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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

Everybody knows what a picnic is,
but most folks would find it hard to
say how it got that name, and yet it
is simple enough when you come to
learn it. When a picnic was being
arranged for, the custom originally
was that those who intended to be
present should supply the eatables
and drinkables. A list of those ne
cessities having been drawn up, it
was passed round, and each person
picked out the article of food or drink
that he or she was willing to furnish,
and the name of the article was
nicked or licked OFT the list The
open-air entertainment thus became
known as "pick and nick" The Gus
tom is said to have dated from 1902,
SO that the picnic is wholly an insti-
tuition of the nineteenth century.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

Is it the newspapers or the theaters
that have changed the character Of
provincial amusements? Lectures
are not very popular in small towns
any more, because the people are
pretty well informed by the papers on
topics that lectures used to treat.
The rustics hear much Of plays and
farces and want to see them. The
old panoramas, containing "half a
mile of painted canvas" the old
dioramas, with moving figures, seem
to have lapsed into absolute desue-
tude.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

Bibles, pocketbooks and many others
Of the like have all been the means of
saving peoples lives from bullet
wounds, but probably the first time for
a package of gum to act in that role oo-
Cured at Carey, Idaho, one day recent
ly, where the life of Dave Evans was
saved by a package of gum, the bullet
lodging in the package.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

ing to the ind yidual power as son.
ductor? Then we have but TO as
sumo that the person who "inte csts''
US is one whose soul current M rgles
freely with our own. This is pc 'hapS
more satisfactory explanations than
the more commonly received one Oh
animal magnetism, aualitJ on a
lower plane and infinitely less subtle
in character. -BOstOl Advertiser.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

rtyl Literary Blunders.
49," alhake and we all meet witt
ao. amsing literary plumbers. The
~, ~ of is that we readily forget
~ fry one should keepa book
H.. 1hesedelightful things, which
LIE ulwith a sudden sense OF
Sn;s tiori Among misprints is
S nm, ONE swing on hooks. some
80 - fnisethrough their hands, said
H. : 1ticldn the Edinburgh Review.
- evE one would amend by
M" MI Is D krisses-knives was the
s 20. reahg. In "The Monastery"
So $50 wrq about nursing evil pas
ond HIS was printed "morsing, "
go ~ the ierb "tO morse" was de.
80 ID b%riters in Notes and Que
IL ~ bas ltely been pointed out that
rnod "Srgeon's Daughter" Scott is
nors to ay that the "Nautch girls
A. a., ne their voluptuous eastern
u'rn Fhereas the real reading
aaS be perform their voluptuous
o%" IN ances.' But we are not
ro " tht the coquille has been cor
; - "Pendenn.s" boy is said
Tbis el \ running and pumping"
tba nu$ mean jumping" though
V 'tH ctul competition would have
W. Prit4 There are no rulings in
NJ shir@ triding is the right word;
W thereis "World Riding" in Mr..
sorrls Heimskringla. - London
saturday Review.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

The young men of CORN, Mo-,
formed Society of Woodchoppers
early last winter. The object of the
society, which has been constantly
carried out, is the visitation of the
woodpiles of the widows of the town
and the conversion of cord wood into
stove wood.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

In the Yosemite Valley, the Father
Of the Forest, fallen tree 800 feet
long, and several centuries old, has
been followed ont so that for distanct
Of sixty yards a man can walk upright
inside it.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07


Ac0llege. German students are some
Mines presented with blank book of
this sort, in which they are expected
to make daily entry of some thought
or reflection. Prince Bismarck, at
twenty, filed up book of this sort,
the contents of which have lately
been published
Here are some of the sage refec.
tions which young Bismarck put on
tecord in this book;
wealth does not bring happiness.
Oysters, for instance, obtain very
little real joy from the jewel-case
which providence has sarcastically
placed in one corner of their cradle. :"
"Idleness is the N ther of vice. II
Eve had been busily sewing a tig-leaf
coat for her husband. she would prob
ably not have heard the whispering
Of the serpent"
THE spectacle Of a dentist suffer
ing with an aching moIar is rare but
consolatory. tits sight which is.
perhaps, youchsafed to us but once in
a lifetime, but its charm remains
with us for lcn- yc.~e.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

