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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05
To the Upper Dog in the Fight
FY JOHN SMITH.


The world likes success, and the mighty
great world
The peasant kicks, and carcsscs the King:
don't care dime what other men say,
This is the song TO sing.
The world gives applause to the man who
succeeds.
And awards him honor and place;
So let us fill to the brm and 81 out with strong
lungs
To the rider that wins IN the race
The world hates the fool. the snivelng tool,
Who soars but fails in his flight
And talk as We please. all hurrah
10 the uppeFmost dog in the felt
What right has dog, the great world says,
To allow himself under al all;
He drsgraces his race and deserves to he hicl>cd
To permit himself meanly to fall
It nigh. arpease the great world, the mighty
great world.
And keep everything well balanced and
right;
We're there no upper dog and no under dog.
Could both equal be in the fight
But for me, will shout with the strength of
my lungs
Nor for cavllling fools will stop.
For the dog OF success, that glorious dog.
Who looks sharp to keep upon top.
Boston Post.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05
RAISE FRU1r AND EAT IT,--This ia a

RAISE FRUIT AND EAT 1T.--This is a
fair country. Nearly all the farmers may
raise their own fruit. Strawberries, ,rasp-
berries, currants and gcoseberries grow;
almost anywhere. They can be put up
in cans and so preserved the whole year.
Apples, pears, peaches, cherries. can be
raised on most farms. There is no good
reason Why fruit cannot be as plenty as
corn and wheat.
This is bilious corntry-that is, the
people who live here are especially LA
ble TO bilious diseases. There is per.
haps, no better preventive Of bilioes dis
eases, than the constant use Of fruit as
part Of the Dict 1t corrects the acids
and juices of the stomach, and as. lists di
gcston. 1t Keeps the bowels properly
active, and prevents that sluggishnesS
and torpidity, which promote bilious de :
rangements. Fruit, to do ITS best office
in the dict. should be cooked and eaten
as PAR, of the regular meal. Thus
used, how delicious it is How it adds
to the plea sure of a meal to have 1t en-
rlchcd with so delicate and agreea BILE an
article of diet. And how chaste and
eleyating is the tendency of such diet.
compared With one of solid meat and
bread SOFT is. The best diet is really
the pleasantest. Therefore let the fruit
grow on all cur farms, and adorn, and
make pleasant all our tables Valley
Fcrmer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05
Be a Woman.

Oft I've heard gentle mother,
As the twilight hours began,
Pleading with son, on duty,
Urging him to be a man.
But unto her blue-eyed daughter,
Though with loves words qaitc as ready,
Points she out the other duty,
"Strive, my dear to be lady -
What's lady. Is it something
Made of hoops, and silks. and airs,
Used to decorate the parlor,
Like the fancy rugs and chairss
Is it one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is human
If tis this to be lady,
IT'S not this to be woman.
Mother, then, unto your daughter
Speak of something higher far,
Than to be mere fashions lady
"Woman" is the brightest star.
Ifye, in your strong affection,
Urge your son to be true man,
Urge your daughters no less strongly
To raise up aud be woman.
Yes woman-brightest model
Of that light and perfect beauty;
There the mind. and soul, and body,
Blend to work out life's great duty
Be woman-naught is higher
On the gilded list of fame;
On the catalougc of virtue
There's no brighter, holicr name.
BE woman-on to duty,
Raise the world from all that's low,
Place high in the social heaven
Virtues fair and radiant bow!
Lend thy influence to each effort
That shall raise our nature human;
BE not fashions gilded lady.
BE a brave, true, whole sould woman.
N. Y. Observer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05
Mixing Up the Babies.

The Weaverville (Cal.) Journal gives the
following account of an affair which, how
ever it may move the laughter of our read
ers, we fancy to have made some of the par
ties concerned "laugh on the wrong side OF
their mouths"
"Some time ago, there was dancing par
ty given up 'up north; most of the ladies
present had little babies, whose noisy perver-
sity required too much attention to permit
the mothers to enjoy the dance. A number
of gallant young men volunteered to watch
the young ones while the parents INDUCED
in "a breakdown No sooner had the wo-
men left the babies in charge of the mis-
chievous devils, than they stripped the in
iants, changed their clothes, giving to one
the apparel of another. The dance over. it
was time to 90 home, and the mothers hur-
riedly took each baby, in the dress of her
own, and started, some to their homns, ten
or fifteen miles off. and were far on their
way before daylight. But the day foil low
ing there was a prodigious row in that set
tlement mothers discovered that single
day changed the sex of their babes; obser-
vation disclosed startling physiological phe-
nomena, and then commenced some Of the
tallest female pedestrianism , living miles
apart, it required two days to unmix the
babies and as many months to restore the
women to their naturally sweet dispositions
70 this day it is unsafe for any of the baby
mixers to venture within the Territory"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05
a9ritulturul,
Hints on Harvesting.

