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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-15
south sprrI.

south surrI
The farmers in this par, Of the town
have done quite a lot Of farming.
Fred NJ Haskell and Willis G.. Rich
went to Boston last Monday Mr.
Haskell is going to build house for
Dr. Geo. b. Hartman ana Mr.. Rich
VIII work for him
Calvin and Elmer Dung went to
Sullivan last week.
Capt. Frank Bellatty Of your city
was here on visit this week.
Edward Curtis i cutting stone ii
West Ellsworth for John Carter.
Capt. Ellis Young has lost another
horse.
Mr.. Samuel Youn. liza, lost his vet
eran horse. This animal was about
tweuty-,iN wears Old and had been ~
great service 70 Mr.. Young.
Capt Calvin Clark is going to build
4 new cottage this spring. The lum-
Der came this week. Sirius.
MAY 3.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
A TANNER of Rattlesnal,o skins.

A lady residing on the west side has
perhaps the most unique banner that
has ever been seen in Kansas City. 1t is
as beautiful as it is unique, and is priced
by its owner for its beauty and oddfty-
IL is made of the skin of an enormous
rattlesnake, with background of plush.
The snake skin was sent the lady by a
friend who lives in Texas. 1t is beauti-
fully tanned, the back being colored and
covered with spots resembling small
scales, which ON the background of
plush look for all the world like mosaic.
The skin is over five feet long without
the head and tail, and fourteen rattles
denoted its age. In the widest part the
skin is nine inches in width, thus show
ing that in life the rightful owner of the
skin which now adorns the lady's parlOr
must have been an ugly customer. A
letter which preceded the present states
that bolts made of rattlesnake skins are
much worn by the young ladies of Texas,
and are a common article of a bellies ap-
parel. City Times,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
Mhere the Wild Fowl Nest.

Until the acquisition of Alaska by the
United States it was a wonder where GER
tain wild fowl went when they migrated
from the temperate climes on the APP
proach of summer as well as snow birds
and other small species of the feathered
tribe. 1t was afterward found that their
habitat in summer was the waters of
Alaska, the Yukon river and the lakes of
that hyperborean region. A reporter
lately interviewed G. j. Green, of Nor
ton Sound, Alaska, and he confirms the
statement of Dali and others. People
wonder where the wild fowl come from,
said he. They see the sand hill crane,
wild goose, heron and other fowl every
spring and fall pursue their unwearied
way, but, like the wind, they do net
know whence they come or whittier they
go. Up on Golovine bay, on the north
shore of Norton sound, is the breeding
place of these fowls.
All the birds in creation, seemingly,
go to that country to breed. Geese,
ducks, swans, and thousands upon thou
sands of sandlnll cranes, are swarming
there all the time. They lay their eggs
in the blue stem grass il the low lands,
and if you so up the river little way
from the bay. the noise Of the wild fowl
is almost deafcning Myriads Of robbins
and swallows are there, as well as mill
ions of magnificent grouse, wearing red
combs and feather moccasins. This
grouse turns as white as snow in winter.
You can kill dozens of juicy teal ducks
or grouse as fat as butter balls in few
moments. The wild fowl and bears live
on salmon berries and huckleberries,
with which all the hills are literally COW
cred -Asterian.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
wonderful.

