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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
The Death Rate,

The number of deaths for last week
was IA, from the following causes:
Bronchitis, Wards 8 and Z one each;
cancer, Ward one; cholera infantum,
Ward 8 one; commissions, Ward one;
entero-colitis, Ward 1 one; marasmas,
Ward one; meningitis, Ward one;
nephritis, Ward one; paralsis, Ward one:
phth1sis, Wards IL 3 and one each;
typhoid fever, Ward one; total IA.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
Mrs. Palmer's Pulp-Makingl invention

The article in yesterdays Press relat-
ing to Mrs. u.s.. Palmer's invention laid
some undue stress on the, spiritualistic
features of the invention The process
is the result rather of two years of ex-
haustive chemical experiment. She has
invented an entirely new process for MAX
ing pulp, and one which the old line
pulp mill chemists Believed to be impos-
sible-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
The New England Conferences.

The Associated Charities of this city
willabe represented at the New England
Conference at Newton Oct. oath, 25th and
Goth, by the President, Mr.. E. P. Chase,
Mr.. Charles Baker, Miss Octavia Beckett
and Mrs. Henry Taylor. Many others not
Immediately connected with the Charlie
will also be present
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
The Iron Hall.

By an agreement with Oville D. Baker
of Augusta, attorney for tie receiver at
Indianapolis, and DrummDnd & Drum
mond, attorneys for the petitioners, Ed
ward w. Dyer of this city Saturday was
appointed by Judge Walton as receiver
for the lodges in Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
MUNICIPAL COURT.
BEFORE REcoR

BEFORE RECORDER ToNfPsoN.
Saturday-Elizabeth A. Hersom. In
toxication; fined SO and costs.
. VIM. Myers, John McCloskey and George
Tobie. Intoxication; each fined So and
costs.
John Cook, alias John P. Cook. Search
and seizure; fined 500 and costs and 60
days in the county Jail. Appealed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
OBITUARY..
John H. Flemming.

Tobn n Flemming, the first driver of
the chemical engine, died at his home
on Winthrop street Saturday morning.
He was about 3S years of age. The cause
of his death was consumption.
Alta special meeting of the Portland
Fire Relief Association Saturday evening
Engineer Dugan, Ex-Captain Long,
Captain Butler and G.. N.E. Kimball were
appointed as pail bearers to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Flemming
The Veteran Firemen will meet at the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,
Cumberland street, this morning at 9
O'Clock to attend the funeral.
Capt. Chas. III. Greene.
Capt. Chas. Fl. Greene, whose death oc-
Cured Friday at his late residence on
Spring street, at the age of n years, was
an old resident of Portland, and was for
several years a member of the firm of
Greene & Evans, coal dealers on Com
mercial street. He was one of the Oldest
members of the Portland Light Infantry
and for many years a member of the fire
department. He was one of the commit
tee who went to Boston to secure the
hand tub Volunteer Nos. He was also
employed in the Portland post office for
about two years.
Frederick w. Small.
The Portland friends of Frederick W.
Small will regret to learon OF his sudden
death, which occurred at Pittsburg, Pa,
last Thursday, alter an illness of only
four days. Mr.. Small was former Port
land boy, a son of the late Daniel f.
Small, for SO many years in the organ
business on Exchange street. Mr.. Small
went West about ten years ago, and at the
time of his death was in the employ of
the Cleveland Stone Company of Cleve-
land, Ohio, having the charge of their
branch office at Pittsburg. Pa. Mr.. Small
was prominent Mason and Knight
Templar, and had many friends in the
order. The body left Pittsburg Satur-
day afternoon and will be brought to this
city, where it will be taken in charge by
Portland lodge and buried with Masonic
ceremonies.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
us. DISTRICT COURT.
prEoRE u1DGE wEBB.

Saturday-Dunk Morrison OF Ashland,
for violation of the internal revenue law
was fined 800 and sentenced to 30 days in
inil
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
OWEN, MOORE Sc 90.
HABERDASHERY COUNTER.

