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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-11-11

NORTH SEARSPORT ITEMS.
Welman Moulton and wife left for Boston
last week.
Harry Moore is at home from Boston for
a short visit
Frank NJ. Eastman of Prospect was in
town Sunday.
p. R. Hazwell and wife of Monroe were in
town last Sunday.
A. Stnson attended the veterans meeting
in Morrill, last week.
Neil Clark of Prospect was in town last
week ON business.
W. NJ. Merrthew is making extensive
repairs on his barn.
II. M. Bennett and wife have moved into
Sarah Smart's house
Irwin Black left last week for Boston.
where he has good situation.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Smart visited relatives
in Searsport village the past week.
Mrs. Arthur Eastman is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Geo. Cole, of Winterport.
G. o, Fernald and wife Ehave returned
from Boston, where they visited relatives.
Mrs. Abbie Carin of Searsport visited
her brothers, Fl. M. and Fred Black, recent
ly
Mrs. Sarah Smart has gone to Prospect to
spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. F.
NJ Eastman.
Mrs Marion Mathews has returned from
Brooks. where she las been keeping house
for W. L. Mathews.
There will be social dance at the Grange
Hall next Thursday and Thanksgiving
dance at the same place.
Frank M. Glathery has returned from
Searsport Harbor. where he had been en-
ployed the past six months.
We hope our delegates from Waldo coun-
ty to the next State Grange will not go over
to Augusta and sit like bump on log, as
they have done in the last few years past.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-11-11

Handled 4aes, FOOD SGsOs, SaeO Horses
Heather Strips, Glass AMI Putty, Inn
terms, Coal Sieves, Pulls of al Kinds
Tubs, 'ChuaNs, Butter Trays, Butte
Stamps, Meat Choppers, Raisin See,sr
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-11-11

APPLETON. Almond Gushee Relief Corps
now hold their meetings in V. O. Keller's
hall. They have occupied Grange hall
the past three years. Mrs. John B.
Gushee, who has been living with Mr. and
Mrs. E. D. Gushee for three years. returned
last week to her former home n LYME Ct.
Mrs Lydia Vaughan went to Union
Tuesday and will live with her sister, Mrs.
Theodore Tyler, the coming winter Mrs.
Tyler is an invalid. Geo. Morton, who
has been cIerking for H. G. Pease & Son
the past year, is now with F. L. Davidson
Miss Grace Hicks has returned from
Garland and will spend the winter with Mr..
and Mrs. @. W. Currier. Mr.. and Mrs
William Gay of Midway, Mass, are visiting
Mrs. Gays sister, Mrs. Frank Hail..
Joseph Ames and Danford Martin have
completed their job on the bridge over the
"Allen Brook" near Sherman's mill The
bridge, including abutments, has been re-
built. Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson of Belfast
has been the guest of her son, F. L. David
son, few weeks. -. The funeral of Mrs.
Lucy Ann Gushee, widow of the late
Thomas A. Gushee, was held at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Gushee, Fri
day, Rev. G. E. Harding officiating. ..
Charles Carleton has returned from a two
months visit with relatives in Salem, Mass.
MRS. Charlotte Hawkes., who has been
boarding a few weeks with f. l.. Davidson
and wife, is again at her home near Gushee's
Corner. Your correspondent received a
pleasant call from Elbridge Pitcher of Bel
fast last week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28
A Declined engagement.

One of the most noted women lee
turers in the east is having great deal
of amusement out of a letter she re-
ceived not long ago from an unheard-of
little town up in Maine. The writer
of the letter said:
Dear Lady: We want to git up some
kind of an Entertainment for the bene-
fit of the band boys in our town, and
it is thought that mebbe one of these
sterryoptican pickcher Textures by
you would draw if the pickchers was
good. We would want something of a
lively caracter that would give the band
a chance to come in with ten or twelve
selections during the leckture, the
whole to end with free dance to which
YOU would be invited. Please let me
know your turns by return of male and
saw if you can come on the 18th inst"
up. S. The band will meet you at the
depot and give you sirenade at the no.
tell
When the lady wrote, politely declin-
ing the engagement, she received Sec
ond letter, saying, briefly:
yours to hand It's all right, for we
have concluded to turn the whole thing
into dance and cake walk. Well give
you chance some other time. detroit
Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

