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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
ICEBOUND.
STEAMER PEMAQUID TIED UP
AT BAR HARBOR.
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY OF MAINE
cENTRAL--coAsTI IcEBoUED FROM
PORTLAND TO EAsTPoRT.

Frenchman's bay Ii closed to naviga.
tion, and the Maine Central steamer
Pemsquid is tied up at the wharf at Bar
Harbor. Never before In the history oi
this branch OF the road has the cold
weather prevented the boat from making
her regular trips.
For the past week the Pemaquid has
been having q hard time keeping a
channel clear. There was no way to get
the ice out to seq, and a. fast rs the boat
would 70 through the ice would come up
sstern. The snow OF Monday flied into
this anchor ics and frcze.
AN ALL DAY TRIP.
Tuesday morning the boat started with
the mail from the Ferry. and worked on
ths ice all day, backing up and going
ahead times innumerable. At times 1t
appeared as though she would have to
give It up and remain where she was, ont
In the middle Of the bay.
She could not back up more than 100
feet. rs the ice closed In and froze more
solid than before. She kept this perform
ance up all day, and at O'Clock made the
Bar Harbor wharf.
Tnis is a gentle reminder OF what ex-
treme cold weather Maine has been
having this winter. The Mount Desert
branch OF the Maine Central has been
built about twenty years, and this is the
first time the steamer has had to be taken
off on account Of the ice
The Pemaquid is the best winter boat
and Ice breaker owned by the railroad,
having a steel cossting and twin screws
driven by powerful engines.
With the hauling off of the Pemaquid
the service to Bar Harbor will be discon-
tinued until furt her notice.
MAIL VIA ELLSWORTH.
The Bar Harbor mail west Tuesday
night was sent to Ellsworth by a private
team, and was in charge of Postal Clerk
Fuller. Orders will probably be received
for the mail clerk to put off all Bar Har-
Dor mail at Ellsworth, and to send it to
the latter town by stage.
This will greatly inconvenience Bar
Harbor, as it will give that town only one
mail per cay. 1t will also greatly increase
the work at the Ellsworth postoffice.
This is not the only place that has re-
ceived a taste of Jack Frost. Not for
thirty years have the general conditions
been as bad as they are at present.
From Portland to Eestport the
coast is icebound. In Rock and harbor
there are eight and ten inches of ice, and
steam and sailing craft are unable to
enter.
Penobscot bay is covered with ice and
people are driving teams from Cesttne to
Islesboro and Be fast. The Golden Rod
is frozen In at Bucksport and the Merry
conesg is besched at Belfast. The Eastern
Steamship Co. has suspended all boats for
the present.
Union river bay is frozen over way
down to the outer edge ,of Deer Isle, SO
that teams are driving from the island TO
Ssrgentville.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ApvgarIsEmENrs rHIs WEEK

Stockholders meeting = Washington seeuri
ties Co,
Admir- notice Est Wellington Dnnham
Admr notice Est Olive Jennie Tracy.
Exec notice Est Geo II Parsons.
Statement-4Eina Ins Co.
Ststtment-iiamourg Bremen Fire If1s Co.
acknowledgements Union Assurance Co.
Easern steamship Co-steamers Withdrawn.
Mrs Laura Frepcb--tiirl wanted
Ellsworth Dental Patlors--Dentistry.
The Geo IL Grant Co-Insurance.
Wisgin Il Moore-A pothecaries
w Tapley- Insurance.
OP rorrence-New meat market.
whiting Bros-Carpets, curtains, dress goods,
groceries, etc.
WALrHAM. Me:
A ISLAM, Howard r Buzzeli-D Dissolution
Of partnership.
PORTLAND:
A lady purchaser for customers in dry goods.
furnishings, etc.
LAwRENcE, MASS:
The Lawrence Produce Co - Butter cheese,
eggs, etc, wanted.
BOSTON:
The Reyere House.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17

THE AMERICAN is on sale in
Ellsworth at the news stands of
G. III. Leland, j. A. Thompson
and III. w. Estey. Single copies,
3 cents; subscription price
81 80 per year in advance.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
SCHEDULE or MAILS
AT ELLswoRrH Posr-0vvrcE.
In eject October ~, 1908.

