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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-17
NORTH ELLSWORTH.
VICTOR.

Ernest Heath is very low.
Edward X. Leach arrived home We'd
nesdey.
Mrs. Ralph Hamilton went to Bangor
Wednesday.
George 5. Ober and wife went to Surry
Sunday, to attend tue funeral Of Eoeu
DeBeck.
Mrs. Jenness Mc(ioHn and daughter
Hazel, of Ellis worth, spent Sunday with
her sister, Mrs. Alvin Maddocks.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-17

North BIfooksNille.

Dor additional cooafg N1f-s So of5FF 7ae'R
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06
IN THE TROPICS.
The Advance of Civilization Is SLOW
Among the Lazy
Latinst

The strength CT Anglo-Saxon civili-
zation lies in the mental and physical
activity of men and in the growth of the
home. Where activity is fatal to life
the Anglo-Saxon decays, mentally.
morally, physically. The home cannot
endure in the climate of the tropics.
Mr.. Irgersoll once said that if colony
of New England preachers and lan-
kee schoollna ans were established in
the West Indies the third generation
would be seen riding bareback on Sun
day TO the coclliights. Civilization IS,
as it were, suffocated in the tropics. 1t
lives, as Benjamin Kidd suggests, as
though under deficiency of oxygen.
The only American who tan live in the
tropics without decentralization is the
one who has duties at home and will
never go there, :,
Tie advances of civilization are Who'll
ly repup pnant to the children of the
tropics. To live without care, reckless
ami dirty, TO have no duties and to be
in no hurry, with the lottery, cockfght
and games of chance for excitement. is
| more to them than rapid transit, tele'
oraphic communication, literature. at
education, and all the joys Of Saxon civ
ilization. The Latin republics falf fol
rensons inherent in the nature OF the
ncople. There is little civic coherenc'
among them; feelings are mistaken fol
realities, words for deeds, and boastins
for accomplishment. Hence grea
words, lofty sentiments, fuss ant
feathers generally take the place OF ac
tion.-David Starr Jordan, in n. \
| World
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNAL.

The prince Of Wales, as duke Of
Rothesay, is the holder of the first
dukedom created in Scotland just 500
years ago.
The most decorated diplomatist in
Europe is Count August zu Gutenberg,
TO whom the sultan has just presented
his sixty-third order.
Mrs. Zerisah Gould MITCHELL who
died recently, was the last Indian prin-
cess in Massachusetts, and was a lineal
descendant of Massasot.
George Bartle, clerk in the depart
ment of state in Washington, has been
continuously in the public service for
54 years, having been appointed an as
sistant messenger by President Polk
in 1S45.
A young lady in a department store
has Just fallen heir TO $4,000. The
money was left her by an eccentric old
lady who was treated with great po-
likeness by the young woman when
shopping.
Calixto Garcia, second, 13-year-old
son of the Cuban general who died in
Washington, has entered the West
Chester (Pa.) state normal school. For
the last three years he has been pupil
in the public school and boarding
school in New York.
After the assassination OF her hus-
band, the president of the French re-
public, Nine. Carnot established
Foundation of 1900 francs, the in
come to be devoted to aiding working
mems widows with children. At her
death she bequeathed an additional
sum of $4,000 francs for the same pur-
pose, and provided that her diamonds
should be sold to furnish the money.
This was recently done in Paris at auc-
ton.
Prof. Nasse, a well-known Berlin
scientist, with friend and two guides,
all roped together, were crossing q
snowbridge in the Alps a few weeks
ago, when the professor and one guide
, fell into a crevasse and hung there half
an hour. To relieve the intolerable
strain the leading guide cut the rope
above him and disappeared into the
5 depths. The others were then able to
D pull Nasse up, but he was dead. The
i guide who SO willingly offered his own
= life was afterwards found unhurt. 81
I had to try to save him." he said, simply
= that is ALL"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06
CUBA FROM A SIDE SADDLE.
y.rian.e of nm American W omn n
Who Toured the Island on
Horseback.

