevile, ILL.,, named for
Corporal Scott, who was killed at Col
lege Park, Nd, on September %. 1912,
while flying as a passenger.
Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens
Mich, named in honor of First Lieu
tenant Thomas Selfridge, r. A. On
September II, 1908, he was killed while
flying as a passenger with Orville
Wright at Fort Myer, Va.
Souther Field, Americus, Ga. named
after Henry Souther, U. S. r., of Hart
ford and Boston. He was head of the
Aircraft Engineering Division of the
Army Air Service when he died, in
August, 1917. He died in line of duty
at Fort Monroe, Va.
Camp Taliaferro, Fort Worth, Tex,
named for First Lieutenant Walter r.
Taliaferro; detailed for aeronautical
duty from the infantry March 1S,
1913; held certificates as pilot, expert
aviator, military aviator. and junior
military aviator. On September II,
1915, he made an American duration
record for pilot alone, remaining in the
air hours 4S minutes. He was killed
at San Diego on October II, 1915.
Taylor Field, Montgomery, Ala,
named after Capt. Ralph L. Taylor,
who was commissioned a CAPTAIN in
the S. r. c., A. S., May 3, 1917, and
ordered to active duty at Mineola on
May %, 1917. He was killed in an
accident at Mineola on August 2, 1917.
Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield (Day-
tony, Ohio, named after Wilbur Wright,
and was made by the government to
include the pasture where during those
years of experimentation from 1904 to
1907, inclusive, Wilbur and Orville
Wright made numerous flights.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Short but Not Merry.

An ethnologist says the natives Of
New Guinea are the shortest-lived peO-
pie in the world because they eat
beetles and drink seawater Not every
short life's n merry one.-LOuisyille
Co-,riar T1p~naI
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
One Thing That Holds Its Own.

Everything else is getting smaller
dOughtnuts and cakes and pies-but
the "piece of mind" we get from our
critics is the same old regulation size.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
Tribute to a Foe

"You tell me Casey the contractor
was decorated for bravery" said Mr..
Rafferty,.
''He was" replied Mr.. DOlan. "He's
wearin' a fine black eye l gave him."
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
His Disappointment.

81 found a letter lying on the side
walk this morning" grumbled old
Riley Rezzidew of P9tunia. ut was
signed Lucille and TT first looked as
when l had read the first line or two.
which said, John and l went to Bethel
to the big singing last Sunday l just
throwed it down again. What kind Of
a letter was that to lose on the pub
lie street ?'-Kansas City Star.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
What EnqIishwomen Are Doing.

Six hundred and seventeen thousand
English women have gone into bust
ness-19S,000 into government posi-
tions; $4,000 into transport service So
900 into banking and finance; 100000
into selling and clerical Positions
From Nick. G. r. Drug Topics.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
'efn''fF9f9eTtFt'eee'Hee HeeFTHfT17tFTFWTT'
SALESWOMAN "SHlPS"
NORTH AS STEWARDESS

Boston. - ResOurceful Mrs.
Marie Cowan of Chicago is back
in the United States and happy.
She "makes" the big towns Of
South America for a Western
corset manufacturing company.
Passenger ships are few and far
between on the South American
run now. She waited around
Chilean port for 80 days and
then, because her firm was yell
ing by wire, she shipped north
as "stewardess."
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17

Be sure you're right, then be sure
you're sure.
The Benson signal., 1918-08-17

Jamaicans can raise two vegetable
crops yearly.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
SUTTON.

Ethel and Harry Bunker have returned
to Southwest Harbor.
Mrs. Georgia Squirting visited her moth
er at Islesford last week.
Philip Bunker is at home from Boston
university for the winter vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Seavey visited at
Seal Harbor and Otter Greek Christmas
week.
Twelve-inch ice has been housed in the
William Burnham ice house, much earlier
than usual.
Mrs. Ridges OF Old Town came Saturday
to teach the winter term. She will board
with Mrs. Wilbert Rich.
Warren Rice has been spending a week
with his grandfather, while Mrs. Sadie
Steele is visiting in Boston.
The schooner Herbert Loring arrived
from Portland last Monday, but towing
to the extreme cold has not yet been
able to discharge all the freight.
Dec. 81. TOT.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
ENLIsTs AND LOSES PENSION
Man Who Served Under Funston
Makes Sacrifice 20 Re-Enter
the Service.