An Englishman, travelling in Bsirnnais,
gives laughable account of the astonish-
ment with which the natives regarded
his air pillow. The very ignorant, like
the very wise, find plentiful occasion for
wonder in what to people in general seem
only commonplace objects and occur
rences.
began blowing upmy air pillow. The
Burman nearest my corner, who had
been watching my preparations for bed
with sleepy interest, sprang to life with
a start as he saw the pillow increasing in
bulk, and sat upright on his mat.
"Ahmayw yw-"mother! he exclaimed.
He Moung Gyee! 90 gyaw. Poh gine!"
Hi, you fellows Look re! Look
here. all of you; look at this.
Slumberers were rapidly awakened by
the noisy scrambling of the wakeful
members of the party; and was soon
surrounded by a crowd of squatting
figures.
Ko Chalk and his family, reused by
the scramble and the loudly murmured
"Ahmaysy' as the pillow slowly swelled,
glided quickly in, by twos and threes,
and by the time had screwed up the
nozzle the entire household and all the
visitors were among the audience.
Whats that for?" asked Moung
Gyee little, wi2ened up man like Il
dried monkey
~ pillow for the head, replied.
"a wind head bag" said Moung Daw,
promptly. and his remark ELECTED uni
versal murmur of "fIoubbah! houkbah~
which might be freely translated, "Ah
yes; of course, of course"
The pillow was now gently taken from
my knees and passed slowly from hand
to hand, patted and pinched, squeezed,
smelled, tasted and bumped on the floor.
Eyes were applied to the nozzle, but
they could make little of that, and after
the pillow had passed about the entire
room, receiving as much criticism as
new fossil in the hands of learned So
ciety, it was respectfully placed by
Moung Daw at the top of the spread
blankets, balanced on one end against the
wall, where it continued to receive silens
admiration
"Show us how it is done, was the ny,l
demand.
l yawned widely, but unscrewed the
top and returned the curiosity to Moung
Daw, who forced out the air in the faces
of his friends, to their great satisfaction.
Youths Companion.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
THE HON. Il. W. GRADY.
ORATOR AND EDITOR AND PROMl-
NENT MAN OF AFFAIRS.

Sketch of One of the Best Men of the
New south-His RecoIlections of tho
war-His Efforts to obIlterate Sectional
Animosity.
The late Henry w. Grady, of Georgia,
editor and publicist, was one of the most
prominent if not the ablest of the leaders
of the south. Unlike Gordon, Fitzbugh
Lee, Ex-Governor Brown and others of
the Confederate survivors, who at the
closeof the war accepted the situation and
placed th selves abreast of the times
to bring back prosperity to the south,
Grady was man of the young genera
ton. He was, therefore, clear in record
and free from the prejudices of the great
political contests of the past. The position
that he occupied before the reading and
thinking world was remarkable for one
man at any crisis Of life, and especially
for n man of Mr.. Grady's years. He was
editor of The Atlanta Constitution, a
strong southern organ, and contributor
to many first class northern periodicals;
he inspired If, he did not govern the
southern policy 1c The New York Her
aid, and he could command an audience
composed OF the cream Of the people
whenever he chose TO appear on the
platform. And yet he was considerably
under 40 years Of age.
Gradys recollections of the war, as he
delighted TO recount, were that he was
school boy, and, in common with his
classmates, had the war craze, and by
hook or crook got to the front just at the
windup. His father was soldier in
the Georgia contingent at Petersburg,
and when young Grady reached the COM
mand it was to learn of his fathers death
in Lees last aggressive movement, the
brilliant but disastrous night sortie led
by Gen Gordon against Grants lines at
Forts fte,,,2u and Haskell in the spring
of 1- ..n u the troops scattered from
Ar ,'' md went home the bright
yo; ahan found friends among
hi .iu.'s ruarades, and in the course
Of ar the protege of Gen. John
b. l ., first soldier of Georgia.
DH construction period Grady
COZ lA' ~ slbDi WI NJ W lObI tlilA iC7
po... :; ..,tie, and finally started
com, ~ newspaper, with the usual re-
suit or G,st trials-failure. His news
papcr tch, however, had made him
cape go. representing The Herald in
the 3l with this acknowledged
pos. gan to rise. His Herald
con" ledup the southern coun-
try :, and it also developed in
him Lr,t Tvs and the highest capa-
cities Of journalism. Grady entered the
editorial rooms of The Constitution as
part owner and editor in 1878. Almost
his first great work was the manage
ment Of the wonderful political cam
paign of 1886, that made Gen. Gordon
governor of Georgia. Gordon, who had
been United States senator, and had re-
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
4 Good Advertisement.

