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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-17
couNT YouR BLESSINGS.


COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.
was feeling discontinued and dis
satisfied with things,
/ was counting my reverses with a
groan.
And 1 made myself the victim of a
thousand different stings,
That imagination pictured as my
own
was grumbling loud and kicking at
my most unlucky bed
And l finished every sentence with a
sigh.
Then a CHEEKY whistle sounded and it
stopped me on the spot,
When saw cripple slowly limping
by.
1 was thoroughly discouraged and de-
jected and l said.
There isn't any luck in life for me,
1 haven't any reason to rejoice and lift
my head.
Then I saw a little fellow lead poor
man by the hand
From whose eyes had passed the
shining light of day,
And the folly of my whining began
to understand.
was better off than he was anyway
1 began to look about me and it seemed
that / could find
Great numbers whom I envied not at
all,
They were bearing heavy burdens and
were patient and resigned,
In comparison the woes 1 had were
small
was whimpering at trifies, and tell
you now with shame
My troubles were but little ones and
few,
/ began to sit and wonder il a real
sorrow came,
What cowardly heart like mine
would ever do
Count your blessings when you're
troubled. count the joys that you
possess,
Thank the lucky stars above you
that you're strong.
Just gaze out of your window for an
hour or even less,
And count the crippled men that
pass along
In the tragedy and sorrow that are
burdening mems lives
1t will set you to rejoicing if you do.
1t villa give you real courage to reflect
when care arrives
Of the many who are far worse off
than you.
Il n
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-17

James Green received word last
week Of the death OF his step-daugh-
ter, Helen Moody. in Belfast.
Clarence Lymburner and wife are
visiting in Brooklin.
Lila Veazie of Bluehill Is visiting
her aunt, Annie Grindle
March 5. c.
have gone to Little Deer Isle to
teach.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-17
ALL HIS AILMENTS
DISAPPEARED
When He Tried "Fruit-a-tIVes"
or Fruit Liver Tablets
MOUNT BELKNAp HOTEL,

LAKEPoRr, NH.
TAT 20 years of age, chronic Constip-
alton was causing me to suffer with
distressing Headaches, Dizziness and
Indigestion.
believe i have taken more medi.
cine than any half-dozen people in
town but nothing did me good until I
tried .Fruit-d-fiees,.
Right away could see their good
effects. After taking them for three
months, my bowels were regular,
and the other ailments disappearedn.
FRANK A. HALE.
SOC. a box, 6 for $3.50, trial size 25c.
At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES
Limited, oGDENsBURG, NY.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-17
MUTUAL BENEFIT COLUMN.
Edited by "Aunt Madge..
MoTTo.-HELPFUL AND HOPEFUL

The purposes of this column are
succinctly stated in the title and motto
lit is for the mutual benefit. and aims
to be helpful and hopeful Being for
the common good it is for the common
use--a public servant. a purveyor of
information and suggestions, a medium
for the interchange of ideas, in this ca
pacity it solicits communications, and
its success depends largely on the sup
port given it in this respect. Com
name of writer will not be printed ex-
cept by permission. Communications
will be subject to approval or rejection
by the editor of the column, but none
win be rejected without good reason.
Address all communications to The
American, Ellsworth, Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-17

Dear M. B. Friends:
The snow embargo has given peo-
pie time to count their mercies,"
and those were fortunate who could
place fuel and good health near the
head of the list
Dear Aunt Madge and NJ. BIS:
Hello. After being deprived of the
privilege of using this word over the
telephone for two weeks. now that SER
vice is resumed it seems to be the only
greeting worth while.
February has been tough month,
with all kinds of weather and enough
of it. If / were writing direct to the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
Uncertainty Of Supply Causes
Anxiety in Washington.
Diljoent Efforts Being Made to Find
New Sources for the
Material.

