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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-01
Our Correspondent writes on Various Topics,

The wish that all would read "a New
England Girlhood, outlined from Memory
by Lucy Larcom Is sincere on my part 1t
is written particularly for the young. but
older ones will find real enjoyment in its
pages, and the general verdict Is that 1t
calls forth or awakens the better part Of
her who reads. 1t Is true THAT it is no
light matter for anyone no matter how
familiarly before the public, 10 set forth
the record of early life." but Miss Larcom
has succeeded beyond question in the
work. The pages that sw waken the keenest
| interest In me are those which refer to her
life in Lowell. Miss Larcom says, The
| girls at Lowell were clearing away few
weeds from the overgrown track of indie
| pendent labor for other women They
practically said. by numbering themselves
among factory girls that In our country
no real odium could be attached to any
honest toll that any selfrespccting woman
might undertake"
Miss Larcom regards it AS one of the
privileges Of her youth that she was per
mtted to grow up among those active, in
terestng girls. whose lives were not mere
echoes Of other Ii, es, but had principle and
purpose distinctly their own. When no
BILE. talented women like Miss Larcom
point with pride TO the days they spent in
honest toll, how broad 1t makes the chasm
between such a woman aud those simper-
ing fashion plates who cannot miugle with
the laboring class, and who look with fool
i,h contempt on honest labor. Our country
where honest toll In various capacities has
been 50 richly rewarded i not the one to
scoru the laboring man or woman because,
while you are showing your contempt, the
toiler Is making long strides beyond you.
But all must own with Miss Larcom that
"a girls place in the world is very
strong one; 1t Is pity she does not al
ways see it," and too that ~hc-,hc girl
often lets her life get broken into frag-
ncnts among the fimsy trelisrs OF fash
ion and intentionally. when 1t might be
perfect thing in the upright beauty of its
own consccrated freedom" but with be-
lief that girls are realizing more and more
the possibilities before them, though per
haps not a. soon one might wish they
would, DO not feel discouraged. II
one i honest 1t must be confessed that
sometimes the women whom the Young |
girls see before them are not just the pat
terms they should be, and sometimes one |
feels like saving with Tcnnyson Cursed |
be the gold that gilds the straiten'd fore |
head Of the fool" and has the power to |
gloss over and make acceptable a sinful |
life might be added.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-01
Sayings Of our Neighbors.

NJ = - ~ llF.,T ..t'7-.1'. -
Good for the Colby students They have
set the fashion of obseryin. Memorial day
without baseball game. 1t is a good
fashion for the other collie yes to follow
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-01

Not long since received al deem pro
hibiion impractcable, inqniring in regard
To the success OF that law in the State OF
Maine. The lady said that it was often
asserted that high license would be far
more effective in closing the low dcus than
was the prohibitory law. My reply was
that the low dens were not the ones that
did the harm these make rum drinking
disreputable and are not patronized until
the habits are well fixed II is the respect
able places so calied-w here liquor /. sold
that take our young men. This was my
reply from observation to-day | read Il
proof Of the truth Of my assertion In let
ter from wife and mother bewailiDg her
lost husband and son who found their ruin
BY rum drinking being made respectable
by license instead Of disrcputable by pro
hibition, she claiming that they would not
have been so easily led away, If the stig
ma had been upon it that prohibition plac-
es Pity It's It's true" that too many of
our Young men are wreck "a, but We be
licve with the majority Of temperance peo-
Die that there are less fall than would If
We had the license, whether it were high
or low.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-01
A CURIOUS PUBLIC.
ILeWi-toD journal.

A curious public is anxious to know why
Gen. Plaisted voted to hold the democratic
state convention in Bangor instead of his
own city--if it was tribute TO the enforce
ment Of the prohibitory law at the capt
tall
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
History of Pen Making.

A Roman metal pen is said to have
been found at Aosta-not a mere stylus,
but bronze pen, slit, and there is evil
dence of pen or reed of bronze nearly
as late as the invention of printing, in
the Fifteenth century.
A hundred years ago some steel pens
were made in Birmingham, England,
by Mr.. Harrison for DIR. Priestly, and
some of these passed into the hands OF
Sir Joseph Mason in his early days
with Mr. Harrison, but all OF them
have been lost. The first pen of metal,
of date beyond all question, is one in
a Dutch patent book of 1717 At the
same time polite ode by Pope refers
to steel and gold pen," but these
were evidently luxuries only.
1t was about 1923 or 1924 that the
great revolution in making pens by a
cheaper process-the hand screw press,
which pierced the pens from sheet steel
began. Previously pens had been
made from steel or gold rolled into
tubes and with joint forming the slit.
These required considerable labor to
shape them into pen form.
The use of the screw press belongs to
the period of John Mitchell, Joseph Gil
lott and Joseph Mason, but on careful
review of the facts it seems to be clear
that John Mitchell has the best claim
to be considered as the introducer of
press made pens. Skinner, of Sheffield,
England, was apparently one of the
first to cheaper the production of pens,
but his manufactures were surpassed
when the screw press was introduced.
Exchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
A Dogs Hard Life.

