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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
AMERICA,s GREATEsT TOOL

"The plow is regarded by those
who have made a, special study of
this subject as the most important
tool of civilization, but the can-open-
er seems to be gaining.-Ohio State
Journal.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
BAD AS A CROSSING SMASH

"One of the worst auto accidents
that has happened near Norcatur in
long time" says the Norcartur Dis
patch, was the breaking of a strand
of beads in the ear Sunday night,
just before his wife came home from
vacation in the hills on the Monday
morning train. ."-Capper's Weekly.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
THE EVIDENCE

'I don't know whether to become a
painter or poet!'
Become a painter!'
"Have you seen my pictures|
mo, but l have read your poems?
-Dorfbarbier (Berlin).
GETTING ALONG
When Margaret Colston, who has
foresworn Texas to become Holly
wood girl, first took music lessons,
she was proud of her progress. Al
though but tiny girl, she mastered
her pieces rapidly, to the great ad-
miration of her friends.
But can you really read notes,
after only these few lessons?" a
friend of the family asked her.
You bet 1 can," insisted Margaret.
II can even read them with the book
upside down."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
'TwOULD REQUIRE TACT

Simmons had returned from his va
cation.
Il certainly enjoyed the husking-
bees" he said to a friend. Were
you ever in the country during the
season Of husking-bees?"
"Husking- bees" exclaimed the girl;
why l never heard of that! How do
you husk a bee, anyway, Mr. Sim
mons ?"-The Open Road.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
ABE MARTIN

stands . fer X-ray, X-ray photos,
you know,
Th' poses that cost $25 81 throw.
Who remembers when we could git
common school education.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
Puzzled

Every picture studio that employs
children is required by law to have
a school teacher constantly ;n at
tendance and these lively little screen
folks are both a pleasure and tor
ment and how they love to rag the
teacher.
AT Foxs the other day, {, denlure
little one. raised her hand, and on
receiving permission to speak, asked:
Teacher, can you move yonr brain?'
"Of course not, dear, what a funny
question:
Then, please, how do you change
your mind?''
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
THE LIAR

Each day you grow more beautltul,
He told his wife-she sped
And smashed the mirror in her
room
81 hate liar!" she said
Boston Transcript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
PREPARED FOR THE WORST

Wife-"rhat boy of our gets more
like you every day."
Husband (meekly) = Whats he
been up to now?".-The Humorist
(London)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
Long and short OF II

John Philip Sousa, famous bands
man, said at a banquet in New York:
ITO succeed in grand opera here
at home American girls first go
abroad and succeed in Paris, London,
Milan and Naples. The longest way
round in their case is the shortest
way home, you see.
TITS like Smith
"'So your beautiful young wife
refused to marry you when you first
prorosed?" I said to Smith in the
yourse of confidential chat, Did you
keen on pursuing her till she con-
sented?
Not much" said Smith, I went
out and made fortune. After that
1T was she who did the pursuing"
Exchange. t.f...
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
Gag-Rule in Senate Has
Double Application
BY OnazTes p. Stewart

WASHINGTON-At first thought it
may seem as if there'd be nothing
very severe in a rule limiting sena-
tors to an hour apiece to discuss
any given subject before the upper
house of congress for consideration.
1t speeds up business, of course.
But there's another principle involved,
which most folk who favor gag-rule
appear to overlook.
It's the principle that the senate,
as originally created, is supposed to
act as a brake on the house of
representatives-to prevent halfbakad
Gag-rule keeps it from
acting that way.
It's perfectly true that a senate
minority frequently has kept the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
GETTING ALONG
PROUD OF 1T

Mary-"I didn't know Ted had any
idea of marrying you"
AnnL"He hadn't-it was entirely
my own a!'-Life.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
ECONOMIC NOTE

ECONOMIC NOTE
We have now cut out so much
waste in industry that we can spend
three or four times as much money
in the night clubs.
copyright, 1925. Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
Ahead of Her

Not so very long ago, criminal psy-
biologists startled the underworld by
announcing that by taking the an
swers to a long list of questions hurl-
ed at a criminal in rapid fire order,
they could tell to a certainty whether
the man was innocent or guilty.
But" said Prof. Langdon at a din
ner in ST. Louis, while the idea was
Sound, it did not always work out as
desired, and many of the tests re-
minded me of an incident that hap
pened right her in one of your own
schools.
THE teacher Was conducting a
show-off' lesson:
" Now children, tell me the oppo-
site of misery
Happiness thundered the class.
And of sadness?
Gladnessn
"'And of woe?
Giddap" shouted the enthusiastic
class"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
SCORED A HIT

