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Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
Extraordinary Sense OF Smell.

Have you never. although the sight j. so
com'uon, paused aud wondered at seeing II
dog follow by scent his masters track, per-
haps along a street alive with pedestrians,
turning, crossing, knowing only the one
man, aud distinguishing the liue OF his
footsteps as clearly as YOU with the help of
your eyes know your friends face from
every other: II you have. you felt, pro-
badly, that in some things the brute was
mans superior. That is not certain, how
ever. The difference 10 the sense OF smell
between the dog and his master, may lie
in the development, and not In the gift it.
self.
Cases are rot uncommon in which the
loss OF one sense has, by calling the others
into greater activity, increased their func-
tions in a marvellous degree. DR.. Howe.
in the "Forty-third Report of the Massa
chusetts Asylum for the Blind gives The
following Interesting account:
Julia Brace. a deaf and blind mute, a
pupil OF the American Asylum. had fine
physical oi,au4LalIon and highly nervous
temperament. In her blindness and still.
ness, her main occupation was the exercise
OF her remaining senses OF smell, touch
and taste, so that through them she might
get knowledge Of all that was going on
around her. Smell. however, seemed TO
be the sense on which she most relied. She
smelled at everything which she could
bring within range Of the sense; and she
came TO perceive odors' utterly insensible
10 other persons. When she met a person
whom she had met before. she instantly
recognized him By the smell of his hand or
glove. lit were stranger she smelled
his haud, and the impression was so strong
that she could recognize him long after by
again smelling his hand, or even his glove,
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

\ TURKISH ARMY AT PRAYERS.
man takes bis place Ia the ranks, his hands
hanging close by his sides. Then he lifts
them to his ears as II % shut out all world
ly sounds. Then he lays them on his
knees. aud bo~ing his body forward seems
lost in contemplation. Attrr few sec
onds he sinks to his knees. and leans back
upon his heels. and then bowing with his
forehead to the earth. exclaims, or rather
chants: Allah Akhbar, God is Great.
Three times he thus bows and chants and
then he stands up, bowing forward. chant
Ing three times, LA Allah II Allah (there
is no God but God). The remainder OF
the somewhat tedious prayers which follow
consists principally. as far a ! can make
out. OF long verses 0f the koran" Ia
al, his simple religious exercises the TUX
ish soldier j. de, tt:n"s| and attention It.
self. and it i, peihrps most Ia privacy that
this Is most appat, ,nt- | have frequently
come unexpected upon some rugged sol
der in one OF tn, Wild lonely ravnes that
cash the hill-ides around, standing before
the ragged overcost that served him for
praying carpet. and going through his rath-
er active religions motions with . zeal
which would do credit to the most self
conscious Pharisec. The stranger who for
the fiji st time witnesses the united prayer
of Turkish soldiers in camp is c0nsidera-
bly, puzzled by the selection of heterogen-
Gus articles brought forward to the place
OF worship, when the Muezzin's call has
concluded, Religious custom requires that
each man be provided with a praying car
pet of one description or another. and that
he take of his shoes as well. One man
brings a jagged sheepskin, another goat
hide, a third the saddle-cloth of his horse,
a fourth maybap, his jacket; everyone has
something or another on which he may
kneel. To see some hundred mel thus
hurrying to the spot where the blue-robed
white-turbaned Imam stands, one might
be easily led to imagine them so many per-
sons eager to dispose Of supernuous gar
ments.-Cor. Of London Netcs.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
Vol. XIII. Whole No. l244. No. 4S.
A Story with . Moral.

He did not look like man who could
win a prize on the Creedmore range, the
fellow dressed In jeans, with dilapidated
nat and muddy shoes who dropped into
Baltimore street shooting gallery last night
and said he would try ten cents worth of
firing to see what the ''eoll derned thing
was anyhow" He looked rather as If he
might be hand on garden truck farm.
or a representative from the country who,
having disposed of a few bushels of pota
toes, was strolling around to see what could
be seen. He sighted along the barrel, pull
ed the trigger and missed the target. He
took ten cents worth of IL without improv
ing and then thought he would do it over.
Just as he was bringing the piece to his
shoulder, one OF those fellows who are al
ways to be found In billiard rooms, bowl
ing alleys and shooting galleries, touched
him on the shoulder and remarked that he
would like to shoot him match to see who
paid for the six shots. The stranger said
he did not care If he did, and he had to pay
twenty cents. They tried 1t again, and
this time the bucolic marksman snot better
but not good enough. The next trial he
was successful, and proposed dollar on
the next event. He lost it, and, handing
it over, said he was game anyhow, aud by
the great Go-wish, he'd put up W. tie
did, and lost that. well" said he, 1--WE
got $40 bill, and I'll see you once more"
HIS dapper opponent skirmished around
and made up $40 on bis prospects. Quiet
ly that young man In jeans raised his piece
In one hand aud fred. 1t was bulls eye.
He did the next time, only he shot lett
handed. Then he turned his back TO the
target. and sighting quickly over his shoul-
der. fired again; the drum beat, and an
otl er bulls eye was recorded. II guess
won't shoot" said the well dressed man,
and as the Granger slid the money into his
pocket. fellow stepped out OF the crowd
and said Joe. where are you playing,
now?'' ooh, open at the Adelphi IN Chi
cago. next week" The man in blue jeans
WINS Joe Gulick, who shoots apples off his
wite's head in variety shows for living.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