There are great many touching
sights in a great city, but none much
more SO than to watch lost dog. At
first there is look of startled surprise
on his face when he loses the scent.
quickly followed by a grim sort of
humor, as though pretending his be-
wilderment is but joke. He circles
round and round, and his face grows
thin and his eye almost human in its
anxious pleading He starts off in one
direction, sure that he has found the
trail He is baffied, turned back. He
looks in the face of all who pass, as if
questioning to know his way He
thinks he recognizes his MASTER and is
off like a flash, only to return more
anxious and eager than before
He gives himself no rest but doubles
and pursues and turns back until all
hope is dead in his faithful canine
breast, and he starts off with long
lope down the street. Then it is that
some de1noniac boy or some detestable
man filings a stone at him or kicks him
as he flies by, and the cry is raised
Mad dogl Kill himl" So the great
host of idlers in ambush, who wait the
opportunity for mischief as bees await
the blossom of the buckwheat, are
turned loose upon his track and his
doom is sealed. From a lost dog to a
hunted and dead cur is an easy transi-
tion.-Chicago Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
Close of a.Famous Partisan Cafe.

The Cafe Procope, which, with hardly
a sigh from the Partisan press, has
closed its doors for good, was at one
time the center of literary France 1t
was founded by one Procope, a Sicilian,
in the year 1859. At this cafe Diderot,
Marnontel, Freron and MERCER met.
Voltaire sat here often from 10 in the
morning till midnight, during which
time he quaffed his coffee-indulging
sometimes in twenty cups-on levee
days with the aristocracy and at other
times with the bourgeoisie. q
Then the first revolution swept its
horrors around the place. 1t stood
throughout the empire and the restora-
ton. The old tables were allowed to
remain, and it was considered sacri-
legious to call in the aid of the carpen-
ter. Gambetta met his legal friends
here Here sat Gustave Flourens, Pas
cal Groussett and Raoul Rigault Then
came the fall of the Commune, the cafe
became deserted, and now it is no more.
London News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
ACROSS THE WAY.

Across the way there is window lattice
That peeps out shyly through the city trees
All fluttering with lacy curtains, that is
Susceptible to summers scented breeze.
And as gazed without one morning early
And Of the sunrise sweetness drank my fill
saw as in q mist of dew all pearly,
yellow bowl of daisies on the sill
Ipictured to myself my pretty neighbor
Who placed with gentle hands the flowrets
there
Who smoothed each stem In shape with loving
labor,
To flourish I'm the balmy morning air;
wondered was she small-or tall or slender,
And did she boast of brown or golden curls;
Her heart knew was kind and good and tender
queen of all, the daisy wreath Of girls
fancied her sweet face within bonnet,
Dressed her in dainty muslin gown of white,
With sprigs of lilac scattered all upon it,
And knots upon her breast of ribbon bright.
"Her eyes" thought. "are like the sky above
me;
Her voice Just like ripping summer ril;
How nice 'twould be If she would learn to love
me,
Just as she does the daisies on the sill"
Just then the lazy ribboned curtain parted,
And Jones-you know him-forty if a day!
Looked out aud grnned. while smiled back half
hearted
To think twas Jones who lived across the way;
To make my vision bright so sad and solemn,
And all my mellow morning dream to kill
A man who writes jokes at SO much column,
Who'd think that he'd have daisies on the sill?
Kate Masterson in New York Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
Leaning on Others,

Many times have l smiled at the
story of the man who, in town meet
ing, when they "divided the house" to
vote, ran back and forth and up and
down both sides, inquiring where
Deacon - was, and am always re-
minded of it when l hear of people
pinning their faith upon others coat
sleeves, yet how many do this; how
comparatively few do real, honest, in
dependent thinking for themselves.
eve have been taught to believe, "
was the excuse given for every doc
trine and action otherwise unexplain-
able by hill town pundit once, and
it tailed with the practice of man
who, when asked what he thought
about the revised Bible, said he didn't
know; he paid his minister to do his
thinking for ml-Hampshire County
(Mass.) Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
The Destroying Sand Wave.