weeks stay was crowded with in
tcrest. The titled ladies OF the city
called and eagerly inquired when the
Americans were coming; poor people
came and begged for food and clothing
l was besieged day and night with all
sorts of curious requests. Several poor
womed came to ask me to get their
sons out OF Jail; Spanish lieutenant
colonel called and said that he and 81
Others wished TO leave the service OF
Spain and enlist in the United States
army. ] interviewed the civil and mil
itary governor of the city and province
of Porto Principe, Gen. Emilio March,
commanding the 1000 Spanish troops
still stationed in the city, and he told
me that he would be very glad If on my
return / would appeal to my govern
ment to send relief to the poor and
starving of the city. The next day 1
visited the three leading hospitals OF
Porto Principe-the hospital OF the
lepers. San Lazara; the military hos
pital, and the hospital of Ell Carmen, a
hospital for women and children. 1t
was at this last that the mother SUI
perior showed me the almost empty
sacks and barrels from which the
smooth and lying general had had his
men steal nine-tenths of a supply OF
rice, -four, potatoes and lard sent as
present by Senor Bernabe Sanchez
formerly the British consul at Nuevitas
War prices prevailed. Green coffee was
so cents pound; lard was 60 cents
pound; a small box of sardines cost u
cents. No butter could be had for any
price. and there had been no potatoe.
in the city for months. The streets
were filthy; but as soon as the Spanish
general heard of our arrival he set
body of men at work TO sweep tn,
streets-with what proved a per
nicious activity, as we could not sti
without having a cloud of dust kicke'
up wherever we went.-Harper's Bs
zar.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06

The greater part of swans life is
spent in magnifieently ooncealing the
fact that he is great'coward, except
when he is nesting, for then he is no
coward. There is no passion SO weak,
according to Bacon, but it mates and
masters the fear of death" and there
is no creature so timorous but in de-
fense of its young it becomes valiant.
Many a Thames oarsman, incautiousiy
gliding into a backwater when swans
are nesting has been glad to escape
without ducking or worse from the
iufuriated male bird, but with this in
cen.ive to heroism removed the swan
becomes once more as nervous as a
farmyard hen Yet his dignity colnpeis
him to hide the fact, and for this pur-
nose he Stimulates extreme feroclty
when he is in the water, and the ap-
pearance OF dog on the bank throw:
him into a paroxysm OF fury.-Gooe
| Words.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06

ALewiston teacher not long ago gave
a lesson about apples. In the course
of il abe said that when she was child
she always liked apple seeds, and that
every one in the family saved them Tor
her. It was a week after this that, at
recess, a little boy came trudging in
with something damp and sticky held
tight in his hand. With the most gen
erous expression on his face he said:
ssThese are for you," and deposited a
handful of apple seeds in her lap. She
had to say THANK you," and before
long another boy brought in some. In
two days more the children were bring
ing apples to school solely for the pur-
nose Of giving her the seeds, and ere
long she had to make public state
ment to the effect that her liking fol
apple seeds had changed, and she NJ
longer relished them.-Lewiston (Me.]
Journal
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06
COULD NOT REALIZE IT.
He Had His Own Private Opinion
About a Man Who Did Moth
ing But Write.

