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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21
President Mckinley Accepts.

YOUNGsTowN, o., April 2l.-Presi.
dent Mckinley has accepted an invita-.
ton to attend the state encampment OF
the g. A. X. to be held here the latte,
part of June, provided other engage.
ments of an official character do not in,
t~erfare.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21

Little, neglected scratches and wounds
frequently result in ood-poisouing.
Better heal them quickly with De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve, a thoroughly anti
septic application with a record OF al.
ways curing piles, old ulcers, sores. cuts,
wounds and akin diseases.
Cook & ODEE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21

Aberdeen is agitatiug the subject of Il
mandatory Of desipota or dessicated
potatoes, so as to be ia line with other
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21

The Missouri river is running high this
ISL. One mile and a half of the Mil
waukee track is washed out zeal Neck
nr. :. d.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21

1t makes no difference how bad the
wound II you use DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, it will quickly heal and leave no
scar. Cook & ODEE
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21

When Mother Nature bore the World
She clasped it to her breast end said-
Here's the world, earth, land and sea
Likewise Rocky Mountain Tea.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21
NO Cabinet Change at Present.

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-A positive
denial is given from an undoubted
source to the reports that a change is
contemplated in the cabinet Of Presi-
dent Mckinley by the retirement Of
Secretary Alger.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21

Running Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Pimples,
etc., quickly cured by Banner sslve the
most healing salve in the world. Price
25c. No other lust as good"
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21

James-Don't marry a girl unless che
is willing to do her share OF the work
and take Rocky Mountain Tea.
FRANK C.. Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21

I'D Bridge, editor and proprietor OF
the Democrat. Lancaster, N. H., says: II
would not be without One Minute Cough
Cure for my boy, when troubled with a
cough or cold. 1t is the best remedy for
Group l ever used"
CnOU, e, (1run
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21
do You Need ANY lcey

Perhaps not to-day. But when you
do let me furnish you with SPRING
WATER Ice. Better this year than ever
before. Try it and you will use no other.
Telephone 9. L. A. STEVENS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21
DAILY LEADER
FRIDAY, APRIL 81, 1899.
OFFICIAL Paper Of CITY and COUNTY.
TRIMS OF.sUBeCRIPTION
TO ADVERTISERS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The DAILY LBADDB makee . special feature OF
furuishir z Information concerning the advantages
and resources Of the city Of Madison and Of the
etAis At large emitting IL to the patronage ofad-
r,isere Of every clsss..
j, F. STANL Proprietor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
BORN.

BAkEMAN-At Brooksville, Aug y, to Mr. and
Mrs John iakeman, II son. Keith Hilton
Bow BEN-At Hrooksvlte, Aug 3, to Mr. and
Mrs Everett Bowden II son. Eddie Lewis.
COON BS-At Winter Harbor. Aug 81. to Mr.
and Mrs William Coombs, IL daughter
CUNNlNGiIAM-A BluehiIl, Sept /, to Mr. and
Mrs AnsOu NJ Cunningham, son.
GRAf-At Deer Isle, Aug &C. to MIR and Mrs
Charles Gray II daughter
GRAG-At Brooksvlle. Aug Is, to MIR and Mrs
Leonard II Gray, IA daughter.
GRlENE-At BIuchill Sept 3, to Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Gricve, Il
GUPTILL-At Vest Ellsworth, Aug y. to Mr.
and Mrs Oscar IL Guptill, son. Robert
Arthur
kITTREDGE-At Ellsworth, Sept 4, to MIR and
Mrs Charles NJ kittredgc.
NENELLS-At Ellsworth Falls, Aug 81 to Mr.
and Mrs John II NeveIls, a son.
M0oRt-At Dedham, Aug -, to Mr. and Mrs
Maurice L Moore, son.
PEIRCE-At BROOKLYN, Aug 81, to Mr. and Mrs
Fred Peirce,
SMALLIpGE-At Winter Ilarbor, Aug Is, to
MIR and Mrs II q Smallidge, a daughter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
ELLSN OItIH FAILS.

