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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-01-30


Alexander Martin vs.. Nathan PoNch IN
acjlon 10 recover 500 pad ~ premiums on ITO
policies OF insurance Of $1,000 each. In lsee
thu defendant erected on " alter street. al Bar
H.rbor. building arranged for two stores
with Il tenement above. The plaintiff furn-
i>bed large part OF the funds for the con-
-tructiUn. and hen The work completed
took morga upon the building TO secure
his advances. The property MAS then insured
for 5000 for one Year and the defendant paid
the premiums. basiDg been informed By the
plaintiff a. he claimed. that he Obliged 10
DO -. The policies expired in June and Au-
gust. lses. and We're renewed. the plaintiff
paving The premiums. The defendant de-
ciintd 10 pa, The premiums. having learned. As
he chained. that the Insurance wa, liability
Of the NOR gage. and not OF himself mort
gagor The plaintiff. GA the other hand
serted that it wA- expressly Understood and
agreed from the beginning that The expense Of
The insurance should be borne by the defend
sut. " hlch the latter denied.
Verdict for the piainuif Tor s6l g..
Wi-wtll. Hing J. Il. Redm.n.
4 Peter.
To-da, Willis Ehrch was admitted 10 cii-
zru-hip.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-01-30

Deer i,'s.
The week of PRAYER was observed in the
Methodist house, the pastor preaching on
the following topics The church, it, per
lis, how avoided, What We have done,
what can he DONE: The nation, its dan
gers, how avoided" The christian, dGty
to the rising generation, Nv hat the
church owes TO jew and Mohammedan,
Why send the gospel to the titathen:'
Reasons for thankfulnes~, 'Chri>ts
coming, what ought we to be- Services
were also held in the Free Baptist church
The meetings were not so well attended AS
would have been. on account of sickness
and death for in Two homes, forms of 10y
ed ones lay in deaths embrace. Many
have parted with dear ones in the Metho-
dist church; six baskets have been brought
during a few months, and many into the
other churches on the island. The Bap
fists at Oceauville are daily expecting
preacher as also the Congregatlnnali>t- at
Green's Landing where quite an interest
was shown in meetings by Rev Mr.
Towne and Mr.. Lord assisted bv Rev
Mr. Hall Free Baptist, and Mr.. Nant"n,
Methodist
All is quiet on quarries but indications
are Of busy time when spring opens.
Most OF our steamboats, are ALTERNATING
but with longer days i'll come steamers.
granite work, showers, flowers, leaves,
rustcators, mosquitoes, flies aud last but
not least money. The steamer Eltcta
gives us communications with Belfast
twice a week, also steamer Stella Pickard
with Rockland; two sailing packets twice
a week with Rockland, one weekly with
Camden, also a weekly vessel with Belfast
and daily stage via Reach with Bangor
and Ellsworth.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-01-30

ESTR BLISH I'D 1855.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-01-30

The Bar Harbor Record has the follow
ing: lee boating on Eagle Lake has been the
attraction Of the week at Bar Harbor, and hun
dreds OF people have enjoyed this rare sport.
some very handsome boats have been added TO
the fleet and the lake presents very gay sp-
pearance. II some Of our summer visitors
could only drop in upon Us now, they would
not find winter life In Bar Harbor dull ~
many OF them imagine it to be.
Mr.. Geo. EIdridee. of Bucksport, was 10
Bangor, SATURDAY,, attending to the purchase
Of lumber for building an Ice house at that
place. A company Of three gentlemen has
been formed there and will cut ice at Silver
Lake and ship mostly. direct from the water
While waiting for vessels the ice will be stack
ed. Contracts have already been made for
1000 tons and business will commence at
once. Some 5000 tons will be housed for
summer shipment.
BANGOR HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. We have
received the latest issue OF the Bangor His
toricol Magazine from Col. j. W. Porter. edi-
tor and publisher and find that the number, ~
usual. contains much interesting and valuable
historical matter. which makes the magazine
one worth having and preserving The follow
Ing are the contents: Description OF Mt Des-
ert; Inscriptions from Gravestones In Farming
ton; Elder Thomas Ames, of Islesboro; Coop
e- family In Eastern Maine; Eames family Of
Islesboro; First Newspaper in Bangor; Diary
OF Gen. David Cobb; Rev. Daniel Little, Mis-
sionary to Eastern Maine.
Deer Isle seems to be rather secluded
spot just at present. and would be an excellent
place for fugitive from justice to locate.
newspaper correspondent in writing from
there says that the cable running under the
Reach has been defective for some time, max
ing their telegraphic instruments silent. The
steamers Richmond. Bluehill. Mayfeld. Cim-
bria. Castine. Henry Morrison and Rockland
are 10 winter quarters. This leaves steamers
Electa and Stella Picksrd. with weekly smiling
packets for Roskland. Camden and Belfast and
daily stages to Bangor and Ellsworth to give
them communication with the outside world.
/ Que bar Of Brussels soap will outlast ten
| cents worth Of cheaper grades.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16