Washington.-The United States has
long depended for much OF its sup
ply Of binder Irvine on henequen from
Yucatan. The uncertainty Of the sup
DIV during the past several years has
caused serious anxiety lest there
should not be enough binder twine to
harvest the increasing crops OF grain
in this country, and the United States
department Of agriculture has been
making diligent efforts to find new
sources Of supply or new regions where
binder Irvine f1bers may be produced.
The chief of the bureau Of plant In
dustry reports encouraging results.
The conditions In limited areas, ex-
treme southern Florida and on the
larger keys. are regarded as suitable
for the production of sisal and hene-
uuen fibers, provided the cost of land
and labor Is not too high to permit sue
cessful competition. Henequen has
been cultivated successfully for several
years in Cuba and the plantations are
being increased. but thus far hey pro-
duce scarcely enough fiber to supply
the cordage mills on the island. Con.
ditions are regarded as favorable for
the production Of binder Irvine hbers
IN limited areas In Haiti aid over @
much larger area in southern Santo
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20

his eye upon any horizon line, he can
not Judge the altitude or inclination
Of his machine in relation to the
ground below, with the result that he
may get into a side slip or spin and
find suddenly that his machine has
passed out of his control-a condition
Of affairs which may spell extreme
peril.
Then we expect very soon 20 have
improved considerably the instru-
ments in machine which tell its
pilot its altitude and inclination when
he is deprived by fog or cloud of a
horizon line Then. as yet another
point, we are working on the question
of lighting aerodomes and landing
grounds so that pilot can make a
safe contact with the ground even
when the air is heavily o5scured.
This is, of course, point OF capital
Importance. 1t is not enough TO
guide man accurately while he Is
flying in misty weather. You must
be able to insure him also Il safe
alighting.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
NEEDS OF BINDER IRVINE

Domingo. Experimental paintings In
Porto Rico have resulted in the estab-
lishment Of q commercial plantation
near Yauco and trial paintings near
Quebrandallas and on Mona island
have given promise Of growth. In
the Virgin islands excellent conditions
for the cultivation Of sisal have been
found on st. Croix. In the Philippines
the Introduction Of modern tber-clean-
ing machines has resulted in increased
paintings of sisal and private capital
has bought and installed machines to
develop the industry on larger
scale.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
MAKING TRAVEL
BY AIR SAFER

it will be about 80 feet high when
fully extended-he will be able to call
up the nearest aerodrOme on his wire
less telephone and tell them just what
field he is down in and what his
trouble is. In such a case, If a man
cannot ascend again quickly, we shall
send another machine to him from the
nearest relief point, which will take
on his mails. We shall soon have a
system, both on the English and
French sections of the route. whereby
a pilot who has a forced landing can
get into touch Immediately with the
nearest land agent of the service. who
will take over his mails at once and
send them on their way in fast mo-
torcycle.
The point is now demonstrated very
clearly that with skillful pilot and
a fast machine the only sort Of at
mospheric conditions which seriously
interrupts flying is such as we en-
counter sometimes on bad November
day, when an opaque mist, beginning
almost at ground level, may extend
upward, in an unbroken mass, to an
altitude of something like 10000 feet
Hurting Thre rsh the Fog.
A pilot in an airplane. flying on
through a thick mist. is as unhappy
as a pedestrian in dense fog-only
more so. Not only is there the ques,
ton Of finding his way, but he Is
faced also by the embarrassing fact
that. through not being able to turn
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
Wireless Telephone viii Do Much
to Insure Speedy Mail
Deliveries.
BRITISH EXPERTS AT WORK
When New System Is Working Prop
erIy Pilots Will Be in Constant
Touch With Ground by Means
Of Wireless.

