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Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
POISON OF THE RATHER.
Not Nearly as Dangerous II Is
Popularity Supposed TO BE.


There is good deal more fright
about the bite of rattlesnake than
there is actual danger" said a well
known physician recendy. II do not
mean to say that the bite of rattler
Is not very serious thing, but | do
mean to say that this particular sort
Of snake is really not so ready or apt
to get in his bite as some others.
'In the first place. there is the now
generally credited fact that the rat
tier is the most honest of snakes. He
doesn't pick fight He doesn't lay
In wait for any one. He won't run
away, of course, for he is plucky rep
tile. but he will curl up and give you
q fair warning from those rattles of
his before he attempts to strike. | re-
member once in the west finding a rat
tier just ahead of my horses fore feet
had no weapon of any sort, so
rode on, passing within few inches
of the reptile. The snake was curled
and ready for my horse in case the an
imal side stepped, but as we did moth
ing of that sort we were allowed to
pass in peace.
again, the truth is that the poison
of the rattler does not get into the
wound inflicted by the fangs in the
average human being. For the aver
age human being nowadaysiis clothed,
and the holes in the fangs through
which the poison comes are rather far
up toward the roof of the mouth. Con-
sequently very often the point of the
fangs may enter the skin. while the
poison dribbles out harmlessly enough
upon the trousers or the boot 1t is
then that the victim gets scared, fills
up on whisky-a bad thing In bona
fide cases of rattlesnake bite-and be-
lieves himself marveIously cured when
he wakes up next day."-Philadeiphia
Press.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
A Blessing to the Churches.

No man can measure what blessing
the Christian Endeavor society has
been to the churches of this land and
to individual believers. One of the
many reasons why / rejoice in it is
because it is not an organization out
side of the church. look with grow
ing suspicion upon anything in the
way of an organization that is not an
integral part of the church of Christ
Rev. r. A. Torrey, d. D., Of Moody
Bible Institute.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
WINTER HARBoR.

As the years roll round, we are re-
minded that five years have passed since
tue organization of oar woman's Chris
tian Union.
The first to be crowned was our vice
president, Mrs. Jennie Tracy, Nov. rs.
The cause OF temperance has lost an earn
est worker. She was faithful to the w.
c. IT. U. to the last, and will be missed
from its m, ,etings. Members OF the
union expressed their love by beautiful
floral tributes. And while we feel that
we havesuNained a great toss, we know
that our loss Is her gain. "She hath done
what she coulo." She has passed from
Ia abor to reward.
Forever near us though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread.
For all the boundless universe
Is life-ihere are no dead.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
PoRcurINEs KILLED
Reach 10000 TO 10000 Number
Ahead of Expectations.

Ahead OF Expectations.
The porcupine year ended with the clo.o
Of November, and the returns OF the no,.
eupines killed snd paid for by the yarion.
towns and p antations are now coming q
to the State treasurer's Office, and givin.
every. promise OF swamIing that depa,t'
ment before the end Of the year is reached
| Relatively few of the towns have beer
heard from yet, and as the returns viii,
| continue to come in until January 10. tho
height OF the food is not likely To n,
reached for some time yet.
/ Nine days OF December make Il n,o,.
that more porcupines have been kirsa
than any newspaper correspondent
dreamed OF In his widest prophecy. VIII
the law was passed or while the huntinr
| season was on. One official In the ,reoa
| ury department. ventures the prediction
that when the returns are all in, they viii,
show 10000 to 10000 porcupines killsd
As the appropriation for payment of tho
porcupine bounty was only $500, 1t is plain
that several thousand dollars will have n
/ be drawn from the general fund in the
treasury to reimburse the towns and pIan.
tations which have paid the bounties.
| The greater number of porcupines <iIlsd
were In Washington and Hancock eoun.
| ties, with some in Penobscot and Aroos.
took, and few scattering ones in other
| counties.
| After those returns are put in order thev
| viii be submitted to the governor ana
council. There is no doubt that tina.
| body viii promptly order the towns which
have paid the bounty to be reimbursed
from out OF the funds in the treasury
The law says that the bounty shall be
paid, and although only $500 was appro.
ptiated for this purpose, the towns will
| have to be REIN mbursed, even IL it takes
| temporary loan to do 1t.
| There Is another matter In this connec
| ton which is making considerable com.
ment. Tne town treasurers have to Ger
| tify before a justice of the peace that
they destroyed the nose and feet of the
porcupine described in the returns, and
that they made payments as specified to
| the claimant. or course the justice be-
! fore whom this certificate Ii sworn to, has
| to be paid for his services, but the law
| makes no provision for this. so it will have
to come out OF the town treasury unless
the governor and council shall take action
| in the matter.
| A few Of the towns have refused to pay
the bounties, one or two even holding
| special meetings to discuss the matter,
claiming that taey had no appropriation
from which to pay the bountles. Perhaps
they feared they would not be reimbursed
| from the State treasury.
Many are predicting that the porcupine
bounty law will be repealed early in the
next session Of the legislature. However
that may be, 1t is certain that 1t has
brought to light vastly more porcupines
In this State than the trainers OF the law
ever anticipated, and there is no doubt
that much damage has been done by forest
fires caused by porcupine hunters.
The failure Of merchant to advertise
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
10. &. q. IL Column.

