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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-11-29
Gbc Gllsuortb american.
THURSDAY. NOV 20. 1888.

We do not read anonymous letters and cOmmuni-
cations The name and address OF the writer are in
Ali cases Indispensable not necessarily for pubca-
tion but : a guarantee OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or pre- serve COM
muulcAtions that are not used.
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The winter term of the Eastern state Nor
msl school commences Tuesday. Dee. IL. lSsS.
For further Information sddress
A. +. RICHARDSON, Principal
Ca>tue, NOV. a. lsSs. 3w+s
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attention !!

Cut down prices at J. T. u. freemans store NJ
So. West Harbor, Maine, dealer in Ladies and
Gents Furnishings, Ready made Clothing. As
wish to raise some cash in the next - day VIII
cut my prices down below any other competitor
10 cost Now this Is for
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Even they-the dead though dead, 50 dear
Fond memory, 10 her duty true.
Brings back their faded forms 10 view
How life-like through the mist OF wear
Each well-remembered face appears,
We see them. a. in time, long past:
From each To each Kind looks are east:
We hear their words. their smiles behold;
They're round Us. IL they were of old.
We are all here.
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A Chapter on Letter Writing.
In youth we open many a correspondence
which has no reason for hsing and continue
it long after all parties are tired of it, simply
for consistency's sake or from fear Of hurt
ing somebody's feelings "Surely," they say,
''you can spare time to write few lines to
an old friend now and then" 1t would seem
80, surely But let US examine the matter.
One can sit down and scribble few linea
with pencil in five minutes. But that is|
not the kind of "few lines" which the expos
tulation' implies Whatever Is worth doing
at all is worth doing well, and hurried
note, evidently written from q mere sense OIL
duty, is uncomplimentary rather than com
plimentary to the recipient But it will BE-
found that t. ompletion Of a satisfactory
letter will demand on an average ono hour.
Aside from the mere process OF writing,
there are numberless accomplishments which
take time and make trouble. The wriangl
paper, envelope, pen, penholder, ink. blot
ting paper, postage stamp, and perhaps also
the seal, wax and taper, must b procured
and put into proper shape. Often some or
all of these accompaniment are not forth
coming Immediately, or are out OF order.
Then the letter from the friend must b rel
read and all its points noted Al these
things take time and involve the exi anditurs
of nerve force, and so, of course, does tho
composition Of the letter itself. Then the
letter must be read over, corrected. amended
folded, inclosed, sealed, addressed, stamped
weighed and posted. 1t Is really quite "a
borious and complicated affair. this appAr.
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whims Of Street Car Men,
1t is generally supposed that men wss
serve the public must cast aside all their psE-
sonal hobbies and render the service impAEe
italy. But the fact is that men who have
sufficient ability to rise into Important %.
sitions-such as, for instance. tho head Of .
street railway company-are men who have
greater individuality than ordinary man,
and consequently are more given 70 pss
schemes and more persistent in executing
them. Take the street railway prcsidsnts In
this town. Every ons has his favorits. O2e
of them must have nice coaches. Ne matter
how the other stock is, the coaches muss 10
the most improved pattern, and always -
clean and bright as Q new dollar, even wore
there no horses to pull them. Another enc
is almost a monomaniac on ths sub5ses e&
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These designs are to be had in all materials
and textures, ranging in price from 81 to SIS.
The slipper pattern with the lizard shown in
the illustration is quoted at the latter figure.
i : a. 49, 4 III
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be carried high enough above the level OF the
dam to insure safety in the highest freshets
~ FRONT
:=l|#sAAAN M,DAM
+ 1t=0A W ua
fnC=Z4 E E#H#5#4A N s
RACE \.
FIGURE 357,
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over, for the benefit of twenty psrtinacious
correspondents, it will become shortly .
grievous burden and an intolsrabls TAI 60
his time and strength.
What theni Shall We never communists
with our friends2 Not so; but reduce tho
number of correspondents, and frankly ssn
the chosen few that you have not time -
write often or regularly, II that be the casa.