London.-Will the aerial mail serv-
ice, when it's organization has been
improved, still continue to be inter-
rupted by such adverse weather as
during the past week prevented on
several days the flying of the mail
machines between London and Paris?
Asked this question the other day by
a representative of the London Times,
Holt Thomas, whose high speed bi-
planes carry the London-Paris mail,
replied with an emphatic mo"
AT present. he explained, we are
styling daily over what Is, to a large
extent, still an unorganized route; and
it is no exaggeration at all to say that
when all the organization which we
are busily preparing is brought ac-
tually into play, as 1t will be before
we have to encounter another winter,
such conditions as prevented Lieuten-
ant McMullin from getting through
to Paris on the first day Of the air
mail last Monday will have no adj
verse effect at all on the flying of a
machine, either from the point Of view
of safety or Of adhering to scheduled
time.
Wireless telegraphy will help us
enormously and we have now the
services Of one Of the most practical
experts in this country. who is con
centrating his attention exclusively on
the question as to how directiona
wireless and the wireless telephone
may be made to help us In regular
daily flying and to overcome such
difficulties as at present cause delay.
Information for Plane Pilot
When we have this system working
properly It will mean that during oul
hours of flying, say from IL o'clock tt
4 D. H., every land operator will bt
listening for messages from the oil
and a pilot having set out say from
Hounslow. and wishing to know ex
actly what the weather is like In TIT
channel, will simply take up his re
ceiver and call "Hello. Lympne." al
the other stations on the airway will
hear, but only Lympne will reply. AM
in moment the pilot will be give'
the information he requires. 1t will
also be quite easy for one pilot t
speak to another while two machine
are In flight.
In each machine. also. we shal
place light telescope mast TIL
win be jointed and will lie In tn
fuselage without taking up any room
But should a pilot have to make
compulsory descent he will on aligh'
ing take out his mast, joint 1t togethe
and place the "aerini" OF his wire
less telephone on the top Of it. Their
when he has raised this mast an
stuck the end of 1t In the ground
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
IRON OUTPUT DROPS IN 1919
Total Production Of 6o,466, 900 Tons
Is a Decrease Of 13 Per
Cent From 1918.

Washington.-Iron ore production
was reduced by the shutting down of
blast furnaces last year during the
steel and coal strikes and the total out.
put was only go, 100000 gross tons, a
decrease Of Is per cent compared with
1918, according to preliminary esti-
mates announced by the geological
survey.
Shipments were valued at $203, 274
600, the average selling price at tn
mines being $3.50 a ton. compared
with $3.50 in 1918.
Stocks of ore at mines at the begin
ming of 1920, mainly in Michigan and
Minnesota, were 12.9S9.OOO. an appar-
ent increase Of about So per cent.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
New Remedy for Olive Poison
bacillus botulinus has been announced
l. A. AHicciScirni UallQV

bacillus botulinus has been announced
in the Mississippi valley.
"A serum protective AGAINST the
type Of poisoning in the olives as well
as other types is being prepared at the
university Of animal pathology. The
university's interest Is primarily from
an animal standpoint, yet the fact that
in recent years the disease has been
more common in man incidentally as
sociates the experiments conducted
with the disease In humans"
This one type OF bacillus has been
found particularly fatal to chickens.
the department Of animal pathology
has found in conducting experiments
with poultry.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
COAL MINED BEYOND NORMAL
Bituminous Pits In Pennsylvania
Reach High Mark in Month
Of January.

Philadelphia, REPRODUCTION of an.
thracite coal in Pennsylvania In 1919
was the lowest in seven years. There
were mined 100000 tons, COM
pared with oS,826,00O tons In 1918.
Bituminous coal production reached
the lowest level since 1915, with 49,.
O63. 600 tons, nearly 21,OOO,000 tons
less than last year.
The soft coal mines In the first week
of January reached normal for the
first time since the miners returned to
work after the strike agreement. Pro
duction was 107 per cent of normal.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
LITTLE pI(KUl5
OF SPORT
Harvard has built 10 squash, ten

