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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

Francis d. Long has been appointed
postmaster at East BluehilL to succeed
George q. Long, who ssait il his rsstZiia-
ZION a short lin, ago oh account OF i'll
hsGlth.
The present Incumbent will rataia
possession OF .hs o & e until the necessary
papers are filed ont a. the postofiiee de-
partment, and tn isomin, postmaster
receives his commissions.
The outgoing postmaster has held the
office for fifteen consecutive years, filling
the place in a painstaking and obliging
manner, and most satisfactorily to the
public. 1t is hoped that with his relief
from the responsibilities of the Office his
health will improve.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03
Gen. Francis Fessenden Dead

Gen. Francis Fessenden, one Of Names
most distinguished soldiers in the Civil
war, and former mayor Of Portland, died
in that city yesterday, from blood poison
ing. He was SON Of former Congressman
William Pitt Fessenden, and was born in
Portland in 1889.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

GIG. Long, for flftee years postmaster
at East Bluehill, has retired because of
i'll health. His many friends, who are
not confined to his home town, by any
means, trust that his release from official
duties, which he has so conscientiously
and efficiently performed, will result in his
improved health.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

oat, thing that heretofore was not
thought possible. The two towns
have received water supply for the
rst time in their history, and pave
ments and sewers are being put in to
make the towns permanent and pos
sible place of residence for white peo-
plp
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

U. 8. CIRcuIr CouRr. MAINE DISTRICT,
PORTLAND. Dec. %, 1905.
DURSUANT to the rules of the Circuit
Il Court OF the United States for the Dis
trict Of Maine, notice Is hereby given, that
Henry N. Hall, OF Ellsworth, In said district,
has applied for admission Is IN attorney and
counsellor Of said Circuit Court
JAMS z. HnwRy. Clerk.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

The county commissioners OF the State
went on salary with the beginning of the
new year. The salary of the Hancock
county commissioners is $3.50 each. All
the county officers are now on salary, the
others having been ON a salary basis since
July 1.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

The wiping out by fire OF the tannery at
Riceville practically wipes the little settle
ment of Riceville of the map unless the
tannery is rebuilt. The tannery was the
sole industry of the place, and every fam
lily in the settlement was dependent
upon it.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

Stonington's rumored granite combine
promises big things for the quarry towns
of Maine, but towns with small quarries
now running, which have seen the results
of combines in other industries, which
always work for Capitalization OF BUSH
ness, are somewhat fearful of results.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

This mild weather is not at all to the
liking of the smelters at Surry. There is
no ice in the bay, and the tents rest idle
on shore.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

Be not anxious about Tomorrow. Do
to-day's duty, fight to-day's temptation
and do not weaken and distrust yourself
by looking forward to things which you
cannot see and could not understand II
you saw them. Charles Kingsley.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

To not trespass in Cuniculocua Park. I
- demand protection to life and property
from the county Of Hancock. the state al
Maine. and the Unites States OF America.
MARY G. FRsrz AUSTIN.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03
COUNTY GOSSIP.

The town of Eden is waging siren
uous warfare against the brown-tail moth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03
spssial .Notisss.

~esN-~~.-~-N1~s..-
NOTICE.
MY wife. Mary Jane Brown, having left me
WI without iast cause or provocation.
hereby forbid all persons harhoring or trust
ing her on my account, as shall pay no bills
Of her contracting after this date.
GEORGE ID. Brown.
Ellsworth. Dec. 80. 1905.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03
ANIMAL MEETING.

YtHE annual meeting OF the stockholders
i OF the Hancock County Agricultural So
ciety will be held at town hall. Bluehill. on
Wednesday, Jan. 10. 1905, at 2 O'Clock p. M, to
act upon the following business, to wit:
To hear the report OF secretary.
To hear the report OF trt asurer.
To elect board OF directors.
To transact any other business legally
brought before said meeting.
c. 8. SNOWMAN. Secretary.
Bluehill, Jan. 2. 1905
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