A typical specimen Of rugged and
unlettered rurality, he had managed to
make his way unchallenged to the room
where number of men were busily en-
gagged in getting up articles of pith and
moment for great publication. One
of them, a particularly profound and
able writer, observed the intruder. He
looked at him questiohingly. The
visitor beamed on him and exclaimed:
Don't mind me. Go right ahead as
If nothin' was happenin'."
The ability man looked at him disap-
provingly and tried to resume his work;
but the knowledge that the stranger
was standing near with both hands be-
hind his back and an expression OF
eager interest in his face banished in
spiration.
did you want to see anybody in par
ticular?" he inquired.
mo. I jes' happened along. Don't
pay no 'tention to me. don't get into
town very often. These sights is
purity comfortin' change from noun
tain scenery, an | thought so long as
I'd locked at the outside o most OF the
places along this street I'd like to take
squint at the inside. s'pose these Is
your busy hours. wouldn't Interrupt
you fur nothin' in the world, If you've
got work to do"
well, there's no doubt about my hav-
ing work to do" was the slightly testy
rejoinder.
"Well, go right ahead. I've been
hangin' around here jes' out o curiosity
to see you work.
Haven't you been seeing me work
for the last is minutes? Haven't you
seen me grabbing great thoughts ous
and hurling them at the world9
Haven't you noticed the way the per
spiration has poured off my brow as my
frame shook with Titanic cerebral
J spasms?"
"No, hain't noticed"
"Well, you just watch
He took his pen and proceeded with
bis writing.
Mister" inquired the stranger, as
, he took his hat off the top OF his whip
! where he had hung it on entering, rs
: that what you call work?"
: II should say so'
!, He turned in silence and walked to
! the door. Then he cast look OF re-
proach on the man at the desk.
"Jes' sets there an sticks pen in
q bottle and drags it over piece OF pa
a per. An when the ink runs out, sticks
q il in the bottle ag'in an then drags i
n over the raper some more. An a fulI
: grown man calls that work! Well, III
: be dogged!"--W Washington Star.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06
PORK TREES.
They Are Found in Bronx Park
and Are source of Delight
to the Birds.

The strange sight of man mailing
chunks of salt pork to the tops OF tall
trees was witnessed in Bronx park one
day lately. The scene of action was
near the site of the new Geological gar
den, and many pounds of prime pork
were used in the operation. lhe man,
who was a park attendant, was armed
with long ladder and a bag Of pork
Now and then he would place the iao-
der against a tree, climb up, nail on
chunk of pork, and then wander away
to another tree TO repeat the perform
ance.
ITS for the birds" he explained
"There arc large numbers OF them IN
the park, and we want to encourage
them to remain here. just as soon as
The birds learn that they can obtain
food in the winter they are not liable
10 go away. Birds want something 10
peck at, and as the ground is all frozen
hard we nail up this pork for them to
exercise their bills on, and | tell you
they appreciate it. They know every
pork tree, and have a grand time.
I'VE feed the birds through the WIN
ter on other food besides pork. We
scatter cracked corn and wheat abe Ut
and they grow fat on it. The squirrels
also cat 1t. The park is filled with squir-
rels, and the city provides well for tier
care during the winter, when they can
not provide for themselves. These cute
little animals know their feed time
,ust as we'll as a human being does, and
their appstites are always in first-eldss
condition"
1t was suggested that when the fac'
became known that pork could b'
found, all ready for cooking, on th'
trees in Bronx park ii might tend to IN
duce tramps to strool that way to sam
pie the novel fruit
"I do not think we have much to Tea
on that score" said the park empioye
You see these trees grow long wa.
from the Bowery, and travel is not
its best just at present. Besides, tn
pork is nailed high up from the grouhe
and no one can reach il without tn
aid OF a ladder. No tramp is going t
walk all the way up here with ladde
on his shoulder just for the sake G
getting a piece of salt meat. Beside
that, the park Is well watched in tn
DAYTIME, and at night no one coul
find the trees, so | guess the pork
safe"
The only birds the reporter saw n
ing about the pork trees were spa
rows, although the park employe sal
there were few other kinds aDou
The squirrels, however, were IN eS
dence and thoroughly enjoying thel
Eelves.-N. y. sun.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06

"Mad!" exclaimed his chum. "Oc
course he's mad. He has reason to be.
Ir dispute with his best girl the other
day he offered to bet box OF candy
against a kiss, and she agreed"
"Well, what of that?"
'Why, his rival happened to be pres
ent and suggested that he would like to
be stakeholder. and she also agreed to
Chicago Post
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06
steel water Dam.