binary nerve would have started off
with all speed, nor halted until Libby
was far behind, and even the steeples
of Richmond out of sight; but Kupp
was not an ordinary man. Standing
before the entrance to the prison, the
lieutenant shouted to Turner:
Say. mistah, hev We any objections
to feller's standin' acrost the street
an kinder peekin' at the buildin'?"
OF course Turner made no response,
but the guard continued down his post
and laughed. as if he thought the tall
man in butternuts very funny fellow.
Meantime the news of Kupp's escape
had spread among his late associates.
The excitement was oil the greater
from the fact that it had to be sup
pressed. Instead of glass there were
iron bars in the front windows. Pris-
oners were not permitted to come with
in two feet Of these bars. OF course all
knew the order, and that Capt. For
syth, of the One Hundredth Ohio, had
been killed few days before for unin-
tentionally violating it, yet the men
forgot all about this in their anxiety to
see Kupp leave.
The lieutenant had evidently made up
bis mind to crafty his comrades be-
hind the bars. Across Carey street from
the prison there was a vacant lot. Kupp
walked to the edge of the lot, sat down
on a log, and, taking out his broken
jackknife, began to white and to sig
Lal the men of his old room to come out
and join him.
The situation was intensely humor-
Gus, but at the same time intensely
painful to the men watching Kupp
from the prison, but not daring to raise
their voices in warning.
At length. to the great relief of all,
the lieutenant rose, stretched himself
and yawned Raising his slouched hat,
he shouted: "Good-by, Yanks; hope
ter see yo' agln" Then, with a long,
slouching stride. he passed out of sight
to the east.
The next flag of truce boat brought
through a letter from Kupp. Five days
after leaving Libby he fell in with
Buffers troopers from Fortress Mon
roe, and at the time Of writing was
about to take passage for Gods land
n. Y. Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28
GREAT SHOOTING.
How German POacher Won HTS
Freedom.


Freedom.
There is a weathervane in Frankfort,
which, if the story told be true, is a
witness to the skill of a marksman
whose shooting propensities had
brought him into trouble. The vane in
question bears number nine neatly
pricked on it's surface by nine holes.
The story-which is told in Mr.. A. III.
Guerber's Legends of the Rhine
attributes the figures to poacher who
had used his gun once too often, and
had been imprisoned in the tower which
the vane adorned.
Nine days and nights in solitude dur
ing which he had nothing to do but lis
fen to the creaking of the vane, caused
the prisoner to hate the dismal sound
with so violent hatred that he COM
planned sorely to his jailer. 1t had pre-
vented him, he said, from finding mo-
ment's oblivion in sleep.
''Were only free" he added, 81 would
show the good people of Frankfort how
accurately l can aim by shooting as
many holes in that wretched old wealth
I'll NduS DIS nave SPShC ~ h1S III eAii'
tower, and, what is more, those nine
holes should form the number nine"
The jailer reported the speech to the
city councillors, and they, anxious to
see such proof of skill, agreed that the
poacher should be allowed to try wheth-
er he could make good so great boast.
If he succeeded in touching the vane
nine times, and so managed his shots
that the nine holes should group them.
selves into figure nine, his skill should
earn him his freedom.
The poacher was brought forth. He
loaded his gun, took aim at the movable
yane, and fired. The mark was reached,
and hole appeared in the vane. Nine
times the marksman tried, each fresh
hole appearing in precisely the spot
where it was needed to help in fashion
ing the figure nine. When the poacher
took aim for the ninth time the figure
was complete. A well-shaped number
nine graced the vane, and under the
terms of the agreement, the prison
er had earned his freedom.-Youth's
Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28
The Ideal Line.

