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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03
Hides and Tallow.
Value of Standardization.

Edward Box answers girl correspond
ent who inquiries ''iIow can one learn
other than at college and stili realize the
highest liying?' in the Ladies' Home
journal.
The inestimable value of mental train
ing" he says, sis undeniable for girl or
boy, man or woman. But mental train
ing is not alone to be had at the college
or university. It can be had more syste-
matically there, perhaps, but not more
effectively than anywhere else if the de-
sire to learn and study is present in the
heart. There is mistaken idea present
with many that we go to college to get a
certain amount of Information or a num-
Der of facts in our heads. The Legitimate
use of all colleges is mental discipline: in
other words, the training of our facul-
ties so that they will be of use to us rs
tools. The school, the college or the
university is simply the beginning OF
our learning. 1t gives us not learning,
but trains Us how to learn in after years,
For the life of a woman, like that of a
man, begins after college has been left
behind.
"Now, mental discipline may be just
as easily acquired at home as at college,
provided girl so wills. What developed
the hundreds OF thousands of women who
never went to college, and yet who are
to-day women OF the very finest minds?
Not one in five thousand girls in this
country can or will ever go to college.
That is possible only for the smallest
minority. Yet the majority will not fail
of the highest living because the oppor-
tunity ui an academic training wea with
held from them. Self-development is far
more lasting than mental training, be-
cause it calls for greater effort, and efforts,
well directed, are of themselves the great
est means OF development we have. What
we find out ourselves we remember better
and longer than what is taught or told
u.s.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03

nature is scion
titic. This is
the reason that
Pe-ru-na is so
uniformly suc-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03
THE CAUSE OF
DYSPEPSIA.
Loss Of Vitality Known 10 be the Parent Of this Dread
Disease The Method OF Cure that Has
Proved Most Successful.
Eron, The Republican. Scranton. Re,lna.

in the market, but tried several of them
suffering several months, and had secured
which | had TAKEN friend of mine, by the
of this city, urged me to try DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. | told him il
would be It useless waste of money to buy
them, as | was convinced that nothing could
do me any good.
81 was finally persuaded to buy box
and Iegan to Use the pills according to
directions. Before | had taken the second
box began to feel relieved and after taking
a few more boxes ] considered myself re-
stored to health. The pills gave me new
life, strength, ambition and happiness"
An untiiilin@ specific is found in DR.. Will
1ians Pink Pills for Pale People for such
diseases as loconotor ataXia, partial paralysis
st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism, nervous headache, the after effect of la
grippe, palritaton of the heart, pale and
sallow compilations, that tired feeling result
ing from nervous prostration; all diseases re-
sulting from vitiated humors in the blood,
such ms scrotia chronic erysipelas, etc. They
are also a specific for troubles peculiar to
females, such as suPpresslons, irregularities
and all forms of weakness In men they effect
a radical cure in oil cases arising from mental
worry, oyerwork or excuses of whatever
nature. These pills are manufactured by the
Or. Williams Medicine Co, Schenectady,
n. Y, and are sold only in boxes hearing the
firms trademark and wrapper at 30 cents
box or SIX boxes for 800 and are never sold
in bulk. They may be had of all druggists
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03
AT HALL QUARRY.


A little village is rising around the
Standard granite company's quarries at
Hail Quarry, and within a few weeks Il
force of 500 men will be at work there
Already between POO and 300 men are
busily engaged in getting out the granite
for the new Philadelphia mint which the
United States government is building,
and the contract of which was secured by
the Standard Granite Co. In order to ac
commodate the large force of men, new
boarding houses have been put up, a big
general supply store is maintained and
the quarries have the appearance of
small village.
This big contract, calling for half
million dollars worth of granite, was
awarded to the Standard Granite Co. last
fall and the company has eighteen months
in which to complete the job. \ good
sized crew has been kept at work during
the winter, but not great deal of he
work has been done because of the
severity OF the weather. Work is now
commencing in earnest, new men are
coming every day and the greatest activity
and hustle prevail. The first ship load
will leave the quarries for Philadelphia
some day this week, and then on until the
contract is finished the granite will be
shipped as rapidly as possible,
The entire work of getting out this
large amount of granite is under the
personal supervision of c. j. Hail. of Bel
fast, the president of the company. Mr..
Hall lives at the quarries and looks out
for every detail of the business. Assisting
Mr.. Hall are book-keeper, four clerks
and several foremen. The store is con-
Quoted by the company, and the work
men obtain all their supplies there. Con-
trary to the usual way in such cases, the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03
THE PRESENT ROAD SYSTEM.
Some Pertinent Questions Applicable
to the Maine system.

