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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01
MAKEUP or AMERICAN NAVY
Most Of Uncle Sans Blue Jackets Are
Coming from the Inland
States.

The charge has frequently been made
that the American navy of to-day is
American in name only, that the mass Of
its enlisted men are foreigners and that
not little Of its worth is due to this fact
Even during the Spanish-American war
some kindly critics abroad ascribed the
success of the American squadron as
largely due to the presence Of English
gunners behind the guns, says an ex-
change.
II must be admitted that even as late
as 1890 only trihe more than so per
cent. OF the enlisted men in the American
navy we're citizens. But since that year
a change has gradually been effected.
The report of the secretary Of the navy
for the year ended June 80, 1894. shows
that the percentage OF Americans in the
navy has increased to about 95 per cent.
And even to account for this five per cent.
Of foreign-born an oficial is quoted az
saying:
Were il not for the fact that servants
and mess attendants. most Of whom are
foreigners. are numbered among the en-
listed men In the navy. the rolls would
be very nearly purely American. AS
evidence which upholds the contention
that the navy is nearing an unusual
point as regards Americanism is the
large percentage OF native-born men
found among the apprentices and lands
men for training. Last year the per
centage was 95 American born and five
foreign born for apprentices and 90 and
seven per cent. respectively. for lands
men It is said that in this years re-
port the foreign-born percentage viii be
considerably lower"
And the official just quoted adds the
significant fact:
Most Of our sailors are coming from
the inland states. We are getting the
best men OF the navy from the farms Of
Indiana. Illinois. Iowa and Kansas We
don't need 70 take foreigners as We did
ten years ago. because we had no men
trained for the sea IN our own land"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01
or IMwAcUlATs CHARACTER
10 Qualify Tor the AonGon Police Force
a IAN Mt 20 AL But
Angelic.

LoECon policemen are subjected to
mos, carefui system OF preparation
..e.0le me- are considered 1T to go out
4nu .rayel beat.
All London conslab.es, wherever they
may be Stationed, pass through the
lame initial course OF training. They
must. OF course. be strong and healthy.
ano their character must be unsmirched.
Strength and health are OF pardcu-
ar importance to man who may have
10 grapple at any moment with a
brawny criminal, and must certainly
spend two or three nights a month in
the open without regard to weather
And every constable passes once a
month under the doctors inspection.
AS to character-well, that is Of the es-
sence Of a constable, who must be not
only a guardian, but an angel
When a man has shown that he has
the strength Of a guardian and the
character of an angel he may be ae-
cepted as a potential policeman He is
put through a six weeks course Of
training
Day by day he goes to Wellington
barracks and is taught the elements Of
drill-which seem unimportant 10 a
man whose function is to act alone He
is also taught a little wrestling. and
instructed as to the best methods Of
overcoming a recalcitrant wrongdoer
Doubtless there will come a day
when constables will be taught by Jap
anese and adopt their system Of applied
mathematics. At present the young
man learns only the raw methods Of the
west
During those six weeks, too. he at
tends police courts and watches the de-
meanor and listens to the evidence Of
constables-thus picking up some small
knowledge Of the powers Of the police
and qualifying himself to carry on the
traditional laws OF police evidence
When the six weeks are over he ap-
pears before the commissioner Of police
who is By virtue Of bis once a justice
OF the peace-and sVears IN due form
that he viii carry out bis duties IN pre-
venting burgiariss. robberies. feloniss
and murders; that be win protect prop
erty and 50 forth. and hnally. wiii not ]
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01
AS OTHERS SEE US.

The circulation Of such foolish and ladvised petit
ton the asking the city council to prohibit auto
mobiles has caused others to look at lis thus
'The delightful slumbers OF the Vnitians have been
rudey disturbed by the introduction into the Artesan
city Of automobile Such evidences of progress push
and hurry evidently not desired in the town that
claims Charley Davidson, Col SOpe and Bro Mars for
its and as consequence petition has been crcu
lated asking the cityl?) council to pass ordinance
prohibiting any from running automobile on the
streets Poor old Vinita viii she never awake from
that Rip Van WinKe sleep and join the procession of
other progressive territory towns pMuskogee Phoenix
The petitioners invited the ridicule and get
ting it all sides. None of the names mentioned by
the Phoenix appear the petition and those who did
sign mostly did without reading it, believing that it
only petition to regulate the automobiles. The
vast majority of Vnitans for progress and have
desire to emulate the buffalo that stood the track and
futey attempted to butt the locomotive of advancing
civilization off the track We have buffalo, ts
So has Muskogee and every other town in the country
They sefsatsfed genus peculiar to no particular
section or cline.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01
HOLDS A VESSEL STEADY.
Remarkable Device Which Robs an
Ocean Voyage Of Terrors for
Poor Sailors.

