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The Eighth Wonder Of the World.

A stranger in New York, standing on the
middle span of the great Brooklyn bridge,
views with wonder the beauties Of New York
| harbor. He sees the great cities on each
side stretching away for miles to the north,
east and west. Beneath his feet the rapid
| ly running river, with scores of large and
small steamboats, coursing up and down. A
large four -masted ship, bound for China. is
passing under the great bridge in charge of
tugboat on its way to the sea- all hands are
busy on deck, and as she passes from under
ship arrives ,out safely and returns to this
port it will be nearly year before she makes
the round trip.
Looking down the bay we see great
steamer going through the Narrows, bound
in an opposite direction. Great black clouds
of smoke ascend from her funnel. We know
that the stoksrs away down in the boiler
room are replenishing the fires that are TO
/ furnish the motive power for the great ship,
and must be attended TO constantly for the
next ten days.
Apparently at our feet, but over mile
away, hes Governors Island picture
fresh, green and peaceful. The old fort,
with cannon on Top large enough for a
small child to crawl in. the cannon balls
pled in pyramids. the officers houses and
3I-ta
show in a pesteboard box tina, he made
when child.
Al our right We see a towering structure
( On an island-Bedl Island, three miles
and half away. II is difficult to realize
the distance is so great. as everything stands
out clear and bright on this beautiful spring
day. The large structure j. the pedestal
for BarIholdis great statue Of Liberty En-
tightening the World" which is TO be one
hundred and forty-two feet high, and will
be completed this month.
The engineers and workmen who con
Structed the great statue Will arrive from
France in May, and commence pu,tins in
place r'> great wonder Of modern Tines
which will tower three hundred and twenty
fee, above the water, of the bay d beacon
ligh, tha, viii show far out at sea, and a
welcome to all who enter the beautiful har-
bor from oppressed and oyerorowded Eur
cpe TO make their homes With ".
This great statue j, gift from one great
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
For the Ellsworth American
Matrimonial.
J. L. NJ.

The many friends of DIR. d. W. Bunker,
Of Bluehlll, will be pleased to know that he
was united in marriage on the third of NAV,
1886, to Miss Ida Augusta, Youngest
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Peters, at
the home Of the bride. Mr.. Bunker, broth
er of the doctor was his best man, and Mis-.
Lizzie, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid :.
The services we're performed by Rev. II. A.
Freeman, of the Congregational Church, of
which church both are members. in the
presence of very few guests. The bride
was very prettily dressed. her only ornament
being bouquet of May-fowers on her breast
May flowers were present in abundance and
contributed generously by their brightness
and fragrance to the pleasure of the occasion.
Refreshments were served and the evening
passed pleasantly by music and social con-
verse. The doctor and his bride are TO
board for few weeks at Cooper and Gold
Exchange" when they expect to occupy the
house recently vacated by Mr.. F. c. Gid
dngs Their friends all heartily unite in
extending to them their hearty congratula-
tions.
Nav 5. F.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
St. Nicholas for May. 1886.

May 1. the month OF bud. and blossoms. in
the almanac al least; and the May ST. Nich0-
las comes like a nosegay Of spring flowers.
Rose Kingsley opens the number with an ac-
count OF the springtime Of a poet -''Wh hen
Shakespeare was Boy" In which she has
gathered from external sources and from the
Internal evidence of his writings all the facts
and fancies that bear upon his boyhood. and
has woven them into a delightful sketch, beau
tifully illustrated by Alfred Parsons, and by
Leon Norsn's frontispieee.
Spring poetry, too, finds its place In the mag
szine, as good spring poetry should; and there
could be scarcely anything fresher and daintier
than Helen Gray Cones "Spring Beauties
William Z. Ashmalrs Easter Carol" and the
MAY Song.r by Laura E. Richards, with
Laura c. Hillss illustrations.
Talks about flowers are certainly timely, and
doubly interesting when they deal with ad-
venture, as well, and such exotics as the Curl
Gus '"Lace-leaf,' the amusing "Carcature
plant" and the tree that bears Vegetable
Clothing, all which are cleverly depicted by
the brothers Beard. And the practical side OF
life IL not neglected. Readers with mechani-
cal turn will be especially interested In 1.-The
Handiwork Of Some Clever School-boys,'
which was exhibited ut the American Institute
Fair, New York.
In the matter Of fiction. "The Girls Tri-
cycle Club" by E. vinton Blake, viii be en-
Dyed by boys and girls alike who delight in
outdoor life and exercise.
TIE dogs are now having their day In So.
Nicholas, and this months batch Of Dog
Stories" contains anecdotes by E. P. Roe. John
r. Coryell, and Charlotte NJ. Vaile Then the
Brownies" try roller skating; Mrs. Burnett
tells how Little Lord Fauntleroy" went to
church; Horace E. Scudder tells how George
Washington" went TO the first Continental
Congress, and Henry Eckford tells more
..wonders of the Alphabet" There are the
usual departments, and many other bright ar
ticles and pictures.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
The White Gross.
A SOCIETY THAT Is ENDEAvoRING TO PRO-
MOTE PURITY.

