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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
Rough on Lord Russell.

An amusing story is told anent Lord
Wriothesly Russell, canon Of Windsor,
who became an abstainer late III life.
In giving the reason for his conversion
to teetotal ideas before a recent meeting
he assigned as the cause for his change
that "for 40 years as parish clergy
man he had been trying to cure drunk
ards by getting them to indulge in mod
GRAFTON, but had never once succeeded. I"
HIS amazement may be imagined when
the next day he read in the newspaper
that he himself had been trying "for 40
years to drink in moderation. but had
never once succeeded
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
His Mother at . Saloon Door.

In 1874 l saw my mother kneeling in
the snow to pray at saloon door, and
crept out by a side way, stepping softly
in the sawdust, ashamed Of her.
That days work cost her her life, but
the saloon did not even pause, and heI
only child sped downward to the hell Of
darkness. But that snow set prayer per-
sisted at God S throne through - awful
years, and for her importantly be could
but always hear, and when would "
he spoke TO me and speaks, and will
spl4k on and on, until on some sweet
Christmas eve find my mothers arm
again, and laaning on her great heart
celebrate the end of the crusade John
G. MonlleY
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
WHAT WHISKY DOES.
ACTIONS OF \ DRUNkARD ARE
THOSE OF \ MANIAC.
THE COURSE AND SYMPTOMS OF me
briefly RESEMBLE THE PROGRESS
OF INSANITY.


Alcoholic, ir+avication IA insanity.
~. l,,.,l.,.,. ,..r.,,r,1 ,,.,.,.o cortors ara
- :,......,.4..,,.. Tho dr,,,lnp
si.s', = - IT.
man II Il iili'''''s anu '''''e '''-''i''
III the eAei'ao-e stage ft'l"'i'S io'
stralnt Waeu young man af'nhs wins
at a party or cenFlNaI4y' he becomes
excited, hilarious, more q les con.
fused, lnc-oiuindte, theh stupld, ana
then goes ell INTO a c''ll@tose S'gep 1'h'''
the poison Is consumed When he Is re-
stored once more n sanity,
Viewed entirely from the STANDPOINT
u physical Itfh9IaSy' without a Nil2" l.
edge Of tine cause. TINS dtbauIh can only
be called an attack Of insanity. Now,
1t wlll be noted that the course ana
symptoms oi drunken III resemble the
who" course ana progress 81 INSANITY
In the first stage Is elevation 81 the
higher cerebral teht'rS--e Na4tatloh ul
self and VISIONS Of grandeur. Inc man
Is conscious ot everything except ilAt
he l. drunk "A lew more dfihhs' anu
then the higher cehterS take on e9hlu'
iyzea' speech Is taleN''''ti, inc Eai' Is
Staggering 'ne man res N'"''''lS
grows St0Pid ana fe.ai,>e' INTO 'Yh,a anu an,
:, neral paralysis an" Is dead o5u4A'
Inns Is the typical course oi th' ,tistA>e
KNOWN Is general iaA'-S 10. III 'iie Ms,
stages Of TINS disease 'aere Is latil'a1
eAaita'ieh, theh hthtAI itf'ef,' u, 'Aen
the 10" cthters become involved, ai'.
hhai.Y the scene ehas with coma ana
general paralysis
In de6aucA alcohol hrst attacks me
higher nerve eehtefs-cereoFoN ahd GER
ebe4Lum. Inc reason Is because THESE
centers have less resistance imam the
lower to alcohol Tho lower cehteIs are
involved later and are aatEt'd least
But cases are numerous III when the
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CHRISTIAN ENDEANOE.
Topic for the Week Beginn ng August
4-Comment by Rev. =. II. Doyle.