Mrs. Mary Durham is having all /
added to her house On Min street.
Cll J = Whitcomh and wife are on Il
trip to Washington and Philadelphia.
Miss Maud Gray went to Bucksport
on Tuesday, W here her mot her is stopping.
Mrs. r. T.. Co tie, who mas been visiting
her parents at East Orland, has returned
home.
Misses Kate Latin and Carrie Cochrane
have been visiting friends at Eden for The
past week.
f. f. Hartshorn WAS here Moncay az
ternoou on his nay home to New Haven,
Conn. from HancocK Point, where he has
spent the summer.
Mrs. Lizzie Bowman, who has been
Visiting here and at East Oeiand for sew
eral weeks, will leave for her home In
Medford, Mass, Saturday. She will be
accompanied by her niece, Miss Mlttle
Cottle, VINO will spend the winter there.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
THE MAILMAN CUP
Becomes Property of r.. f.. Parker
Mr.. Ualmau Eauquetcd.

The Ellsworth tennis tournament on /
l.. Halman's court was finished last
Thursday, when B. b Wnaeems uon
the priyil.,e of myDtuE H.. L. r h.r,
holder oil lac Guy. Rae cup strics OF
games was pnrcd Friday afternoon, and
WAS won hy M, Posher, who tnereny te-
came the ownvr OF .he cup, ..,acu Was
Won in 1897, and has -uee s-fuify Gt.u4=a
ed two years. Following is summary Of
the games al the tournament, not report
ed last week. First round, {. r. Thomas
won from X. l.. Mason, g., go, second
round, {. II. Thomas won from T.. /.
Moore, 6-3, 3 Finals z. b. WAIeomb
won from { X. Thoma-, : ), 6 /, 6=0
The cup series b,-Ween Mr.. Parker end
MIR. Whi,cvm" Was PLAYED friusy after
noon. Tn-.a "Rs qulte II gathering Of
spectators, 'u,.udi"e mGby IRdlts. |. l..
IlaImau, tp,-f o, the cup, Nns referee.
The se',,1 Mas intoru-ting. Mr.. Parker
played hIe ..-aal ca etuf, consistent ghme,
and woh o. superior piacing. MIR.
w hitcoml .."''vN,r, gave him tie hard
est fight Ire ). !et Aai t. make his tile
to the cupst ,g.,. lie series was won by
Mr.. Parkre ~ straight s.ts-6.3 6.3, 81.
The las; set WAS r.ayyd IL the rain ON a
slippery court.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
MARINE LIST.