AMERICAN OYSTER CULTURE.-This new
and important enterpri Sc OF ''cultivsting"
the oyster is described al length with Illus
trations. in Scribner for December. We
quote 2s follows:
For the successful propagation OF oys-
ters, two conditions are therefore essen
tial the breeding oysters must spawn,
and the vagrant oyster-brood must be fur.
nished with suitable resting-places at the
precise moment when they are ready to
settle down for life. 1t is in supplying the
latter. surely and cheaply, and in way
that answers for deep water rs well as
shallow, that the superiority of American
oyster culture consists. And it is to the
credit of Mr.. Charles Hoyt (of Norwslk.
Connectiuyt1. that two or three years be-
fore the famous studies and discoveries of
Professor Coste were begun in France by
command OF the French government. he
had anticipated them alone and unaided !;
and more, he had put his discoveries to =
more successful use, employing simpler,
more natural, and more economical met h
DDS OF oyster propagation than the Frenc h
oyster farmers have attained to even at the
present day. The best OF the French
methods, the ''tile method" developed by
DR.. ke0merer. Of ST. Martins, Isle de Re,
is at once feeble aud enormously expen-
sive compared with the American method /;
and its application is limited almost exclu-
sively to flats daily laid bare by the tide.
In our climate such operations would not
survive the first cold winter, even il it
were possible to produce oysters by them
at anything like the price which oysters
bring 10 our markets.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
Village Society 10 Winter.

First: As to sewing clubs; the work
should be carefully restricted TO such en-
brOidery, etc. as cannot be done by WON
en- who earn their living by their needle.
The justice OF this ought to be at once ap-
parent; but 1t is, as rule. overlooked.
We have known the plain sewing taken
from the SempStresses of village, and
given To church clubs, for winter; the
consequence OF which was, hungry women
asking parish help, and stained-g ass
window back Of the pulpit.
Secondly In reading clubs, let the time
for each reader be limited by infiexible
rule. II .his is not done, there will be
found ia every such club, at least one dog
matte. selfish reader who will force his au
thor and his voice upon the club, until in
disgust and WEAKNESS the members tall of
and the experiment fails.
Thirdly. II we may trench upon a most
delicate topic, we would suggest that In
merely social combinations, for the pnr-
pose of music, dancln. or conversation.
the Old caste lines Of The town be dlsre-
garded There is no despotism more mar
low or cruel than the aristocracy Of a vii
lage. New blood and new ideas would
generally revivify Il; outside Of the So
called good society" OF such q place
which ha. been fenced in for two or three
generations, is frequently found the larger
proportion Of Intelligence, culture and
breadth OF thought.
Fourthly: The great want experienced
BY cultured men aud women in a small
town Is of books, periodicals, etc, which,
Individually, they are not able TO buy
There are very few circulating libraries in
American towns Of a population less than
ten thousand. This want can be- o0viated
ia measure, By friendly combination be-
tween certain families or individuals, in
which each contributes given number OF
books to common stock; these books are
loaned to the members 10 turn.
more formal and much better way is
the formation OF book club. such as were
common in England before the establish
ment OF Mudie, in which each member pays
at the beginning certain sum, With which
as many books are purchased as there are
members, each one choosing book these
pass In regular rotation from hand to
hand, remaining fortnight with each
reader; twenty books may thus be read
for the cost Of one. When the books have
passed around The circle, they are sold 10
members for the benefit Of the club Fines
for detention and abuse OF books also keep
up the funds. No officer is required in this
association but a treasurer Another ad-
vantage In the plan is that books can be
bought by the quantity st lower rates than
siusly. The same rule applies 10 subscrip-
tioas fnr magazines. newspapers. etc.
-[''Home and Society,"" .Scribner for Dec.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

