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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13
THE LIQUOR PROBLEM.
To Mitigate the Drink Evil, the Drink
Must be Reduced.


Though temperance advocates. tenn
perancc soci ties without number.
churches. IN ia,urcs and parliaments
nave bestowed ulun it their closest
'3oughtHnl devised what was considers,
.o wisost m"aus iur its solution, vet i.
uiinues among the open, most engroSs-
and perpiexiuE subjects of the day
y sliteall III" efforts put forth for the r.
sTctl2n. suppression cr overthrow uf the
Creat liquor evil. IL ye, stalks abroad in
#. the earth. growing even more and
tuere lnSolcni ana defiant. nh unchecked
and increasing curse IN every cun-
munlty. IN vyory state, in every nation
under the sun. 1t is 50 subtle. 50 mauv
formed. So thoroughly lntr,nchel III the
appetites y: lrinkcrs and IN social Gus
toms. yields To- distill,rs anl dealers
such large II 1uoy profit. that it seems
well nigh impossible 10 stay in any dc-
gree its destructive course. much less to
eradicate il. = Az. stalk and branch.
Two thoc.aui million dollars n year
j. the Sum expended IN this country fur
drink. said the Hon. Charlcs =. LYMAN
III a temperance address dcllyeyrd At
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13

Sedgwick.
Among recent arrivals for few days or
a longer stay are Mrs. Susan Bartlett of
Massachusetts, and Mrs. X. W. Emerson
of Washington, ID. c.
Miss Susie Webb has closed q success
full term of the village school.
Miss Devereux has taught with her usu-
al success at district No. 3.
Fire works were enjoyed at Sargentville
and in other parts of the town on the even
ing Of the Fourth.
The Fourth was ushered In by the ring
ing of the church bell in the very early
hours of the morning.
The New England Telephone Co. has
laid its poles along the road. and probably
will soon take possession of that branch
of business in this vicinity.
Mrs. Curtis of Brownville, with her son
Edison is visiting her home and friends
here.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13
For Ac EAstcorfh American.
fremont. Maine.

fremont, Maine.
Halt girt hy rugged mountains
The town 81 fremont lies.
There's not a falrcr tow nship
Meath our New England skies.
Green isles are lying near her,
bright bays indent her shore
With many safe, sure harhor,
Against the oceans roar
And nature here has painted
4 picture fair and gay.
Blue lake and waving woodland,
,'recn Isle and sparkling bay.
And oft the wealthy stranger,
Who seeks tho mountain isle,
find- here quie, haven.
To- hs-A IN natures smile
Ne know there s a country
Faircr than All below,
whcrc we shall meet our loved ONES
~ We are Know NJ 10 KNOW.
tnd many broken friendship
Mill be united then,
l!cNuul the reach OF -landcr.
Beyund thr gossip Ken.
Can iongue- that utter SANDER
Auh Idle gossip free,
Sound ihc Red-cmer'- prai-c-
Reside the crystal sea
Can they who run to mischief,
Mlih -wifi arh willing feet.
Eater the heavenly city.
Nui walk the golden street
pvar saviour. in the promise
That lcft to u 10y Thee
Biv--ei are the peacemaker-."
Thy children they >hail Ice.
MA may the righteous judgment
That dcal- with every one
Frutect " from the -lander,r
m the world that l. to come.
rrmuut. June 2
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13
CONSERVATISM IN ROADS.
Progressive In most Things; Behind
the Age In Highways.

Man is conservative. To this hour
and in lands whose people boast great
achievements he is still content to use
roads that are in roughness, in steepness
and wetness what they were centuries
ago. He seems to believe-I do not
charge that he thinks-that continued
endurance OF ills he knows is easier than
the mental exertion required for learn
ing what are better ways and for screw
ing up his courage to the point of adopt
ing those ways.
Leaders Of reforms are usually de-
nounced by their own generation as ex-
tremists. It is necessary that to move
the masses as far as they should go the
leaders must 20 farther But can it be
shown that the most extreme of reform
ers has been guilty of persisting in blum
ders rs wasteful. as costly. rs absurd, as
those 10 which the conservative element
obstinately adhere?
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13
Toothache Cured Quickly.