Ellsworth Port.
SAILED
Saturday, Sept
Sch Ann c Stuart, Ray, Stony Brook, lumber
Ellsworth Lumber Co
ARRIVED
Sch samuel Lewis, Bonsey, Salem
Monday, Sept4
Sch Lulu W Eppes. Jordan, Plymouth
Tuesday, Sept5
sch Catherine. Coggins, Plymouth Lumber
Ellsworth Lumber Co
ARRIVED
sch Wesley Abbott, Peterson, Gardiner
sch Henrietta a Whitney. Woodward, Boston
sch Myra Sears, Clo-son Rockland
Hancock County Ports.
WEST suLLIvAN-Ar Aug Is, sch Agnes Ma
lei, Mo-eleN, Bar Harbor
Sid Aug -, sch Agnes Mabel, Moscley, with
granite Tor : Taylor Tor Bar Harbor
ar sept /, sch Agnes Mabel, Moselcy, Bar
Sid Aug IS. sch Harvest Home. somes. with
curt for robertson 4 Hayey, for Boston
Sid Aug 20, sch Julia A Decser, Ray, with
curb for Hooper, Havey 4 Co for Boston
Sid sept 3, sch Agnes Mabel, Moseley, with
granite for Taylor for Bar Harbor
Domestic Ports.
BANGoR-Ar sept 4, sch Florence Leland,
SpofIord. Port Johnson
CID sept 1, sch II Curtis, Eaton, Boston
Cid Sept ,, sch RIA )boni, Lord, New York
BosToS-Ar Sept l, sch Glendy Burke. stan
wood. New York
Sid Sept ;. sch Mabel Goss east
Ar Aug 30, sch Susan \ Pickering, Fernan-
dina
DELAWARE BREAKwATER-Sld Sept l. sch }
B Holden, New York
HYANNIS-Sd sept 3, sch Fiheman, knowl
ton, New York for Boston
MILBkIDGE-Sd Aug 81, sch John Maxwell,
Crabtree, Hillsboro
NEW YoRK-Ar Sept 3, sch b Holden, Has
kell, Fernandina
Ar Aug o. bark Mamie swan, Higgins, from
Brunswick, Ga
Sid Aug 81, bark Allanwide, Buenos Ayres
sch Annie X Lewis, Boston
NEW ORLEaNS-Cld Aug 30, bark Auburn.
dale, Dow, Boston
GLouCEsTER-Ar Sept l, sch Northern Light,
Calais for Weymouth
PASCAGOULA-Ar Sept 3, sch 5 Haskell,
PORT ROYAL, Car Sept 2, sch Sedgwick,
Hagerthy, Boston
sALEM-Ar sept2. sch Georgietta Peterson,
Hudson River
Sid Aug so, schs NJ A Pope, Portland; Hattie
Marsh, Somes Sound and Philadelphia
Sid Sept 3, schs Matte Allies, Crockett New
York; Mary Cushman, Vineyard Haven
PERTH AMBoY-Sld Sept ;, sch Lewis Cobb,
Beal. Mt Desert
VINEYARD HAvEN-Ar Sept ?, schs Carrie K
Pickering, Hoboken for Camden; X q Whlden,
Perth Amboy for Rockport; Z Wood, Phila-
elphia for Surry
PoRTsMouTH-Ar Aug 81, bark Edmund
Phnney, Young, Perth Amboy
Foreign Ports.
MARTINIQUE-Sd Aug %, sch Herald, Lowell,
Turks Island and New Haven
LoUIsBURG, c B-Cld Aug % sch Mary A
Han, Haskell, Rockland
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
New Boat for Lamoine Beach.

Tho owners of the little steamer
Hector which for the past three sum
mers has been running Between Lamoine
Beach and Bar iIarbor, have made trade
by which the Beach Will receive the
benefit of large boat.
The rev boat, the "Pauline", is about
the size OF the Maine Central stealnt r
.'sebenoa", and is just suited for he bust
ness here. She will be commanded by
Capt. A. j. Guptill, who has been such a
popular captain on the "Hector". In the
winter The "Ptuilhe" viii go GA the
Winter Ilarhor and GouldsbHro route.
II IL underst God the "iector" will be
sent South to run on the savannah river.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06