ToPIc-Orlr promised land and how to
reach it-RSv. xxi, -, ~.
Whether the twenty-frst chapter Of
Revelation refers 10 the condition Of
things when the gospel shall triumph
throughout the world or is a description
Of the future heaven is a matter Of dis,
pute. But ia either case 1t may refer tc
heaven, the promised land Of the Chris
tan % as representing the reality OF
(2) as type Of the real glory ii the III
ture existence Of God 5 people From
necessity the Bible does not tell Us
much definitely about heaven, because
we could not probably understand II.
What Is told i IL figures and types.
which, if we cannot fully understand
is vet sufficient 10 encourage Us III our
efforts to enter heaven, and this is I'M
doubtedly the purpose Of what Is sad,
particularly IN the passage before us.
Our promised land Is here represented
as the hoy city + new Jerusalem,
coming down from God ont Of heaven.
prepared Us a bride, adorned FOR her hu>.
band. Jerusalem was the Jews ideal q
everything that was beautiful and de
sirable, and such an image would fulfill
their ideal of what heaven should le Is
it should al>4 ours. God dwelt in tins
city, for it : called the tabernacle I
God. " Where heaven is We dunot know,
but that it is whore God and Christ
manifest themselves ii an especial man
ner we do know. Where God is. where
Christ is. that j. heaven, and there can
be no heaven without them Til" pres
ence Of God was to berich with blessing,
for He was to wipe all tears from the
ewes Of His people, and there was to he
mo more death. neither sorrow nar
CRYING: neither any more pain. What
a comforting description Of our promised
land! But God is to be everywhere
present in l.ayen. for the city had nc
temple. no special place Of abode far
God. Heaven is also place Of security.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
Drinking Sentiments.

Here's hoping" Is the term employed
by lazy man. You can suppose him to
be hoping anything that is good and nice
Here looking at you" is derived from
al old English custom in alehouses. The
ale mugs then as now had glass bottoms,
through which the drinker could survey
his companions when he had drunk the
ale. NO heeltaps" is an expression used
by ardent young men, very often by col
lege students, proud of their conviyial
powers
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
American Colleges.

Harvard college was founded in 1886 by
vote passed Al All adjourned meeting
(Oct IS, old sryi,) Of the general court of
the colony II Massachusetts, Bay, which
convened on sept. ol lAat year. Next to
Harvard the Oldest oollegeNras that of Viii
liam and Mary, at Williamsburg the cap
ital Of Virginia. Yale college, in New Ha
ven, was the third in age, says an ex
change.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
Concerning Women.

Butchering isn't very nice business,
and yet, according 10 the last census bull
letin, there are 1879 women out OF l05, 442
butchers There We're "a women hostlers
out of 54, 029 and 4 locomotive engineers
and firemen out Of 70, 459 Only one wom
an pilot appears in the list OF 1895, while
as undertakers women make much
better showing, there being SO women I'M
dertakers out Of 8, 900
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
But One Way to Stnn.

Idly, yaiHly shall we seek to stop ex-
cessive drinking 50 long US we permit
drinking at all. As we'll might you en-.
courage men to drift over Niagara falls,
but exhort them to be sure to stop when
half way down. Greeley.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
II. G. {. IL. Column.

The Wells Fargo express company or
ders that any employee who is seen taking
a glass of whisky while ON duty or during
business hours shall be cautioned at once,
and on repeating the offease be immedi-
Rtely discharged.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
The Spread of the English Language,

Gladstone computes that the habitual
speakers of the English language have in
creased from 3, coo, 900 to los, 600, 600 dur
ing the last 100 years, and that they will
number 100, 600, 600 by the end Of the year
1900. At that rate Of increase, which is
seyenfold each century, such speakers will
include not less than $40, 900, 900 by the
end Of the year 1000.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01

\ large number OF trainmen and con-
ductors have recently been discharged
from the New York Central railroad for
violating the rules Of the company by
froquenting saloons. The spoilers were
furnished with cameras. which gave
evidence against which deniais were use
less.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01

The man who votes for license ought to
be willing that his son should die a
drunkard The open saloon, which his
vote helps TO establish, he knows viii
eusuarc the feet of somebody's boy, why
should it not be, in the eternal law Of
fitness, his own child?
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01

Preach the gospel Of abstinence for the
individual and prohibition fer the state;
either Will knock out he saloon il a major
ity will practice either; both combined
with a law to enforce prohibition, and the
liquor traffic il doomed. sure. Down with
the saloon. upwith sobriety.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01

am very glad the Woman'- Christian
Temperance Union j. fighting the temper
ancc battle, but do not think il very
ereditable To Us men that We leave Il to be
fought by the women. In the old legeh d
=. George fought the battle for the de-
l57erence Of the women, hut in modern
life the women fight the tattle, and st.
George sits en- the fence To SIC how il is
going on Dr. Lyman AtboH.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01
Can You Spare One?

