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The sun., 1895-01-11
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DAA Francisco wants Natioaal CoAveasiSa.
The Hon. Joseph II. MAnlsy Of Maine. Chair.
man OF the Republican National Executive Com
mittee, has been In Washington for week on
nshing trip. He Is considered one OF the most
expert anglers among tho Republican politicians
OF the country. He was at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel yesterday for a short tims and left for
Augusta Ia the evening. Mr., MAnley brought
with him from Washington the old SAn Fran
cisco idea which has been in the top OF many a
head, Democratic and Republican, for the last
dozen years. The city BY the Golden Gate has
been pleading for q national Convention. The
two occasions ofSAseding the prayer. The Re
ppblicRns likewise. Now Mr.. MAnley has the
when the time comes | shall vote In the
eommittee for the selection OF San Francisco.
We intend % avoid the heat by having the Con.
jane"
The sun., 1895-01-11
living Plcturss. a. Wen az DAuss du VsA-
tire, IAhIbIted.

WATERBURY,, Conn.,. Jan. lO.-City Clerk II.
f. Grady this afternoon visited matinee per-
formance OF women burlesque company In the
Parlor Opera House and ordered large part ~
the performance expurgated. including tie NV
Ing pictures and dailse du yentre, under pcuH.y
OF revocation OF the license, The company has
been playlng 70 good hnalness.
The sun., 1895-01-11

A snap for street-cieaninE Cloakmakers.
The cloakmakors who have been at work
cleaning streets had a snap yesterday. They re-
thin clothing and poor physique IL was decided
not to put them to work in such weather. They
will be paid 81 each, all the same. The sum of
SlOl was received at tho University Settlement
for the immediate relief OF the cloakmakers.
This, with the money previously acknowledged,
brings the total receipts up TO 50, ,396.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-18
III Our Qneensware Department!

Wehea decorated China in Tea Dinner which selling
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
Road Notes.

In some sections of our country the
horses of a double team travel just in
front of the wheels, and the broad tire
rolls down what the hoofs cut.
1t is said that sharp shoes and points
are equally destructive to the roadbed
as narrow tres.
New jersey farmers carry 1870 baskets
of peaches over the stone roads. Over
the old roads % baskets was the load.
The essentials to perfect road are a
deep foundation and a good watershed
surface With these and the use Of broad
tread wagons the stone roads will last
for years.
During the past year Mercer county,
N. j., has spent over 500, 900 in mac
adam roads, Burlington has spent near
ly $500, 900 and Middlesex about $40,
900.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
BowdOin College Notes.

Lyman Wright, of Rumford Falls,
spent Sunday with relatives in town.
The winter term OF the literary depart
ment closed Wednesday for a ten days
vacation.
A fair and supper were held at the
Brunswick town hall Friday evening for
the benefit of the Good Will Farm
Morton NJ Small, of Sunset, stopped at
Brunswick Friday, while on his way to
Portland to attend Shaw's business col
lege.
The Bowdoin athletic exhibition was
held at the town hall, Tuesday evening,
before crowded house. The entertain
ment was given at Bath the following
Friday.
r. w. Holmes, of Brunswick, who has
been suffering from progressive gangrene
of the lower extremities, had his left leg
amputated at the medical college Satur-
day.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
BELIEVES in GOOD ROADS.
New Nork's Governor Favor Il Joint
Road Committee.

Tt sHhJCct # good road, is one l,..-l i
merits t.to;.., At1Il attention at II
hands, L. II Is year b. y,ar lecuIl-.-. :;
Of lager i. p rtauca III tn public O..
Nearly al Il the various state II
lures which will be i'll session duriH-
this year Will b. engaged in efforts L.
secure practical results in the direction
Of selecting approved methods, though
on a variety Of lines Of theories.
The information obtained by the Office
Of road inquiry, bureau Of the federal
department of agriculture, and which
has had correspondence on the subject
with all Of the state governments. is
that wide divergence of opinion exists
on tho whole question, and it is feared
that it may in consequence be difficult
to secure sound, practical results. Not
less than half dozen plans are in effect
or contemplation, a fact that is un-
doubtedly regrettable, and it would seem
desirable that the Empire State should,
with its characteristic progressiveness,
be leader in the establishment of an
acceptable system of road improvement,
extension and maintenance.
The advocates of road Improvement
in several states are urging the establish
ment of temporary joint commission
by the respective legislatures, such
commission TO include, besides mem
bers of both legislative houses, rep1e-
sentativos of road Improvement or,
CARNATIONS If this plan is adopt
ed by a number of the state legisla-
lures the federal office of road in
quiry proposes to act as medium of
communication between them as well
as a source of Information. think that
the legislature light by a committee put
itself into communication with the ma
tional and state authorities on the sub
ject and acquire all available informa-
ton as to plans and experiments. with
a view to obtaining good roads con-
Etructed on wise and economical princi-
Piles throughout the state. Governor
Morton's Message
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
The Merry VI usician.