It is customary to say that when q
man survives three score years and ten
he is living on borrowed time. Some
men at 20 consider themselves very
youthful, and instances are not uncom-
mon of hale and vigorous men who lack
less than a decade of touching par. They
had an old Indian from Monterey at the
state board of trade not long since, who
set up claim of being $50 years of age
He might have been younger-perhaps
older-but at any rate he was tiptoP
advertisement for the GLORIOUS climate"
although his complexion was triie on
color and his skin looked like the tanned
hide of an alligator. Francisco Alta
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03

tltiIl litiisGd W
his support. The victory was credited to
Grady, and it came very near making
the young editor United States senator.
Grady snational reputation was derived
from his labors in interests pertaining
to the whole south. He identified
himself strongly with material and So
cial developments, and in this depart
ment he took a somewhat unique
stand and held it with boldness. He
said in 1877 that the young men of the
south were ready to forget the war,
although respecting its heroic southern
traditions, and that slavery would not
be re-established if the thing were possi-
BILE. Industrial and commercial enter
prises, he thought, would occupy the
time and the energies of the young men,
and as editor of a prominent paper he
threw himself heartily into the recon-
struction of business. About the time
of his elevation to the editorship of The
Constitution the articles by Mr.. Cable on
the status of the freedmen were attract
ing general attention, and in 1885, no
strong voice having as yet arisen to
speak for the south in reply to Mr..
Gable, Grady published an essay in The
Century Magazine, stating the negro
question from a southern point of view.
The article was entitled, SIN Plain Black
and White" This paper suggests, if it
does not plainly state, all of the view
upon the vexed question which Mr..
Grady has given out in his numerous
writings and orations since. He began
by saying that the south should make
full and frank reply to the query, "What
will you do with itT"-the negro problem.
Making full and frank answer, the au-
thor said that the south has measured
the difficulties and found them to be
that of two distinct races placed upon
the same soil in social and civil equal
ity. The relations between the whites
and the blacks in churches, schools, 30.
cial organizations, on the railroad and
in theatres had been fixed by choice in
both cases on 1.-THE basis of equal accom-
modations, but separate" The conclu-
sions of the author, after stating all
phases of the problem, were that unmis-
taxable domination of the white races
would be the outcome. This would be
dive simply to "the right of character,
intelligence and property to rule"
The new champion of the south gained
. transient reputation by this essay, but
the great question was then causing only
q ripple, and had Mr.. Grady been salts
fed with this single pronunciamento the
very ideas that have made him fame as
an orator would have passed into obscur-
ity. Meanwhile the world giving the es-
sayist but a passing attention, the Georgia
editor was forging to the front in affairs
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03

The serious illness of President da
Fonseca, Of Brazil, came at very inop-
perfume time for the new republic, as
the first enthusiasm had given place to
reaction, and there has been some rioting
President Deodora da Fonseca is a life
long soldier and not much else, but he
has shown good judgment in making
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03

Just half his cab
met of editors.
San Paulo, h is
native province
and nom in a J
h ONE, h as al
ways been the
stronghold of re-
publican sen til
m ent and has
elected avow ed
repu b licaDs to
the Brazilian leg
islative body, but
Fonseca himself
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
The Act Of . Friend.

Wittix-I did you great favor while
I was waiting for you.
Critix-Much obliged to you, old man.
What was it?
Wittix-I cut the leaves of Gusher's
book, which you slashed up so in your
last review column.
Critix-Thanks, awfully. - Harper'a
Bazaar.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03

has never been a member of parliament
and has held no civil offices of import
ance. He is of pure Portuguese blood,
of fair complexion. with gray eyes and
light hair, is GO years old, feet 10
inches high, weighs about 100 pounds
and presents fine appearance.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
They Left Together.