The closing feature OF the tournament
for the iHinian cup came Saturday night,
when |. l., Haiman, donor OF the cup, WAS
the guest OF honor at a banquet given by
the contestants for the cup.
Mr., Ila.man has done much for tennis
III EiIsM Ine interest IN the tourna-
men;s for he lia.ual cup has been great
each year, ana has kept awe interest in
tenn4s. tot t"o Seas, Mr.. Haiman has
banquctoG ttv tv"n,, pfnyers in style
after e,eh TIA. nouu-t.,. ,-as ta.s year the
payet- 5000 tne uaten GA lin and re-
versod he order, making Mr. finsiuln tie
guest instead OF the host. l. wa. aut
slight expression Of their appreciation OF
what he hRd done for tennis in Ellsworth.
The banquet was served at the Ameri-
can house in Proprietor Cunningham
best style, which is saying much. An
elaborate course dinner WAS served, and
every course was perfection. Covers were
laid for fifteen. Those present were; !,
l.. Halman, h. T.. Parker, b. b. Whitcomb,
Ii. w. Haynes T.. l.. Moore, l.. NJ. Moore,
c. X. Thomas, Nj. Y. McGown, r. +.
Mason, f. X. SWEET, {. +. Bellatty, IL. l..
Walker, A. X. Cushman, {. f. Alexander,
w. II. Titus.
Tie tables were very prettily arranged.
In the centre OF the banquet ia BILE was a
handsome floral piece from Moses, the
Bar liarbor florist. Above the table were
suspended crossed floral tennis rackets
and below them the ialman cup. The
menu was rs follows:
Performances,
Mock Turtle soup
Celery tucUufbtrs Lettuce
Based English Turuot- hollandatse Sauce
tirst Round
Chicken pic-t uddI.d Apples
Young Vermont rurAry-Ctanberry sauce
Wild DuCk-turrant Jeliy
Mashed Potatoes Baked sweet Potatoes
treu,h Peas bermuda onions
second Round
Mustard Pickles White Onions
Worce-ler-uirc Sauce Tomato hetchup
Helms Pepper Relish
Lobster salad Tomato Salad
Whipped Cream Pie Assorted Cake
straw Jerry lee-eream
truit jelly Orange Jelly
Para! house Rolls iialh Bread
CUP Serit>
Fruit Nuts Ralsias
French Coffee Tea
Cigars
AT the post -prandlnl exercises, w. II.
Titus ptvslued a. tosssmaater. At the
opening, three cheers for the guest OF
honor ), ere called for and given with a
viii. MIR. Ealman responded by
speech, IN the course Of which he an
nounced his intention OF putting up
another and larger cup, for next year,
ana also tt tournament cup for the SECOND
prize.
b. b. Whitcomb made the spsch pre-
senting he Halman cup to T.. +. Parker,
who Won the cup III 1897 and successfully
defended 1t two Wears, thus becoming
the owner, MIR. Parker responded in
well-chosen words.
Informal speeches followed, nearly
everyone present res spending when called
upon. The evening closed with music,
l.. NJ. Moore acting as master of ceremon-
les for this part OF the programme.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06

A record is betteri than a prospectus.
circulation is phat counts for
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06

MRnter, Guilford, judges; F. e. Whit
comb, Orono, clerk.
Tu' sday was an Andrews day on the
track, and the Bangor man took off both
races. Following is a summary OF the
races:
TuREE-NtlNurE CLASS. PURSE 500.
Clifford wilkes, br Z. { G Andrews,
bangor Observation-Disclosures. / I
hirt, b <, J. Nash, Belfast............ ?
Wilkesnaught, br z, George + Homer,
Buck7port ......,....... .....,........ )
Frank II, IT =, Roscoe Holiness Ellswth, 1
Twi~icr, bl <, l. JudkinS. }
Hosea br :, II Il Phillips. &
Tmc-2 S7a,, , 30, 81 %.
$50 CLASS. PURSE sl25.
Miss Mc.iuty, b III, Z Andrews, Ban
gpr..-,........... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. /
Mackumhoy, h Z, l. Nash, Befast.... > !.
Niua Haven, <, j Il Wiswell, Ellswth. ) )
Maud l., ch m, g Ii Dyer, Eddington.. )
Troublesome, b Z, o Ripley Union.
Index, b =, II l. Clcaycs, sullvan...... 1 q
Henry Wilkes. hr =, " \ Dcerirg, Ellis.
worth......... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ! :
larry +, br =, II Il Phillips. Ellsworth. dis
Time, 3o',, ~. 2?9'..
BICYCLE RACES.
One mile, 20 to first, g to second-W. +.
Boober, Old Town, first; Willis Dunn,
Ellsworth, =, cond. Time, 81 as.
One mite, match race-Arthur + Pray,
Bar iarbor, first; Frank W. Pray, Bar
Harbor, second; p Adams, Bar Harbor,
third. Tune, $40.
THE BROWNIES.
A real feature of the fair are "the
Brownies Fred f.. and his lit c seven
year Old son Waiter-who do trick bicycle
riding, single and double. Master Walter
has won the heart OF every woman on the
grounde-he is the "cutest thing on
wheels. His trick bicycle riding is good,
but his double act with his father, swing
ing clubs and doing acrobatic and bal
ancing teats on his father while he rides,
is one OF the best things to be seen at the
fair.
CHILDREN's DAY.
E. This is childrens day at the fair, and
the park is sWarming with little ONES.
There are games and amusements
especially for them.
DRAWING OF OXEN.
The drawing of oxen took place this
morning.
The first prize for oxen over 200 WAS
WON ny simeon AeaV"' Vi p'uehiii' iose
P"lF heu'eu o''oo pou'iuS' ne oi'is othef
pair III this class was that Of Arch Hinck-
ley, OF Bluehil.
For oxen under 200, three pair were
Gu Neo' &c ie''' Vi n'uenih' Won
I,sS rI;.aI.,a, pT,at;, o.s ,o,5
,,a,,,',,... Ioro,ninh N,ora l1,,,o.th
p r, lao" o''A
r, $4,000 49,, ,.
Inc Judges were oohh Ls iilpufher ana
james a. staples herman t1lIi' scorer.
BALL GAME
Inc Dan game INNS morning between
Falls grammar schools wes won by the
Falls team. Score, 81 to Il.
This afternoon there will be ball
game between ntn.s from Ellsworth and
West Sullivan.
Toe races for this afternoon are the 10
md . % classes, a running race and the
farmers race. The races should furnish
,ood snort there tejup large number of
49, ~, 49,, o,.,,,,9
entries III All '"' eFo''S'
10 "oNNo"' -
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06