There have been innumerable plans
for preventing seasickness, but perhaps
the most remarkable of any is device
by which a German navy engineer
would obviate the malady by overcom-
ing the motion which brings il about,
reports the Chicago Chronicle
He is o. Schlick, of Hamburg, Ger
many. Ills apparatus is designed to
increase considerably the period of os-
cillation in the rolling Of vessel, and
at the same time diminish the ampli-
tude Of oscillation.
The underlying principle of the ap-
paratus is the fact that rotating body
VIII oppose to any inclination of its
axis a resistance which grows higher
as its rotation is more rapid and its
weight more considerable Working
along these lines the German iRveRtor
constructed a model and mounted In
this miniature of an ocean grey
hound a fywhee. the vertical axis Of
which Is so located as to move pendu-
lum-like in the central plane Of The
model.
His argument is that the rapid os-
citations of the wheel will result in
rendering the ship insensible to the
effect Of the wave motion. the rolling
movement being practically eliminated.
AS the device will exert an energetic
effect, even with the smallest lateral
oscillations Of the ship, a propagation
OF the motion, resulting in a strong os-
cillating movement, will be impossible.
whereas drift keels so far used do not
act before the rolling movement has
become marked"
Horace See. a well known engineer
and naval architect. who designed such
vessels as the cruiser Philadelphia and
the Yorktown, the Sandy Hook steam
boat Monmouth and numerous yachts
and merchant steamships. says. how
ever. that seaside folk will suffer a long
time before they are relieved by any
such device as this.
This invention" said Mr. See, sis
wholly impracticable and for many rea-
sons One that you might note first is
that the gyroscopic effect OF a fywheel
mounted on shipboard should be such
as to prevent the rolling Of the vessel;
that in itself would be likely to bring
about disaster Conceive Of a vessel
held upright in a seaway and one Of
those Atlantic cliffs rolling against her
beam. The chances are that It would
break clean over her and she would Be
lucky II she did not founder outright
Again. where would you place this
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01

Around on the other side of the earth two great
armies aggregating than half million men, the
flower of two great nations are convused in battle
With modern facilities for travel and with the electric
telegraph in use they our next door neghbors We
can almost the of their and the groans
of their dying soldiers General Sherman right when
he said: "War is hell" The same is true in every part
Of the world Let us hops the Of carnage and
death in the east will cease and that universal
peace will spread her white wings the universe, and
'sthere shall be war"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01

win take more directly northerly course The company
win be capitalized for $4,000 ooO and will be almost
powerful financially as the Peoples Gas company that
has monopoly in Chicago The route by way OF Joplin
would take somewhere about Welch II none OF
our nancers citizens will provide the cash to sink
for the gas that all seem positive present few hundred
below the surface might be permitted to tap the
Bartlesyille pipeline at the closest point.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01

An ordinance was introduced in the Kansas City coun-
Gil Monday night to grant franchise to the Peoples
Natural Gas and Fuel company enter and lay pipes in
the city, to convey gas from the Bartesvie district
Two pipe lines will be laid of 24nch and 225 miles
long There will be total of 400 miles of piping, in
cudng the mains in Kansas City and other towns the
route One Of the routes will be from Bartlesve to
Kansas City via Joplin Carthage, Nevada, etc. another
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01

Territory man.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01

The largest station for wireless teegaphy yet erected
win be completed at Pisa, Italy, in this month The
buildings will be entirely of stone The station will be
called Coano 1t is designed to establish wireless tee-
graphic communication from there with Great Britain,
Holland the United States, and Canada, also with
vessels in the Mediterranean the Baltic sea- the Red
and the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01
Used for PBeBmOnis.