This Company acts as Executor. Admins.
traitor, Trustee and in all Judiciary capaci les
rays interest on deposits OF money subject
to check. II has Special Saving Depart.
ment and receives deposits from dime up
ward; The finesl Safe Deposit Vaults none y
and skill can rrodpce
,Non-residents will find tia most interesting
place visit when they come to the National
Capt. !.
Gss-Call or write for information.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

W. .Waall q Co.. Druggists. Horse Cave.
ne bay Halls Catarrh Cure cures every
Pat tas it," Sold by druggists, 7jc.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

whoI canlartily say 10 any young man
JohrI is Wing good employment, work for
Won son TO-, follow their instructions and
Johr I'll seed 80 writes an agent OF b. +.
way on 90. Richmond, Va, and that's the
I'll oAir men talk.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

OFFIcERs-Brainsrd Fl. Warner. Presi-
d NJ; John Joy Edison. Vioe-President; VIM.
y R bison, Secretary. John r. Carmady,
Treasurer
DIREoToRs-Johu t. Arms, Charles b.
Bai'ey, Charles Baum. James L. Ba bour,
J. hn NJ. clapp II. s. Cummings. J. ]. Oar.
lington, John.Joy Ejson, Albert T. Fox. o.
G, Green, VIM. b. Gurley. John A. Hamilton,
J hn B. Larner, John Ridout, George F.
schaier N. II. Shea, Thomas Somervllle,
John A. Swope, j. S. Sworn stedt, George
Ir9sdeli, b. II: Warner, A. A. Wilson l..
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

ria n i'nb or thin Blood, Weakness, Mala-
tai Neuta, Indigestion and Biliousness,
mali BROS Iron Bitters-it gives strength,
perl NJ persons feel young-and young
pms sig; pleasant to take.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07
M whaevelops fls horse power wnvh it


for mt OF how long standing. Write
IIoiE ircesatise. testimon ais, etc, to :. J.
Fri Eens1h e. Co., Oweg0, Tivga Co., n. y.
e slimail, sl.l5.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

eatint chanPills correct bad effects of over.
= Beham's-nO others. 25cents a hoy
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

orist Dystia, Indigestion and Stomach dis
ronjI, ,uBrown's Iron l3itters the Best
he Itluilds the Blood and strengthens
md 1qscl A splendid medicine for weak
tebilitd persons.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

One enn.. la. -.
shine sun day' ny night ten thousand
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

Iia, dbnd drill is poi.t,d 9Th black
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

ow infested invites danger; concealed
rds hit known ones.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

Tor litPnd wall and you will be taken
'or melE.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

10 bubase, ignoble mind that mounts
ghean bird can soar.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

and elegant woman. Maria EulaIis
is OF slender build and graceful car.
rage. She has brown hair and bIna
eyes, and is noted for her physical
and intellectual alertness
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

! Great men have often been dcf,c-
leht IN the sense of humor. This was
markedly the case with NAPOLEON l.
whose sense Of humor, if he possessed
~ was OF grim sort. 1t is recorded.
however, that he had certain sym.
pathy with pun; and several of his
minor appointments were actually
made because the appointees' names
seemed to indicate their fitness for
the place. He made Monsieur Bigot.
Tor instance, his minister of public
worship at one time; and when he
was looking about for governor of
the pages in the imperial palace he
could think of no one so appropriate
tor the place as General Gardanne.
whose name, in French, signifies a
keeper of donkeys.
When he came to make Marshal
Nfct0r Beau-SOleil a duke. it struck
Napoleon that the opportunity was
an excellent one to make a sol t of
reverse, or "back-action" pun on the
name. Beau-Soleil signj-
lies beautiful sunshine" so the En-.
ncror created the man the Duc do
Bellune-which was very much as if
ne had made him the Duke Fine
Noon.
Prince Bismarck, on the other
land, is one great statesman who is
charitable for the possession of a
zen sense of humor This he has
ften shown; and it appears in the
ontents of the youthful memoran.
IN, lstifS,, RisRaassss,i L, .Essiixa,t
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-07