A European dentist is said to have had
great success in curing toothache within
five or six minutes, and often in less
time, by applying one pole of an electro
static machine to the troublesome tooth
and the other pole to the body Of the pa
tient. In 76 cases thus treated by him
only three are said to have been unsatis-
factory. Electrical Review.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13

The bridge here has been considered
dangerous. and repairs are contemplated
by the county commissioners, who have
recently examined IT,
The steam-mill is in full blast here,
manufacturing short lumber, and large
amount is awaiting shipment Ten men
are employed.
The 'irange store officials have been
taking account Of stock. This store has
large trade and is on a safe basis.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13
Liverpool & London
GLOBE ms. COMPANY
oE LIVERPOOL. ENGLAND.

Incorporated ia 1896 Commenced Basiness IN t. s, 1915.
H. T EfTON. Eesiieat MIpagsr
GRO " HoYT Depaty Munagrr.
ASSETS DEC. 81 l-,3.
Real estate owned by the company,
UntDcumhcred. Ella so %
Loans boud and mortgage tdrst s-
Hens, 3,sl7 ,5S7 30
Stocks and bonds owned by the com
pauy, market value. 3.Usl, $50 %
Loans secured by collAterals. 2i4i5 %
Ca IL the company principal Of
hre and in bank, 7s5.ll3 q
Interest iue and accrued, 37.,li ~
Premiums In due course Of collection. $3.50 q
All uth@r assets, 49, II 25
Aggregate Of all the admitte, assets
of the company at their actual value. s,lX5 02j -
LIABILITIES DEC. 81, ls99.
Net amount Of unpaid losses and
claims, 515, - 81
Amount required To safely re. Insure
all outstanding risks, 3,s23 $40 .G
\ "a other demands lainst the com
pany, VIZ; commissions, etc, 6j,ls' s
Aggregate amount Of liabilites. 5,l65,s27 IS
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& 'a.tiue,


Castine is arrayed in all It's glory, with
fine weather, hosts Of sumner visitors,
and the best OF communication with the
outside world. The Bangor and Bar Har-
Dor boat Is here every day. the Viking
makes three trips day to Belfast and the
Frank Jones" Is here daily either from
Rockland or Machlasport. The Jones"
brought forty five passengers to Castine
Saturday.
Postmaster Davies has been removed,
and Capt. John l.. Gardner appointed.
Much regret is expressed at losing Mr..
Davies, but the exigencies of politics re-
quiring change, Capt. Gardner viii be
satisfactory to all.
The GLORIOUS Fourth, ," was celebrated
in good style. A large sum Of money was
raised and judiciously expended.
Extensive improvements are being made
on the buildings of the Eastern State nor
NAL school, under the supervision of the
new trustee, William G Sargent. Appro-
prlations TO the amount of 50 600 have
been made for free text books, new black
boards, apparatus etc.
The new telephone is on its way and
will soon be here.
Rev. G. II. Fernald is engaging teachers
for the next year. He is very popular
with both teachers and pupils. At the
clos, of the year the pupils of the primary
school presented him with a beautiful
bouquet, with the request that he would
not make too long speech. 1t is needless
to say his remarks were few and to the
point.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13

West BrOoksyille.
Wedding bells rang merrily from the
little church here at p m. on Saturday
last. The occasion was the marriage of
Miss Jennie Morton Young, daughter of
Rev. J. c. Young of this place, to Freder-
lex Loring Tapley, principal of The Vinal-
haven academy. The church was tastefully
decorated. The ceremony was performed
by the brides father. The maid of honor
was Miss Fannie Tapley; the ushers, A. B.
Bodgett, T. S. Tapley and Arthur Grindle.
Many beautiful and appropriate gifts were
received
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-13
Hancock.


