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New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
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Argentine Extern 5s, 1945 ... 1874 76Zs
Canada, Dom of. 5s. 1921. .... 9S7a SO
do 1925 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 957s 96h
do 1891 ................. 95h So
Chinese Gov HUI Kug Ry 5s, 1851 81 63
Cuba Extern 5s, 1874 92H 93
do 5s, series A. 1949. ...... 90la 80
do 4l2s. 1949.. 9................ 79A 1914
Dominican Rep 5s, 1858. ...... 81 9714
City of Bordeaux 6s. 1919 9..... $685. 99%
City of Lyons 6s. 1919. ......... 995s 99a4
City of Marseilles 6s, 1919 49,. 995s 99M
City of Paris IS, 1921. ......... 973s 97l5
Jap Gov 412s string In, 1925. S2la 82as
do 4 l2s, I'd SER 1925. ..... SO 831a
do As. string In, 1881. ....... 90 10
City of Toxic 5s. 1852 ...... 70 72
U X G B & | 3-yr 51as, 1919. 997s 100
do 5-year 5las, 1921 .......... 981a $685.
do 2o-yr 51as, 1887. ......... So 96la
New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Railroad Heads To u. ge Rate Advance

=, A;uhough the Dlrec,or General of
ram thallrYads has again stated 1t as his
belief that there is no uusv, le.a) or
moral, resting on the Railroad Admin
lseratlon to raise rates be4ore the car
ilers are returned to private ownership
the Assoc ciaulon of Railway Executives
is determined to continue its ngat for
an increase in tariffs before the end of
the year. when Federal control will
end: The committee appointed last
week by I. De Witt Cuyler. Chairman,
expects to confer with MIR. Hines after
ms return to Washington the latter
part OF next week on the rate fixing
pro Diem. AS result of a conference in
New York last Monday the standing
committee Of the railway executives
assoclaalon adopted resolutions urging
the Railroad Administration to grant
an increase in rates before the end of
government control. 1t was unoficially
estimated that the roads will reou re
between $500 100000 and $500 COCOON
additional revenue to offset their i'm
pa rment IN earnings during the past
two years
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11

Yet the of aions through Article Owould
Staesf # America of that aempire
which seeks hold n cion through force
and nseo justice of fthecvG edword
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11

Frank P. Walsh, who was joint Chairman of Presi-
dent Wilson's War Labor Board; Michael ]. Ryan,
former Public Service Commissioner of Pennsyl-
vania; and Edward F. Dunno, former Governor of
Illinois, have made public report of present. day
atrocities in Ireland, and the Peace Conference
has refused even hearing for the duly elected
representatives of the Irish people, designated by
the men and women of Ireland to present Irelands
case before that Conference.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
E. Today the scene has shifted and all
is about to be made, it is well to recall

vant the Covenant of the League of Nations!
The Washington herald., 1919-08-11
For Instances:

Impartial, outstanding Americans are abroad
Others have just returned They are telling of
conditions conditions exist; of the cold, raw
facts as seen by unbiased eyes,
James NJ. Tuohy, veteran pressrnan and CORE
spondent of the highest standing, is in Dublin writ
ing for New York daily. He 6nds that the
attitude of the British Government to Ireland is
that of oonqueror toward a subject race.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Restoring MesopotamIa.

Under British occupation the fertile
regions Of Mesopotamia are being re-
stored to productivity, for which this
region was celebrated in Biblical DAYS.
This is disclosed in official dispatches
received at Washington from Bagdad.
Under Turkish rule in some places
nothing was produced.
The British authorities, to save a
large part of the population from star
walton and to provide work, immedi-
ately set about, as soon as the Turks
were driven out, to construct canals
for irrigation and to encourage the
population to plan for the next har,
vest. An Arabian labor corps was or.
ganised locally and three Indian labor
corps were employed.
AS result a new irrigation canal
has been opened at Mansarich, sew
enty miles northeast of Bagdad on the
Diala river, by which 100000 acres
already are being irrigated.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
"AVERAGE MAN" SCORES ONE
Finds Joy In Reminding Better Halt
That She Is Also Victim OF
New Tax