cutting wheat while still green-say ten
or twelve days before fully ripe. The
principle reason adduced arc-l. The
grain and straw contain starch and su.
gar, portion of which, when the wheat
is allowed to get fully ripe, is converte d
into woody fibre or bran; and that, con-
sequently, fully ripe wheat yields more
bran and less flour than that cut green.
2. The straw, when cut green. is of
more value as food for stock. 3. There
is loss by shelling. 4. 1t gives Ion
ger time for harvest operations.
allowing grain to get fully ripe, is quite
probable; but that it is much as has
been frequently stated, there is no evil
dcncc. One thing is certan--t that if
wheat is cut too green, it shrihks and
yields an inferior sample. On the other
hand, when fully ripe, the quality is
somewhat deterioratcd, and there is fire.
qucntly much loss from shelling. We
know of no better general rule, than to
cut wheat as soon as the grain becomes
solid. P,ess grain betmeen the thumb
and fnycr; anil If there is no milk in tile
berry, The wheal is ready to cut. Then,
with our rapid-working harvesters, all
the wheat can be cut down before it has
time to become fully ripe.
The same remarks will apply to bar
Icy. As soon as the sap in the grain
disappears. though the berry is still quite
soft. it will do to cut. The general rule
IS to cut as soon as the reddish color Of
the car has disappeared. When fully
ripe. the ear bends down to the straw.
and is apt to break off in moving and
subsequent operations. causing much
loss. Sill, for mailing purposes, barley
cut when fully ripe is preferred. The
same is true Of wheat when used for seed;
it should be allowed to grow till quite
ripe. 1t is better to run the risk of
little loss than to cut too early.
Oats are generally cut when rather
green. On thc whole, taking into con-
sderation the increased value of the
straw as fodder, this is a good plan;
though to obtain the best sample Of oats,
it is advisable to let them ge. fully ripe,
even till a few Of the lowest berries in
the car shell out.
Binding is too often done careles sly.
1t is hard ana unpleasant work, and is
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05

A Washington letter in the n. Y.
Herald, written, as that Journal alleges,
by careful correspondent" states, on
the authority of U. s. Senator, tina:
the number Of cargoes of African slaves
landed on the coast Of the United States,
and smuggled into the interior since May
lS4S, amounts to sixty or seventy, and
according to the same authority, twelve
vessels more are expected within ninety
days.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05

YOUNG MAN, ATTENTIoN.-Youn
man, word. We want TO tell yon
when you should take your hat and be
off.--And mind what we offer. 1t is
When you are asked to take drink.
When you find yourself in doubtful
company.
When you discover that your cxpen-
ses run ahead of your income.
When you think you are great deal
wiser than older and more experienced
people than yourself.
When you feel like getting trusted
for new suit Of clothes, when you
haven't money to pay for them.
When you don't perform Jour duty,
and nothing but your duty.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05

The children and grand children. with
several of the friends of Hon. N. j. Talbot
and his wife, assembled at their residence NJ
East Machias, the 50th anniversary Of their
marriage-their Golden Wedding. There
were present on this occasion six sons and
their wives, and one daughter and her hos
band. with seventeen grandchildren. Mo-
chias Tnion
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05

SrRATBURRIEs. Many persons are
discouraged from the cultivation Of this
best Of ilut, by reason of i'll success in
former attempts TO raise it. The frost
killed. ont the beds, or the beds, after a
year or two of prosperity, ran to vines
and ceased to bear. Bat the victims Of
i'll LUCK may b. assured the Strawberry,
if properly cared for and cultivated, is
as sure to survive the winter and to rem
der generous reward as any fruit which
man eats In the sweat OF his face. In
stances are on record ofstraw berry crops
yielding at the rate Of from one tbout-
and to fifteen hundred dollars per acre,
although a fair average is probably
about $3.50. early weeks Of August are
a favorable time for transplunting the
straw berry: and our present purpose is
to let the redaer know where to find tho
freshest and best varieties, with good
directions for their cultivation. And
accordingly we turn him over to our
Advertising columns. where Mr.. T. c.
Noble of Augusta. displays his various
sedlings, Queens, Pines, and Magnates.
-Mainc Farmer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05

