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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
HIS JOKE AND HER FINGERS.
n Idol Shattered by Mixture of Iodine
Guilty Conscience and Arnica-


She is new woman, or rather girl, for
she is only 10. Her friends say that she
has a dozen remarkable qualities She Is
not only intellectually brave but she has
physical courage too.
The other day a door shut on the first
two fingers of her left hand Another girl
might have screamed loud enough to bring
out the fire department and then tainted
away. She did nothing of the kind She
simply cried "Oh, sugar." or something
of that Sort and then went over to the
window to see what damage had been done
She was good deal annoyed at the acct
dent, for that afternoon party of her girl
friends were billed to appear at the house
She hated TO be even slir' W incapacitated
, while they were there 7. y came, and
Notwithstanding her injury Very jolly
time was had all around They had the
whole house to themselves and did about
as they liked.
On that very evening her best young
man called The visit was rather unex-
pected Still she was always glad to see
him under any circumstances, although
her friends said, and she agreed with them
to some extent, that he was just little
too dignifed The fact was he had thought
"a lLC Il4LL4Istiy oliC pup lldO lOt
been able to bring himself to decision.
At the present time he was SO occupied
with her that no ideas not connected with
her personality made much progress
When he came in on this particular
evening, her aunt-she was living with
her aunt-told him of the accident while
he was waiting for his idol to appear
When she did come, he thought that as an
experiment he would not mention 1t, but
would see how long she would refrain
from speaking Of it. He even determined
to go further than this and have little
joke on the subject. Consequently after
he had been speaking to her little while
he said suddenly:
why, Grace Ethel, you've been smok-
ing cigarettesf'
The girl was taken completely by sur
prise. She faltered and then said:
why, how-how did you know?''
1t was now the young man turn to be
stunned. 1t was as if he had received a
heavy blow. He was in no fit condition
for conversation, but in answer to her
questions he assumed faint smile and
mechanically went through the line of
thought upon which he had based his joke.
"Why-why, look at your fingers, " he
said.
And now she has taken a VOW never to
use arnlca and iodine again in her life. -
New York sun.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

Disgruntled Cyclist (trundling his
machine over country highway)-This
is what you call roadmaking here, is it:
Scraping loose dirt up over the center
and leaving it there for the heavy wag-
ons to cut up into rutsl
Sturdy Farmer-Young Teller, I've
been highway commissioner fur this
township q year, and l learned road
maxim from my father. He had the
Office fore l did. Do you reckon you
kin teach me anything about it, mister?
Chicago Tribune.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
ID. 6. q. IL. Column.

The editor invites secretaries of local union.
of the W. c. T. U. in Hancock county, and
white ribboners generally. TO contribute to this
column reports of meetings or items that will be
of interest to workers in other parts of the
county. We would like this to be a live column
but 1t needs some effort on the part of W. c. T.
U. women to make it so. 1t is column Of their
making, not ours. and will be what they make
It, Items and communications should be short
and are, of course, subject to approval OF the
EDITOR
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
Upon the Enemy.

Let Us train our guns upon the en-
envy, mass our forces against all forms
of sin. Let US exercise wholesome dis
cipline, Kidding ourselves of all persons
who bring the church into disrepute
Let Judgment begin at the house of
God. Let u first be pure, then peace
able. The sooner we get back to our
former methods the better, to the Holy
Ghost revivals that sweep every OBJ
struction out of the way, that cause
backsliders to confess their sins and
half hearted, compromising Christians
to come out boldly on the Lords side.
-Philadelphi Methodist.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
The Quiet House.

Oh, mothers, worn and weary
With cares that never cease,
With never tine fer pleasure,
With Gay> That have no peace,
With llt..c E40t,s -o binder
And f"-!s!e s.ev~ 30 guard,
W',h 'a-.,s that lie unfinished,
Duel, Tot your ..' toe hard.
know Il tr1uza wHnre plsythings
Are h5,Cen out Of sight;
No soEnd # childish footsteps
j hr"lG from morn till night,
No tiny hands TO litter,
Tha; pull things all awry,
NJ baby hurts to pity
AS tine quiet days 90 by.
And she, the sad eyed mother,
What would she give today
To feel your cares and burdens,
TIC walk your weary wayf
Al, happy she-yea, blessed
Could she again but see
Tie rooms all strewn with play things
And the children round her knee!
Montreal Witness.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.