1t is very easy to make tho requisite sliminA-
ton. We all know. in QUE secret hsa<ea,
which of our friends arc most valuable, and
which of them are Of little value or posi-
lively harmful The selection made, little
courage is all that is requisite for the nsxs
step. It may be disagreeable duty, sus
duty is often disagreeabls, and Is naeans -
be So If duty were always agreeable, there
would not be much virtue in being virsus1A
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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~! tut pldNelcf u Htip ulmSeh lrOui,
with the expectation that he will hon
estly account for any he has taken.
Farm-houses are left open when the
whole family goes off to the mountain
to cut hay, and IN some unfrequented
Localities the wayfarer goes in, builds
fire, and cooks meal; goes to the store
COON, helps himself t. milk and " fiat
brood" and leaves on the table money
enough to pay for what he has used.
Frequently post-boy (he is sometimes
man and not infrequently girl OF
woman has taken what l have paid for
his dues, putting it into his pocket
without counting. He always, how
ever, sees what you give him as gra-
tuity, and Shakes you by the hand when
he says {" talk" tthanEsl. l gave ser
vant-girl too much for our dinner. She
was much amused, when she followed
me, that l should have made such
blpnder. AT wayside stations they charge
rd1culously low prices, and as far as /
can learn make no distinction in making
charges to foreigners and home people.
She Don't Do Such Things.
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ouSlueSS. Win tulS mooney lAe uHlon puE-
shased a piece of ground and built large
store building. Here, groceries, dry goods,
and general merchandise were kept. The
Hrst years trade amounted to $685. 900, and a
dividend OF two and half per cent
declared. Last year s66, 900 was received and
per cent. declared. So far this year the
business has been larger than ever before.
rnus Large trade has been established, and
merchandise of various kinds secured at
prices lower than the market rates.
In addition to the merchandise business,
The enterprise has proved godsend to the
farmers in way OF shipments. In the town
Of Hammontown, twenty years ago, farmers
had to avoid raising too large crop of ber-
res, or large part would perish for want of
market. When the union started market
was created, and the business grew. The
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arcd on my face.

L was DeSe1Seu WIN questions LOT sew
eral minutes, but as soon as could make
myself heard 1 told them briefly all that
had happened.
In a short time felt as vigorous as
ever, with the exception that could not
taste anything, the electrical shock hav-
ing for a time interfered with that
sense After several days, however, it
began to come gradually back, and in .
few weeks L was as well as ever and
none the worse for having called the
lightning to aid in saving my life.
Trusting Nature of Norweglans.
I like the Norwegians. All travellers
here declare them perfectly honest. I
certainly have not seen the slightest dis
position on the part Of any one of them
to deceive OF cheat, and if t?ustfulness
is an evidence OF honesty these people
are wonderfully so. They have huge
keys to their storehouses and graneries
keys big enough to brain a man with.
They are nearly always in the keyhole
or hanging somewhere within reach of
one feloniously inclined. At wayside
stations urioslties-sometimes of small
sllverware-are exposed in the public
room, where any one can easily carry
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nj yetlf z,lU5, zo5 quHIV5 Vi UIdchU5I

we're marketed. In one week S67, 900 quarts
Of Strawberries and in two weeks $4,000
quarts Of raspberries were shipped. One
:armer from forty acres of blaekberries
marketed about 10000 quarts. If the farmers
in the south and other Sc IONS of our coun-
try would form similar cooperative societies
they could secure low rates and be guaran-
Iced better accommodations by railroad and
steamship lines, and find ready sale for
their produce. The fruit crop is one that is
especially adapted to being handled through
cooperative exchanges.
Save the Wood Ashes
Wood ashes have too great a value to
be wasted. Every farmers family should
make its own supply. 1t is cheaper for the
,armer to make soap than to buy it. When
not utilized on the farm, "soap grease" is
either wasted or sold for pittance. After
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neat, the bees Will cluster about 1t at all
times.
