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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-10-10

Not long ago one OF the largest and most
successful shoe manufacturers in Europe
stated that, though his factory was stacked
with the best American machinery, and
manned by as good 4 class OF workman as
he could get, he was undersold at his own
door by American makers. His obserya-
tions In American factories supplied the
explanation the average workman In our
factories. he said, could turn out much
more work in q day than the most skillful
In Europe, owing 10 their superior dexteri-
ty and quckness. The Swiss watch manu-
facturer, Dubbed, said that the American
workman could turn out day by day three
or four times the average product OF the
European OF the same class.
This seems like gross exaggeration; bIt
IL is not out OF harmony with the testimony
OF many competent foreign observers. A
correspondent OF the British HonmORger
tells a story which furnishes an apt ilustra-
tion Of this feature of American workman
ship.
He says that during the Centennial year
an English manufacturer of stamped tin
ware saw some presses in use IN this coun-
try which pleased him greatly. He was
particularly struck with their rapldity Of
operation, and ordered three. They were
Liade 10 due time, and the maker, hoping for
other orders, took them abroad himself
They were set up, aud men experienced
with presses were given charge of them /;
but under the most favorable conditions
they could not be made 10 turn out within
forty per cent. as much work as they aver
aged daily in American works. The oper.
ators were not quick enough. Here one
man operated a machine unaided. aud h ad
a blank In position every time the die de-
cended. la the English shop the operator
had two boys to help him, one to handle
the blanks. and the other TO carry away
the stamped article; but even with this as
sistance he could not supply the blanks
fast enough, and iorty out of every humid
red times the die decended il had nothing
to do.
The same writer observes that this l. no
uncommon experience with the makers OF
American machinery. Our most success
full machines are often failures abroad sim
ply because they are too fast fol the work
men of other countries. Their operations
are gauged by the average capacity OF
American artisans, and foreign operatives
fail to keep up with them.
This is but another Instance of the edu-
cative effect of machinel and every year
with the increasing perfection of mechani-
cal devices, the need OF intelligence, pre-
cisiOn. and rapid manipulation is increased.
The Intellectual development OF skilled
workers cannot but be advanced in conse-
Quence. Already the mechanic needs, and
many of our mechanics possess, higher
grade of culture aud vastly more knowl-
| edge than sufflced for the learned profes-
sioEs 50 called few years ago.-Scientidt
| AmsricdR.
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Fingers and Forks.

We often laugh at the Chinese and their
chopsticks, or small thin sticks OF wood OIL
ivory with which they eat, and fancy they
must make very dirty work at their meals
yet they are cleanly and civilized compared
with the habits Of our ancestors some three
hundred years ago. When forks were un-
known each man had his own knife, and at
dinner seized the joint with his hand, and
cut on what he wished; the dish was then
passed on to the next, who did the same
The knife then cut up the portions into small
pieces, which were put into the mouth by
the fingers of the hand unoccupied BY the
KNIFE. In many parts of Spain, at present,
drinkiug-glasses. spoons, and forks are va
rieties; and In taverns in many countries.
particularly in some towns In France
knives are not placed on the table because
II Is expected that each person has one of
his own-a custom which the French seem
To have retained from the old Gauls. But.
As no person will any longer eat without
forks, landlords are obliged TO furnish
these, together with plates and spoons.
None OF the sovereigns of England had
forks till the reign OF Henry VIII; all,
high and low. used their fingers. Hence,
In the royal household there was digni-
tary called the ewry, who with 8 set of
suoordinates, attended at the meals with
the ewry survived after forks came par
TALLY into fashion.
About the first royal parsonage who is
known to have had fork was Queen Eliz.
abeth; but. although several were present.
ed to her, it remains doubtful whether she
used them on ordinary occasions. Forks
were employed only by the higher classes
In the middle of the seventeenth century
About the period of the revolution, l6ss,
few English noblemen had more than a
dozen forks of silver. along with few of
iron or steel At length. tor general use,
steel forks became an article of manufac-
ture at Sheffield; at first they had but two
prongs, and it was only in later times that
the three-pronged kind were made. As
late as the early part OF the eighteenth CEN
tury table forks.-and We may add, knives
were kept on so sDall scale by the
country inns in Scotland (and perhaps In
some parts of England) that 1t was Gus
tonary for gentlemen travelling to carry
with them portable knife and fork in "A |
shagreen case. The general introduction |
OF silver forks into Great Britain is quiet |
recent; il can be dated no further back
than the termination OF the French war 10 |
1874.
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Remarkable Echoes.

