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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
"Easter Ridinop in Bohemia.

In various parts of Bohemia. now
the principal state of the new Czecho-
Slovak republic, curious old custom
prevails, that of Easter riding" On
each Easter day, at four o'clock in the
morning, the riders assemble, dressed
In black and carrying crosses, flags and
other emblems. From Schonwald they
proceed on three-hours' ride to
Kuhn, where they attend service. The
priest, after sermon wherein he re-
fers to the horse as symbol of pow
er. bestows his benediction on the ami
mails and their riders. This done, the
riders visit the neighboring castles,
where they receive hospitality. subse-
quently making their way homeward,
escorted by band and large crowd.
The origin of this curious custom IL
lost in the mists of antiquity.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
OIL Wells Detected Electrically.

New uses for electricity are con-
stantly appearing. One of the latest
is the detection of crude oil In the
earth instead of boring for it.
It is stated that crude petroleum
has been located electrically In the
shallow oilfield near Corsicana, Texas
and that further tests are being made
around Burkburnett. A series of bat
teries Is used for the test, the negative
terminal being connected to a wire
which is dropped into dry waterhole,
valley or indentation, and the positive
terminal being connected to 'land
WIRE" which is used to make contact
at various points on the surface of the
field investigated. 1t is stated that
the higher electrical resistance of oil
compared with other constituents of
the earth, permits ii to be located by
the reduced detection of a sensitive
instrument in the circuit.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
BABIES HELP PAY FOR WAR
Even Talcum Powder Has Been Levied
Upon to Meet Expenditures Due
to Slaughter.

The postbellum Fl. C. L. has hit the
babies.
In the Home Sector William G. Shep-
herd says: About 100000 will go
into Uncle Sans Golfers from the pock.
cts and purses of soda water drink
ers in 1920. Folks who like bowling
or billiards or pool will give about a
million and half to Uncle Sam. PEG
pie who play cards will give him two
and a quarter millions. Automobiles
and motorcycles will bring him in so
cents head from the whole log, 000.-
900 of us. Well give him about $751;
100000 for going TO theaters and NOV
les.
Every one of the 106.o00,oo0 of us.
indeed, wifi give Uncle Sam an aver
age of two cents a day, directly, for
pleasure and conveniences, with baby
paying tribute for his talcum powder.
mother and sister paying tribute for
their perfumes, father paying tribute
for his cigarettes and athletic club
dues, all the kids paying tribute for
the movies and their trips to the cor
ner soda fountain.
'The war did ii all, too. We're pay
ing just ten times more to Uncle Sam
in internal revenue this year than we
did in 1914. We paid so little then
one-tenth of ia cents a day-and we
paid 1t so indirectly that few of us
realized that there really was such a
person in the world as Uncle
Sam. At last the old party has
found US. Since then lot of us have
fought and died for him. And If he's
worth dying for he's worth support
ing"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Plane That Is All Wilma,

A system of airplane construction
which is being developed and particu-
larry adapted to large craft appears
on its face not only interesting but
plausible and practical, provided the
location of the weight is not detrimen-
tai, says report by J. Fl. Colwell, pub
lished in the Journal of the Patent
Office Society. Broadly stated, the
system comprises a hollow plane
merged into the fuselage so that the
large trussed wing spars, the engine
housings and fuel tanks, as well as the
pilot, are inclosed within the lifting
surface itself. The center of the plane
between the upper and lower walls is
deep, while the wings taper to small
depths toward the tips. The entire
machine. including the pilots Ger, is
practically part of the lighting sur
face, thereby necessitating compare
lively few external wind resisting
parts.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
TO REVIVE HOME INDUSTRY
Good Work Done by knitters During
the War Has Given Impetus to
New Movement.

