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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-12-06
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THE AMERICAN has subscribers at 1906
of the IIG post Offices in Hancock county;
all the other papers in the county com
bined do not reach so many. THE AMER
1cAN is not the only paper printed in
Hancock county, and hos nerer claimed to
he. but il is the only paper that can prop
eriy be called COUNTY paper; all the
rest are merely local papers. The circuld-
tion of THE AMERICAN, barring the Bar
Barbor Records summer list, is larger
than that of all the other papers printed
in Hancock county.
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THE MAN And THE MASS.
Herbert Spencers Theories of Right and Justice Be
tween the One Man and the Majority.

soul and the souls Of others will be con-
demned TO q hell of inexpressiole tor
ment forever, they will consent to have
him burned, no matter how much they
may revolt at the sight Of his aRonies.
II they can be made to believe that II
he is trusted on the street in reach OF
any dangerous article Of food or drink
he will degrade himself by its use and
become q menace 70 the comfort OF
safety or others, they will be the more
willing to say by law what food or
drink be may or may not have. II the
arguments Of their leaders could give
them assurance that by compelling their
neighOors TO say a certain formula OF
prayer three times a day the millsn-
mum would come at once, then IL
might be possible, as IL would not be
otherwise, to set the police, the sheriff
and the constable all TO work enforcing
a law concerning the establishment OF
the religious formula In question.
II Is not until they are convinced that
il is well meant; that a good may come
by IL; that 1t promisesto benefit the ma
jOrity; that men, after they have at
tanned q certain degree Of civilization,
can be induced to consent to the use Of
force when it is not absolutely and clear
ly required for self-defense-for the pre-
servation Of rights.
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BILL ON THR BORDER.
NYs RIDES THROUGH TIE I. I. AND SEES
TIE CHEROKEE STRIP.
There Is Joke 10 This Which Will Appear Later
0n-Hs Bays Lot in Chicago and Learns
all About 1t Ahsrward-fhs Popular Out
LAM
copvrrOat, 1894, oy Edgar ". Ma

On THE BORDER.
The blast without is screaming and
yelling, and the air is filled with gravel
that cuts the face ksenly and destroys
the smooth surface OF the glass fronts
on the mercantile emporiums.
1t is the wfetched old shell OF bust
ed boom. The gay butterfly OF fortune
has scared away, and here lies the rat
tIing chrysalis-a dssolate, half-ouilt,
seedy, shabby thing, overdous, yet only
half baked, full Of metropolitan imita-
ton, concave women in Imitation seal
skins and flashing rhinestones. Shoddy
on every hand! Gold rings and solled
hands; big diamonds in tobacco
spattered shirts fronts; dyed
mustaches and white cambria even
ing ties on the streets; lace skirts
over red, rusty. trodden down congress
shoes; red necked cowboys, with French
eels, leather panties and profanity,
clay bank hair, golden teeth, keen
shoulder blades. rum, freckles, soggy
old plague infested cigars, white eyes,
slab sided, irresolute; the coyote, the
town cowboy-not the one who works,
but the ime novel deadbeat, who or
naments the tottering porch OF the
Live and Let Live saloon.
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hight, 300 feet, rises from n compare
lively small ground plan, 81 feet on
Broad way and Sc feet on Pine street.,
making q nearly square base. Striking
though the appearance OF this building
is, the fact Is worthy OF mention that no
less an authority than the New fork
Record aud Guide awards the prize M
tall buildings to Chicago. The paper
says 10 its anniversary number, cover
ing In description and real estate ana
building news . quarter Of q eenturyi
The best OF the towering buildings OF
Chicago are. perhaps better than the
best OF the towering buildinRs OF New
York. We have scarcely aRIthing so
i'm pressive a. the Monadnock, the In
pressiveness Of which 10 derived from
the use Of a whole story a. moulding.
so TO speak, and Of another whole story
as cornice monldisg, while Of msuid-
inss properly so called. or Of ornament
OF any kind, there 10 BOne whatsver,
and the grim and businsss-liks sim
plicity attained by the Ibsencs OF orna-
ment greatly heightens the I'm pression
made by the magnitude OF ths mass
and bv the careful and artistic adjust
ments OF the parts that mark thedi-
visions
The American Sursty Building u
twenty-story structure Ia the classic
Greek style, with exterior OF marb%-.
built on the tower plan. OF steel AID iron
frame aud frsproof curtain walls aud
interior construction. The cost Will DO
between 100000 and $1,000, 900, aud
the building must be completed by May
1 OF next year. The analogy TO the
classic column and the compatible has
been more riRialy carried out per-
haps ia this design than Ia
anything else that r. yet done or
projected in tall Office buildings.
The fact that 1t is TO be 1g-roofed
makes the likeness TO the classic
column more evident than In build
ings that are crowned with addi-
tional II not extraneous features.
Here every member OF the column Is
represen ted, the plInth, the base mold
inas, the shaft, which Is banded as well
as pierced, the neck holding. the bell
and the abscus. The experiment made
in the American Surety Building Will
be watched with much interest.
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VII