Born of the wind and the sea. on the
sandy beaches of Capes Hatteras and
Henlopen, is curious natural phenome-
non. a mammoth wave of sand. that
towers aloft like sea wave, even curl
ing over in places like huge breaker, is
rolling inland irresistibiy, and lacking
only the element of speed in its career
to carry such terror to the hearts of the
inhabitants as is inspired by the sea
waves that follow an earthquake, for
the destructiveness of the sand wave is
limited only by its scope,
Though similar in origin, substance
and motive power, there is yet SO much
difference between the two waves in
form, extent and speed of travel. and
in the actual destruction Of property,
that each is a study in itself. Especially
noticeable is the difference in the de-
vastation wrought, for while one is
laying waste a forest of small value
the other is burying inexorably hun
bred lowly homes. John R. Spears in
Scribner's.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
supsrIoritx of American Humor.


A contributor to one of the leading
English magazines describes American
humor as 1.-The result of shrewd and
for the most part half educated minds
acting upon matters of every day in
terest." and speaks of American humor-
lists generally in a somewhat disparag-
ing vein, and of their productions as
inferior to the ''pure humor" of English
scholars
Now we understand legitimate humor
to be that which compels men to laugh
without causing women to blush; and
no people on earth are so prolific of
such hUmoT as Americans.
Highly refined facetiousness, which
the English too often mistake for
humor, is not side shaking. Itdoes not
make people roar or endangef the in
tegrity Of their blood vessels 1t is
rather wit than humor. A pun that
satisfies the taste may not tickle the
fancy. An epigram that is a model of
completeness may nevertheless fail to
provoke smile.
The most irresistible Jokes we have
ever heard have been perpetrated by
Americans of ordinary education.
There is hardly a village in the union
that has not its genuine humorists,
who can easily 'set the table in a roar
The truth of the matter is, American
humor is seldom fnical and never
stupid, but always humorous. New
York Ledger
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26

"What on earth is that vehicle gal
Looping in that fashion forg" he asked of
a pedestrian on Clifford street,.
'"That is the ambulance"
"Oh, something connected with the
doctors2"
eyes"
"Well, they are in an awful hurry to
collect their bills to drive that way"
'Some one has been hurt, and the
ambulance will take him to the hos
pital for treatment.
"Oh, that's it'll Well, that's more
sensible. l thought it queer If they
galloped around after debtor in that
fashion. detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26


A correspondent of Indian Engineer
ing suggests an original scheme for
smoke abatement by asking whether it
has ever been proposed to have a
smoke duct running through town
connected with the different furnaces
He suggests that such "A duct might be
carried outside of the city to Il con,
densing station, an exhaust machine
being employed to force the draught
At the condensing station the SCOT laden
air might be made to pass through
water, and thus deposit the solid mat
ter, the air passing away comparatively
pure, while the SCOT thus deposited
might easily be collected caked and
sold as fuel The size of the duct would
have to vary, as in water and other
mains, according to the work to be per-
formed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
Wrong OF at Least Annoying.

The denominations in human CONVEX
sation are many, but one has come in
of late that is peculiarly tircsome.
Whenever you say anything that agrees
with the opinions of the person with
whom you are talking he answers,
'That's right" When anything is ex
planned to him he says, "That's right "
In fact, on the slightest opportunity,
he will say, That's right" In every
conversation of twenty minutes there
will be fifty That's rights" 1t would
be just as we'll if he would occasionally
say, That's true" or That's so, or
II think so. too" or II agree with
you" or even You're mighty accu
rate" Anything would be better than
the "nauseous iteration" OF That's
right" The constitution cannot pro
vide against such outrages, but every
man with the good of his fellow Cit
zens at heart can avoid using one ex
preston necessarily. Louisville Cour,
ier-Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
Treasurer.
CHAPTER Mn

An Act to repeal sections fortv-two to sixty
one. both inclusive, of article II. of The Code
of Puhic Local Laws, title Garrett County"
subtitle, County Treasurer and to re. sub
NIT the same with amendments.
SEC. 81. The said treasurer shall, during
the first week in December, of each and every
year, give notice to all the delinquent tax
payers of said county, by advertisement in
serted in two newspapers published in said
county, and by hantshills posted in five of the
most public places in each election district of
said county and at the court house door,
warning them and each o. them that the pay
ment of all taxes then due and in arrear, will
be enfor' ed by advertisement and sale, unless
the same are paid before The first day of jan
uary then next following.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
Saves Lots of Time.