This feed Is healthy for bees and may bs
recommended In high terms as preventive
Of dysentery, and be used even if the colony
has abundant stores. 1 have wintered colo
MES on this alone, as an experiment, but
prefer some honey in the hive, especially in
the latter part of the winter when breeding
should commence. This candy is largely
used in early spring, from the beginning of
March, if colonies are found short of pro-
visions. Bees will desert their own stores
entirely for it, and will work on it as long as
it lasts. Dysentery is most likely to makeit
sppearancein March, and in many cases feed
has proved the means of curing it. A colony
will winter on it with less appearance of
dysentery than on any quality OF honey, but
the colony must be well protected from cold,
as the bees cannot form as compact clusters
as when on the combs.
Cooperate Among Farmers.
The Fruit Growers union and Cooperative
society OF Hdmmonton, N. j.. affords :; strik-
Ing instance of successful cooperation
among farmers. 1t was started in 1867, upon
q very limited basis, but the business did not
succeed very well until February, 1884, when
the union was reorganized aSsi incorporated.
Cash dividends were at first declared but it
was afterward decided to issue shares of
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WITH corueu pHCkS are tHB IaSuIUuHDIe CHO1Oo
for visiting and carriage toilettes, but heavier
kid gloves have wide stitching Of self-color
or OF black, and are most used for morning
walking toilets and with tailor gowns Of
cloth. Some OF these are fastened by four
large gilt buttons, while others are in the sac
shape, without an opening at the wrist.
Evening gloves are as long as ever,
and again reach to the lower edge OF the
short sleeves; they are in mousquetaire
shape, and must be quite plain on the back,
being very simply corded there. The ''drawn
seams" with edges of the kid showing, are
on stylish gloves. and quite new on black
gloves, showing white edges of the kid.
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amount OF the spring storage. With this
supply and liberal mulehing in the case of
Strawberries, I hope to more than double my
present profits. Do you think the plan feas-
ible2 have six acres now planted adjacent
to the ravine. I would need a steam pump
to irrigate with. cannot dam the rayine its
full depth on account of the water backing up
on my level land. Part Of the water must be
pumped about 40 rods, the elevation being 80
to 40 feet above tine surface of the reservoir.
The land farthest away, about five acres, can
be flooded by surface bitches as in Colorado;
that nearer is SO uneven that it must be
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fT1rI,1l~ WV LoE tAtit any ou5SS''7
~nS x EsA lions about it were
SS%akyAeSaN wholly unnecessary,
FTkIsYA,\ but find that many
NAESIE, causes of failure in
$n.fAAN growing plants well
81 are directly traceable
:ISA E% to faulty potting.
M&$$M gGA / One source of
$S&%MAI0A$ 81 trouble is, potting too
$$$&$s Sss$% high. By that mean
S%SEaSHt%% the pot is so filled
,sS$$S 0'| ~ with soil before the
plant Is put in, that
when you come to add the plant and its
roots to the soil in Nle pot you find that
Oils it completely. There is no space between
the surface OF the soil and the rim of the
pot, and when you come to apply water you
find that most of it runs off. Not enough
finds its way into the soil to reach all the
roots and wet the soil ali through. Suppose
you examine pot in which the soil comes to
the top Immediately after you have applied
water. Turn it up and slip the ball of earth
out of it. Ten chances to one YOU will find
that the bottom Is dry. If this is the case
llumeuldteiy diteT WdteTluS, IL SlhHuS ~
reason that it is SO all the time. If this is the
case you can't expect plants to do well, for
the new roots. must have moisture if you
would have satisfactory development, and
am confident that half the failures that are
omplained of result from this lack Of
moisture. -.,..-
would always advise potting low. That
Is, I would have the earth in the pot at least
an inch below the rim of the pot. When you
water, apply enough to I'LL the pot to its brim,
and let it soak into the soil. If proper drain
age has been provided there will be no dan
ger Of overwhelming. What is not required
will drain off.