One lot Of Curtis &
Cos "Welaka'' Shirts,
short bosoms, at 75c. for
today, regular price $I.25,
large sizes. At same
counter, a lot of Persian
silk Neckties; knots, flow
ing ends and four-in-
hands, at 49c. today, been
IS and csc. Also one
lot Of mems medium and
heavy Undershirts at soc.
.--Aa5f regular Prize. AT
same counter, a lot of
fancy cotton, heavy
weight English and Ger
man Half Hose, full fash
Toned, at IL lac. a pair
for today---haJ valse.
UMBRELLAS COUNTER.
A lot of fine silk I'm.
brellas with handsome
stylish handles, at $2.6e,
reduced from $500, 81
and IS.
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
A lot Of narrow beaded
Gimps and Braids, suit
able for trimming chill
dren's dresses, at Sc a
yard, reduced from IS,
50 and soc.
At same counter,
twenty-five pate mt
fashion Dress Linings,"
children's sizes only, to
go at Ioc, marked down
from 4oc.
NOTIoNs COUNTER.
A lot of finely finished
German Pocket Knives,
assorted styles and sizes,
to be sold today at 49,,
other days CSC.
BLoUsEs, ETC
One lot of blue fan
mel Blouses, with bodice
belt at SI.25, reduced
from 800.
TEuyET CoTrNTEp
A thousand fancy gold
and silver plated Stick
Pins at &C., been 10 and
25c.
TOILET GOODS COUNTER.
One case Of ''Loofahs,"
vegetable sponges, large
sizes, &c, worth nc.
Also a lot of nickel
plated Soap Cases for
travellers, at 4oc, marked
down from 63c. AT same
counter, two gross Wris-
ley's "Oatine" Toilet
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STATIONERY COUNTER.


in plain cases at SC. a
pack. Also a lot of
heavy silvered Photo
graph Frames at lac,
worth CSC.
GLOVES COUNTER.
A lot Of "Perrins" six :
button length mousque-
taire Gloves, reds only
5I-2 to s "a at &C.
today, regular price SI.oo.
At same counter, a
small lot of "Mignon'
seven hook Glaze Kid
Gloves, S IL, S ga and
6 only, colored and
black, at $I.I2. regular
s1.75 sort, Dig bargain
If yosby size IS IN the lot.
HOSIERY COUNTER.
A lot of women's silk
plated Hosiery, tans and
light shades, at 48c,
regular 75c. quality. At
same counter, lot of
black wool ribbed Stock
ings, plain heel and sole,
fit for boys and girls
school wear, to be sold
today at 32c, worth Soc
UNDERWEAR COUNTER, (Knitted.)
The entire line Of mid
dleweight Swiss ribbed
Underwear, Vests and
Pants, six styles, ecru and
white, to go today at 3oc.
regular soc. sort.
At same counter, small
lot of white merino
Underyests for children
one to ten years, at rs
and 1oc, reduced from %
and SIC.
INFANTS OUTFITS.
Five pieces fine white
wool Flannel, twenty
seven inches wide at 36c.
a yard for today, Satur-
days price 5oc.---fit for
women's and children's
underclothing, etc. At
same counter, six pieces
heavy wool blue twilled
Flannel, suitable for
skirts, dresses. ETC., to go
at 2Ic. today.
UNDERW WEAR COUNTER, tMusli,e.)
One lot of white mus
lin Night Robes, tucked
yoke, hamburg trimming
around neck and sleeves,
at 72c. today, regular
$I.oo quality.
CORsETs COUNTER.
A lot of Warren"
Hose Supporters, than
which there's none bet
ter, black and white, to
be sold at nc. today.
SKIRTS. ETC.
Two styles of fine
quality fast black Sateen
Skirts, double rufle and
wide c m b roi d er e d
founce, to be sold today
at $I.oo, reduced from
$2.25.
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The aUeuther today
Is likely to he
rainy.