The members of the Baptist Young PEG
national meeting of that body in July, should
bear in mind that there is no better equipped
line from the East, North or Northwest,
than the popular Big Four route via Cincin-
natl or Louisville. All through passenger
trains on this line are vestibuled, equipped
with Buffet sleepers, with Hotel Dining
Cars on day trains. At Cincinnati direct
the Queen & Crescent Route, the Short Line
to Chattanooga, via the famous High Bridge.
At Louisville, with the Southern Railway
and the Louisville & Nashville, via Nam
moth Cave, and Nashville, allowing stop
over at both these points.
The fare from Chicago will be extremely
low. For rates, time cards, ETC., address
4 6 Tucker N S G. H n A. 81 or f f. w. Sparks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

the officer in charge. When the guard
had passed the sentinel at the door
kupp walked over and saluted Turner,
who was by this time seated at his
desk inside of railing. Hearing the
shutting of feet on the floor, Turner
looked up and demanded:
"Who the devil are your"
'I'm from North Calmly" responded
Kupp.
How did you get in here?"
Followed the CAD. an I've been wait
in to talk wild yo'. Amt you Mistah
Turnah?"
That's my name. Now, what do you
want?" asked Turner, as he arose an
grily from the desk.
1--WE been in hospital, jest got out
yes'day, an thought foah left TO- the
front I'd like to see the Yankee priz-
ners," said Kupp.
go to the front, confound you, and
you'll see more Yankees than you'll
like!" shouted Turner.
Then thar amt no show fo' me to
see any of them Yanks helped gobble
at Gettysburg or Chickamaugy?
"No; get outl" and Turner pointed to
the door, where an armed guard stood
listening and laughing.
"Waal, I didn't know you uns was so
cussed particular" drawled Kupp, as,
obeying the direction indicated by
Turner's extended hand, he made for
the door.
Kupp saluted the guard, who ex-
changed winks with him as he passed
out to freedom.
Once beyond the guard, man of or
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themselves. OF all the things in the
big box, the one that most delighted
Kupp's soul was a suit of butternut
clothes, evidently of home manufac-
ture. even to cloth.
| The lieutenant soon "shucked" his
blue rags and donned the new suit.
Thus attired, he strobe up and down
the upper Potomac ROOM" hunk of
bread in one hand and chunk of ham
| panions demanded to know when he left
'North Caliny."
"Hit don't mattah we'en / left" re-
sponded Kupp, with an inimitable
mountaineer drawl; "the thing that's
a-botherin' me now is we'en an how
Izc gwine ter git back"
AS old soldiers will remember, the
uniforms of the confederates were any
| thing but uniform at about this time.
The citizen clothing put aside at the
beginning of the war was sent to the
front from home, though a gray hat,
gray trousers or gray coat had been
| retained wherever possible. Hundreds
of confederates in "butternuts" passed
the prison along Carey street every day,
and many of the guards about Libby
and those who came in every morning
to count the prisoners were dressed in
the same material.
The prison roll call at this time was
more expeditions than efficient. Every
morning in the gray cold dawn of that
| bitterly cold weather the Yankees were
| routed from the floors on which they
| Law and driven into the upper Potomac
or upper east room-the latter was the
name given it by the confederates
Through an opening in the wall the
men were counted into the upper Chick
amauga. or upper middle room, where
they were free to do as they pleased
within the prescribed limits. The men
at the head of the line, and they were
| usually the ones who had something 10
| cook, made swift rush to the lower
middle room, where there were four
| old-fashioned rusty kitchen stoves.
When the count was over and no
Yankee reported missing the guards
room, where "Black George" the SER
geant, and the prison clerk. Little
Ross" reported to Maj. Turner. COM
mandant of the prison.
One morning. it was early in January.
"a, and about ten days after he had
received the clothing from home. it was
noticed that Kupp, who was usually
among the first counted out, hung to
the rear, and on this occasion was the
very last.
When Kupp came into the upper
Chickamauga room the guard was
forming to go. Selling the hand of
Capt. Mas, of his own regiment, who
stood near by, the lieutenant wills
pered:
"Good-by, Ed; I'm going to make a
break for Gods land"
AS this was the first intimation Capt.
Mas had had of his friends purpose, he
was too much astounded to make a
reply. The next instant Kupp had
caught step and fallen in behind the
guard.
He kept safely to the rear until the
sergeant of the guard had reported to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28
THE PICTURE.