The editor invites secretaries of local unions
OF the W. c. t. o. In Hancock county, snd
white ribboncrs generally, to contribute to this
column reports OF meetings or items that will be
of interest TO workers In other parts of the
county, We would Ike this TO be livecoiumn,
but Il needs some effort on the part Of W. O. I.
o. women to make 1t so. tits a column Of theiI
making, not ours, and win be what they make
H. items and communications should be short,
and are, of course, subject to approval of the
editor.l
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
tilutual Benefit Column.


The purposes Of this column are succlnctly
stated in ths title and motto-it Is for the mutual
benefit, and aims 10 he neiptui and hopeful.
Being for the common gocu, II Is Tor the com.
mon Use-a public servant, pnrveyor OF IN.
formation aud suggestion, a medium for the In
terchange of ideas In this capacity II soltcits
communications, ana its success depends largely
on The support given 1t In this respect Com.
munications must be signed, but the name OF
writer will not be printed except by permission
Communications will be subject TO approval OF
rejection by the editor of the column, but none
will be rejected without good reason. Address
all communications to
THE AMERICAN.
Ellsworth, Me.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16

Bobson--I see that Partisan count
ess is obliged to earn her living at the
washtub. Too bad, isn't It?
Deacon Bingle twho knows some
thing about Paris)-Well, don't know.
Those Partisan washerwomen seemed
to be a decidedly jolly lot--Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16

At the annual meeting OF our union the
following officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Caroline Guptill; ce- president,
Mrs. Jennie Kingsley; corresponding sec
retary, Mrs. Cora Guptill; recording sec
retary, Mrs. Rubie Tracy; treasurer, Miss
Emma Huckings. PRESS SuPT.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
Enthusiasm worth COPYING.

One Sunday it was Al degrees below
zero In Winnipeg. but It could nohkeep
the Endeavorers away from church
and Sunday school.
The watchword in Jamaica for the
extensive campaign is, "a society in
every church in the island that is in
sympathy with the movement"
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16

Millions of young lives have been
rsieemed and quickened to highest
service in the name OF the King
through the simple but soldierly spirit
of Christian Endeayor-Rev. William
Carey. Dacca. India.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16

gods which her instinct for boarding has set on
high. The time and strength wasted in caring
for "what may come handy. but never does, II
applied TO any one of ten many pleasant things
busy women long to do, but cannot find leisure
for, would make some of us forget what de
pressing old planet we live on, afiirms a writer
In Good Housekeeping, whose views are quoted
In the foregoing. ESTHER.
AUNT MADGE.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
HeartIes. FemaIe,

Young Wife-What do you do when
your husband gets cross and wants to
scold?
Wife with experience)-I read him
one or two Of the letters he used to
write to me before we were married.
Baltimore American.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
THE WORLDS BOOKKEEPING.
There would be but little fretting