10 tIceGu 10 Oe
rainy.
OCTOBER 20. 1898.
T Y ERE'S a list of
4 L attractions for
this weeks be-
ginning; a series of in
ducements for today's
shopping which you who
read carefully cannot fail
to see the Importance OF.
Thirty departments con-
tribute to this sale, thirty
separate and distinct and
lines, a bargain in each.
AT THE SILKS COUNTER.
Fourteen patterns OF
printed Florentine Silks,
full width and best quail
ity, to be sold at 75c. a
yard today, marked down
from $I.oo.
DRAPERIEs ROOM.
Ten pieces of imported
French Cretones, assorted
designs, all good colors,
to go at roc. today,
regularly sold at 90 and
$50.
NEEDLEWoRK COUNTER.
A lot Of satin covered
Pin Cushions, best made,
at 3oc. each, reduced
from soc.
RIBBONS COUNTER.
A thousand yards Of
remnants and part pieces
of pure silk Ribbons,
satin edge gros-grain
mostly, all colors and
several widths, at SC. a
yard today, been from 8
to zoe.
LINENS COUNTER.
A special lot Of sixty
six inch bleached Table
Damask, five patterns. all
fresh goods, to be sold to-
day at 42c. worth soc.
HANDKERCHLEFS COUNTER.
Twenty dozen women's
fine hemstitched linen
Handkerchief wi t h
marlborough initial,
at 1ec. marked down
from 25c.
LACEs COUNTER.
Ten pieces fine Platte
Val. Laces, assorted
widths and patterns, at
1oc. a yard today, other
days IA and ISc.
EMBROIDERIES COUNTER.
One line of colored
Hamburg Embroideries,
pink, blue, lavender and
red edges on fine white
cambria, marked &c, for
today, sold every day at
1oc.
NEEDLEWoRK COUNTER.
A selected lot Of light
and dark silk Windsor
Scarfs, very wide and
long, the regular soc.
quality, to be sold at 2oc.
today. At same counter,
seventeen pieces fancy
colored Crepelisse Neck
Ruching, assorted, at 1oc.
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Tie only terms al
these Monaay sales are
cash and no exchanges.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
RIBBONS COUNTER.

A thousand yards Of
remnants and part pieces
Of pure silk Ribbons,
satin edge gros-grain
mostly, all colors and
several widths, at SC. a
yard today, been from 8
to zoe.
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NEEDLEWORK COUNTER.

A selected lot Of light
and dark silk Windsor
Scarfs, very wide and
long, the regular soc.
quality, to be sold at acc.
today. At same counter,
seventeen pieces fancy
colored Crepelisse Neck
Ruching, assorted, at LOG.
"a yar d,-Saturday's
prices II, IS and 3oc.
LEATHER GOODS COUNTER.
Ten dozen genuine
French Briar Pipes, each
in velvet lined morocco
case with hinge and
clasp, to go at Csc. today,
regular price 88c.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23

A small audience attended the Annie
Ward Tiffany matinee Saturday, and a
good sized audience in the evening.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-23
LINENS COUNTER.

A special lot Of sixty
six inch bleached Table
Damask, five patterns. all
fresh goods, to be sold to-
day at 4ac. worth SOC.
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A carload of fancy
Indian Scrap Baskets at
35c. today, sold regularly
at 4Sc. Also a lot of
Japanese Blue and White
Sugar Bowls and Cream
Pitchers at I5c. the set,
two peices, regular price
25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29

These great steel warships of modern
deYieaseem to be the deadliest engines
ever invented, for those on board of
them. They have never been known so
far as to do any particular damage to
anybody else. The Chisina Kan was one
of.them, lately built .for.the~ Japanese. Gov.
eminent in France, at IN e~xtravagsnt
cost, and fitted out with all the modern
improvements. It had q collision not
long ago with an ordinary steamship,
the Ravenna. The Ravenna proceeded on
her way without having to put into
port for repairs, but the Chisina Kan
went to the bottom with such inordinate
speed that of her crew of ninety souls
but sixteen could be saved. If one OF
these tremendous engines could be
brought against us, the only thing nee
essary, it seems, would be to ram it with
a skif, and send it to the bottom.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
CLEVELAND wears q TX hat.