In the sepuicher OF Metela, the wife OF
Snila. IN the Roman Campagna, there is an
echo which repeats five times, in five dit
ferent keys, and will also give back " ;,
distinctness a heXameter line which ~
quires two and a half seconds to utter IT,
On the banks of the Naha, between Blugen
and Coblentz an echo repeats seventeen
times. The speaker may scarcely be heard,
and yet the responses are loud and dis
tlnct, sometimes appearing to approach, at
other times 10 come from a great distance.
Echoes equally beautiful and romantic are
To be heard in our own islands. In the
cemetery Of the Abercorn family, at Pals
ley, when the door OF the chapel Is shut.
the reverberatIons are equal to the sound
OF thunder. Ii single note OF music is
brearhed the tone ascends gradually with
a multitude OF echoes till it dies in soft
and bewitching murmurs. In this chapel
is Inferred Margery. the daugh hter of Bruce,
aud the wife OF William Wallace The
echo at the Eagles Nest on the banks of
Killarney, is removed for its effective rep
etitiou OF q bugle call, which seems to be
repeated by a hundred instruments, until
IL gradually dies away in the air. At the
report OF a cannon the loudest thunders
reveIberate from the rock, and die in seem
ingly endless peals along the distant moun-
tains. At the Castle OF Smouetta, noble
mans seat about two miles from Milan, a
surprising echo is produced between the
two wings Of the building. The report OF
pistol is repeated by this echo sixty
times; and Addison, who visited the place
on a somewhat foggy day, when the si-
was unfayorable to the experiment, counted
fiity-six Tepetitions. AT first they were
very quick, but the intervals were greater
In proportion as the sound decayed. Ii is
asserted that the sound of one musical in
| strument in this place resembles great
number of instruments playing in concert.
| This echo is occasioned by the existence OF
| two parallel walls Of considerable length,
between which the wave Of sound is rever-
| berated from one to the other until it is
entirely spent.-The World Of Wonders.
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~ u Detective Agent

Photography has long been employed by
the police 10 assist them In identifying per.
sons who are wanted" and the extensive
use to which the art Is put by the Paris au-
thorities is evident from the display made
at the international Exhibition, in the pa
villion set apart Tor the French capital
Here not only large series OF criminal
portraits are shown, but examples are pre-
sented OF various other applications In
which photography has been found useful
to assist officers of justice. In cases oil
murder, tor instance, 1t seems to be the
duty OF police photographers to photo
graph the scene OF the deed, and also to re-
cord. by the assistance of the camera, the
position OF the victim. There is a -pecial
branch OF the police who are photographers
in uniform, and place is set aside at the
station for studio and dark closet. In a
word, the occupation is now part of the
uaigut rnpiuy "A uark lantern they wouIu
have recourse to camera.
There is little doubt that the Paris police
have been able to detect many "A crime by
resortiug TO assistance OF this kind. Sew
eral instances Of forgery upon notes and
bonds, in which the original figures were
erased and others written in their places,
have been discovered In this way. We be-
lieve that the Bank of France has an Off
Ger OF It's own, upon Whom deVolVes the
duty of examining any suspicious docu-
meuts with the camera. In photograph,
ii seems, ink marks, which are invisible to
the eye, are frequently reproduced, while
an erasure, let it be ever SO carefully
smoothed over, becomes apparent in fine
ly executed photograph. In word. 1t is
next TO impossible 10 make an alteration
In the matter OF writing or printing upon
paper surface, without the photographer
finding yod out sooner or later. Even up
on the subject of style in handwriting the
camera gives a sharp criterion. BY photo
tographing word or two, and enlargina 9
the up and down strokes 10 very wide di-
mensions, the character OF the writing is
more easily studied than In its original
form. This instrumentality is somtme,
used by inquisitive police agents anxious
TO get the history of a doubtful document
II London Times.
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Romance in Real Life.

Daniel S. Webber, a native of Boston,
has had a career quite as romantic as its
apparent termination has been fortunate.
In lS47 when his father died he went to
sea, and just prior to that event his father
had deposited in the Suffolk Bank, through
Mr.. John o. Butcher, now in the Boston
Custom House, $3.50. Weber sailed to
all parts OF the globe, and when the war
was 10 progress he became an involuntary
recruit to one Of the Union regiments. He
was captured at Vicksburg, made his es-
cape, went to Philadelphia and married
aud reioined the army, to find on his dis
charge that his wife had died and left a
child to Quaker adoption. At the close Of
the war lie settled down to the life of q
civilian and not long ago he went to Wis
consin to see some of his wife's relations
aud there married again. Together he
and his wife have tramped East. He has
| satisfied Mr.. Butcher of his identity anG
secured the money belonging to his father
now amounting to 1893 80, and not only
| has he done that but he has proved BIZ
title to . strip Of land near Camden, Me.
which his father owned, and has settlet
down upon 1t.
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She Couldn't Wait.