One of the latest societies which have
sprung up to combat a social evil is the So
ciety of the White Cross 1t already num-
bers more than 900 members in New York,
and is establishing branches everywhere.
The objects Of the order are included in the
following rules. to which every young man
subscrbes on joining the society:
|. To treat all women with respect and
endeavor to protect them from wrong and
degradation. 2. TO endeavor TO put down
all indecent language and coarse jests. 3.
To maintain the law Of purity as equally
binding upon men and women. l. To en-
dea,or 10 spread these principles among my
companions and try 10 help my younger
brothers. ). To use every possible means
to fulfill the command: keep thyself
pure
The leader of the White Cross movement
in America is the Rev. B. +. De Costa, ID.
d., rector of the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of St John the Evangelist West
Eleventh street, New York. He is of Hu-
guenot descent and of al old Boston faml-
ly. being born in 1881. He received his de-
gree from the College Of William and Mary
and is a member Of the Boston university
He spent number Of years in study and
historic research in Europe, acquiring large
stores of rare material relating TO early
American history. He was chqplain Of the
Eighteenth and Fifth Massachusetts Intau-
try lie was in the battle Of Bull Run and
went through the peninsula campaign. Be
fore this he built a church at North Adams.
Mass. in 1858 and afterwards was rector OF
St. Mary's, Newton Lover Falls. Disabled
L
sumed the editorship Of The New York
Christian Times in 1868, having previously
shown unusual literary abilities and attract
ed attention as a writer, He afterwards
edited The EpiScopqltaH, aud in 1882 and
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
Knights Of Labor VS.. Rumsellers.

| he rGmsel.crs are very much exercised
because ~ their exclusion from tie Knights
Of Labor. and haze made and are making
strenuous txertion> 10 have the restriction
removed. Il i not Akr.y, however, that
they w.i succeed. certainly no, 80 long as
the organization gives heed - such Of their
leaders as Grand Master Workman Pow
DERBY; and when they fail to do this. they
might D, ~elI disband. II a speech before
the last General Assembly of the Knight, II
Labor. Mr. PowderIy SAID
The temperance question j. an important
one, and sometimes think u j. the main
issue. Ghr large number Of applications
during the past year 10 grant dt,pen>atons
10 allow the initiation Of remse..rs was
alarming. | have persistenily refused them
and viii enlulu my successor, If h. values
th4 future success Of The order, tp shut the
doors with triple bars against the admission
Of the liquor dealer Hi path and that Of
the honest, Industrious working man lie IN
opposite directions. The rum-elrr VINO
seeks admission into labor society does 30
with the object that he may entice lis mem
hers into his saloon after the meetings close
No question OF interest 70 labor has ever
been satisfactorily settled over bar IN
rum-h hole. No labor society ever admitted
a rum>eller that did not die a drunkard's
death. No working man ever drank glass
Of rum who did not rob his family Of the
price Of il, and in so doing committed a
double crime, murder and theft He mur-
ders the intellect with which the Maker
hath endowed him. He steals from his
family the means Of sustenauce lie has
earned for them. Turn to the annals Of
every dead labor society and you Will see
whole pages blurred and DESTROYED by the
accursed footprints Of rum. Sean the
records Of a meeting at which disturbance
took place. and you will hear echong
through the halls the maudl.n, iendish
grunt Of the drunken brute who disturbed
the harmony Of the meeting.
In the whole English language, can find
no word that strikes more terror to nv soul
than the one word, Rum" Ii was born in
he'll ere the fiat of mo redemption" had
gone forth. Its life on earth has been one
Of ruin to the hopes Of youth and the peace
Of old age. 1t has robbed childhood Of its
delights. 1t has stolen the laugh from the
lips of innocence, the bloom from the checks
of manhood. 1t has touched the heart OF
old age like the tip Of poisoned arrow. Its
sound, as it gurgies from the neck of bot.
tie. echoes through many desolate house
hold as the kissing Of thousand serpents
You may deem me too radical on this point.
Yeti never interfere with the rights Of a
man to drink if he so elects. | hold have
a right to and do shun rum as would an
enraged tiger, neither meddling with it nor
allowing il to NEEDLE with me. So long as
it keeps its distance am content to leave it
alone, but the moment it attempts to inter-
fere with my rights, by coming into the
knights of Labor, then my soul rises in
arms against it, and can find no words too
bitter,no denunciation too scathing, to hurl
against it.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