PRAcrICAL WoNAN's R1GHrs. -Dr
Bastian, the German traveller and phi-
lologist, has Just published the results
of his visits to the capital of Congo in
Africa. Among other interesting per-
sonal data lie says, "the prncesses of the
Royal family enjoy remarkable privileges,
They may make their selections from
the mobiles of the realm, aud the happy
men have to prepare themselves for their
duties and their honors by several months
of solitude. To insure conjug2l flali.
ty-not on the part Of the wife, who en-
Joys the greatest freedom-but on the
part Of the husband, whenever he leaves
the house tamtams are beaten befoi c
him, and at the sound of them all wo-
men must hasten out Of the way. 1t
will be remembered by the readers Of
Bayard faylor's Travels up the Nile, that
he was chosen by one of these ebony la.
dies for the honors of princely favor and
only escaped a compulsory compliance
by fleeing unceremoniously from the
town, while all the inhabitants pursued
him. breathing vengeance for his insult
to their majesty! Poor Bayard He
escaped from the Congo princess to mar
ry nobody but German professor S
daughter - Etchaaqe
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05

TERMS OF ADVERTISING square OF
less. three insertions, 81 ,25;-caeh subse-
quent insertion % cents--1 square | year,
$500. A liberal discount made on long al
vertisements. A squire is 10 lines Nonparicl.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05
Petticoats On the Stairs.

Getting up and down stairs by fall
dressed ladies, is not always the easiest
thing in the world they are expected to
do, and to do it gracefully anil without
Inconvenience, requires the exercise of
ingenuity and some regard to we'll estab-
lshcd mechanical laws and principles. -
\ lady who sometimes writes for the
newspapers, has taken up the subject of
hoops, and getting up and down stairs,
and tenders to her sisters some sensible
suggestions. She says: The hoops
should be near together, say two or three
inches apart, and come to within as many
inches Of the feet or bottom of the dress.
A word about the management Of dress
es. In the first place, in going up stairs
you need only lift the front of your
dress, and in descending. the back part
of your skirts. The front part Of your
dress can by ne effort be soled in de-
seendins, neither can the back part by
ascending a pair of stairs. Do, there
fore, have a reform in this. to my mind -,
immodest habit You have heedlessly got
ten into, of dragging your dress behind
in going down stairs, and lifting i. UP in
front instead.
The Albany Journal, in commenting
upon these remarks, says, whenever a
concert has been given at the principal
hall in that city, it is always noticed
that on the following morning the stairs
are much cleaner than usual, having been
thoroughly sept by the skirts of the la
dies in retiring from the hall. In descend
lny the stairs. the dresses are partially
raised in front. while the back, which
should be raised, is left to dag upon tn,
stairs. Tha dresses dragging upon the
stairs are somciimgc stepped upon by
those following, and accidents thus oc.
eur Ii the ladies' w.il but elevate their
skirts slightly in front when going Up
stairs, and d, the reverse in dssccn ling,
they viii have No dihieQ'ty, n danger,
aud preserve tacir garments fr-e from
injary,-NaiAe Farmer,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05

TFRMs.--Ten copies, 5000 one copy when !
paid within six months, 81 so; at the expira-
ton Of the year 800. No paper discontinued
until all arrearagcs arc paid. These Terms
will be strictly adhered to.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16
NEW INVENTION FOR BLASTING Rocks-A new con-

NEW INVENTION FOR BLASTING RocKs.-A new con-
trvance designed for blasting purposes has recently
been invented by j. G. Buckley and s. b. Mosher, who
reside in schaghticoke New York. II has received the
approval of scientific men, and it is expected that it
will be of great practical advantage in mining opera
tions. II is thus described:
"As is well known after hole has been drillod IN
the earth or rock be blasted and the powder inserted
it has to be amped that is, the hole Is ned up with
some substance which rs rammed down in the most
solid manner-a process that consumes great deal oil
time and attended with much danger the blast oten
exploding prematurely from the blows struck IN tam,
ping This invention obviates the trouble and rlsk OF
this process. 1t is plug of steel somewhat In the
shape of syringe. small hole extends down thro
the center The plug tapers from the bottom towards
the top is partially sawed into four parts ana
capable of expansion, rod worked from above ana
passing through the CENTER fitted to cone shaped
screw spreads out the plug that if placed oyr the
powder it completely fills up the space excavated 10y
the drill and of course of the explosive powder Is
lost second hole in the plug allows the passage OF
a safety fuse 1t has two three rings around IT ana
be wrapped with if necessary 80 that Its hold
is perfect. The plug be lowered into the hole
above the powder, placed in lateral drill the rod
turned the plug spread outall in few minutes. and
after the explosion it can be taken out uninjured."
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16
THE WASHOE DIGGINGS.