ToP1e,--' Repentance and cunversion-yyhat
are they 'l4si,. xviii 2O-o2 Acts XVI, 10, u
Repentance and conversion are essen
tally similar in meaning. They refer
to the turning, to the changing, If a
man, undeI conviction and SORROW for
TN, frem sin to the service of God.
EepeL,,Aloe may suggest more wildly
the inward feelings and emotions un.
der such IN experience, and conversion
the cL-nEe in the outward life, but for
all pr-eLcal purposes both words III
Cluda the s--me inward emotions and
outwar+ aationa
In the reference in Ezekiel the Lord
Himself t,Ils us what repentance is. In
that from the Acts Paul describes it.
and comparison Of the passages will
shew +sar Paul's theology is correct.
Repea,aulu and conversion a. describ-
ed in these passages include conviction
Of sir. sa-raze fer sin, turning from sin.
turns = cd
l. Ra~eatauce necessarily includes
conviction = sin. No one will turn
from sin except he is first Convinced
that h : a sinner "When the wicked
man turneth away from his wiekedness
le shall save his soul. Because he
considered md turneth away from all
his t-anszresSions he shall surely live;
he shall Mt die, " Consideration leads
to conviction, and conviction to CONVEX
sion. Il was not until David, under
Nathan 5 awful declaration, Thou art
the man. - was thus convicted of his
sinfulness that he cried out to God in
sorrow and repentance for forgiveness
2. Repentance includes sorrow and
grief far sin. Sorrow is not repentance
but it always accompanies it. We may
be sorry fer sin and not repent of it,
but we will not repent of it without be-
ing sorry for it.
8. Repentance is turning from sin to
God. These are the two essential ele-
1nents of repentance. The sinner is con-
victed Of his sinfulness, he is sorry for
it. and then he turns from it to God
With grief and hatred for his sin, the
sinner turns from it unto God and en-
deavors afterward new obedience. This
is repentance as Scripturally defined.
To Israel the Lord said: Repent and
turn yourselves from all your trans
gressions, so iniquity will not be your
ruin. Cast away from you all your
transgressions, whereby We have trans
gressed and make you new heart and
a new spirit. A new heart and a new
spirit would result in new life. Paul
said to the gentiles Repent and turn
to God and do works meet for repent
ance, " Repentance is not only ceasing
TO do evil, but also learning to do well.
It is both turning from sin and turning
to God. Have we repented? Have we
felt sorry for sin, turned from sin, and
are we serving God? Repentance is a
personal matter between US and God. 1t
brings God S pardon and forgiveness for
sin. The absence of it causes the penalty
for sin te fail upon our own heads. Let
Us therefore repent, turn to God and do
works meet for repentance
Bible Readings. xi, 10, IA; lisa
i, 1920; ", 90; Jer. ", |; XXI,
1920; Eek. xiv, 6; Hos. vi, 1-3; xiv,
10; zech. /, 3, 4 3; Nal. iii, LIP; Mathl
iii, l, 2; Mark i, IA, Is; Luke iii, l-3;
Acts ii, IS: Rev. ii, 8, l6.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

Once this soft turf, this rivulet S sands,
We're trnmpled by hurrying crowd,
And fierce hearts and armed hands
Encounter d in the battle cloud.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again
The eternal years of God are hers
But error, wounded, writhes in pain
And dies among his worshipers-
Yea. though thou lie upon the dust
When they who helped thee fee in fear,
Die full Of hope and manly trust,
Like those who fell IN battle here.
Another Aand thy sword shall WELD.
Another hand the standard wave;
Pull from the trumpet's mouth is peal'd
Tts blast of triumph Ger thy grave.
William Cullen Bryant
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
Magazine, Book and Newspaper Note
EGO.

The question of territorial expansion
will be discussed in The Century for
September by two publicists of differing
views; one the Hon. Carl Schurz, former
ly United States minister to Spain, in a
paper entitled Thoughts on American
imperialism; the OF her the Hon. White
law Reid, formerly United States minister
to France, etc., in paper bearing the
caption 1.-The Territory with which we
are ThreRtenedn
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

We all need personal contact with
those who suffer. THE most certain
softener of mans moral skin, writes
DR.. Arnold of Rugby, land swcetener
of his blood are, I am sure, domestic
intercourse in happy marriage and in
tercourse with the poor. " Gladstone
never appeared nobler than when he
read the Bible to an old street sweeper
in an attic.-Our Church Paper
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
Delicious Sponge Cake.

