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The age-herald., 1898-01-26
Mobile Is All Right.

From the Mobile Herald.
 Writing of Mobiles opportunity in con- nection with iron shipments from Birming- ham and an appropriation for the War rior river, The Age-Herald says: Mo bile's heart is all right, but the people of the old town by the sea let too much grass grow under their feet" Our Birmingham contemporary is unintentionally unjust to our people. They have displayed wonder full energy for years past in their efforts for the progress of Mobile.
The age-herald., 1898-01-26


 the delegates may not live to tell the tale of their visit there.
  the compositor from setting 1t Havana when 1t should be Hanna, and where the later should be the former. If Weyler had been in Cuba at this time he would have written with his typewriter a most graphic account of his meeting with the battlesihip Maine.
 
 It is observed that those making up Hugh Hanna's monetary circus at Indianapolis belong to the American Bankers assoeia- ton.
 There is no doubt but General Blanco will now walk Spanish in good form since an American warship is in the Havana harbor.
 One shot from the battleship Maine might free million people in less time than it takes to tell it.
 The burglars syndicate continues to do business in all parts of the city, and are not disturbed by the police. Let 1t be hoped the Booths will settle their difficulties without resorting to the Marquis of Queensbury rules.  If Spain has anything to say why the ceremony should not go it will be well to speak quick and avoid the rush.  Warships are built for use in times of war and threatened war. That is why battleship was sent to Havana. Captain Carter is no exception to the rule of army officers who have ambitions to rob the government.
 Those New England cotton manufactur- CTS should come south and grow up with the country.
 Secretary Gage talked like a man who believes himself to be running the whole show
 The eyes of the nation are upon the bat tleship Maine located in the Havana harbor.
 The warship Maine arrived in the Ha- vana harbor on time and ready for busi- ness.
 It may require more than search war rant to find the police when they are wanted.  Captain Carter appears to have started out to rob the government on the Panama canal plan.
 Spain will please take notice that Uncle Sam has cleaned up the old gun. Spain must be taught that it is not good policy to monkey with buzz-saw. The man at Princeton talks well for one who became so dead in 1896. There are no indications that President Dole will extend his trip to Princeton. Fitzhugh Lee is the right man in the right place at this particular time. The country is now having an H. of time. Hanna, Havana and Hawaii This is time when Johnny might be en- gagged in getting his gun.
  Minister De Lome may be forced to hire a hall
 Mir. Cleveland was silent long while.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
A Reliable Barometer.

Bank clearings are an absolutely e
liable barometer of general business
conditions. That steady and per
manent increase in bank clearings from
week to week means a positive COM
merc.al and industrial revival is as
certain as the law of gravitation. That
a commercial and industrial revival
means more employment for the wae''
earners, and hence increased purchas-
ing power for the laboring classes, Is
equally certain.
The bank clearings Of Chicago for
the month of November tell tale Of
good times that must completely con-
found the most resourceful and tact
full CT the calamity walters. There Is
no argument that can be advanced BY
the apostles of discomfort that will pre-
vail against figures which show actual
business transactions.
The bank clearings Of Chicago for
November reached the enormous ag-
gregate Of Sass, 900 900, which is a gain
Of $l0O,7O0000 over the corresponding
month CT last year. This remarkable
gain is the highest on record since the
good times of 1890-93.
The figures of the politicians some
times lie: bank figures do not.-Chi-
cago Times Herald.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

election OF President pledged n
lection and sound money an immods..
difference is seen. Even before i,
possible to enact Any legislation wh,.
would change the operation of the o.
eminent, or even before ans cbar'
was made in the occupancy Of N
White House, the confidence restoss
to the country and business in nj
knowledge that proper legislaa.J
would be enacted as soon as posS,M1
was marked on all sides. Then c.s
the inauguration of President McKinl,]
and later the enactment of a Renns
lican tariff law, designed to furni.,
sufficient revenue and to protect Amer
can industries, and the result has bee,
a steady growth of prosperity and Al,
increase of business all over the land
Prices of farm products have risen
wages OF employees have been increased
thousands of unemployed have been
given work, and the country is enter.
ing into a season Of prosperity which
is great contrast to the years of frss
trade which are fresh in the memorle;
Of the people. GEO. WILLIAMS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
Foreign Notes.