Como EAsr-7.l6 m and 6.l3 p m.
COMO WEsr-ii56 m. So and s.4s m.
NAIL CLOSES AT rosr.oFFIcx.
Como EAsr-s.s0 m and $50 p m.
GOING wEsr-ll.20 m and and p m.
No Sunday trains.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

A vigorous booming might land hun
dreds, Or even thousands, Of settlers
in South Africa. Their success or
failure would soon be advertised. 9th
ers purposing to leave their homes for
some new country would weigh tie
advantages and opportunities of this
region against those Of ether lands
which. for many years to come, viii
still remain open to the surplus thou
sands Of overcrowded populations.
Home-making in arid South Africa
VIII be weighed against life in Canada.
il the far West OF America. in distant
New Zealand and Australia, in hot
North Borneo, and on the pampas of
South America. Cuba offers homes
and The pToaise CT prosperity to sew
eral millions; Egypt, with its rev
systems Of irrigation. has attractions
for others; the Argentine holds 66t
possibilities of its own. South Africa
has no monopoly of new lands or pro
spectiye wealth with which to tempt
the intending emigrant. Enthusiasm
may talk loudly of trade and popula-
ton following the flag. and Of a vast
influx Immediately upon the conclu-
sion of hostilities in South Africa.
Calmer judgment halts at such ready
opinion, and notes that Canada. Aus
tralia, North Borneo. and even Cape
Colony have been under the British
flag for many years. and are not yer
denseiy populated, though each of
them offers greater promise OF CON-
fort and prosperity than does Eng.
lands latest acquisition, states 4 writ
er in The Forum.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
The ldoI Of Inc Boxs.

Few books are better known among
English-speaking boys than "Tom
Browns School Days at Rugby"
Thomas Arnold Jr.. was at Rugby
when Thomas Hughes, the Tom Brown
Of the school life. was a pupil there,
and in Passages in a Wandering
Life gives his recollections of the
boys hero.
Tom Hughes at fifteen was tall for
his age: his long. thin face, his sandy
hair, his length of limb and his spare
frame gave him n lankiness Of aspect
which was the cause. suppose. OF the
boys giving him the extraordinary
nickname of "executioner.v
No name could be less appropriate.
for there was nothing inhuman or mo-
rose or surly in his looks. and still less
in his disposition; the temper Of a
bully was utterly alien from him. and
he was always cheerful and gay.
He was one Of the best runners in
the school, rll many a time have I
seen him in the quadrangle just before
hare and hounds"-he being one OF
the haras-lightly clad and with a bag
Of scent strapped around him.
He was too keen-eyed and observant
to be specially popular. but all the
small boys liked him because he was
kind and friendly to them. He reached
the sixth form. but left before he had
risen high in it, feeling, no doubt, that
his work lay elsewhere.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
now stumuy Lost His Tail.

Once upon a time Stumpy was one
of the handsOmest roosters Mr.. Melius
had in his farmyard. In those days
Stumpy had beautiful long tail feath-
ers that curled gracefully over and
were the admiration Of every hen in
the yard.
Stumpy was very proud indeed Of
his fine feathers and his gay, red comb.
He was proud Of his loud. shrill crow,
too. He always flew up on a fence, or
some high place. when he crowed. for
he was anxious that everyone should
see as well as hear him. He was very
vain.
Hes a handsome fellow" said Mr..
Nelius.
One day this vain rooster heard a
loud squealing just over the fence.
and he flew up to see who was making
as much noise as he did. The noise
came from the pig sty, which also be-
longed to Mr.. Melius, and in it We're
three fat pigs. They certainly were
squealing at 4 great rate, and the roos-
ter was quite offended when he saw
who it was that was making such a
noise.
Rude. grunting creatures" he said
to himself. Il will teach them man
ners.,
So Mr.. Rooster Strengthened himself
UP on the fence and dropping his tail
he gave a loud. long crow. The pigs
We're astonished. They stopped squeal-
ing and ran to look at the intruder.
Noisy cackling felloww cried the
biggest and fattest pig. Il will teach
him a lesson myself. ..,<s,,-,ss4A~r ~~sss.-
SO he raised himself up on the edge
Of the trough by his foreleggs. and
seized the beautiful tail feathers Of
Mr.. Rooster in HIS mouth. He gave a
good tug and 4 shake, and feathers
few here and there. l tell you.
Here was trouble for poor Stumpy,
indeed! He clung to the fence and
squawked and screamed, while the old
pig grunted and pulled. MI Melius
heard the noise and ran out to see
what was the matter. He conrived
to rescue the rooster but not until
every one OF his fine tail feathers had
been pulled out by the angry pig.
Poor old Stumpy was now truly 4
stumpy-tailed rooster. He moped and
sulked around in corners. for it was
plain to be seen that he was no longer
the handsomest rooster Mr.. Melias
had. and the hens looked at him very
scorAfully when he walked past.
And now they call him "Oid Stumny.r
As for the old pig he chewed those
tail feathers all up and grunted with
satisfaction.
4 taught that proud fellow a les
son" cried he Brooklyn Eagle.
People who make a boast Of tEair
honesty will hear WATCHING
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
Field Mlcs In Ecance.

