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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18
Vol. XIX. Whole No. 986. No, 81.
"A DOWN-EAST TAR'S VICTORY.

In a lecture recently delivered in Bos-
ton Mr.. John l.. HAYES related as an an
ecdote OF the revolutionary period the
story of the whipping which King Will
lam w. received from Portsmouth
sailor bov. Nathan Lord, afterward a
prominent shipmaster of Portsmouth.
was a lad on one Of the privateers cap.
tured by British frigate. One day a
young Midshipman came near the pris-
oners, who were having an airing on
deck, and spoke sneeringly of "the reb-
els Young Lord, being a lad OF spirit,
retorted: IF it were not for your rank,
SIR, l would make you take back that
insult. "No matter tor my rank" said
the gallant, though arrogant, young
officer; ''if you can whip me, you are
welcome to do it," The challenge was
eagerly accepted. and the two had reg
ular sailors set-to. The Yankee was
victorious, and the Englishman acknowl-
edged himself beaten, and, shaking
hands with his opponent, said: "You
are brave fellow give me yonr name
and will not forget you" At the end
OF the voyage all the prisoners with the
exception of Lord were sent to prison.
The Admiral sent for him and inform
ed him that the young Duke of Clarence,
son OF his Majesty George III, the
young Midshipman with whom he had
fought, had requested that he be set at
large; that he was at liberty to go into
any part OF the Kingdom, and that the
Duke had placed a Go note at his service
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18
stIsfteD sStorn. s
A Little Late.

We were twins-my brother and |
but for all that he was ten minutes
older than myself. OF course, we were
the image of each other, and beng
strongly impressed with the fact, we
naturally grew up to admire each other
intensely. l never, however, quite for
gave him for giving me the go.by in
my entrance into life, until he squared
matters by outrunning me in another
race.
First. 1t is necessary TO tell you that
through whim of my mothers we
were christened by the respective
names Of Charles and Charlewood nv
fathers name was Manners my moth
ier, having been an heiress of the name
of Compton, had conferred it, with
herself, on my grateful father. Such
being tue case, the double patronvmic
of Compton-Manners descended to the
twin offspring of the illustrious couple
aforementioned.
pass over the school-days at Har-
row, year at Christ church, and final
iy, as we would have it so, our first
separation, my brother Charley getting
his commission in the guards, while l
contented myself with one in the rifle
brigade; and l had not been in that
regiment month before | became
fully convinced that the guards we're
nowhere as compared with it, and not
for gold untold would have exchange
ed my dark green for the gaudier trap
pings OF the household troops.
When l was about two and twenty,
it Glanced that my brothers battalion
of guards and my battalion of the rifle
brigade were ordered TO Montreal. 1t
happened to be about the time that a
certain political outbreak was feared.
and soon after our arrival at Montreal
l was sent on detachment to the town
of Agnesville, Canada West. For the
first week l fiirted generally; the Sec
ond week l began to reduce the circle
OF my acquaintance the third found
me in state of waver between two
beauties and by the end of the first
month l was. fguratively speaking, ON
my knees before Miss Marguerite
Duval. who, had now quite made up
my mind, was one of the most innocent
and simple-minded of her sex. She
was tall and light, with a graceful,
piquant head, crowned with quantities
OF silky hair, massed in an extraor-
dinary and mysterious way, all loops
and twists, and coils and sunshine.
Not was not dyed, and it WAS not
bought. She tainted in my arms once,
and, though it came tuulbling down in
glorious and golden confusion. it did
not tumble off. AS for the ewes, it is
simply impossible TO describe them.
They were everything By turns and
nothing long. Yes; they we're always
beautiful-melting. burning, laughing,
loving, scorning. They were large,
they were brown, with very large,
diIating irides, and they were guarded
by double file of lashes, long, soft,
and almost black.
When the rifle brigade had been
quartered there two months, it was
agitated among as that ball to our
hospitable entertainers would not be
only right and proper, but politic-in
fact, the only thing wanting TO restore
completely and Immediately that loyal
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