Sir Charles Hutton Gregory. the
well known engineer and Il former
president Of the institution Of civil en-
gineers, is dead in London.
The Madrid Gazette publishes q de-
cree providing for the augmentation of
the treasuryb Onds by 2OO.0OO,OOO Pc
setas, secured by the customs.
Rudolph Hertzog. the leading dry
goods retailer Of Berlin. is dead. Al
though Hebrew he bitterly antag-
onized his co-religionists, whom he re-
fused to employ.
The department of state has been in
formed that the governments of Rus
sia and of Japan have formally rccog-
nized the imperial title of the emperor
of Core8.
A dispatch from Cape Town to the
London Daily Mail says that Secretary
Chamberlain has 'tersely refused 10
submit to arbitration the differences
between the Transvaal and the Brit
ish governments.
A cable from London. Says mar
rage has been arranged between Hon.
Charles Frederick Leigh. youngest son
Of Baron Leigh, and Miss Mabel Cor
don; daughter Of Col. w. w. Gordon OF
Savannah.
The German naval department has
ordered that translation of Capt.
Mahan's Influence Of Sea Power in
History" be supplied to all the public
libraries. schools and government in
situations.
British antiquaries are eyclaiming
with indignation against Lord Tanker
vile, who contemplates pulling down
the old Peel tower ut Doddington. in
Northumberland. This is one of the
very few perfect Peel towers. ana it
has most picturesque appearances
with Il good parapet and fine staircase.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

No system of national quarantine, no
matter how thorough, can prove effec-
tive so long as the yellow plague is al
lowed to breed at our very doors. Ev
en- national quarantine cannot keep
away from our southern coasts the
contagion that flies in the air or creeps
in on the sluggish West Indian fogs
blown inland. Quarantine does not
prevent the spread of yellow fever in
a climate where the conditions are ripe
for it, and We cannot keep the germs
away from our coasts so long as the
fever is allowed to breed and grow in
Cuba, where il exists from years end
to years end. We must be able to root
1t out and destroy 1t in its breeding
grounds. II must be stamped out of
Havana and other Cuban ports before
a quarantine can prove effective.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
Food for Thought.

Mr.. c. II. Cramp, a short time ago.
at the meeting OF the board of trade
and transportation in New York city,
said: mo nation has ever been able
to maintain ship-owning by purchas-
Ing it's ships from the ship-builders Oh
other nations" This remark offers
food for thought to members of con-
gress and to the people generally. Tine
American policy Of protection is .
broad aand national policy and should
embrace every American industry
within its teIeficent workings.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
A Question of Purchasing Power.

1t is a fact of record that many ar
ticles Of use and consumption were
cheap" under the Wilson tariff bin |
But were the great mass Of the peopeI
more prosperous because Of that? NJ
it not rather the fact that the peeps
were far less able to take advantagsI
OF the cheap prices than they had been
to possess the comforts and even ths|
luxuries of living for years before ths
passage of that iniquitous measure, tG|
all the higher prices that prevailed,l
Were not these cheap prices, indeed
artificial? Did the mass of the people|
buy more because Of cheap priest
Was rot purchasing actually reduced
Did they not actually buy less? What
retailer found his volume of business;
20 say nothing of his profit, increased
by the cheap prices? Were not prices
cheap because labor was cheap? Did
not the reduction of purchasing power
follow quickly upon the cutting down
OF earning power, so that though theI
latter resulted in the production Of
cheapened goods the market for them
was reduced, too, in proportion? Who
was the gamer? Surely not the pro-
Queer. Surely not the manufactured
Surely not the retailer. Quite as surey
not the consumer, who, noting the
tempting cheap prices, found himsei
yet unable to take advantage of them
Wages and income have been cheap
ened along with prices. And as mat
ter of record the latter never reached
the level of the former.-ProvidenCs
Or. ID News.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

The New York state forest preserve
board has practically completed it's
purchases under the Sl,000,000 APP
preparation made by the last legisla
ture- The board has expended $780,
600, with which it purchased 100000
acres of land within the boundaries
OF the Adirondack state park. The ex-
pense attached to such purchases was
$4,000. The average price paid was
$3.50 per acre. The lands acquired in
clude many of the choicest primeval
tracts in the north woods. The 100000
remaining of the appropriation will be
used to clear up outstanding adverse
tax titles.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

The so-called bye elections" in Eng
land, by which are meant the scatter
ing elections to fill vacant seats in the
House of Commons, which occur from
time to time between the general cleo
tions, are always watched with inter-
est as indications Of public sentiment.
There have been twenty-five such cleo
lions since the general parliamentary
election of 1895, in which the Conserve
tives won their great victory. AZ a
result, fourteen Conservatives and
eight Liberals have been replaced by
thirteen Liberals and nine Gonserva-
tives. A Conservative majority Of COPS
in these twenty-five constituencies has
been changed into Liberal majority
OF $3.50.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
Person nj Mention.