Westfield, Mass.--Back in the serv-
ice again. although sacrificing PEN
sion to re-enter 1t, Fred H. Lenois of
Westfield has been assigned to the
Twenty-fifth engineers. Lenois served
two full enlistments with the regulars
and did service in the Philippines and
Cuba. He was at one time an orderly
for the late Maj. Gen. Frederick Funs-
ton.
He has tried to enlist at recruiting
stations several times. but has been
turned down because of his permanent
disability discharge, received as re-
suit of trouble with one of his ears.
Not dismayed by repeated failures to
get back in the service, through Attor-
ney H. e. Howard he applied to Wash
ington for an opportunity to pass a
physical examination at least. claiming
that he was in better health than ever.
The permission came, he passed the
examination, was assigned for service
and lost his pension.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
RED CROSS SHIPS SUPPLIES
Approximately $4,000 Tons Of War Re.
lief Material Sent Out in Three
Months.

Washington.-Ocean carriers, plying
between American and European ports,
transported in a period a little over
three months approximately $4,000
tons of war relief material, shipped by
the American Red Cross through its
national clearing house.
More hospital supplies. anaesthetics,
surgical dressings and foodstuffs are
being sent than at any other time since
Americas entrance in the war.
The widening scope Of Red Cross
work In Europe and the fact that cold
weather is bringing with it pressing
needs were responsible for the increas-
ed shipments. The Red Cross is sup
plying not only war hospitals but also
infirmaries, recuperating stations, can
teens, dispensaries, homes for nurses
and the many other things which 1t es-
tablished In France to help save Amer
lean lives and the lives of allied SOL
diers and civilian sufferers as well.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
MARRIED.

AN-MoDONALD-At Amsterdam, N
Y, Dec 81, by Rev FIR Brown, Miss Irene
Bowman of Amsterdam to Arthur r Nc
Donald of Springfield, Mass, formerly of
Ellsworth,
CHIPMAN-AREY-At Bucksport, Dec 81, by
Rev Henry w Webb, Miss Anna H Chip
man to Charles Arey, both of Bucksport.
JOY-AREY-At Winter Harbor, Dec rs, by
Rev Gideon Mayo, Miss Pearl Florence Joy
of Winter Harbor to Allan Higgins Arey of
West Brooksville.
JOY-pERRY AT Winter Harbor. Dec Is, by
Rev Gideon Mayo, Miss Madge Eunice Joy
of Winter Harbor to Ralph Loman Perry of
Steuben.
SARGENT-MOR At West Goulds-
boro, Dec "a, by Rev George P Sparks, Miss
Ruby May Sargent of West Gouldsboro to
Clyde Morrison of New Haven, Conn.
-woODSUM-At Auburn. Dec rs.
Miss Marcia L Springer of East Franklin
to Gerald Woodsum of Portland.
SULLIVAN-EATON--At Stonington, Dec %,
by Rev George Davis, Miss Luella M Sui
livan to Ralph Eaton, both of Stonington.
SYLVESTER - BOwDOIN - At Bucksport,
Dec 20, by Rev Henry w Webb, Mrs Lena b
Sylvester of Ellsworth to Fred w Rowdoin
of Prospect.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
ELLswoRTH FALLS.