THE WORLDS BOOKKEEPING.
There would be but little fretting
And but few sad faces here
If we didn't keep forgetting
When our little woes appear.
All the sweetness. all the gladness,
We have had and still may gain
If we set against the sadness
All the joys our books contain.
There would be more joy to borrow
And less woe to clear away
If the sorrows due tomorrow
Were not entered mp to-day;
There would be a small amount of
Idle fretting aud less care,
If we kept q full account of
All the joys we have to share.
Selected by A. A. II
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
rhe Flower of Enaenvor,

The Junior movement is the flower
OF the Endeayor society. We are not
doing enough for the boys and girls
John Willis Baer.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16

"Aunt Maria" | have few words for
you on the fiavoring of apple pies. One
lady says try lemon for change. Another
interested reader of the column said to
me this week, with a smile of pleasure
lighting her face: "Wbat nice letter that
was from Aunt Maria last week in the
columnl always enjoy her letters. Tell
her to try cinnamon alone, without the
cloves; but use nutmeg mostly in apple
pies"
have either read it, or heard some one
say, that the different kinds OF apples used
in pies made variety in the taste OF them
Some are fond of apple pies sweetened
with molasses for a change. bought
some brown sugar few weeks ago-some-
thing we had not used for years-and find
the flavor of 1t in doughnuts, apple pies
and cake made with cream, nice change.
As you say, "Aunt Maria," where one
does a good deal of cooking, anything
new, II only change in favor, makes the
edibles relish little better.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
Dear M. b. Friends:

Dear N. q. Frlehds.
How would it do to begin the year 1904
with the system OF bookkeeping described
in the little poem above? Wouldn't some
of us he kept busy in new direction?
Entering our ''ioys" in the day book
Thanks to the sender for contributing the
new idea; or, will she ssy it is the-old idea
of remember your mercies' put in a new
form?
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16

The failure Of merchant to advertise
IS an advertisement of his lack Of enter
prise.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16

My thanks are most freely given to IS.
]. Y" for some nice poems which i can
make use OF in the future, also for kind
personal letter from which | am sure she
will be willing for me to quote few sem
tences. In answer to a word OF apprecia-
tion of her help she says:
81 am glad If / have been any help to you,
and am sure in trying to add my mite l have
been greatly helped, and give and it shall be
given unto you has certainly been fulfilled In
my experience many times and in many ways;
| and in my way of thinking it is only those who
shut themselves within themselves, and live for
self alone, who are the truly poor; for there ID
no poverty so little to be desired, from my point
of view, as leanness of soul; and truly selfish
| life certainly must tend to that very thing"
Your kind words about Ego" l will
| reserve for the special number.
Ellsworth American., 1903-12-16
BIBLE READINGS.

Ps. xxx, IL: lxxii, 1-S-17-20; lisa.
XVI, IA; Dan. ii, A. 40; Matt xiii, 81
33; Luke ii. 7-20; Rom. viii, 1928; Eph
Il, 1922; Rev. xxi, 1926.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05

rudest possible fashion. They had
neither been consulted nor warned
beforehand. The blow fell suddenly.
Then came the coal strike, and Mr..
Roosevelt's Intervention as represent
ing the public. a second time they
felt the force of his hand.
The situation is undeniable inter
esting. President Roosevelt has in his
administration up to date been sup
ported by the general mass of public
opinion in this country. No one in
his party is strong enough to stand
against him as his equal in the pub
lie eye He has two qualities of a
kind that always excite public en-
thusiasm, namely, absolute honesty
and absolute independence. The
very fact that his independence has
earned for him the whOle-souled hos
tility of Wall street is not at all un-
likely to prove great element of
strength to him in the coming cam
paign. 1t is for this reason that we
regard the attitude Of Wall street as
very unwise at this juncture.
How is Mr. Roosevelt to be beaten?
1t seems to us that he can be beaten
in the convention only by wholesale
treachery on the part of his party.
To say that he is much the strongest
candidate that the Republican party
could possibly put up is to state a
fact admitted by everyone. 1t is
possible that another candidate might
better please Wall street, but it would
only be because he would forfeit the
support of the people at large. How
is Mr.. Roosevelt, if nominated, to be
beaten at the polls? He can only be
beaten by the election of can didate
standing for principles such as those
embodied in the yellow" journalism.
A concentration of the forces of Soc
ialism, demagoguery and "high fin
ance" would be necessary for this
purpose, and even then it might not
be successful; and if it were successful
would the high finance" feel quite
comfortable in it's new surroundings?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
BRYAN VS.. CLEVELAND,

