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oLAR SHOPPING PLACE.
EsTABI.IsHED 2s YEARS
A SBNSA zIoS Nv re GRAD GINA DRrSS
SfLES
We've turned the market topser-.ur~er
We viii open Monday morning received Ill.,, ,-,,,,
san Francisco. 100 pieces q Fisured China prr.s
silks in p different oolors and All pe,r r.,,a- o,
inches WIDE. AT 5Oc, AYARD
Sse ho' soins 10 say what they are worth, eu,
would have You make your own cofnr.ri.op.
The demand for China silks IN New VI ...,, a.
sohethins wonderful. they cannot set eDouxh Of
,hen and We consider tins the lucfiest rur,h,se "a
haNe inade Tor years No matter 20 you how ". 80,
'"sn' ''isS VIII oe on our counters Monday morning
3 s$ sT So 4 VA EEaf E"G E
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-18

GOLD-TtP GLORIA, 20 INCH sl.l8. MEMS
NJ Fancy Bslbriernn Underwear, SOC per suit No
house In the District has offered anything Ike it
DOUBLE COMBINATION, 18th St s.e. my1S-3t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-18

ECLL LINE OF MEMS OUTING FLANNEL
inch Batiste (hguredJ, 10c. Plain. Sc REPETTI &
CO., 149 Il ST. Sc, Capitol Hill, mv1S-3t.
, 1889-08-03

There is an immense deal of supersti-
ton about the intelligence of horses. !
stopped today at the curhstone to chat
with nm eNpressman. | said to him,
How much does your horse know p
THAT horse, sir, " he replied, "knoyvs Just
exactly as much AS a man." This Is the
way everybody talks who owns a horse,
or tends horses, and it seems TO me to be
perfect nonsense. / have seen horses
walk around n post until they had wound
the bride all up, and then stand fo1
hours with their heads up against the
hitching post, simply because the didn't
have sense enough to walk tho other
wa and unwind themselves. | have
seen them. when hitched to n ring in the
pavement, get their feet over the bride,
and then go into fits because they didn't
have sense enough to lift their feet back
over the bride again.
| have seen them dance around i'm a
burning barn with their names aud tails
on fire, simply because they didn't have
sense enough to run out Anybody can
steal a horse without any objection from
the horse. \ horse will stand still and
starve OF freeze to death, with nothing
between him and comfortable stall and
= plenty of oats except an old door that he
could kick down with one foot and that
could be opened by removing n pin with
his teeth. If this shows n high degree
of intelligence, even for n brute, | can,
not see it. Compared with the dog, the
elephant, OF ever the parrot, the horse
seems TO me to be n perfect fool.-Side.
walk Stroller in Chicago Journal.
, 1889-08-03
Large citie. and Literary Inspiration.

Large Cities and Literary Inspiration
Many writers, some Of them men of
great ability, will be astonished to hear
that Mr.. Howells was compelled to leave
New York because "a large city is fatal
to inspiration" Mr.. Eugene Field, in
reply to this too general statement, points
out that Francois Villon did not find the
atmosphere of Paris, not even of that
Bohemian Paris in the midst of which he
lived, at all Injurious to his work. Horace,
according to Mr.. Field, was scarcely ever
away from Rome, though many are I'M
der the impression that, though he made
his observations in the capital, he wrote
his epistles, his satires and his odes in
the retirement of his Sabine farm. Mr..
Field, however, is doubtless right in say
ing that numberless great English au-
thors, from Shakespeare and CHANGER
down to Dickens and Thackeray, did
some admirable writing in busy London.
Goldsmith, it IL true, when he was
about to write his Natural History"
took n cottage in the country; but that
was less for the sake of solitude than
with n view to the direct study of GER
tain animals, such as sheep and oxen,
whose peculiarities were unknown to
him. We have it, indeed, on the, au-
thority of johnson himself, that Gold
smith scarcely knew the difference be-
tween n horse and a COW. But the
Vicar of Wakefield was written in
the heart of London, in tho midst of
noise, distress and duns. Dickens once
wrote in Household Words a pleasant
story of an author who went to the sea-
side with d quire of paper and n bundle
of quill pens, in order to complete, far
from the busy hum, some work on which
he was engaged. But first one thing,
then another, attracted his attention;
and it was not until he returned to his
chambers in London that he was able to
get seriously to work.-London Life.
, 1889-08-03