For some reason or other field mice
have enormously increased in France
during the past few years. They
have become not only nuisance but
a menace. In some parts of rural
France the number of field mice pei
acre is estimated at over 500. These
consume more than five tons of veges
.able matter annually, and destroy
much in addition. When we consider
hat even five tons of vegetable mat
ter is a good yield of some crops
such as timothy hay, it is seen that
the pest is no small one. Reports in
some sections Of France some years
hare shown that there were more
than 1000 mite per acre. The farm
srs are ala1med, for they say that il
The mice increase as they may be
expected to increase they will next
season eat up every particle of vege
table matter that can be grown OF
the areas infested. The French gos
eminent has appropriated over $56.
200 for the work Of exterminating the
mice. The Pasteur institute some
years ago took up the work of devel
oping a culture of a disease fatal to
rats and mice. This culture is diluted
in water and in the water oats are
soaked. These oats are scattered in
the fields infested by the mice and il
a few weeks about 95 per cent Of all
the nice there are found dead. The
fight is, however, a hard one. due to
the fact that the mice breed rapidly
and travel in colonies from locality
to locality, often appearing in locali-
ties that had never before been in
tested.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
Cattle BREEDING.

Cattle breeding Is not the easy
science that it seems to be. It is
iraught with problems that the strong
est minds have studied and have not
entirely settled. among them are the
great questions of in-breeding and
ataVism. In-breeding is one Of tie
obstacles we place in the way of
atavism, that is. the tendency Of anf
mails to revert to the primeval type.
This matter Of in-breeding is one that
must be handled in the most careful
manner, though it is not as necessary
now as it was in the carly days of
the breeds. Then 1t was used as a
means Of securing continuance Of type
and the quality known as prepo-
tency.
It is an encouraging thing that our
agricultural colleges are making the
exhaustive study they are of the sci.
ence of breeding 1t is more enconr-
aging to know that the experiment
stations are backing up the agricul-
tural colleges by carrying on expert
ments TO set at rest some of the great
controversies of the past. The world
has benefited greatly through the work
Of the men that founded the leading
cattle breeds. That benefit is to be
increased by the work of the stations
in fixing the lessons that are to be
taught. The whole tendency is to stop
the methods of bad breeding that have
done so much to deteriorate the stock
Of the country. A minister recently
said that many men know what is
right, but that few men do what is
right. We may say the same Of cattle
breeding. More men know how to
breed right than do breed right.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

According to the jewelers. Review
the most ingenious and unique produc.
ton Of the Theological art IS said to be
owned by wealthy Hindu prince
This clock has no dial. richly-toned
gong being suspended in its place
Beneath this gong. on a metal plate
lie a quantity OF artificial skulls and
bones in heap. there being enough
Of these 10 form twelve complete skel
etons.
Precisely at ! o'clock one skull. to-
gether with the number Of bones nee.
essary TO make one skeleton. flies into
position. The skeleton, by some invisi
bic and mechanical force. leaps to its
feet. seizes a mallet in its bony hand
and strikes the suspended gong sin.
gle blow. This being done. the me-
chanical operations are reversed The
mallet falls back into its former place
the skeleton returns to the heap OF
skulls and bones. falls PROSTATE upon
them and drops instantly to pieces
Whatever the hour happens to be. a
corresponding number of skeletons
goes through this remarkable man
oeuvre. and at noon or midnight the
scene is gruesome in the extreme
aasa~-..
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13


