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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-01-18

Walter j. Clark, jr., left yesterday
on a business trip to Boston.
The Thursday club will meet this
week with Mrs. O. w. Tapley.
Mrs. L. F. Giles, who has been seri-
ously ill, is now improving steadily.
1.-The date for the Ellsworth food
fair has been set for the week be-
ginning May 1.
The Mae Edwards players will
open three nights engagement here
tomorrow evening.
A public supper will be served at
the Methodist parsonage Thursday
evening, from $50 to Z.
Mrs. George H. Gould entertains
the Woman's Alliance of the Uni
tartan church this afternoon.
Rev. George S. Brookes of the Con-
gregational church will attend con-
vocation in Bangor next week.
The regular meeting of the wo-
mans auxiliary of Frank e. Whit
more post, A. L., will be held Feb. g..
Mrs. Leonard Jordan announces
the engagement of her daughter, Miss
Gladys Lillian Miles, to George R.
Caswell of Waltham, Mass.
L~charles Hodgkins of Chicago is
V1olCIn6 LID IOLucI, LII. LOW Is f1OuS-
kins. 1t is his first visit to his home
town for more than twenty years.
There will be cooked food sale at
the board of trade room at 2.3O,
Saturday, Jan. FL, under the auspices
of the senior class of the high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin M. Foster re-
turned last week from a visit of
three weeks with their daughter,
Mrs. John Hardwick, in Edmonton,
N. B.
Mrs. Charles G. Royal of West
Somerville, Mass, who was called
here by the death of her father,
Charles w. Gerry, last week, re-
turned home to-day.
Officers of Donaqua lodge, K. of
p, will be publicly installed this eve-
ming by Deputy Grand Chancellor
M. Y. McGown. A banquet will be
served at o'clock.
Harry l.. Stratton of Ellsworth is
spending this week in-Boston. Mrs.
Stratton, who has been visiting her
parents in West Newton a few weeks,
will return with him.
A father and son" banquet, under
the auspices of the Boy Scouts of
Ellsworth, will be served Monday eve
ming, Feb. 6. Judge l.. B. Deasy will
be the principal speaker.
Mrs. G. A. Hanscom has closed her
house for the remainder of the win
ter, and will leave tomorrow for
Boston, where she will stay a few
weeks, later going South.
Hans Kronold, the world-famous
'cellist who has been heard several
times at the Maine music festival
and also at music festival in Ellis
worth several years ago, died sud
denly in New York Sunday.
An open meeting of the woman's
club will be held in the Methodist
yestry, Tuesday evening, Jan. "a, at
7.3O. Rev. H. E. Dunnack, State IL
brarian, will speak. The public is
cordially invited.
Alphonso H. Emerton, formerly
of Bluehill, died last Thursday at
his home on Water street aged
seventy-three years. The family had
been living here about three
months. He leaves widow and four
daughters.
The installation of the I. o. O.. F.
lodges will be held Friday evening,
Jan. 20. Wivurna encampment will
install its officers at o'clock, pri-
vately, to be followed by banquet at
$50 for all Odd Fellows and Re-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-01-18

Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. ]. A. Weed, Pastor.
Sunday services-Morning worship
ming service at 7.30.
Sunday, Jan. 22-Morning subject
Scenes in the Life of Christ-His
Training" Evening, Shall We Have
An Intelligent Faith, or No Faith?"
st. JOseph's Catholic Church.
Rev. J. A. German, Pastor.
Sunday, Jan. 22-There will be no
services as the pastor will have mass
as Bucksport.
Conversational Church.
Rev. George S. Brookes, Pastor
Sunday services-Morning at 1890;
Sunday school at Has, Y. P. S. C. E.
meeting at p. m.
Sunday, Jan 22-Morning, Address
by Mrs. F. w. Wilcox, secretary of
woman's work of the American Mis-
topic, Buying and Selling" Mrs Will
cox, speaker.
Unitarian Church.
Rev. George T. Jones, Pastor.
Sunday services-Morning at 1890;
sermon by pastor. Sunday school at
1900.
Sunday, Jan. 4 22-Morning subject.
young peoples Sunday, "The Con-
Struction of a Life"
Baptist Church.
Rev. Clarence Emery, Pastor.
Sunday services-Morning at 1890;
Sunday school at 11.45; evening at
7.3O.
Sunday, Jan. 22-Morning subject,
Missing the Purpose of Providence"
Evening, special song service. "The
Gospel Story in Song" to be sung by
the chorus choir.
Union Congregational Church, Ellis
worth Falls.
Rev. George S. Brookes, Pastor.
Sunday services-Sunday school at
1880 a. m. Service at 7.30 p. M Ad-
dress by Mrs. Wilcox
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-01-18
COMING EVENTS.