No Government Of any kind eau save
menf rom themselves. All government
is merely a manifestation Of what men
are at the time 1t exists. All laws are
merely reflexes of opinion, ceasing to
be effective as the reality OF opinion
which gave them vitality ceases
and is supplanted by other opin'
ions. What remains permanent
and enduring above all laws and all
changes of government is right and
justice-the right OF every man TO live
uncoerced as long as he respects the
equal rights OF all others; the justice
under which the law allows to every
man the reward OF his actions, whether
they are good or evil.
Through law and the enforcement Of
law civilization and progress may bs
permitted or prevented, but 1t is not
possible for civilization to come through
compulsion, and no use OF compulsion
through enactments can hasten 1t. Ali
that can be done by force of law Is to
prevent reaction by restraining the less
developed and more undisciplined
from imposing their will by fraud or
force on those who, being more highly
developed, are better able TO do some
thing to make progress easier for the
rest.
A Government which makes every
man secure in his rights and stops at
that has done all that any Government
can do for the welfare OF mankind.
Government can prevent reaction. To
do so is It's province. Advance must
come from the individual effort-from
the struggle of the individual intellect
against circumstance; from the educa-
tion derived from the pain or exper-
fence; from the desire to help others at
some time which is awakened in every
mind and becomes ruling motive in
the measures in which the higher fac
uties OF mind are developed by an in
creasiug sense Of responsibility due
to their exercise In condition OF lib
erty.
That is the conclusion OF the whole
matter. Without increasing freedom
there can be no increasing civilization.
WILLIAM VINCENT BYARs.
st. Louis, May, 1894.
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NAV be efforts made for the preserva-
ton of the body polite, yet the claims
OF the body polite are nothing
in themselves, and become something
only as they embody the claims OF the
component individuals" As society
consists only of the individuals COM
posing it, individual Improvement Is the
solution-the only solntion-of every
problem Of progress. When law does
its best it can do nothing more than
prevent interference with progress, as
at its worst it is itself the worst, be-
cause the most effective, interference.
With laws which prevent the disregard
Of rights and attempt no more than
that, progress is possible Through the
slow modification Of human nature by
the discipline Of social life, through
which alone can come permanently ad-
vantageous changes. A fundamental
error pervadiRg the thinking OF nearly
all parties, political and social, is that
evil admits of immediate and radical
remedy"
Reform must begin with the injivid-
ual. Improvement must come through
the individual. And Ii can only come
as each individual in the mass has the
wish and the opportunity to improve.
Both of these depend primarily on an
increasing individual liberty, since the
deprivation or the restriction OF liberty
can never give either the will to improve
or the sense Of responsibility through
which the civilized man differs from the
savage.
The aim Of every wise government
must be to increase individual RESPONSE
bility, as it must be the aim OF every
Just government 10 prevent individuals
or minorisies from being made the VIC
tins of wrongful violence or coerced by
the menace Of it.
The increase In individual RESPONSE
bility is the supreme necessity OF pro-
gress, because without it reaction must
take the place OF progress.
When a government uses its taxing
power or It's oower TO use legal force. or
the menace of it that by doing so it may
protect some from the consequences OF
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much the the total of civilization
that is, the total spirit OF helpfuiness.