Out of respect to the babies,' Baby
hood for May urges the abolition of tobacco
from all parts of the house frequented by
young children, and notes a striking instance
of the occasional serious effects of tobacco
smoke upon infants. In the same number is
a contribution from Edward King, Paris. Civ
ing some very interesting facts regarding the
Baby Show now in progress in that city. DR..
C. L. Dana writes on "Convulsions." Among
the various shorter articles are: 'An Ex-
perience in Home Instruction." THE Sunday
Closet" .An Emergency Drawer;- 'The
Influences of Motherhood" !" APT Followers .
"Long Ears;'' ''Hilariy at Bedtime" etc..
etc. Directions are given for various articles
of Baby's wardrobe, illustrated. $3.50 a
year; 10 cents number. 5 Beekman Street,
New York.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

ern Paper"
Sweet warbler Of the gol,i-rimmed cloud
Whose blithe song ushers In the day
When Morning burst Nights sable shroui
And the dull yapOrs float away.
Thou. too. must blazon Fashions shield.
Bright minstrel of the sky and field.
Dear Spirit Of the vocal wood.
No more in thy pathetic breast
VIII fly for warmth the hapes> brood
That perish in their orphsn'd nest;
Nor JOY, nor even life t. left.
IL OF thy guardian care bereft.
Thy shattered wing once Glove the afr.
Aud graceful swept the bending sky
In realm afsr from earthly care.
And bsihed In weeping clouds on high:
But now in cosrser colors drc-sd.
Thy wing sdorns some naughty crest.
May beav'n just retribution send
Him no m, sacred claims deny
To rob me of nv little friend
And blast his Misunderstanding cye;"
No recompense his hand can give.
But warm thy heart. and bid thee live
Didst proudly fold thy dew-wet winy
To hide the arrow at thy hearty
And thy faint throat essay to sing
To dull the keen but cruel smart,
With longings. gaze TO heay NJ deep blue
That once Thy joyous presence knew
And woman'- heart that should have ble.t
Thee for thy symphony of song.
Regr.ileSs feels thy hlood->prent breast
unconscious OF ruthless wrong:
When Fashion, iron hand bears sway.
The world must clear tn ohstructed way.
Her fetter- chain the fairesi hand:
Her hot brand scars the whitcsi brow
At her imperious command
Creations loftie>t must how
And lose the sound Of Mercy's name
In the great noise that follows Fame.
on in my walk at ROSY dawn
When sleepy stars had gone to bed
Have ] reflectivelN been drawn
To choral branches overhead.
The diapason that heard
We're wind. and leaf, snd singing bird
But now beside the winding stream.
When breaks the moi = or fails the eve.
TT wander on IN pcnsiNe dream:
And DER the iuncles> hedges gricye:
To me Nili -ky and spaneled sod
BE fden still. ere voice Of God
] think rose. W hose velvet bad
The Angels ki.s ,ill II ~ blown
4 very fowrr-snul ON Times food
H'fiis Que on BfaujY'- throne:
There are DO scaldinc tear, to stain
An angel> chap',i-Wo,cn chain
But IN the inad'n,n. rac, for Fame.
What matter u IA, wcak "a dnwns
Whats others grirf- 10 kinrlv name
II one own blood soil- not the cruwus
/, pain. inc sore, depend upon Il,
To -esi my Muse on Madainc's bonnet
4. :. to<poN.
uGrrN, Utah. April. ISIS.
San LGIe DGiy Tribune
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