There is a picture in my room
No stranger eyes shall ever see,
Fit food for mirth to them. perhaps.
holy thing to me-
She labored in barren land.
Barren of hills or river shore;
Barren of woods or prairie sweep
Small things about her door.
Her face was brown with sun and toll;
Her eyes were truthful steady gray:
Her hands were firm, and fixed to work
Through all the changeless day.
Between the tasks she painted it
A chid's cheap paint box all she had
The drawing. color, you would say.
Absurdly. wholly bad.
But she who held the wretched brush.
In hands but used to WELD broom,
Put all her starving soul in this
Her love of bird and bloom.
She saw a faint glow, sunset sky,
That glorified the brooding hills;
She saw the river still with light
Like a soul Gods presence fills.
She saw the birds fit silently
Homeward against that tender light;
She felt the fragrance of the rose
Before the dew of night.
Deep feelings made her heart grow great
Grow great within her as she wrought.
What If the hand that held the brush
Was rigid, and untaught?
The poor, pathetic, faded daub,
With the cheap tints and shaky lines,
Grows glorious as masterpiece
When once the eye divines.
l, who have tried, in hating rhyme.
To tell the things my soul would see.
Hang it away from scornful eyes
A holy thing to me.
Margaret Gilman George, in Youths Com
panion.
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centuries ago and where their descend
ants cling to the old customs and the
mother tongue even unto this day.
AS it was summer at the time of
Gettysburg, the men captured in that
battle were in light attire, and the long
march down to Richmond and the wear
and tear on their thin blouses reduced
them to rags, and this Pennsylvania
lieutenant seemed to be the most ragged
of all.
Kupp was considerably over six feet
in height, lank, lopg-limbed, and in
clined to be round-shoudered. He was
about "A years old, and the gray eyes,
long, dark hair, and fuzz-covered face
gave him the appearance of a North
Carolina mountaineer. His comrades
jokingly called him 1.-The tar heel" but
he took it good naturally. The resem-
blance was much in his favor when he
made up his mind to leave Libby, and,
to use his own language, make a bee
line for Gods land" as the prisoners
called the north.
The two subjects that engrossed the
minds of the men were exchange and
escape. Nearly every day the report
spread that the exchange cartel had
been resumed, and that the men were
to be sent north under flag of truce
within "a hours. On such occasions
groups of excited men would rush
through the six divisions of the
dark, dreary old warehouse, shouting
frantically:
"Pack up! Pack up! All exchanged!
Hurrah for Gods land!"
Constant disappointment failed to
lessen these rumors, nor did it weaken
the hopes of the men who heard them.
Perhaps Kupp was an exception, for he
never got excited, was never stirred
from his stofid bearing by the cry OF
Pack up!" 81 have nothing to pack, "
he would say with grim smile, and
without raising his eyes from the bit
of yellow bone he was trying to carve
into crucifix with broken jackknife.
Plans for escape were daring and in
Vulnerable. Nearly all were imprac-
teal, yet, unknown to their comrades,
rs men, pledged to secrecy, were at this
time digging in the darkness the great
tunnel through which subsequently ITO
men escaped.
"When get good and ready I'm going
to light out"
This Kupp would say to the men un-
folding their schemes about him, but as
he refused to tell how he proposed get
ting away he was laughed at and left
10 his bone carving.
Just before Christmas the confed-
crate authorities, who had refused to
receive supplies for the prisoners from
the United States government, per-
mitted friends in the north to send down
a little food and clothing under flag of
truce. Uniforms were contraband, so
that all the clothes that came through
were of the citizen style and material.
Lieut.. Kupp received huge box, full
of hams, sausages, preserves, cheese and
other good things from the old farm,
but neither the memory of past hunger
nor fear of the future prevented his in
citing the men who had no boxes to help
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28
MANY MERCHANTS SUED.
Users and Selling Agents of Imperial
Cash Registers Brought Into Court.

st. Paul, Mimi, April 27.-Suit has been
filed in the United States Circuit Court
pany, of this city, by The National Cash
Register Company, of Dayton, Ohio, asking
for an injunction and damages. Messrs. Nc.
Cormick, Behnke & Company are the sell
ing agents for the Imperial Cash Register,
sometimes known as the Osborn, which is
manufactured by the Osborn Cash Register
Company, of Detroit, Michigan, and which
The National Cash Register Company
claims infringes cash register patents owned
by them.
Anderson & Buscho, of Wells, Mimi,
Charles E. Ward, of Bement, ILL.,, Kennedy,
Hungerford & Kools, of Kalamazoo, Mich,
John A; Rosinbush, of Union City, Ind, and
mere than twenty other individuals and
firms, who are either using or selling I'm
perial Cash Registers, have also been sued
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