VALUE OF SLEEP.-lt must be remem-
bered that sleep repairs not the vital func-
uon only, but simultaneously those func-
tlons which we diStinctively describe as
mental attributes and of which the brain
Is, to our limited comprehension, the
organic instrument. The intellectual
part OF our nature. taking the phrase in
ITS largest sense, is exhausted by its con.
tlnued exercise, in like manner as the
bodily organs, and requires the inter.
mlltent periods of repOse and repair, If
other proof were needed of tie great
function which sleep fulfill in the econo-
my OF life, it may at once be found in the
effects which follow the privation of this
repair. A single sleepless night tells its
tale, even to the most careless observer.
A long series of such nights resulting,
as often happens, from an overtaxed and
anxions brain, may often warrant seri-
ous apprehension, as an index of mis-
Chief already existing, or the cause of evil
at hand Instances OF this kind. we he.
lieve, are ia niliar TO the experience of
every physician. But here, as i'm so
many other cases, the evil of deficiency
has Its counterpart in the evil of excess
Sleep prOtracted beyond the need of re-
pair, and encroaching habitually upon
the hour OF waking action, impairs more
or less the functions of the brain, and
with them all the vital powers. This OBJ
servation is old as the day of Hippocrates
and Artaeus, who severally and strong
" comment upon il. The sleep of in
fancy, however, and that Of old age, do
not come under this category of excess.
These are natural conditions appertain-
ing to the respective periods of life, and
to be dealt with as such. In illness, more.
over. all ordinary rule and measure of
sleep must be put aside. Distinguishing
1t from coma, there are very few cases in
which it is not an unequivocal good !;
and even IN the cOmatOse state the brain,
we believe, gains more from repose than
from any artificial attempts to arouse it
into actiOn.-Edin6urgh Review.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

just such weather as this instills new
life and animation in man. and is apt to
make him frolicsome. 1t stimulates him
to racing, jumping up and down, clapping
his hands, and feeling good generally.
1t so stimulated one of eur merchants on
Friday evening, and led him to invite his
wife to catch him before he got around to
the back stoop. He started on smart run
and she bore down after him at a credita
BILE speed. He tore around the corner very
much in earnest, stepping on piece of ice,
swung from his foothold, and went careen-
ing across ten feeG of frozen ground, and
brought up with considerable force against
pear tree-a new variety, we believe.
Ii Was genial spectacle to see the fond
wife pounce on him. and hear her gleefu
shouts of victory as he struggled madly to
his feet and besought her ''not to make a
darn fool of herself. f."-[ Daabury Ne,os.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

sundays, out of 1926 men and wo.
men, 1859 are depositors to the
amount of 96,252 francs; thus over
100000 is deposited in the savings
banks through this ageacy in that lit
tie city.
II such machinery could be applied
70 our common schools, it would tend
not only to save much foolish and un.
necessary expenditure, but to develop
THRIFT and habits Of saving, compared
WIN which the money actually deposit
ed would have but an insignificant
Value ". Y. Times.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

There is a comical story about re-
ception once given at Washington by
MIR. Chase, then Secretary of the Treas
ury. Miss Chase, now Mrs. Sprague,
invited an old friend, Union captain,
according to the approved formula,
"The pleasure OF Capt. Anderson Jones's
company is requested" etc. The ac.
complished hostess was amazed when
the captain appear edin her parlors at
the head of the eighty gallant privates
he had recruited for the bloody field.
What else could Capt. Anderson Jones'
Company" have meant? The soldiers
were sent to the basement where they
got patriotically drunk.-[Lewiston
Journal
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18
The First-born.
By ELIZABETH c. KINNEY.

Tread rev vrently, this i holy place,
soul this moment here begins 10 be
A spirit born 10 live eternally:
Speak low. commences here "a human race:
An lniani-man, Gods image on hi. f.ce.
In life, rough journey takes hi, first degree.
opens his eyes, ali . not the end 10 see,
only omniseience all that path can trace.
Softly, IN whispers; there a mother lies,
%" dow Of ya",h "pon her. vet SO pale,
oiie iolu- a." Ni'e hahds' and looks. with upiurned
10 her DehvereT. seen a. through the Veil
OF this hours weakness; still, her full heart
tries
For thankful u;terance. though words may fail.
= >cribHeT's fDr .I,tae.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

A good mother was trying to explain to
young hopeful the other day about fight
ing against the devil. After telling the
little fellow who the devil was, and how
hard he was to successfully resist, he
turned around and said: Mama, I'd be
scared of the old devil, but if l was to
come across one of his little devils Id
knock the stuhing out Of him."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

A REMARKABLE PLGRIMAGE.-Itw was
thought that the month of October
once over there would be no more pill
grlmages, both on account of the
weather and in consequence of the list
of shrines having been pretty well ex-
hausted. This, however, is not to be
the case. That pious journal the Pei
erin (the oticial.organ of pilgrimages)
makes the rather staFtIing announce
ment that at the end of the month a
last pilgrimage will be performed, the
objective being no less a place than
purgatorv. The language used by the
Pelerln runs thus: Already we bave
accomplished in body and soul pilgrim
ages TO the holy sanctuaries of Marie,
Jesus, and the saints. 1t remains for
us to accomplish one more. This can
only be performed in spirit. 1t is
pilgrimage to purgatory." And these
are the reasons given for indulging in
this imaginary trip: The horror of
the prison, the vehemence of the fire,
the suppllcating prayers and the heart
rendlng lamentations of these souls
will render US more fervcnt in our in
vocations in their favor" 1t is asked
how this material suffering will touch
the heart of those pious persons who
consent to accomplish the pilgrimage
IN imagination Paris Letter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