Dr. C. J. Bishop, OF Agnew, Mich,
says Il have used Foley's Honey and
Tar IN three very severe cases Of pneu-
monia with good results in every case. "
Refuse substitutes For sale az PeO-
pies drug store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01

Judge G. B. Stuart, of South McAlester has been
selected to deliver address at the Indian Territory
building at the Worlds Fair on the occasion Of Indian
Territory day. October L. 1t is safe to predict that the
right thing will be said and delivered in as orcefu and
eloquent manner could be done by any other Indian
Territory man.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01

dlvulge Official secrets. That done, the
young mantle young angei--become
a guardian, with uniform and trunch-
con, and is sent on to the streets to see
that London behaves itself.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01

rvwheel? To mae tNo rvroscopic ac-
ton effective IN : sfeer' hip the wheel
r'rs' be rela a-ivelv of ereqf size And
n us fe driven at an enormous speed
Where won'd the power come from?
mo. there is rn'h'ne in It. The idea
Is utterly imnracticable"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-01
Thursday

The Katy railroad company has decided to issue
s4OOOOOOO Of bonds for Improvements along its line
Would it be too much for Vnta TO ask for new depot
commensurate with the needs of this growing city.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09

ments OF quasi. politicians", or by a Jug
CLING with figures on the part Il anony-
nous correspondents.
The democrats put up sturdy light,
and while their candidates were all clean
men, and fought in the open, they had
absolutely no issue, except that OF party,
and on that issue alone, could not hope to
win.
The story OF the day is briefly told.
The vote was nowhere near so large as
that of last year, when LIPS votes were
cast, and Mayor Hagerthy'a plurality was
go. This year only 1.0l1, including q
defective, were cast, and Mayor
Hagerthy's plurality was 176
The aldermen elected are: Ward i, Orrin
W. Trip (re-elected); ward 2, Frank r.
Moore; ward 8, John w. Mccarthy ire
elected); ward 4, George w. Pstten; ward
s, Arthur w. Austin IRE elected).
In ward 8, which for some years back
has been regarded as hopelessly demo-
cratic, the republican msjority OF rs asst
year was increased to IS this year.
In Re other wards there was little out
of the ordinary, and the battle through
out the city was conducted on both sides
in an orderly and good nstured way.
But little excitement followed the an
nouncement of the result; 1t was generally
conceded that the chances were wholly
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
DIED.

ALLEN-At Bar Harbor, Feb 30. Lera E,
eldest daughter vi Charles and Lena r
Allen. aged IS years. 8 months, % days.
BYARD-At Dover, II, March 3, Josiah
Byard. formerly of North Ellsworth, aged As
years
CUNNINGHAM-At surry, March 6, Mrs Deb.
orah Cunningham, aged 70 years, IL months.
GRAY-At Bluehiil, March 4, Annie B, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Otis Gray, aged IL years, s
months, days.
KlTTREDGE-At North Lamoine, March g.
infant son of MIR and Mrs NJ Kittredge.
SADLER-At Deer Isle. Feb %, Harvey sadler
aged 70 years.
STISSON-At Sunshine Deer Isle), Feb 20,
Henry Stinson, aged "a years, s months, Is
days.
SQUlRES-At Pacific branch National Home
), Los Angeles Co, Cal, Feb 49, William
p Squires. formerly of Ellsworth, and men,
Der of Co First Maine Heavy Artillery.
WOOD-At Surry, March 4, Henry c Wood,
aged 20 years, 10 months, "A days
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09

1t may be all right to give credit to
whom credit is due, but spot cash is al
ways prefers BILE.
Any man who has been three times mar
ried and three times divorced is entitled
to front room In daffy asylum.
When one woman tells another that she
is still looking quite young 1t means she
Is beginning to carry weight for age.
A man may be disappointed in the
friendship OF his friends, but he can al
ways depend on the enmity of his enc
mics.
To-day the average man is saving up to
buy home, tomorrow he buys 1t and
the day after he will try to sell 1t for less
than cost.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
But Little Excitement Result Foregone Conclusion
Vote Much Lighter than that of Last Year
Ward Holds the Banner-Other
Wards Respond Nobly