Harvard has built IS squash, ten
mis- and racquet courts.
Wesleyan, Conn, has recognized golf
as minor college sport.
The Murphy stable has won S1S5,O0
in purses during the last nine years.
fronwood, Mich, is after the 1921
National Ski associations tournament
National league baseball mines used
1866 baseballs during the 1919 sea-
son.
George Sisler will Guido Cobb as
hitter this year, according to st. LOUIS
fans.
Yale probably will accept an invi-
tation to send q track team to Eng
land.
The Yankees it is said. have spent
S25O,OOO for players in the last few
years.
G. w. P. Reynolds has been re-
engaged as football coach by Bucknell
college.
Three members of the Iowa football
team have refused appointments to
West Point.
Harry Shriver, pitcher, has been
turned back to Saginaw for another
year by Providence.
Jim Thorpe, great Indian star. de-
clares he will play in the major
leagues or nowhere.
University of Wisconsin has offered
University of Washington a date on
its 1920 football schedule.
The Indians are favored in the
winter book to win the American
league pennant this year.
Memphis Country club has been
awarded the western amateur golf
championship tournament.
| George Trafton, center of the Notre
Dame football team, has been d1squali'
fed for playing pro football.
Miller Higgins will soon make an
other effort to coax Frank Baker into
playing baseball another year.
New York A.. G. athletes won 1e
national and 80 district Amateur Ath.
letic union championships last year.
Harvard football players have elect
ed Arnold Horween Of Chicago captain
of the Crimson eleven for next year.
The New York A. G. athletics wor
1S national and 80 district Amateur
Athletic Union championships las
year.
league, of New York city, has set asid
fund Of $1,000 for the promotion Q
sports.
Hamilton, Ont. Is to have a moder
stadium for athletics. The bylaw a,
thorizing the expenditure was passe
at the recent election.
A series Of exhibition games hi
been arranged between the Washin
ton American league and Indianapol
!. American Association clubs.
t Jack Price, former winner Of Il
8 Powderhall (Scotland) Marathon. b,
0 challenged Alfred Shrubb for q mat,
= ut Is miles. Shrubb is coaching Il
Oxford university cross-country teal
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
HOW NEALE BECAME GREASY
Ease With Which He EVaded Tack
Iers in Football Games Caused
Him to Be Nicknamed.

Earle C'Grcasy') Neale, right field
err of the Cincinnati champions, while
at college, like Cfristy Nathewson.
was better known as football play
er than as a diamond athlete. He was
a halfback and one of the best broken
field runners who ever played the
game in the middle West.
The manner in which he evaded
tacklers in his runs with the ball
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
INTERNATIONAL SPORT CLUB
Applications to Number of 5000 Have
Been Made for Admission as
"Founders"

1t is reported that some 5000 appi-
cations have been received for admis-
sion as founder" in the Interna-
tiOnal Sporting club Of New York. the
new private boxing organization OF
that city. To be one Of the founders
costs $500 If the application is IA
vorably acted upon by the board of d.
rectors.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
Experts Find Serum to Combat
BotuIinus Bacillus.
rxnariments In Laboratories OF UNI
versity Of Illinois Meet win
Success.

CHAMPAIGN, nl.-The bacillus botuli-
ms IN the olives which caused the
death Of five persons in Detroit several
usaa.hs ago has been isolated by DR..
pohart Graham Of the department OF
sn,m., pathology at the University OF
Illinois. -
,,os associated with the olives IN
nat-o,t which caused the food poison
.rr there. Similar experience has
I'm e reported by psychologists 1t
stanford university in California a.
a,, az b, Belgian scientists" said DR..
~S.h.m cit constitutes, however, the
a., time this particular variety OF
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
HARVARD WILL PLAY CENTER
Kentucky College, Which Aroused
So Much Football Talk, Has BIG
Game In East.

Center college. which aroused 50
much talk In football last year. VIII
90 East next fall and take the grifiron
against Harvard. The game has been
scheduled for Oct. %. 1t was arranged
after the University of Illinois found
1t impossible to make the trip. r
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
SEASON OPENS APRlLs14

The championship season In
the American league will open
on Wednesday, April IA. the
date already chosen by the Ma
tional league. The old schedule
Of 154 games with be played in
each league. the season closing
on Sunday. October 8.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
Russian Soviets Order
12-Hour Day, 7-Day Week.