The average family has been having
heart to heart talks for months on
how expenditures may be cut down and
something of the average salary put
In the bank for the annual vacation.
The average man has been troubled,
too. as he pulled the long, black cigar
not financially troubled. but the re-
suit of little worrying that some day
the average woman was going to get
personal about their saving plan. 1t
came the other night.
Il see, dear" she began, her sweet
ness adding to his growing suspicion,
that the state Is about to put anoth-
er tax on cigars. They'll go up some
more. You know I wouldn't suggest
anything that would interfere with
your pleasure, but don't you think CT
ears are getting too much Of a luxury
when we are trying to saver
The average man grunted. 1t gain
ed time; it prevented sudden complica-
tons. He had had an answer ready for
weeks for this inevitable question, but
reasoning fed just then. He had the
paper she had already read. He would
find out about this tax before he an
swered.
And then-ain't 1t a grand and gio-
rtous fselingf
VERY well, my dear" he said, trying
to keep the neighbors from hearing the
emulation in his tone. "This tax will
give US both a chance to sacrifice. III
quit my cigars If you'll give up powder
Ing your face. You see, Sweet, the
tax rs on cosmetics, too"
And the average man grinned victor
iously behind the newspaper.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
GENERAL BELIEF IN HONESTY
something Very Like the Millennium
Seems to Be Near In Great
British Metropolis

How is the sudden trust Londoners
have come to exhibit for each other
to be accounted fort There is an ex-
IRENE shortage Of copper coins for
small change In London, and one man
says Of his experiences: "On several
occasions lately news vendors who
have been unable to change silver have
said to me, Never mind, pay me the
next time you are this way Only
one Of them knew me as a regular Gus
toner. Even more unexpected credit
than this was offered me at a railway
booking office where rendered a shill-
ing for two-penny fare. I'm short
OF coppers,' said the girl booking clerk,
pay me tomorrow But I shall not be
here tomorrow replied. Then pay
me the next time you are here, when
ever 1t fs,' she said. But supposing /
forget expostulated. "Oh, l know
that you will come and pay me some
day, she answered. I've never known
people fall" Similar testimony is Of
fered by others who tell of copper
credit thrust upon them by strangers,
and often very poor and humble stran-
gers.-London Mail.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12

An observant hospital corps man o.
the navy became so thoroughly con-
WINGED that lowered resistance was
always the determining factor in con-
tracing influenza that he and some
of his mates volunteered to test the
truth of his theory. The offer was &C
cepted and 100 enlisted men who vol
unteered were submitted to exhaus-
tive experiments by naval surgeons,
the outcome of which seems to con-
firm the theory. These men were all
in the best of physical condition, and
during the experiment their health was
looked after carefully. Live cultures
Of influenza bacilli were sprayed In
their threats and noses hourly. The
germs were introduced into their food.
They were kept in close contact with
patients suffering from the disease
Some members Of the group received
various preventive NEGOTIATIONS, but
others were not thus protected. Not
a single case Of influenza was de-
veloped.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
BALM FOR THE DlSHWASHER
According to Writer, Happy Is the
Man Allowed to Help In Cleansing
the Table Utensils.

We have never held with those who
think dishwashing dreary and sor-
did task. according to Golfers. Give
us plenty of hot water, plenty of
some abrasive soap and couple of
clean cloths and we will tackle the
debris Of the evening meal with keen
enjoyment. After long day at the
office it is delightful to steep ones
hands In hot dishwater (Which acts
as an excellent febrifuge for the
brain and a tonic for WEAKNESS of
the body and pass through the puri-
flying and homely gestures Of ablu-
ton and wiping. These simple tasks
of the hand always induce a pleasant
and domestic train of thought. We
know one poet, and not such a bad
poet either, who always says he can
write his best lyrics after bout with
the evening dishes. And no manicu-
rist ever gives so pink and charming
with the dishpan.
How many husbands. we wonder,
have learned the first rule Of the dish.
washers 'cchniQue? You must have
plenty of hot water, but always use
cold water on any utensils where eggs
have been broken. Heat hardens the
yolk, and boiling water poured upon
an egg-smeared plate will so solidlfy
and solder the Juices that 1t will take
sandpaper to remove them.
If any husband should ever protest
against being asked to wash the
dishes let his wife refer him to II
Kings, 81 :13.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
AVENGED HIS POISONED PET
Mean Way In Which Owner Of Ma
raudino Cat Got Even With
Its Executioner.