Rough testing of cement, 30 as to en-
able workman to get crude and inn
perfect idea of its value, is easy. Enough
of the pure cement should be taken to
make ball an inch in diameter and
mixed with Just sufficient water to make
it mold readily and be rolled into a ball.
Then it should be exposed to the air and
left for two hours. At the end of that
time it should be set; then it should be
put into water and left. It should grow
gradually harder, and should show no
signs of cracking and crumbling, even
when left for ten days. Any cement that
does not endure this test is not of suff-
GENTLY good quality to make satisfactory
structures; any cement that stands this
properly will be generally satisfactory if
properly used.
In determining how to construct a
building, series of tests is often required
that shall show tensile, breaking, twist
ing, and crushing strength, and also adj
hesion of the materials used for mortar.
No one of these can be dispensed with,
since material that will endure one salts
factorily will often fail utterly in another,
and hence prove worthless for tho use de-
sired; but for general purposes the test Of
cement which is the most valuable is that
which determines its tensile strength.
Comparative tests of this show the value
of cements from different sources better
than any other one test.-Professor La
Roy f. Griffin, in The Popular Science
Monthly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
A Clergyman's Plight.

The Rev. DIR. Todd, of this city, once
found himself in the pulpit Sunday
morning with the wrong sermon in his
pocket. There was no time to send home
for the right one, as the congregation
was singing the hymn that preceded the
discourse; nor would it do to preach
from the manuscript before him, as it
had been directed against his hearers
but a few Sundays before. 1t was a
critical moment. He succeeded, how
ever, in recalling the text on which
the absent manuscript was based. and so
he began and finished his remarks on
that line of thought without scrap o.
paper to help him. 1t is a fact that a
number of the reverend doctors hearers
stopped a moment after the sermon to
congratulate him on an especially fine
effort.-New Haven Palladium
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
Decoilete Gowns in Washington.

A gentleman who is well known as a
"diner OUT in Washington society called
upon Mrs. Morton. the vice presidents
wife, lady of good family and breed
ing, and who has enjoyed great wealth
for the most part of her life, and found
her in gown of rich, dark velvet, but
toned to the throat and covering her
arms to the wrist; the young women
were in modest house dresses. Calling
at another officials home, he found the
blinds drawn, the gas blazing, and the
hostess and the young girls who were
her assistants on this occasion were in
full evening dress-low cut and sleeve
less.
A senator's wife, with whom this gen.
tleman discussed the subject afterward,
agreed with him that this vulgar taste
for decollete gowns on every possible
occasion was one of the crudest features
of Washington society, Said she: ''If a
girl comes to spend the afternoon with
me and meet my visitors in low
necked gown, i never ask her again.
Ella Higginson
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
How Boys Get Acquainted.

Every boy who came to town from
somewhere else, or who moved into a
new neighborhood, had to fight the old
residents. There was no reason for this,
except that he was stranger, and there
appeared to be no other means of making
his acquaintance. If he was generally
whipped he became subject to the local
tribe, as the Delawares were to the
Iroquois in the last century; if he whipped
the other boys, then they adopted him
into their tribe, and he became leader
among them. When you moved away
from neighborhood you did not lose all
your rights in it; you did not have to
fight when you went back to see the
boys, or anything; but if one of them
met You in your new precincts you
might have to try conclusions with him;
and perhaps, if he was boy who had
been in the habit of whipping you, you
were quite ready to do SOW. D.
Howells in Harpers Young People.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
arlno FOR MAY.

zF42ting for May. my DEAR
\ waiting for May,
I \ breath Oh the warm south wind
open a green leaved spray;
y nome, with its glow and light;
~ gray slsies--but IL must be righk
l4fing too well, my dear,
r. Il oil 10 vaint
hand we have chung TO most
ifb the sharpest pain.
I'll hard. but the old wounds stay,
|<1de them, as best we may.
Riossy and bright, my dear
kched and waited for May;
u long ere learned to know
ohld come my way.
the May blooms wither and fall,
M had them Ia worst OF all
10 have mad time, my dea4
VI on at close of strife,
fyself In ghostly sun
16n had color and life.
5Sa light such q golden haze
Hi shines through the mist of daysi
are falling fast. my dears
Ia coming soon;
listening fast to land
nor sun nor moon;
fIbeyond the grave I'll SEQ
IA springtime kept for me.
Chambers Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
THE YOUNGER DUMAS.
Habits of the Most Popular Living Drama
fist of France.