Among Mr.. Spencer's political max
Inns these are perhaps the most cnarac-
teristic:
The Republican form OF governments
IS the highest form, but because OF THIS,
IL requires the highest type OF human
nature-a type nowhere existing ~
present.
Further progress must be toward an
increased sacredness of personal Claims
and a subordination of whatever limits
them.
Conduct has to be ruled from within
or without. II the rule from within Is
not efficient. there must exist suppis-
mentary rule from without. Ii, on the
other hand, all men are properly ruieo
from within, government becomes
needless and all men are perfectly Tree.
Not lack of information, but lack
OF certain moral sentiment, Is the root
of evil.
Itis the duty OF everyone who re-
CARDS a doctrine as true and important
to do what he can toward dlnuslng H.
be the result what it may.
There need be but continuance OF
| absolute peace externally and rigor-
Gus insistence on nonaggression inter-
nally to insure the molding OF men into
form naturally characterized oy all
the virtues.
Admitting that for the fanatic some
wild anticipation is needless as slim.
illus and recognizing the usefulness OF
his delusion as adapted TO his peculiar
nature, the man of higher type must De
content with greatly moderated expec-
tations, while he perseveres with IN
diminished efforts. He has to see how
mparatively little can be done ana
yet to find it worth while to do that
little.
To administer justice. to mount guard
over mans rights, is simply to render
| society possible.
1t is tolerably well-ascertaiued fact
that men are still selfish. Were we not
selfish, legislative restraints would be
| unnecessary.
Negotiable government can support
itself only by the aid Of nation cores
pondingly inequitable in its sentiments
and acts. Injustice cannot reign II the
community does not furnish due sup
ply Of unjust agents.
1t is impossible for a judicial system
to become efficient faster than men BE-
come good.
Along with the growth Of human ma
ture into harmony with the moral laws,
there will be decreasing need Tor
Judges and statute. books.
SslfshneSs on the one hand resisting
selfishueSs on the other invariably
commits sins like those it complains OF.
A mans liberties are none the less
aggressed upon because those who
coerce him do so in the belief that he
will be benefited. In thus imposing by
force their will upon his will, they are
breaking the law OF equal freedom in
his person. and what the motive may be
matters not
With the great majority OF men the
! visible expression OF social opinion is far
thes most efficient OF incentives and
restraints.
No philosophers stone or constitu-
ton can produce golden conduct from
leaden instincts, No apparatus of Sen
ators, Judges and police can compen-
safe for the want OF an internal gov
erning sentiment. No legislative man.
! ipulation can exc out an insufficient
morality into a sufficient one. No ad-
mtnlstratIve slight.of-hand can save US
| from ourselves.
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. straw nat summer Expected.

The coming summer is TO be essen
italy straw hat one. There Is every
appearance OF the season passing By a
long way, in the matter OF sales, the
unusually successful one a year ago.
All the manufacturers have been work
Ing at high pressure since November
last, and yet, so great 10 the demand,
they have been unable up TO the pres
ent TO do more that keep pace with the
orders that each post brings them.
The plalters have been working for
months, practically night apS day. and
present indications poiGt - the fact
that IL will be- q month or two yet be-
fore q Stacking of, even "a small do
gree. can take place.-IVcstmtIIstcr
Budget
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-27
STAIRS IN SAMOA.
How . Little Islander Carried Water to
Second story Room.