"oh, say, Maude, did you go to the
symphony concert"
"uh-huh; d'jouY"
Eyes; wasn't it lovely?"
Divine. 1 just lsVe to neal the vio-
Inns quaver the way they do"
S do /. Did you ever hear Lii Jen-
kins play the Blue Danube waltzes on
the pianoT'
Yes; she plays it lively, doesn't shey'
"Have you got any gumr'
"Yes, here's three kinds; take your
choice"
"How did you like the tenor that sang
the solo2"
"oh, ever SO much. He was such a
cute little man"
at was awfully funny to see him tip
away up on his toes every time he sang
in a high note. He could sing with one
foot just as well as he could with the
other"
"If you don't think of tho funniest
things. But wasn't the soprano horrid?'
"Well, l should say SO. That dress
looked as if it had been cut by n carpen-
ter"
(which part of the programme did
you like the mostg'
81 think the last number was the best.
Did you watch the trombone player?'
Eyes; didn't he nave cute, puffy
checks when he played? didn't take
my eyes off him once"
81 vas locking at the young nan tina.
played the flute. TT way no combs his
hair bach makes him look so interesting
"Do you know mamma thinks l have
improved In my music wonderfully by
going to the symphony concerts?"
I'm going to every n of them"
$50 am Merchant Traveller.
, 1889-08-03

According to n Brussels telegram, the
construction of the line of railway from
Mctlzi TO Stanley Pool will require four
years. and will cost one million sterling.
The whole undertaking is in the hands
of II Belgian company, under the patron.
age OF the government. The length OF
the line will be about 800 miles, and
will extend from the western coast tc
the very heart of Africa. 1t is expected
that the opening .. such an important
railway will ultimately be the most
beneficial and powerful means of civil.
Zation in Africa, and put II practical
check TO the slave trade.-Oncc n Week.
, 1889-08-03

Wyoming Creamery and jerks Butter
at 4. S. Johnston & Bro.
, 1889-08-03

Wyoming Creamery and jerks Butter
at Il. s. Johnston & Bro
, 1889-08-03

FOR good hack service call telephone No. ..
, 1889-08-03

For SALE-Old papers. LEADER office.
, 1889-08-03

Science tells us that gold melts at 2,4S5
dcgs. We have known it to run away
like frost in the summer sun, if you ever
saw such a thing, out of doors, when the
mercury was down in the cellar, and the
racing on the ice better than at any other
lime during the whole winter. Doesn't
esquire mucli weather of either kind to
melt gold. In fact the colder the day is
or you. the faster it melts. -Burdetto in
BROOKLYN Eagle.
, 1889-08-03

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & H
, 1889-08-03

If it were not for the Bible and COM
mon prayer book in the vulgar tongue
we could hardly be able to understand
anything that was written among US 100
years ago. Swift.
, 1889-08-03

lac largest stock of fine brandies, old
whiskies, choice hiqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corne Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1889-08-03

Cheyenne to Chicago in thirty-two
two hours. Train No. 4, the Overland
Flyer, via the Union Pacific, leaving 3:I5
a. M, arriving in Chicago lex day at
noon. Free reclining chair cars.
G. w. SWEET, Agent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17
A False Alarm.

4 Cambridge gentleman was asked 10
buy ticket 10 the dremcn'> tall. and good
uatlro1ly complied. The next question
wa~ what tn 40 with it, One Of his two
mcu- servants would probably he glad TO
u-c ID, but hv did not wish 10 show favor
ili~m. Then il occurred 10 him that he
might bny another ticket, and give both Of
hi> servants pleasure.
not knowing how 10 proceed he inquir-
"a Of policeman where the tickets were
to be had why don't YOU 20 10 the en-
giuc- -hou,c:" said the officer. The men
all know you"
SO the old gentleman went to the engine
house; but, when he entered. there was no
one in sight. He had never been in such A
place before, but he was perfectly familiar
with the use of electric signals. On the
side OF the room was a button, evidently
connected with bell; and, naturally
enough, after waiting minute or two, he
put his thumo upon it.
Tile effect was electrical, in every sense
Of the word From the air overhead-so,
at least, il seemed to the old gentleman, in
hi> bcwiderment-m began 10 rain down,
completing their toilets a they fell. The
horses rushed out Of their stalls; and, in a
word all the machinery Of a modern en-
9lht-uodHt was i1>tdHlly III IhptloH.
Amid all this turmoil stood the mild
hammered and innocent old gentleman,
who even now did not suspect that he had
touched the tlre-alarm. The men rushed
upon him for information as to the where
abouts of the fire; but, when he opened
his mouth it w&s only to say, in the mild
est accent =
Il should like to buy another ticket to
the ball, if you please.
The situation was SO ludicrous that no
one could be angry not even the men
whose nap had been broken into; ard the
Old gentleman bought his ticket and de-
parted in peace. IrorideRce JourHH
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17