While political writers on New York
papers are commenting on the svail-
ability of Mr. Cleveland as the dem
ocratic presidential nominee, WI.
Bryan in Washington gives voice to
these sentiments: while have tried
to make it as emphatic as possible
that | will not again be the Presiden-
tial candidate of the democratic party,
| am firmly convinced that during
this generation no man will be select
ed to carry the banner who is not fully
and completely identified with the
platforms of the democritic party on
which the campaign of 1896 and 1900
of the democratic party ia yors beyond
question the platform adopted at Kan
sas City, and | cannot see how the
minority who opposed the platform
and bolted can in any way expect
to control the next democrati c nation
al convention. do not care to say
anything about the different persons
who are being doomed throughout the
country, but the man selected will
subscribe to Kansas City platform in
its every detail" Mr.. Bryan, it will
be remembered, has dictated two
successive national platform for the
Democratic party and at the nation
al election 100000 Democrats at the
polls endorsed Bryan's platform, the
enunciation of Democratic doctrines
at the national convention in Kansas
City. Mr.. Cleveland has not been
Identified in any way with the spirit
or principles of the Kansas City plat
orm and it looks like an impossiblef
proposition to reconcile one with the
other.
If Mr.. Cleveland is the Democratic
nominee he will stand on the Kansas
City platform. Mr.. Bryan would be
better fitted to occupy that posi- ton
and would be the logical leader of the
party advocating that policy. If,
however, Mr.. Cleveland shenld be
nominated on a platform of his own
dictation the 6,500,000 voters who for
two successive elections have support
ed the Democratic national policy
would have to repudiate their former
actions admit that they were altogeth-
er wrong and that they had endeavor-
ed to force unsafe, unsound and dan
gerous policies on the country.
Writers and takers in New York say
that the Democratic party will do the
latter by nominating Mr.. Cleveland,
Mr.. Bryan on the other hand says
no. The people will await the out
come with interest and when it is all
over the voters will go to the polls
and elect the Republican nominee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908.
Announcements Of Candidates.

For publishing the announcements of can
didates for the various county offices the
following charges have been fixed: For
States Attorney, $40; Members Of the House
of Delegates, S.; Sheriff, s.; County Treasurer,
50; County Commissioner, s.; Judges Orphans
Court, s.; County Surveyor. s..
FOR SHERIFF.
| hereby announce myself candidate for
the nomination of Sheriff of Garrett county,
subject to the decision of the Republican
Nominating Convention, and ask for the
support ofmy friends throughout the county.
AUSTIN BROWN.
Oakland, Md, March 3, 1903.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
THE ECLIPSE OF SILVER.

The disappearance of the silver
question from politics no longer APP
pears mysterious in the light of the
statistics of production of the prec-
ious metals furnished by the Director
OF the MINIS. 1t appears that in the
calendar year 1902 the mines of Ne
vada turned out $2,120,000 in silver
and $3,514,212 in gold. The original
Silver State is now a Golden State.
A few years ago it appeared a safe
prediction that, if the fortunes of the
white metal eyer became desperate,
Senators Jones and Stewart would be
seen looming above the wreck lik
Ney on the retreat from Moscow.
Marshal, where is the rear guard?"
II am the rear guard
Jones and Stewart show no incli-
nation to be the rear-guard on this
occasion. With their States produc-
ing more gold than silver they are
very sensibly occupying comfortable
quarters near the head of the pro-
cession. Colorado used to be Nevada's
twin star in the silver armament.
Six years ago "goldbugs'' were as
scareethere as bears are in Mississippi.
You might have tramped with your
gun from the Kansas line to the Utah
Desert without getting a shot at one
Now Colorado digs out $27, 500, 429 in
gold to $9.085, ia in silver. She is by
far the greatest gold-producing State
in the Union. And by a coincidence
the gold party won at the late cleo
ton.
California's output of the precious
metals is almost entirely gold-$17,-
1874, 941 to $4S0,793 in silver. Arizona
and New Mexico produce more than
twice as much gold as silver. The
production of South Dakota is almost
exclusively gold. Wyoming, which
some ill-informed people have classed
with the silver mining States, turned
out only $2,756 worth of silver last
year. The only States that produced
any substantial excess of silver over
gold were Idaho, Montana and Utah,
and even in these the gold furnished
a very respectable proportion of the
total output.
For the United States as a whole
the product was $50, ,O70 in gold
and $31, 040,0 25 in silver. The value
of our silver harvest was less than
one-thirtieth that of the corn crop.
and little oyer twentieth of that
of our hay. Both the precious metals
together are Insignificant compared
with any of the principal farm corps.
Itmay be taken for granted, therefore
that any financial policy we NAV
adopt will be chosen on its merits
and not under pressure from any class
of miners.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
THE GLORY OF GROWING OLD.

Growing old and getting old are
very different things. There are
many in the world who get old, but
who never grow old at all. Growing
old is progress, like growing wise or
growing good, AS the years pass by
to some people, they bring gifts, they
add continually to their lives. AS
they pas, others they are forever TAX
ing away something, subtracting
from their lives. One man loses ply.
steal power; he cannot eat as much,
or sleep as well, or enjoy his bodily
life as thoroughly, and it is all loss
and burden. Another man goes
through the same experience, and he
discerns it to be Gods voice saying to
him, you cannot now live as much
in the body as you have been doing;
you cannot get your pleasure that
way; you must look to the mind and
the heart and the soul for pleasure
and interest and power in living"
The first of these gets old, and it
brings nothing to him. The second
grows old, and it is enlarging, enrich
ing, identifying experience. Ageing
is like every other way of life; if we
take it from God, as God meant it to
be taken, it is great blessing; if we
miss the divine Providence in it, it
may be a misery, and even a curse.
In the great French drama one says
to Cardinal Richelieu, "Art thou
Richelieu?" and he replies, "Yester-
day was Richelieu; today 1 am a
poor old man; tomorrow 1 know not
what
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
THE SENATE,s EXTRA SESSION.

President Roosevelt has called an
extra session of the Senate to meet at
noon on March 5. The principal OBJ
ject for which this session is called is
to consider the Colombian treaty pro-
viding for the construction of the
Panama canal, and the Cuban reci-
procity treaty. The ratification of
both these treaties is earnestly desir-
ed by great majority of the people
of the Nation, and President Roose-
welt especially has the matter at
heart. Had the Senate been properly
responsive to the peoples desire the
present session would have seen these
treaties ratified, and there would
have been no necessity for an extra
session with its attendant expense.
Senator Morgan has latterly been
solely responsible for the failure of
the Senate to act upon the Colombian
treaty. 1t is to be expec ted that he
will endeavor to continue his opposi-
ton to it at the next session, but he
will not therein have the same assist
ance he has had in the present one.
There will be no omnibus Statehood
measure before the body to divide its
time and enlist the support of it's adj
vocates as practical helpers of the
Alabama Senator in his obstructive
tactics. There will also be in the Sen
ate during its next session number
of new members who are likely to be
more amenable to public sentiment
than some of the retiring ones. These
may be counted upon for aid in rati-
flying the Cuban treaty, as we'll as the
Colombian one.
In calling the extra session the
President will have the hearty ap-
proval of the people. That he has
fixed the earliest possible day after
the adjournment of the present Con-
gress for the beginning of the session
is highly commendable, and illustrat-
es how anxious he is to expedite the
settlement of the important public
business for which the session has
been called.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-03-05
Financial Statement.

Report of the receipts and disbursements of
the Corporation of Oakland from March
3lst, 1902, to February 2sth, 1903
RECEIPTS.