In time everything breaks or wears out.
Outlines a break can be repaired if the prop
er means are at hand. One of the many
great advantages of using a Winchester
make of rifle or repeating shot gun is that, if
any part of the gun is broken, it can be cas-
lily replaced at a trifing cost. All Winches-
ter guns are made by system of inter-
changeable parts SO that part will fit any
Winchester gun of like model This per-
mits the owner of Winchester to renew any
part of the gun without the aid of gun
maker. Parts can be obtained through
any gun dealer in the country. This fea-
ture alone should recommend strongly
guns made by the Winchester Repeating
Arms Co., New Haven, CT. Send for
their large illustrated catalogue free.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28
Physicians Wise in their Generation

Physicians Wise in their Generation.
The above class of scientists recognize and
have repeatedly borne testimony, to the eff
cacy of Hostetter's Stomach Btters as a
remedy and preventive of fever and ague,
rheumatism, want of vigor, liver complaint.
and some other ailments and infrm con-
ditions of the system. Experience and obser-
walton have taught them its value. They
but echo the verdict long since pronounced
by the public and the press. Only the
benighted now are ignorant of America s
tonic and Alternative.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28
KUPP WAS A COOL ONE
He Walked Out Of Libby Prison
Without a Culver.
Passed Himself On as a Rebel In But
ternuts Who Was Anxious to
Get a Look at the Yankees
"A Clever Escape.

IEUT. kUPP. OF
the Eighty-eighth
Pennsylvania vol
unteers, was cap
tured, with many
of his regiment, at
Gettysburg. Ii e
was known as a
Pen n S y | v a n i a
Dutchman and he
came from Berk :
county, in that
state, where Ger
man colonists set
tied nearly two
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

If you get sick by going to church it is all
right, but if from going to show it is called
judgment. Washington Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

If one of mans relations visits at his
house as long as a month, his wife never in
the world gets over it.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

We can see one way with little thought,
but it usually takes a second or third
thought to see the best way.-Ram's Horn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

The young man who always tells what
high wages he gets, need never expect q
promotion-Washingt Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

No matter how well you do, there is al
done %ays b seeo4 r Democrat nave
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

Look out! SILVER, then soreness and
stiffness. Use st. Jacobs Oil-then cure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-28

Misery and rheumatism are foes. St.
Jacobs Oil and cure are friends. Try them
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Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
MORGAN TALKS OF HAWAII
Senator Returns from a Visit to the Island
Republic.
PLEASED WITH HIS ENTERTAINMENT
Enthusiastic on the Question of ,Nn-
ncNutIon and Says Hawaii
VIII nccumc II state in
Due Timc.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct i9.--Senator Mor-
gan and his daughters and f. NJ. Hatch, the
new minister from Hawaii, were among the
passengers who arrived frou Honolulu upon
the steamship Belgc today
senator Morgan expressed himself as well
pleased with what he saw and the manner
in which he was entertained while ON the
islands. He is more than ever enthusiastic
on the subject of annexation and ntimatci
that Hawaii may become a part of this coun.
try before the close Of the coming year. He
says Hawaii is certainly going to he
state, but whether it will be at the time OF
its annexation or later remains to be seen
Should it be annexed as a territory tho
Hawaiian commissioners will recOmm nj
that the islands be admitted to statehood and
q special act of congress would undoubtedly
follow
81 have favored annexation from the be-
ginning. but | was surprised upon investi-
eating the matter to find that the arguments
in favor of the movement had been UNDER
lutoly Indispensable 10 the United States and
we must have ttoss islands. The only oppo-
sitiOn found was that of a few of tho
Liliuokalani royalsts, who have no weight
over there and are for the most part royal
lists for revenue only"
Senator ana the Misses Morgan will leave
here for their home at Selma, Ala, in few
DAYS,