farmer can boast of, 1t is less than fifty
years that a box of grapes was sent from
Lowell, Mass, and was such a curiosity
that one woman who had formerly lived in
Massachusetts, had to show others how to
eat them 1t used to be the saying in
those days that lambs hind leg would
gut the market, there was so little sale
for anything of the kind-eggs sold for
to 10 cents per dozen, and butter for u
cents per ID. A lady who resided in Blue
hill fourteen years and who is now over
eighty years old, could tell many things
about the doings of those days. She could
tell your readers too that in all the time
she lived in that town, she never saw a
drunken person or person who had the
appearance of having been drinking. Can
the same be said of the present inhabt-
ants? Or among all the glorious improve
ments, must there be a curse?
Carpets were so rare thing in the ru-
raj districts that one purchased by the
grandfather of the celebrated Eh1e Obcr
was considered by the young whatever it
might have been among adults quite Gu
riosity and Miss Charlotte took some little
friends to see il, but they could only reach
down and touch it with their hands, and
what wonderful thing it seemed to them
So the mineral spring is coming for
ward Well it ought to-nearly forty
years ago there was a boom may this one
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17
Patents Granted

To citizens of the New England States
during the past week and reported for this
paper by CA. Snow & Co. patent lawyers,
opposite U. S. patent office, Washington,
d. c.:
NJ. P. Bray, Bridgeport, Ct. buttonhole
strips; H. B. Cox, New Haven, Ct, cleo
trode; f. L. Eager, Meriden, CT, dental
plugger; G. W. Griffin, Franklin Falls, N /.
H., saw blade J. Harkness, Springfield,
Vt, lathe chuck; +. L. Leavitt, Auburn,
Me-, medicinal plasters; J. McCahey, Prov
idence, r. l., covering cables; A. McFar-
land, Thomaston. Me-, motor A. p. Mill
spaugh, Bridgeport, Ct, wagon jack; c.
c. Peck, Middlebury, Vt, motor; W. Sug-
gett, West Stratford, CT, chair; P. w.
Tillinghast, Providence, R. l., pencil
sharpener; E. p Walter, Bridgeport, Ct,
cutting pinions; c. +. West, Concord, n.
H, valve; C. A. Wheeler, Bridgeport, Ct,
steam engine; J. B. Wood, Providence, r.
L., railway gate; c. H. Young, Manchester,
N. H., widening tubular knit fabric, and
knitting the same.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17
Sayings Of Our Neighbors.
A GpOD Al FOR MAIN

