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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

THE TRAMp.-Shoud not the dictionaries
revise their definitions of the word tramD
now that legislation in so many Of our States
has made the person a criminal Massa-
chuse,ts, following her New England sisters
offers the tramp the advantages OF her state
work house and houses of correction, but in
such compulsory way as to deprive the
boon Of the attraction which it might other
wise have for him. For the tramp is too
sincere a lover Of liberty to be grateful for
any act which relieves him Of it, even while
insuring him those two prime necessaries of
his life, free board and lodging. The selec.
ton Of work house as his place of eonfiue-
ment is peculiar indignity to the tramp.
whose existence is based on the avoidance OF
work. Whether his practice in this respect
is the result Of thoughtful consideration of
labor a. the primal or consequential curse,
or is based on an intuitive perception of the
value Of leisure, it is not now necessary to
inquire. 1t is enough to emphasize the
rigor of laws which not only assume the
criminality of the tramp. but affix to it a
punishment which is especially offensive to
his ssaaibilitisa.-( Nay Aaaatie.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

De LEsSEPs OFFERED \ JoB.--A great
objection to the Palace hotel in San Fran
cisco i. the short legs of the bcdsteads,
which prevent newspaper reporters from
conCealing themselves comfortably under
meath. The other morning two reporters
were PLAYING a sociable game Of old sledge
under the couch of NJ. Ferdinand de les
seps, and waiting for any stray remark that
might fall from that eminent engineers lips,
when the waiter ushercd in caller v hose
red. mud-coyered cowhide boots. TAIL the
"enterprislng journalists could -eeI denoted
him to be a Santa Clara granger. "Nee--
tair. Meestair Barkair Delight TO see YOU
my goot frcn. delight" said De Lesseps, wi no
speaks English like book.-a guide book
after reading the strangers card ''Howdy,"
said the agrlculturist, taking a straw out Of
his mouth and staring round the room
They tell me you're Just about the boss
ditch digger IN the world" - feel hattair
monsieur" "Eh? Well, the great trouble
down our way is want Of good ditch irriga-
ton, a. | 'spose YOU know, and thought,
being in town, I'd just call and try to strike
bargain with YOU. Now, how does three
dollars day and fround strike YOU ?" Vat,
saire ?" IL say I'll give YOU three dollars
and your hash steady work for six weeks.
sure. III furnish all the spades and things,
and I'll give YOU lift in the wagon, if YOU
can get ready to 20 down this afternoon"
Instead Of reply to this generous offer the
reporters heard a window being suddenly
raised, followed by the noise of brief
scuffle. That afternoon the Post contained
the sad account Of man having fallen from
the roof Of the Palace
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

Dress, says writer in New York
fashion journal. is now cultivated as 6ne
art by women for themselves. their girls
and boys by men not at all. Men use and
wear clothing only as necessity, and take
to fine garments only by the compulsion Of
their surroundings; they dress TO suit, or in
the fear Of each other. Women adorn their
body, enhanse their personal advantages or
conceal defects by the practice of ar, in
dress and. in so far As they can. they Use 4
change-be It ever so rsdIcal--to effect sue
cess in this direction. They are ready to
ignore all precedent and to adopt any nov
city which answers their purpose, not neces-
sarily better. but as well as the old. That
magic word new" when applied TO dress,
instantly engages womans attention and in
terest and mans suspicion and distrusL The
woman examines the novelty, and, II found
becoming, makes an effort to possess it. 1T
Is becoming" says the woman. who, IN SO
declaring establishes the new as a success
The man eyes the novelty ,uspiciou.ly, and
says, Yes, 1t looks pretty well, but III
let some other fellow try it." The marx cd
difference in This respect is tha, women are
always waiting for some new style to try ;
men fox some other man 20 try the new
stylc
IL seems a. though clothing for gentle
men Is destined to be limited forever to the
frock and sack costs and other garments Of
our forefathers and ambitious woman, 10
her search for new worlds TO conquer. has al
last attacked, perhaps captured, the two
| sacred and only coats 10 our back. More
( than this, she promises to capture our tailor
a. well. Nothing seems 10 be too daring
in dress for women. provided it !. new, s,yl-
ish and becoming. The season of the wear
makes no difference 10 woman as 10 the color
| she viii wear. The question il. What is
best suited to her complexion But, with
men, the approach Of winlry weather lnVari-
ably creates a rush for the favorite colors Of
the undertaken, and the multitude OF men is
forthwith arrayed a. for a funeral process
SION. This fact has caused no little com
mcnt among fashionable tailors, some Of
whom 20 so far as to blame their profession
for the alleged lack of taste displayed by
men in matters of dress. They claim that
the time has come for the invention Of ue.
and Handsomely shaped garments for men,
made up Of high colors and brilliant mix
turcs, and with special reference to the Sc
lection of shades most becoming to the wear
er. An immense business has been built up
in supplying womau's demand for artistic
garments for children, thev being said to
dress little boys like pretty children, whils
men dress boys like little men.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