For sponge cake, weigh six eggs, take
their weight in sugar, and half their
weight in flour; separate the eggs care
fully; add the sugar to the yolks, and
beat until light; then stir in carefully the
we'll beaten whites; sift the -four two or
three times, adding it little at time.
folding and cutting it in. Turn into a
pan lined with creased paper, and bake in
quick oven for from twenty to twenty
nve mlnutes.-Mrs. 5. T. Rorer in Ladies
Home Journal
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

The dandelion is named from t he French
"dent de lion', lions tooth, and in
nearly all languages it bears a similar
name. The analogy that suggested this
name becomes quite clear when we re-
member that the lion was the animal
symbol OF the sun. The yellow dandelion,
with Its golden rays, is miniature rep
resentation OF the sun, and through asso-
CITATION, Its rays are identical with the
lions teeth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

No need to fear sudden attacks of cholera In.
fantun, dysentery, diarrhea, summer com.
plant Of any sort If you have DIR. Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry in the medicine
chest.-Adpt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
The Spirit Robes Us.

When We have conquered an enmity,
the Spirit robes US in humility We
must not think we are forgiving because
our anger is getting tired. Lutheran
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

cures headache. D. 5. stout, Of Sal
ana, Tex, writes Il would not take
anything for the relief that your Peru
ma has given me. have said so much
about it that our druggist here can
scarcely get sufficient to supply the
demand Since taking Pe-ru-na my
headaches have almost entirely ceased. y
Buy Pe-ru-na of your druggist, or
if You will write TO DR.. 5. b. Hartman,
of Columbus, Ohio, he will advise you
free of charge
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31
0n1fort Powder

BY sprinkling the powder on il was eas.d i'm
mediateiy and cured effectively. This only pro. es
that Comfort Powder is the great skin comforter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-31

JUNE Terrell, OF tnioRtown, Pa. WAS cur.
bad case OF ivy poison by using
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16
A BASIS OF MONEY.
Subject of DR.. J. G.. Bateson's Talk
Before the Scranton Open Congress.
Views That tie Expressed.

Last evenings session of the Scran-
ton Open Congress at 1923 Adams ave-
nue. was the most interesting one of
the five now held. DR.. j. G. Bateson
spoke on "A Basis for Money" He be-
gan by preparing the minds of his audi
ence for a graceful acceptation of his
basis" which all gold bugs would say
| Is very base one indeed, because his
plan was to base money on labor, and
not on gold or silver. He classified
everything of value under the four
heads, land, labor. wealth and capital
The term land he makes include every
thing in, on and above the land. Labor,
he said, means any mental or physical
effort made to produce something use
ful such labor applied to land pro-
duces wealth. Capital is that kind of
wealth which is used to produce wealth.
Thus a speculator. who works hard to
corner wheat or gold does not perform
any useful labor and produces no
wealth, still our present laws permit
him to become enormously wealthy.
Then the lecturer went at the real
question and said that the material of
which money is made is not itself that
which gives the money value. Nor is
money itself capital 1t is only a means
by which capital can be bought If
all the silver spoons and all our jewelry
were made into money our wealth
would not thereby be increased direct
ly. Nor would our wealth be dimin-
ished if ali the gold and silver money
were melted, and all the paper money
burned. Money is merely a convent
ence to facilitate exchange.
The lecturer then illustrated this by
describing an effort of a miner, a
weaver, a farmer, and a shoemaker to
exchange each others wealth without
using money. 1t could not be done,
and all would be idle. BY supplying a
medium of exchange, all would be en-
ployed and supply each other with the
necessaries and conveniences of life.
BY this he showed that legal tender
money need not have any value or be
wealth itself. All that is necessary is
that the people agree to accept certain
things or bills as money.
He then showed the absurdity of the
claim that overproduction ever pro-
duced idleness and poverty, and that
the real cause of lack of employment
results from the lack of exchanging
products caused by the Withholding of
money from circulation. He said all
money is fiat money and that money
is not a measure of value but a medium
implying the equality of the value of
something We have to sell and of some
thing else we want to buy.
His plan was as follows: The gov
ernment should issue money through
banks Of its own direct to those who
need it, and take suitable security for
it. BY charging a nominal interest
everybody would deposit all money
which they did not actually need. No
private corporation should be given the
privilege to issue money of any kind.
Colo should not be recognized as money
because it can easily be cornered and
all business thereby brought to a stand
still, followed by all the suffering and
losses we have lately experienced since
the gold standard was adopted
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16
INSPECTOR cox RESIGNS.
He Is Succeeded by Quartermaster
Sergeant Reese Watkins.