COOP Al. FOR MAIN
Hath Times
4 report states that while Mains circus
was Al Rumford Centre an oxford bear
came down from the mountains, and after
looking the show over contcmptuOu~lv
walked of Main, show is pretty good
one, but the general appearance Of the
menagcric WAS not such a. to invite the a.
sociation Of respectable Maine bear.
Maine bears are rather fastidou>.
MAINE Is NATURALLY sHIr-BUUDGNG
STATE.
Portland Advertiser
Maine will BE- well fixed for iron Ship
building when the Government makes a
naval station Of Bath and puts in the pro
poset iron plant at the kittery yard.
50 10 We.
Aroostook Pioneer
Mr. n Yetton Will accept the editors
thanks for forty pound pumpkin which
he rolled into our sanctum this morning.
We can now have two kiud, of pie-print-
er's pi and pumpkin pie. We prefer the
latter.
APPROPRIATE VERY.
belfast Journal.
MIR j. F. Glider, who is at Mrs. Bakers
in t1is city, lodges at Mrs. George X.
Sleeper's. Some one asked him where he
slept and he answered "At Sleeper's." ="
Where do you eat?' AT Bakers"
THEIR CHARACTERISTICS"
Portland Transcript
If the electric lights on the circuit en-
bracing those on Exchange street, were
under the control of the lighthouse board
their characteristic" would probably be
set down as fixed white, varied by blue
flashes and total darkness"
THE STATES RAILROAD HUB.
Watervillc Sentinel.
The more one thinks about that project
of a railroad between Camden and this
city the more feasible and necessary it
looks Camden is our nearest seaport.
1t is about five miles nearer to US than
Wiscasset in bee line A road to Camden
would be spoke in the railroad hub Of
the State just where it is needed We
have spokcs running south, southwest,
north, northwest (from Oakland) and
northeast, but none southeast. To place
Camden and Rockland, with their splen-
did winter harbors, within an hour Of Wa
terville by an independent railroad would
add immensely to the advantages this city
already has as a centre. 1t would be Sc
luton of the freight and passenger tariff
problem.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17

Mr, ENtor

M E,iit0r
Through the kindness Of relative your
very interesting paper is occasionally sent
here and it is very welcome assure you.
We like it all through; the sentiments on
female suffrage and on politics and tenn
perance are ours exactly. We are very
much interested in the items from Bluehill
and notice there is different correspond
ent from formerly and wonder why fore. "
Where is Mr. d. that he doesn't write as
he used to do?
The "reminiscences are always eagerly read
and highly appreciated Why do they not
appear oftener? How many readers of the
AMERICAN must enjoy those papers that
contain the sketches of Bluehill, for the
Bluehilers are scattered far and wide.
How many can appreciate while reading
about one family and then another, the
stupendous task it must be to look up the
history of all those families? And the
thought often comes, who pays for all that
incessant, patient toll? The writer of any
such articles should either be rich enough
to be able to look up and write up the his
tories for the pleasure of the work or else
he should receive considerable pay for it,
more perhaps than the publishers think it
is worth to them. Then if he could only
receive sum from every one interested in
the work it might make him at least COM
Portable.
Who is the writer? What has he been
Something above the average Of US NOR
tails or he could never have looked up so
many names and dates and wove them in
to such interesting sketches. Suppose
some one gives US sketch of his life for
he must be too modest to do himself jus
tice.
Oh, the changes in the dear old town
so few left that | used to know in the long
ago. 1t would no doubt be interesting to
many Of the young people to know how
people got along there fifty years age
when there was hardly barrel Of apple:
raised in some parts of the town wher,
now there are fourishing orchards uf a,
nice varieties as most any Mas sachusett
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17

Let the person whose name you wish to
know inform you in which of the upright
columns the first letter of his name is con-
tanned. If it be found in but one column,
it is the top letter; if it occurs in more
than one column, it is found by adding the
alphabeticdi numbers of the top letters Of
these columns, and the sum will be the
number of the letter sought. By taking
one letter at time in this way, the whole
name can be ascertained. For example,
take the word Jane. j is found in the two
columns commencing with B and II, which
are the End and Sth letters down the alpha
bet their sum is 10. and the 10th letter
down the alphabet is J, the letter sought
The next letter, A. appears in but one col
umn, where it stands at the top. N is
seen in the columns headed with b, ID and
H these are the I'd, 4th and 8th letters of
the alphabet, which, added, give the l4th
or n and so on. The use of this table
will excite no little curiosity among those
unacqualnted with the foregoing.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17

THE SAME AT THAT END.-A railroad
conductor wanting to teach a new brake
man mis- duties, told him to go to the other
end of the car and when he, the conduc-
tor called out the names of the stations
along the route, that he should say the
same at that end of the car. When they
came to the first station the conductor
called out, "Ma-wash-in-e-ta which is
small town between Indianapolis and
Elkhart, Ind, and the brakeman yelled out
with all the might his lungs would permit
him: The same at this end ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17
A Business Melody

There was a man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise,
F0f "hth ne hhfAeu NJ prices do"n
Win iii hi. mirh, a,nJ m,in
He mar ked still lower every price
And advertised again.
y. /. J"Hf"dt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17
Our Home Maker.