Thursday, Jan. 10, $50 to p. m., at
Methodist parsonage-Public supper;
Friday evening, Feb. 8, at Congre-
gational vestry, Ellsworth Falls
when Feller Needs a Friend"
Admission, rs cents; children under
twelve, Is cents.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan.
10, 20 and 81, at Hancock hall-Mae
Edwards players.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-01-18
WEATHER IN ELLSWORTH.
For Week Ending at Midnight Tuesda
Jan. II. 1922.

From observations taken at the power
station Of the Bar Harbor g. Union River
Power Co., in Ellsworth. Precipitation is
given in inches for the twenty-four hours
ending at midnight.
Weather Precip-
Temperature conditions ttation
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-01-18
CHURCH NOTICES.


Union Prayer Meetings.
There will be union prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening, at the Metho-
dist church, Rev. Clarence Emery,
leader; Thursday evening at the Bap-
tist church, Rev. George S. Brookes,
leader.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-01-18
LOCAL AFFAIRS

SCHEDULE OF MAILS.
Ellsworth POstOmce.
MAILS RECEIVED
Week Days.
From West-6.47, a. M; 4.31 p. m.
From East-11.11 a. M; 6.27 p. m.
MAILS CLOSE AT POSTOFFICE
Week Days.
Going west-1o.4o a. M; s.1S. 500
p. m.
Going East-6.15 a. M; $50 p. m.
Registered mail should be at post
office half an hour before mail closes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
FIND CHEESE SUBTLE THING
Reason That Is Advanced for the Ap-
parent lnpossibiIity Of initiating
the Genuine Camembert.

a man interested In agricultural
products wanted to make cheese of
the type Of Camembert, but while he
had the same ferment, employed the
same methods and used what seemed
to be the same kind Of milk, neither he
nor anyone else In this country OBJ
tanned the same result.
On visiting France he found that the
makers of the cheese in question were
Very particular about their milk, OBJ
tanning it from the dairymen Of a GER
tain district only. In the fields Of these
farmers there grew, he found, sprink
ling of certain grasses that he did not
find elsewhere and It is possible, and
even likely, that these make the subtle
difference in the milk that shows in
the cheese which DISTINGUISHES the gen
uine from the artificial product.
And Yet, the special grasses were
only incidental; they were not the
main grasses of the pasture. which
were the same as those found else
where.-Ellwood Hendrick in Harper's
Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
SAW STEAMBOAT AS ENEMY
Sailors and Fishermen Alike preaaed
Power Of Which They Had No
Comprehension.

When Fulton's steamboat, the Cler-
mont, made her maiden trip on the
Hudson river in 1907, it frightened.
more persons than 1t interested. Fish
ermen and small boatmen to a man
believed 1t to be some horrible mon
ster, and headed for shore as fast as
they could CO. and once on land ran
at top speed into woods and fields
to hide. Crews Of larger sailing ships
were no better, and many a schooner
was deserted and left to drift down
stream as the snorting, clanking,
smoke-tossing Clermont appeared.
Later 1t was made known along the
river what the thing was, and there
at once arose a great wave Of hate
instigated by boatmen who saw their
business ruined, and by fishermen who
were sure the noise of the steamboat
would drive the fish to sea. Added to
them were hundreds Of religious IA
natics who declared the boat was tho
work Of the devil and flying in the
face of God" So acute did this dis
like grow that attempt after attempt
was made by large sailing ships to
run the Clermont down. The state
legislature had to pass a special law
making 1t a criminal offensa to at
tempt to injure the boat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
FINGER PRINTS NEVER CHANGE
Not Even the Smallest Variation Takes
Place From Infancy to Ex.
trene Old Age.