to the Maine system.
At a farmers institute which recently
met i'll MarshalltoWn, Ia, Il paper was read
by j. II. Jayne, on Good Roads. Touch
ing on the results OF working out road
taxes. he said
81 believe the most important funds in
the country are the school and the road
funds, because the schools and roads are
the most extensive and cost the most
money. But what vast difference in
the management OF these two affairs.
~ our schools are second To none III the
country, while your road, are below the
average. Suppose you levied three mill
school fund IN every township, one mill
to be paid in cash and two mills to be
worked out. and you compelled every
taxpayer in the district to teach the
school i'll his turn until his school tax
was worked out, and supply no other
teachers. After lapse OF fifteen years
you find your schooihouses delapidated,
plastering off, stoves down, seats and
windows broken, etc. DO you think your
schools would be up to the standard and
your children properly educated? Your
roads are in like condition to-day, being
worked by men " 10 do not follow 1t as IA
business, and furthermore have no time
outside OF OF her duties TO attend to il.
"Now, the principal point l wish to
bring before you is money for road pur-
poses. | do not mean by this that we
need more money, that the country should
be bonded, or heavy county road-fund
levy made, but that the money now raised
every year for road purposes should be
raised and handled differently. The bulk
of that money can he derived from that
mirror, as it were-that shadow which
sklps here and there over the country
roads every summer and cuts off he grass
and makes the roads look level and
smooth Gin places the district road
supervisor ana his grader
Now do you think it pays for John
Smith to be road supervi sor this year
and grade up the road-till up the hol-
lows and round them up nicely in the
centre-and next year put in William
Jones and allow him to pillow the roads
clear across for miles and harrow them
down Hat, and the next year put in an
,''l,,a.,, ,.,..I. VOC. nt,a,
year?
- - = o,4
$780,
-, . 49,
-. l..'.,, ~ Ii,,,
o., -, - ,,,s..,,.5 .r,,,,'
D'N .I|,,
"a 'e''ii ~ -" ','' ,,.'' ''
see'''' " Is - -.
go -o 'a w. ,.,a,s,aa rro $780,,
- 1,G.tg,na
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03
Country Produce.

Beans.
Pea, hand picked, per bu...................2.2
Peas:
Butter.
Creamery per b........ -
Ddlry -........ 10 q 10
Cheese.
Best factory new per b................l4d. JIG
Best dairy new. ..........................l 3
Dutch NmportedD $50. ......................9O
Eggs.
Fresh laid, per doz............. ............ 10
Hay.
Best loose, per ton..................... alO
Baled ........... ............... ......1 az
Straw.
Loose ............. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as
Baled S dlO
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03

1t is said that when General Grant was
in japan, the japanese premier, desiring
to compliment the general by telling him
that be was born TO command, tried in
English, with this result; Sire, brave
general, you vas made to order"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03

And you have make Jim Jackson
deacon in your church?'' ''Yes, sab. Dat
is, he's breyet deacon, sah." And
what's a breyet deacon, George2" Giles
deucon dat don't handle no money, sab"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-03
ELLSWORTH ETS.
WEDNESDAY, May 8. 1899.

WEDNESDAY, NIHy ., Io53'
MAINE REGaRDING WEIGHTS AND MEAsURks.
A bushel of Liverpool salt shall weigh go
pounds, and bushel of Turks Island salt shall
weigh 20 pounds.
The standard weight of busheI of potatoes,
in good order and tit for shipping, is so pounds /;
of apples, a pounds.
The standard weight of a hushel of beans in
or wheat, bcets, ruta -basa turnips and peas, 60
pounds: of corn, OF pounds; of onions, 81
pounds; of carrots, English turnips, rye and
Indian meal, 50 pounds of parsnips, 45 pounds I;
of barley and buckwheat, Is pounds; of oats,
81 pounds, or even measure as by agreement.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
PERSONAL MENTION.