What was accomplished by the vast
volunteer army of knitters during the
war is one of the creditable facts in
the history of the world upheaval
through which civilization has been
passing, says the ST. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat. But for the millions of devoted
women who kept the needles flying the
horrors of the trenches would have
been still more frightful and deadly.
The achievements of the knitters have
suggested the organization in New
York of society for the revival of
home industry and domestic art. Its
first move is to gather all the spinning
wheels within reach and look up prac-
teal instructors in the use of house.
hold implement that had become but
an antique piece of furniture. Man.
kind needs weavers as well as plow-
men. and spinning at home is one Of
the oldest forms of industry. In the
cabins of American pioneers the spin
ming wheel was necessity, and kept
busy In what, by a stretch of imagi-
nation, were called spare hours. Those
were the days of homespun textiles
because often no others were to be
had, exc-r T-t~~
stth 80
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
MAY DEVELOP GUM MARKET
Opening of Mesopotamia to civiliza-
ton Likely to Add Largely to the
Worlds Supply.

As law and order come into the wild
and unsettled mountains of Mesopo-
tamia, especially when new roads and
the eventual railway connect the
northern Kurdish country around Mo-
sui with the rest of the world, many
a now useless tree and shrub, will
doubtless be put to service as a con-
tributor Of gum. The gums of Meso-
potamia have many commercial uses,
and the unsystematic tapping and
trading that now brings the product
on pack animals to Suleimanaya.
where merchants buy 1t from the
kurds and sell 1t again to other mer-
chants In Bagdad. is a mere sugges-
ton of the industry that may be de-
veloped by enterprisIng promoters who
may have observed the extent of this
natural resource in Mesopotemia and
looked further afield than Aleppo and
Bagdad for markets. Now that Brit
ish Qccupation has opened the land to
western ideas. 1t would not be sur
prising If the gum industry grew to be
source of considerable national
wealth, and an important factor In
creating a new Mesopotamia.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Find New Kind of Animal.

h. Captain Philips. writing from Brit
ish Ruanda, in the Tanganyika terri.
tory, states he has shot specimen of
an hitherto unidentified species of
.iuiker. The animal is about the size
of q large goat, and Is known as an
eppo or empuyi by the natives, to
whom it is in a way sacred as being
the totem-beast Of Musinga, the now
reigning chief or mwami of the couri-
try of Ruanda, over the greater part
of which a mandate was recently
given to Belgium by the peace con-
ference.
The eppo lives in the bamboo forests
of Mount Sabine and other mountain
forests, and seldom comes into open
country 1t often takes refuge in the
low and broad forks of large trees.
The creature has stumpy tail, oribi
horns, and marsh hooves; In color il
is a rufous black, and has a bright
yellow stripe along about half of its
backbone. In the case of the present
specimen, which was, apparently,
healthy, part of the back was nearly
bald of hair.-London Times.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
PIPE MAKERS USING BIRCH
Wood Has Been Found to Be Eminent
iy Suitable, After Treatment by
Special Process.

American birch since the war has &C.
quired South American name. Nova
days it is fashioned into pipes and
then called something besides birch.
The only evident reason for the
change seems to be the fact that the
process that converts soft birch into
hard pipe was originated in a Latin
American country, according to the
New York Evening Sun.
Brentwood owes its new name and
its present prominence In the pipe In
dustry TO the war. which cut Off the
supply Of briar and sent the prices
of the stocks in America sky high.
Substitutes have been sought for
the expensive imported briar. The ces-
sation of importations with the var
they haven't been resumed yet-inten-
SITES the search for an American wood
that would provide suitable substi-
tute. =
Many native hardwoods were tried
without success. Most of them were
either too hard to be worked into pipes
or too heavy to rest comfortably be-
tween smokers lips. Then some
one hit on the expedient of trying
soft wood and employing process that
would give it the required hardness for
use in pipe manufacturing. Birch was
found the most suitable for the pur-
pose.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
SPORES SCATTERED BY WIND
of Fungus Is One of the Wonders
of Nature.