While lacking the excitement that at
tended the election of year ago, when
the republicans OF Ellsworth carried
everything before them, the election of
last Monday, which resulted in another
clean sweep Tor tue republicans, was not
without its significant features.
1t demonstrated that the city Is easily
republican when the fight is essentially
party fight; II demonstrated that when
good work has been done the public is
ready and willing to recognize 1t, and can
not be be misled BY the sophisticsl argu-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
Mix Cheerfulness with Your Break
fast

Mix Cheerfulness with Your Break
fast.
have sometimes thought that breakfast
should be stricken from the list of family
meals, and be served to the individuals Of
the households in the privacy Of their
rooms, 30 frequently does 1t become joy
less feast. Uoles- the greatest care be
taken, the breakfast table becomes a YER
liable dump, where each one unlOads the
grievances OF the night. One has not
"slept a wink; another was scared by a
"horrible" dream; a third "nearly died.,
from an aching tooth; fourth is dismal
because OF a depressing nightmare, and so
on. IL to these enlivening details be
added doleful disarray OF dress, tousled
hair, and sour disapproval of the
weat her, the news, and the food, the most
appetizing breakfast will pail on the taste,
and the day will be badly begun. More
important than the matter of cooking is
it That the family gather around the table
cheerful, joyous, and in Astounding good
spirits Good digestion waits on those
who season their food with laughter and
fun, and, IL we have cares and worries, 1T
is wise to let them wait until after the
matutinal meal.
True courtesy is only the application of
the golden rule to our social conduct.
"a noble and attractive everyday bearing
comes of goodness, unselfishness, SINGER
ity, and refinement, and these are bred In
years, not in Moments" They are not the
result of an instinct, or an inspiration.
They come OF a noble character, that can
not be reached until after many struggles
and conflicts Success.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
How Ex-Governor Black Learned
Eloquence.

EIOuueuCt.
Ex- Governor Frank 5. Black became
governor OF New York through his elo-
quence, says Success. When he took the
gavel as temporary chairman OF the re-
publican state convention OF 1896. his
name had not even been suggested for the
nomination. After his opening speech,
however, the whisper went around among
the delegates: "What's the matter with
Black for governor" The following day
the regular candidates were dropped and
Mr.. Black was nominated.
After the convention Mr.. Black told
some friends how he acquired his elo-
quence.
when was young man." he said, 81
went down from Troy to New England to
make my fortune l soon found that for
tune was not running after me, and when
my funds ran low, took the only Job In
sight,-that OF agent for a, sewing ma
chine. Travelled through the country
districts selling machines, and, In that
way, built up Whatever eloquence / pos
sess. You have no idea how hard 1t was to
sell 3 machine in the backwoods in those
days. Some OF the farmers thought they
were inventions of the devil, while OF hers
regarded them as swindiing devices.
Holding convention spellbound is a
cinch compared to the difficulty had in
convincing a farmer that a sewing ma
chine is a good thing"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
BORN.

ABBOTT-At North Hancock, Feb %, to Mr.
ana Mrs Aivah Abbott, a son. [George.J
ASHMOOR-At Lamoine, Feb II, to MIR and
Mrs Arthur Ashmoor, daughter.
FAULKNER-At sedgwick Feb 25, to Mr. and
Mrs Daniel Nj Faulkner, son. Robert Lin
wood.
GRAFFAM-At sedgwick, Feb Is, to Mr. and
Mrs GRAHAM. daughter.
HASKELL At Somerville Mass. March 2, to
Mir and Mrs Henry Haskell, a son.
JELL1SON-At Amherst, Feb 49, to Mr. and Mrs
Hiram Jellison, son.
RlTTREDGE-At North Lamoine, Marca !, to
Mr. and Mrs C 81 Kittredge, son.
SlLSBY-At Amherst. March ], to Mr. and Mrs
Maurice Silsby, daughter.
SPRAGUE-At Cranberry Isles. Feb 25 to Mr.
and Mrs James sprague, a daughter.
SPRlNGER-At Waltham, Feb 25 to Mr. and
Mrs Geoge E Springer, a son. Earlon Leroy. ]
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
For Those Who I hink.
From Success I