CLEVELAND wears a ~ hat.
MGR. SAroLII's title is His ExcelIency.'
+ TIE Gear of Russia personally spend
about $10.0 O0, 900 a year.
QUEEN vIcroR1A's annual visit to thl
continent costs about $50, 900.
Sw1NBURNE has written an ode concerns
ing the Chicago Worlds Fair.
THE full name Of the Populist Governor
of Kansas is Lorraine DemosGhenes Level.
ling.
IT was Sir William Harcourt who first be,
slowed upon Gladstone the title Of 'Grand
Old Man"
HARRISON received during his term OF
Office as President. for salary and allow
ances, the sum of $376, 800.
The late ex-President Hayes was wounded
four times during the war, once almost
fatally, and had three horses killed under
him.
LORD WoLsELEY is credited with a de.
sire to be Governor General Of Canada.
Just o he commands Her Majesty's
troops in Ireland.
A DECREE is officially published announc.
ing the remova of the name of DIR.
Cornelius Herr, the Panamiteur, from the
roll Of the Legion Of Honor.
EDWARD Fl. FAysoN, OF Salem, Mass has
filled the positson of Cashier in one bank
for sixty-seven years. He is ninety years
old, and has just resigned his position.
The Crown Prince of Roumania's allow.
ance has been ixed at $l20, 900 a year, half
Of which is to come from his country and
the other half from his uncle, King Charles.
IT is proposed thai ex-President Hayes's
portrait be placed IN the Government
Treasury notes before many months. The
fnaar If f1ronS oud EavHall havn hAAr Ga
used.
private business arrangement with a Boston
photographer by which a royalty was paid
on each photograph of his that was sold, the
proceeds to be devoted to mission purposes.
CLEVELAND is the only honorary member
of th9Sigma Chi. College Society. The initia~
ton took place at his office in New York
City. Rev. DIR. Gessler and Alfred Taylor
gave him the grip of recognition and the
fraternity pin.
Ex-Governor J. NJ. THAyER, of Ne
braska, who created such a sensation two
years ago by refusing to allow Governor
Boyd to take possession of the office, is being
sheltered by a poor soldier in the suburbs OF
Lincoln. He is penniless.
SENATOR DAVIS. of Minnesota, 10 almost
blind in one eye, and the trouble had a curl
Gus origin. He was exposed to the steady
glare Of an electric light for two hours while
making a campaign speech. The optic nerve
was injured, a cold ensued. and paralysis OF
the nerve resulted.
WHEN a President is inaugurated at
Washington he is usually sworn in with q
large, new Bible, which is afterward pre-.
sentsd to some member of his family. But
Cleveland in 1885 took the oath ON his
mothers Bible. It was a small book. mo-
rocco bound and giIt-edged. So far Is is
known he still has the book.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29

The Society for the Protection Of Birds
appears to be making Roadway in Eng.
land. According to ITS second annual
report, which has just been issued, the
number of members has increased from
1900 to $500. There is evidently plenty
of work for them to do if they wish to
preserve birds of bright pluuage from
the annihilation threatened by the de-
mands of fashion. It appears that even
50 common, hardy and prolific a bird as
me goldfnch is in danger of extinction.
The fashion Of mounting whole birds on
hats and bonnets has been peculiarly
fatal. What the society is anxious to
bring about is the extension of the wild
birds protection act, the operation Of
which begins too late and ends too soon
in the year to be of much practical ben.
eft. The report points out that it is
not only the direct slaughter OF birds
for which fashion is responsible. There
IL On enormous demand nowadays for
real winter berries for the purpose of
feminine adornment. As q result a good
many birds which escape the snare Of
the fowler die of starvation for lack of
their natural food. Artificial berries last
longer than the real and look just as
pretty, while the manufacture OF them
would provide employment for many
destitute women.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
The Beggars Of st. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg is troubled with large
numbers of mendicants who grow
holder every day. Every person OK re-
spectacle standing is importuned by
begging letters and oftentimes by the
personal intrusion of beggars, who i'm
pertinently insist upon compliance with
their demands. Even soldiers are ap-
preached with the demand that they
share their rations with the poor. The
chief of the st. Petersburg police has
therefore issued an order that house
i~anitors and policemen on duty shall ar
rest every beggar pointed out to them
by private citizens. In order to prevent
the crowding of mendieants at the en-.
frances of theatres and other places of
entertainment, lines are drawn at q dis.
lance of two blocks~around them, within
which no crowding of people and ne
loungers are allowed to remain. Vshi-
cles bringing passengers to such public
resorts must withdraw beyond the line
and not approach the gateway until they
are called. The police force was con-
siderably increased to give effect TO these
new regulations.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
est was such an idiotic thing to do"

