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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30
THE Rum Power

The day of deiverance from rum may
seem still far away to those who are work
ing for prohibition but if they will cast
their eyes backward, and recall the great
change that has come over the American
people regarding the drink habit, they will
find much cause for encouragement. Fifty
years ago drinking was respectable, be
cause everybody indulged more or less.
Drunkenness was regarded as sign of
weakness in man, but no graver conse-
quences resulted. The drinking man was
not barred out of decent society. as he is
to-day: nor was his vice made an obstacle
to his advance in life, especially in the
political field. Look at the changed con-
ditons to-day. very large class of peo
Pile do not drink at all : another class drink
on occasion, but not to the degree of be-
coming intoxicated; and the drinking hab-
it is largely confined to the less cultivated
and uneducated classes There is a vast
body of opposition to drinking, and the
man who is known as drinking man finds
many of the avenues of lucrative occupa-
tion closed to him; and especially is this
true of positions of trust or financial re-
sponsibility. Nobody wants man who
is addicted to rum in such a place. The
tremendous crusade against rum which
began with the passage of the Maine law is
to be credited with the most of this great
change in public sentiment. Had it not
been for the enormous foreign mmigra-
tion during all these years, had the in
crease in our population been due to the
natural excess of births over deaths, rum
to- day would be hanished from the greater
portion, if not all, of the United States.
But these foreignborn citizens, coming
from countries where the drinking of rum
in some form ls as common as it was here
half-century ago, and looked upon as lie
niently, have largely settled in our cities,
and made them the strongholds of the rum
power Toledo Blade.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30
I For the Ellsworth merican.
October Days.

The slanting sunbeams, mellow, bright,
Come TO US now with softer light:
Shadows and sunshine and purple haze
Dwell together these rare sweet days.
Bright-hued leaves in gayest guise,
Fit about like butterflies,
Wings OF russell and golden dye
Crimson and brown. in the sunshine fly.
But we miss the c, icket's lively song
From thousand tiny cornets rung.
And the shining light Of golden rods
Bright FURNISHED plumes familiar nod.
Autumn glow> on fruit snd leaf.
on sun tanned field and freckled heath.
on gorgeous landscape stretching away.
ON the purple hills in royal array.
We walk through silent tnted woods
OF somher bowers aud solitudes.
Where autumn breeze with fitful moan.
Hath scattered the oak and pine tree conc.
Rslmv October with restful DAYS.
With harvest feast. and thankful praise,
Serene o'er sll thy tranquil nights.
Shines Venus. the fairest OF evening lights
s.I. SPRINGER.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30

Mr. Daniel Jordan was torn in fremont,
in ISIS and died in Orlaud pct T., l>,o. In
l>io be was married 10 Mis- rhrh" VI. Gott
Of fremont. To them were born eight eLt-
drcn, all OF whom with his companion survive
him Soon after hi, marriage he moNrt to
Orlund, where at the age VI about Unity De
was converted, baptized and Joined the VI. J..
church and was always faithful advocate ~
her doctrines, ever at his post in church. pray
er and class meetings. He held the office Of
class leader, steward and trustee for many
wears His home Wa, ever open to wccamc
all who came in the name Of the Lprd,a, many
a weary itinerant can testify. lie could vet
tainly and truthfuliy hc called the pastors
friend" Though man of few words hj>
daily life was such that all who knew him re-
spected him. Hi. la>t sickness was brief.
Possessed with all his faculties he came down
to the end willing to depart and De at rest with
Jesus; and Ike a a shock of wheat j. gathered
10, so he was fully ripe for the harvest.
Rest from thy labor. rest,
Soul of the Just sci free.
Blest be thy memory and ble>t
Thy bright example be-
II. w. y.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30
Spelling Reform.
Editor National Tribune.