THk BEST NEHlCLE.-An anecdote Is
told of a physician who was called to for
eign family to prescribe for a case of incipi-
ent consumption. He gave them pre-
scription for pills, and wrote the direction
"One pill to be taken three times day, in
any convenient vehicle" The family looked
IN the dictionary to get at the meaning Of
the prescription. They got on we'll until
they got to the word vehicle. They found
'.cart, wagon. carriage. buggy. wheelbarrow"
After grave consideration they came to the
conclusion that the doctor meant the pstien,
should ride out, and while in the vehicle be
should take the pin. He followed the sd-
vice to tho letter, and in few weeks the
fresh air and exercise secured the advantage
which otherwise might not have come.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13
burlington Hawkeye.
Advice to q Young Nan.

Ny son, If you do mean thing, il you
are guilty Of = small, spiteful action, If you
wreak some paltry, shabby vengeance on
your neighbor. if you do anything supremely
little and cowardly and hateful, and still
hold up your head and want to be respected
by the world, just lay this aat,ering JUNCTION
to your soul-you are the only man de-
eeiyed no one is fooled save yourself If
you are mean everybody knows it, the rest
of mankind as well as yourself Your neigh
bors may not, il is more than likely they
will not. tell you Of it. They will not ex-
press their honest opinions on the subject to
your face. but when you lie down at night
and blush over your mesnness by yourself,
in the dark. don't you add foolishness to
your wickedness by hugging to yourself the
hattering delusion tina, nobody knows it.
They all know it, and they all talk about
il. Don't YOU know every mean thing your
neighbor, do' Dom, they all tell you all the
mean thing they know about each other !?
And do YOU suppose they dom, know all
your littlenesses. if you have any, just as
well9 My dear boy, YOU must know that
this shrevd old world is too sharp for any
OF US. and that YOU can't fool it IL will hold
you at your own estimate of yourself not
Nbui puDbIiN tNPlesstu tstiiliatt, may ue, Uut
at your own private. honest estimate the
estimate you hold yourself at when you have
turned out the light and crept into bed and
know ,ha, there is just one being in all the
universe that is searching your heart as
closely as and far more honestly and purely
than YOU can. And 20, If YOU want the
world to think you really honest and manly
and noble, nv son. you have got to be hon
est and manly and noble. Otherwise don't
care what j, says il thinks Of YOU. BE hon
est with yourself. my boy, so that when the
day is done. and the blessing Of the night
falls upon you, YOU can shake Yourself by
the hand and say, ''Old boy, you have made
fearful mess Of i, to-day YOU have STUN
bled and faltered YOU have blotted the rec
ord, you have just hristled with faults, but
you did it all in honesty. in human ignor-
anee and wilfulness. and you haven't lied to
anybody. and when YOU 90 out on the street,
no mans accusing glanccs can make your
eyes drop"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

A contemporary contains long article
entitled the Effect Of Smoking on Boys"
1t is not right to smoke on boys. 1t i'm
parts disagreeable odor to their clothes
and when they 90 home they arouse suspic-
ions in the minds of their mothers, which
are difficult to eradicate. The effect of
smoking on some boys would be . rock
hurled At the hesd Of the smoker-[ Norris.
town Herald,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

