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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-30
SPRAY.
FRANKLIN.
lnt1Js
Sept. Is.


Mrs. Caddie Robertson visited friends
in Eastbrook recently.
Miss Mary Hardison, of Eastbrook, is
visiting Mrs. s. s. Scammon.
Mrs. Mary Wilbur, OF Eastbrook, is Wis
iting her granddaughter, Mrs. Carl But
Ter.
The many friends OF +. Cousins are
glad to see him out again. He has been
confined to the house nearly all summer.
Miss Roxie Bragdon has returned home
from Orono, where she has been for a few
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-30
SAUNDERS.

All are glad to see George p. Clark again.
Mr.. Clark did all the work to get the mail
route established In this part Of the town,
and drove the mail five months. He left
last June to visit his daughter at Belgrade.
There be became Ill and went to the city
hospital at Augusta, where he had an eye
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-30
ARE.
WEST TRENTON.

Mrs. Amy Hopkins is visiting friends at
Fredericton, N. b.
Mrs. Caroline Moore returned Saturday
after two weeks visit at Booth bay.
Miss Clark, of Georgia, is visiting Mrs.
K K Thompson.
The Leland reunion will be held at
Evergreen hall, Trenton, next Saturday,
Oct 8
Qanf 28 3.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-30

weeks with her uncle. William French.
MIR. French and his daughter May are
now visiting raistives here.
Sept. IL. SPEC.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-30
Sept. 2s

IT'S folly to suffer from that horrible plague
OF the night. itching piles. Doan's Ointment
earas, l..S-ly and permanently. AT any drug
store, 50 cents.--Adpf.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-30

removed. He is gaining fast, and is
almost ss well MS ever. lie expects 10
retnrn to Belgrade in few days.
Sent. %. L.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
NATURAL HISTORY RAMBLE.
A Profitable Pleasure That Is In
duIged by But Few in These
Busting Times

Much has been written about the
pleasures and advantages of getting
close to nature, says Current Literature,
and yet, how many opportunities of
doing so are neglected.! In these days
of travel and excursions, when thou
sands of us visit regions which, few
years ago, would have been regarded
as being as inaccessible to us as the
very poles; in these days, when thou
sands of us, who, few years ago,
would have been content to live the
humdrum life Of home from years end
to years end, must have our annual
Change" we have opportunities Of
observing faunas and foras of many
districts and regions How many,
however, avail themselves of the priv
ilege of familiarizing themselves with
natures varied processes and products,
and of enriching the treasures of
knowledge? The board walk and pa
vilion Of the shore have more attrac-
tons than the pine groves and the
sand dunes; the lawn tennis ground
and golf links of the inland resort al
lure far more than a ramble through
forest and field in mountain glen and
along lake shore. If il is true, as a
certain wise man has said, that there
is time for everything, let us, in all
fairness, give some time to the natural
history ramble. 1t is certainly as re-
freshing, to say the least as some 9TH
er recereatiOns.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
COST OF TRAIN LUXURY.
Room and Comfort for Passengers
Materially Adds to the Ex-
pense of Travel.

It may be asked why the railway loco
motive does not pull passengers at a
lower rate. Because, says the Engineer
ing Magazine, it gives passengers S
much room, comfort and hig speed that
it has to carry a ton of dead weight for
each passenger. A locomotive weigh
ing 100 tons pulls, at As miles per hour,
II cars weighing 900 tons and contain
ing 760 people, weighing so tons, assum-
ing the passengers to be men, women
and children, but chiefly men, and to
average 131 pounds each; 400 pounds
of dead weight per passenger, when
every seat is taken. But cars cannot
average more than seven-tenths full.
The railway carries free the passen-
gers 150-pound trunk, and sends with
him toilet rooms, heating stoves and
bedrooms. These houses on wheels, and
the locomotive which draws them, have
to be made very heavy In order to get
the great strength made necessary by
high speed. If the railway could dis
pense with these comforts and luxuries,
and carry passengers packed closely in
side and On top OF low-roofed, ram
khackle, unheated vehicles, like the OLD
stage, and at slow speed, it could pull
passengers at one-tenth to one-twen-
tieth the price of the old stage.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