Editor National Tribune:
We hear much spoken about reform in
these days. We surely live In progress
i've age. But while the world is improv-
Ing so rapidly it seems that the source of
all intelligence should be more in accord
with the needs of the times
Our English language is one of the most
euphonious anywhere. The poet sings de-
lightfully, and the prose writer finds a
lavish store of appropriate words with
which to express his thoughts. But be-
fore its beauties can be truly appreciated
the pupil must pass through the intrica-
cies of spellng-s herculean task for
many, pleasure for none.
| But the question is often asked, why
not make spelling more easy?"a question
more easily asked than answered This
introduces the subject.
! Spoken words consist of sounds; writ
| ten words of characters that represent
sounds. There should be oneness be
tween the sounds in the spoken word
| and the characters in the written word
| 10 secure this there must be distinct
character for each sound in the language
| Each sound must have but one character
and each character but one sound This
| Is true phonetic spelling.
| splitting hairs, 1t will readily appear that
there are - consonant sounds, II vowel
| sounds, aud four diphthong sounds-no
more, no less This gives 3S purely dis
tlnct sounds, which require 3S letters to
represent them properly.
Having but g letters TO represent IS
sounds. 1t will appear that some letters
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The Ladies Home Journal.

Campanini's first and exceedingly readable
article on How to Train the Voice. y in which
the famous tenor gives many good hint to
singers, leads bewiIderingly number Of good
things in the November Ladies' Home Jour
nal. Liberties of Our Daughters" Is very
good article hy Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren. Al
together the November Journal is perfect
model magazine for women. 1t could not be
improved upon. And for ten cents a single
copy. or one dollar a year, 1t becomes the
cheapest, as well as the very best of all do
nestle periodicals. Publishe ] at 433-4a5 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30
For the Ellsworth Americsn.
Uncle Billy"

A long time ago, and when boy, Of
| ten visited the shop Of our family shoe.
maKer. who accordingly to fathers idea
was ne shoemaker.
| Sometime, to collecta bill or make some
| Offset, other cohblors were employed, hut
| only under such Or Ike circumstances
| for Uncle Billy" was fathers choice; and
as ours a. large family father. mother
and nine children, it was necessary to
| have thorough work. like Il nce Billys. =
| Father was a craftsman. too and what
| ever he did himself was always after the
manner and workmanship Of the "H'on-
| derfE Oas Ho>S >bdy.r He prided himself
on making things strong, they were
sometimes clunsy-aud in another'> work
he looked for strength more than for
beauty or gracefulnc>s, The stitches and
pegs in boots and shoes made by "Uucle
Billy" held, There was no ripping or
showing Of peg teeth in biz manufacture
Aud owing to the size of fathers family
about half boys. the procuring Of such
work was economy, therefore. whenever
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cle Billy"
Uncle BIly',7 residence and little red
shop were about threefourths Of a mile
east Of what j. known a. the 'Corner"
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Rarelv had the onnor,upitv of VISITING
..trncIe RiIIv,s- sbon when p.,ure was
lootipg her hest when the SIM after the
sbower swee,ened the air. and wbep tbe
d.,, drons bano;na from tho fances ard
grasses sparkled in her golden beams
when songs of all the birds filled the al,
with rich melodies and choruses. anc
eeecv clouds sailed lazily along across tb.
azpre sky. driven before gentle winds
bipb in the heavens. nor at q time wber
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30

BERLIN, Oct. 10.
Trouble between the police and So
cialists in Sprottan, Prussian- Silesia, was
resumed yesterday. The troops were
again called out and conflict ensued in
which several persons were wounded.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30

-'.The Woman Of the Period" Is the title Of
an article-the first Of a series-which Mary
Lowe Dickinson will contribute to Harper's
Bazar 70 be published October 18th.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30