1t is singular fae, that very little is
known regarding John Harvard, the founder
Of Harvard College. He vas an English
Charlestown, Mass, September "a. 1888.
He left Zoo to found college. A monu-
ment to his memory was erected in the
burial ground at Chsrles,own by the alumni
of the college, and inaugurated September
26, 1928, with an address by Edward Ever
ett- The Harvard Register says that at the
suggestion Of Rev. DR.. George f. Ellis. the
late Hon. Jonas Savage once offered hun
dred dollars line for five lines about John
Har, ard, and got no information
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

Nor COMMON "TATURs" a country
clergyman chose for his text, on one ocea-
sion, passage Of Scripture which had been
variously interpreted. In concluding his
sermon he said: These are the conclusions
have reached after the most diligent study.
but must inform you that the eonaeats-
tors disagree rita me-" A farmer, q great
admirer Of the parsons eloqueEce, had paid
marked attention to the disfourse. He
went home, filed large bag I'M >,
kidney potatoes, and packed them Oh to "a
parsons house, with the following note:
"Rsreyend and Dear Scr: You told Us
this mornin' as how common t0ssrs dids't
agree VitA yos. ! hope ss bow choice kid-
nsys does"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

What would do without the boys ,"
How often they have been my friend | go
10 new town. don't known one hotel
from another. don't know where 10 go
The man with the samples gets of At the
same station. | follow him without a word
OF = ;rcmor Tie calls TO the bus driver by
name and orders him TO ''get out ofthis now" ="
A. soon ~ We are seated And when fol-
low him | am inevitably certain to 20 to the
best house there is in the place He shouts
at the clerk BY name, and fires Joke at the
landlord as We 90 in. He looks over my
shoulder Is register after him, and hands me
IN, card with shout Of recognition. He
peeps al the register again and watches the
clerk assign me 70 9s. Ninety nothing" "
he shouts who's in Is ," The clerk say.
he j. saving Is for Judge Drvasdu.t. We'll.
be be blowed, saws my cheery friend. give
him the attic and put ihi, gentleman in 10"
And i the clerk hesitatcs he gives me IS
himself. and then he calls tho porter, orders
HIM TO carry up my baggage and put FIRE
IN ID, and then. IN the same breath adds :;
What time will YOU BE- down to supper
Mr. Duyletie ?" and he waits for me. and.
seeng that | am stranger in the town, he
strs that am cared for, and that the waters
do not neglect me. lie tells me abou, the
town, the people and the business he is
breezy, CHEEKY, sociablc, full Of new stories,
ALWAYS good-natured he frisks with cigars
and oyertlo~s with thousand mile tickets -
he knows all the best rooms in all the hotels,
be always has key for the car seats, and
turns scat for himself and his friends with
out troubling the brakeman, but he will ride
on the wood box or stand outside to accom-
modate lady, or he will give his seat to an
old man ! know him pretty we'll. For
three Years have been travelling with him
from Colorado to Maine, and have seen the
worst and best Of him. and know the best
far ou,weighs the worst could hardly get
along without him, and | am glad he is so
numerous.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13
Believes In The Peoples Choice.
FARNINGTON. March 90 1SSO

Messrs. p. W. HUBBARD & Co: | am
pleased to add my testimony to the many
you already have in favor Of the People
Favorite Tonic Ritters. have been using
them this spring and have been much bene-
ftted thereby. They are superior as an
appetizer. 1t is in every respect . very
excellent Spring medicine.
2vl0 CART. LoUIs VorEa.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

I'm order to introduce women to vote,
the Elmira Free Press moves that the polls
be established in . millinery store where
thsrs u psspstua opening.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

WEI DE MEYERS CArARRH
Cure. q ConstitutionAl Anttaots for
this terrible malady. BY Absorptaon.
The most Important Discovery since
Vaccination. Other remedies nay
relieve CatArrh. this cures At any
stage before ConsunPtion ssts In.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-05-13

PTTCHER'SCASTORIAis isnot
Narcotic. Children grow flt
upon. Mothers like, and Physi-
clans recommend CASTORIA.
1t regulates the Bowels, cures
Wind Collie, allay> Fcverishness.
ard destroys Worms.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-12-09
A Wonderfu, Idiot.