Miss Ethel Croker, who has been visit
ing her mother, returned to Bangor Mon
day.
Miss Clara Mcpherson Of Bangor is Wis
ting her grandparents, Lle~eliyn Kincaid
and wife.
Mrs. Raymond n. Haslam OF Waitham
was here over Monday night on her way
home from visit in Machias.
Alfred and Harold Crossman, who have
been working in the woods for Nahum
Jordan. have returned home.
MIR. and Mrs. Leo B. Belts are receiving
congratulations on the birth OF a boy
baby, born sunday morning.
Miss Alice Cowan, teacher OF the gram
mar school, has returned from a vacation
spent at her home in Newport.
John j. Whitney, Robert Haynes and
Eben Whitcomb have returned to Bow
doin and Renel Whitcomb to U. of M.
The condition of Mrs. M. w. Tucker is
showing gradual improvement, and her
many friends hope for her complete re-
covery.
Evelyn, youngest daughter OF Herbert
Flood and wife, was operated upon last
Tuesday for adenoids by Drs. ,Hodgkins
and Knowlton.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
ISLESFORD,

Mrs. Everett Stanley and daughter
Alice were guests OF Mrs. Walter Hadlock
last week.
Russell Hadlock and Earl Squirting have
returned to high school in Bangor, after
two weeks vacation. Minnie Squirting
accompanied them. She has employment
in Bangor, but had been home for the
weekend with her parents, George Fl.
Squirting and wife.
As result of the Red Cross drive there
are now 100 members in the town, includ
ing the forty-nine former members.
Three new members are from Bakers
island, ten from Sutton, twenty-six from
Gran berry and seventy-two from Islesford
Much enthusiasm was shown. many chill
dren desiringImembership Instead OF the
usual Christmas gift. The oldest member
is eighty five years OF age and the young
est one was less than two hours old, the
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Faux
ner.
Dec. 81. 5.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
Saving Cars Aurochs.

Kartsoff, former master of the hunt
for Emperor Nicholas, who now ad-
ministers the formerly imperial do
mains at Gatchina, the residence OF
the Dowager Empress Marie, has taken
measures to prevent the destruction OF
seven surviving aurochs, the only Eu.
ropean bison now known with certain
ty to exist In Russia. Until lately a
large herd was maintained in Nicholas
vast forest at Bieloviesh. White Rus
STA, ten from which were sent to
Gatchina before the war. When the
Germans occupied Bieloviesh they
killed and canned hundreds of aurochs.
1t is not known If any survive at Bic
loviesh, but before the killing two
were presented to the Stockholm Skan-
sen park. After the revolution, the
Gatchina populace organized an au.
rochs' hunt, considering the beasts
imperial" and therefore fair game
They killed three. NJ. Kartsoff's meas
ures aim at preserving the remainder.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
NORTH CASTINE.

Misses Eliza and Adele Wescott are Wis
iting in Bangor.
Miss Alice Butler is in hospital in
Bangor, training for nurse.
Miss Mildred Wardwell was the guest
of Miss Doris Leach in Peno5scot last
week.
Mrsand Mrs. w. 8. Bridges spent
Christmas with her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. Edwin Ordway.
Miss Tiilie Gray has returned to her
home in Sedgwick. Grace Wardwen takes
her place at w. K. Ordway's.
Mrs. Donald Murchson has closed her
school in South Orrington, and, with her
husband, is at the home of her p rents.
Percy Wardwell and family are in Blue
hill, at the home of his wife's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonso Emerton, where
he has employment.
Dec. 81. G.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
DEER ISLE.

Ernest L. Scott was in Ellsworth Mon
day on business.
w. Il. Powers, who is teaching in Lin
coin, is at home for the holidays.
P. 8. Knowlton has been confined to
his house the past two weeks with a Sc
we're attack of sciatica.
With Thermometers registering twenty
one degrees below zero and field OF ice
closing the harbor to all navigation, it Is
not necessary to consult Robert b. Thomas
to know "winter has begun"
Harbor View chapter, o. e. s., sent q
Christmas box to each OF The sixteen Deer
Isle boys in Uncle Sans army. Some
were directed to training camps, others to
ssomewhere in France" Those sent to
Camp Devens have been received and
gratefully acknowledged.
Dec. 81. s.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
SPORT ONLY FOR STRENUOUS
happening DeviIfish Differs Some
what From Pastime So Much Be-
loved by Ordinary Fishermen.