est was such an idiotic thing to do"
said Laura.
'It was SO pleasant" persisted Ern-
est.
"Then you will forgive me-" pleaded
Laura.
"Forgive youi"echoed Ernest. "Why,
what is there to forgives Now come
out and let me show you my sisters
ferneries and orchid house."
"Mother," said Agneta, as she lay on
her sofa that evening, with Mrs. Wood
bine at her side, just where they could
both see two slim, dark forms outlined
against the yellow sunset sky, II almost
believe that Mrs. Wainwright's brother
Is falling in love with our Lally.'
Mrs. Woodbine smiled softly in the
shadows.
81 think the mischief was done that
snowy Twelfth Day" said she-"when
Lally couldn't resist the temptation OF
an ,mpromptu masquerade. Saturday
Night.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29

Sorrows have accumulated upon thl
Administration to an extent greater per.
haps than any other in the history OF TIM
country, writes the Washington CORE
spondent of the Montgomery tAla. Ad
lvertiser. The little son of Presiden
Pierce was killed in a railway acciden
on tho trip from New Hampshire to th'
inauguration. Mr.. Lincoln lost a SO,
while he was President, and was assass
il ated at the beginning of his secont
term, and the same fate befell Presiden
Garfield. A number of distinguished
people, including n or more Oabine'
officers, were killed by an explosion of 8
cannon on board a ship on the Potomac
during Mr.. Tyler's Administration. H
Administration, however, has had g
many sad surroundings as tho present
one. 1t will be recalled that the house
of Secretary Tracy was destroyed by fire
and his wife and daughter wore burned
TO death in the ruins. After a long lille
ness the wife of Mr.. Halford, the Presi.
dents private secretary, died. Whit
Mr.. Blaine was Secretary of State hh
favorite son, Walker, was stricken down
and never recovered, and 0 o after his
retirement from the Cabinet, within a
week or two, another son, Emmoni
Blaine, died almost without q moments
warning. His daughter, Mrs. Coppin-
ger, also died while he vas . member Of
the Cabinet, and one Of his sisters. Sec,
rotary Window, Of the Treasury Depart
ment, while in New York to make q speed
ct 3 banquet died at the table. Tas
chief usher at the Executive Mansion,
Mr.. Dinsmore, died within the past year.
In the Presidents own household sor,
rows came thick and fast. A sister q
hia wife has died within the past year 0,
Two. MEs. Harrison, after patient suffer
ing, breatiled her last in the. White
House, and. was followed q few days
aitAehrh bar xanArahlA fakhar.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
CHIMES.

Great men and little men;
Short men and tall;
Great men have great minds
And small men small;
Great men rob little minds,
All to make a name:
So great minds get greatest minds
And this is fans.
Rich men and poor men;
Rags at Riches door;
Rich men have rich friends,
And poor men, poor;
Rich men live by poverty;
Poor men live by stealth
So rich men get richest men
And this is wealth.
Pretty maids and plain maids;
Maidens altogether,
Pretty maids have pretty ways
To keep mankind in tether.
For maids are weak, and men are strong,
Till Cupid fits above.
Then men are weak, and maids are strong
And this is love.
-Cornhill Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
Waste of the Earth.