First Lieutenant Herbert B. Cox has
resigned as inspector of rifle practice
of the Thirteenth regiment. Regiment
al Quartermaster Sergeant Rees Wat
kins has been appointed to succeed
Lieutenant Cox. A regimental order
containing the foregoing information
was issued yesterday when the new
appointment took effect.
Lieutenant Cox's resignation was for
warded to Harrisburg about three
weeks ago, Before it was sent, it's
withdrawal was urgently requested by
Colonel Coursen. Lieutenant Cox's
reason for resigning is that the re-
sponsiblities of the inspectorship have
demanded more time than he could
devote 10 the office. He gave an aver
age of two hours daily to the work in
addition to the week at camp and an
other week on the state ranges at
Mount Gretna. The news of the resig-
nation will be received with regret by
every member of the Thirteenth as
Lieutenant Cox enjoyed the friendship,
good will and high respect of each Of
ficer and private in the command.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16
PATRIOTIC Mr.. WATSON,
wants an Opportunity 10 Again Fight
Under Admiral BeIknan.

william NJ Watson, an oil dealer who
resides at TAG Madison avenue, has
written a letter to Rear Admiral George
T.. Belknap, of the United States navy.
Of which the following is a copy:
Scranton, Pa, March II, 1895.
George +. Belknap Rear Admiral. 4. 8
Navy, Brookline, Mass.
MY Dear Old Commander: Once mora
our beloved nation is confronted with n
great crisis that must be met NJ once so
Iar as human being can penetrate the fn-
ture' we may be compelled to meet the
oppressor of the human family with force
10 lorce, and may God have mercy on
them who have wantonly and maliciouslv
murdered, as we believe, our sleeping and
helpless shlpmates, for we will have but
nttle mercy on the murderer This ma
tion has BONE long and patiently with
the old hoary imheclle. hut now after
SVV years OF savage brutality, first in the
hendish inuuisition that ought TO have
sunk her to the pit long ago; then The
spanish Armada that swooped down on
httle Scotland to destroy and deyastato
Clhe luler of the winds, scattered I'm ona
blast of His righteous indignationC like
IL mas destroyed helpless Cuba uhe poor
women and helpless children of poor,
bleeding Cuba), and last of all, the de.
struction of our noble Maine with the
butchery of her gallant crew.
This my dear admiral is the final cun
or her iniquity that is full and running
over And unless she brings the muir
derers of low or high estate to condine
punishment and make ample and fun
reparation to our just demands, all she
has got would not blot out the crime
then | would say we should hem them In
at Havana and send all the fleet of the
naughty barbarlans TO the bottom where
the Maine lies. They would stand no
more OF show than so many rats In a
trap.
You and the writer have stood a shock
OF an enemy's torpedo before and we
know what II means. 1t was also NV
privilege and pleasure to stand beside you
with trumpet i'm hand and deliver this
order chat had no uncertain sound)
Fire Number One" That meant POO
pounds Parrot rifle solid shot. That was
proud day before the combined Forts
Wagner, Gregg, Sumter and Moultrie and
others, and when she did open fire, how
the fur did fly. All had to hunt their
holes Nothing could live or stand before
those eight 800 pounds shot and shell,
with gallant Yankee commanding otfi-
Ger to deliver the orders which were al
ways given with neatness and dispatch
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16
CITY NOTES.