ANNUAL. MEETING
Ofthe Stockholders of the Ellsworth, Blue
hill and swans Island Steamboat
Company.
TNHE annual meeting of the Ellsworth.
l. Bluehill and Swans Island Steamboat
Co. will be held ut the Office Of l.. F. Giles in
Ellsworth Me, on Tuesday, Jan. ., q d. 1888.
at 80 O'Clock p. m, being the second Tuesday
Of Jan. a. d 1908, in accordance with the by
laws Of said corporation, for the transaction
Of the following business, to witt
LIST. To elect board Of i've directors for
said corporation.
I'd. To transact any other business that may
be legally brought before said meeting.
Dated 1t Ellsworth. Jan. 8, 1905.
LySwooD F. GILES, Clerk.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-03

Adssrtsssno brings the customers and
assists the sstasman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25
WAS WILLING TO BITE"
One in the Audience Who Had Never
Heard Of the Great Man in
Question.

At the recent annual meeting Of the
voters Of Cape Elizabeth two names
were presented for moderator, Henry
8. Jorden and Clement E. Staples, Re.
publican and Citizen, respectively.
says the Boston Herald. The orator
who nominated Mr.. Staples made q
mighty effort. Who is Clement q.
Staples?" he cried, as he waved his
arms like pump handles and strobe
back and forth on the platform. A
deep and impressive silence followed
Again waving his arms, he called In
a voice Of thunder: "Who is Clement
E. Staples?" The silence was more
pronounced and the effect greater. The
audience was visibly impressed. Be-
fore attempting to dwell upon the
good qualities Of his candidate. the
speaker again proclaimed: 81 say.
who is Clement e. StapiesY
A small man in the rear Of the hall
stood on a chair and broke the silence
by saying: WAL I'll bite. Who IL
her"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25

Americans ALL" can those nov liv-
ing ever forget them, or will future
generations ever cease to read of those
Two Memorial days-one for the
north, one for the south, and again,
"All Americans" No other nation has
concern in these memorial times but
our own. 1t was a war between broth
ers; the war has passed, the brother
hood remains. Or, If there still are
those whose hearts are fermenting
thet man or woman; surely there is
a time to put aside-if not forget-a
time to regard the best Of the pres
ent, not the worst of the past; a time
to cultivate amenities and loves, not
~antagonismS and base passions. Yes,
there are two Memorial days; may
the sun shine clear in the heavens on
the days that commemorate the valor
and the losses of both the north and
the south; nor let either section fail
in thought, at least. to pay its due
tribute by awarding equal sincerity
and valor to the other. These days,
as is eventually the case with all me
mortal days, have measurably lost
their early characteristic-that which
clusters around the affectional nature
and recalls the father or the SON who
fell In that great struggle. 1t is not
in man always to mourn; and now
that which was born of the affections
becomes monumental and historic, and
it is we'll that it is so. In recent
years graves of the northern dead
have been decorated by the brethren
of the south, and the blue have loved
to lay their floral tributes upon the
graves of the gray. So may it con
tinue to be, as in future years our
two Memorial days come around with
each recurring spring. Pass a few
tardy years and monuments to a Lee
or a Johnston or a Gordon shall find
a resting place at the north as we'll
as at the south, and SO the oneness of
the people and the forgetfulness of
old ~antagonisms shall find expression
in bronze or in marble as it already
dwells in the hearts of those who are
both broadly patriotic and strong.
Festina Decentralization Work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25
HAD GIVEN UP ALL HOPE.
CONFINED TO HER BED
WITH DYSPEPSIA.
81 Owe MyLife to Pe-ru-na,"
SAYS Mrs. Hufaker.

Mrs. Mittie Huffaker, r. r. No. 8,
Columbia, Tenn, writes:
81 was afflicted with dyspepsia for
several years and at last was confined
to my bed, unable to sit up.
"We tried several different doctors
without relief.
al had given up all hope of any re.
lief and was almost dead when my
husband bought me a bottle of Pc
runa.
cat first I could not notice any ben-
eft, but after taking several bottles I
was cured sound and well.
ait is to Peruna / owe my life to-
day.
SCI cheerfully recommend 1t to all
sufferers"
Revised Formula.
For q number of years requests
have come to me from a multitude Of
grateful friends, urging that Peruna
be given a slight laxative quality. I
have been experimenting with a laxa-
tive addition for quite a length Of
time. and now feel gratifed to an
nounce to the friends of Peruna that
I have incorporated such a quality in
the medicine which, in my opinion.
can only enhance its wel.-known bsns-
fetal character.
IS. B. HARraAN. M. D."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25