heavy and cumbersome with the delicate mechanism of
to-day but the principle construction essentially
that the carriage instead being restored position by hand
and with that made the machine trebe every
My machine did neither uniform work. but after
two able to accomplish all editorial writing and
began realize d what speakae boon weak eyed
lay here in embryo.
While many patents have granted in Europe writing
Chimes the real history of the typewriter belongs the United Stes
this country that the first practical typewriter made
from the beginning the superiority the American machine has
recognized in all of the world Therefore the history of the
luton of the typewriter of to-day be CLEANED from Of
the failures and inventors incidentally
might that nearly patents the class of pers have been
granted in the United States patent Office impossible go
detail Of the attempts construct practical typewriter
the inventors who labed toward that end While of
these failed produce perfect machine their contributed
the final and each of them share of the credit
Another aspect be considered connection with the typewriter
its industrial effect Not has the steadily increasing demand
opened field for skilled labor in the manufacture the effort
the best possible from the
profession When the machine became practically the
of skilled operators became apparent This resulted giving employ
ment to thousands of persons
The rise of the typewriter has been remarkable Looked
at first article of and of little practical value has
received within the last quarter century the unqualified approval of
business and professional world and has given
by almost every and national legislature adopted by
every civilized government in the world.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08


Yet character has er here than with
succeed here he succeed think you kinder
than You the who has bad luck
you start him again That is in England
You feel usihabe pride doubt in the opu1ence of the
of your country this very confidence engend
uperfciaity of temperament.
America possesses perfectly marvellous power of assimang
gners and making them Americans This largely
composed people from world How you
but the country that
we'll afford to be optimistic about the future.
Your and children charming The cultured American
has solved the problem of being intellectual without ceasng
be feminine, and you may we'll be proud of her
may jump speak
about crowds but there
fcation for the association of ideas.
The American travel without being nSued
aps is she who makes travelling delightful here An
crowd neither noisy dangousunes has ynchng
hand The freely with the Hyde
Park Trafalgar square mostly composed
whose of the best either.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
MIRACLE OF THE SEA.
Ship Captain Sealed Up In Wreck Ell"
lists for Twelve Days and
Is Finally Rescued.

A wonderful story was lately told to
the maritime court at Danzig by the
captain of the steel sailing ship Erndte,
reports the London Leader He left
Memel with a cargo Of planks on April
Is for Oldenburg. Capt. Engellandt,
who is also the owner, remained at the
wheel during gale which overlook the
vessel next night, and at four in the
morning went to his cabin to change
his wet clothes. He had just got into
dry underclothing when the vessel tip
ped over, and he found himself stand
ing on the roof of the cabin, of which the
sea had Theoretically closed the door.
By unloosening the boards Of what
was now the floor he got into the hold
which contained only loose sails. For
tunately some shelves Of high cup
board standing in the cabin remained
Intact, and from them he collected
two tins of condensed milk, three
pounds Of prunes, some rice, sugar and
sausage. He also found hammer
For II days the man lived in his prison,
eating as sparingly as possible and
drinking sea water, which appears to
have had no i'll effect. He spent his free
time in hammering on the steel bottom
of the ship to attract the attention of
chance passing vessels, and slept quite
well at nights, for, after the first few
days, the sea was smooth. He knew
when it was day, for a dim light pene-
trated the water.
On the twelfth day the Norwegian
steamer Aurora saw the wreck and sent
boat to take it in tow. Engellandt
had fallen asleep, but hearing footsteps
over his head he began knocking with
his hammer and shouting. The Aurora's
men returned to their ship for tools and
bored hole through the wrecks keel,
where they had heard the knocking.
When they drew out their borer a
mans finger followed, and they soon
learned that Eigellandt had food for
four days more and wished to be towed
to land, for it was impossible to re-
lease him in the open sea. He also de-
sired to have the hole plugged again, as
he was afraid that the loss of air would
ter
The Aurora towed the wreck safely
to Neufahrwasser, where, with consid-
cradle difficulty, it was attached to
huge crane, plate was Embossed, and
the imprisoned captain freed. Engel-
landt was perfectly conscious, and even
able to walk alone.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
He WENT TO CHURCH.
Ills Collar Didn't Fit and He Was
Not Happy, But He Went
Along.