One day cOmmotion was observed in a
farmers wagon on Woodward avenue. near
Davenport street. and a citizen advanced
to discover that the farmer and his wife
were having . regular Old-fashiOned do
mestic fight at the bottom OF the wagon.
while the horses were eating grass over the
curbstOnes.
"Here-whst's to pays" shouted the cit
izen. as he climbed upon the wheel.
"Fightin!" gasped the woman, whose
head was halt buried 10 the straw.
The farmer made no reply. His head
was under the seat, oLe leg over the way
on-bOx, and he was clawing the air like q
man who wanted more air.
Il should think you'd wait till you get
outside the city to engage 10 such disgrace
full conduct" continued the citizen.
II know we 0rter," replied the woman.
as she sat up, but found six plugs Of to
bacco and a new dime novel and a pack OF
keerds in his hind pocket, and remembered
how had waited six months for kaliker
dress,I riz right up and tackled him on the
spot! I couldn't wait minute then, mis-
ter, but now II you'll check up that nigh
boss I'll drive along and renew the com
bat beyond the tolLgate!"
The citizen complied. and she was seated
across her husbands knees - she shool
the lines and shouted, ''Git-up!'
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-Cleopatra's Needle was raised to its
position on the Thames embankment with
out hitch. When the signal had been
gwen, the monolith began slowly to move
on an iron axis, and with no apparent
strain on any point, the giant block of
stone gradually raised its mead until at An
angie OF ten or fifteen degrees from the
perpendicular 1t came to a perfect rest.
suspended on It's centre of gravity IL was
then easily moved into its proper place.
Within the pedestal had been placed an
earthenware jar, containing Bibles In
french aud English, an Arabic Genesis, a
Hebrew Pentateuch, and a verse from the
third chapter of st. John in 2l5 different
languages. II has been pointed out that
this enterprise is only the second instance
since the time OF the Roman Emperors of
the transport of a colossal obelIsk from the
shores OF Africa to any other part OF the
world. The frst instance was the memo
raole enterprise OF Louis Philippe in re-
moving the Luxor monolith OF Rameses IL
to the centre OF the Place de la Concorde
tn Paris. Ii was set on its pedestal on the
10Th of October, 1896, in the presence of
the king, the royal family. and an immense
cohcourse OF people. Some sailors climbed
on the top when it was firmly in place.
anu placed the tricolor there amid the
shouts of the multitude below. When the
o0elsk at st. Peters, In Rome, was set up,
IN 1896, 1t required the joint labor of more
than 1000 men and 40 horses, straning for
month at blocks. ropes and tackles. But In
anprra-r mitch .L4-
day, and they raised the obelisk in half an
hour. There are only twelve colossal obe-
llshs now standing on the face OF the earth.
Five are in Egypt, four in Rome, and one
each in Paris, London and Constantinople.
1t cost about Els 900 to remove C!eopatra's
Needle to London and set it up, but Louis
Phillippe's Government expended between
ESQ 200 and 500, 900 to secure theirs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-10-10

kuk was showing lady some parasols
yesterday. This clerk has a good com
mand of language, and knows how to ex-
patate ON the good qualities and show the
best point of goods. AS he picked up
parasol from the lot on the counter and
opened it. he struck an attitude of admlra-
ton, and holding 1t up SO the best light
would be had, said:
Now there. Isn't it lovely1 Look at
the silk, Particularly observe the quail
ity, the finish, the general effect. Feel of
it. Pass your hand over it. No foolish
ness about that parasol, there?' he said,
as he handed it over to the lady, "ain't it
beauty3"
Yes said the lady, stuffing her hand
kerchief into her mouth, yes, that's my
old Que. | just laid it down there"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-10-10

Ex-Governor Seymour of New York,
the President of The American Dairy
mems Association" lately and well said,
that ''in relation 10 political matters there
is great confusion now. l do not think
any harm will come out of this state of
things. The American people have gone
into a committee of the whole on the state
of the Union where every man can have
his say, and where every one can bring out
his plans. These will knock each other in
the head, and when we get through all will
go back to the rules of common sense.
The men who work will thrive. Those
who are idle will starve. There is no fear
that Gods wise and kind law that men
must earn their bread by the sweat of their
brow will be set aside"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-10-10

TEA AS POIsoN.-The Journal Of
Chemistry asserts tea is not the simple,
harmless, beverage that is generally sup
posed; but that its effects, in their char
acter, may rightly claim TO be classed with
those of tobacco and alcohol. The paper
also adds: Many disorders of the ner-
vous system are the direct result of exces-
sive tea drinking. Tea is a narcotic pois-
on;' its essential principle, thein, is al
lied in composition with such poison a
strychnine and morphine. 1t first excites
the nervous system and then exhausts it,
Experiments show that both in man and
other animals, 1t ilnpairs power in the low
er eXtremities; so that it effects the 'un-
dersranding' in double sense-literally
AS well as figuratively. 1t is not the harm
less eXhilarant il Is supposed to be, but
powerful agent whose after effects are Sc
rious."
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Growing Old Gracefully.