Lines read by Rev. W. II. sayary al the fun.
eral OF the late Mrs. james W. Dayis.-Ep.
AMERIC,r.l
where the mountains slope 10 the westward
And The purple chslice- hold
The new made wine OF the sunset,
Crimson, amber and gold;
In this old vide-open doorway
With the elm boughs overhead.
The house alt garnished behind her
And the plentiful table spread
She stood To welcome our coming.
Watching our upward climb
In the sweet June weather that brought us
Oh. many and many time.
To-day in the gentle splendor
or the early summer noon,
Perfect in sunshine and fragrance.
Although it j. hardly June,
Again Is the doorway opened
And the house I. garni~hed and sweet.
But she silently waits our coming,
And We enter with silent feet.
\ little Within -he j. waiting.
Not whore n. ha. met u before,
For over the pleasant threshold
She + only to cross once morc.
The -mie on bcr face l. quiet,
And lily l. on her breast.
Her hands are foh'cd together
And the word on her lip l. rest"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17

Poor MUSICIAN Italian who runs
peanut-stand at street corner in Detroit,
was turning his peanut-roaster the other
afternoon with slow and measured hand
when an old woman came to halt and
carefully observed the operation. After
scrutinizing the roaster from every side
she finally gave it up and remarked: 'tNo,
sir; you don't get cent out of me Tor no
such music as that Why, | can't catch
half of any of the tunes, and it smells as
If something was burning insider'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17

I've cannot honor our country with
too deep reverence; we cannot love her
with an affection too pure and fervent; we
cannot serve her with an energy of pur-
pose or faithfulness of zeal too steadfast
and ardent"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-17
And the breath snd bliss of liberty:
And the loving Kiss of liberty:
And the welcoming light Of heavenly eycs,
And the over-calm Of God's rnnnnN'

And the breath and bliss of liberty;
| And the loving kiss of liberty:
And the welcoming light Of heavenly eyes,
And the over-calm Of Gods canopy"
On the 30th of June Gen Meade. who
had been In command Of the army of the
Potomac but two days. promulgated his
| order notifying his army of the expected
battle and in few words adverting To the
Importance of the issues 1t involved.
The battle TO which Meade'> order sound
| ed the call j. the best known Of all the bat
ties of the war MANY causes have com
| hinetl to make IL such 1t was the turning
point Of the war and its greatest battle
| 1t was the battle that came nearest home
TO the country. The enemy was putting
some of the richest portions of our terri.
| tory under contribution and his presence
and boldness were carrying alarm to great
cities that had never entertained the
thought Of being included in the theatre Of
war and arousing apprehension through
out the whole country From military
| point of view the battle has been an cx-
ceptionally interesting and instructive
| study 10 the soldiers ami the student nf the
art Of war and many valuable trcatiscs up-
| on 1t have resulted from their ahor> It
| was dc-ignedly and deliberately fought hv
| both armies. The scene of the duel was
the open county and the events Of The
tragic drama were So sepsrated and CORE
lated as TO be readily followed and under
stood.
II all else were wanting 10 set an imrc-
rial and imper>hahle seal Of fame upon
Getiyshnrg. the couSnmmatc act was per
| formed ny that wi~c ruler. that great and
| rnchcartcd man. the nohlc~t product II
our time Abraham Lincoln There wa a
| dramatic fitness In his presence here IN
| honor IF those Who filled lhr measure II
the service g which he had called them by
| soldiers death upon the ucla.
The words he uttered her" wiih stud
| icd rctircnce luuhly impressive in - great
master nf speech are a. 4 monumental
| inscription to ho r. III lo remote y nera-
| tion- They breathe The lofty LeuIus ~
the battle in which The existence of frrr
| government was at stake AN The vision
| Of the cmhattlcd hosts the int. rmingled
/ contestants In deadly strife ~ rags ari
| plains cloom'd NTH the Internal inrru>,. o. {
/ battle and lurld with the flashing If wars
dreadful cnginery Of tranpl,d fields
~trcwu with the dtai sni diving r~c h,-
f, fore rs the loud and confused sounds o(
the strife seem the accompaniment 90 4
mighty voice declaring like ~. chorus II
the ancient stage, the meaning ~ ~" 'raG-