We often wonder at the amazingly
sudden upspringing of mushrooms and
toadstools. Today the green of the
lawn is unhroken In the night gem
tie rain falls, and we wake to see
crowded group Of yellowish-white
"fnkycaps" spreading their parasols
In the very shadow of our doorstep.
MI. Burton o. Longyear in the Cutters
Book describes the marvellous repro
ductive powers of these fragile and
short-lived plants.
Each species of fungus produces
upon or within some part of its fruit
body countless numbers of minute re-
productive bodies called spores. So
small and light are they that they float
In the air as an invisible dust. Many
of them fall to the ground and are
washed into the soil by rains. Others
are waited away on every breeze, car
ried possibly for days, to be brought
down at length by rain many leagues
from their starting point. In this
way they are carried to the ends of
the earth. busted into every crack and
Granny, lodged on every exposed sur
face of wood or soil and caught on
every dew-moistened leaf or twig.
The amazing number of spores pro-
duced by single fungus can be real
lied only by Knowing their relative
size. Thus in the case of most puff
balls at least three thousand OF the
globular spores, when laid side by side,
would be required to form line one
inch long. compact mass of such
spores. the size of parlor-match
head. would contain the Incompetent
sible number of thirty millions of these
microscopic bodies, enough to- cover
an acre of ground with four spores
for every square inch Of surface.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
LenothenIne Life of siIkEockine

"No economies are SMALL" says
French proverb, and the professional
stocking members job is evidence Of
thrift as understood by the Parisienne.
Here" said one Of the craft, "are 80
pairs Of silk stockings which have
been through my hands more times
than l can count, and look at them"
They were patched and darned TIL
there was little of the original left,
but as Elise remarked, "with boots
they still make an effecti" Before the
war madame paid three half-pence per
pair to her member and provided the
thread; now she gives fourpence or
fivepence and expects miracles of en-
durance from the fragile web. Where
the mender formerly spent ten min
utes she now must devote an hour to
some of these stockings, ana 1t is Diff
ficult to see how she gets a living.
But madame's motto is, Throw moth
ing away" and she lives up to 1t.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
ENJOYED TOBACCO IN SCHOOL
In the Seventeenth Century It Was
Common for the Children to
Use the Weed.

The latest diatribe against women
smokers-by "a doctor to famous
life insurance company" according to
the London paper which publishes it
classes the tobacco habit among
women as an evil of modern growth.
But when tobacco first reached Eng
land it was enjoyed in common by
both sexes. In the seventeenth CEN
fury, according to John Ashton, 1T
was not only usual for the women to
join the men in smoking, but in Wor.
cestershire the children were sent TO
school with pipes in their satchels,
and the schoolmaster called a halt In
their studies while they all smoked
he teaching the neophyte."
Scotch women used to enjoy pipe
the same way as they enjoyed pinch
of snuff. One of the compilers of the
Statistical Account of Scotland" pub
lished in 1871, records that 1.-THE chief
luxuries in the rural districts are
snuff. tobacco and whisky. Tea and
sugar are little used, but the use of
whisky has become very great. The
use of tobacco may almost be said to
be excessive, especially among the
female sex. There is scarce a young
woman by the time she has been
taught TO spin but has also learned to
smoke. Smoking seems to have been
introduced as an antidote to rheuma-
tism and ague. The favorable altera-
ton with respect TO these diseases has
only produced a greater avidity for
tobacco"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
BluehilI.


Miss May ODER died Friday, Nov.
IL, at the age of seventy-two years.
She had a large circle of friends
among both the home people and
the summer residents. She spent the
winters with friends and relatives in
different cities, but returned to
Ideal Lodge" the summer home of
her sister, Mrs. V. P. Kline, early
each spring. She had been failing
in health the past year. Miss ODER
was especially helpful in the Congre-
gational circle. and formed an or
ganization for its benefit among
Bluehill residents in Boston. She
was also the originator of the Blue
hill reunion in. Boston. She leaves
three sisters, Mrs. Effie II. Kline,
Mrs. Julia Wilson and Mrs. Lizzie
Merrill, and one brother, Colon s.
Ober of Boston,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Bold Chinese Bandits.

Bands of kidnapers recently have
caused much alarm in Tenchowfu,
Shantung, China. Operating in groups
of from 30 to 80 they have carried
away and held for ransom wealthy Chi
nese for whom they have obtained as
much as $4,000 in some cases. Ten
citizens were kidnapped in October.
Promises to pay ransoms have been ex-
acted by torture. Troops have tried
to capture the bandits. but have
failed. 1t is believed the kidnapers
came from Dalny, crossing the Gulf
of Pechili in boats in which they es-
capped with their captives.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Plastic Dressing for Wounds.