A merry musician wandered once
On the banks of the river Nile.
Imagine HIS fright There hove in sight
A munstrous crocodile,
HI tooth were long, his jsws Were strong,
His mouth was horribly wide.
And he grinned grin: Dear sir, come in
There 5 plenty of room inslde!"
TIL merry musician shook with fear,
He shlvered from hat to shoe.
You re ever so kind, but if you don't mind
Ia rather not lodge with you"
TRY It at least, " said the willy beast
With a broad, malicious smile
You II see in a trice how quiet and nice
1t is to live in the Nilei"
Tho merry musician groaned again
The fiddle was in his hand.
A tune he tried, The last, " he sighed.
Il shall ever play on landl'
Twas polka gay, and, strange to say,
When the crocodile heard the sound,
He laughed and rose ON the tip Of his toes
And began TO caper round
The merry musician played and played.
And faster his fingers flew,
While close to the Nile the crocodile
Darced faster and faster too
At length he stopped, and down he dropped,
Too giddy to hear or see,
And when he came round his prey, he found
Had run away home to tea
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
New York City Churches.

According to latest returns, there are
in the city of New York 500 churches,
Of all denominations. These afford q
seating capacity of 400, 900. The most
numerous churches are Episcopalian
with 1913 church edifices. Then come the
Roman Catholics with 81; the Presby-
terians follow with 10; the Methodists
have 60 and the Baptists so; the Jews
have 46, and the Congregationalists
only !. The Roman Catholics have in
creased the most rapidly during the last
20 years, having more than doubled in
that time But only small part of the
inhabitants of the city attend church at
all.-Journal and Messenger.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

as osfl-7 ~ Ea conDleted n souare. hut he
could aut hGsown mark inside the square.
Ted ast5la9 \ ana Aunt Alma an o.
AtInctb Aunt Alma was forced to add
tffr.I .z5js II = square. md she prudent.
II drew It on the lowest line at the right
hand
Tod s3Y bis chance friUmohar.Iy com.
plctrl o.a square. two squares. and nut an
X in thea fFi.. 81
He VIZ sa.eIa+2d with his success that
his next line was drawn without caution.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
STONE ROADS OF BYGONE DAYS.
Wonderful Highways of the Peruvians.
The Road OF thcopS.

Perhaps the earliest road on :ecord is
that mentioned by HerodOtus Is having
been constructed by Cheops, the Egyp.
tian king, i'll order that stones might be
dragged along it for his pyramid. In the
opiniol of the Greek traveller, the work
of making the road was as great as that
of building the pyramid, for 1t took ten
years to construct, and twas composed
Of polished stones. with figures carved
on them. But this does not compare in
magnitude with the highways construct
ed by the Peruvians while medieval
Europe was still in state of semibar-
barous DISCRIMINATION. The two prln-
cipal roads III Peru ran from Quito. in
the north, TO Cuzco, the capital, the one
along the sandy and level strip Of coast,
the other along the plateau Of the An
des, n region Of unparalleled engineer
ing difficulty. The length Of the second
has been estimated at from 800 TO
1000 miles. 1t crossed Sierras buried
in snow. bridged ravines with walls Of
solid masonry, mounted and descended
precipices by staircases hewn II the
solid rock and ran i'll interminable gal
leries along the sides of intractable
mountains.
Where rivers had to be crossed bridges
were made with ropes of stout, plant
os!er twisted to the thickness Of a man 5
body and stretched over the stream
sometimes for a distance of zoe feet.
These cables swung side by side, and
fastened with planks so as to fern 4
footway were drawn through holes III
enormous bUttrcsses of stone specially
construed on each bank and were Sc
cured firmly at each end to heavy beams
of timber \ railing of similar osier
material gave the passenger confidence
as he crossed the osciliating bridge that
sank dangerously III the middle and
mounted rapidly at the sides.
The great highway was 30 feet wide
and was built with flags of frcestone coy
cred with bituilinous cement. 1t WAS
measured out hy posts set up at every
league. Caravanseries and magazines
were stationed at convenient distances
for the Peruvian soldiers on their mill
tary expeditions, and regular postal
service had been organized by which
highly trained runners. relieved every
five miles, could convey messages a dis
tauea of zoo miles in n hours. The
roads We're kept in beautiful order. tDo
inhabitants Of district being response
bic for that portion of the highway
which traversei 1heir land. At the
same time it should he remembered that
there was no wheel traffic to cut up the
level surface Of the hard pavement,
There is considerable irony in the fact
that it was not till the Spaniards forc;-
bly, introduced their SO called ciyiliza-
ton into Peru that the famous roads be
gan to fall into disrepair. London
Standard.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
Memorial Tor Eev. Dr.. Gordon.