School in district No. 3, under the tut
ton of Nancy NJ. Abbott, closed Friday,
June 80, after term of nine weeks. The
whole number of pupils was forty four;
average forty-one. The following pupils
were not absent a day Alma Crabtree,
Gertie Crabtree, Harvard Crabtree, Leroy
Crabtree, Chester Foss, Gleyson Foss,
Ivory Foss, +Lillian Foss, Lervien Foss,
Richard Foss, Carl Strattou, Chester
Stratton, 'Jennie Stratton, Mamie STRAIT
ton. 'Pear Stratton, Nina Springer, +Alice
Wooster, 'Ethel Wooster, Belle Woos-
ter, Herbert Young, Howard Young.
The following were absent only on
account of sickness: Walter Abbott,
Bertha Crabtree, Clara Foss, Ethel
Springer, Mertie Springer, Clarence
Young
Not rdy
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
The Wonders OF Whitewash.

A missionary stationed at one of the
South Sea Islands determined to give his
residence coat of whitewash.
To obtain this in the absence of lime,
coral was reduced to powder by burning.
The natives watched the process of
burning with interest, believing that the
coral was being cooked for them to eat.
Next morning they beheld the mission
ary's cottage glittering in the rising sun
white as snow.
They danced, they sang, they
screamed with joy. The whole island
was in confusion. Whitewash became
the rage.
Happy was the coquettc who could en-
nance her charms by daub of the white
brush. Contentious arose. One party
urged their superior rank; another OBJ
tanned possession of the brush and val
iantly held it against all corners; third
tried to upset the tub to obtain some of
the precious cosmetic.
To quiet the hubbub more whitewash
was made and in week not a hut, a
domestic untensil, war club, or gar
mentssbut was as white as snow; not an
inhabtant but had his skin painted with
grotesqne figures; not a pig that was not
whitened; and mothers might be seen in
every direction capcring joyously and
yelling with delight at the superior
beauty Of their whitewashed babies.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
LOOKING FORWARD.

Little Emily had been very naughty
because her mamma would not let her 90
out with party of friends, with whom
they were staying, and she screamed SO
that every one in the house was dis
trcssed and worried. Her mamma hal
to lock her up in Il room and tell her she
should not come out till she said she
would be good and promised not to cry
any more. Every now and then her
mamma would go and ask her to PROMISE
but she only screamed the louder At
last silence fell upon the house, and
when poor mamma opened the door,
there, stretched upon the floor, lay the
pretty weary little form, and when the
dear mother drew her to her and asked
the oft-repcated question, Twill you be
good and promise not to cry any more?"
the pretty eyes looked up, still full of
tears, and the little girl said, Eyes,
mamma, I'll be good, and promise not tc
never, never cry any more till some of
my dear relations die. "-[Harper's Young
People.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
Some StupendOus EruptiOns.

Few people Of this country imagine
what terrible work a volcano of the reg
uation size can do when it once get:
fully aroused. In 1888 CotopaXi threw
it fiery rockets more than 5000 feet
above the crater and, in 1857, when the
blazing mass confined in the same noun
tain was struggling for an outlet, ii
roared so loud that the awful noise was
heard for distance of 600 miles. In
1891 the crater of Tunguragua, one of
the great PEAKS of the Andes, flung out
torrents # mud and lava which damned
up great river, opened new lakes,
besides making deposit of seething
mud, ashes and lava 600 feet deep
over the whole area of valley
which was twenty miles long and
averaged 1000 feet in width, The
stream of lava which flowed from Vesu-
vius in 1887 and passed through the
Valley of Terre del Greco is estimated
to have been 1873, OOo, 900 cubic
feet of solid matter. In 1860 .Etna
poured out a flood of melted stones and
ashes which covered eighty four square
miles of fertile country to Il, depth of
from ten to forty feet. On this occasion
the sand, scoria, lava, etc., from the
burning mountain formed Mt. Rosini, Il
peak two miles in circumference and over
4, 900 feet high.
In the eruption of Vesuvius in the
year 70 A. d., the time of the destruc-
ton of Pompeii, the scoria, ashes, sand
and lava vomited forth far exceeded the
size of the volcano itself, while in 1860
4Etna disgorged over twenty times its own
mass. Vesuvius has sent its ashes into
Syria, Egypt and Turkey. 1t hurled
stones of 800 pounds weight to Pompeii,
distance of six English miles, during
the eruption of 70 A. D. Cotopaxi once
projected block of stone containing
over 100 cubic yards a distance of nine
and a half miles. 81 Philadelphia Record.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
GIVE FOUR. "