81 haven't seen Jones lately. How's
his cough, do you knowi"
"It's gone"
"You don't say SOP
eyes, Jones went with it. New York
Sun.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03

Here is reduced fac-simile of sketch
made by w. s. Gilbert, of the opera pro-
ducingf firm of Gilbert and Sullivan, show
ing his method Of indicating to the cos
tuner how the characters should be
dressed for the stage. The sketch was
made in preparing TIE newest opera,
"The Gondoliers," for production.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
SOME WONDERFUL WELLS.
TRIO THAT PRESENTS EXTRA
ORDINARY FEATURES.

Roarers. blowers and Gushers-wells from
Which the Wind whistles, and One Pos
sessing. Remarkable Electrical Proper
ties.
Todays excursion among wonders and
marvea p;.. Ice taken beneath the sur
face of 'r.r.. -, in a description of the
locatior aaracter of wonderful
wells
Thr .t,c well, with its long
"swey iiyir rope and bucket at
tached '.-. ni0re modern windlass,
with H. .''i saving device of two buck
ets att.,rn'd to single rope. wound
around cylinder in such a manner as
to let one bucket down while the other
one is coming up, the same that was
known to and so graphically described
by theauthor of the "Old Oaken Bucket"
or even the present wooden or iron pump,
with its manifold attachments. are com
mon objects in every small city and in
the rural districts 1t is not these, but
others dug on similar plans, which it is
proposed to describe under the above
caption
A BRITISH FREAK.
One of the most remarkable of the
many wells, which the reader will be
willing to dub as wonderful" before he
has finished this dissertation, is on the
edge of the Bridlington harbor, in York
shire, England This we'll was dug in
the early part of the present century and
was first. described in paper read by
DR.. Storer to the Royal society. The bot
tom of the Bridlington harbor is COM
posed of a gravelly, porous clay. In bor-
ing the well this stratum was penetrated
and bored through its entire depth and
into bed of other and more solid clay
below A copper lining was provided
and the sides of the well properly Sc
cured. When the first tide arose after
the well was finished it flowed to within
fifty inches of the mouth of the boring.
This was nothing singular within itself,
it having regularly SO flowed during the
four weeks that work on the well was
progressing; the well itself furnished the
free show Before the tide had reached
within thirty yards Of the well the water
began flowing from the mouth and by
the time it had reached its maximum
height, was gushing out in torrents.
The water from the well was perfectly
fresh, ai,'n''h the sea water flowed to
within N five feet of its mouth.
As the rtdes the fountain gushes
VITA less less impetus until at last it
disappear, from view in the cavernous
depths Of the well, only to reappear and
form perfect fountain when the next
tide flows
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
signed in SS o

con, Was u Con-
federate yC:eran,
and was the reg
ular Democratic
nominee, with all
of the party ma
chincry ard TIE
press nearly a
,,-st ,l,,1y.g,l e.,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-09-30
CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made, or opinions expressed by our
correspondents.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-09-30

"The public will watch the kick
of the spoilsmen of 81 with great
interest. since it is likely to fully
illustrate one of the chief monkey
characteristics alleged by extreme
eyolutionists to be dorman in that
poIitical animal called man, VIZ.
To grab all he can and to hold fast
indefinitely to all he grabs. Elk
tract from Evening Bellows, Sept.
22nd.
PERHAPS so. But the public is
already satiated with the study OF
those other Simlan qualities OF that
same Bellows writer, viz: The
tendency to hang by the tail and
see everything wrong side up,
coupled with the disposition to
stow everything in his "cheek"
and draw on that reservoir for sup
plies at all seasons.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-09-30
W. C. s. hnglehurst, Corrected.