Argentina's president has a 81 500 uni
form.
Ex-President Pierola, of Peru, has
$SO.OOO,oOO.
The earl of Harrington owns a gro
Gerry in London.
Rev ]. r. Metford, a Presbyterian
preacher in Scotland, is worth 81 $780,
900.
James Jackson, heir to the throne
of Kabinda, is janitor of fiat in San
Francisco.
The oldest living member of the New
York stock exchange is William Alex
ander Smith, who was elected in 1874.
Lieut. Brumby, of the Olympia, is
said to be the greatest smoker in the
navy Except when on duty, he always
has cigar close at hand.
Henry Clews says: "For one who
looks well after the original investment.
good health, clear head, work and
economy, will declare big dividends"
j. Pierpont Morgan believes that the
two great charities for rich man to in
dulge in are to buy good pictures for
public museums and to endow free hos
pitfalls.
1t is a curious fact that the oueen
should have an equal number of grand
children and great-grandchi ldren-32 of
each-which, together with her seven
children, makes the number of her de-
scendants II.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Do not feed too much soft feed
Keep four ducks to one drake.
Never use imperfect fowls for breed
eng.
Feed milk and bran for growth, milk
and meal to fatten.
Generally, the better the scratcher
the better the layer.
When you get ready 10 fatten fowls,
do the work quickly.
Separate the cocks from the hens;
they mott better alone.
Game chickens, given free range, are
in danger of being overfed.
Get rid of the hens you do not intend
to keep through the winter.
Hens require variety of food; they
get excessively tired of one kind.
The most successful fanciers are
those that keep one or two breeds
Hens should be killed when they are
three years old; they lay fewer eggs
after that.
Grain is sufficient in lime and minera
matter, but bran is rich in nitrogen anC
carbon
Scalding fowls before picking partial
Nv cooks the delicate skin, rendering i
dry and wrinkled-
While linseed and cottonseed meal
are excellent foods, too much OF then
will cause a loss of feathers
Itrarely pays to spend much time try
! ing to cure a bad case of roup or egs
bound In hens. Use the Ratchet.
When YOUR birds have bowel diseas
; change the food for few days and
L the same time change the grit.-S
Louis Republic.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
LEARNED BY EXPERIENCE

The worst remedy for an evil is to
complain of it.
For every foolish thing in law there is
a wise reason.
Make useful sacrifices enough to dis
pense with useless ones.
Put your strength in your fight in
S'ea> of in your challenge.
some --aan are ever ready to do an in
jury and to apologize for it.
When one builae. castles in the air, he
leaves out the troubles.
Take care of your health while you
have it, not after it is gone.
A delicate man at work accomplishes
more than a giant in idleness.
1t is much harder to get dollar into
ones pocket than il is to get II out.
Most men give up what they like to do
In order to get what they like TO have.
The next best thing after not being
pretty is not to know that you are ugly.
We will never have clean streets in n
great city until somebody wants the
dirt.
One who spends money imprudently
Is not apt to have money to spend pru-
IDENTITY.
Politicians ara given appointments
not for favors received, but for favors
expected.
Many waste their powers in getting
wealth and then waste their wealth in
getting power.-Ledger Monthly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
Got No Invitation.

Tramp-Please, mum, me feet's on
tn ground; an if We could spare me an
ole pair O. shoes, I'd
Mrs. Spinks-There's q wedding go
ing ON in the big house across the street.
Just you go over there and wait. When
the couple comes out the family will
throw lot of the brides old shoes after
her.
but, mum, they'd be too small"
''Huhl Wait TIL you see her feet
N. Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
FALL DISPLAYS IN THE SHOPS

From the Dry Goods Economist, New
. York;
Lizard Brooch pins set with ollvines
and diamonds.
.Two-toned velvets in which white fur
nishes the reliefs.
SteerHng-silver hooks and eyes stud
ded with rhinestones.
Many plaid, spotted and shot wooden
shirt waists for girls.
Many broad sash ribbons OH white
grounds with colored figures.
Medium-sized velvet hats effectivSFv
draped with fringed silk scarfs.
Black venetian and broadcloth tail
ored suits trimmed with white silk
braid in fancy patterns.
Many French novelties in the form of
stickpins, brooches, chatelaines and
neck chains.
Collarettes and muffs to match, con-
structed from pheasants' feathers in va
rious dark mixtures.
Choice umbrellas with colnmn-shaped
handles wrought In silver, gold and gun
metal studded with real peweIs.
New reception costumes of damask
satin IN shades of white and mauve en-
helhshed lavishly with old rose point.
Elaborate shoulder capes of mink
edged with two double frills of brown
chiffon, which also form the long stole
ends.
Short carriage coats having their
edges cut in irregular scroll pattern
with lace-incrusted revers and bell
shaped cuffs
Girls suits fashioned with blue serge
skirt and round waist composed of blue
and white checked taffeta with treIIip-
work yoke Of ribbon.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
r,r.on rn., An Ner ze.lsnN.