EVILS or GossIP.-We have known a
country society which withered away to
nothing under the dry rot OF gossip only.
Friendships, once as firm IS granite, dis
solved TO Jelly, and then ran away to water
only, because OF this love that promised
future as enduring and as stable as truth,
cyaporated into u morning mist that turned
to days long tears, only because OF this
father and son were set foot TO foot
with the hercy breath OF an anger that
would never cool again between them; and
~ husband and young wife, each stralning
at the hated lash which In the beginning
had been the promise Of God-blessed
love, sat mouruful!y by the side Of the
grave where all their love and all their joy
lay buried and all because OF this. We
have seen faith transformed TO mean doubt,
JOY give place 10 grim despair, and charity
take on itself the features of black maley-
oleuce, all because OF the fell words of
scandal, and the magic mutterings OF gos-
sip. Great crimes work great wrongs, aud
the deeper tragedies OF human life spring
from the larger passions; but woeiul and
most mourutul are the uncatalogued tray
odies that issue from gossip and detraction :;
most mournful the snipwreck often made
OF noble natures and lovely lives by the
bitter wiuds and dead sslt-waters OF slam
der. SO easy to say, yet so hard to dis
prove-throwing ou the innocent all the
burden and the strain of demonstrating z
their innocence. and furnishing them as
guilty If unable to plnck out the stings
they never see, aud to silence words they
never hear-gossip and sander are the
dreadiest and cruelest weapons man has
ever forged tor his brothers heart al
n, Year Round
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
OFF Rough Point.

~ EMMA LAZARUS.
W. sat ST twilight nigh the sea
The fog hung gray aud weird.
Through the thick film uncAnuily
The broken moon appeared.
We heard the pillows crack and plunge,
We saw nor waves nor ships.
Earth sucked the yapOrs like q sponge.
The salt spray wet our lips.
Closer the ~oof Of white mist drew.
Before, behind. beside.
How could that phantom moon break through
Above that shrOudcd tide,
The roaring waters filed the ear.
A white blank foiled the sight.
Close-gaihering shadows. nesr. more near.
Brought the blind, awful night.
o friends no passed unseen. unknown.
d.shing. troubled sea.
still stand We on = rock alone,
allied round by mystery.
.>criLEer for December.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

MEN WITHOUT OCCUPATIOS.-The man
who has nothing to do is the most luisera-
BILE OF beings. No matter how much
wealth man possesses. he can be neither
conteuted nor happy without occupation,
We were born To labor. and the world Is
our vineyard. We can hnd field of use
fulness almost anyw here. In occupations
We forget our cares, our worldly trials,
and onr SORROWS. II keeps us from con-
stantly worrying and bro0ding over what
Is inevitable. Ii We have enough for our.
selves, We can labor for the good of 9TH
ers and such task is one OF the most de-
lightful duties worthy and good mas can
possibly engage i'll.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

MIR. Cherrybles propped his six
months old boy up in high .chair, and
then looking admiringly at the crowning
youngster, asked his wife what was the
difference between the Indian chief now In
Canada and their youngest offspring. OF
course Mrs Cherrybles gave it up, and
the proud father exclaimed, lone is Sit
ting Bull, and the other is sitting bully.
Mrs. Cherrybles tainted.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

Mrs. Jane NJ. SWEET, who was tried in
1868 Tor the memorable murder of her bus
band. DIR. Chas. NJ. SWEET, at kennebunk,
died in the almshouse in that town few
DAYS ago. She was charged with murder
ing her husband by mixing morphine with
his whisky. aud though she claiWed that
she did 1t with no criminal intent, but only
to produce nausea in the hope of curing
him of his habit, she was found guilty of
manslaughter and sentenced to six years
In the State Prison.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

Geo. w. Stevens Geo. w. Kemp, War
ren II. Walker, Chas. A. Stevens, Benz.
Whiften. Tyler s. Dodge. Henry G.. Mills,
and Edward Merrill, striking engineers on
the Boston & Maine Railroad. were all
found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct the
United States mail, in the United States
court in Portland. A motion to arrest SEN
tenee WAS made to be argued fortnight
hence before Justices Clifford and Fox IN
exceptions. The penalty Is from 81 to
onment.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

Never, no, never marry tor money!
gravely remarked the pastor to the youth.
"Pa!" called out youngster just then
from behind the study door. 'what do you
marry for If 'taint for money-two dollars,
any way. and may be more If the feiler's
rich7" The minister got around answer
ing the question by leading the boy ont by
the scalp-lock.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