Have you boy to spare: Remember
the ginmills can't be run without boys.
Voice.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-01

1t is told that the very earliest cuckoo
song dates back to the reign of Henry III
G2u7-72), and it is worthy OF note that the
music to which i was sung has also been
preserved along with it The words and
thought are far more pleasing and poetic
than those OF the crude but much laud
ed ode To the Cuckoo" OF Logan OF
Bruce, whichever of them wrote it, ever
In their undermined form, as they are xiv
en- in Harting's " ORTHODOXY OF Shane
speare;
summer IS come IN,
Loud sing, cuckoo.
The seed erow,th, and the mead blowetk
And the wood shoots now.
Sing, cuckoo.
The eve bleats after the lamb,
The COW lows after the calf
The bullock starts, the buck yerts-
Merrlly sing, cuckoo,
Well slngest thou, cuckoo,
Msyest thou never cease.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
EMBEzzLER ExrRADrTEn.

DIES MONIES. Ia, Nov. n-Telegrams
from the City of Mexico state that
Richard c. Rowe will be brought back to
Iowa within week and kilograms from
Montezunla, Poweshiek county, state that
he will be tried there Immediately for
completely in the embezzlement of S33. on
of that county's funds.
Richard c. Rowe was living in Kansas
at the time his brother, Chester Rowe
who was the treasurer of Poweshiek
taneously with portion Of the a county county
funds. 1t is the general opinion of the
authorities that there will be difficulty in
.convicting his brother of completely in
the defalcation. County Auditor Baxter
and Detective Frazee, of AIontezuma,
who have been in Mexico two months
trying to get the Mexican government to
issue reouisition papers for Rowe, say
they can convict MIN: The brother. how
he has acquired property in Mexico, thus
becoming citizen of that country and
the government refuses to allow him to
be extradited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
CHATTANOOGA PARK.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE an
nual report of the Chicamauga and
Chattanooga national park commission
to the secretary of war shows that for
ty-two miles of road have been con-
structed in the park and much done
in the way of repairs and betterments.
The park now involves $3.50 acres, up
on which s27,S2O have been expended.
Additional tracts which were desired
cannot be secured owing to the ex-
orbitant charges of holdes.. Twenty
three monuments and marks have
been placed and 11S foundations pre-
pared for state monuments, and 208
of these state monuments and marks
have been completed. None of the
southern states have taken steps to
mark the position of their troops, and
the border and southern states have
lust commenced their work with the
prospect of constructing over 100 mon
uments during the next year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
JAPANESE STEAMSHIP LINE.

TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 1L-Miki
Safto, the new japanese consul, who
arrived last night, says that one of his
duties will be to make a report upon
the feasibility of establishing a Japan
csc mail steamship line to this coun-
try After setting settled he viii in
form himself upon the commercial in
terests of his jurisdiction. make in
qulries as to prospects of business and
acertaln what advantages various
cltles can offer for the terminus. He
thinks the line will be established to
Puget Sound or some southern MORT
The line will be established hv ri H. =
nippon Yuzen Kaissha of Janan
steamship company which is heavily
SUBSIDIZED by the government and has
on hand extra steamers. which were
purchased and used as TRANSPORTS dn.7
ing the Chinese war. The comnan,, -,
recently started a line to Austraiis
ana another is projected to Formosa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
TURKS HATE ARMEyJ.ys.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Times this
morning publishes a letter from Con-
stantinople explaining the situation
throughout the Turkish empire. The
writer says that owing to the rigid
censorship exercised by Turkish Off
Gals the lower class among the Turks
are quite ignorant They believe that
the sultan inaugurated the policy Of
oppression but TO some extent it is
stated that the Armenians believe the
contrary. The Turks think the Ar
menians will be treated as they were
twenty years ago, and besides this
they entertain the idea that the Ar
menians are ungrateful Thus a feel
ing of hatred towards the Armenians
prevails and the ignorant Turks really
appear to fear being massacred by the
ArmenianS.
The government officials, according
to this letter, are directly responsible
the duty of the people to kin and
plumber the Armenians.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
PAGET-WHITNEY.
THE SECOND SWELL WEDDING
TAKES PLACE AT NOON TODAY.
Grover VIII Occupy u Front Pew in
ST. Thomas Church-BridaI Couple
May Spend the Winter in Egypt.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Paget-
Whitney wedding at st. Thomas
church at noon tomorrow will be a no
table event. President Cleveland will
be seated in the front pew, and be-
hind him will be Secretary Herbert,
Secretary Lamont and the diplomatic
corps, including Sir Julian Pauncefote,
Lord Westmeath and Mavorini Bey.
There was no rehearsal for the we'd
ding today, but there was large in
formal reception at Mr.. Whitney's
home at Fifth avenue and Fifty-sev-
enth street. The arrangements for the
wedding are completed, carte blanche
having been given in the floral decora-'
lions.
Mr.. George Warren, the organist, will
preside at the organ, and Toulmin, the
harpist, and the church choir, will as
sist In addition Mr.. Eduardo de Res
zeke and Nine Nordica will sing and
Herr Frank Ondriczek, who is to make
his public debut at the First Philhar-
monic concert will play on the violin.
Hahn Frank will lead a large string
orchestra.
The order of the bridal procession
will be the same as usual The ushers
will lead the way and will be followed
by the flower maidens, and they in
their turn by the bridesmaids Miss
Pauline Whitney, the bride, will walk
up the aisle with her father, Mr.. Will
liam c. Whitney.
Mr.. Almiro Hugh Paget, who is the
third in his family to wed an Ameri-
can girl. viii await his bride at the
chancel with his brother, Mr. Gerald
Paget. The bridesmaids will he Miss
Sloane, Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, Miss
Dimick. Miss Bond, Miss Barney and
Miss Brown.
Mr.. Paget expects to take his bride
to st. Paul for a short period and later
abroad. Very possibly they will winter
in Egypt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
EUROPEAN PANIC.
BOurses Greatly Excited, with Heavy
Institutions to the Rescue.


PARIS, Nov 11-Rappei this morn
ing saws the great financial houses have
decided to place at the disposal of the
market 100000 to 100000 francs in
order to facilitate a settlement.
The speech of Marquis Salisbury, de-
livered in London on Saturday, had a
good effect here.
Baron De Rothschild will preside to-
day at conference of financiers, the
object being to take concerted action,
by large subscription of capital. to meet
the necessities of the situation.
Baron De Rothschild and Minister of
Finance NJ. Doumer had a conference
this morning and subsequently the lat
ter received the governor of the Bank
of France and a syndicate of agents of
the change. The meetings have had
marked effect in improving the financial
situation. although it is not known what
has been decided upon.
A semi-official note was issued this af-
'As a result of the conferences this
morning at the ministry of finance,
measures will be taken 10 remove the
panic prevailing on the Bourse. Baron
De Rothschilds has conferred with the
principal Paris bankers, and it it under
stood the latter have decided to inter-
vene"
The official Reichsanzeiger this even
ing said that at a meeting of the I'm
periaI bank today, DR.. Koch, director
of that institution, explained that the
raising Of the bank rate was unavoid-
able.
Public deposits for the past week, he
added. had decreased 3O,OO0,0OO marks;
100000 marks in gold had been with
drawn since December, and the note re-
serve was 80. 100000 marks lower than on
October %. Therefore in view of the
fact that private discount had risen as
high as the bank rate, and taking into
account the stringency of money, the
rate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
Johann Most at Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Nov. 11.-Mil-
waukee hall was packed last evening
with a crowd which had gathered to re-
we're the memory of the Chicago anar-
chists who met death on the lgallows in
Chicago in 1887. Portraits of Spies, Par
sons. Fischer, Engle and Lingg, heavily
draped with crepe. occupied prominent
places on the stage. Intertwined among
the American and German colors was
the red flag.
Johan Most of New York was the ora
tor of the dav. Most lacked none of his
old time virility and make a red hot
speech, largely on the lines that are
familiar to readers of his utterance.
The speakers denunciation of the priests
and clergy of Chicago was delivered in
seathin.: terms and yeheme m gestobres
ticn. Most lauded Governor Altgeid, say
ing he is not an a; hist he he is bon mot
from the crown of his head to the soles
Mrs. Lucy Parsons was warmly
greetd bv the friends of her dead hus-
band. She spoke in about the same vein
that she has used in her past addresses
in Milwaukee and Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
BAsELEss TALK.

OMAHA, Nov. 11.-Sergeant Forby.
of the Thurston Rifles, says that the
charges brought by the Merton Rifles,
Of Washington, that the Thurstou won
the Memphis trophy by the aid Of
members of the regular army posing
among them as Thurstors. is based
only upon the fact that when the
Thurstons went to Memphis they took
as their guests Lieutenant Van Lief
and Two sergeants and a corporal de-
tailed by Colonel Bates to go there
with them TO correct errors, but that
the members of the regular army took
no part in the drills. lie adds that
while the MortIn MS bring this charge,
they also had as their guests a men,
ber Of the regular army for the same
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
UNDER TWO FLAGS.