A member of a certain national Or
ganization was laughing over certain
attacks on the institution.
These attacks" he said, "are clever
clever but crooked. They bring a
story to my mind.
"a man owned big black cat that
used to sneak OF to the butchers and
steal meat The butcher warned the
man to keep his thieving cat at home,
but no attention was paid to the warn
ing, and SO finally the butcher de-
clared:
at that pesky cat steals any more
Of my stock I'll poison it.
well, few days later the cat
made on with leg Of lamb, and the
butcher. true to his word, sprinkled
bits of poisoned steak about. The
next morning the black cat lay cold
and stiff before its masters door.
"The cats owner waited till the
butcher shop was crowded with saus-
age buyers. Then he tucked the corpse
under his arm and strobe in through
the crowd.
Here you are, JOHN he said,
slamming the dead cat down on the
meat block, beside the sausage ma
chine. Here you are. That makes
70. I'll fetch In the q others In the
course Of the day"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
G00DBY TO FATHER WINTER
No Doubt That Spring Is Here, With
All the Joyousness That the
Season Should Bring.

The harbingers of spring are numer-
Gus, though often obscure. 1t does not
take many warmish days at this time
OF the year to make the heart of ami
mate Nature, including man, to throb
with hope. We have been filed with
forebodings. All of our mild December
we said that the autumn was lingering
long this year. In equally mild JAN
uary we prognosticated that we would
"get 1t" in February. We are still a
little fearful that old Father Winter
may have some ice and snow for us in
his storehouse and so we try not to
be too forward looking.
But complete plan Of the garden
drawn to a scale. with every radish
and bean and cabbage located is not
rushing the season, and 1t is mighty
pleasant thing to make out these days.
Stewart Edward White says he always
gets out his book Of flies in February,
furnishes up the old ones and replaces
the missing favorites, and dreams, the
while, Of pools and rapids. The house
keeper signs at the sight OF grimy wall
paper and then hopefully begins to
houseclean the spare room. A few
hopeful robins came back this week,
as well as some blackbirds. They say
the skunk cabbages are blooming along
Big Darby's rocky shore. Spring is
on the way Ohio State Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
CHANGES WROUGHT BY WAR
Many Thises Have Been Brought to
Pass That Would Shock Old
time Observers.

Quite number of things have hap
pened during or in consequence of the
war which never happened before No
British king had ever passed under
Napoleon's Arc de Triomphe until
King Georges recent visit to Paris,
No British army had before helped to
defend France against an invader.
British and Prussian troops had never
previously tried conclusions. Never
before the war had armies from India,
America, Canada, Australia, New Zea-
land or South Africa landed in Europe
Until Mr.. Wilson, no "reigning"
president of the United States had
crossed the Atlantic during his term
of Office, though ex-presidents have
done so.
Jerusalem, Damascus and Bagdad
had never before been captured by
modern European armies, nor had
British soldiers ever previously
marched through Mesopotamia. The
British flag is the first standard of a
Christian nation to float over Con-
stantinople as that of conqueror
since the taking of the city by the
Turks over four centuries ago. No
king of Prussia had ever lost his
throne or been driven into exile be-
fore: and no war had ever brought
misfortune on so many rulers or led
to so many new states being set up.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12

Overlooking kills more chicks than
undertaking.
Little and often is a good feeding
rule for newly Matched chicks.
Eggs for incubator Matching should
be fresh, the fresher the better.
This is the time of year when poul-
try quarters need TO be made safe from
rats.
Ducklings should be ready for the
green duck market at from ten to
fourteen weeks of age.
A good, well-regulated Incubator will
hatch eggs with far more certainty and
do 1t more cheaply than can be done
with hens.
Much of the trouble often found In
brooding chicks is due alone to feed
ing too early, or in excess during the
first few days.
Scales on chickens legs are caused
by mite. This mite can best be con-
trolled and disposed of by the use of
heavy black crude oil.
In the location of the poultry house,
II 1t is impracticable to select soil
that is naturally dry it should be made
dry by thorough underdrainage.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
CLEARING Up After War,

On the banks of the Thames, less
than twenty miles from London, there
is an American town of the mush-
room kind such as you might find in
new California oil field. Its popu-
lation consists of more than 200
white men and about $50 negroes. It
covers twenty-five acres which nine
months ago were fallow grass land.
The business of the town is to re
ceive, sort and store war material.
There is a street of wooden huts. an
other Of corrugated iron huts, huge
iron store sheds quarter of a mile
long, office buildings, water supply
and electric lights, the whole sur.
rounded by hedge, a few armed sen
tries and much mud All day long
the khaki-clad negroes push and haul
railway trucks full of war material.
War material coming back from
Russia is being stored at this camp,
also the fittings of the disnantled hos
pitfalls which the American army es-
tablished in England.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
The King Charles Statue.

King Charles l may now breathe
freely once more. Workmen have tax
en- away the sandbags and scafrolding
OF the statue Of King Charles 1 in
Trafalgar square. This is the first
time the head of the Stuarts has been
permitted to breathe freely for many
months. All sorts of speculations have
been rife as to the reason for the ex-
tensive protection that has been ac-
corded this statue, one of them being
mat there was Jacobite at the office
OF works. The probable reason. how
ever, Is the undeniable beauty of the
stafue.-London Mail.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12

Westminster abbey bells, which are
now being overhauled against the cele-
bration Of peace, do not, as many peo-
pie think, include the famous bell
"Great Tom Of Westminster" which
was formerly rung on all important
occasions.
Great Tom hung for centuries in the
clock tower Of the royal palace Of
Westminster, but when in IT'S the
tower was no longer strong enough to
stand the vibration and was taken
down the bell was sent to st. Pauls
cathedral instead Of being taken to the
abbey.
Great Toms duties are now con-
fined to striking the hours and toIling
for royal and important deaths and
burials.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
SURRY.

Clarence Leonards spent few
days last week with Charles Gun.
bingham.
Marshall Olds came home last
week. '~''
Mrs. Howe Higgins is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Walter Kane.
Little Marion Cunningham Of
Ellsworth spent last week with her
grandmother, Mrs. Lima Cunning.
ham.
Eugene Conary has moved into
Mrs. Edna Goodwin's house.
James o. Conary' was in town
last week.
Mrs. Emeline Jarvis spent a few
days with Mrs. Harry Wood before
returning to New York for the win
ter.
David Keyes shipped last week
with Capt. George Kane for trip
to Cuba
Mabelle Clark, who has been i'll,
is out again.
Linwood Curtis shot a deer last
week.
Reuben osgood went to Boston
last week.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
BETTER THAN ANY MEDIUMS
Mlnce Pie That Brought Vision OF
Home Caused Wounded Soldier to
Long for Life.

Pie is not among the articles treated
of In works on materia medica, but
recent incident shows that it may
have therapeutic value. In hospital
lay an American sailor, for whom ev-
erything had been done by surgeons.
doctors and nurses, and yet something
was lacking. He was homesick; his
mind was ever away in little At
lantic coast town. One day, In the
midst of his bodily pain and soul-suf-
fering. there flashed upon him the OBJ
tect Of his quest, and he murmured
excitedly: "Oh, IL could only have
piece of mince pie" 1t was not that
he wanted to eat piece of pie, for
he was too Ill for that. His hunger
was for what the pie represented.
An American nurse who heard the
wish managed. with some difficulty, to
find all the ingredients for a real New
England pie. When she took 1t to
him she put with 1t bit Of cheese,
also hard to procure In these times.
so that nothing would be lacking, and
In the cheese she planted a miniature
Stars and Stripes. The poor boy
could eat neither the pie nor the
cheese, but they contributed Just the
home touch needed to improve his
condition. When the wife Of the
American consul general visited him
later she remarked upon the improve
ment In his condition, and he said:
Two days ago I was In such misery
that l could have welcomed death.
Now l feel that America is not so
far away as thought and that have
got to hang on"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Warmth Increases Oil Flow.

An electrical method of carrying
warmth to the bottom of oil wells has
been found in many cases greatly to In
crease the flow of oil. The heating
process says Popular Mechanics Maya
zine, decreases the visibility of the oil,
usually occasioned by the admission
of air to the well and the cooling of the
rock bed. Minute crevices and capfl-
larry channels which afford easy pass
age to warm, thin oil become quite i'm
passable If the oil gums. The electric
heating method not only thins the oil
but often generates gas whose pressure
helps the oil to the surface. The sys-
tenn found military use in the aban-
doned oil fields of Roumania and
Galicia.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
FRANKLIN,

Rev. ]. E. Blake was Bangor sevefa
days last week.
Mrs. Carroll Blaisdell and little dsugn'
er OF Newport are visit ing in town.
Arthur Eaton and wife OF Northeas'
Harbor are visiting their brother, staney
Lawrie.
Miss Longfellow, teacher in disIrlH
No. 2, was at her home in MachaS p
the weekend.
The ladies' aid society will hold an sf
day meeting at the vestry this week
Mrs. Everard Cousins and Mrs. GAVE
Dyer will be hostesses.
Harvey Bragdon and wife, with =
Clyde, have moved to the home OF psl
daughter, Mrs. Thomas Macomber W.
the winter.
Mrs. Nancy Smith OF Georges POM
precinct has taken rent at the house VI
Mrs. Hannoh Doyle to better accomnY
date her five daughters, who are atlenu
ing school at the village.
Francis Pettingill of New 1ork'
grandson of the late z. l.. Wilbur, WIS -
town last week. He was among the A. =
F. men overseas, and relates many :"
teresting experiences.
Nov in -
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Identification No, I.

When soldier gets his Identification
disk handed to him and it runs ND to
1854 or 2,7S3, 59e-or some such
colossal number, he begins to medi-
tate briefly on the subject of who has
No. 1.
The Stars and Stripes answers his
query with the information that In the
infancy Of the A. e. f., No. was as
signed to Sergt. Arthur B. Cream of the
medical department. Where and what
he lis now is not vouchsafed, but BY this
time he may be lieutenant colonel.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Tracing Use of Lightships.

The first lightship, the More, was
established in England in 1882, at the
mouth of the Thames. The first in
this country was stationed in 1920 in
Chesapeake bay, off Willoughby Spit.
Sandy Hook, now Ambrose, light YES
sci was established in 1928. A light
vessel was placed off Cape Hatteras
In 1924 and was driven ashore in
1927, and ship was not established
again in this dangerous position un-
til 1897, after unsuccessful attempts
had been made to build a lighthouse
on Diamond Shoal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
What's In q Name?

Most readers are familiar with the
story Of the German bank in a United
states city which, finding its name I'M
popular. changed 1t to the SHERMAN
bank" Here is another example on
the same lines: A popular New York
city German restaurant was called the
Kloster Glocke (Cloister Bell), and Its
front was decorated with a large bell
as sign. The name has been
changed to the Liberty Bell" and the
bell of the old monastery now does
duty as a replica of the one which
rang out independence to the coIonies
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Merely Wanted 70 Know.

Alvin comes to see me daily. On
each visit I usually give him some
thing. candy or whatever have. Hap
pening to have an exceptionally good
box Of sweets gave him piece,
whereupon he returned the second
time that day and inquired: sHave
you got any more Of that good candy3r
Reproving him for asking for 1t he re-
piled, II didn't ask to CUB me any,
] dust want to know If you dot any
Tribune.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Possibly Hadn't Been introduced.

Arthur owned bulldog that he had
been teaching to hunt rats, and when
ever he called out the word to him he
would run frantically to various
places to scratch. A neighboring
woman was SO amused at the perform
ance that she wanted to show the
dogs tricks to her son, but to her
repeated call of rats" the dog only
stood and looked at her. "Oh," said
Arthur coming up at this point, 'he
doesn't know your rats"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Another star sbe,I.

By the invention of a new "star"
shell the night fighting efficiency Of
the navy Will be increased at least 25
per cent, the war department has said
In an official statement. The shell is
suitable for guns Of from three to FIVE
inch caliber. Its value lies in the fact
that its increased Illuminating power
may be used without betraying the DO
sition OF the craft using it.-Navy Life
Magazine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Contradictory Emotions.

Something can't understand, /.
unused Senator Sorghum, sis the way
contradictory emotions simultaneously
develop"
referring to whatf"
Every time / begin to talk about
universal peace some suggestion oc-
ours that warns mp my fighting
blood"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-12
Origin of One Proyerb.

One obtains historical glimpses in
proverbs. The familiar "robbing Peter
to pay Paul" is said to derive its orig
In from the fact that in the reign of
Edward vi the lands of st. Peter at
Westminster were appropriated to
raise money for the repair of st.
Paul's.