Industrial plants are now using the
Ambrine treatment for burns, scalds,
and all surface wounds which proved
very successful for casualties incurred
in the world war.
The dressing is compound of wax
and resins, and is solid when cold. It
is heated to about $50 degrees Fab
renheit and applied by means of spc-
ial atomizer, or it can be generally
daubed on with a soft brush. A plas-
tic dressing, impervious to air, is thus
formed. which does not adhere to the
wound and which promotes the healing
process without appreciabIe contran
ton. Disagreement and scars are pre-
vented to a greater extent than was
possible under the old methods.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Bird Outruns Horse.

Anyone who has travelled through
western Texas becomes familiar with
the mesquite tree, or, as it sometimes
grows, shrub. In some places where
1t may grow to be 30 or 40 feet high, 1t
is commonly known as the chaparral.
says the American Forestry Magazine
OF Washington. Here it is >scrubby and
masses into dense clumps, it being the
home of that famous bird the road
runner" or chaparral cock, and other
species. The road runner is really
big ground cuckoo. that only takes to
Night when hard pressed, while on
open ground it can run so fast that an
ordinary horse cannot keep up.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
West snrry.


Samuel Kitfield died at his home
here Thursday night, after short
illness. He was tenderly cared for
by Mrs. Lizzie Trundy and her
daughter, Mrs. Conary. The funeral
was held at the home Sunday after
noon. Interment was in the family
lot at East Surry.
Many friends regret to hear of the
sudden death of Mrs. Sophronia F.
Blaisdell, which occurred at her son s
home in Brooklin.
Mrs. John Tenant and two sons
have moved to East Orland,
Eugene r. Leach and wife are
moving to East Orland, where Mr..
Leach has employment.
Wesley d. Herrick. wife and baby,
OF Brewer, were weekend guests of
his sister, Mrs. Guy Carlisle.
Nov, 10. l..
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Chinese BARRIERS.

The Chinese are not accustomed TO
tipping the barber. As a matter Of
fact the Chinese barber is very modest
In his prices, and his patrons can OBJ
tain hair cut. head shave, face
shave. and in addition have his shoul-
ders and back massaged, all for sum
total OF less than cents. The straight
razor used by Chinese BARRIERS is tn
angular shaped blade with straight
handle, folding up as does the Amerl'
can straight razor. The blades are
made from old rails or any other crude
steel which has outlived its usefulness
In other directions.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Speedy Animals,

Two of the fastest of the smaller
animals are the greyhound and the
jack rabbit. The greyhound can go
at the rate of 80 miles an hour, while
his cousin, the Russian wolfhound, can
Beat him by five miles and has much
greater powers of endurance. The
greyhound, like the horse, digs in with
his forefeet and uses his front legs for
pulling as well as pushing with his
hind legs. The jack rabbits front legs
are only clutches, but, like the ante
lope, he makes up for 1t by the power
of his hind legs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Brooksyille.

Congratulations are extended to
Mr.. and Mrs. James Campbell on the
birth of a son, born November 10
David Hooper who has been visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Albion Clos
son, has gone to Dark Harbor.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Ephraim ]. Couture
of Sanford visited Mrs. Couture's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman
Kench, last week.
Ray c. Gray of South Brooksville
has purchased the F. Fl. Billings
place.
William Hart of Bangor is visiting
his mother, Mrs. Luella Hart.
Mrs. E. II. Herrick arrived home
Thursday from Boston, where she
has been visiting her daughter. She
was accompanied by Miss Hazel Wes-
colt, who has been visiting her
grandparents.
Nov, Is. A.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
chlna's Tea Industry,

Indications are that the Chinese gov
eminent intends to make every effort
country and to increase China's tea
trade with foreign countries, and the
Picking cabinet recently decided to es-
tablish tea bureau under the minis
try of agriculture and commerce. 1t
is stated that the tea industry of China
is not keeping pace with the worlds
Increasing consumption Of tea. and
while China is still holding its trade in
this finer qualities, India and Ceylon
have practically captured the market
from China as TO the common black
teas,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
He Rode Free.