In Arizona railroad company is the
builder of dam TO form reservoir
for water for the supply of the locomo-
tives. The dam is curious in being
formed partly of steel plates. A ma
sonry foundation runs across the bot
tom of the gap, and masonry abut-
ments are built on each side, and the
center and main portion is a steel
frame faced with steel plates. The
plates are bent to give them stiffness.
The steel portion is 100 feet long and
40 feet high, equal to the front CT
block of low city houses. The plates
are three-eighfhs of an inch thick
Youths Companion.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06
rhe Rock of Refnge.

In the Sandwich islands there is
SPOT called the Rock of Refuge. II the
criminal reaches this rock before cap
ture he is safe as long as he remains
there. Usually his family supply him
with food until he is able to make hiz
escape. but he is never allowed to re-
turn TO his own tribe. Chicago Chron7
icle.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06
CUTTING CHRISTMAS TREES.
Every Year n Great Many more oA
Them Are Cut Than Are
Needed.

We might bear the cutting down OF
trees if each one was sure to be taken
to some happy child TO add to the JOY
and mystery of Christmas, and certain
lv the visit of the fragrant hemlock 10
our nurseries and parlors could III be
spared; but why such reckless extrav-
agarce in the effort to secure these
pleasures?
Last year, on the day after Christ
mas, a trip among the outlying ais
tricts led to the discovery that at GER
tain freight stations on the Reading
and Pennsylvania railroads lines OF
cars were standing loaded with trees
that had never been unpacked, SO much
greater was the supply than the de-
mand. There they lay, hundreds upon
hundreds of them, all fine trees, that
should be growing on the mountain
side. their roots helping to hold the
soil on the granite slope, their sky
pointing tops attracting the rain, TO
| hll I'D the springs and rills that feed
the streams in the valley below, their
leaves absorbing the excess of me is
ture. to give it out slowly again TO
temper the climate to our needs.
If YOU would realize the value OF
forest, travel through the White noun
tains in the regions where the wood
mans ak has been L,sy. Long before
the time of vegetation has been passed
YOU will find the granite exposed and
the mountain heads bald and Scared
under a sky that never rains upon
them. while the mist and clouds that
visit them provide moisture in vain,
since their bare sides may not absorb
il to fill up the dying springs, but must
let it all slip over them and lie in the
soil further down, or give it back IN
immediate evaporation.
There are thousands of acres so de-
nuded in every one of our mountainous
states, and year by year the uncovered
patches of granite grow larger, the line
of soil recedes. and it cannot be long
, before the fertile valleys shall have p'
water to keep them green and produc
: tive.
, 1t may be too late this year to save
+, single tree from the fate so dangerou
} ia man and so sad-indulge the child
2 ish fancy-to itself; but it is not to-
, late to call the attention of every WON
. an to the serious side of this questio
n of Christmas waste and enlist her rea
e son and sympathies in an effort to sav
I our forests by the use of judgment an
: common sense When the first Chris
i mas tree was lit there were few chi
d dren in the world compared to II
h thousands that now are to be suppliee
d when the indulgence menaces the III
I. of man il seems as it were better M
allowed.
II There must be found some substitu
d for the tree. Perhaps it would answ
it as we'll to take an old and lifeless ire
already dead, and deck its skelete
% with the short boughs that could be c.
+ without injury to the trunk or roots
lie the growing tree in the forest. Man
n ingenuity has come TO his aid befo
N this in matters as vital as the wat
s. supply, and it will not fail to solve Il
I'd problem of the Christmas tree If on
i'd mothers are awake to the need of co
n science in the matter.-Philadelp
IN Public Ledger.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06

"a snowstorm has its attractive fea-
lures"
aYes; bill collectors can't get around
ouite so fast.r-Chicago Record.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06

do you know what is the best way
TO kill time in the winter, Dick?" said
an Allegheny girl to her steady COM
pany.
.i know several ways, but which II
the best way?"
"sieigh it.s-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-06