An idiot who, perhaps, surpasses al
rivals in memory, and in the capacity
to make mathematical calculations In
his head, was recently examined before
the students of the Medico-Surgical
Academy Of st. Petersburg. He Is
twenty-seven years old. In his youth
he was noted for his brilliant ability,
but was addicted to the immoderate use
of liquors, and led dissipated life.
He was attacked by an acute disease.
When he recovered he was found to
have lost all his mental faculties except
memory and the power of mathematical
calculation. These Increased propor-
tionately as his understanding and
power Of logical thinking vanished .
Now he is living phonograph and
calculating apparatus. In the lecture
room Professor Merievsky requested
him to square numbers containing five
or six figures, to extract the square
root of like numbers, and so on. All
the questions were correctly answered
by the patient in a few seconds. No
mathematician present could do any
thing like it. Then the professor re-
quested some one to read poetry aloud
for several minutes, and the patient
repeated 1t as correctly as phono-
graph. The Professor declared to the
audience that he was unable to explain
this psychical phenomenon. The mem
ory and the calculating capacity of the
patient are still growing, while In
other respects he Is becoming a more
hopeless idiot.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-12-09

1t is the happiest and most virtuous
state Of society In which the husband
and wife set out together, make their
property together, and, with perfect
sympathy of soul, graduate all their
expenses. plans, calculations and de-
slres, with reference to their present
means and to their future and common
interest.
Nothing delights man more than to
enter the neat little tenement of two
young people who, within perhaps two
or three years, without any resources
but their knowledge OF Industry, have
Joined heart and hand, and engaged to
share together the responsibilities, du-
ties, Interests, trials and pleasures of
life. The industrious wife is cheerfully
employing her own hands In domestic
duties, putting her house in order,
mending her husbands clothes, or pre-
pairing the dinner, while perhaps the
little darling sits prattling on the
floor or lies sleeping in the cradle, and
everything seems preparing to welcome
the happiest of husbands and the best
of fathers when he shall come home
from his toll to enjoy the sweets of his
paradise.
This is the true domestic pleasure.
Health, contentment, love, abundance,
and bright prospects are all here. But
1t has become prevalent sentiment
that a man must acquire his fortune
before he marries, that the wife must
have no sympathy nor share with him
in the pursuit of it-in which most of
the pleasure truly consists-and the
young married people must set out with
as large and expensive an establishment
as Is becoming those who have been
welded for twenty years.
This is very unhappy /; it fills the COM
munity with bachelors, who are waiting
to make their fortunes, endangering
virtue, promoting vice; 1t destroys the
true economy and design of the do
nestle institution, and 1t promotes idle
ness and inefficiency among females,
who are expecting to be taken up by
Fortune and passively sustained without
any care or concern on their part; and
thus many wife becomes. as a gentle
man once remarked, not a s'help-meet,"
but A sshelp-eat ., a-.1-szses l's-al1',
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-12-09

The best Hanging Lamp in the
market, at Bowie, Pitrat Il Co.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-12-09
The First and Last Snow.
Detroit Free Press.

bctTOit TTtc Tesss
"Oh, mamma! Is 1t snowing?"
eyes, darling 1t has just begun"
"Isn't 1t nice, mamma; you. know
wanted to live to hear the sleigh bells
again."
"Hush, my child, mamma viii not
let you die. No, darling, You shall
have many sleigh rides yet before you
die"
"No, not many, mamma; If L could
have just one 1t would be so nice."
cit was last Tuesday. and little girl
who had seen snow come and 90 nine
times, lay dying in her humble home on
st. Antoine street. Weeks and weeks
the fever had burned within her and It's
fierce fire showed itself In the deep blue
eyes and the lovely innocent face.
The mother, an ever constant watcher
at the sufferers pillow, had never
given up hope, but the child, with that
knowledge which seems to come to all
before death, knew that she wonld never
join her merry playmates over On the
school ground. Day by day as the
fever burned she had wished for the
snow to come, and when the white
fakes fell the other day, the loving
mother changed the child's position
that she might, uuwarned, catch the
first glimpse Of the fleecy snow. The
child gazed out into the fiurried air
long and earnestly, and then when the
pain made her writhe, she turned an
appealing look to the sad-faced mother
and said:
"But, mamma, don't believe shall
ever have another sleigh ride. Now
promise me, If this snow is on the
ground when / die, you'll have my
coffin carried to the grave on sleigh ?''
"Why, my sweet child, why do you
make such request? You shall not
die-you will grow better tomorrow.
"But. mamma, promise me, will you ?
Please, mamma, please?"
"Yes, darling, yes.''
"Oh, thank you, mamma-that's so
nice. See, Its growing dark outside.
Pull the bed nearer the window, man,
ma, so that can see the street lamp.
There, see-the fakes--they giisten
just-like diamonds. It will be sleigh
ing In the morning, mamma, and shall
hear the BELLS" t,e,
Like the snow fake that falls upon
the warm earth, she melted away,
and no one knows whether she woke to
hear music and bells on that morning
we shall all one day open our eyes
upon.
Yesterday passers-by turned to look
at small funeral procession. and
wondered why the undertaken had put
his hearse upon runners so early In tbs
season. sssi
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-12-09