Habits of the Most Popular Living Drama.
fist of France.
M. Dumas is to-day hale, vigorous
man of some sixty-six years, broad
shouldered and strongly built, with gray
hair, the ample forehead of a thinker
and observer, and with a shrewd. satir-
ical expression about his mouth. He is
very rich, for his plays are performed
more often than those OF any other
French dramatist, Victorien Sardou is
the only contemporary playwright who
comes within distance of Dumas; but
Dumas is thinker and brilliant
stylist, whereas Sardou is little other
than an extremely clever inventor Of
plots and situations" with knack of
passable dialogue.
Dumas lives in the Avenue de Will
iers, comfortably and unostentatiously,
occupied with his books and plays, and
his grandchildren. 1t may be interest
ing to budding dramatists to sketch the
playwright's method of work. He
determines upon the plot OF a
play, the characters, the number of acts,
ETC., beforehand, and when all is
ship-shape, he sits down to write. To
each act he gives exactly twenty sheets
of paper, for he believes that brevity,
conjoiDed with good writing. and a
smart plot, is the soul of the play.
Each separate act must be compressed
within the limits of those twenty sheets
of paper. Dumas writes his dialogue
at headlong speed, but afterward comes
the labor of severe criticism. When
the play leaves his hands it is master
piece of construction and dialogue.
NJ. Dumas is passionless, reserved
man, with that cold scrutinizing,
questioning vein which marks your
scientists. He look upon play-writing
as science which only a Psychologist
and moral pathologist" can pursue.
1t is also an art, but the art lies in the
construction; the science rendered in
the analysis of motive and the portray al
of character which must be based upon
long observation and close study. A
singular trait of the great dramatist il
his passion for order.-Galignani's Mes
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m
Edison,s Little ,Inke.

When the monograph was newer in
ventio1s Than it is at the present time,
Edison put one of the machines in a
clock and placed 1t in guest chamber.
Being y great lover of a practical joke he
also placed friend in the guest cham
Der Quo night. just as his friend was
disfpbing he heard a voice exclaim:
Eleven O'clock; one hour more" 1t is
needless to say that slumber did not de-
scend upon the eyelds of the visitor
during that hour. At midnight the
volca exclaimed; Twelve o'clock; pre-
pare TO Gief' THIS was too much for the
visitor and he sprang from his bed and
rushed to the library, where Edison and
his friends were waiting patiently ex-
pecting his appearance. The invention
was soon explained and quiet restored. -
Kansas City Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
Sorry He Had MONEY in the Bank.

'Say, mister, won't you lend me
$4.50?" asked a boy of man in the
street.
-Four dollarsr' cried the man, gasping
for breath. "That'sia good deal for q
little fellow like you to want to borrow"
well" whimpered the boy, 81 went
and bought one of those banks in which
you have TO put $40 before You get any
thing out. I've got $3.50 in it and now
the circus is here and can't get any of
my money. If you viii lend me $3.50
can get it changed into ten cent pieces
and put it all in, when the bank will
come open. can pay you right back. !"
But the man said he could not wait
that long and left the boy with a woebe-
gone face, bordering over the care and
misery of one who has bank account
New York Tribune,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16

56eaking of Zoo babies said Mr..
6tephen The superintendent of the gar
den 40 you know that newspaper re-
BIN hoodoo them2 1t is fact.
a 6oon as any of our young animals
NJ Wxitten up they die. Look at our
Eir8tfe' And when the grizzly bears
wefe born we said not word about them
Il public One we left with his mother
ax5i other took and began to raise
a bottle.
ANU day one of the newspaper men
e1f1s mt and saw the grizzly baby get
fine its bottle, He wrote it up at length
md little thing couldn't stand it. 1t
died " once. And so when we have
more babies out here we will keep them
under eoyer until they get big enough to
stand the hoodoo of newspaper publ
city Cincinnati Times-Star.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
What to DO with the Arma

The arms of the woman who Is not
naturally graceful always look stiff and
harsh as they lie in her lap motionless.
If she is not hitten with any of the ar
tistic fads she makes an awkward hoop
of them with fingers interlaced- If she
has been doing little amateurish study
ing of classical collections she extends
them, or lets them hang down at full
length unfexed in hard, straight lines.
The first piece of advice which well
wisher would give such woman, would
be that she allow both arms to fall in
free, easy positions, slightly relaxed 9.
the elbows or with the hand dropping
little at the wrist, but that she should
not allow her left arm to know what her
right arm is doing One ought usually
to take a somewhat different position
from the other, else you overdo the bi-
lateral symmetry and look like jointed
Doll. Louisville Courier Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
american Politeness.