The rear platform of the car was
crowded with poor business men in
starched collars and rich laborers in
overalls. There would be nothing I'M
usual In that If one of the overalled
party had not given the crowd les
son in thrift.
"See, I've got dime" he told the
conductor.
The conductor nodded.
'I1l pitch 1t. Heads you get the
dime or tails ride for nothing"
The conductor nodded again and the
coin famed the air.
Tails" announced the overalled one
triumphantIy, and he took his place
with the rest Of the crowd.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Luc., IN Saliva.

The hoy GShitg ~pifs on The worm VI
ny: the hawser Splits on the nrst inOn.
ey taken a the morning; the wofAinaA
spits on his bands when he IS apou'
to Tiff n tool: the vagrant splits on tne
first milestone he passes-an for IucA.
Others spit to avert bad luck .,
passing dust cart or a suppose
witch or after passing under iaduel,
In Wales. when the devil is mentione4
in preaching. all the people presen.
spit. Children used sometimes 10 sp,,
for srite. and were usually admonishcu
with IF We spit TIL gar ye So"
tooth"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
A stiff upper Lip.

Keeping stiff upper lip is Il right
but there's nothing commendaOie
about 1t. Everybody keeps stirl w
per lip; has to. The upper lip cant
be anything but firm. Ever wateh
child overcome by emotion? It's tne
under lip that trembles, and then tne
jaw drops, to open an exit for tne
roar. Next time tell him to keep
stiff lower lip. 1t won't sound right, u
will lack punch and probably VIII lah
to inspire the subject to the proper ue.
gree of steadfastness, but you'll ha,o
the approval of the purist.-Louis'lii'
Herald.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17

Mrs. Hannah Huckins and grand
son, Calvin Bragdon, who have been
in town few days, have returned
to Boston.
Mrs. Susie DesIsles has gone to
Boston to spend the winter with her.
sister.
Mrs. Augusta Austin has gone to
New York to spend the winter with
relatives.
Nov Is N
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
South Hancock.

Mrs. N. l.. McCrillis has returned
from a visit in Norway.
James Fernald of St. George is
visiting his sister, Mrs. S. H. Mitchell.
Mrs. Lizzie Grant Whitehouse Of
Boston recently spent a few days
with her aunt, Mrs. R. w. Grant.
Mrs. f. M. Watson left Friday for
her winter home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
S. L. Merchant and son George are
in Bradford hunting.
Celia Gordon of Eastbrook is liT-
ing at the home of her uncle, Stanley
Gordon, and attending school at Mt.
Desert Ferry.
Nov. Is, W.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Death Valley Sand Storm.

A sandstone in Death valley is
weird spectacle to behold. At times
a cloudless gale, gathering heat as
1t hurries along between the blazing
sun and white, hot sands of the desert,
bursts through the passes Of the Pana-
mints like blast of flame. There
1t picks up the hot dust and sand, and
tossing them aloft in clouds converts
the valley into veritable pit Of hell
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Spanish LIcorice Industry.

The manufacture of licorice extract
and paste is an important Spanish in
dustry. This is a comparatively new
industry, as formerly the root was
exported manufactured Over g.
100000 pounds of the root were ex-
ported in 1918 and more than coo 900
rounds of extract and paste.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
Land Of the Sugar Maple.

The finest and most abundant grow -
of the sugar maple is found in the -
England states, New York, nortne.I
and western Pennsylvania and W
ward throughout the region OF ~
Great Lakes to Minnesota III Wv
southern Appalachians it grows W.. y
were climatic conditions are similar "
those farther north.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-11-17

Yes" observed Mrs. Havers, as
she poured syrup on a biscuit, 1--WE
thought 1T would be nice to spend the
summer in the old home-be resorters,
ike the folks over on the point; so
here We are-came just yesterday
morning. Yes. we liked Chicago fairly
well, but Elsie thought she could get a
better position in Detroit, so we moved
there only last week. We found a nice
place right at the start. but we had to
get out-because we Just had to have
our biscuits. and Mrs. Maloney said
the other roomers couldn't stand the
smell Of them; so we decided to take
vacation, and use up some of the
money we had saved. and. as I said
before here we are"