The kindergarten, Chicago, for October,
contains an unusually attractive table of con-
tents The Systematic Science Lessons
will be welcomed by all primary teachers, As
will also the Typical Lessons" The "Prm-
AIRY Sunday School Lessons prove that ele-
mentary truths can be comprehended and
made attractive to the very Youngest
The November number of H1rper's Nnq-
azine contains the first of Il short series of pa
pers on Southern Californa-"Our Itay'-by
Charles Dudley Warner. Z. W. Mealey de-
scribes the quaint Old town of Rothenburg.
The series of articles on South America by
Theodore Child is continued in "Urban
and Commercial Chilli" Lafcadio Hearn de-
scribes "A Winter Journey to Japan by
way of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and Pa
cifc Ocean. S. II. NJ Byers contributes an
article on "SwitZerland and the Swiss
"Princeton University" is the subject of
timely paper by Professor W. NJ. Sloane.
Daudet's inimitabe story of "Port Tarascon"
Is brought to conclusion. Twenty charac-
teristic illustrations from drawings by the dis
tinguished French artists, Mybach Rossi and
Montegut accompany this installment.
The new serial by Frank X. Stockton,
which opens the atlantic Monthly for No
yember, Is entitled 1.-The House of Martha"
The short parts W hich make up this nstaiment
are called my Grandmother and |. 'Reat-
! ing to my Year in Europe" The Modern Use
| of the Human Ear Il obtain Listener
"My Under-study," .'My Book" THE Ma
laral Adjunct" Along the Frontier OF
Proteus's Realm" is by Edith Thomas, and is
a charming description of the sea in its vari-
ous moods, enlivened by verses of which Miss
Thomas is apparently the author. "The Le-
pend of William Tell" Is traced to its early be-
ginning by Mr.. W. B. McCrackan.
Hougbton, Miffiin & Co., Boston.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30

They were merry men, all, in those days,
and although we could not wish the craft
to return to those convivial ways, we
might like just once to be transported
back to one of their dinners to see exactly
how they performed for the glory Of the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30
SSue!&1la

Is the most ancient and most general OF all
diseases. Scarcelya family Is entirely free
from 1t, while thousands everywhere are its
suffering slaves Hoods Sarsaparilla has
had rem srkahle success In curing every form
of Scrotila- The most severe and painful
running sores. swellings in the neck or
Goitre. humor in the eyes causing partial
or total blindness yield 10 the powerful
effects II this medicine,
The Worst Type.
Ny son wa afflicted with the worst type
Of scroilla, aud on the recommendation Of
my druggist Eave him Hoods Sarsaparilla
Today le i sound and we'll, Notwithstanding
ii was sand there was not enough medicine
IN Illinois 10 effect cure" J. CHRISTIAN.
ulipohs. IL. BE sure TO get
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30

The Cape Small Point coal prospectors
are down 100 feet in the fourth hole drilled
at that point This last hole is fifteen feet
from the one where they struck the three
veins Of coal and lost the drill. 1t is To-
Gated that distance so that in case they
should find coal enough to warrant shaft
these two holes would form two corners
of it. They have struck one thin layer of
coal since commencing the last drilling.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30
4 GOOD WAY TO GET 4 Bot NIi
Lewiston Journal

Wellington W Whitney, of Jonesboro,
Me. who was soldier in the late war,
contracted rheumatic disability, which
increases as old age creeps on and which
has untitled him for hard labor. He was
obliged to devise some means whereby he
could obtain livelihood and accordingly
commenced to keep poultry on small
scale and kept debt and credit with the
fowls until he learned there was a surplus
in it for him. He gradually increased his
flock and now derives good, profit He
markets 50 dozen eggs every two weeks
and lots of poultry. This is better than
travelling about with a hurdy gurdy or de-
pending on old comrades for support
INQUEST OF COAL.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-30

Llyox LopeE 80 - EVER tr-dAy
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We print below newspaper article sent
US by Bro. N. T.. Newell of the Franklin
Mass Sentinel accompanied by the
following letter.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-17
CHAPTER XIV.