At the first meeting after the death
of their beloved pastor. Rev A. J. Cor
don, D D. his Caristian Endeavor So
ciety decided, upon the recommendation
of their foreign missionary committee
for the society has two missionary COM
mittees, home and foreign-to attempt
to raise $500 as the nucleus of special
memorial fund to DR.. Gordon. This
was to be in addition to the 5000 al
ready pledged for the support of their
missionaries. None but the young peo-
pie was present in the room, and yet
at once more than $500 was raised for
this purpose. y debt of 5000, 600 rests
heavily upon the American Baptist
Missionary union. 1t is the splendid
purpose of these Endeavorers of the
Clarendon Street Baptist church of Bos-
ton to arouse the Baptist young people
of the land to pay off this debt. They
hope their 1925, which will doubtless
soon become $500, will be added to by ev-
cry Baptist young peoples society in the
United States, in proportion as God has
blessed the members. In no better way
could they honor the memory Of the no.
BILE Christian minister and missionary
worker who has gone. 1t is not too
much to hope that with the earnest and
prompt co operation of all Baptist
young people even so large a sum as
$500, 600 can speedily be raised. Were
all tho societies to do only a tenth as
well as DR.. Gordon's Endeavorers, the
task would be accom- plished.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
CHRISTIAN ENDEANOR.
Topic for the Week Beginning March
S1-Comment by Rev. 5. II. Doyle.

S-Comfent by kew. =. Ii. Doyle.
Top1c.-Christ's yoke.-Math. xi, $50; John
xiv, Il, 10.
A yoke represents a burden, and we
are all born under or willingly take on
some kind of a yoke We are all carry
ing some kind Of a load or burden. The
Jews to whom Christ spoke the words
in Math. xi, $3.50. were under the bur
den or yoke Of the law. But hard yoke
it was 1t required much OF them, but
gave them no strength or assistance IN
their burden bearing. Christ, therefore,
called upon them TO give up the yoke Of
the law, TO become His disciples and 10
take His yoke upon them. To all wear
ing yokes, whether the yoke Of the law,
the yoke Of pride, Of sensuality, OF
worldliness, of ambition or self indul-
gence, Christ comes with the same re-
quest to give up these yokes and take
His yoke upon them.
Christ's yoke is obedience TO His COM
mandments. He does not try TO allure
Us into diseipleship by telling Us that as
Christians we shall have no burdens to
bear Indeed Christ IS very careful al
ways TO guard against such a false i'm
preston He founded His kinge IL upon
cross. he said, IF any man Will come
after Nc. let him take up his cross and
follow Ne he urged those TO whom
He appealed 10 become His disciples to
count the cost before Trey did 50, be-
cause it might he necessary as His fol-
lowers to suffer much in the world.
Christians have burdens TO bear and
yokes to wear as vel as those WHO are
not Christians. but with this difference:
Christ yoke is easy, and the others are
not.
Christ,s yoke is easy This IS CEriSt's
own testimony. MY yoke is easy. and
Ny burden Is light y The Christian 5
yoke is easy because Christ helps him TO
wear it. He gives him strength and
grace to obey His commandments. The
yoke is often a cross. and yet it is light,
for Christ Himself always bears the
heavier end Of it, as He did on the way
to Golgotha, when Simon was compelled
to assist Him. Christ yoke is easy be-
cause it is labor Of love. Love lightens
burdens always. To obey those we love,
to bear burdens for them is a pleasure.
1t is net a hardship er difficulty, be
the burden ever . heavy or the way
ever 50 long. Christ's yoke is easy, too.
in the light Ct what i brings to Us. No
cross, 10 crown. It IS through trlbHla-
ton that we win heaven. 1t is through
the light affections Ct the present that
we obtain glory hereafter. Christ's
yoke is indeed like the plumage of the
bird, an easy weight, enabling it to
soar heaverward.
Weariu. the yoke Of Chris: is the test
of our love To Him. If ye love Me,
keep Ny commandment" (John xiv,
15). Obedience j., therefore, the test eff
love. Let Us, therefore, obey His com
mandments, let Is take His yoke unon
US that we may prove cur love 70 Him
who first loved Us
Bible Readings -Deut. vi, .; Y. -,
13; Fed. vi, -, u; IL. tx, 2-4; Y, p;
Ps xix, sic; cxiZ, I27, 143; Mark *,
Al; Gal. Vi, 9; EPa. Vi, ?, 8; Phil ",
8, 4; Heb. XII, /, ,: John V, 3, l. II
John Vi; Rev. ii, 10; Vii, 1877.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
SEALING IN IABR tDOR.
Fields Many Miles Square Fairly
rerin,ng "ith Seats.