The Young women Of the island of
Java have rather curious way of in
forming the young men that they are
dcslrous of entering the matrimonial
state. Some years ago our country
lasses were supposed to express will
lngness to cucumber themselves with
husbands when they adorned their tenn
pies with kind of curls called Beau
catchers, or when they wore a narrow
ribbon around the neck with streamers
floating behind which bore the inviting
appellation of Follow-me-lads. But
the Javanese beauties go to no such
toilet trouble or decorative expense.
When they become weary of maiden
meditation, and no longer care to be
fancy free, they declare the gracious
condition of their hearts by placing
an empty hower-pot on the portico-
roof.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18
HOW TO GET RICH

How any man, woman, girl or boy may get rich
FROM FIVE CENTS CAPITAL,
SEPT for TEN CENTS, and stamp for return
postage. Address, A. G.. GRINDLE
y22 South Penobscot. Maine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

VIRTUES OF THE LEMON.-Says that
walkin. cyclopedia of health, DIR. Hall:
When persons are feverish bevond what
is natural, indicated in some cases by
a meta lie taste in the mouth, especial
~ after drinking Of water, or by whit
lSh appearance of the greater part of
the surface OF the tongue. one of the
best "coolers,' internal, is to take a
some loaf 81 ai{ ii, the top, sprinkle over it
the lemon with spoon, ana then stitk
1t slowly, squeezing the lemon and add
ing more sugar as the acidity increases
from being brought up from the lower
point. lnvalids with feverishness NAV
take two or three lemons a day in this
manner, with the most marked benefit,
manifested by a sense of cooIness.
comfort, and invigoration. A lemon
or two thus taken at tea-time, as All
entire substitute for the ordinary sup
per of summer, would give many
comfortable nights sleep, and an
awakening after rest and invigoration,
with an appetite for breakfast to which
they are strangers who will have their
cup of tea for supper or relish and
their berries or peaches and cream
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

Envelopes printed at this Office.
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My brother was most agreeably as.
tonished at his hearty welcome, when
he appeared in the course of the morn
ing. l handed him the elegant effa-
sion above described, and on mastering
its contents he laughed till was fear
ful Of the consequences.
He then. by my request, told me the
whole story-how he had received a
frantic note from Johnstone relative to
my fOolhardy determination to fall into
the trap laid for me, now he had run
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18

Anesthe-ia pruiuced by the of Johnston
Brothers new apparatus ana Liquid *itrou- on
Iie t,as, ulphur.c Ether. The freezing OF the
without pain. 4ili
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-18
A Perfect Set of Teeth for S2O!

Every branch IN the Dental, Profession carried
on Iu the most substantial manner, and at prices
tnat DEFY connection.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-09-13
A Sad City.

Sehor Castelar,, the greatest of living osa- tors, and the leading spirit and mind of the Republican party of Spain, has published a book entitled "Old Rome and New Italy" The more Seior Castelar, saw of Rome the more he WAS saddened. This is what he says:
 Rome is city of perpetual sadness. Her cypress groves murmur m elegy. ,Her foun- tains weep the death of her gods. The moon shining down on her marbles eyokes pale and mournful shadows. Upon all sides there are heaps of ruins with their crowns of green nettes. There are traces of where a Titanic army has been in the dust of Rome beside her funeral urns. The gigantic stones, the Cyclopean walls, the colossal columns, are the bones of this race conquered by the bolts of heaven, annihilated by the vengeance of God. A volcano which for long ages has lain cold is less majestic in the sterile solitude of its crater than this dead Rome. Yet fossil bones in crusted in the mountains since the deluge teach less than these bricks scattered in fragments, these stones with half effaced inscriptions.
 Ali'is desolate. The sepuichres are empty Death has not forgiven-the dead ashes. Ma ture in her unsuitable voracity, metamor  phosed the bones fallen on her bosom. Tb dust of Caesar, of Sylla, of Cincinnatus, o Camillus, is perhaps whirlng in ihe air perhaps mingling with the fraiI and besuti ful wings of a butterfly, or woven in the fibre of the grass which the wild goat divides with his sharp teeth. And, notwithstanding when they were grooped together in thu frame, when the warm blood animated anC gave them vigor and vitality these atom supported the weight of the heavens, ruled the world at their pleasure, and governed with brittle sword the humanity which ha long since moudeFed away.
 And what remains of all this Some hand fuls of dust, heaped on other dust, amoni which have been lost Caesar and trbunes conqueFefs and vanquished, Romans and bar barians, masters and slaves, without weigh ing more in the balance of the universe ant in the gravitation of the globe than othe | ashes
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-09-13
Poor Old General Howard.