The extraordinary shape, huge size.
and vast power of the big deyilfish, or
manta, give him an evil reputation,
which is heightened by his black color
ing. A queer popularity of this col
oring Is that the black pigment comes
off on anything touching 1t. Kneeling
on one of the devilfish when 1t was
drawn up on the sand l arose with my
knee completely blackened. The skin
is not only very tough, but is also very
rough, being covered, like that Of an
old shark, with dermal denticles which
scarify the skin If naked arm or leg
is drawn across 1t. The big mouth is
practically toothless, entirely so as re-
CARDS the upper jaw, while the lower
jaw has a small dental plate which
differs in the two sexes. In spite of
Its size the manta Is in no way dam
gerous to man unless attacked; but
when harpooned it's furious energy,
tenacity of life and enormous strength
render it formidable; for 1t can easily
smash or overturn a boat which is
clumsily handled, and If the ropes foul
an accident is apt to occur.-From
"Harpooning Devilfish," by Theodore
Roosevelt, in Scribner's Magazine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
ONE CAN Be TOO HUMBLE
Always Well to Remember the World
Is Apt to Take Man at His
Own Value.

Humility is called virtue. 1t is so
unless carried too far. A man is
usually taken at his own value. If he
makes too little of himself. he Is like
ly to be thought of little worth. The
unduly humble man will lack the
strength OF character needed for sue
cess. He will have little infience In So
ciety and will not be fitted to hold re-
sponsible positions. While too great
opinion of ones self stands ii the way
of progress, too great humility is
worse. COnceit receives many knocks
In life and may be taken out of
man; too much humility seldom re-
ceives tse needed encouragement. Con-
celt In child is soon corrected, when
he comes to mingling with other chill
dren In schools. Too great humility
gives his schoolmates chance to put
upon him and treat him as an inferior
"a chance which will seldom be neg
iected. A child may become crippled
In spirit for life in this way. Even
teachers sometimes fail to see what Is
the trouble with the child and to give
him the encouragement he needs. Be
ware of breaking down a child's self
confidence. Irreparable injury may
thus be done him. Train him to feel
that he is Of value and is able to do
what there Is for him to do. Think
well of yourself If you would have
others think well of you.-Milwaukee
Journal
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
advertisements
YOU ARE PARTLY
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That Is, iron is an essential con-
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Peptiron, the new iron tonic, COM
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other blood and stomach tonics that
physicians prescribe.
1t 10 q wonderful corrective Of
anemia, paleness, languor, nervous
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Peptiron is in convenient pill form,
chocolate-coated and pleasant to take.
Get 1t today.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
The Final Melody.

1t is not so much by what We at
tain in this life that we are to be made
happy. as by the enlivening hope Of
what we shall reach In the world to
come. While a man Is strinsing a
harp, he tries the strings, not for
music, but for construction. When 1t
is finished it shall be played for melo-
dies. God is fashionlng the human
heart for future JOY. He only sounds a
string here and there to see how far
his work has progressed.-H. W.
Beecher.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
Recent Enlistments

Among recent enlistments in the navy
are the following Hancock county men:
Owen l.. Higgins and Everett X. Mer-
rill, Green Lake; George E. Mcfarland,
Bucksport; Henry A. Trask, Southwest
Hsrbor; Robert L. Mowry, Ellsworth;
Arthur l.. Jordan, Waltham.
Recent eniistments in the army include
William E. Spencer, Ellsworth; Charles
ID. Loring, Georgs Fraser and Leslie
Brewer, Bar Harbor; Russell D. Manches-
ter, Northeast Harbor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-02
HAVE SNAKE FOR A MASCOT
Washington Company Will Take 1t to
France, If They Are
7s~e Permitted. f4-.,,,.

Portland, Ore.--Company G, Second
Washington state infantry Of Aberdeen.
IL allowed to do so will take mascot
to France that will raise the hair on
the heads of the allied troops as well
as those of the Teutons. The mascot
Is bullsnake.
The snake has been pet with the
company outposts In the Cascade
mountains. One soldier discovered the
snake In deadly battle with large
RATHER. 1t killed the RATHER, and a
few minutes later, when attacked.
killed second RATHER. The soldiers
thought its fighting ability should be
recognized and captured 1t.