From Success
Don't daily with your purpose.
Character is the poor mans capital
Ii you hate another, 1t Is slow suicide
for yourself.
Men call their own carelessness and in
activity fate.
The lucky man is the one who grasps his
opport unity.
Character has a commercial as we'll as an
ethical value.
Genius darts, futters, and tires, but per-
severance wears and wins.
The largest room In the world is the
room for self-improvement.
Give youth resolution and the alpha
bet, and who shall place limits to his ca
reer?
We get out Of life just what we put int o
1t; the world has for us just what we have
for 1t.
Don't brood over the past, or dream of
the future, but use the instant and get
your lesson from The hour.
In many an esta oils ment here are sue
cesses who are infinitely inferior to the
failures from whom they snatch the
iaurels.
No one else can solve your problem, or
work out your riddle. You stand or fall
by 1t. Your happiness, your we'll being,
your success and your destiny hang upon
your carrying out the programme the
Creator has given you.
Stock-taking every day Is a great aid to
advancement. Stop and add yourself up
at the close OF each day and see il you
have anything to carry over. II you have
nothing but ciphers to carry over, some
thing is wrong somewhere.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
The governor has named April p as
Fast Day, aud May 6 as Arbor Day.

"You talk about posters and your ads. upon the
fence,
But they amt the kind o. mediums that appeals
TO common sense;
You may talk about your DODGERS and your
circulars and such,
But calculate they don't assist an advertiser
much
And especially In winter, when the snow is on
the ground,
| wonder where your posters and your dodgers
can be found?
But within the coy homestead, when the parlor
stoves aglow,
The newspaper is read aloud to everyone we
know"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
ELECTIONS ELSEWHERE.

In the other ten cities in Maine where
elections we're held Monday, in all but
burn, RockIand and Eastport elected new
incum bents. Ofthese eleven, eight went
repu blican, one democratic - Weterville,
and one citizen democratic-Saco. South
Portland elected republican mayor, but
the board is democratic.
Bucksport surprised itself and every
body else by electing a democrst-Frank
Smith-first selectman over George d..
Crane, republican.
A. Bar Hsrbor the redou btable John E.
Bunker, it,, who was defeated last year,
was elected fret St .ectman.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09

happened.
The small boys got in their work in the
evening, aud boufires illuminated Main
street from the Hancock house to Man
ming hall. The streets were orderly, and
the police force had little to do.
Following is the vote In detail, with the
vote for mayor last year given for COM
psrison:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
MARRIED.

CUNNINGHAM - GATCHELI.-At Orland,
March 2, by Rev Howard ID French, Miss Ora
cunningham, of Bluehill, to Fred p Gatchell,
of Orlaud
TAINTER-MARKS-At Brooklin, March 5, by
w Cole, esq, Miss Leslie fainter to A bert
W Marks both Of Brooklin.
THAYER-SIMONTON Charleston. March
9, by Rev } simontOn, Miss Edith Narion
Thayer, of Charleston, to DIR Frank f Simon
ton, OF Ellsworth,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09

Trains leaving Ellsworth T.I6 m and Is y
m, and arriving Ellsworth IL So m, 947 N,
connect with Washington Co R.
tStop on sig nal or notice to Conductor.
These trains connect at Bangor, with through
trains on Main Line, to and from Portland, Bos-
ton and st. John.
Passengers are earnestly requested to procure
tickets before entering the trains and especially
Ellsworth to Falls and Falls to Ellsworth.
GEO. r. EVANS.
Vice Pres and Gent Manager.
F. e. BOOCHBY, G. P. & ia.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09

Don't think because name looks at
tractive on visiting card that the pay
ing teller of bank would recognize 1t at
the bottom OF a check,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09

Stops the Cough and works on the Cold
Laxative Bronco uinine Tablets cure a cold
one day. No Cure no Pay. Price IS cents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09

Most men would rather lose $40 on a
horse race than a nickel through hole
in pocket.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-03-09
Pauper Notice.

THE undersigned hereby gives notice that he
l. has contracted with the city of Ellsworth.
for the support of the poor, during the ensuing
year, and has made ample provision for their
support he therefore forbids all persons from
furnishing supplies to any pauper on HE &C
count, as without his written order he will pay
for no goods so furnished. HARRYt5. JONES.