A smart young fellow had been try
ing his wit on his fellow passengers
in the train, and they were getting
rather tired of it, SO when an old
man in the corner spoke up, they
listened with interest.
Here, young man. said he, two
Americans were walking down the
street. The one, was tall, and the
other short. The tall one was the
short ones son, but the short one
was not the tall ones father"
That's impossible" said the young
fellow, after puzzling for a while.
mo, it's fact said the older
man.
What relation then, was the short
one to him?" kuerried the wit.
His mother! said the old chap
quietly
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
TOO MUCH PEP

TOO MUCH PEP
On New Years Day, Walter Stern
gave his little daughter Barbara a
peppermint lozenge. She held it in
her mouth for a little while, then
took it out and carefully placed it
one the window sill.
Whats the matter Barbara?" asked
Walter, don't you like my candy?"
Eyes, I like it all right said Bar
bara, "but I think I'll let it cool off
a little"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27

majority from doing what it wanted
to do, by talking everlastingly, ana
tying things up, until finally the
majority had to give up and drop
some measure = had had its heart set
on
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27
AT LAST

If fires can be extinguished by
musical instruments some useful pur-
pose may be found for the saxo-
phone.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27

CHANCE FOR AN INVENTOR
The use of bituminous coal in the
East suggests the possibility of an
indelible smoke for use in sky writ
ing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-27

Nevertheless, minorities do have
their rights, or ought to. At any
rate, the founding fathers" thought
so.
That's why they stood for unlimit-
ed debate in the senate. Limitations s
all right in the house of represent
atives. That's the popular body
supposed to be responsive to national
1ads and whims, and to go off at half
cock occasionally. Its creators the
ory was that stop, Look, Listen"
was the correct motto for the senate
And unlimited debate there is the
minorities one white alley. It's OBJ
structive, certainly. 1t was meant to
be. r., ltt.t.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Mother! lis
Cruel to "Physic"
Your Child

To Dr. w. b. Caldwell, of Monticello,
H., practicing physician for AZ years,
1t seemed cruel that so many consti-
pated infants and children had to be
kept constantly Stirred up" and half
sick by taking cathartic pills, tablets,
salts, calomel and nasty oils.
While he knew that constipation was
the cause of nearly all chlldren's little
Ills, he did not believe that a sickening
purge" or "physic" was necessary.
In DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin he
discovered a laxative which helps to
establish natural bowel regularity"
even If the child is chronically con-
stipated. DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin not only causes a gentle, easy
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Students in Double Role

A combination choral and athletic
invasion of Europe this summer Is
planned by Northwestern university.
Three hundred students and profes-
sors have been mobilized for the tour,
leaving New York July 3, returning rs
days later. Dick Howell, Olympic
swimming star, will double in bass.
Charles Hoff, Norwegian pole vaulter.
will take his bride on the trip and
probably enter some American uni
versity on his return. The univer-
sity's world-record swimming relay
will enter the 14-mile River Seine
swim. The group is being organized
into a chorus under the director of the
glce club. A violin and piano sololst
will 60 along.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Another Laugh Going

The old lady's story is coming true.
She refused to believe telegram be-
cause It was not In her sons writ
ing; and most of us have laughed at
the tale.
But there viii be no room to laugh
at II much longer; another bit Of hu-
NOR Is going out of the world.
It is all due to the great progress
which has been made In the sending
Of photographs by telegraph.
Many French post offices are now
accepting written letters, which are
copied by photography, and with the
instruments invented by NJ. Belln the
letters are telegraphed as they were
written. and are delivered as an exact
facsimile of the sender's handwriting
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Finds Life a Mystery

Sir oliver Lodge, at recent lecture
at Christ church, London, gave his
latest views of life. He said 1t Is
quite as mysterious as the life be-
yond the grave. 1t is not a form Of
energy, ''it is, rather, a guiding and
directing principle. 1t uses energy
and 1t uses matter, but 1t does not
seem. itself, to belong to the physical
frame of things at all" Sir oliver
cited as proof of his theory that life
is not energy the fact that a seed
can give rise to countless generations.
He declared: 1T is like the influx
of something from outside, as If we
were tapping an infinite reservoir
which can, by proper arrangement, be
brought to interact with matter for a
time, and then depart whence 1t
came"
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
SNVDARD FOR 5oYLGR5 z
Wyoming Great Game State