/ efdt
P H9Es DENr-John Fl. Mitchell, Esdinpn1.
VICE fREsIDENr-Ex-JudgeF +. Sto | W.
SEcRETARY-Hon. A. Posey. Th
IR AsURER-J. II. II berts ESQ. iIe
ATToRNEY-CoL. l., A. Wilmer.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. r"
John II. Mitchell, Atorney.at-Lawly y
r. stone Ex-Chief Judge HI
A. Posey, Attorney.at Law.
Col. l.. A. Wilmer, Attornev.at-Iaw
II. Roberts, Merchant
p R. Honey, Restaurant, u WIS rdert
ns-The above Company viii rso.,lF idve de.
post and AXE loans to persons Of small
means. rsre chance is offered I'd small
"age-earuers to save their small enrnin ), g and
buy nj build home. And as an love ''ment
the sooS of the Company is sal and
profitable
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
That Baptist Tram.

They have great times On thr Baptist
train that carrie, the New England Con-
tlnsent to the national convention, This
year they 20 to Denver.
Last year people along the line opened
wide their Eyes a. the train swept past
Hymn books were distributed through
each car, and at times all the passengers,
on board, nearly five hundred people were
singing.
tn the train was bachelor parsOn from
a Maine city. He wasn't used to woman.
Kind and when the first night out came
he was seriously puzzled as to just now
he should comport himself in the sleeper
He finally solved the difficulty by crawling
INTO his berth. overCOat. hat and all
Fifteen minutes later in came the wife OF
Maine judge, one OF the jolliest women
imaginable She knew every one in the
car, Or thought that she did. and so she
commenced 10 overhaul the berthS ab-o-
lutely regardless Of Consequences At
last she t!ung back the curtain that
shielded the ba,hful clergyman Only a
huddled heap of quilts greeted her eyes
With avfgorous poke of her fist she cried
who's here, who's here? come, wake up
and show yourself"
After little pause the "hatted" head of
the parson greeted the astonished eyes of
the lady who was totally unacquanted
with this appartlon. A trembling, choked
voice stammered, "l'm I'm Brother Blank
of Bath"
The work Of the investieatiu, commit
tee ended at that berth
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
The Local Paper.

The strong attachment Of subscribers to
well-conducted newspaper is fully con
tirmed by publishers. Stop my paper ="
words Of dread to beginners in business
lose their terror after paper has been es-
tablished number Of years. SO long as a
paper pursues just, honorable and judic-
ious course meeting the wants of its Gus
toners in all respects. the ties of friend
ship between the subscriber and the paper
are as hard to break up by an outside
third party as the links which bind old
friends in business or social life. Occa-
sional defects and errors in newspaper
are overlooked by those who have become
attached to 1t through its perusal for
years. They sometimes become dissatis
tied with 1t on account of something which
has slipped into Its columns, and NAV stop
taking it; but absence of the familiar sheet
at their homes or offices tor few weeks
becomes an insupportable privation, and
they hasten to take it again and perhaps
apologize for having 1t stopped No
friendship on earth is more constant than
that contracted by reader for Journal
that makes an honest and earnest effort to
merit continued support
L Menomonte Wis., Herald
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
List Of Patents

Granted to New England inventors this
week. Reported by c. A. Snow & Co.,
solicitors of American and foreign patents,
Oppo. U. s. Patent Office, Washington,
ID. c.:
F. L. Bartlett. Portland, Me-, furnace
for burning coal-screenings; 0. J. Beale,
Providence, K. l., lathe attachment; C. +.
Billings, Hartford, Conn, drill chuck; G.
W. Christoph, Hartford, Conn, exhaust
head G. II. Coburn, Laconia, n H., cam
guard for knitting machines; 7. & J. Coul-
ter, Bridgeport, Conn, machine for taper
ing and shaping metal bars; E. Dixon,
Bristol, R. l., saddle for top rolls of spin
ming machines; III. X. Dore Moulton, N.
H., car-conpling; w. r. Durham, Troy,
n H., tellurian; H. C. Durgin, Hartford,
Conn, revolving hand-fan; c. NJ. Fitch,
South Norwalk, Conn, railway-switch ;
S. L. Goodale, Saco. Me-. treating hy-
drafted phosphates of alumina; L. Kuts-
cher, New Britain, Conn, shutter worker ;
II. Lemp & NJ. J. Wightman, Hartford,
Conn, thermal cut-out for electric lamps ;
J. NJ. Morrow, Morrow, Conn, tension de-
vice for sewing machines; G. H. Moore,
Norwich, Conn.,, collecting tube for filters
E. F. Neumann, New Britain. Conn, stove
pipe thimble; d. j. Reardon, Westerly, r.
l., ratchet-pawl; E. +. Ryder, Providence,
R. l., bicycle-tire; NJ. J. Sarsfeld, Bridge
port, Conn, barber's cash register; J.
Scott, Willimantic, Conn, bobbin for
sewing machines; G. Vine, Ansonia, Conn
roll-grinding machine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
Searching for Gas Leaks.