Some people to secure success seem t.
bt willing to sacrifice everything that
makes it worth xhile- = Brooklyn Life
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-09
THE WORCESTER SPY. MONDAY. OCTOBER O. 1895.

pass this way again. The impressions
that you make are as durable as the
nature on which you make them. The
opportunity is now offered and the du-
ty is pressed upon you of doing your
utmost to overthrow wrong, enthrone
right, and crown Christs cause with
victory Men can build monuments
which outlive Them set in operation
agencies which continue to do good af-
ter their departure out Of this world.
Some have built hospitals for the al
deviation of human suffering; some
have endowed institutions Of learning;
some have erected churches; some have
written books which have caused them
to live in the grateful hearts of 9TH
ers. But even cup of cold water Civ
en- to a disciple because he is Christ's
disciple shall not lose it's reward. How
sweet it must be for those who have
gone to be with Christ to be able to
look back and feel that though absent
from the earth, through the life they
lived, through the words they spoke,
through deeds done while on it, they
continue to work for him.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
We steadfast, immovable, always
Astounding in the work of the Lord,
for as much as We know that your la
Dor is not in vain in the Lord"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-09
SERMON ON BUSINESS.
Rev. Dr.. Harris Discusses the Practi-
cabiIity of the Spirit In Trade.

Rev. DR.. Moses H. Harris gave an in
teresting talk on What is more prac-
teal than spirit in business" at All
Souls church last evening. The speaker
said in part: "In the first place LEFT us
look at the business man at his work
for there his course will decide in a.
great measure his spirit elsewhere.
Whatever 1t may be, it is the serious
work of his life and is taking most Of
his time and thought Sometimes he
may think himself a prodigy of care and
industry, and in the fever of hurry and
anxiety he is almost ready to give up
every holy thought and Christian feel
ing for the absorbing chase.
Surely there Is no way to make bust.
ness so troublesome as by neglecting
1t. The only way to be rid of it is to do
1t well and the most thorough and care
full system is more favorable to the
peace and spirit of mind, than slip-shod
negligence. If a man does not attend to
his business 1t will surely attend to him.
1.-THE poor resort of blunders in trade
as well as pygmies in morals, nothing
frets, or in the end confounds a man
more than to patch a tissue Of lies to-
gether. The very habit of earnest at
tention is wholesome and need not end
where it began. Sluggishness of mind
and heart is a sad foe.
Have we been awake to the highest
aspects of our position and used its op-
portunities so well that we may call it
liberal vocation? How many there are
who are profoundly ignorant of the his
tory and relations of their own craft.
Merchants ignorant of that wonderful
science of trade which is changing the
face of the world and placing itself
among the momentous facts of provi-
dence. What is business we'll under
stood but the practical side of life in
all its moral and spiritual aspects as
well as its bodily? Certainly in it's own
way the world is ready to require heart
mess in practical affairs. The spirit Of
trade itself is among us very earnest
and those men liked the best by
their associates are those who grace
practical energy by a good share of
hearty fellowship and enthusiasm"
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qualities, but these do not condone
their bad deeds of assassination. Bens.
dict Arnold had good qualities, and on
more than one occasion manifested n
heroic spirit and heroic deeds, but this
does not make the crime of selling his
country for gold any less a crime.
Every bad man has some good quality
or qualities, but these do not cancel the
bad qualities and deeds OF their lives
One sin may damn a man, though he
have hundred other virtues, and az
l have shown, sinful unbelief is a
damning sin, according to the scrip.
lures. We should look these truths
squarely in the face and act according
w
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-09
cANTATA OF RUTH.

The cantata of Ruth was presented
by the choir of the Piedmont
church last night. In the first part
of the cantata, the scene is laid in the
country of Moab, and during the time
of the famine in the land, In the sec
ond part, entitled Joy the scene is in
the harvest field at the abode of Mao
cantata consisted of trios, duets and
quartets, and was we'll presented.
About 400 attended the service.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-09
M'CULLACH
RESIGNS CHARGE.

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