Wyoming this year has shown one
of the greatest increases in game OF
any state in the nation. A census of
game in the state taken by the fish
and game commissioners shows at the
present time 39.770 elk. 26160 deer.
1890 antelope, 4,275 moose, 2,s3U
mountain sheep and more than 1000
bears. The annual increase In elk is
so great that the game commissioner
says 5000 more bull elk should be
killed during the hunting season OF
1926 than were slain last year.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
GoIfng Knickers

The expression plus fours' orlgi-
mated from the fact that golfers found
the regular knickerbockers a bit too
uncomfortable for gofing. Designers
of mems apparel, therefore, drafted
pattern for knlckerbockers for golfing
in which four inches were added TO the
inside seam with standard length OF
20 inches. The additional four inches
on each leg provides for the drop of
the "plus fours," and so the model
came by its name.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
POWER OF DECISION
TEST OF NORMALITY
Unbalanced Brain IncGp-
able of Reasoning.

Everybody has a kink," said a
noted alienist, giving evidence in a
mental case recently, and a celebrated
French authority has done us the com
pllment to say we are all more or less
insane.
Probably they really mean that few
OF US are perfectly normal. A clever,
even brilliant person may yet be mad
ana many great people have their
kinks; and the border line between
genius and madness is sometimes per
lously thin. The highly wrought
brain is often Overstrung and liable to
yleld or sag little in some direction.
Ihe 'kink" may show itself in fad.
such as kleptomania, avarice, or
peculiarlties of diet, or clothing.
one is apt to think that person
deranged mentally is incapable of
dealing effectively with anything.
II may be so with the idiot but
many lunatic has shown astonishing
abilities in some directions, music,
mathematics, or invention. For It is
curious that in a brain where there is
q gap in the reasoning faculties there
Is sometimes compensating coher-
ence and capacity elsewhere, even a
stratum of genius. The writer knew
an asylum patient who played the
cello as few of the concert virtuosi
can.
The fact is that the possession OF
culture or talent is not always a proof
of high intellectual development.
Some lunatics have strange powers of
learning and wonderful memories.
They had maniac In Paris who could
answer any question put from an en-
cyclopedia and correctly give the dates
of practically every event In history.
There have been many mathematical
and other prodigies outside the asy-
lums, and most of them have had
their kinks" They were not normal,
and sometimes long way from it
as In the case OF the boy who could
do staggering feats in mental calcula-
tion, yet could never wash or dress
himself.
And yet there is a difference be-
tween eccentricity and insanity,
though they run each other pretty
close sometimes, as in the case Of the
learned American university professor
who Qt is said) rarely washed, lived
on boiled onions, could never make up
his mind unaided on any matter and
had a distressing habit of discarding
all his garments on hot days. VIII
liam Blake, brilliant though his
achievement was in poetry. was never
quite sane.
Why is it that so often the brilliant
academic scholar fails in life? The
psychologist will tell you that the
-asefe accrction of book learning and
the development of the faculty OF
memory counts for little In the mental
scale, for memory is one of the lowest
of the cerebral functions.
The test comes when the brain has
to make its own decision, without the
support of rule or experience. When
Judgment has to be weighed and a de-
cision made, then comes the crucial
test. When the unbalanced brain Is
faced with the problems of cold reason
and calculation, then is shown the gap
between perfect sanity and defect.
But, after all, 1t would be a dull
world If we were all turned out Of one
mold.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
fnUifing Trouble

Most our our troubles come upon US
because In our outlook there is room
IN the world for none other than our
selves. We think, plan, work, and get,
regardless of the fact that others have
the same rights that we have. We in.
vite most OF our troubles.-Grit.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

determined to find the road to better
health.
She writes: 81 think Lydia e. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound is simply
wonderful. My health is better than 1t
has ever been. | am getting stronger
and gaining in weight"
She has solved her problem and her
household is happier. The Dyers live
at Redlands, Calf, Route A, Box 1S3
How often does your husband have
to do your housework? No matter how
willing he is, no woman feels comfort
able about 1t. Perhaps you. too. will
find better health through the faithful
use of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Fiddle From Beer Keg