The use Of finger prints as q means
OF identification vas first made prac-
teal and put into operation by Sir
William Herschel of the Indian civil
service in the police department Of
Bengal. The lineations of the thumb
and fingers have, however, attracted
the attention Of scientists for at least
a century.
The ridges and patterns are of four
primary types. First, arches, In which
the ridges run from one side to the
other, but make no backward turn;
second, loops in wnch some of the
ridges make a backward turn but
are devoid Of twists; third, whirls,
In which some Of the ridges make
turn through at least one complete
circuit; and fourth, composite, where
two or more Of the first three patterns
are combined in the same imprint.
1t has been demonstrated that these
designs persist unchanged in the small
est detail throughout the individuals
life. and that there are no two per-
sons whose imprints are Identical. The
design on the fingers of a newborn
infant are easily recognizable In the
same person in old age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26

An ordinary passenger locomotive
consumes a pound of fuel for every
80 feet it travels. Each unnecessary
stop, made with a heavy freight or
passenger train represents fuel loss
of from 500 TO $50 pounds of coal de-
pending on the weight of the train.
the length of the stop and the grade
conditions.
A brake-line air leak on a train of
30 freight cars has been known to
cause loss of as much as 2,o40
pounds of coal in a ten-hour period.
The loss of coal each time modern
locomotive pops off for five minutes is
about seventy-five pounds. If locenp-
tive tiremen We're to save little more
than one shovelful of coal out of each
ten used, the total saving would be
equal to nearly per cent of all the
coal Embellishments Work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26

One Of the curious American char
acters Of the last century was the
"Old Leather Man" who for nearly
30 years tramped over eastern New
York and Connecticut clad almost en-
ttrely in leather. His home was in a
cave near Sing Sing, where he was
found dead in 1889. He did occa-
sional jobs of plumbing, and never
accepted any recompense but food and
tobacco.
He was said to have been made in
sane by an unfortunate love affair In
France when he was a young man.
According to the story, he won the
heart of the daughter of a wealthy
leather merchant and entered into her
fathers business to prove his worthi-
ness. He speculated in leather and
when the market in that commodity
crashed, his prospective father-in-law
was ruined and his own hopes were
shattered This unhinged his mind, and
he determined to spend the rest Of his
life wandering around the countryside
clothed in leather. His name was
Jules Bourglay.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
DATES FROM SIXTH CENTURY
Oldest Known Latin Extant 10 Not
Epigram, but Decidedly Com
monpIace In Expression.

Those who swear by the classics,
and believe that in them Is set down
all wisdom, as well as those who f1out
this view for old fogeyism, may be
surprised to learn that the Oldest
known Latin extant, dating. accord
ing to most scholars, as early as the
Sixth century. B. c., Is neither frag-
ment of an old law carved In crumbling
stones nor a scrap Of old parchment
containing a calendar proclamation.
Instead it appears on so frivolous
thing as a piece Of jewelry, gold
brooch, and that not made for wom-
an, but meant to be worn by Roman
patrician to fasten the folds Of his
toga at the shoulder. The motto on
the piece is nothing that could be
carved on a courthouse cornerstone,
nor is it suitable for printing on
state seal. 1t is only a journeyman
jewelers. mark, and may be translated
Mlapip1 Made Me for Numarius."-
Vs. ~ New York Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
Eei-like Water Doa,

The hellbender Is large, ugly look.
ing but harmless salamander, found
In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and
southwark. The hellbender is known
as an alligator and water dog. Two
species inhabit the central parts OF
the United States, Of which the mors
common and widespread is the Nee
turus maculatus. 1t reaches the length
Of one foot to twenty inches, Is
smooth, Shiny and brown blotched,
with the tufted gills dark red These
creatures remain mostly among weeds
Or rocks at the bottom Of the water
during the daytime, but at night they
move about, often with quick ell-like
motions, Ia search of crawfsh, worms,
insects, frogs and 1t readily takes the
bait Off the fsherman's hook. It Is
tenacious Of life and can live for hours
out of water. They spawn during the
months Of April and May. The spawn
much resembles that Of frogs, but
10 lighter in color.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
HOW FIRST LOCK WAS MADE
development Of the Key Reveals an
Interesting Story of Ages Long
Passed Away.