SO mary accidents of fatal nature arise
from lmprudence in searching for "a gas
leak that we have obtained authoritative
advice IL comes in the following form :
In case of any escape of gas | would ad-
wise the immediate turning off Of all gas
from the premises by means of the main
cock, always placed near the meter, then
opening doors and windows to allow the
accumulated gas to get away and immedi-
ately sending for gasttter or one of the
companys inspectors, seeing of course
that no lights or fires are going. | would
no more advise householder how person
ally to search for an escape of gas than
would advise him how to doctor himself
or repair his watch This is the opinion
with which we are favored by the dstrib-
uting engineer of great gas company
British Medical Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
How to Pronounce Hawai-"

How do you pronounce the name Of
the island kingdom which wants to be
annexed to the United States z" is a ques-
ton frequently propounded and varou>ly
answered nowadays. The most commonly
accepted pronunciation, and the one au-
thorized by Lippincotts, Worcesters,
Websters and the Century's dictionaries,
Is, FOR the name of the principal island of
the group, "Hah-wi.e the second sylla-
bic accented and the ii" pronounced as in
pine. The same question was once
asked of high caste Hawaiian lady, well
educated in her own and the English
language. She answered: "The proper
pronunciation Is 'Hah.vah-e-e' There ia
no w In our alphabet. and no letter nor
combination of letters which takes the
sound of w as in English. The mission
aries who first translated our language
found 1t difficult to pronounce or express
the sound which Is, to my ear, correctly
conveyed by the letter w. softened and
made full Our "a is pronounced broad,
as you pronounce it in fall and our IL
ike the English 'e.' The rule is to pro
nounce every vowel, and as the exception
to the rule does not affect the double il in
Hawaii, you will see that the word is
'Hah-vah-e-e.'
thooc oiC tue Twelve letteFS IN the tia
wallan language, with their pronunciation:
A (ah),, e (a), (e). (oh), (oo),
(hay), (kay), (ah), m (moo), n (noo),
p (pay), (vay.) There is no sound Of
Il" as in the English language, except
where "ai' follows "w," or as the Hawai-
ian lady would insist, .v." There is a
great difference in the language as spoken
by the high and low caste of Hawaiians.
The low caste speak with a succession of
explosive, staccato gutterals; the high
caste with liquid flow that makes it a
beautiful language. The insistence upon
the ''v" instead of the Nv" sound is con-
sldered, even by some of the well educated.
and all Of the uneducated, as something
Of an affection, and one hears "Hah yah.
e-e' on the islands, instead of "Hah-wah-
e." about as often as "vahse" instead of
vase" in American society.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
The Making of Scissors.