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March =. !-c err tss-~l 5fat ON which Inc
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S'"fizi s#tst '-'t "itf#s iftf meet the I'M
menSa tiafdsaijy from IL Area3e astHt-
Tho no ,ft..5,.5a-z. -...,or, ,r5st..
III 10 ='''' ."'''2 5tt''' W. f''' stir. \
gre '-t1a'et ted IT. that he "a
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
Tripping Into Town.

A little lass with golden hair,
A little lass with brown,
A little lass with raven locks,
Went tripping into town.
~ like the golden hair the best"
"And prefer the brown"
"And the black, " three sparrows said.
Three sparrows of the town.
"Tu-whit, tu-whool" an old owl cried
From the belfry in the town.
"Glad hearted lassies need not mind
II locks be gold, black, brown.
Tu-whit, tu-whoo, SO fast, so fast,
The sands of life run down.
"And soon-so soon-three white haired
danes
Will totter through the town.
Gone then for aye the raven locks,
The golden hair, the brown,
And she will fairest be whose face
Has never worn a frown."
Selected
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
hid re Popular Music Prevails.

1t is gpayely affirmed il Golden Days
that therh is in Italy an entire village of
retired organ grinders all speaking Eng
fish with IAN Italian accent. They have all
made their money in England or this
country and have returned to spend the
remainder of their lives with their fami-
lies The majority have kept their organs
as memendos, and on fair evenings the
stranger is entertained with familiar airs
of all countries on the globe.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

There are always some weak-minded
people to applaud any man who knows
how to boast.
Wear your learning like your watch, in
private pocket, and do not pull it out
and strike it merely to show that you
have one. If you are asked what O'Clock
it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly
and unasked like the wstchman.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
wSoSeLE
CokNS,.}z !. <sstoLAS
~ SVNG @-|
HOW TED WAS ENTERTAINED
With Slate. Pencil lie Learns the
Game OF ..pdtehN Ori<


Game OF "PatehW work"
DO you know any nice new games,
Aunt Almas" Ted asked.
Il know two slate games that are SO oll
they Will be quite new to you, Ted.
Ted's slate was close at hand. aud the
first game they played was called Patch
work. First Of all, Aunt Alma put ever
SO many dots on the slate in q square
form Gig. y Aunt Alma and Ted then
began drawing lines from one dot 10 an
other. in turn Soon the slate looked like
Fic. ,
The game required each player to make
a line in turn. and each player tried TO
make the line without onatliHg the oppo-
nent to complete a square As often as
player completed a square he earned the
right to make another line ct once
Before be know il Ted was completely
absorbed Il YVES really exciting, fer as
has been stated, when a player added
fourth side 10 a square he had the priv
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
mich Work to Re Done.