10 the day of his death. Taking an
active part in politics. he succeeded
Cavour as deputy for Turin
DIR. Joseph O'Dwyer died ut New
York after an extended illness from
tubercular meningitis.
Among the passengers who arrived
ut New York on board the steamer
City Of Washington from Havana was
Frederick Funston. Cuban insurgent
general, who comes to this country for
medical treatment.
Railroad Commissioner Reagan OF
Texas, who has been an avOwed can
didate for United States senator
against Gov. Chittenden and Senator
Mills, has issued card. Withdrawing
from the race.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
Casualties.

An old maid of siXty-fOur. named
Mary Gibbons. who lives four miles
south of Milan. Mo-, fell into fire
place and was burned To death before
help could reach her
David o. Swire, of the firm of Swirr
n Scott, carpet manufacturers. was
killed ut Philadelphia by being struck
by IA railroad train. His body was ter
ribly mangled. He was fifty years
of age. ~
The Toledo Ice company's mammoth
icehouse, in course of erection at Whit
more Lake. Mich. collapsed. killing
two men instantly, probably fatally in
juring five, and slightly injuring Il
dozen others.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

A competent witness, connected with
a state board of charities, lately sail
that thirty years of close official con-
tact with the legislature of the COM
monwealth in which he lives convince
him that the moral tone of legislators
and legislation is improving and not
deteriorating. The legislative corrup-
ton which actually exists is a menace
to the republic, but it does not help
matters to eXaggerate the evil and fan
cy it where it does not exist. Some
people believe every evil report they
hear. Accused persons should be pre-
sumed to be innocent until they are
proved guilty-even such maligned
creatures as judges, senator's and con
gressmen.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

If it is somebody else that rides it we
are quite sure to call it a hobby, but If
1t be our own selves who amble along
in this fashion, We are apt to dignity
our steed by the name Of q very strong
bent or an enthusiastic inclination.
We are quite apt to apply the terms
"crank" or "opinionated idiot" to
those who oppose our pet theories. for
getting that we, in our turn, may be
even more intolerant of theirs. Ii is
a most difficult thing for the ordinary
man to maintain what would be called
a rational equilibrium. The tendency
10 extremes Is so strong in the average
character that often insensibly one
drifts into arbitrary holdings of be-
liefs and ideas, and is either unable or
unwilling TO allow that other manners
and methods can be even approximate
" correct Hobbies are very comfort
able and desirable things If one rides
them with a tight rein and sufficient
intelligence to keep them from pranc-
ing over other peoples preserves. But
the hobby that lifts its heels whenever
it comes near to any Of our special
friends, or that throws dust in the
eyes Of the community at large. and
mud spatters everything that passes by
it. is simply a nuisance. and it and its
rider ought to be impounded until they
are somewhat tanned down or at least
taught the wholesome lesson OF 70.
spect for the rights OF others.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

Slang of an Up-to-Date Son StartIcs
His Good Old Mother.

SIZING Oh lp-tO-Date son StartIeA
His Good Old Mother.
In these slangy days, when children
just beginning to lisp simple words par
alyZe their dear mammals by telling
them they are mot the only cans OF
the dump" II is refreshing To run
across an innocent soul who knows
nothing of these things that we hear
on the streets. \ good old mother re-
ceived Il shock the other day when she
read Il telegram from her boy. who il
enjoying himself I'm the East. and ut
the same time affOrding some amusc-
ment for the up-to-datc members Of
her family. The boy. who is having Il
good time in New York. telegraphed
his father for more money. The faith
cr. not relishing the touch. took the
telegram hOIue to the mater. who read
ms follows: Had my leg pulled.
Broke. Send me fifty by wire The
good old mother was startled. MY
poor boy" she moaned. He must
have been on one of those cable car
things. Send him n hundred. father,
and tell him to get the best doctor in
the city."-Louisville Courier-Journal
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
Crimes and Crimi MIS-.