W. G.. :. tinglehurst) Corrected.
Mr.. EDIToR-I see by to-night's
Bulletin that 4" W. G. S. claims to
have visited the new lake named
" Clementson's Delight" on the
night of the 10th inst, on which
date the new lake was formed. l
beg to say that l was in the crater
of Kilauea from before 10 A. NJ. till
4P. NJ. on the 18th inst, and on
THAT day there was no new lake.
Two cones, some hundred feet
apart, located where the new lake
now is, were now and again throw
ing up little lava, and l noted IN
the record book at the Volcano
House that one of these cones
looked as if it would soon fall in
and become lake.
On the night of the 10th, there
were flows from both of these
cones. and on the 18th L walked
over the same. A cone from which
lava flows is not to my mind q
lake, though in days, weeks, or
months it may cave in and become
one. Two wears ago / visited such
a cone, and got many specimens OF
coin in lava from 1t, and while so
doing a flow some fifty feet long
and several feet wide came from
the cone. This time / saw the same
cone, dead and cold poor thing,
nobody's darling). 1t meant to
have been somebody's delight, F"
but forgot to cave in. Furthermore
the guide told me that W. q. S.
and companion spent some hours at
"Dana Lake" on the 10th after
dark, and seeing no fire, started
back, and on the way saw the light
from these flows; that one of the
two wished to go over and see If it
was lake, but the other objected
to so doing on account of lack OF
time, they having to catch the
Kinau at Hilo at noon on the 18th,
so they returned to the Volcano
House. Mr.. Maby's version OF it
was that one of the gentlemen
wished to leave the beaten path,
and go over the flow, but the other
gentleman had borrowed par OF
shoes for the trip into the crater,
and they proving too large, his feet
were by this time too sore to do
any extra tramping.
On the 18th inst. native police
man coming from Kau brought
word to Hiio that the crater was
again active, which was, L believe,
the first heard of the new lake in
| Hilo. Z. O. WHITE.
Honolulu, Sept. 25th.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-09-30
THE PROPOSED SUPERlN-
TENDENT OF THE IN
SANE ASYLUM.

DR.. Richard Oliver is publicly q
candidate for Superintendent OF the
Insane Asylum.
1t is the duty of the public press
to publish any reasons, if reasons
there are, why candidates for public
Office should not be appointed OF
elected.
We have no personal feeling
against DR.. Oliver, and have
nothing to say against his char
acter or probity as a private citi-
zen. We regret that the necessity
has arisen which requires that
statements derogatory to him
should in the public interest be
printed but the public interests re-
quire in this instance the perform
ance of an unpleasant duty.
DIR. Oliver Is man who Is
totally unfit to hold the response
deposition of Superintendent of the
Insane Asylum, by reason of the
fact that be is an Incorporate man,
and has been so for years. He has
at different times held the position
of Government physician in both
Kona and Kau, and repeatedly dis
graced himself and his position,
and endangered life by his drunk
enness and neglect of professional
duty.
The proofs Of what we state are
abundant and reliable. The facts
are known to the community at
large, and if they are not known to
Mr.. Spencer and the Cabinet they
ought to be, and they can easily
find them out.
To put such a man as this
in charge Of an Insane Asylum and
its helpless inmates is an outrage
on decency and humanity.
No member of this community
knows but that tomorrow his near.
est and dearest relative, or even he
himself, may become an inmate OF
that institution; and the thought
is revolving that restoration to rea-
son or consignment to the living
grave of Il maniac's life of some
loved one is to depend on the at
tention to duty of one who at q
critical moment may go off on a
drunken spree.
In the name Of humanity we pro-
test against this proposed desecra-
ton of the rights of the community
Ii Mr.. Spencer cannot stand the
pressure" and has not the indepen-
dence to abide by his oath and adj
minister his office as best he can,
but has to register the decree of the
unseen politicians behind the
door, he can at least spare. the
country the indignlty, the disgrace
and the wrong of an appointment
of this character.
In making these statements, we
distinctly disavow any persona
animosity towards DIR. Oliver, but
we speak solely in behalf of the
unfortunate wards of the nation
who have become deprived of rea'
son, and are therefore helpless tC
plead for themselves. Christian
charity demands that the public
voice be raised in their behalf.
If the physician who has fol
three years tended them so faith
fully and so kindly, and with such
eminent success. is to be displaced
for Gods sake let them at least be
placed in the care of physician tc
whom sane persons can trust them
selves and conide in. DR.. Oliver
is not such an one.