1t has been a fact of common lSnowl.
edge for long time that, as ordinar-
ly stored, hen dung loses a large part
Of its nitrogen. Because of the small
number of hens kept by most farmers
little attention has been given to
means of preventing these losses. The
Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton has made a careful study of the
effects of chemicals upon the loss OF
nitrogen, and reached the following
conclusions.
BY itself, hen dung is a one-sided
heterogeneous fertilizer. AS usually man
aged, one-haf or more of its nitrogen
is lost, so that as ordinarily used il
does not carry so great an excess OF
nitrogen. Because of its excess OF
nitrogen it viii be much more econom
lcally used in connection with manuref
carrying -hosphoric acid and. potash
AS both acid phosphate and kainii
prevent the loss Of nitrogen, it is pos
sible to use them in connection with
sawdust or some other dry material
as an absorbent so as to make a we'll
balanced fertilizer For example, s
mixture of 80 pounds of hen manure,
10 pounds of sawdust or dry loan, 1t
pounds of acid phosphate, and eighA
pounds of kainit would carry abOua
1.25 per cent nitrogen, 4.5 per cent
phosphoric acid, and per cent pot.
ash, which, used at the rate Of 2 tons
per acre, would furnish so pounds nj
trogen, 1S5 phosphoric acid and 81
pounds potash.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

The following States have 1t one
time or another been under prohibit
tion law; Maine. Vermont, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire. Massachu-
setts and Connecticut in New Eng
lands New York, for one year, Penn
sylvania. Illinois, Ohio. Indiana. Iowa,
Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, North
Dakota. South Dakota, Texas, AIissis-
sippi. Delaware and South Carolina.
New Jersey is one of the few States of
the country which never has been un.
der prohibition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
Two MaYs Of competlno.

There are two ways by which the
man that is entering butter in con
test can make his butter, One way is
to select the cream and make sure
that all conditions are perfect. This
way of making his butter is not the
ordinary one and the only good that
can come from the competition is that
he may make few dollars or get
medal The real object Of butter con
tests is to improve the conditions
under which butter is made. To get
any real good the buttermaker must
make his butter as he makes it ever,
day and out Of the cream that is IN,
average OF that he every day hanffga
Then he will find out what the butter
judges think Of his work In this way
he can make real progress and. hiring
up his business. The information Dc
gets from the butter judges is OF faf
more consequence 10 him than woulo
be any amount Of prize money and
medals.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

The late census statistics collated in
Great Britain show that the present
race Of Britishers is increasing in
height and weight. Out of 10000 boys
and men used as a test, it has been
found that at the age of seventeen
the average height is five feet eight
inches and average weight 142 pounds;
at twenty-five, five feet nine inches
and 153 pounds. In fifty years the
average for the whole nation has adj
yanced from five feet seven and a half
inches in height to five feet eight and
half inches. The average height Of
the upper classes at thirty years Of
age is given at five feet eight and a
half inches; of farm laborers. five feet
seven and three-ffth inches; while the
height of the criminal class has fallen
to five feet five and four-fifth inches.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

introduced ourselves. My name is Rob
ert Armstrong
"And mine is Jessie Poell."
"Poelll Surely you're not the Miss
Poell-I beg your pardon, but do you
know a man called Charlie Bour-
chier?"
.Charlie Bourchierl Why, Of course,
I dor' l cried. Il ought to know him,
considering he's engaged to-"
/ stopped abruptly. catching sight
of my companions face Never had
l seen any one look so utterly crest
fallen.
whats the matter:" 1 asked.
"Oh, nothingl" he replied. hurriedly.
TITS curious coincidence. Charlie
Bourchier is an old chum of mine
haven't seen him Tor years, but he
wrote to me not long ago announcing
his engagement TO a Miss Poell. And
now find that you are the very per-
son. / confess the discovery has TAX
en- me by surprise"
"But you didn't let me finish" l in
terrupted Il was going to say Char
lie Bourchier is engaged 10 my sister
Emmie"
"Thank the Lord" calculated Mr.
Armstrong in a deep voice
you seem pleased at Charles en-
gagement." / remarked.
1T isn't thatr' he cried. "Bour-
chier might be engaged to fifty girls.
and | shouldn't care a rap one way
or the other, as long as you weren't
one Of them"
What could be the meaning of that
impetuous speech? Surely not that
found myself turning scarlet at my
own thoughts. They were so prepos-
ferrous. so far from the truth in all
likelihood. don't know whether /
looked more uncomfortable than / felt,
or felt more uncomfortable than l
looked.
was glad that my companion re-
lieyed me from the necessity Of re-
plying to his words by adding hasti-
ly:
I'm very grateful to Bourchier
though. Now that we have discovered
a friend in common we shall be able
to make one another's acquaintance in
quite the orthodox fashion-at least,
II you don't mind"
Il shall be delighted" / said, and
parted from my companion in some
confusion as the bus pulled up at the
bottom Of Chancery lane.
Not many days later Robert Arm
strong and l came to be introduced on
conventional lines, and one day.
don't exactly know how It happened
l found myself engaged to be married.
And Emmie wasn't half so astonished
as was myself. for Emmie didn't
hear what Bob said to me.
Il shall never understand why yon
wanted to make my acquaintance" ,"
I told him in the early days Of our
engagement
Are you really so morbidly modest
as all that, little girlg' he asked.
Don't you know that man can fall
in love at first sights'
mot with an ugly girl"
"No, perhaps not. l never said
that"
"But you fell in love win me!'
"And you are the most bewtching
girl In the world"
1t isn't OF the least use arguing with
Bob.-Woman's Life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