A dispatch from Finland says
the bolSheviki are trying 10
force the population of Russia
to work every day in the week
and have introduced compul-
sorry working day of II hours.
All working classes are affected.
1t is said the new rule is be-
ing enforced with the utmost Sc
verify.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
snain TO Have slsyscrapers.

Bilbao. Spain.-At a conference OF
property owners and architects It was
decided that owing to the great In
crease in land values here twenty and
thirt, stories buildings viii be built
hereafter.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
washinoton's Birthplace Sold.

Fredericksburg, va.-William g.
Iatane Of Butte, Mont, who married
Miss Mary Lindsay Of Fredericksburg.
has purchased Wakefield farm. In
Westmoreland county. where they will
make their home. The farm Is tho
birthplace OF George Washington
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
RULE FOR CARRYING PLAYERS
Southern Association Basebell Teams
May Play Nine Veterans, With
Six Recruits.

A rule under which nine veteran
players with class A experience ana
six less experienced men may be car
ried next season on the roster Of ench
Southern Association baseball te m
was adopted at an executive session OF
the annual meeting Of the associate Il
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
FAVORS DICTIONARIES

The boys of the American Lee
pion are not regarding Jack
Dempsey with favor, since he
managed to evade military duty
in the great war. They are right.
Carpenter, the Frenchman'
wears the honors of distin-
guished service and we are with
the legionnaires. We hope he
will knock Jacks block off,
George NJ. Bailey in Houston
Post.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20

caused him to be nkened to a creased
pig, and In that characterization lay
the origin of the xickname "0eeasy.
which has chung to him ever since.
For the past few years he has spent
the fall months coaching small COLI!
lege elevens in the middle West.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20

years to the development Of oarsmen.
A few years ago it looked as II the
veteran coach would have to quit. but
his health has improved, and he Is
looking forward with keen interest to
the 1920 races. He will be assisted by
John Hoyle,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
COURTNEY RETAINS POSITION
Has Devoted IS Years to Development
of Oarsmen at Cornell-Assisted
by Hoyle.

Although he is seventy years OF age
Charles e. Courtney still retains his
position as rowing coach at Cornell
university, where he has devoted 80
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20
Deal Gets Tourney.

England will hold the open so'r
championship at Deal uext summer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-03-20


meeting than
National StaSe anu
III
in
the general stan at
Washington speakers that the weights were too low" e
allowing dates Tor the
of
issued
namuh shows the three horses
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
CHESTER OSBORNE

1924 CHESTNUT ST. LOCUST soeI
n, w, COR. 5oth and Chestnut SITS, rooms
with garage inclossd porchi elegant locs-
tion for physician; price right. Harvey q
Aunsst, b2d and SAMSON SITS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15

IF a MAN will empty his purse into his
head and use 1t. no man can take II from
him An Investment IN any home I have
listed Is knowledge that always pays the best
interest So remember CROSS stands for ali
tIat's good in real estate. 59th and Larch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
FOUR BEDROOMS

New, cheerful homes. all latest Improve
ments; sample house 50O2 LRrChwOod ay. .
viii finance. JOS. GOETZ. on premises. or
woodland 1883,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
HOME BUYERS

400 block Wanamaker and Hobart sts.. be.
tween Master and Media SITS. will finance 10
suit the purcha ser. r. & D. DOYLE Co
hsIh Master st. Philad delphIa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15

I.oI ~ K5Tu 40 blocks " Of Market; an
unnsusi civ house 3Gn feet wide. central
Hall all outslls. extra large & rooms nna wlIn Sir;
ceilings. aaOrding plenty OF llSht antrIcitv anp t
tiled bath, bedrooms; price ssOOo' sSooO
&. yh YJOUD MORTGAGE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15

o433 WALNUT ST.-PorCh front 2.familv
apartment, ToUms and bath on eac ch dooT:
tSrnms nS0tnlns ilke Il In the City parauetry hoors
eullt-in tubs and marble showers lot aOSi00,
rent OF one apartment Approximately pays
carrying charges must be seen TO be apnre
clated; occupied by owner. Inuuire Ant' n
any time' possession 10 suit purchaser