Growing Old Gracefully.
sohly, oh! softly, the years have swept by
Touching thee lightly with ienderest care;
sorrow and care did they often bring nigh
thee;
Yet they h.ve left thee bu, beauty to wear.
Growing old gracefully,
Gracefully fair.
Far from the storms that are washing the
ocean:
Nearer each day to the pleasant home light ;
Far from the waves that are big with commo-
Under full sail and the harbor In sight.
Growing old cheerfuly.
Cheerful and bright.
Past all the winds that were adverse and chill.
Past all the islands that lured thee to rest:
Past all the currents that wooed the unwilling
Far from the port o: the land Of the blest.
Growing old peacefully,
Peaceful and blest.
Never a feeling Of envy or sorrow
Where the bright faces OF children are seen !:
Never year from their youth wouldst thou
borrow;
Thou dost remember what lieth between.
Growing old willingly,
Gladly, ween,
i.'tn lh eApftlcncc tnal angels might coyetl
Rich 10 a faith that has grown with thy years
Kich IN love that grew fr ON and above IL;
Soothing thy sorrows and hushing thy fears.
Growing old wealthily
Loving aud dear.
Hearts a, the sound OF thy coming are light
ened.
Ready and willing thy hand 10 relieve;
Many face at thy Kind word. was Frightened.
1T + more blessed 10 give than reoeive."
Growing old happily;
Ble.'. we believe
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"A pleasant little anecdote of the Crown
Prince of Germany is told by Mrs Hoop
er. 1t was at the beginning of the Franco
Prussian war that the king and prince
passed through Homburg on their way to
the field. A young American girl, stay
ing with her parents at one of the hotels,
hung large ATerican flag from her bal
cony, and as the royal couple passed waved
an enthusiastic handkerchief. The king
and his son looked up and bowed, and,
like the courteous gentleman he is, the
prince summoned an aide-de-camp and
! gave an order which was passed down the
| liue-sn order TOR each regiment O. It went
| BY to salute the Stars and Stripes,
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PATHos IN REAL LIFE.-People who cross
City Hall square at night have noticed
little old woman dressed In brown gown,
a tight sacque, and white frilled cap scrup-
ulouslY clean. She walks the square from
3 Z. NJ till past midnight 10 and fro. scan
ming every mans face, and after many dis
appointments every night goes slowly,
very late, up 10 her home in Mulberry
street. About four years ago John Kelley,
her husband was employed in the press
room of the Herald. About o'clock ev-
cry night he met his wife, who brought
down his lunch and carried back the dishes
One cold, dark night he did not meet her,
aud as she did not know the way to tile
press-room she waited some time and then
went home. In her room she found his
dead body on the bed. He had been killed
by the falling OF roll OF paper. She did
not die, though she was near dying. and
she still waits every night to meet her hus-
band. Winter and summer are alike to
her, and no weather delays her, though
she Is sixty years OF age.-N Y. World.
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party if the prejudice Of race did not inter
vcne to halt them half way. They know
that the Republican party is the author of
their favorite and successful greenback
system But il Is also the author of negro
suffrage, aud this fact acts as bar to their
full coalition with that party. Ordinarily
this situation would present quandTy,
for the money question is near and dear to
these men; hut the example Of the North.
and particularly of the West, is constantly
before them, and it is contagious. lude-
peudcntism ia sprnging up everywhere i'll
the South as the immediate consequence.
and is rapilly being crystaliEed into Ma
tionaism. This fact assures the prediction
that if the opposition TO greenhacks shall
be continued after specie resumption next
January, there will he three parties in the
South, viz. Bourbon Democrats, who swal-
low anything for the sake of the traditions
Of the past Nationals, or moderate Demo
Gratis, who see aud admit the progress oI
Affairs since the war, and Republicans, who
will adhere to the principles laid down in
the constitutional amen lmemts and recon
struCtion acts as tn, basis Of all govern
mental policy. Thr outcome of this COM
plicltiOn cannot fail Ia he beneficial for il
assures the partial overthrow of Bourbon
: