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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07
LAST FRIDAYS STORM.
High Tides and High Wind Do Damage
Along the Coast

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The storm OF last Thursday aud Friday
was one of the most severe known along
the Hancock county coast. The hurricane
from the southeast was no more severe
han that OF the Sunday previous, but the
tide which piled up along the coast did
more damage to wharf property.
Very little damage was done to vessels,
as all are still in snug winter quarters,
with their "mud- hooks" well buried.
The tide Friday morning was the
highest known Tor years. Most of THE
AMERICANS correspondents along the
coast say 1t was the highest known, but
the correspondent at fremont is more
specific, and says 1t was the highest since
1868.
AT Mount Desert Ferry the water was
two feet above the freight tracks, which
are about four feet below the passenger
tracks on the wharf.
At Bar Harbor the clubhouse pier and
private piers at the grounds of Messrs.
Vanderbilt, Kennedy and Banks were
carried away. Much damage was done
along the shore path. The granite sea
wall was washed away In many places
The surf broke completely over Hsrdy's
point near the Mt. Desert reading room
Roberts wharf rose and fell on every
biIlow.
The Maine Central ferry steamer .'seb-
enoa" was unable to make her night trip
Thursday, and remained at Bar Harbor.
Capt. Dickson, who has been on the route
sixteen years, says 1t was the worst storm
he had ever experienced there. :
At Sorrento Hon. Frank Jones' large
steam yacht "Sagamore" broke from her
mornings and went ashore. She was
hauled off Friday morning by the "Seb-
enoa", apparently uniniured.
At Prospect Harbor the steam boat
wharf was badly damaged. Lobster fish
ermen among the islands suffered greatly
by he loss OF lobster pots and boats that
were hauled up on the shore.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07

tStop on signal or notlceto Conductor.
These trains connect at Bangor, with through
trains on Main Line to and from Portland, hos
ton and St. John.
Tickets for All Points South and West
on sale at the M. C. r. r. ticket once,
Ellsworth.
Passengers are requested to procure ticketo
before entering the train, and especially Ellis.
worth to Falls and Falls to Ellsworth.
GEO. +. EVANS.
Vice-Pres and Gent Manager.
r. e. BOOTHRY, Genl Pass. and Ticket Agt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07

The total valuation OF the town OF Eden
Is IS, 81, 665. Tax rate, $3.50 per Il 900.
Polls, $40. Poll tax, %. The total indebt-
edness OF the town is $50, $50 80, an in
crease since Feb. Of the previous year
Of S31 1S3 10
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07
MARRIED..

AIKEN 0ULToS-at Salem, Mass. Fe,, IS,
by Rev James r Brodie, Miss httre b Alien,
of Buck-port to Myron b Moniton, of Water-
ford, Conn
HASLAM- RHODES-At Waltham, Feb %, by
Rev W Atkinson, of Ellsworth Falls, Miss
Merte Agnes Haslam. of Waltham, TO Harry
Lockwood Rhodes, of Norwood, Mass.
POEY-YOUNG-At Brooklyn, Y, Feb 81,
Miss Marie Elizabeth Poey. of Brooklyn, to
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07

Years of suffering relieved in a night. Itch
Ing piles yield at once to the curative proper
ties Of Doan's Ointment. Never falls. At any
drug store, 80 cents.-Adrf.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07

No matter how long you have had the cough;
II it hasn't already developed into consumption
DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup will cure it.
Adrt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07

BUSINESS OF THE MEETING.
Very little business came before the
meeting. Rolls of accounts were passed
as follows:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07

The resignation OF p. II. Stratton as a
member of the school board was read and
accepted.
Petition OF Joseph NJ. Higgins and
Charles II. Curtis for license to maintain
stationary steam boiler and engine at the
old Tisdale mill on Water street was pre-
scented and laid on the table for the neces-
sary fourteen days public notice.
That closed the business OF the meeting.
Cigars were lighted, and the board in
dulged in Retrospective remarks as above
reported.
1t WAS a fitting close of the pleasant
municipal administration whose meetings
1t has been the fortune OF the present
AMERICAN representative to report.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07

Wards. . , 5 rality
Greedy, DEM. 100 lss 9s IS los 522 40
Burnham, Ind, 10 10 3 d 10
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06

ut his mercy. Mccoy saw he was no
longer able 10 ward of the big fellow
blows and threw his arms across his
face holding his head down in hopes
of saving himself from the knockout
punch. Corbett re,euueSsly sh0wereQ
lettS and rights which Strengthened Me
Coy up and then jim swung LETT
which crashed into MCCoyS body. Nc
Coy doubled up and in doing 50 held
Corbett's left glove with his right ar,
COrbett then drove Mccoy away from
him with a right over the heart and as
the Kid went staggering back Jim
leaped after him, landing another left
smash on the same spot The Kid
dropped to the floor Mccoy brayely
tried to get up but these three blows
had taken all his strength. Referee
Charley White counted OIL the ominous
ten seconds. BY an almost super hu-
man effort Mccoy stood up after he Ia !
been counted out but he was dazeG
and the referee had to push him to-
wards his corner.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06

of the game who saw the fight declare
it was the cleverest exhibition ever
witnessed in the ring Up to the last
moment, opinions as to the respective
ability of the men were widely diver
gent. Many claimed COrbett would
prove the stronger as well as the cley
erer and it was thought his superb
feinting and heavy smuggling would put
Mccoy down and out. McCoys friends
all along have claimed he was equally
deXtrous with his hands, eyes and feet
as the former champion and in addi-
ton said that Kid could hit harder
than Corbett Last night, however,
while Mccoy landed some singing
jabs he did not cut Corbett's skin nor
did he land a single heavy right hand
blow during the contest. On the
other hand, Cor6ett. when he dropped
science and began to slug, landed hard
rights and lefts which simply took Nc
Coy's guard away and when Corbett
found a vulnerable spot in the region
of McCoy's heart, two lefts, divided by
a right, ended The battle.
Both men entered the ring in superb
condition. Mccoy was heavier by sew
eral pounds than Oh any previous en-
counter and said he never
felt better in his life. Cor
bett also vas in tiptop shape.
His foot-vork, always clever, showed
no signs of rheumatic trouble in the
big fellows makeup and his work with
his hands appeared perfect In the
opening round Mccoy showed up to
much better advantage than Corbctt.
Mccoy seemed confident, though care
full, while Corbetr was nervous and i'll
at ease. The entire round was taken
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
SENTENCED TO EXECUTION &.

Here Is a situation for a novel. Weng
Tung Ho was the tutor Of the present
emperor Of China from the time he
was selected as the heir to the throne,
and until the recent coup d'etat was
bis most confidential and influential
adviser Mr.. Weng 10 a man OF great
age and until recently none Of all the
princes OF the court received more re-
Bpect than he. When the empress
dowager took charge Of affairs two
years ago, says the Chicago Record.
she sent him to his former home at
Chang shu, a small city about forty
miles northeast Of 5oo-Chow, where he
has since been living In secllson.
Whether Weng Tung Ho has been
communicating with his former pupil,
the imprisoned emperor, or whether
the dowager fears that he may attempt
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
LIS AMERICAN SECRETARY.

When the allied armies get into Pc
kin they are likely to find, if the min
listers of the foreign powers are still
alive, that they owe their safety to the
good offices of William n PethwiCk
Peckwith is a Chinaman by adoption,
who was born in Brooklyn long enough
ago to have served one year as prl-
vate soldier in the civil war. After
ward he studied law, and in 1865 went
to China. For years he was in the
service of an English Importing firm.
Then the firm failed and Pethwick was
thrown on his own resources. He Sc
cured other employment and set about
making himself over into a Chinamap
as nearly as that might be. He learned
to speak and to write, not only Chin
csc, but the dialects Of all the PROV
inces. He adopted Chinese clothes and
lived in a Chinese house Finally
and that was % years ago-he became
private secretary and confidential adj
wiser to LII Hung Chang, Ever since
that time, with two brief intervals, he
has served in that capacity Mr.. Petn-
wick is now in Pekin with the impris-
oned ministers. He is said to have
more influence with all classes of Chin
csc than any other white man, ana
he has promised that he will stay with
the besicged legationers to the end,
and will rescue them if possible from
the wrath of the Boxers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06

Ghe extraordinary skill with which
Sir Edwin Landseer painted animals
was due not merely to his mastery of
the brush, but also to his intimate
knowledge of the animal world. One
of his many talents was the power of
initiating to perfection the cry of any
creature with which he was familiar.
One day, when the artist happened
to be the guest Of Lord Rivers, he was
requested to go and see a very savage
dog that was tied up in the yard. AS
Landseer approached the growing
beast, he dropped quietly upon his
hands and knees, and then, crawling
forward, snarled so alarmingly that
the dog, overcome with terror, sud
denly snapped his chain, jumped over
the wall, and was never seen after
ward--Youth's Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06

ure. He has studied the oyster here
under The ml>rGSGope for several sea-
sons, AND is said TO possess more
kuow,e&Eo about the bjvalye than any
other man living,
One Of his discoveries is that the
oyster no, only has n we'll developed
heart bat that for twelve hours after
the she'll has been opened and the oyS-
ter has been lying ON u plate las heart
beats. Professor MoehiuS has also
demonstrated that the best time to eat
the oyster is when its vitality is at the
hughes, point, This is impossible
when the oyster has travelled several
hundred miles, no matter how skil)tm-
ly II is packed. In fact, the danger Of
its dying on the way is great, hence
the soiy}tude Of the Austrian archduKe
and the italian prince TO be in the inn
mediate vicinity of the birthplace Of
the NSJeud bivalve.
Professor Moehius's examinations OF
the oysters anatomy have shown it to
be a marvellous piece of natures hand
iworh. like some restless watch. To
the microscopic there appears thou
sands of little Cateh-netS, which alb
sorN the water and nourish the whole
body,
Formerly it was thought the mum
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
now TITLES ARE ACQUIRED.

1T was just after the close of the
Florid0 war, and General Jackson was
IN Washington ON official business Of
some kind, II was a beautiful morn
ing In early May, and | was standing
with the general and an officer who
had acted as lis chicr-ot-stafr before
rennison's Tavern n famous old
Washington hostolry. We were deeply
engaged in the discussion OF bill
then before congress, which was d.
roCtly concerned with the growth and
formation Of the United States army,
when thoro came trotting towards Ms
stout moon-fared little man, whom
at once recognized as the leading
tailor Of The capital When opposite
to Jackson the little man stopped and
held out his hand, which was at once
grasped In the generals strong, sun
Drowned fingers, though his oyes wan
dored over the pouly person OF tho
Washington Poole with u puzzled cx-
preston The little tailor whose role
In life It was tG be on terms of sCom-
ing intimacy with all tho political.
military, and naval celebrities Of the
day. saw that he was not recognized
10y the great man, and standing on
tiptoc to reach the tall soldiers ear, he
whispered
90 made your brocchea
"lmporfectly catching the sound OF
the words, and supposlng the fat little
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
SOME CHINESE PROVERBS

The philadelphia Record has col
lectcd the following Chinese proverbs
Let every man sweep the snow from
before his own door, and not trouble
himself about the hoar frost on his
neighbours tiles
Punishment can oppose barrier to
open crime laws can not reach to
secret orronsos.
Doubt and distraction arc on earth,
The brightness Of truth IN heaven
The tiger does not walk with the
hind,
A fair wind raises no storm.
Ivory does not come from a rats
mouth.
He seeks The ass. and 10! he sits up
on him.
If the blind lead the blind they viii
both go up TO the pit
10 nsugate a william to 20 wrong is
Ike teaching a monkey to climb trees
A fish sports in tho kettle. but hig
life viii not be long
The tigers cub can not be caught
without going into his den.
A pigeon sneering as n rac--a mean
man dcspising a prince
The crow is not so gay as the cock
but he lives the longest.
The horses back is not so safe as the
buffalos.
TO cherish a bad man rs like nourIsh-
Ing a tiger; II not well fed he viii
dcyour you; or like rearing a hawk; II
hungry he viii stay by you, but ny
away when fed.
A woman IN one house can not cat
the rice Of two.
The light OF one star lllumines the
mountains Of many regions, 80 one
unguarded expression Injuries a whole
life Of virtue.
Would you understand the character
Of n prince look at his ministers; or
the disposition OF a man, observe his
companions: or that Of father. first
mark his son.
The fame OF good deeds does not
leave a mans door, but his evil acts
are known n thousand miles off.
A ylrtuou8 woman Is a source Of
honor TO her husband; a vicious ono
dlsgraces him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06

within the walls Of memory a paradise
as enduring as life. Every smoker has
met with such a cigar but not every
smoker has met with the Ostend
oyster.
Oysters and cigars have not much IN
common, but the Ostend oyster re-
minds me forcibly Of the Havana cigar.
Here every kind Of an oyster is apt to
be palmed off upon the innocent except
the Ostend variety just as in Havana
the novice buys German cigars at
fancy prices and passes through life
with the serene knowledge that he, at
least has smoked the genuine article.
There is a ready and exorbltant mar
ket in London, Paris, Berlin and Vi
emma for every oyster grown at 0stend,
and the cultiyatOrs naturally seek the
best markets But the fine villas
which line the coast for a mile or more,
and the famous Casino get their shares
Of the product
In the myriads Of glistening windows
Of the Casino, through which thous-
ands are always looking out upon the
sea and chattering away not only in
every language, but every dialect OF
Europe; in this babel Of conflicting
tongues there is always one universal
note Of harmony, and that comes to
the surface when the oyster Is men
toned
There Is an Austrian archduke at the
Casino and an italian prince, borh Of
whom make the solemn trip north
ward each year simply for the purpose
81 eating the Os,end oyster In It's prls-
tine freshness
4 scientist, Professor Moebius by
name, IS responsible for this in meas
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06

Der Of eggs laid by the mature oyster
was 100000, but Prof. Moebius now
figures that out OF 1000 full grown
oysters a brood Of 100000 900 young
can be obtained,
Therefore, there is little danger II
the oyster crop Of the world eve. be-
coming exhausted, Notwithstanding the
number Of enemies which the blyalye
has to contend with aside from the APP
petite Of man. Millions are destroyed
here annually by the masses Of sand
thrown up by the fierce storms and by
the crabs and Holsters, which find them
"a most edible food. There is a pecu-
liar kind OF sea worm known as the
boTe-worm which also rayages the
beds.
The oysters are grown here at the
northern end Of the beach, where the
steamer pier is located. Quite an army
of men are employed all the year round
attending to them, much as the gar
dcner attends 10 the delicate growths
In bis beds
one Of the many unique features OF
the system employed Is a series Of
pipes connected with building on the
shore. These pipes run down to the
feeding oysters, and through them a
certain amount Of salt is daily pumped.
It would seem that there was sufficient
sal. in the sea to make this unneces-
sary, but It is this additional supply OF
salt which, more than anything else,
gives the Ostend oyster It's far-famed
favor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06

to do SO, nobody knows, but few
weeks ago she condemned him to
death and forwarded notice Of that fact
60 him through the governor of 500
Chow, Weng's rank is so high and his
person so venerable that no official OF
the empire can be induced to execute
t0e sentence, and he has been request
ed by the governor OF Soo-Chow to ex-
ecute himself military guard has
oeen placed around his residence, so
chat he cannot escape or be rescued.
nor can he communicate with any one
outside except through tho officials,
and thus the old man was living when
the latest mails left China, with the
decree Of the empress dowager In his
hands. The news of his suicide was
expected daily,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
A DIAMOND CIRCULAR SAW

A diamond circular saw for cutting
stone * described ln Engineering
Uondon) and is said to cut hard sdad-
stone blocks at the rate Of five feet per
minute. The saw has doyent1lled re.
ccsBCs In which are nttcd steel blocks,
ench containing diamond A hole Is
drilled into the block, but stopped be-
fore running through A diamond is
dropped into the hole and a steel wire
peg driven In behind II. Che block IS
then put In an electric Welding
machine and when II Is softened
pressure Is applied until the diamond
Is firmly grlppcd and the steel peg Is
welded into place The front OF tho
block is then flied away until tho dla-
mond Is exposed and the sides are
millcd to 1T the doyetailod reCessos In
tho saw The positions OF the dia'
monds In the blocks vary, so as to en-
able the saw to clear Itself In making
the cut. The machine was made by
George Anderson a. Co, Of Carnoustic,
Scotland Engineering News
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06