Manter, Guilford, judges; F. e. Whit
comb, Orono, clerk.
Tuesday was an Andrews day on the
track, and the Bangor man took off both
races. Following is summary OF the
races:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
DANCES AT THE HALL.

DANCES AT THE HALL.
For the amusement of the visitors to
the fair, as well as the home people, the
fair association will give dances in
Hancock hall two evenings of the fair.
The first was given last evening and was
well attended. There will be another this
evening.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
A WONDERFUL CURE

PROMINENT VIRGINIA EDITOR
HAD ALMOST GIVEN UP, BUT WAS BROUGHT
BACK TO PERFECT HEALTH BY CHAMBER
LAIN's COLO, CHOLERA AND DIARRHdA
REMEDY.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
READ HIS EDITORIAL.
From the Times, Hillstille, Va.

From the Times, hlllstille, va.
| suffered with diarrh9a for long time
and thought l was past being cured.
had spent much time and money and suf-
fered so much misery that | had almost
decided to give up all hopes of recovery
and await the result, but noticing the ad-
vertisement of Cham berlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhna Remedy and also
some testimonials stating how some Won
derful cures had been wrought by this
remedy, decided to try it. After taking
a few doses | was entirely well of that
trouble, and l wish to say further to my
readers and fellow-sufferers that l am
hale and hearty man to-day and feel as
we'll as l ever did in my life.-O. X.
MOORE. Sold by GEO. A. PARcHFR,
Druggist.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06
Commencing June 26, 1899.
BAR HARBOR To BANGOR.


Daily, Sunday included, train from Wash
ington County Il Il leaves Ellsworth 10 33 p III,
arrive Bangor j 80 y m.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-09-06

R'I'P'AN'S. 10 for s cents at druggists
They banis pain and prolong life. One gives
relief. No matter what's the matter one will
do you good.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-04-04
Steamship Statistics.

There are fully 1000 tons of piping
of various kinds in the average Allan
tic liner. The furnaces will consume
no less rhan 100000 cubic feet of
air an hour. The boiler tubes, if placed
in a straight line, would stretch near
ly ten miles, and the condenser tubes
more than twenty-five miles. The to-
tai number of separate pieces of steel
in the main structure of the ship Ia
not less than 10000, and the total nuts-
ber of cubic feet of timber used in the
construction is more than 100000. TIE
total number of rivets is not far from
100000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-04-04
HARNESSING THE NILE.
Scheme Worthy of Rameses Q. .
Pharaoh.