The modern lock Is a deyelonment
OF the horizontal bar placed across
the inside Of the door. This was a
good substitute for lock when one
remained inside, and to adjust 1t SO
that 1t would fall into place when the
'oof was closed from the outside was
comparatively simple, but to lift the
par from the outside when one wished
TO enter, was the problem. This vas
accomplished by fitting a hole into the
door post, through which something
designed to lift the bar was inserted.
Ih1s was the first keyhole and the
instrument used in lifting the bar
was the first key, says the Hroo,lvn
Daily Eagle.
The simplest idea for preventing
the bar from sliding was to bore a
hole III the top of the bar, which
would also penetrate the staple on
which it rested, and drop a peg into
the hole through the staple The un-
locking problem could be accom-
plished by any instrument which would
lift the peg and permit the bar to
slide back Then If a series of pegs
We're used, all of which had to be
lifted, unlocking would be more diff
ficult. In our modern locks the pegs
have simply been replaced by "tum-
blers' on which the key acts in the
same way. The key originally had
wooden pegs fastened to correspond
with the pegs holding the bar in place
Oh the inside, and these pins developed
into the notches which are on our
modern keys. AS there We're no
pockets In those days the other end
of the key was made into a ring and
worn on the finger That is why the
keys of today usually have a ring at
the end-just a relic of the past.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26

A dramatization called THE
Boy and the Wolf" was given by
the third and fourth grades: Leo
Goode, the Boy; Fred Shipe and
10y Golladay, the woodchoppers;
Leo Shipe, Edward Keyes, Clin-
ton Lichliter, Willard Ritenour,
aud Howard Goode, the sheep;
Adam Lichliter and Wilbert
Hoffman, the wolves.
The sixth grade gave play
called The Lost Trousers. " The
actors were Lucy Glenn, Ray Glenn
Carl Golladay, Ophelia Barr and
Lucille Goode.
The seventh grade of Keller's
School, Essie Munich and Mary
Rltenour, acted dialogue called
Jennie's Secret"
Renting the Pickaninuies"
was the name of the seventh
grade play with the following
cast: Rastus Jol1nson-Chester
Shipe, Mandy Johnson-Olla Rit-
enour; Sam Adams Johnson-A u-
brey Goode, Abe Linkum John
son-Glendie Goode; Indy Sue
Jollnson-Catherine Glenn, Miss
Benson lisa bel Munich, Miss Howe
Dorothy Bitner.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
HAGERSTOWN. MD.
Got a "Wintc,% ffark.

Paul, in the first ga .e Of school
rought home a. exercise paper
Which the teJcher had marked with
big cross from corner to corner
and demanded to know what the mark
meant. His mother explained that it
meant that the work was all wrong.
The next day he brought home an
other paper, in great elation.
Il got a better mark today" he
.aid. II was marked winter. Lots
of other kids were marked winter.
too"
His mother examined the paper, on
which the teacher, by way Of variety,
had inscribed big cipher.
why, that's rs bad as yesterday.
the mother explained. That's zero
why did you say you were marked
wintsr'r'
"Well, winter Is zero, isn't lit" 70
spopded the youngster.-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
Notice of Dissolution of the
Maurertown Mutual Tele-
phone Company, of Maur-
ertown, Virginia.

A resolution of the stockholders of
the Maurertown Mutual Telephone Co.
at the regular annual meeting on the
18th day of March, 1922, having been
passed unanimously looking to the dis
solution of the corporation, and like
resolution having been passed by the
Board of Directors of said corporation,
and consent in writing of all the stock
holders to the dissolution having been
obtained and the law requiring pub
lished notice of the date on which it is
proposed to file its petition before the
State Corporation Commission:
THIS IS THEREFORE to notify all
stockholders and all other persons that
on the 10th day of June. 1922, there
will be presented to the State Corpo-
ration Commission, in Richmond, Vir-
ginia, at its offices, the written consent
to such resolution, and at the same
time file petition, verified by the
affidavit of its President, or one of its
Vice-Presidents, alleging its reasons
for desiring to dissolve.
Given this 18th day of May, 1922.
MAURERTOWN MUTUAL TELE-
PHONE COMPANY
By Roy Hickman, President.
Attest:
W. H. Wright, Secy. & Treasurer
May 12-4t
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
Orioin of Slang Term.