The report of James Linen. trustee of
the Won Storch Coal company, was or
dered filed by court yesterday.
The Delaware and hudson company
paid its employees at shafts Nos. ! and 3.
and Powderly mines at Carbondale yes
terday.
This evening the Delaware. Lackawan-
NJ and Western Machine and Car Shops
Mutual Aid association will conduct its
second annual entertainment and social
in Music hall.
William Grfiiths, is years of age, sus-
tanned Il fractured leg in a fall of roof
III the Eddy Creek mine at Olypnant yes
terday. He was brought to the Lacka-
wanna hospital in this city.
Ray T.. Stevens and Grace I. White, Of
South Abingdon; Charles Richards and
Elizabeth Dagger, Of Scranton, were
granted marriage licenses yesterday by
Clerk of the COurts Daniels
On Thursday, st. Patrick's night. Divis-
ion No. 20, Ancient Order of Hibernians
Of Bellevue, will conduct an entertain
ment in the basement of the Holy Cross
parish hall. An excellent programme has
been arranged
St. Peters Literary circle of Bellevue.
Will this evening conduct debate on the
question of immigration restriction. The
affirmative will be led by President NJ. d.
Flaherty, of the Central Labor union. A
lecture on Irish Nationality will be de-
livercd by Michael Fitzpatrick and well
arranged entertainment will be rendered.
Tho third in the course Of lectures given
by the University Of PENNSYLVANIA to the
city of Scranton will be held Friday even
ing at o'clock The lecturer will be Pro-
fessor Munro, professor of history in the
university, and his subject will be '"rhe
Crusaders" The lecture will be illus
trated with stereopticon views and will
be delivered in the auditorium of the
Scranton high schools.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16
CANDIDATES ARE NUMEROUS.
Many Luzerne Men Want to BE Jail
Warden.

Nobody knows how many candidates
there are for jail warden. George j.
Llewellyn, the X-prothonotary, is one;
Peter Schmidt, the South Main street
barber, is another; Phil j. O'Boyle, a
Hazleton undertaken, is another.
There are a number of other blooms"
or claims of less Importance.
The first step is the appointment of
prison commissioners. The Democrats
may contest the law passed by the last
legislature. They will take the ground
that it is special legislation and there
fore unconstitutional. There are a
number of candidates for prison COM
missioners on the Republican side. Jos.
Neuburger, of Freeland, has big petit
tion. Another faction wants John A..
Schmidt named.
If the Democratic Judges do not go
ahead and name the prison commits
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16
TEN DIFFERENT WAYS.
By Which One May Bronx the Health an d
Blast the Life-One Way to Prevent.

l. Getting rundown and exhausted
through excessive hot weather.
2. Through loss of appetite and inabil-
ity to receive nourishment from food arls-
ing from the same cause.
3. Keeping too late hours at night. and
sleeping too late in the morning.
L.. Neglecting to take sufficient exercise
to Keep the body healthy, through feeling
too tired to do 50, by reason of a weak
ened system.
5. Neglecting to wash the body suffi-
ciently to Keep the pores of the skin open.
q. Keeping up constant excitement by
fretting the mind with borrowed trouble.
q Taking meals at irregular intervals.
8. 1nJuring the stomach by deluging 1t
with copious daughts of ice water.
3. Through getting in draughts while
oVerhCated from active exercise.
10. lndiEestible food taken late at night.
which cause biliousness and other un-
pleasant symptoms.
There Is only one way in which health
can be maintained or regained in spite of
all these dangers which menace It, and
that Is by the aid of gentle, healthful
stimulant which will keep the blood IN
proper circulation. destroy impurities
which enter the system, and give vgor
and tone to the whole body. Such an aid
Is to be found in the use of Duffy's puce
malt whiskcy, which physicians so
strongly recommend as the best and only
means of maintaining health. strength
and enGrgy at all times. The strongest
constitution IL certain to break down un-
less ii is fortified by some potent agent
Of the nature of the great preparation
above named and described.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16
DARK THE LAST THREE DAYS.
Company Billed for the Acade nv Ha s
Been Cancelled.

The Academy of Music will be dark
Thursday Friday and Saturday. John
w. Regan was billed to appear there
on these days in "The Bells of Shan
don," but the engagement has been
cancelled.
The King Dramatic company will oc-
cupy the boards at the Academy all
next week. Miss Ethel Cromwell is
the leading lady and such well-known
dramas as THE Stowaway" and
Brother Against Brother" viii be pro-
duced. The company carries all of its
own scenery
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-16

soners and make both Democrats they
will come in for much censure by the
party at large. There is little doubt
of the unconstitutionality of the law
and the only way to settle 1t is to
name two Democratic commissioners.
let them join with Mr.. Quincy and
name a Democrat as jail warden.--
Wilkes Barre News-Dealer.