James" she said, as they were
packing for short trip into the coun-
try, relates Elliott Flower, in Brooklyn
Eagle, '*are you going to wear that
outing shirt?"
Certainly" he responded "You
don't suppose I'm going to loaf around
in starched one, do your
ooh, no; but you must put in one
white one, you know Well be there
over Sunday"
"What of it?" he asked, irritably
'What of it," she repeated in sur
prise. 'Why, James, you can't go to
church in an outing shirt, and you
must go to church, you know Aunt
Maria would think it awful if you
didn't"
''But if 1 forgot to bring the white
shirt" he suggested, "she-"
'But you mustn't forget it," she in
terrupted. ''You must go, really You
promised you'd do what wanted you
to on this trip"
He sat down in corner of the
room with his grip in front of him and
thought 1t all over for minute. Then
he said:
Cali right, Jennie. If it'll please you
I'll take one"
He took shirt out of the drawer and
TANNED it into grip, and to show
her appreciation of the act she put her
arms around his neck and kissed him.
And the following Sunday morning
while he was getting his last doze, she
took the shirt out of the valise and laid
it on chair. Then she went back to
the valise and moment later her voice
rang out clear and sharp:
James, where are your collars and
cuffs?"
'rHey?" he said, partially awakened.
"Oh, collars and cuffs. Aren't they
there?'
mo; they're not there"
Il must have forgotten them" he said,
yawning and turning over
you certainly didn't bring them"
There was menacing ring to her
voice, but he failed to notice it.
Then I can't go to church." he said
eyes, you can," she retorted. 'T
know you, James Stringer, and you can't
fool me that way"
And he went, wearing II collar be-
longing to Uncle Henry" on Is neck
belonging to himself. And the cuffs
could have been put on outside his coat
sleeves.
But he went Just the same, and the
next time he tells his wife he will go
anywhere he will make preparations ac-
cordingly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
THROUGH WITH ROPES.
Commercial Traveller Had Tried One
Fire-Escape and Once
Was Enough.

eyes, I know that most Of the BOYS
carry rope around with EN-" said the
commercial traveller, according to the
Detroit Free Press, "and the time was
when l would not have taken the road
without one, but gave mine to my wife
for an extra clothes-line three or four
years ago. I read occasionally of rope
saving somebody from burning hotel,
but | don't care to be saved that way"
'EBut you don't want to be burned
with the hotel, do your" was asked.
"Of course not, but If can't get down
by the stairs or the iron fre-escape I'll
take my chances on a mattress Or g. fire.
mems ladder"
But what's the matter with knotted
roper"
81 didn't think anything was the mat
ter for many years. / used to go to bed
feeling as safe as baby in his crib, and
if l found a traveller who didn't carry a
5O-foot rope in his grip set him down
as a very reckless man. One day, when
I was in an Indiana town, a lot of us
got to talking about ropes and burnin'
hotels, and a wall-eyed buffer offered
to bet me five dollars to one that ]
couldn't slide down my rope from q
third-story window and not half Kill
myself Of course I jumped at the bet
but he knew what he was talking about.
I hadn't lowered myself six feet before
the rope burned my hands and let go
and broke a leg. The trick was tried by
three others, and though they escaped
broken bones they were badly
shaken up and tongue-bitten. After my
leg mended l bluffed everybody met on
that rope business, and I never found a
chap who could slide down two stories
and feel good for a month after. sail
or could do it, of course, but I'm no san-
or, and if ever I'm cut off by fire I'll take
a header for the sidewalk and hope to
hit fat man as I come down"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