John Shreiner, old-tlme fiddler of
Portland, Ore, is using a fiddle made
from beer keg to provide music for
square dances. 1t is a small keg, with
two Sits In the side for a sounding
board. Strings are stretched along
this and over a finger board about
three feet in length, making the in
strument about the size and playing
range of q cello.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

her with much of
her housework. Be-
cause she was in Ill
health for five years,
1t was often neces-
sary for him to do
this. But 1t both
cred Mrs. Dyer. She
felt that he had to
work hard enough
anyway. The time
he spent in doing
her work was needed
for his own. She
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

bowel movement, but, best OF all, II
never grlpes, sickens or upsets the
most delicate system. Besides, 1t is alb
solutely harmless, and so pleasant that
even cross, feverlsh, bilious, sick
child gladly takes II.
Buy a large 60-cent bottle at any
store that sells medicine and just SEQ
for yourself
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
So Boring

ut strikes me automobiles are be-
coming more Of pest than a pleas
ure."
You're quite right, dear. The last
four cars | went out in l had four
wretched proposals."
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Burns "Last Poem" Found

What is supposed to have been
Bobby Burns last poem has been
found In Waiko Maiti, Otago, a re-
mote settlement In New Zealand 1t
is addressed to Miss Jessie Lewars,"
the girl who nursed him in his illness
Just before he died, and who later
married and went to New Zealand to
live.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

No ugly, grlmy streaks on the
clothes when Red Cross Ball Blue is
used. Good bluing gets good resultR
All grocers carry it.-Advertisement.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

Majorities have their way, but mi
norities can make 1t mighty uncom-
Portable for them.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

For some must watch, while some
must sleep: SO runs the world away.
Shakespeare.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

SYRUP
PEpSIN

A man cannot be said TO succeed
in this life who does not satisfy ono
friend.-Thoreau.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
For Tan and Sunburn.

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Use o. Us Beauty Lotion, Tho
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Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

Some pretty happy people just let
life happen to them.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

When a man says he is making the
best of 1t always means he has got
the worst of It.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Much Experience

Employer-Have you done any night
work.
Applicant-Yes, sir; I courted for
two years.-Pralrie Farmer.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Fresh

She-Let's do something unusual.
He-All right, you pay for the tick.
ets.-Life.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
CHILD'S BEST LAXATIVE
IS CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

MOTHER Even constipated, bill
ious, feverish or sick, collie Babies and
Children love to take genuine Cali
fornia Fig Syrup" No other laxative
regulates the tender little bowels so
nicely. 1t sweetens the stomach and
starts the liver and bowels without
gripping. Contains no narcotics or
soothing drugs. Say california" to
your druggist and avoid counterfelts.
Insist upon genuine california Fig
Eyrup" which contains directions
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
SHOULD
HUSBANDS DO
HOUSE WORK?
How Mrs. Dyer Solved the
Problem.

Mrs. Mildred Dyer was lucky. She
had a gOod-natured husband who helped
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11

Better live rich than die rich.
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
Piles Can Be Cured

Etching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding)
Many sufferers have been made very happy
over the results obtained from the use of
PAZO OINTMENT at any Drug Store.
Follow the Directions Carefully
Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
HIS
BELOVED
TUNE
By MARY B. WOODSON

ID. lsg6. western Newspaper unLonl
, 1926-12-04
Publication.

ct is hereby brought to public notice
that the Trademark shown below
- which was registered in the United
States Patent Office, Washington, D. c.,
On August 10. 1919 in the name of Pills
bury Flour Mills Company of Minnea-
polls, Minnesota, a corporation organ
lied and existing under the laws of the
State of Minnesota, and Trade mark GER
%tificate No. 1875, 1886, issued therefor, has
this date been registered in the Office of
the Government Secretary of the Virgin
Islands of the United States at St. Tho
mas, in accordance with the provisions in
the regulations governing the registration
of Patents and Trade marks in the Virgin
Islands, approved 30 June, 1920.
, 1926-12-04

THE ST CPOTX AVIS
printed and published daily (Sundoys
and Holidays excepted by G. J0bdnS8n at
tie AUj8 Office.
TERNS:-50 cents monthly an advance.
2 cents per single copy.
Entered as, second class matter May
26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian
sted. St. Croir. V. L. of the y, S. A. IN
der the Act of March 3, 1879.
Ellsworth American., 1926-04-14
Customs of Indians
Unclaimed by Time