In the Senate, Wednesday. Mr.. Nit
chell, of Oregon, took the opportunity af-
forded by the presentation of a petition
praying for the protection Of the Chinese, to
deny that there had ever been outrages up
on the Chinese in Oregon When the post
office appropriation bill was taken up, the
amendment appropriating 100000 for the
ocean mail service was debated by Messrs.
FRYE and Beck.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
SCOTS Emulsion OF Pure

Possesses the remedial power of these two
valuable specifics in their fullest degree. Is
prepared in palatable form, easily tolerated
by the stomach, and for delicate, sickly chill
dren, Emacation, Consumption and all i'm
poverished conditions of the blood Is I'M
equalled by any other remedy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

Every day adds to the great amount of
evidence as to the curative powers of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t is unequaled fer general de-
bity. and as blood purifier, expelling every
trace of scrofula or other impurity. Now is
the time to take it. Sold by all druggists.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

Ar THE PHoToGRAPHER's-Pho Photograph
er Ito red-hesded youth: 81 would suggest
light background for you, sir, as your hair
is 90 brilliant that, On a dark background,
you'd be apt to take with halo. Chicago
Rambler.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

Daughter: "What is the subject OF
this piece of sculpture? 1t is beautiful. :"
Mother: "I'm sure don't know, dear. 9
Bystander with cold in the head, over
hearing) Ids Nydia from Bompeii."
Mother: He says it's an idiot from Bonn
bay."-Life.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

The principal charge against Genera
Rosecrans, upon which his confirmation as
registrar of the treasury is withheld by the
Senate, is said to be of subornation of per-
jury in connection with alleged frauds in
California.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

I'm the Peshawur cemetery, in India, is
the following amusing epitaph: 'Sacred to
the memory of missionary, aged,
murdered by his chowkidar. well done,
thou good and faithful servant"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
National News.


The 9th anniversary of General
Grants birthday was observed in Washing
ton Tuesday evening, the 21th, by services
in the Metropolitan church. Chief Justice
Waite presided.
Mrs. Alvah Walker, the mother of DIR.
Mary Walker, died at Oswego, n. Y, Sun
day night April 25,aged So years. She was
cousin of Robert g. IngersoIl.
Kate Foote, who is Mrs. Clemmer
Hudsons successor as Washington cores
pondent Of the Independent, is a sisterin-
law Of Senator Hawley.
Mrs. Wendell Phillips died in Boston
April %. Her maiden name was
Anne Terry Green, and she married Mr..
Phillips in 1887 She was an invalid dur
ing most of her life.
Mrs julia Ward Howe will succeed her
daughter, Mrs, Anagnos, in the presidency
of the Metaphysical Club of Boston.
The special committee of the House,
charged with the duty Of investigating the
labor strikes on the Southwestern railroads.
left Washington for St. Louis Wednesday
A meeting to express sympathy for
Ireland was held in Washington Wednes
dav ni,b, C,,yras.ma, Randall prssidsd
~,
| inenr men OF both parties.
r. H. -...- r.;..;.
ine i'onNe con'"''''ee on leI'''o'"7
Wednesday ordered an adverse report on
the Senate bill to admit the southern half Of
IN. T.r,i,orv NJ D,kot, io,o IN. | MON
Jefferson DAVIS and General John u.
/ Gordon spoke at Montgomery Wednesday,
.r1 ,,.r.. r.roi..l v,,b graa, en,bu.,ss,
i"'' ''''' way
was lad.
Am.li, R.~,,s wh, wrote "A Bro,tsr
,y..,. ,,,u,,
| - '''s ''
( described As a Young ana beautiful virgin"
/ he,rpss who lrtr>t- small talk and Is DE-
v,,.l tn J.emop,l,
! It's SAID that iN-fftsidr"i -Nf'H''' 0'-
/ fore his serious lues>, contemplated pub
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

i hope the guInea-hens won't ammo y
you, Mr.. Jones'" said the country landlady.
City people generally object to their noise =
Dom mention it, Mrs. Smith," replied
Jones. I'm used to such things. Ny neigh
bors in the city are nearly all musical
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