LEAVE JOAN AND RIDE TO THE WARS
You may guess how ! felt at being thus
properly fooled. And the worst was could
see no way TO mend 1t, for against the barri-
cado between us i might have beat myself
for hours, yet only hurt my fists; and the
wall was SO smooth and high that, even by
standing on Molly's back, could not-by a
foot or more-reach the top to pull myself
over.
There was nothing for it but to turn home
wards down the hill, which ! did, chewing
the cud Of my folly aud finding it bitter as
gall.
Joan was not in the kitchen when ar
rived, nor about the buildings, nor yet could
i spy her anywhere moving on the hills. SO,
after calling to her once or twice, i stabbed
the mare and set of up the tor side to seek
her.
Now l must tell you that since the day OF
my coming | had made many attempts to
find the place where Joan had then hidden
me, and always fruitlessly, though i knew
we'll whereabouts it must be. Indeed, had
thought at first | had only to walk straight
to the hole, yet found after repeated trials
but solid earth and bowlders for my pains
But today, as | climled past the spot,
something very bright flashed in my eyes
and dazzied me; and rubbing them and look
ing saw great hole in the hill-facing to
the Southwestern the very place l had
searched for it, and out Of this a beam Of
light glancing.
Creeping near on tip toe found one huge
block OF granite, that before had seemed bed
ded among dozen fellow powders against
the turf-the base resting on another well
nigh as bg--was now rolled back, having
been fixed Ia work smoothly ON a pivot, yet
10 like nature that up eye, 5ut 10y chance,
could detect It. Now, ~n0 Ia the beginning
designed tuis hiding place lesvs you TO con-
sidsr. and whether II was tina Jsws or Phne-
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.o,,nn or ,r wou,a rcacn mcy nut ocyond the
,nrrina OF tho cat heard nothing.
craw,cd 20 my feet, rested moment TO
..av the yiddiness and tottered across 10 the
door. where leaned, listening and gazing
south No strip of vapor lay ON the moors
that strctched--all bathed In the most won
derful bright colors- TO the lip Of the horizon.
The air was like sounding board. heard
the bleat Of am old wether mile of upon the
tors, and was turning away detected, when,
far down In the south, there ran sound that
Get my heart leaping.
Twas the cracking of musketry.
There was no mistaking IT, The noise ran
like wildAre along the hills; before tho echo
could ovcrtake Il q low rumbling followed,
and then tho brisker cracking again.
cnught at the door post and cried, faint with
the sudden 10Y,
"Thou angel, Joani--thou angel!"
And then, M something took mo by the
throat--"Joan, Joan-to sec what thou secst"
A long time leaned by the door post there,
drinking Ia tho sound that now was removed
at quicker intervals. Yet, for ~ far as
could see, twas the peacefulcst scene, though
drcary-quiet sunshine on the hills, and the
sheep dotted here and there, cropping. But
down yonder, over the edge Of the moors,
men were fighting and numbering each
-, "a ,-a.r,,.J 90 .o, hoo, ,b. day ,,cp,
Being both weak and loath to miss a sound
.,u s.pL down ON tho threshold. apd there
la. =, % o,,o. ,,rn,, sou,hw.rd tbroupb
y A., .ho s,,ne fenca In n while tho ,nus.
-" H., .uoy ona + wondered Int thought
ra..,,a s,ui ot timc. marx n low sound ms Of
men shouting, and this, rs ] learned after,
- ~. ,,,a trno hat,Ia
=. -, h.v. h.cn n, bour or moro before I
-. ,,m,,,l,.r Of black specks coming over
a.. ,.,.,,o ~ hills and swarmipg down into
.,'o .',.i,, tnwards me. and then dcnser BODY
s'nI..;,,,, yrwa. n company OF horse NOV
s,r.., mace and I guessed that the
ta,,I, was dome and these were the FIRST fupt-
.,,,o. ~ the bcaten army.
,Tua. novto nm hour after that N man
c.,no ir tbroucb the pop; a lcan. hawk eyed
,,,or with n pincbed facc and two ugly pasb.a
one across the brow from left eve 70 the
,,,n,s ~ his bair. tho other I'm his leg below
,la L,eo TINT had sliced through boot and
c.s,, iits a ,cvthe cut His face was smeere,i
iii, hlooI ond hc carried n musket
.Wa,erl ln be bnrked out rs he came ,railinp
int, tho yard "t,iye me water-I'm d,ai
,n.,,,n
ia xos steppinr over me To enter the
l,,c,,o, when he halted and said.
"Art . n,alicpan, FOR c,rtain,n