"HUSDREDs OF MILLIONS or YEARS
AGo.-I fear my own conclusion about
Mars is thar his present condition is very
desolate. look on the ruddiness OF tint
10 which | have referred as one OF the
gus that the planet of war has long since
passed its prTe. There are lands and seas
in Mars, the vApor OF water Is present in
his air, clouds form, rains and SHOWS tall
upon his surface, and doubtless brooks
and rivers irrigate his soil, and carry down
the moisture collected on his wide contl-
nents to the seas, whence the clouds had
originally been formed. But | do not
think there Is much vegetation on Mars, or
that many living creatures of the highest
still remain. All that lis known about the
planet tends TO show that the time when
IL attained that stage OF planetary exist
euce through which our earth is now pass
iug, must be set millions OF years, perhaps
hundreds OF millions of years, ago He
has not yet, indeed, reached that alress
and waterle>s condition. that extremity of
internal cold, or in fact, that utter uui
nes. to support any Kind of life, which
would seem TO prevail in the moon. The
planet of war in some respects resembles
a desolate battlefield, and fancy that there
is not single region OF the earth now in
habted by man which is not infinitely more
comfortable as an abode OF LIE than tile
most favored regions OF Mars at the pre-
ent day would be for creatures like our
selves.-P Prof II. 4. Proctor, 81. Nichcids
for kOpemGer.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
pOttrp.
The Coming Man.


pair Of very chubby legs
kncased in scarlet hose;
A pair of little stubby boots;
With rather doubtful toes,
A little kilt, little coat,
Cut as 4 mother can
And loy before Us strides. in state,
The Futures coming man."
His eyes. pershancc, will read the stars.
And search their unknown ways;
Perchance the human heart and soul
viii open to their gaze;
Perchsncc their keen and flashing glance
Will be a nations light
Those eyes that now are wistful bent
On some big fellows" Kite.
The brow. where mighty thoughts viii dwell
In solemn, secret state;
Where fierce Ambitions restless strength
shall war with future fate;
Where Science from now hidden cave
New treasures shall outpour-
T j. knit now with troubled doubt.
Are two. or three cents more'
Those lips that, in the coming years,
Will plead or pray or teach;
Whose whispered words on lightning fash,
From world to world may reseh;
That sternly grave, NAV speak command.
or. smiling. win control
Are coaNiug now for gingerbread
With all baby's soul.
Those hands-iho,e little busy hands
so sticky. small aud brown:
Those hands. whose only miss ion seems
To tear all order down
Who knows what hidden strength NAV lie
Within their future grasp,
Though now t il but tSfiy stick
In sturdy hold they clasp,
All. blessings on those little hands,
Whose work Is yet uudOue.
And blessings on those little feet.
Whose race il Vet unrun.
And blessings on the little brain
That has not learned TO plan,
WhAte'er the Future hold ia store,
God bless the coming man!
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
A Double Riddle.

There j. word Of musics own
That lIfls the soul to see and do
a happy word, that leaps alone
From lip- BY pleasure touched anew,
Which, II it Join thy parted name.
O Blessed Virgin bears r curse
Than which the fatal midnight flame.
Or fstetul war, bold. nothing worse.
What is this word, with bsleful charm.
To change the sweetest name We know
To one surchArged with subtitle hArm,-
And what the strange, new name Of woe'
And ifyou guess this riddle we'll
Aud sp~sk this word in answer true,
How may it lift-I pray you tell
The tuneful soul TO see and do.
J. O.. HsAdAi, 81. Nicholas f1r December
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

A colored deacon in Newburg, n. Y,
was on Saturday sent to Jail to await the
arrival of three mt thers-in-law, whose
daughters he had married. The old dark
ey said he didn't mind going to JAIL but
asked Judge Kilbreth to keep dem mud
ders-ill-law away from him, suah."
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
TEXAS COLONY.