I'VE FOUR"
OuA In the street Jack found, one day,
An old umbrella. thrown away.
Better than nothing" he merrily said,
AS cloud sent its raindrops down on
his head
Along came Bob. "Any lodgings to let?"
Eyes" laughed jack 'come in out of
the wet"
Then Will came up witha "Halloo, boys!
What's the occasion for all this noisel"
"Come along i'm SAID Jack, ''an' sect"
50 the old umbrella gave shelter to three.
And last of all, as they laughed together,
A doggie, who hated such rainy weather.
Came sinking by with his tail drawn in.
And very uncomfortable soaking skin.
"Come in with the rest of us, do, }" cried
Will;
And doggie wagged grateful 81 will"
"There, now," laughed Jack, "we're
fixed, we four,
An there isn't any lodgings to let for
more"
-lSt. Louis Republic.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
CURIOUS AFRICAN WEIGHTS.
How Gold is Weighed in the Dark
Continent.

Money used by natives in Occidental
Sou Ian consists of small univalve white
shells called cauries, derived from the
Maldivcs and Laquedivcs islands,
and also from Zanzibar For several
centuries past, ships have brought to the
mouth of the Niger or to the Guinea
coast, as far rs Liberia, entire caryoes of
these shells, the value of which runs
from IL cents to 40 cents per thousand,
according to the part of Africa. Cauries
are only used in countries where gold is
scarce. In the whole area between Kong,
Bondouka and the sea, cauries are not
used; natives settle their purchases with
gold dust or nuggets.
To weigh the gold they use as cur
rency. they employ small copper scales.
Weights are extremely varied in shapes
and sizes. Most of them are in brass.
The weights exhibiting human figures,
animals, tools. ludicrous scenes, ETC., as
reproduced here ave modelled with wax
and cast in brass through the cire
perdue process. Africans may have
learned this process from Europeans who
visited their country; but their art eX-
hlbits a naive character thoroughly sui
generis. These black artists have evil
IDENTIFY reproduced what they saw or
imagined, and they have done it in a
style of their own; their works are
peculiarly humorous and fanciful.
Each native, who has pair of scales,
has also special weights which he alone
understands how to use. He knows,
for instance, that a giraffe weighs one or
two initials of gold; that such weight
in cl,n, of
mitkal of gold, etc.
There are no uniform sets of weights;
consequently each native is obliged to
have his own series. When the purchaser
has weighed the gold he must give for
certain merchandise, the vendor weighs
it in his turn to see whether it is correct.
The unity of weight in the whole SOL
dan. is the baritiri, which corresponds to
eighteen grammes. Eaca barifiri is
worth fourteen initials. Admitting the
value of gold in Europe to be three
francs per gramme, we find that bartiri
is equal to tiftyfour francs worth of
gold, and a mitkal thirteen francs, fifty
confines. Each mitkal is divided into
twenty seven banans (the banan is a
bombcy seed; each banan is worth fifty
centimes. A mitkal of gold a ay also be
weighed with tiftyfou grains of vegcta
coral; these tiny grains, red like coral
with black spot, are the fruit of kind
of convolvulus. There are special weights
to weigh one-half mitkal, .one-third or
two thirds mitkal The smallest weight
is called pouassaba; it is formed of one
and a half grains of rice not dccorticat-
ed. Gold powder is carried in ouills
stopped up with wooden cork wrapped
in piece of linen.-[The jewelers. Cir
cular.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09

PEOPLE are not always well IN
formed concerning the usefulness of
the toad. If he does not carry a
jewel in his head he is quite as valu-
able as il he did, for he does work
no gardener can do In clearing IA gar
den Of its insect pests. Many a gard
cner builds this little gnome small
dwellings Of bits of stone in the
hooks Of his flower beds, and cherishes
him as a valuable assistant, Destroy
ing larva. worms, and flies, as he
does with neatness and despatch. A
very remote cousin of the garden
toad, commonly called the tree-toad.
is really frog; he looks so much
like the old bark and l.chens on the
tree he freauents that it is difficult
to discover him. The song with
which he helps the cricket break the
peace Of summer nights is apt to be
q true prophecy of rain.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
Ways of the Omish Mennonites.