The California way of disbarring a
shyster lawyer is to take him out on
the commons and tar and feather him,
and then tell him in vigorous English
that If he doesn't hunt some other
locality the next performance will be
a hanging. 1t isn't legal, but it is
very effective. Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
Success at Last,

First Actor-Did you hear about De
RanteG He was playing in Kansas a
few nights ago. and the house fell upon
him.
Second Actor-How fortunatel That
is the first house he ever brought down.
Ihope it was big one. Epoch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26

The Mediterranean is comparatively
shallow A drying up of $50 feet would
leave three different seas, and Africa
would DO joined with Italy. The Brit
ish channel is more like pond, which
accounts for its choppy waves.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
Very Odd.

''Here's paragraph about striking
coat Makers"
Anything about striking trousers
makersg"
"No."
That's odd; there are more striking
trousers made than striking coats
Munsey's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26

The call Boss, boss" to cattle is
pure Latin apparently, since the Latin
word for a beef creature" is hos"
It seems to have been in use among
English speaking people for several
generations, though boss" and 'bossy"
are more often heard in America than
in England.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26

1t is now more than 500 years since a
handful of patriots in the Alps estab,
lished the Swiss league of free repub-
lies, and founded a government that
was destined to reach the climax of
democracy In the Nineteenth century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26

Teacher-How does the earth absorb
water2
Pupil-Same as dog does
Teacher-How's that2
Pupil-Haven't you heard of a lap of
earth2 What do you suppose it laps
with?-Texas Siftings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
JOB WORK A SPECIALITY!
SHERlFF'S SALE.

Under and by virtue-of a writ OF fieri facias
issued out OF the Circuit Court tor Garrett
County nj the suit of David II. LOar against
Charles A. Combs in No. Judicias to Dec
Term, 1890 of said Court, and to me, the I'M
dersigned Sheriff, directed. did, on the Both
day OF September, 1880, by actual entry upon
the land, levy upon and take in execution all
the right, title. interest and estate OF him. the
said Charles y. Combs, Gt being his life
tate and any other interest which he may
have therein),the same being all those pieces.
parcels or lots of ground and premises lying
and being in district No. S, in Garrett County
aforesaid, which was conveyed to VIM.
Combs by Thomas Gilbert and Roland Rich
ards and their respective wives, by their deed
bearing da e 26lh d ~ of March in the year Of
our LOrdl $751; and recorded amongst the land
records of Garrett County aforesaid; the said
lots and parcels OF land all being parts ola
tract of land called CHERRY Creek and be-
ing soldiers lots Nos. 1916, con aiming fifty and
Freight s acres VI land more OF less, antg
included in and embraced by the said tract
called Cherry Creek also the oDe-half part
OF Military lot lj2l, also embraced in and in
GUIDED by the SilId tract called Cherry Creek
and beginning for the outlines of the One-haIf
Of said lot herein intended to be conveyed at
the end of the first line OF Military lot ljlS it
being also the original beginning of tho
whole lot, and running thence South $50,
West 30 pcrcheS to lot No 1920. then North 20
EaSi 80 perche> to the end of the second line
Of said lot No. ISIS, then reversing said line to
the place OF beginning of TINS piece contain
ing twenty-five acres more or less and also
soldiers lots Nos. I5lj. l5IS and 1919, these DO
ing also three more Of the originals land also
II small pitc" of 'cancy. all ow included in
the said ract OF land cHIlCi -, berry Creek. :"
his land is located near the Old Northwest
rrn Pike in District 40. 5 of Garrett County,
about seven mile, from oak lani. 1t adjoinS
swan Mead VS. he property OfGpn. B. +.
Kelley, the land of Henry Hadder and Others.
IL l. a drSir;t.I" property improved by good,
substantial dwelling house and the usual
outbuildngS and has an abundance of water.
Aud hereby give notice that on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS.