The undersigned having just returned from
Western Texas. propose 10 form Colony to
purchase land in HOndo valley, and build .
New England Village thereon. All those In
tending to remove to the West can be greatly
benefited by join ing US, and thereby secure cheap
lands and low rates of TRANSFORMATION. by united
action, we shall have village at once. aud pront
by The resultant rise in realsestate surrounding
US. This action has good soil, line water and
timber, and mud and healthy climate. Send tor
Circular.
J. W. GREEN,
lm45 q Cireular Bloek Bauxor Ne.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
&Se~ -.

in the sentence, John strikes Will
liam remarked a schoolteacher, what
is the object of 'strikes'1' Higher wages
and less work." promptly replied the in
telligent youth.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

She was an innocent servant girl. but
she had presence Of mind. and when she
broke the stove wrench in atte mpting to
shake the kitchen stove, she promptly ex-
planned to her mistress who came 10 at the
instant, that the cat did it.-lR0me Senti-
mel.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

The COW that committed suicide the
other day must not be spoken of as being
hurried Into another world. She had her
udder whirIed in this life-every time she
was miiked.-[ Philadelphia Bulletin.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29

1t is strange how crowded two young
men make the largest psrlor seem Oh Sun
day evenings.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
EOl. Rent.

The popular Boarding House on Water Street.
Known as the Bakery, has been put 4 q thorough
repair, and Is Tor rent. For particulars inquire
OF d. NJ. Stewart, next door below.
Ellsworth, Nov. IA, ls77. leu
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
CONSTITUTIONAL CATARRH REMEDY.

UUNDIllUllUNhL Uni hllnl HLnhUl.
The CoNsTfTUTIoNAL CATARRH REMEDY Is the
first article placed before the public that proposed
20 cure CAtarrh by building up the Constitution.
u struck ai the root OF the whole difficulty, and
thous and- upon thousands OF letters have been re-
ceivcd ev the proprtetors, setting forth the mar.
vciau- cures, aTf, What remarkable, curing not
only the Catarrh, but an other a,lmcnt. at the
same time THIS u what 1t always does. The fol-
loving statement Il only sample OF what We are
cnurtsntly receiving, from well known people TO
whom tou can write. auG not To- bogus ones. Ca.
iarri and IT. attendant evils. cold IN head, hack
ing cough incIpient consumption headache =,
pans IA hack and lolns. dsxzlsear. languIdness,
lose os appetite sna - ncrsi ~eakness, all leave
together when the Consutut onal Caiarrh Remedy
is taken n recommended.
MEsSRs. ALLEN 4 Co.: Gents. Having sat
ierci tor the past ten years from the bsneiul ef-
icsts oi CatarTh. and having at times ielt almost
wiling to dic rather than live IN so much misery
AMI suffering, and alter having tired all the nos
ttum- in the market which are warranted TO cure
POSITIVELY, ami receiving no ben eft whatever,
VAS a; last induced. through the influence Of
friends, IL call at your establishment and pnr-
chase boitis Of little0eld 4 Coz CON, IlTU-
1IpNAL CATARBH REMEDY. used three or
four boitic- aud obtained a complets cure.
Through The influence of my cure others have al
50 been cured
naA ali the symptoms peculiar to that terrible
disease such pain IN the front part Of the head
a very di-AsrceAblc-smclllpg discharge from the
uo-trlt- and thzt peculiar dropping IN the throat,
ana am satisfied had not luckily been advised
a. take the Gone sutuuOnal CAiArrh Remedy, would
rf" long have run iuto that terrible disease. Con
sumptoU. As the irritation had already stesnbily
euoruachcI upon my throat aud iungs. You may
do with this letter a. you deem best.
Your. truly,
GEu- Bo>WORTH, Harmar, ohio.
Tie writer OF the foregoing il endorsed by
M,-srs. Allen & Co.. Druggists at hArmAr Ohio.
10 he following toras:
Enclosed please ind letter from GIn. :. Bos.
WORTH lie j. a NJ. I man IN every respect; is
good Ihustlan. and one Of the pillars OF the Pres
byteTIan church D. man Of No small infa ence
known all over the country, one WhasT word 10
never doubted and We pride ourselves that
are permitted II use the name OF such 8 man We
could send morc ccrtIscatcs. but think ihls one
IL enough. coming II does from oI our
most iufLcu uital citizens. Should any
more proof, tcIl them to calf and We VIII
Gle them iu al ihc proof they may want"
Price : per bottle. pamphlet OF - pages
glslrg treatise on Catarrh. with InnumeEAble
casc- OF rurc-. cent FkEE. hy addressing the pro-
pTletaT~-
LITTLEFiELD Co. MAnchc,ter y. II.
Ellsworth American., 1877-11-29
CATAR Rh.

CATARRH WITH ALL ITS PECULIAR
SYMPTOMS FOR TEN YEARS. FAST
TERGTNg ON CONSUMPTION, com.
PLETE1 Y CURED y Y LESS THAN
FO{-R BOTTLES or