Recent experimentsin flying pigeons
between the town of Auckland, North
island, New Zealand, and Great Barrier
island have resulted In the successful
establishment of a pigeon postal service
between those points. The government
not seeing its way TO make cable com-
IuuHication with the island~(the popula,
ton even now scarcely numbering 700
souls), il was left 20 private enterprise
10 establish a speedy and not too ex-
pensive means of communication be-
tween Auckland and the island at the
mouth of the Gulf of Haurak. The
germ of the solution of the difficulty
was found In the use of pigeons to carry
dispatches to Auckland on the occasion
of the wreck OF the Wairarapa, and ac-
cordingly a large number of birds has
been trained for the service, and daily
post is now in successful operation.
Each bird carries four ''pigeongrams'
or messages. These are written Tor
| typewritten) on pieces of tissue paper
| quarto size, and bearing stamps of the
| value of either one shilling or sixpence
Four CT these dispatches being received
mail is made up.-Birmingham Post
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
A GREAT RAILROAD CENTER,

Chicago is the greatest railroad Cen
ter in the world.
One hundred and fifty thousand sub
urbantes are brought in every morn
ing over the steam roads, and one Of
these lines-the Illinois CentraI-trans-
ports 100000 suburban passengers
annually over its admirably conducted
system.
With 2s terminal trunk lines, the num-
Der OF through express and mail trains
arriving and departing daily is 2s4; ac-
commodation and suburban passenger
trains, 694; merchandise freight trains.
2ss; grain, stock and lumber trains. 100
making total OF !, 1866 regular trains Of
All classes in and out of Chicago daily
by way of all railroad lines.
The total tonnage Of dead freizk. ear-
ried east in 1898 aggregated 5000, 900
tnns. 2rom the west the big trunk
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
SATURDAY. NOV, ID, 1899
NOTES OF A TRAVELLER

It takes $175 o year to keep railway
carriage in working order.
In the past 20 years over OO,ooo miles
of railway has been completed In the
British empire
EMPLOYEES of the Lehigh Valley rail
hoad have been ordered To speak of
wrecks as "derailments" or "acci-
dents
Chicago has more miles of street rail-
way than any other city in the world.
The total length of single track, ele-
waited railroads included, is over 1000
miles.
The Italian government now issues
a new kind of travellers passes" good
on all railways and steamboat lines
and including hotel expenses, first OF
'second-class, on payment of a certain
lump sum, varying according to class
and time.
The new street cars to be used on the
5nterurban line between St. Paul anc
saltwater have will have compressed
air brakes and whistles. The al
whistles will be used in the country
where the cars will be run at higl
rate of speed.
The Kashmir railway is to be con
structed over 1s6 miles in the mos
mountainous part of India 1t will b
operated by electricity, water powe
being used. This permits of a niue
lighter motor for drawing the sam
load, and also permits of grades While
a steam engine could not climb witho'
recourse to the rack system.
The trains of the trans-Siberian raj
road are to be ferried across Lake Be
1xal on steamboat which, 1t is sal
will possess the most powerful engfn
employed in any vessel afioat- They a
of 10000 horsepower, and large sha
OF their immense energy will be ]
quired TO break a way for boat throuI
the thick ice which covers the lake
the winter. The engines of the gre
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Gros
are of only $4,000 horsepower.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18