nvention-but because that stumbling block OF high
which stood the of competition with chap produced
European goods the market and had to be
you New York. take walk along Boadwayor, indeed
of the main reeand glance the of the sopkeepers
It is rather the exceptn with British flavor Co. how
office Washington along the lists
of inventors and amazed the vast majority of being
British Not by they all of Americans who from
British but them of with British dom
Gle who have patented their inventions the United States because the
American patent office infinitely superior their and because
the American manufacturer keen after anything and everything that
novel and improvement
Neither the British the British workman
the American to the pracby of invention The British
ufacturer suspicious brought
In considering he focuses his criticism possible drawbacks
he will think about it. that perhaps he will trail that he will
how other firm before he spends
When there misap he rather pd himself his sapience
reminds of his original with M told The
manufacturer hardly adverse critic idea simply
idea He doesn't other
with before he ventures if there anything he get
right before anybody has chance He quickly
where faults He doesn't however, throw thing side be-
cause OF the faults He sets about trying them right 1t the
idea he is after and practical he will work the idea
The American manufacturer has and something the gambler
IN him. He thirsty for IDEAS he is daring Where the English
would hesitate and think and calculate plunge
neck nothing venture He ahead
sman In British works machinery fitted when the old
begun when nearly everybody
have it also trade be held Those
which weigh with the American manufacturer His
against his cousin the English side of the Atlantic
Usher doesn't know the of scrap spend
$4,000 in putting the latest machinery.
fresh appliance which will do work and quicker invented
does not wait until the machinery he has
adopting the invention The machinery fitted
hardly have got into working order But rips
scrap heaps it. and has the latest machinery He
He sees how he has practically thrown s5ooo but he
the gaining of $5ooooo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
To Iron Lawns.

To give lawns, white or printed, a
look of newness that nothing else can
impart, take two ounces of fine gum
arabic, powder it, put it into an
earthen jar and pour over it pint of
boiling water, cover and let it stand
over night. In the morning pour it
carefully from the dregs into a clean
bottle and cork it. Make your starch
in the usual way and stir into it a Ia
blespoonful of this gum water. To
whiten soiled white lace, haste the
lace to sheet folded twice. Mix
starch and water to paste in a bowl
spread this paste on the lace and put
it in the sun. When the starch is
perfectly dry rub it from the lace
carefully. If the lace is not clean re-
peat the process.-N Y. Herald
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
Canafed Cherries.

For two quarts of cherries make a
strip of two pounds of cut sugar and
a teacupful of water; boil until il
reaches the pull" or candy stage
stirring frequently. Draw the basin
or kettle away from the heat and stir
until grains show on the spoon; then
drop in the stoned cherries, a few al
a time, for two minutes, and skim
out on to a sieve. Shake the sieve
gently few minutes; then turn on a
platter and dry in a sunny window
Sarah e. Wilcox. in Country Gentle
man.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
Detachment Of the zybew1z1ev
By S. N. D. NORTH,
Director of the Census.

While the idea of mechanical letter writer ap-
pears to have occurred to Englishman named
Henry Mill in I7I4, [ believe have the honor of
being the first person to put the typewriter into actual
practical business usage This was in 1872 at Utica
N Y. have often wished that I had kept that orig
ina machine for would have illustrated better thar
any other mechanism with which [ am familiar the
marvellous rapidity with which American ingenuity
advances to the point Of perfectng any labor saving
instrument the underlying principle of which has
been successfully worked out. My machine was
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
Hoss and H0ss.