How . Little Islander Carried Water to
Second story Room.
In Samoa, where he makes his home,
Robert Louis Stevenson has doue much
in the way of instructing the natives In
European methods of work. He tells an
amusing story in this connection. A
new house boy had been engaged, and
on his arrival was lost in awe and ad-
miration of the magnifcence Of the
mansion.
He was given large bucket OF wat
er and told TO take 1t TO the bedrooms
up above. He louked up, and. point
ing, asked II it was there? On being
answered In the affirmative, he seized
the bucket in his teeth, and before any
ono could demonstrate, he had rushed
up one of the posts of the verandah.
The whole family ran up the staircase.
and when they showed him that was
the usual mode of getting to those
rooms, be was overpowered with de-
light. and for two or three days could
do absolutely nothing but race up and
down stairs, chucking amp Growing 10
an ecstacy of joy. And when detach-
meuts Of his friends came to visit him
they weae always taken to see the stairs
the first thing!
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They ate like wolves and then went
to bed in the barn. They slept thirty
six hours, ate again and slept twelve
more hours, which showed that they
were somewhat fatigued. Then they
thanked Anderson, for they had no
money, and went away.
Three years afterward Anderson came
home one evening TO find that In his ABB
sence the house bad bsen entered, and
things were scattered all over the
room.
In the middle OF tie floor stood pan
ful of wheat, which he told the boy TO
carry back to the gransry or give 10 the
hens. he poured out the grain, and at
the bottom OF the pan found 81, 200 In
500 gold pieces, with the compliments Of
his old guests.
Still would not advise man to move
to Kansas aud take up farm with the
idea Of getting 81. 900 per year in this
way because some years he might be
disappointed.
An odd thing about the Indian Terri
tory Is that the Cherokees owned negro
slaves before the war, and when these
were emspcipated they had the same
rights as the Indians and could take up
land and also receive from the govern
ment various allowances which have
made many of them rich.
So it's a queer, queer complexion that
society has here. l was introduced 10
a tall, good.looking girl Ia white the
other day, . student and up In every
thing from Walt Whitman TO the
"HeavenIy Twins" yet she was the de-
seer dant OF sn old CHEF.
There are few blanket Indians here
in sight, and they show 10 desire TO
plunge their hands into the gore OF the
white man, except when accused OF be-
ing white shippers from Arkansas.
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Twenty-stery Building southsass Corner
Broadway and Pine street, New York.
Work has just been commenced on
the new building for the American
Surety Company. southeast corner OF
Broadway asd Pine street, New York.
after plans by Bruce Price, who was
the successful architect among eighteen
competitors. 1t will no doubt be OF In
terest TO people concerned In tall build
ings In Chicago to learn few few facts
concerning this unique New York struc-
ture, unique not only in its classical ce-
sign but also from the fact that It's great
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| |.

The evils which most threaten civili-
cation i'm the present and the future may
be due TO a selfish desire TO Cypress. Ii
may be true that no man can ever be
oppressed except through she selfish
ness OF another, but II so, it Is still re-
latively true that what on its face is
benevolence; what must ba accepted as
beneVoence for lack Of time to argue
that point, is the most powerful agency
of disagreement and oppression
among peoples who are increasing in
Z civilization.
o. As men increase IN moral sensibility
y they become more willing for others TO
Il enjoy equal rights with themselves, aud
& as they increase in intelligence they be-
4 CONS better able to see that the rights
h OF no man are safe where any man can
Y be Wronged without remedy.
7, Alter reaching q certain stage or adj
q vancement men are unwilling 70 see
y others coerced by the use or menace Of
4 violence unless they are convinced IL Is
, dOne through benevolence-thrOugh a
aesire TO benefit society or the indi-
vidual against whom the compulslon Is
8sed.
10 Is generally unnecessary 20 make any
pretext OF benev0lence 20 justify she re-
sort 10 violence. III they are hungry,
that fact alone will induce them 20 jus
tify their chief In ordering q prisoner
killed and cooked. 10 they are lazy,
that fact seems 20 them sufficient ar
gument 10 using as slaves such OF their
captives as they do not need for food.
But among men who have been more
highly educated the mere fact that 10 is
convenient 20 kin another or 10 Cypress
him does not seem a sufficient excuse.
They must be convinced that the force
used againss him is calculated 70 help
the whole community or the Individual
himself.
1t is easy 20 see why, among all civil
zed people, benevolence, or what pre-
sends to be benevolence, becomes the
= eat source Of danger Of liberty. If
"a can be convinced that the commu-
will be ruined il any given person
OF locked up, they will lock him up.
they can be made to believe that
ess a man is burned at ps stale his
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A woman 1T LIndenbera. In frolic-
some humor. took the liberty to cut on
a portion Of . huge mnstacbe sported
By q well known parsonage OF that Tx.
The injured party was greatly enrsged,
and set up claim for damages. The
case was tried % the local police court,
and the stair" offender was muIcted In
a fns OF ten marks, to be paid Into the
poor bsx, and fifty marks Compensation
"a the --laintifi. Judging from the
81 piece cut OF. the entire
n would come 70 about 4.S0t
n ))-Eiderstedter Wochsnblast.
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III.