Posterity, in the words of the cynical
humorist, has ''doDe nothing for U.S.
but, for all that, one cannot help feeling
sorry for it, so many warnings are given
nowadays as to its fate. A writer la.
ments the fact that, like a spendthrift,
the human race of to-day, boastiDg itself
the heir Of all the ages in intelligence, is
consuming al a rate nearly n hundred
fold beyond what is just the supplies
which, as the heirs of all the geological
aeons, it has received in trust partly fol
future generations.
Each successive scientific discovery
only leads to a more rapid exhaustion of
the earth's garnered stores. In ten of
twelve generations the available coal
fields of Great Britain will be ex' 3ted,
wantonly destroyed. The death vi the
earth and sun must both come, auF with
their death the end of all life una this
earth, but the human race of DAY is
taking care that it shall cease to exist
millions of years before this shall come
to pass.
20 rapidly have two kinds of accumu.
lated earth stores-petroleum and natu.
raj g~as-been exhausted in America
that within one generation alone stores
which were millions of years accumulat-
ing will have been almost wholly ex.
hausted. And all this time population
increases so fast that, at the rate Of
growth during the last twenty years,
the inhabitants of Great Britain in 1872
years time will number more than 300,.
0o0, 600, if, indeed, it were not prac.
tically an impossibility for them to exist
with only six square feet of earth surface
apiece to live on.-New York Journal
The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-29
NEWsY GLEANINGs:

THE cholera is spreading still in Ger
many. ~
THE anthracite coal tonnage Of 1899 was
81, 466, 6s8 tons.
The Hudson RIVER ice crop is estimated
at Loco 900 tons.
TIE bean crop in California in 1892 was
rs, 594, 800 pounds.
The cold weather did not damage the
orange crop in Florida.
RABBITS are becominga serious nufsancs
in some parts Of Kansas.
THERE were forty duels In France last
year and but two deaths resulted.
AN opportunity will be given Australians
to furnish meat for the British army.
THE postal appropriation for the fiscal
year ending June 30th, 1884, is nearly Ss4,.
COO, 900.
The Hawaiian Queen was about to food
her country with small coin when she was
deposed.
FREE coal bureaus were opened during
the cold weather in st. Louis, Chicago n
other Western cities.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is said to have
arrangements about completed for a routs
to the Pacific Coast.
TIE Dominion Of Canada estimates for
the ensuing year contain appropriations Of
q, $50. 200 for canals.
A COLONY Of Bohemians from Northern
Missouri nave bought 1900 acres Of land
near Victoria, Texas.
OVER IL. 1000 people in Washington City
had to apply to the charitable for help dur.
ing the late cold snap.
RUSSIAN troops are being sent into Rus.
sian Poland in great numbers, and quar-
tered along the frontier.
CHOLERA is feared more in Europe than
war. The disease is expected to do terrible
work the coming summer.
1T costs about s1a, 600 to get the votes of
the electoral college brought TO Washington
from the forty-fonr States.
SENTIMENT in Administration circles in
Washington is said to be decidedly in favor
of the annexation of Hawaii, but without
updus haste.
OCEAN fraights between North and South
America are atthe lowest point ever known;
many ocean tramp steamers are unable to
obtain cargoss.
THE record Of accidents In and around
Boston, Mass, caused by electric street cars
In 1899 shows that ten persons were killed
and a65 injured.
Tag naval vessels now In process of con.
structton at various ship yards 10 the United
States are estimated to cost Csc, 900, 000, and
merchant vessels building are valued at -.
$50, 900.
KATAHDIN 10 tho name Secretary Tracy
bestowed or the new battle ram built at
Bath, Ne, on plans suggested by Rear Ad-
yniral Amunen. The vessel takes it's name
from Mount Katahdin, Names greatest
mountain