At the bottom of the pot the drainage ma
terial should be al least an inch deep, and in
large pots two inches are better. Immedi-
ately over this place layer of moss or cocoa
fiber, Or something of like nature that will
prevent the soil from washing down and fill
ing up the cracks between whatever you use
for drainage. Then put in some putting soil,
but not very much, before you place your
plant in the pot, and see about where the top
of the compost will come when you have
completed the operation. Aim to have the
base of the plant at least below the rim of the
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nIifdevv on Roses.
How best to prevent mildew, or TO cIeaY
the roses of this troublesome fungus after its
appearance, is a question that often confronts
the grower, and particularly at this season Of
the year, when the sun is still strong at mid
day, and SO heating the houses that con-
siderable ventilation is necessary to reduce
the temperature. This operation often re-
suits IA an attack of mildew upon such plants
rs may have been exposed to cold draught.
Among the many remedies for mildew,
sulphur, in one or another of its many forms.
is always found most efficacious, and it is
used in a variety of ways. The -four of
sulphur has been used for many wears for
this trouble by busting it over the widowed
plants. This mode of using sulphur is I'M
doubtedly good at times, but in my experience
a better way is this: Take of moderately
strong tobacco-water. one gallon; add to it
four ounces of sulphur, then boil the mixture
for thirty minutes or little longer. After it
aas cooled add one part of water to every
three parts of the mixture, and syringe the
affected plants. In bad cases second or
even third application may be necessary on
successive days. This mixture also tends to
keep down green fly, thereby doing double
duty.
Another mixture In great favor with
some growers is sulphate of lime. good
recipe for this compound is the following:
Take of fresh lime, five pounds; OF sulphur,
five pounds, and of water, six gallons. This
should be boiled down to two gallons. After
which it should be allowed to settle, and only
the clear liquid should be used at the rate
Of half pint of the sulphate to an ordinary
watering pot of water. The plants should be
syringed with the latter mixture on two or
three successive afternoons
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horses must be in fine condition AassAeg
whom know insists that every driver shail
wear clean, white collar, even though his
clothes be muddy to his chin, while sttn an
other president must have his drivers clad in
bright clean uniforms, and must havs shs
roadbed in Al condition--Drivsr in GaeAs'
Democrat.
Police Orders In Vienna.
The Viennese delight in Witnessing military
pageants with all due liberty, so they wszs
vexed and disguised at the unusual prscau
tions that had been taken to insure the safety 4
of the emperor of Germany during his Tecen
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an end Of ribbon, tulle or lace, left from til;
manufacture OF ball dress or bonnet, and
few pretty artificial flowers or feather no
in use can be pressed into service for dainty
lamp shade, which Is always a. desirable pos
session and an appropriate gift.
In the example first shown here We have
yalencienpes lace lamp shade. This is made
Of piece OF Valenciennes fiouncing, gathered
over shade of rose-colored silk, and decor
ated with sprays OF pink acacia blossom
falling like fringe from the wreath arount
the top. This is arranged over an ordinar,
wire lamp shape, and any kind of lace, eithel
black or white, may be used instead of thu
Valenciennes, as well as other flowers an(
lining, according to taste.
The second picture is Of flower LAM
shade. The foundation is q common paper
lamp shade; or the paper can be removed ant
stiffened net cut to the same shape and placed
on the frame instead. On this an assortmen
Of artificial flowers and grasses may b.
sewed. Paper flowers have a charming eff
feet, and rose or daisy lamp shade is
beautiful idea. Natural flowers may be ar
ranged in the same way, also, as Dime
table decoration. but they must be of a kint
which do not wither too quickly, as the hea
is very destructive TO their beauty. Roses
eamelias, and carnations are the best TO-
such q purpose.
Bread Materials.
There was dearth Of wheat in England il
1929, 1880 and 1893, and in those years breat
was made OF turnips. They were boiled unit
they were soft enough to mash, when tn,
greater part Of the water was pressed out 0
+hau An annal 1ueinht of wheat meal wa.