COUNTY TREASURER OF GARRETT COUNTY,
OAKLAND, MD, Dec. l. 1890.
Notice rs hereby given to all delinquent
tax payers that if taxes now due and in ar
rear are not pnid before January l, 1890, wilf
proceed by law to collect the same. For ull
Information to all parties interested. Section
30, of Chapter j66 0fan act of the General AS
sembly of Maryland is herewith submitttd:
URlAH Nj. STA Nj ON,
Treasurer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
ron G. G, ALE.

have for sale 10 COtSwOol eve lambs two
yoke Oxen. well broken. one Sorrell Horse.
years old. bay mares, and l0yearS old one
sucking colt one Ilo!stein bull, 3 years old.
, beer cattle ] will also sell my land of one
hundred acres wing 4nIieS southwest of Oak
land said land is nearly all under fence.
orchard, good water. Excellent title. Apply
to j. II. SANDERS. 80 If
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26
SWAvTON NURSERIES.
linz
CAN FU.HISH Anything
EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS--THE BEST Is

from the largest Wholesale nurseries in the
cling agents prices. Unless otherwise stated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-26

send
q j., EIe ling, w.
Decorah-posten., 1890-10-08
Sermbanc toars i9femnen,
Sabara.

lloualset til Irspelie al be forifjeuise
8laner for ben transiabariite Sernbane
ifal tape ubtalt fig til @unit for ben
'aafalbte "centrale 2inie" uuer giifiaz
narpla : Gmsuib. st franif rusiiit
ganftoniOrtium iises at ipse ON aOns
ceslipn for benne 2inie. Ylanen til
ben ceutrale 2inie er ~llbfaitet al General
Bbilebert ps Snsenipr RpIanbe. Gil
CUNT for fin 2inie fremfsrer be is1=
senbe @runbe: Oct er ben eneite 2inie,
bpis @ebet alIereoe er tefniif sjennems
forfeit, buurfur man itrar fan tase fat
paa anlRgset af ganen; enbpibere
itsoer benue life paa 8anlfelisbeber fra
andre Wasters SIDE, mebens ben "peits
lise uraneiiite 2inie", Der ifal lsbe
langs ben maroffanife 8rGnbie, fan
sipe Inlebuing til uoperIfuelise Stris
bisbeber. Sra Gmsuib fan Der ira ben
centrale 9inie anle9ses en- Sioebane
til 9eserbsininsen eller til 9iaoisen.
Som 8psninssmaabe anbeialer 2iniens
SprIparere | fgrite Retfe Rurmalippret,
eller, bpis bette life fan anpenbes, en-
meters SpOret, meb 20 &ilpsr. Sfinner
pr. lgberbe Meter. s 2gbet af to 9lar
lfal eiter oeres Bere9uing 9inien til
llursla uGre ferbis, os berfra fan man
i @ieuneminit bpgse 400 SilOmeter
aarlis, iaa at 8psninsen At bele Gtrafs
ninsen fra 8iitbra til 3iabIsen anIlaaes
at bile bare benpeb 9 Oar. Smfoits
ninserne peb 8anen fra 8iifra til Qnns
suib (1050 ailometer) antases eiter ct
~fprelsbist Ouerflag at bile bels6e fla
til omtrent 100 Wilioner Grancs.
Decorah-posten., 1890-10-08
Moroeren Ybilipien aileperebes 3

lite Septbr. fra 8ommuneboipitalet til
Irreiten. 2eserne bar erfl9ret bam for
iilbt tifre9nelis. 9en Abe Septbr. bar
ban | ct aiillttenbe 5urbsr. Spbploet
paa Spipitalet, buor ban babbe lepet
~betpoelig bebre END / Grrelten, os bpor
ban bauoe foririlfet fig ueo lanse Spabs
torture | !Sapen bapbe / en- gienipnli9
Grab uirfet oplioenoe paa bam. Meo
~iGopanli9 llsenertbeo msotes ban meo
Gsieslor 8attrup, Der bolbt 3 5orbsr
oper bam, al bpilte buert parebe ct Ear
timers 5io. Sasen er nu %lliIttet, nag
tet Der enonu ct f~oritjeaise uoptlarebe
@nfeltbeoer. S Nrreiten u~noerboloer
ban fig jeunlis meo fine 8euostere.
San reber life Spor al ginger, berimub
bemerfeoe ban en- Sag: "Set er Dog
unoerlist nof, at bette Moro ifulbe
bliue opoaset 2ampeueismoroeren fanbt
man 10 bog iffe."
Sm 2 Maaneoer nenter man, at Sri
minalrettens 9om oil ialoe, men fra
8riminalretten til Ssieiteret er lanst,
iaa at Sasens enoelise afsjsrelie til
bsrer en- fjarn Sremtib.