In the township of Lowe, Moultrie
county, Ill.,, there reside class of peo-
pie who, while they do not in the usual
transaction of business differ from other
people, III many respects are SO different
rom the run Of the human family that
hey attract much attention, more par
lcularly from those who DO not see them
laily.
The settlement consists of $50 or more
men, women and children, and from one
If their number, David Mast. it is learned
hat this is the one body of this class of
people - Omish Mennonites - in the
state. The number in this settlement was
.ormerly small, and originally came from
pennsylvania. They are Of German
descent, and among themselves talk a
ort OF German dialect or PENNSYLVANIA
Dutch.
The Omish Men onite has for more
han century been fixture in Penn
'ylvania, but there he has not so closely
'emained true to the established customs
If his sect as have the members of the
illinois colony. The latter, the entire
800 of them, wear nothing in the shape
Of outer clothing that is not in color
black, including among the men broad
orlmmed black hats, and among the
women plain black calico dresses and
black shaker bonnets. They are all
American born, have two churches in the
community, and educate THAR children
n the public schools of the village of
Arthur and the township in which they
Ave. The settlement is kept free from
intrusion of blood other than that of the
!orefathers, because no member of any
'amily is permitted to unite in marriage
with any one outside the church to
which all belong.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
THE BLOTTED PAGE,

The writing master entered the class
room and passed from one pupil to
another to review the task he had set
before them.
lie paused before the new conner: the
page was b!ottod, scratched and dis
figured with the stain of many tears.
"Master,' said the boy in trembling
accents, 81 have labored in vain; my
hand is crippled; there is no resemblance
between these crooked lines and the
model have endeavored to initiate; but,
master, pity me, for l have done my
best"
BY his side sat his companion. "Bc-
hold my pagc.' he exclaimed. sit is
fair and clean, unsulicd by a blot, I'M
touched by an ungainly mark. O, Mas
ter, in my wisdom forbore to incur
your displeasure. Is not blank page
preferable to the tear stained, mis-
shapen attempt of "A crippled hand that
cannot and never will be able to make a
fair copy"
The master threw aside the clean white
page without vouchsaiing to cast
glance upon it, but he leaned with in
finite compassion and tenderness toward
the pupil who had done his best; gently
he took his hand and guided it over the
lines, with words Of love and encourage
ment--and the humble pupil tSok
courage and rejoiced whilst his idle CON-
panion looked upon his fair white page,
and saw its brightness: overshadowed by
the displeasure of the MASTER New
York Observer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
The s'Halr Ball."

The ball which is frequently found in
the stomachs of Illuminating animals is
called by writer's on veterinary subjects
a chair ball. 1t is occasioned by the
hairs getting into the cows stomach,
either by licking herself or other ami.
mails Cher calf, etc.. These hairs form
around some nucleus of food or other
matter and grow by deposit of matter
around them after they are once formed.
The balls are composed of hair, earthly
matter and food; sometimes they are
partly composed of some calcareous sub
stance. They are classed by some
writer's among the ''calculi' similar to
those found in human beings. These
connections" as they are sometimes
called, are found in many parts of the
human body. In lower animals their
composition is very variable, some con-
isting of the same ingredients as are
found in those of men. No use can be
assigned to their formation, and they
are surely more harmful than useful
Courier j ournal.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-09
Vegetable Whisky Shops.

In the green houses attached to the
White House are many of the curious
plants which Superintendent Smith of
the Botanic Garden calls vegetable
whisky Shops" because their pitchers
distill intoxicating fluids that attract all
sorts of insects. The bugs fall into the
rink and the plant devours their sub
stance, as the veritable gin mill eats up
hat OF its human customers. One
7ariety catches cockroaches, while an
'ther actually preys upon frogs, who
IRE unable to escape from the pitchers
IN account of two downward pro iectinp
horns which impale them when thew
would leap out. These receptacles hold
IS much as half pint each and the con-
;ents of three or four will intoxicate a
man. They are admirably adapted to
the uses of the tropical tramp, who,
while pursuing his leisurely travels,
can literally pluck his drinks by the
wayside.