The Indians living in the region Of
San Francisco bay have not changed
their customs or place of abode for
$500 years, says DR.. A. l.. Kroeber of
the University of California. when
Troy was besieged and Solomon was
building his temple, at IA period when
even Greek civilization had not yet
taken on the traits that we regard as
characteristic, when only few scat
tering foundations of specific modern
culture were being laid and our own
northern ancestors dWelled in unmiti-
gated barbarism, the native Californian
already lived in all essentials like his
descendant of today" This knowledge
was obtained from shell mounds sub
merged around the bay. All classes OF
objects found in these mounds were
unearthed with practically the same
frequency from the top, middle and
bottom. This shows that these prehis-
toric people ate the same kind of food,
wore the same kind of clothes and had
the same customs as their descendants.
The age of the mounds is estimated by
calculating the time necessary for such
shells to accumulate.-Pathfind Mag
aZine
Ellsworth American., 1926-04-14
CARD OF THANKS.

wish to express my appreciation
for the assistance and sympathy eN-
tended me in recent bereavement
| also wish to extend my THANKS lor
thp beautiful floral tributes.
Mrs. Alton f. Farnsworth
Ernoklin. Maine. April =. l9-6:
Ellsworth American., 1926-04-14
Poetic Legend

There is great deal Of indefinite
ness, not only as to the origin but as
to the application Of the name "For-
get Mel Not" applied to the flower.
German legend is full of explanations
of it's origin. In one myth knight
dashes into lake to pluck the flow
ers growing on the further bank On
his return his strength is exhausted.
Feeling that he cannot regain the
shore, though very near it, he throws
the flowers at his lady loves feet, and,
crying Forget me not" disappears
beneath the waves.
Ellsworth American., 1926-04-14
DIED.

COOMBS-At Brooklin, April 6, Fred
erick w. Coombs. aged 62 years, 3
months, 6 days.
DAY At Englewood, Colo, March
%, Chester G. Day. a native of South
Bluehll, aged 54 years
FIFIELD-At Ashley, Mass. April 4,
Mrs. Catherine Fifeld formerly of
Stonington, aged 81 years, months
25 days
GRANT-At Hancock, April 1S, Mrs.
Cynthia J. Grant, aged II years, 8
months, % days,
HERRICK-At BluehiI April 6, Mrs.
George |. Herrick, aged 33 years
HASKELI4-At Lewiston, April s, Mrs.
Lena A. Haskell. formerly of ELS
worth, aged 67 years II months, "
days
HAMILTDN-At Ellsworth Falls, April
13, Mrs. Eva e. Hamilton, aged 40
years.
MiLIIK EN-At Bar Harbor April r.,
Mark l.. Milliken, formerly of ELS
worth. aged 90 years.
27. Mrs Nellie Robertson, aged 81
years, / month, - days.
SAWYER-At Bar Hlarbor' April ro' no
Raymond c. Sawyer, aged is years.
l month.
Ellsworth American., 1926-04-14
BORN

ALDRICH-At Jeffersonville, Vt.
April 8, to Mr. and Mrs Harry G.
Aldrich, of Cambridge, VT formerly
of Ellsworth, son. Clarry Carl
ton, jr)
BUNKER-At Eastbrook, March 20, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon S. Bunker, a
son. (Henry Almond)
COSTER-At Brooklin April 6, to Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin J.. Coster, a daugh-
ter. Carolyn Gertrude.)
INGALLS-At Bluehill April 4, to Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar ingalls,, daughter.
LYONS-At Ellsworth, March 81, to
Mr.. and Mrs Harold V. Lyons, a
daughter. elizabeth Ann)
POORS-At Ellsworth, April 3, to Mr..
and Mrs. Alton Poors a daughter
(SalVa Janet)
RICE-At Gouldsboro, March %, to
Mr.. and Mrs Emerson Rice, a
daughter. blanche Nathalia)
SAUNDERS-At Orland, April 4, to Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Saunders, a daugh-
ter. Virginia Frances.)
Ellsworth American., 1926-04-14

MARRIED.

ATHERTON- JONES - At Bluehill,
April II. by Rev Thomas L. Brind
ley. Miss Fannie Atherton of Blue
hill to Fred Jones of Brooksville.
DAVIS = MacPIKE At Ellsworth
Falls, April Z, by Rev. John r.
Besant Miss Inez s. Davis of Bar
Harbor to Harold e. MacPike, jr., of
Hulls Cove.
KANE-TA PLEY-At Brooklin, April
II, by Rev. Roy A. Clark, Miss Lois
r. Kane of Brooklin to Alfred C.
Tapley of Cambridge, Mass.
VILLA S-HAGSTROM-At Middle
boro, Mass, April 6, by Rev. Claude
Dewitt, Miss Hester e. Williams of
Bucksport to Carl J. Hagstrom of
Greenville