Engineering skill is to rearrange na-
lures surface on the Egyptian frontier.
and pond back into Nubia body OF
water 140 miles long, crossing the tro-
pic of Cancer and extending southwark
nearly TO Korosko-a goodly step on
the journey to Abu-Simbel and Wady-
Halfa-by means of a great dam across
the Nile at Assuan. says the Century.
The pyramids and the Sphinx have
torn testimony through the centuries
to the grandeur and power of execution
which dwelt within the Nile valley;
sid what more fitting now that the
81 me valley be the theater of gigan-
t., exploit, audacious perhaps, but GER
tain of success, and ministering to
mans necessities rather than to his
vanity? AS a building achievement
the scheme is on a scale worthy of a
Rameses or a Pharaoh. To create IN
the heart OF the African desert lake
having from two to three times the su-
perficial area of Lake Geneva, in swift
zerland, and control it with scientific
precision, so that the impounded flood
may be turned into distant channels
at WILL is a stupendous undertaking
But the engineers claim that their
plans can be carried out to the letter;
they have estimated the exact cost OF
the dam, computed almost to the gal
Ion the volume of water that Will be
imprisoned, and figured the necessary
resistance to be provided at every point
of the masonry. In Cairo, the experts
pf fba ipistrias nf Dublic works and
finance, likewise, have calculated to
nicely the sum from taxation that Will
come into the public treasury through
the country's augmented productive
ness. Subordinate to the great dam,
smaller one not unlike the barrage at
the apex of the delta, ten miles north
of Cairo, is to be made at Assiut. It's
functions will be to give sufficient
head to the river to force the water
into the system of irrigation canals
that vein hundreds of thousands of
acres between Assiut and Cairo. The
completion of the Cairo barrage Ot was
begun by Mehemet Ali Pasha, from
the plans of a French engineer, but not
made effective until England took the
country in hand) so developed cotton
culture as to add to the public revenue
of the country at least 100000 annu-
ally. 1t may be safely concluded that
the Assuan reservoir is but one of a
series which will in time be construct
ed southwark to the Victoria Nyanza.
The re-establishment of khedival au-
thority at Khartoum will determine
this.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-04-04
USE OF STUDIES.
-rhe Wit May Bo Wrought Out by Fit
StudIeA.

Studies.
Studies serve for delight, for orna-
ment, and for ability. Their chief use
for delight is in privateness and retir-
ing; for ornament is in discourse, and
for ability is in the judgment and dis
position of business; for expert men
can execute, and perhaps judge of par
tinulars, one by one; but the general
counsels, and the plots and marshaling
of affairs, come best from those that
are learned. To spend too much time
in studies is sloth; to use them TOO
much for ornament is affectation; to
make judgment wholly by their rules
is the humor of the scholar; they per-
feet nature and are perfected by expe-
rience; for natural abilities are like
natural plants, that need pruning by
study, and studies themselves do give
forth directions too much at large. ex-
cept that they be bounded in by expe-
rience. Crafty men condemn studies,
simple men admire them, and wise men
|. uso them; for they teach not their own
use, but that is wisdom without them,
and above them won by observation.
Read not to contradict and confute, nor
to believe and take for granted, nor to
find talk and discourse, but to weigh
and consider. Some books are to be
tasted, others to be swallowed, and
some few to be chewed and digested;
that is, some books are to be read only
in parts, others 20 be read, but not
curiously, and some few are to be read
wholly and with diligence and atten-
ton. Some books also may be read
by deputy and extracts made OF them
by others, but that would be only In
the less important arguments. and the
meaner sort of books; else distilled
books are like common distilled wat
ers, flashy things. Reading maketh a
full man, conference ready man. ana
writing an exact man, and therefore
il a man write little, he had need have
a great memory; If he confer little he
had need have present wit, and II ne
read little he had need have much
cunning to seem to know that he doth
not. History makes wise men; poets,
witty; the mathematics. subtle; natur-
al philosophy, deep; moral. grave; log
ic and rhetoric, able to contend:
"A
is no stand or impediment in the wit
but may be wrought out by fit studies;
like as diseases of the body may have
appropriate exercises; bowling is good
for the stone and reins, shooting for
the lungs and breast. gentle walking
for the stomach, riding for the head
and the like; So II mans wit be call
ed away. never so little, he must begin
again; If his wit be not apt to distin-
guish or find differences, let him study
the schoolman, for they are "Cymini
Sectores:" II he be not apt to beat
over matters and to call upon one
thing to prove and illustrate another,
let him study the lawyers cases; so
every defect of the mind may have a
special receipt.-Francis Bacon's Essay
on Studies.