Nellie married her for her beauty.
but she hasn't much left.
Belle-And she married him for his
money. So they are in the same boat
Philadelphia Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

England and the of United
States careful as of the Atlantic
The ordinary American appeals the dictionary
the end of all controversy But many dictionary maker
selects pronunciation word happens
than any other method of speaking their worship OF
the dictionary Americans have think
spoken spelled and spelled pronounced forgetting that
the written word is only sign of real language.
In comparison of the origin growth country
and England becomes evident that difference between
the dialects OF the United States than between those the mother
try and that ocaed Anericanisms
England The practical question what adopt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
Impressions Of Amer1cans
Bv REV. R. j. CAMPBELL,


Americans seem to be under the tyranny of the
dollar. 1t seems to to your well-being
that charges of corruption should be made so fire.
quently against your public You also have an
evident lack of for the law There is but
little solemnity in the atmosphere of your courts of
law and little reverence for the findings of your
judges.
The conditions of your ordinary working life
perhaps unfavorable to the development of the
highest type of character. You are, you know, in
such amazing hurry. You leave so many ragged
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
The Value Of an Ideal
By HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

No one measure the value of an ideal in dol
lars and cents. The ideal, if it be worthy, has it's
lnestimable value, however, to the Individual and to
the nation through the individual and that value is
measured by its ethical influence, its power to elevate
and improve. Ambition is not an ideal, even though
the former may sometimes be confusedly identified as
such. Unworthy ambition may lead one to employ
money wrongfully to attain the object of that amb
ton, but ideal cannot be purchased as you would
-four or potatoes. No true American would use
money to purchase al ideal And 10 IDEAL IS so high
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
American English
By PROF. WILLIAM E. MEAD.
Wesleyan University.

American English bad that we should be ashamed
of it. it good that the English should be persuaded
to adopt it? 1t is significant fact in with
question that book has been recently written which bears
the significant title, "Americanisms in Shakespeare"
If the truth be told though, American English is far
from perfect There is tendency slang cooquialisms
and vugares of speech which should constantly
guard against.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
Victims of Cancer,

Among sailors 445 in million die OF
cancer; among miners only 122 per mil.
lion die Of this disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

if holding the ideal is willing 70 Out
forth the effort with attained tr,
IDEAL believe the lettering public conditions peo
Corruption be stopped the
American conscience, with high clear
before it.
True Americans high ideals which be ar
inspiration all nations Our foreaIers
must be followed Let the ideal be have
in the world Let the flag stand for justice between
nation and nation In all of life people highest
which can be had.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08

the truth that real honest laughter makes involuntary confession
the whole To have made such confess
committed oneself
sincerity world confronting of
with and unfaterng revelation of ITSELF
Every laugh wholly" do much this And all
choose ourselves Chesterfield
aiming all things dignity, and drusng simplicity and
CERTIFY Carlyle desiring bring
elementary honesty trusted and go6ed it
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
Machinery and american Push
By JOHN FOSTER FRASER,
Noted English Economist.

AUSE and effect at work in all things, and labor
saving machinery has been brought into existence in
America, not because the American happens to have
the inventive faculty largely developed than has
the European-indeed, all who have considered this
matter scientifically, know that the American mind is
creative; is adaptive appreciative Of the value of
invention-but because that stumbling block Of high
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-08-08
1t Pays to Laugh
By ROBERT G. V. MEYERS.

ORD CHESTERFIELD congratulated himself ON the
fact that since he had been in the full possession of
his reason, nobody had ever heard him laugh Car
lyle told us that no who had once heartily and
wholly laughed could be altogether and irreclamab1y
bad.
The two sayings represent points of view morally
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-15
FOR LIFE AND 90 YEARS MORE
st. Louis Judge Imposes Unique Sentence
on the Robber of Mail
Carrier.

st. Louis, Ian. 15.-When Judge Adj
ans of the United States circuit court
sentenced JOnn Fickler to imprison-
ment ut hard labor for life and TWEEN
ty years in addition he probably pro-
nounced the most unique sentence
ever given in Missouri.
Ficlller was convicted of holding up
and rObbing Il mail-carrier. The sen
tenccs are ten years at hard labor for
robbing the mail by intimidatinS the
carrier. imprisonment FOR life at hard
labor for robbing the registered mail
by placing the life of the carrier in
jeopardy by the use of dangerous
weapons. and ten years Imprisonment
at hard labor for rObbing the mail by
intimidatinG the carrier. The SEN
tences were made cumulative.