And before Ind n chance to repIy his mus.
Lo, ,y,s swung nm. md I felt NV time was
cono ,o d,a
m, now tho old savage. that had been sit
,,ng an dov heforo his flre. without SO much
nc q sian 10 .how n no noticed a,,pbt that was
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whats thatf
"A glass TO see your face in," explained.
"Be this my facer She rode forward,
holding up the glass In front of her. "Why,
what a handsome looking gal be, to he surei
Jack, art certain It's my very own facer
"To be sure,n said l. amazed.
"Well" There was silence for IA full min.
uto, save for our horses tread on tho high
road. And then:
Jack, be powerful dirtyw
This was true enough, and 1t made ma
laugh. She looked up solemnly at my mirth
having no sense of joke then or eyer) and
bent forward to the glass again.
"By the way" said /, did you mark a
carriage just outside the crowd, by the Cheap
Jacks booth, with white haired gentleman
seated insider'
Joan nodded. "Master Hannibal Ting
comb, steward o. Gleys"
"Whatrn
j jumped In my saddle, and with pull at
the bride brought Molly To "a standstill.
"Of Gleysp l cried. Steward of Sir
Deakin Killigrew that WASP
Fright, lad, except the last word That
is, shouldst rather say"
Then you are wrong, Joan; for hes dead
and buried these five months Where is this
house Of Gleysi for tomorrow must ride
there"
"'ris easy found, then; for 1t stands on
the south coast, yonier, and no house near IL !;
five mile from anywhere, and sixteen from
Temple, due south, Shall want thee afore
thou startest, Jack. Dear. nowi who'd ha'
thought was so dirtyi
| The cottage door stood open as We rode
into the yard, and from il a faint smoke
came curling, with smell of peat Within
found the smoldering turves scattered
about as ON the day of my first arrival, and
among them Joans father stretched, fat on
his face; only this time the cat was eurled
up quietly and lying between the old mans
shoulder blades
Drunk again, said Joan shortly.
| But, looking more narrowly, | marked a
purplish stain ON the ground by the old man )
mouth aud turned him softly over.
JOAN" said 1, "hes not drunk-he'.
dssAn Ira,
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troop, n little To Inc WestWafd, ana III you
are ready will go some distance with you,
and put you in the way to find him. My lord,
may we look for you presentlyP
The Lord Mohun nodded, surely enough;
so, Billy's cider being now drunk and Molly
given over to an ostler, we set out down the
hill together, Billy shouldering a pike and
walking after with the groom that led Sir
Ralph's horse. BE sure the generals courtly
manner of speech set my blood tingling. l
seemed 10 grow full two inches taller; and
when, in the vale, We parted, he directed me
to the left where through gapI could see
Sir Beyill's troop forming at some five hum
dred PAGES distance, felt a very desperate
warrior Indeed, and set of at a run, with
Billy behind me.
Twas an open space we had to cross, dot
ted with gorse bushes and the enemy's regi-
ments, plain TO see, drawn up In battalia on
the slope above, which here was gentler than
TO the south and west. But hardly had We
gone ten yards when | saw u pun OF white
smoke above, then another, and then the
summit ringed with flame, and heard the
noise Of its roaring in the hills around. AT
the first sound pulled up, and then began
running again at full speed; for saw our
division already in motion and advancing up
the hill at quick pace
The curve OF the slope hid all put tbe near
est; but above them ! saw steep earthwork,
and thereon three or four brass pieces Of ord
nance glittering whenever the smoke lifted.
For here the artillery was plying the brisk
est, pouring down yolley on volley; and four
regiments at least stood massed behind, ready
to fall on the Cornishmen; who, answering
with small discharge of musketry, now ran
forward more nimbly.
To catch up with them, I must now turn
my course obliquely up the hill, where run
ming was pretty toilsome. We were painting
along when suddenly shower of sand and
earth was dashed in my face, SCATTERING me
all over. Half blinded, looked and saw a
great round shot had plowed trench in the
ground at my feet, and lay there buried.
At the same moment, Billy, who was rtiu-
ming At -py shoulder, pls@R 4QNR- on ~