NEW YORK. Nov. u.-Captain Frank
L. Miller of the American brig Harriet
q, which, on leaving the Cuban port of
Nuevitas on October 3 was searched By,
Spanish officers, who claimed to be look
incorrectly stated that l was not living
the stars and stripes when the search
was made. This was not the case 1,he
search was made by nine men under the
leadership of a Spanish officer. Nv pro-
tests were unavailing. The American
consul witnessed part of the search and
Joined in the protest. 1t was useless.
however. The Spaniards did not care a
continental for American rights and
would insult our flag whenever oppor-
tunity offers. Had my vessel flown the
British flag not a Spaniard would have
dared to attempt a search
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
GEORGE GouLD.s w1cKEDNEss.

NEW YORK, Nov. I-Counsel for
George ]. Gould served notice today
on counsel for Mrs. Zella Nicolaus-
Ruhman in her $4,000 suit against
Gould, that evidence concerning her
wonld be taken in Chicago on Novem-
her %. in Cincinnati December 2 and
In Wabash on December 4. Twenty
witnesses have been subpoenaed for
these hearings. Among them are Col
onel W. F. Cody or Buffalo Bill" Nate
Salisbury and Alfred S. Trude. prose
cutor of the pleas of Cook county, ILL
ronic
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
EARLY CHURCH IN NEW MExIco

DENVER, Colo, Nov. IA special
to the News from Santa Fe, says:
Rev. j. B. Salpointe, former archbishop
of Santa Fe, left here today for France
and Madrid, where he will spend a
year or more in searching the historic
archives for data relative to the early
history of the church in New Mexico,
Arizona and Mexico. Archbishop Sal
pointe has been great worker in this
territory. where he arrived in 1859, as
priest, and again in 1885 as an arch
bishop, after he had labored for six
teen years in the hard missions Of
Arizona
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
BOLD ROAD AGENTS,
Help Themselves to $4,000 Express
Money and Escape.

hohCS anu ISCipe.
DENVER, Nov. IA special to
the News from Colorado Springs says:
The express office at the Santa Fe de-
pot in this city was robbed of $40, 900
tonight. Immediately after the de-
parture of the night express at GAP.
George Krout, the express agent,
stepped from the platform into his
office and was confronted by two
masked men who leveled revoluers at
his head and ordered him to open the
safe. This he did and they helped
themselves to two packages of money
containing $4,000 and $3.50 respective
ly. and made their escape. The money
was part of a consignment of $50, 900
sent from Denver to Cripple Creek, the
remainder of which was in the safe
but was not found. officers are scour-
ing the country in the hope of captur-
ing the hold-ups.
A posse of men with bloodhounds
are on the trail of the robbers and
there is a likelihood they will be cap
tured before morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
MISS RUSSELL WEARS TIGHTS

CHICAGO. Nov. u.-Miss Lillian Rus
sell returned to bifurcated garments to-
dav. 1t was at the Columbia theatre
here in new English version of Lee
cocq,s opera bouffe THE Little Duke"
Miss Russell never looked or sang bet
ter. and the audience demanded a sneech
after a dozen curtain calls following the
second act. Messrs. Abbey. Schoeffel and
Gran staged the new production SUI
perblv and the new English text bv Max
t'rohman is vast Improvement over
the London made version hitherto used
in this country.
Miss Russell's wearing of tights again
after her famous law suit with Manager
J. =. Duff occasioned no end of comment.
and the audience applauded her appear
ance before the curtain in knickerbock-
ers and long hose for three minutes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-12
A FIuke at baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 11.-George Go6frav
lOid Chocolate) got the decision from,
Billy WOODS, Of Denver. on a foul in the
ninth round at the Front street theatre
Young Critic was Woods saccnd The
men fought at 10 pounds. ne
woods appeared TO he badly out OF
conditon and the fight he put up was p
disappointment to his friends. q
Godfrey hammered him right and lef,
from the start. In the ninth round Woods
delivered three foul blows in succession
and Godfrey was given the decision.
Jack Ward. Of Newark and Louis Col
Inns, who. called himself the champion
fought ten rounds at los pounds as a
preliminary, but Ward put his man to
Eleep in the second.