After refusing food for three months,
Mrs. Olive Trafton OF Auburn. Me..
succeeded in committing suicide by
starving herself 10 death.
Miss Mary Waite. twenty-four years
old. and said 10 be II daughter of rX-
Gov. Waite of Colorado: attempted 10
commit suicide at Washington by talk
ing Strychninc.
Hadlcy \. Sutherland, the negro
murderer of Mrs. Wrenn. was electro
cuted. Seventeen hundred and eighty
volts We're turned Oh ut 11:l9 and dis
continued ut IL: 22;s Il. III.
Fred Nieschutz. former president of
TIE village of Wonewoc. Wis. is re-
ported missing with $1,000 He also
mortgaged some property which he
did not own. His wife and children
have left for parts unknown.
During the trial of IA case ut Susan
vile. Cal, the presiding judge, +. y.
Kelsey. assaulted Attorney +. V.
SpoOner. who had been fined for con
tempt Of court. and who had dctied the
judge TO enforce the order.
Justin Il. SowitZer. for many years
a prominent merchant of Madison.
Wis, committed suicide by hanging in
his barn. He was eccentric and lived
alone. His only known relative is
niece in Chicago.
Justice in a more horrible form than
that meted out to Henry Smith ut Par
Is, Texas, was administered by Il mob
on the oklahoma border. to j. Marcus
McGelscy and Palmer Simpson. two
Seminole Indians. who had murdered
n wOIlln, and " no were burned at the
stake.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

Students of South American politics
are not necessarily given over to I'M
just conclusions, but there are some
signs" that they know never fail. For
instance, when the press dispatches an
nounced that large shipments of arms
and specie are being sent to the repu5-
lie of Colombo it is perfectly clear
that a Colombian election is coming
on.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20

Plat is entirely willing to have a re-
united party in New York. All he
asks 10 that the republicans that do not
approve Of his leadership, that are OPP
posed TO his methods, that want the
party rid of bossism, shall simply drop
their foolish opposition and come TO
his support. Now, could anything be
more reasonable?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
The Nations Capital.

The London StatiSt expresses the
opinion that the fact that resolution
has been introduced i'll congress to
pay the interest on the United States
debt either in gold or silver. indicates
that there is little chance of any re-
form of the currency by the present
congress. The Statist warns against
American investments.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
PoDuInr Confirmation.

Didn't | say. six months ago, that
was out of politics." growled the can
didate who had just been buried un.
der an adverse majority.
That's what you did"
We'll. l hope the people will believe
mo now"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-01-20
PlTH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

General Resume of the Most Inn
portant News of the Week From
All Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged In Con-
by Busy People.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

West BrooksviIle.
Capt. George II. Tapley made BUSH
ness trip to Bucksport last Saturday.
Pearl Colt WAS seriously injured Satur-
day by being thrown from his carriage.
He had several ribs broken.
Forty-two summer visitors have left
town the past week. Harvard Sawyer,
wife and daughter Elizabeth, OF Bangor,
are still at "The Brookside'.
That WAS a pleasant meeting at the old
Tapley homestead on Wednesday, Aug. II,
when the eight Tapley brothers met, all
at the same time, after forty seven years.
An article relating to this reunion is
printed elsewhere in this issue.l
Fred Eddy and wife, OF Bangor gave
clam bake on "Uncle Jobs beach, Aug.
10. Capt. Jerome Tapley was master OF
ceremonies. and owing to his ability as
baker the affair MAS u most enjoyable
one. Dinner was served at ttgh noon,
after which picture-tskius and speech
making were INDUCED III.
Aug. - Johnson.
Green Lake.
Mrs. Abhe Mason. OF Portland, has been
visiting Mrs. > NJ. Haynes.
George Z. Higgins has returned to his
home in Boston, after spending two weeks
with his family.
DIR. G. \. Phillips, OF Ellsworth. was
called here Wednesday evening to attend
young son of George Crossman who was
badly kicked in the face by horse.
Aug. %. l.. A. r.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

Surry.
Misses Sadie Jarvis and Florence Wood
will go to Castine this week to attend the
normal school.
F. L. Jordan came home Saturday from
q trip to Rondout in the schooner Hen
rietta a. Whitney,.
Miss Florence Wood came home from
Northeast Harbor Thursday, and Miss
Nellie Alley from Seal Harbor Friday.
Several teams went from Surry village
and North Bend to the Baptist Sunday
school picnic at Curtis Cove Wednesday.
A good time is reported, but several were
caught in the showers while returning
home.
Rev. D. L. Yale, of Ellsworth, gave his
lecture, The Holy City" at the Metho-
dist church Saturday night. 1t was illus
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