Though no complexities are involved in
the making of scissors or much skill re-
quired, yet the process of manufacture
is very interesting. They are forged from
good bar steel heated to redness. each
blade being cut of with sufficient metal to
form the shank, or that destined to become
the cutting part and bow, or that which
later on is fashioned into the holding por-
tion. For the bow q small hole is punched
and this is afterward expanded to the re-
quired size by hammering 1t on conical
anvil, afte, which both shank and bow are
fled into a more perfect shape and the
hole bored in the middle for the rivet.
The blades are next ground and the
handles made smooth and FURNISHED with
oil and emery, after which the pairs are
fitted together and tested as to their easy
working. They are not yet finished, how.
ever. They have to undergo hardening
and tempering, and be again adjusted, af-
ter which they are finally put together
again and polished for the third time
Inventive Age.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06

-Harper's Magazine for April is partic-
ularly rich in articles on American sub
jects. An important chapter of Western
history, written in a style which invests it
with all the charms of romance, Is the ar
ticle on "kansas l541 1891" contributed
by ex-senator John James Ingalls,, and ac-
companied by numerous portraits of men
who made themselves famous in the devel-
opment of that commonwealth. 1.-The
City Of Brooklyn" is the subject of
graphic article by Julian Ralph. and is
very fully Illustrated from drawings and
photographs. Henry Loomis Nelson con-
tributes second paper on washington
Society" in which he deals especially with
the social features of life in the inner cir
cles and more exclusive sets of the capital.
The ARTICLES appropriately illustrated with
several pictures drawn BY c. s. Reinhart.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
Copperopolis House.


Nix. EDITOR: la the last issue of your
excellent paper notice the following
Lucy Stone. the famous womau's suffrag.
- 'eioIHler' III one ol her recent printed
TIL. i1,n.,ra,i,a ~ ptft,Ii, w. 80
one street were fourteen widow. ana m.
only other owner Of house on that street
~ "naia' ~ woman, bul thty had no
rheir nr,r..r,r AZ .oa,,. ~ =, y"
time this shameful discrimination should
cease Tor credit TO men and justice to
'"' a'''c "o"id oe very
q ~ ~ :" 'a'o' VI "o"lah suffrage
m --'' = a 9'a'o" ~ the writer feaiiy
~ IT """o' % lf@iilhR On the
A'''' "'"'''u'" Street, aug nave taSen
'''> '''u''' ~ '"ioi"i ulsse'i o' tue lact'
''' are MS street Is ABOUT three
VI ''''' i" icnS'n anu On IL are
l" '"e'e 'hl teen houses
NUNS no' 'ouI tech'
- '"''' 'h'''eeh houses
y 'N"' ~ 'o'"t'S lHe'h "ith
: 49, y 'P''a
a.
~ ~ vi ''i''''
= V" ne''
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
For the Ellsworth American.
Memories.
sPRAY,JR.

SPRAY JR.
Shine on, thou twinkling stars in dark blue
sky.
Shine on, thou silver moon,
Half hidden meath the clouds that hurry by:
For thy soft radiance that bsthes the earth in
golden light,
Bings peace and comfort to my heart tonight.
charm.
And memories Of days long gone. ere vet one
thought OF harm,
Or pain. or sorrow came TO dim ife's tranquil
JOY,
And all was one long day Of bliss without
alloy.
These memories crowd upon me with resist.
less power,
Filling with perfect sweetness this quiet even
hold this as one Of life's resting places,
When wearly plodding up its rugged steep,
Time pauses for while on tired pinion,
ihe past and future now do seem to meet.
:,
.,-,, "'"'e" p"ses VI a'
,nd I'LL, 49, - 'D a"' e.
r., N'' " '"'e'
ror do.r "a" 'ooN'
tIs,,. '''' '''>' a. "" " 1t"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
Mr.. Bissell's New Chair.

The Baltimore american mentions that
a new cabinet chair is being built for the
postmaster general. The story opens:
ION the scales, Mr.. Bissell is nndoubted-
ly the greatest postmaster general the
country has ever had. He is considerably
over six feet perpendicular and his hori-
zontal measurements have so far been held
from the public.
The new piece of office furniture is to
be made of heavy quartered oak. thirty
inches across the seat, supported on
straight legs three by four inches"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-04-06
No "Groond' for that "Soond."

Harvard professor, who used to teach
the grandfathers of the present generation
Of students. objected to the pronunciation
OF :" wound, as if it we're spelled "woond, i"
and his students used to hunt for chances
to make him explain his objections One
day he stopped student who was reading
to the class, and said, How do you pro-
nounce that word2'
"Woond, SIR"
The professor looked ugly and replied,
- have never foond any groond for giving
it that s00nd. Go on"