Students Of slang have found inter-
est in an article in an English mag
azine on "Black Beetles" because it
gives what Is perhaps the origin OF
the use of cuckoo as new syn
onym for crazy According to the
writer the word cockroach comes
from the Spanish "cucaracha,' which
he says probably means a sort OF bug
in Spanish "cuco" The word bug in
a similar. If restricted. sense has be-
come pretty well established In slang
use in this country, and perhaps, say
students Of the subject, finding its
way across the Rio Grande, has been
exchanged for its Mexican equivalent
in the same way that many other Span
ish words have entered the American
,anguage.-New York Evening Post.
women Match Coins.
"T1l match you" used to be reserved
for masculine conversation. The NIP
Of a coin decided who was to pay for
lunch or for a cigar. But women have
taken 1t up. 1t is masculine no longer.
1.-THE women have gotten tired Of
fighting about who is to pay" said the
observing soda counter cashier. 1T
used to take them about five minutes
to decide. Now they match a couple
q quarters to find out. The winner
~ treateh"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26

MONSTERS OF DISTANT PAST
Proof That Birds Capable Of Lifting
and Carrying Of FuIi-0rown
Men Once Existed.

Recent scientific discoveries in vari-
Gus parts of the world 90 to prove that
In times long gone by there were birds
big enough to lift a man into the air
without difficulty, observes a London
Tit-Bits writer.
1t is well known that an eagle with
a five-feet spread of wings can lift
lamb weighing ten pounds, and that
olrd can generally lift one-half more
than Its own weight. Many Of the
enormous birds of ancient times
weighed many hundreds of pounds,
and some Of them had a spread of
wings which would cover a present
day street car.
There once lived in the Rocky noun
talns of America a race Of parrots
seven feet high. One nearly complete
skeleton Of this remarkable species
mas been preserved, and fragments of
others have recently been dug up,
These parrots are supposed to have
trodden the earth about 100000
years ago,
Another amazing creature was a
running bird Of prey Of the heron fam
ily' 1t had head larger than that Of
horse, with huge sharp beak and
was eight feet high. Like the parrot,
1t could not fly to any height, as its
wings were not large enough to sup
port it.
In the island of Madagascar there
used to be IN enormous bird called
the aepyornis, This creature wa. ten
feet high and laid eggs thirteen inches
long and three feet In circumference.
1t is supposed to have become extinct
only little more than a century ago.
Although the aepyornis must have
been sufficiently awe-inspiring sight,
the giant moa" Of New Zealand,
which stood IA feet high and weighed
at least half ton, must have been
even moro So
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26

Adam came walking up the path
with his pet dinosaurs.
Hubby said Eve, wistfully, Shin
ny up that tree and get me the gold
and purple leaf on the top bough."
Eve, for heavens sake, away up
there? Why, I'd fall and break
my-"
Never mind that, Adam, you shin
ny, I'm going over to Nod to card
party this afternoon and I've got to
show some class to that bunch Of
stuckJlp hens!"
And so, setting the example for all
time, Adam took chance and shin
MED up.-Richmond Times Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
RESTORING DEAD TO LIFE
Remarkable Effects of Substance
Which the Medical Fraternity
Knows as AdrenaIin.

Within the last few months quite
number of cases have been reported
Of persons, who were to all intentS
and purposes dead, being restored to
life. The instance which occurred in
Yorkshire, when woman, said by
her doctor to be dead showed signs
Of returning life within a quarter Of
an hour, is a case in point, writes the
medical correspondent Of London Tit
Bits.
There was also the case of child
eleven months old, who apparently
died while undergoing an operation
and could not be revived even by mas
sage of the heart. The little ones
body had actually become cold when
the doctor made an injection of a sub
stance called adrenalin.
The result of this treatment on the
childs heart which had ceased to beat
for four minutes, was that 1t imme-
diately began to beat again and the
patient made a perfect recovery.
There Is also on record the sudden
dropping dead of woman of thirty
in other words, she would have been
left for dead by the ordinary prac-
titioner, for she was pulseless, her
heart had stopped beating, her jaws
were set and her eyes glazed, For
tunately she was seen by doctor who
had had experience in the use OF
adrenalin. He injected dose and
soon the woman was sitting up and
talking to her friends.
In cases where there is no disease
or damage of any Of the vital bodily
organs, restoration to life is quite pos
sible if the appropriate remedy can be
applied ir good time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
GroWnups PLAYED With Dolls,

1t is told how sailors of the Span
as mascots and actually to play with.
Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico, en-
tering the court of the king, Monte
yuma, on the evening of November s,
1919, found the whole court seated on
the floor playing with dolls, But for
this, history might have been different
Later when Cortez sent an expedi-
ton northward into what is now
Texas, he found a curious worship of
dolls among the Hopi Indians, the
dolls being given to the children for
which persists among these people to
this day.-Leslie's Weekly