The officers of the Missouri Roads I'm
provement association give it as their
opinion that 1.-The defeat of the good
roads constitutional amendment at the
late election shows that there is still
much to do before the people are given
the roads they SO sorely need. st.
Louis Republic.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
LEADING THE OLD BLIND RAT.

stance of really touching devotion. An
old blind rat was being led about by two
young rats, Tie blind one carried stick
in its mputh, and its friends placed them
selves oIse GA each side, seized the end Of
the stici in their teeth, anu SO condu
the helI Jess creature along the pathway
and acroSs planks and other obstacles in
perfect e Use and safety
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

When an animal loses its sight, its case
would be very hard but for the kindness
often shown to it by fellows of its own
species. A farmer tells story Of witness
ing more than once last summer an In
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

Two new enterprises have been organ
lied by Miss Willard-one the raising OF
a fund to extend w. c. T. L. work among
colored women, which she desires to be a
memorial to Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop; the
other free literature fund to be named
for Mrs. Mary A. Wood bridge. The funds
are to be raised by means of phonograph
at the Temple, which for the sum of ten
cents will reproduce two-minute ad-
dresses OF leading speakers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

Toronto saloon keeper is reported as
saying that the introduction of The cleo
trio car in that city has largely diminis he'd
the sales in the saloons, as workmen W no
previously walked home in companies OF
from five to twenty, and stopped at the
saloons on the way for a social drink, now
ride home, and, once there, spend the
evenings witt their families.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04
u. &. &. II. Column.

The Meal Dow Home Protection
Party is growing body OF citizens who
are standing enemies OF the saloon. 1t Is
a movement to which Gen. Neal Dow and
Miss W Hard give Endorsement. \ plain
card, bearing in one SornYr the pictured
face eli prohibitions hero, gives the
pledge of the home protection party !:
Realizing that the greatest curse in our
nation is the liquor traffic and the evils
which flow from it, | hereby so!emnly
pledge myself to totally abstain from he
use ef al intoNicants a. r beverage, and
aid in the work OF reseuing he perishing.
will never, knowingly. vote for any
candidate or political lsrty that upholds
any system OF tax or license laws which
legslize or perpetuate the traffic. The
saloon must GO and VIII work to make
il GO" On the reverse side are seven
notices of the army. This is but one
more Of the many mems employed to
strengt hen the ant-saloon forces. May
it speed on successfully, The cards may
Ohio.
An impressive tableau W hich might lie
utilized ny some Of cur Nh:te-rfkE Ion
entertainers is that suggested by the
piquant picture published in the Wash
ngton Post in connection With lis eX
cellent account OF the great World :
petition meetings. The illustration
semi humorous'y represented the great
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

Miss Willard wishes it stated that any
articles Of hers that have appeared in
Sunday papers have been published
without her authorization. She has
repeatedly declined advantageous offers
to contribute to these papers and would
not knowingly do anything SO incon-
sistent and so harmful to the society Of
which she is the president.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

one Elam n, c,iLcs E',cA. Ill., I...l
NAM
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-04

An interesting feature of the " Grid,
Woman's christian Temperance Union
biennial meetings to te held in London
next June, viii he the unveiling of the
children's fountain which j. to De placed
in London a. mark OF British ehildren's
love and loyalty to the temperance cause
The fountain has Teen sculptgred il
bronze by George +. Made, OF London
and Is a copy Of the fountain which
stands in Chicago ss memento of the
loving interest children in America and
many ether nations have taken in the
cause Of temperance.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-03
SOME DAY

men may find positive cure for
Consumption, but it is a great
thing to be able to prevent it,
and in its early stages even to
cure it. The only remedy yet
known to prevent, as we'll as to
cure in the early stages of the
disease, is SCOTS Emulsion of
Cod-liver Oil with the Hypo-
phosphites of Lime and Soda.
1t acts in two ways-as a medi-
cine destroying the germs which
cause the disease, and as a food
stopping the wasting 1.-THE con-
suming), and replacing the lost
flesh and tissue.
Don't be persuaded to accept a substitute!
Scott & 8O~neI NY. All Druggists. soc. and ST..
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-03

The states that can be depended
upon to 60 hell bent for free and
unlimited coinage Of silver, at a l6
to l ratio, do not all told compare
in the strength of their electoral
votes with the single vote Of New
York state. This fact will have Its
effect in the conventions as well as
at the polls and in the electoral
college. The Republican idea Of
sound money is growing month by
month.