with the cIeverest kind Of feinting
al sparring on McCOy's part while
C'bctt's work left very little to be de-
sid. In the second round. Corbett
cae up in better form and his fretful-
ms and nervousness had disappeared
Hgaye an exhibition which can only
bgiyen by a man thoroughly posted
iuhe innermOst points Of scientific
bong. Corbett frequently endeavored
WI rights and lefts to reach the KID.
blthe hoosier fighter was too nimble
onis underpinnings and his blocking
W marvellous. CorDett got to the
he towards the latter end Of
tn second round while Mccoy
ja2d his provoking left 70
Cott's face. In the third they got
toch other oftener but it was in the
foh that Corbett began to take Nc
Co measure. AT times Corbett re
sol to slugging tactics, which
prd very effective. Mccoy was
fot to clinch and It was then seen
thEorbett vas surely getting the
M hand.
he fifth and concluding round
Cot forced Mccoy nto the formers
cor where the Kid kept blocking
anarring for an opening 70 get out.
Cor swung for the head but Mccoy
due underneath it cleverly and
jun to the center Of the ring. Jiu
rus him across the ring by clever
wond forced Mccoy back into the
coragain where he sent right and
lefthe head This was the begin
ninf McCoy's undoing. Corbett|
wei him Using both hands, swing
ing stabbing, occasionally upper
cutwith his left. McCOy's defense
avahim little against this on
slauand Corbett soon had the Kid
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
sWTTzERLAND's LITTLE ARM.

There Is no country in europe, with
the exception OF the little governments
OF Monaco and San Marlno, which
spend less FOR military purposes than
Switzerland. The annual cost OF It's
army is only about 100000, and yet, in
case Of necessity II can put into the
field within two days 100000 trained
soldiers and retain at the same time
another 100000 as reserves In addition
TO It's militia, numbering 10000
In Switzerland young men are
trained 10 become good rifle shots, and
there is not a hamlet Ia the country
without volunteer association formed
for this purpose Military service is
also compulsory from the twenty
second TO the thirty-second year 10
days service being required during
the first year and is during every sub
sequent year. The soldiers keep their
weapons and uniforms at their own
homes and are held responsible for
them by the government, which in
spects them carefully once year
New York Herald,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
HORNETS NESTS.

Many years ago the writer of this
made a communication to the Aca-
envy of Natural Sciences Of Philadel-
phia, noting that in the preparation Of
the pare for their nests the hornets
chewed up the bark of the ash tree.
Since that time no other tree in the
same vicinity seems to have been used
for that purpose. There must be hor-
nets in some places where there are
no ash trees-and it would be well 10
know what tree is used in these cases.
There is a good chance here for watch
full Observation.-M eehan's Monthly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
It's DELICATE FLAVOR THE RE
SULT OF SCIENTIFIC CARE.
FREELY FED WITH SALT
Pipes Lead Down 70 the Beds. Through
Which Saline Food IS Pumped
naily-One Thousand BjvalveS Are
Said to Produce 100000 Young.
Has Many Enemies.

OStend, Sept 9,--Americans who be-
gin at this time Of the year to swear
anew by the American oyster as the
peer Of the bivalve world have never
encountered the Belgium article. Here
a, Europo's finest watering place the
oyster is developed to the very PIN
uaGle Of lusciousneSs. Its flavor, once
tasted, is never forgotten, The smoker
can only hkeu it to the one transcend
antly fine cigar whose perfume created
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-06
A MCOTFD POINT.

Some time ago. at a certain village
In Berkshire. an old man Of eighty
was engaged to a sweet young thing
Of overweight. After a betrothal OF
some six months It was reported that
the couple had quarreled; the rector,
on hearing this, went to the old man
to speak to him on the subject.
Well, Baldwin," he said, I am sor-
ry to hear your engagement with Betty
is broken off"
Yes sir" said the old man, we
found out at last that we could not
agree who was to eat the crusts."