& "A skica politeness goes, as it should,
else. One rule can be laid
general observance where .
4 leas of the proper thing to do
M q tled-let him make himself at
1e should do SO in manner to
1xae respect for homo, unlike a
16n who called at the office Of a
5ladelphian, somewhat famous
k 1aig htforward utterances.
J e yourself at home for few
said the owner of the Office to
young man, having seated him
18what comfortably, but mistak-
bile for a footstool, responded
lays make myself at home"
Aean pity the people at home," was
~ Quick response. Philadelphia Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
A Long OIL Pine Linz.

A colossal scheme has been projected
for conTeying petroleum in pipes from
the port of Balu, on the Caspian. to Bal
feunas on the Black sea. 1t has been
siaeived for time as being too costly.
but ell the specifications have been
drawn out in detail The length of the
line Of piping is 497 miles, the cast iron
pipes are to be eight inches in diameter,
tmd shere are to be sixty-four intermedi-
ste stations. And the pipes must be
buried ut considerable depth to guard
against cracking in the intense FROST
New yeFk Telegram.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
Ndmunas sna uis nlr rneoms.

7saw George b. Edmunds shaking the
few locks of his bald head and spouting
out an argument at the rate OF $40
word In the supreme court. He Is said
to make $50, 900 year at the law, and /
don't doubt 1t. William M. Evarts makes
five time as much as Chief Justice Fuller
out Of his law practice, and Senator
Mitchell, Of Oregon, has scores OF gilt
edged cases from the northwest before
the supreme court. He charges for all
of them, and does not act like Alexander
FL. Stephens, who used to try the cases
of his constituents for nothing. Both
Clay and Webster got good fees for all
they did, and United States senator
once told me that Webster used to take
fees for making speeches on one side or
the other of the bills which came before
the senate. He made lots Of money but
saved none. and was in debt all the time
be was in Washington.
The fees at that time were nothing In
comparison with this, and Ben Butler
and George F. Edmunds make tens of
thousands where the statesmen of the
past made one Hamilton made $40, 900
year on an average, it is said, and Will
lam Writ thought he was doing wen
when his yearly fees amounted to &c, 900.
Alexander Stephens got single fees Of
$50 900, and it is said that Aaron Burr
made $4,000 out of a single case. Roscoe
Conkling received cash retainer Of
$50, 1000 for advocating the interests Of
the Apollinaris Water company before
Secretary Folger, and Benjamin Fl. Bris-
tow received 5000 for short speech on
the bill organizing the Bureau Of En-.
craving and Printing some years ago.
Frank g. Carpenter in Philadelphia Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16


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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16

The other day woman rushed frantic
ally into Burlington, VT. drug store
bearing ia her arms an apparently life
less baby. The mother wept and moaned,
and carried on at terrible rate while
claafing The little hands. and begged the
druggist to save the little one. A by
ISLANDER tool the child, when it was
found that the sole cause of the trouble
Nas the number of wrappings with
which the fond mother had incased the
infant. hteraHy choking him into insen-
aabilit& In few minutes the child re-
covered and the mother went home hap
Nv New York Telegram.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16

A. A. Jordan. champion hurdler Of
America and holder Of the American rec
ord for running 100 yards over 3 feet g.
inch hurdles, says:
II have for . great many years used
ALLCocK's Porous PLAsTERs, particularly
during the training season. 1 find that,
If am affected In back or loins with any
kind of pain or strain, ALLCocK PoR-
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pains in the body, the result Of q severe
cold nothing can beat ALLcocK's PLAs
TIERS. / would certainly recommend the
plasters to any athlete who is SUFFERING
with soreness or stiffness while in train
ing"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16
PUT on THE BRAKEs

If You find you are going downhill in point Of
health. Falling strength, impaired digestion
and assimilation are the marks OF decline.
Check these and other indications Of premature
decay with the grand yitalizer and restraining
tonic, Hosfetter's Stomach Bitter4 BEGINNING
at the fountain head, the stomach, the Bfiters
remedies Its inefiefency, coYrects it, errors and
sets It vigorously 1t work The digestive organ
Is thus enabled to thoroughly separate from the
food Its nutritive principles, which the blood
assimflating, Is enriched. Thus Is the system
nourfshed, and being nOurished. strengthened,
and abnormal waste Of it, Tissues stayed. Ape
the power to rest well habit are also
re-estab1ished, and the various functions move
once more In their natural and healthfuI groove.
The Bitters, moreover, Is . specific for and pre-
ventiye of malarial complaints, rheumatism,
bilionsness and kidney tr0Hbles
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16

No one ever saw a man and woman
arm ii1 ann in the streets of Spanish
city without knowing they were foreign
era A Spanish husband, even, never
takes his wife's arm in public. Nor
would 4 Spanish woman receive male
visitor alone, Such is the system of pro-
tection exercised over women by hidalgo,
grandee, tradesman and peasant in the
sunny land of romance.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-16

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