petted. win give back Its affection
| where baby voices are first heard and
where child1en grow until their places
with parents are reversed and those who
were watched become the watchers
where books and papers are gathered
through She years until they become
sacred on account of the thumb marks
upon them; where confidence in pa
rents change TO Ineasureless veneration; /;
where the bounding love that tosses the
child changes with the years until the
child itself becomes the staff on which
age leans; where the book of knowl-
edge turns back It's first and simpler
leaves and gives glimpses of the glories
beyond, where impressions of good are
so fixed that when far removed and
when temptation comes the old men,
ories sweeping back strike like an
anchor and keep the soul from drifting.
These are some of the accompani-
ments of the homes that are soon to
dot our western country, where now
there are but few settlers.
- E. A. STONE.
Lemhi, Idaho. Nov. Is, 1880.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-12-09

Ii you are In need Of Stove Re-
| pairs call on King 4 Dsgsa andtheJ
will fit you ont.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-12-09
New-Nlarrled Couples.

Lenhi, Idaho. Nov. Is. 1880.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-30

Meats were nnner though their quotations.
were not changed, II vents cash heinS hskdd
for short clear SMOKED sides. lho stock IN
town is ample to meet the present demand
flour Is II ady 1T yesterdays rates, with
Corn unchanged At A cents for loose ear,
Receipts scarcely improved.
Oats were at u t4nd. Reneipts light.
Rye and barley IRE in demand fur seed
There are only a few lois on the market
which are held at he figure below.
Iron ties were eAciiei ana ieverish DIS
patches from other POINTS not u IN advance,
q considerable advance, which caused the
purchase of n good deal nero upl speculation
Several lot were held he old IN es Of ~ 30,
Others n yaprod to ~ 10 aud 81 20, aud some
were with rawn entirely until he market be-
came mOIe settled.
Butt ia solid at 50 cents jobbing and 80
cents te nj
Eggs are Ia that same basket.
Wehenr OF no other changes, ii Indeed there
be changes,
There Is 1ne demand Ger provisions and II
fair dry goods TRACE
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-30
DALLAs, Tuesday Afternoon, I
SsntpmDpr 20, 1850,


Trade unexpectedly revived this morning
10 nm extent not looked for, IL had been set
down that the cotton MARKET would not fairy
reopen until Friday or saturday, but II com
in at lively rate This morning, the receipts
duriug the day footing up the best In some
tine.
The weather WA hazy, with the sun not
shining as b light rs on yesteri ay. The roads
are la fair order, They might he better ana
might be worse. They are hard and pre- ty
rough.
Railway trains are running lrregnlarly in
consequence of their tracks being In bnd order
Re orts from the country are that picking Is
steadily progressing and the top crop opening
finely. The best esIimates to-day placed the
average yield OF cotton in Dallas county at
three fourths of q bale to the acre.
In new railroads we heard nothl flesh
TheTexas& Pacific people say the Da las X
Wichita WILDE ilnlsheI by Christmas, bring
ing the Missouri, Kansas X Texas to Dallas di-
rect and make thia tne grand s0uthern terh' :
nus of that aud the aiSsOuri Pacihc