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Mr.. Stewards reply to the letter Of interro-
cation is as follows:
"A dam so feet wide and 10 feet high under
the circumstances mentioned may be con-
structed OF crib-work in the following man.
ner: The crib should be made of stout tim
bers 10 inches square. in the form shown at
Fig. 955. These are bedded in trenches dug
down to hard-pan, solid gravel or rock bot
tom, and as one crib is placed, a second one
is framed to 1t by similar timbers 30 as to
make one continuous crib work across the
ravine for the whole distance. The ends of
the cribs, at each bank, should be protected
by sheet-piling to prevent the earth from be-
ing washed out, SO as to cut a way for floods
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right. Pack the soil about the plant with the
hand, as most plants require TO be potted
firmly enough to stand alone without the use
of sticks or other support. After filling in as
much soil ms seems necessary,ar the pot well
to settle it, and then water thoroughly. II,
after the soil has settled, it seems too low,
add enough to bring it up to the requisite
level.
gave an assistant instructions to repot
some palms for me last spring. supposed
he understood what was required and left
him to perform the operation. Coming back
q short time after I found that he had filed
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SuIphate 81 POTASSIUM has also been high

Sul pudJe Vi potassium has also DeeQ Ul5uly
recommended. in the proportion of half an
ounce of the sulphide to two gallons of water,
and applied in the same manner as the pre-
eeding mixture. The unpleasant odor of the
potassium solution may sometimes prove to
be an objection, however.
Still another way of using the ordinary
sulphur is by sprinkling or painting it on the
pipes, the heat from which causes more or
less of the sulphur to pass off into the atmos-
phere in the form of vapor. This latter
method Is hardly to be recommended for
general use, unless used with great discre-
ton, the vapor may be strong enough to
bleach the flowers of many of the pink roses,
such as Catherine Mermet, La France and
Bon Silene, and in this way may do almost
rs much harm as the midew. As the above
mentioned roses are also affected by tobacco
smoke, the mixture of tobacco water and
sulphur previously mentioned will be found
particularly useful in just such cases.
House Keeping va. Homo Keeping.
There is distinction and very import
int difference between housekeeping and
housekeeping. Notwithstanding the great
aumber of people who live on what might be
called the cooperative plan, by boarding at
hotels. restaurants, etc., the larger part OF
the American people still "keep house," In
the average article upon the subject, all who
are married and keep house are placed in
L, IN
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tn&t IS, 1dceu uOuDIe InsIue tHe pdIHs dHu
fingers, just like those worn by men, and they
may be short enough to require but one but
ton to fasten them, or long enough to require
four buttons.
Something About Black Silks.
Black silks are destined to be very popular
and no lady's wardrobe is complete without
one or two of the becoming costumes. The
black mascot weave brocaded with satin is
very rich and beautiful, and would make up
handsomely in the Directorie coat, the entire
costume or for combinations. A very mex
pensive but exceedingly stylish black silk has
fba on rfaca rtraun with dasi1ps in rnoira
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I struggled fercely, but fear this story
would never have been written had not
help arrived at this moment.
l heard shouts from below, and tho
next instant several men came quickly
up the stairway and gained the roof.
Taking in the situation, they quickly
seized my assailant, who, thoug Oh making
desperate resistance. was oya"""r'H
and held down by superior mum bers.
I almost fell into the arms of one OF
my deliverers, and for short time
seemed to have entirely lost my strength,
uhi le nrnat cold haadS of narS ira ION
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01ee< J OtHr1S 1tEuJ HeFbT uU6S.
She never cepts valuable present
from a gentleman acquaintance unless
engaged to him.
She never turns round to look after
any one when walking on the street.
She never takes supper OF refresh
ments at restaurant with a gentleman
after att nding the theater unless ac-
companied by a lady much older than
herself
She does not permit gentlemen to Join
her on the street unless they are very
intimate acquaintance.
She does not wear her monogram about
her person or stick it over her letters
and envelopes.
She never accepts seat from a gentle
man in a street car without thanking
him.