Nothing is more haracteristie of tire age than the coolness with which bis fellow phi lanthropists witness attacks made upon Gen. Howard, the bright exemplar of the "Chris- tisn soldier" We hear of no subscriptions being taken up to make good his deficit, and neither synods nor presbytries, nor convoca- tions take action condemning his impious prosecutors. This cool ''going back on pal" would shock the most benghted denzens of Baxter street, and send a thrill of horro- through the chain-clad gangs of Sing Sins, whose sense of honor would at least induce them to share their lost Jimmy" with an un- fortunate comrade. Evidently, General How ard cast in his lot with heartless crew. After having been. for ten years held up to the American youth and the American savages as a perfect working model of the Christian vir- tues, he is permitted to become "frightful example of human depravity" without an effort on the part of his quondam friends to save him from his fate. This is sad, but its most unfortunate result seems likely to be somewhat remote one. When there shall be no more IIoYards, what then shall we do for our annual indian pilgrimages to Washing toni "Shall there be no more cakes and ale,h and must we forego the periodical de- light of gazing upon and metaphorically em- bracing our copper-colored brother--the scalper of the plains In spite of the grow ing sympathy existing between us, and re- gardless of the aptitude with which we have learned to "shoot on sight, are we to be cut of from sW.et communion with Comanches, and interviews with the amiable Apache Let us trust that other Towards will arise whose caution shall be commensurate with their Christianity. and who will not shock our moral sense by permitting it to be found out that they steal.-I Arcardian.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-09-13
Health Hints.

Warm bread packs" the stomach. Do not eat it.
 The best and safest tooth-wash is tepid water.
 Warmth, abstinence and repose are three excellent medicines.
 In sleeping don't curl the body. Sleep as straight as possible. Avoid high pillows. Never sit or sleep with wet feet.
 A mixed diet of animal and vegetable food is best. The vegetable should predominate. Regularity as to the time of eating has much to do with the preservation of health. Do not eat late suppers. Wet or damp clothes should be instantly removed. Why7 Because they rapidly chill the surface of the body-the heat being carried off by evaporation.
 The latest remedy for a cough and sore lungs is to wear lump of cotton batting saturated with tar, suspended on the breast Among the sssstI-r S~- eLo pIan is popuI@rt though the tar is generally omitted.
 " Hay fever" may be instantly relieved by bathing the nostrils and closed eyelids with spirits of camphor and warm water.
 FIFTEEN GOOD HABITS.
 l. Abstinence. from tobacco and intoxi. cants.
 2. Temperance at meals.
 g. Daily attention to the condition of your health.
 4. Constant occupation.
 5. Doing at once whatever is required
 6. Having time and place for everything '. Fidelity to all appointments and duties 6. Paying for everything in advance. Q. Giving as we'll as receiving.
 10. Aiming at harmony in conversation. II. Looking always on the bright side.
 l2. Assocating with some favorite minis ter md society.
 l3. Talking on edifying subjects. IA. Acting always in the right spirit. l5. Realizing the presence of God at al times.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-09-13
The Difficulty with that Horse.

We had Q good deal of trouble with our horse last summer. He was bob-talled horse, and it seemed to annoy him 90 much that he couldn't reach the flies which fat tened on his ribs, that it occurred 10 us to fix him up kind of an artificial tail to re- lieve the situation, as it were. So we pro- cured three feet of half inch rope, unraveled about eighteen inches of it, and spliced the other end to the horses tsl. This would have enabled hin to switch fly off bis nose as soon as he had acquired a little practice But our Irisbman, seeing the rope, and not understanding our motive precisely, concluded that we were trying experi- ments with some new kind of hitching strap to be used in the rear, and so he tied tue horse to the stall that night by his arti- ticial continuation. By morning the feed box was kicked to kindling wood, and the horse was standing on three legs, with the other leg caught in the hay-rack, while he chewed up four of the best boards in the side of the stable in front of him. Then we | got him up another rope tail, and ex- | plained the theory to our man. But the | tail bothered the hostler so much while currying the horse that he tied half a brick to it to hold it still. The conse- quence was that the horse, in a moment of | tACltcUcut, JcThCu Lue OIlCh uiOuhu ahu mashed in the Irishman's nose, and be sued us, and we spent two hundred dollars trying to settle the case. Then we bought bunch of horse hair, and spliced that on very neatly
 When our new man came be began to curry that tail, and it came off in his hand. HC thought it indicated diseased condition o the horse, and he gave him a huge dose O some kind of patent powder to improve tho animals health, and in half an hour the horse had convulsions, during which he kicked down the stable door, battered the stall into splinters, dislocated his off hind leg, and diet in frightful agony. Now we have bors, with long tail, and when we see peddle
 coming with horse medicine we send dos out to interview him, and lombard him iron the front window with a shotgun Maj Adelcr in N Y. Post.