The reported discovery of very rich mines,
near Washoc Valley, has created much excite
ment in Nevada county dur: !, .,le past fort
night, and especially during the past week.
Numbers of prospectors have gone to seek
fortunes, many of them, however, pretending
that they were only in search of recreation
and health both of which, in our estimation,
they are more likely to obtain than large
is said to be u vein of decomposed quartz,
containing gold and silver in variable pro-
portions, and asserted TO pay at the rate of
$500 or 5000 to the ton. Another rumor
says there is a lead that will yield per ton
500 pounds of silver 1t is possible that
these figures are based upon An assay ofvery
small specimens, which do not fairly indicate
the real worth of the ore. The specimens
we have seen appear to be a kind of decom-
Jumps and richly impregnated with metal
that resembles in its appearance the yellow
glittering crystals of sulpharet of iron.
Besides quartz veins, the discovery of rich
placer diggings is reported. 1t is well known
that miners have washed little in that
section every winter for several years, when
they could obtain water, but they were not
supposed to be making more than four or
FIVE dollars day, on an average.
M. L.
near the new diggings for long time, says
they are not extensive, and will not warrant
any one in going there and waiting three
fourths of the year for water. The country
appears to be very dry, and it is thought that
ditch cannot be brought in under two years.
This is the substance of the rumors in cir
culation, for so far there is utter lackof pos
tive, reliable information from first sources,
at least in this vicinity. Meanwhile people
are excitedty talking and moving. The stage
to Humbug from San Juan has been filled
with Washoe adventures nearly every trip of
late, and on one occasion an extra vehicle
was put on to accommodate the rush. The
route generally travelled is that by Gallo
ways and Downieville.
Since writing the above we have received
the Nevada Jdurndl, which has had access
to direct information and speaks as follows:
"Thus far there appear to be no indications of
extensive quartz or other dggings at the locality than
dscoverable in any Of quartz districts
home The rock is decomposed at the surface and is
doubtless exceedingly rich. But it is to be borne in
mind that the lead lies along the declivty of high
RIDGE is distant from water less than miles
and wood about the same distance. report that
quite extensive placer dggngs existed below the lead
is contradicted By those who have examined the
try latest They tell the decomposed rock, by the
action of the elements and the force of gravtaton has
been deposited in places few inches in thickness and
would pay largely if water in any reasonable quantity
could DO procured But that there any extensive
deposits that would last any respectable number of
few months is said to be ont Of the ques
tion. The country gives no indication of any large
wash deposits of any kind"
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

A SECOND FLooD.-There was another flood
in the South Yuba last Monday, caused as be-
fore, by the breaking of dam at the Eure-
ka Lakes. This time the largest reservoir,
or Lake, which covers about a mile square,
was drawn down depth of twenty-five feet.
The loss of water was not, however, so great
as might be supposed, from the fact that it
passed through several lower reservoirs and
the whole body of it did not escape. The
river rose ten or twelve feet, running along
its channel like tide; and as far down as
Marysville the main Yuba is said to have
been raised FIVE feet.
1t is reported that this food, like the first
one, was caused by some rascals blowing up
the dam with powder; but this isa mere idle
rumor We have heard of no loss of Life or
property with positiveness, though the body
of Chinaman was seen floating down the
river, and it is thought he may have been
drowned by the flood.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

A TIGHT PLACE.-While Mr.. Henry Mack
lin was drifting in the claims of McKeeby &
Co., at Junction Bluff, a few days since some
dirt from the face of the bank fell down and
closed the mouth of the drift so that he could
not get out, although a vent was left through
which he could hold converse with those out
side. He was immured for long time, and
had called for help until he was hoarse, be-
forei was discovered that he was imprisoned
To make his situation more unpleasant the
drift partly filled with water, which prevented
him from digging way out. His comrades
were not in the claim for long while,
which accounts for his cries being unheard.
When they returned they sluiced the dirt away
from the mouth of the drift, and he came
out rejoicing, after con6nment of about
four hours.
The hydraulic press., 1859-07-16

UEJUsr.-Governor Weller has recently
saved the citizenship of another State Prison
convict, whose term had about expired, and
for this laudable act he is sneercd at as usual
by those who have more partizan rancor
than humane feelings and good sense They
cannot, or will not see that proclivity to
crime is not increased by restoration to citi-
zanship, but rather lessened in the majority
of instances, if not quite removed Very
many towards whom this act of mercy has
been extended, are young men who were
confined for first offence committed under
the unusual indictments of anger and intoxi-
cation. Such do not deserve, if any human
beings do, to be shut out entirely from the
pale of sympathy, and stamped as outlaws
by the hand of the State.
In our estimation the Governors whole
conduct with reference to the State Prison
and its unfortunate inmates, is just what
ought to recommend him to the people of CAL
ifornia, and give him the best claim to hon.
orable mention hereafter He is not nom
inee for office now, and even Neutral paper
may say this much without compromising
its integrity.