An opticlan is thus quoted in the
Philadelphia Record: Nine-teenths Of
the railroad men, pilots and men in
whose business keenness and correct
ness of vision are a necessary adjunct
possess blue eyes. Haven't you ever
noticed the penetrating quality a
glance from an azure tinted eye seems
to have? The cold. steady look from
such an eve appears to read you
through and through. In a great many
years of practice l have discovered
that very few blue-eyed people are
compelled to wear glasses. Blue eyes
are very attractive, but brown eyes
are the most beautiful. intellectually
is usually denoted by gray eyes. and
hazel eyes indicate a talent for music.
The commonest eye is the gray eye,
and the rarest is violet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13
Bahr,s crackers.

No one noticed baby as he toddled
quietly out Of the room, leaving his
blocks scattered over the floor. When
I missed him. l searched In all his fa-
vorite hiding places, under the dining
room table. in the linen closet and
even in the coal bin. Then began at
the top OF the house and worked my
way down, looking in every room un-
til / came to the pantry. There l found
him sitting before a new box of crack
ers. Piled up around him, like a wall
Of Notifications, were thosA he had al
ready taken from the box. l stopped
to pick them up and found that a bite
had been taken out Of one corner Of
each. leaving the little circle of his
mouth and the print Of his teeth. There
were just eight whole crackers left in
the box.-The Christian Register.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

What is it, dear heartg 'Too Dig for
dolls"
Is that what the wise folks sayg
You must say goodbye to your childhood
friends,
For you're twelve years old to-dayw
The dear little lady with haxen hair
And the darling with black eyes bright,
And-dearest Of all-the 'raggedy doll -
Must be hidden away from sight:
All dear, little girl, I know, i know;
For the very saddest day
Is the day that comes to Us, one and all,
When we lay our dolls away;
The beautiful doll of innocence,
And the sturdy doll called truth,
And. saddest Of all-the Tragedy doll"
The unquestioning faith Of Youth
The Home Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13

The theory that still fingers in near
ly all the geography books, that the
Gulf Stream brings warmth and salu-
brity to England and to the coasts Of
Northwestern Europe, is now de-
nounced by the United States meteoro-
logists as a myth, says Popular Sci
ence. 1t is stated that by the time
the Gulf Stream arrives east of New
foundIand it is not distinguishabIe in
temperature or set Of current from
the rest of the ocean; and if it were
by any possibility to be diverted at
the Straits of Florida no one in Eng
land would be aware of it. 1t is the
eastward drift of the atmosphere from
the Atlantic which distributes over
Europe a mild climate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-13


An interesting subject for specula-
ton is found in the possible effect on
the relations OF nations. diplomatic as
well as commercial. of their gnifca-
tion by the telephone. Long distance
lines now connect the capitals OF every
country Of the continent. and while II
Is not probable that they Will be en-
ployed to any extent in delicate diplo.
matte manipulations. the facilities OF.
fered for prompt, full and almost in.
formal ntercommunication between
capitals viii certainly make for good
understandings by promptly dispellina
a good many doubts, uncertainties and
misconceptions. which. in formal dip.
lomatic correspondence. are liable to
be magnified into incidents and "a
assume even more serious aspects II
forced on the attention Of a Minister
suffering from indigestion or bothered
with incipient symptoms of gout. The
fact thar at last reports Turkey had
no telephones may explain why. IN
everything pertaining to the affairs OF
that country, diplomatic intrigue and
mystery stiIl dominate the course OF
events and lead. as usual, nowhere
New York Times.