LEAVE BYRD-sTREET STATION.
SIS A. N. Daily, for Washington aad Points
and Fredericksburg. Pullman
Sleepers toNew York
$50 n, Sunday only for Warrington 1nc
points Nor tn. stops a. klba
Glen Allen, AshlAnd, TAyiors-
Vile, boswell, Ruther Glen,
Penola, milford, Woo dslane,
Guinea Summit, redericksburg,
Brooke. and Whitewater. Pull
man car.
s4sA. n, D4iiy excopt Sunday, Tor wash
tngeon' and points North. Stops
atElba, Glen Allen, Ashland.
Taylorsville. boswell, Ruther
Glen, Pencla, Milford, Woods
lane, Guinea, Summit, Freder-
icksburg Brooke, Whitewater,
Pullman car.
IL 90 NJ, Daily, except sunday, tor wash
i1gton and points North. Stops
at klba, Glen Allen, Ashland,
boswell, Milford & Fredertcks-
burg, with Congressional Linz
tied at Washington.
TAO D. ~, Daily for Washington and points
North. stops at Elba, Ashland,
Boswell, Milford, Frederfcks-
burg, Brooke. and Whitewater.
Stops at other stations Sundays
sleeper. Richmond to New York
ARRfvR RYRD-sTRRET STATION.
s;ae A. M. Daily, stops A. Midsw1tes'
THFSrsll ashland Elba and other
sta 2s5rs su $days. Sleeper, New
York - Eichl. ~One.
SEQ p. n. Daily; s1sspt su-ees S-, FSssTs =
Ashland, 6Ad Elba. Sarlor Oar
from washington. -
TAO p. NJ Daily. Stops OILY ct FrGsde<1tfs
burg. boswell AehlAnd Gud S%oa
Puflman-Cars froA New 1orA
sac F. NJ Daily stops az Wtdew&t cr,
Brooke, Fredertcksb SsE. sum
init, Guinea, Woodslan q Aflford
Renols, Ruther Glen. DSsWell
TaylOrsVille, Ashland, ellen Al.
len. and Elba- Sleeping Gar
FREDERICKSBURG ACCo1MoDArION.
(Datiy, except sunday
T:l2 d Leaves Elba for Quan1ico
G:Ve n Leaves Byrd-Street for Frederick
burg.
sac P M, Leaves Elbs for Ashland
$40 A. m, Eiba Arrives from ashland
ezo A H1.s Arrives Byrd-street from Fred
ertcksburg-
sos p m, Arrives Elba from Ashland
w Z. TAYLOR. Traffic MANAGER,
d. T. ID MYERS. President.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
A CALIFORNIA CROP.

The Los Angeles Times says that
about 100 acres will be planted to navel
oranges in Riverside this year.
A prominent shipping firm estimates
the output of dried peaches from this
state this year at 1900 to 1900 car
loads.
The California Vineyardist says that
there will be about 1 400 carloads of
seeded raisins shipped from California
this season.
At last advices there had been over
5000 carloads of fresh deciduous fruits
shipped east this season, as against a
total of 1900 last season.
The Riverside Press estimates the out
put Of picked olives from southern CAL
ifornia at about 1000 barrels. Little
has been said about this crop, but It
seems to be good in most parts of the
state. The harvest of the early varie-
ties will begin very soon
The Oroville Mercury of October 10
says that there is ''ripe orange" on the
editors table-the first Of the years
crop. The chances are that it stays
there because the editor does not care
to eat 1t. Few editors care much for
such ripe oranges" as can be picked In
October. They are better in January,
even in Oroville.
The Orange county horticultural
commissioners report that while the
laws requiring orchards to be kept clean
are frequently enforced by summary
proceedings such action has never been
necessary in the county, except against
nonresident owners, or those who were
so deeply mortgaged that they had no
real interest in the property.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
APOLOGY was Accepted.

Bess-so Tom had the impudepce to
kiss you last night?
Tess--Yes, buthe cSITe around to-day
TO explain. He said; I'm sorry if /
hurt you!' I admit I'm only an apology
for man, but love you, and that was
the only wayI could tell YOU"
Bess-The ideal Well?
Tess-Well. I accepted the apology
Catholic Standard.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18
EXPORT EXPOSITION
PHILADELPHIA, PENN, SEP
TENDER I4-NOV. 30, 1885.

On account of the above occasion
Southern Railway will sell tickets
from all coupon stations on it's line TO
Philsdelphia and return at rate of one
and one-third fares for the round trip,
plus nifty cents for one admission fee
TO she exposition. Tickets will be on
sale Tuesday and Thursday of each
week until November 2Srd, 1899 with
return limit thirty days from. date OF
sale. In no case will return limit az
tend beyond December End. The rate
from Richmond to PhilAdelphia and
return via the York River Line includ-
ing one admission to the exposition
81. 90 without Baltimore transfer, 8.25
including Baltimore transfer.
q W. NEsTBURX, T. P. A.,
Richmond, Va.
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Investment
And Relief Association

OF VIRGINIA.
chartered by Legislature of Virginia.
MAIN OFTTcE "a w. LEIGH ST.
RICHMOND, VA.
Sick and Death Benefits Paid. Those
who do not keep q regular Bark Ac-
count the plan of this Association
takes its place.
MONEY LOANED to members on
PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE sE-
CURITIEs on small weekly pa yments
Interest Paid on all Deposits, For
IGrther Information apply at the main
office. E& AGENTS WANTED.
Rev. g. .. Coleman. President;
Prof. j. d. Blackwell, Sec'y & Manage