TIE AMERICAN has subscribers at JOG
Of the II6 post-o6ices in Hancock county;
all the other papers in the county COM
btned do not each so many. THE AMER
lCAN rs not the only paper printed in
Hancock county, and has neuer claimed to
De, bsat 1t Us the only paper that can prop
ely 5D eaAtd COUNTY paper; all the
test are 1Jsre,y local papers. The circutd-
ton oj IhE AMERICAN, barring the Bar
Harho, records summer list, is larger
thar that Of all the other papers printed
iI I r. -a=E 1ztntu
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
COUNTY NEWS.
t7or oddlttonof county News see other pages.

otis.
Edward Grover has RACED his store pre-
paratory to building larger one.
Mrs. Evie Durham and sons, Charley
and Harry Brown, have returned TO Bos-
ton.
Albert Jordan of Eddington, who has
been .le ,aes: Of Harley Grover the past
week, has returned home.
Eben Kingman and wife, Mrs. Addie
Jellison, ard Melvin Wilbur were pres
ent at the funeral OF Walter Dyer, of
Eastbrook, brother-in-law Of the for
mer, last week.
Mr.. Head and wife, who have spent the
past week with Mrs. Heads grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jordan and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Stanley, OF this place, have
returned to Bar Har Dor.
Visitors the past week are: George
Jordan and wife, and Mrs. Sarah Remick,
of Ellsworth; Mrs. Cora Conroy, OF New
York; Mrs. John Conway, Mrs. Susie
Partridge and Charles Leach and wife, Of
Lawrence, Mass, Mrs. Walter Gibson, of
Methuen, Mass, Mrs. Laura Mcfarland,
of Connecticut Henry Jelison, of Eden !;
Mrs - Turner and two children, of
Lynn, Mass, and Miss Effie Fogg, of
Bangor
l.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

BROOKLYN.
Schools will begin Sept -
o. H. Venner is occupying the BRAY
house.
Henry Jordan has leased the Parker
cottage.
Mrs. Julia Jackson is visiting friends
in Brooksville.
Frank Bowden has sold one of his trot-
tiers to Bert Blake.
William Abriel has leased Mrs. Hos
mer's house at the corner.
Quite lot of mackerel Was brought to
the sardine factory Saturday.
Several Of our young men have gone to
New Hampshire to work on corn.
A. G. Blake, who was burned out the
18th inst, has bought a home at Center
Harbor.
Several OF the ladies have been fishing
lately and their efforts were crowned witt
success.
Aug. %. G. B. A.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

Tumblers worth Ioc. dol. our price so 70
Berry Di-te-, worth 5i,'. doz-. aur -,race 81
Jolly Tumhler., worth too. dol oar 5rice 80
Water Bottles, worth lie. each, our price ~
; FHit Jars, worth Sc each, our price !
''lass Pitchers. worth 25c- each our irice Is
"4t- MIN Pans, worth lOc each our price :
~. Mlik Pans, worth T.. oacn, uUF pric" l..
lHqt hitk Pans. worth l5c each oar ,irI,e x
boSer Egg Beaters, worth 30. each,
Cups and Saucers, worth Sc per sci.
Cup. and sauecrs, plain white wdrth
qt pec pgs is, Pitchers worth our pFce -
qt. Decorative Pitchers. worth &c each,
), A. ), and in. Decorated Naples,
3, 4, ) and 8 in. Decorative Plates,
eoou fiateu teaspoons, worth DC. per
set, our ,trica IN
Good Silver Plated Teaspoons. our a Ffids 10
Good Silver Plated Knives ana farS ks
worth % 50 per SET our price rs
10 piece Toilet Set. worth - 80 per set,
our price = 40
piece Toilet Set, worth - 30 per set
Copper Bottom Wash Boilers, worm
Copper Bottom Wash Boilers with Cop Cop ~
per Rim, our prlce rs
Tea Strainers q
Pint Tin Dippers. 3
Clothes Pins per doz.,
Pins per paper,
All our rugs at reduced prices to close.
300 rugs, sl.75; l75 rugs, > so $50 rugs,
Sl25.
Also a small line OF CUSTOM MADE
SHOES which we are selling at II price
to wind them up.
ID. +. TRIBOU,
No. Franklin ST.. Ellsworth.
g doors from Main ssrset.i