In little volume OF aphorisms from
the books of Mr.. Spencer CAppleton &
Co., 1891, his political views ara given
in series of admirable selections from
his voluminous writings.
His view Of the province OF govern
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".

"Socisty exists for the benefit OF its
members-not its members for the oene-
ft of society,"" writes Mr.. Spencer In
opposing those who use the name OF So
ciety as an excuse for their attempts to
coerce individuals or minoritieS into
re<r ring unwilling service. ut has
TO be remembered that great IS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-27

Father-No sense In buying kite.
n you want kite, will make you
one.
Son (doubifolIy)-But ! want ore
that will nY.
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THE BLOOD Is the source Of health.
Keep it pure by taking Hoods Sarsapa-
rilIs, which Is peculiar to itself, and
superior in strength, economy and
medicinal merit.
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This Is the fundamental idea OF
American Democracy, and IL is none
the worse for being also the fundamen-
tai idea OF Herbert Spencer's political
theories.
Every man." be says in his Social
States, as his first principle, "has free
dom 10 do all be will, provided he iu-
fringes not the equal freedom OF any
other man."
1t seems TO him, as It has seemed TO
the greatest thinkers among American
statesmen, that this is self-evident
truth. To all minds for which it IS
thus automatic, IL must be not less APP
parent that government can rightly
have only two pnrposes-the defense Of
every man 10 his freedom when he is
not infringing the equal freedom OF
-she-s and the restriction OF his license
il be attempts % deprive others OF their
liberties.
This axiom Mr.. Spencer calls "the
law OF equal freedom" and be is again
thoroughly ia accord with American
Democracy when be declares that not
only harmony OF cooperation In the so
ciai state, but also efficiency OF co-ope-
sratiOn, is best achieved by conformity
No this law Of equal freedom.
II the truth on which be insists Is so
-SAearly self-evident as 20 appear a
truism concerning which IL is not nee
essary 20 argue IL must be remembered
that it is challenged by all who wish "a
coerce others, not In self.defense, but
out Of benevOlence or out Of aggressive
sel6shness.
Where violence has been resorted tc
for any other purpose than that OF self
defense. It has been prompted either by
the desire OF the individual 70 benefit
himself or TO benefit others.
The law OF equal freedom cannot be
transgressed D. any Individual or by
any Government except as the trans
erosion is prompted by one or the
other of these motives.
An forms OF crime, all forms OF oP-
preston. all varieties OF misgovornment
are due 10 the use or threat Of violence
for some purpose other than that oil
sslf-defense. And in every such trans
gression OF the law of equal freedom,
the criminal or the Oppressor must be
actuated either by the desire TO benefit
himself at the expense OF the person he
Expresses or to benefit his victim by op-
pressing him.
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HOOPS PILLS are purely vegetable.
carefully prepared from the best In
gradients 2sc.