We should think shad would be pref
ty confident of thing when it feels it in its
bones.-Iadependent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

William ODonovan, brother of Ed
mund ODonovan, the war correspondent
who was killed in the Soudan with Hicks
Pasha, died in New York cit, on April %,
after short illness. MIR. O'Donovan was
for many years Paris correspondent of the
Dublin Irish Times, and was there during
the whole siege and the Commune He
was associate editor of United Ireland, Mr.
Parnell's Dublin organ, with William
O'Brien. the present editor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
Wanton Destruction of Song-Birds.

SO great has been the demand of milIiners
for feather pumes that some species OF the
song-bird have become nearly exiinct.--"Esst-
ern Paper"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

Sweet warbler Of the gohi-rimmed cloud
Whose blthe song ushers In the dsy
When Morning burst Nights sable shroud
And the duh yapOrs float away;
Thou. too. must blazon Fashions shield.
Bright minstrel of the sky and field.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

Dear Spirit of the vocal wood.
No more in thy pathetic breast
VIII fy for warmth the haples~ brood
That perish in their orphAn'd nest;
Nor JOY, nor even life j. left.
II OF thy guardian care bereft.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

Thy shattered wing once Glove the afr.
Aud graceful swept the bending sky
In realm afsr from earthly care.
And bsihed In weeping clouds on high
But now in cosrser colors drc-s'd.
Thy wing sdorns some naughty crest.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

/, w p II R,Cr rosr No ss-Fir,; snd 7 .-.
" ate. HuetH. sNrept June, lu.y and Aasa.t.
vf,. -..rs ..f. FIRST Snuday
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

C>trkr oSliae7 woExNFN Second and FOURTH Tus
days
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13

Sullivan, Maine
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" e,. v--rver, rraay afternoon i, 2
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-02
Mistaken Identity.

Sometime during the month of Sep
TENDER of this year, registered letter
was received at the Poplar Bluff post
office, addressed to Mrs. John Walk
er." A day or two after its receipt,
lady called at the office for her mail,
stating that she was Mrs. John Walker.
Mr.. Clevlen, who had rot yet been re-
moved from the Office, informed her
that he had valuable letter addressed
to some one of that name, but as she
was stranger to him she would need
Identification.
The lady produced a letter in her pos
session addressed to Mrs. John Walker,
and also brought Mr.. r. p. Lilies to the
office. Mr.. Lilies was acquainted with
Mrs. Walker and stated that she was
the person she claimed to be. Upon this
Mr.. Clevlen delivered the letter to her.
1t was not long afterward that All
other Mrs. John Walker appeared at
the Office with the statment that she
was expecting a registered letter. Mr..
Clevlen scented trouble, but told her of
his transaction with the first Mrs. John
Walker. Of course the Department
was informed of it, and considerable
correspondence ensued, but Mr.. Clevlen
naturally refuses to make the amount,
some eleven dollars, good unless he has
it to do, feeling satisfied that through
NO fault of his did the money 60 astray.
Last week postoffice inspector was
in town and called to see Mr.. Clevlen
in regard to the matter. but after in
vestigating, stated that he felt sure no
blame could attach to John, who, by
the way. when in st. Louis few
weeks ago, offered his services to the
Department to do all he could toward
recovering the money. The clerk stat
ed that they had inspectors for that
purpose, and they could not furnish
him passes as requested to Hope, Ark,
where the Mrs. John Walker who got
the money now lives. And 80 the
matter stands.
1t is stated that the inspector had
other business in town also. If he had
we are unable to state what it was
ENQUIRER.