to the absent; a moment to exchange
with a comrade, so that the survivor
might forward the missive to those
loved ones; an instant to breathe a
whispered prayer through moving lips,
just loud enough to be heard in
Heaven when observation-disclosures
the solemn voice spoke out, and with a
shout which made the earth tremble,
we leaped from the obscuring ditch,
and the harvest of death began.
P~aralyzed for an instant, but only
an instant, the enemy opened their
guns with consummate fury. Our ar
tillery, too, recently placed in posi-
tion under the mantle of darkness and
concealed by brush, replied with even
fiercer violence. Thus, with the air
about us full of screeching missiles
and sulphurous smoke, blinded and
sometimes even covered by the debris
thrown over us from the burrows
plowed by shells, we forged forward.
Some began to chop down the stakes,
while others aimed at the gunners.
The range was close-we were vet
erans-nearly every shot brought
down a victim and silenced a gun.
Their rifiemen, too, were soon so
weakened by loss that they could not
check our advance until we reached
the great ditch which surrounded the
fort. Here, besides every other con-
ceivable obstruction, it was planted
thick with torpedoes; but although it
were the veritable jaws of death.
there could be no faltering now-into
it we leaped with a shout.
Although beyond the range Of The
guns, we now became the victims OF
the fuse Of shell hurled upon us from
above. But still, over the dead bod
les of the slain, we pushed forward
to the opposite bank. Here, hating
but a moment under the slight protec-
ton to recover our spent vigor, with
another shout out-yelling the missiles
Of war, we flung ourselves at the para
pet. The attempted seemed impossi-
BILE, but with such men nothing Is i'm
possible. Over the distractions, up
the steep and difficult ascent; regard
less of bursting shell and Kissing bull
lets; in utter defiance of the enemy
who o thronged the slopes, until,
hurting our foes headlong with our
%bayonets, we leaped into the fort.
On that very parapet before me,
within this deserted space, shaded
now by vernal and silent growths, that
scene of hell-born carnage vas en-
acted.
But this was of short duration. Our
requirements were pouring into the
fort like a mighty flood-the enemy,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25
BOOK PLEASES CRITICS.
Newton Mann, Universally
Commended.

1.-The Evolution of a Great Litera.
ture," by Newton Mann, of Omaha, has
been universally commended by critics
as a scholarly and thoughtful work 1t
is a natural history OF the Jewish and
Christian Scriptures. The author has
summarized the results of the investi-
cations of students of sacred history,
and in a remarkably able and clear
form has set them down. The book
is in no sense a polemic. 1t simply
gives such information as to the cir
cumstances under which the Bible was
composed as is accessible, and the re-
suits are exceedingly interesting and
important.
Every devout reader of the Bible
will be interested in this instructive
volume.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25
ONE RULE.
Club Servitor Had Seen Them All
Broken Into Bits, Save
That One.

A certain club. the pams of which
naed not ba mentioned. has strict res.
uiations against gambling. relates the
American Spectator.
A Quartette of club members decid-
ed to break the rule by a game Of
poker for small stakes, so they ad-
5ourned to n Of the small rooms and
oold an Old servant to bring a pack of
cards.
When he brought them one Of the
members asked: John, I suppose It
would be something utterly new in
this club If we were to do such a thing
as play for money with these "ards?"
The negro scratched his head and
deliberated. finally answering: BOSS,
Use been wiz dis club a long time,
and Use seen many things"
eyes, but what have you SEEM"
'Ive seen ebry rule of dis club
vi'lated 'ceptin' one"
What Is that one?"
de rule 'gainst gibbin' tips to de
servants"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25

hopelessly overpowered, at last sur
rendered.
The fury of rejoicing which followed
rivaled that of the charge. The strug-
gle had been so long and desperate,
the victory was so complete (not a
single n of the foe escaping) that
men lost all ~self-control, and some in
a frenzy of joy even Rugged each other
and cried like women.
But the vanquished-God pity them.
The ground was strewn thick with
their dead and dying, with pools of
blood, with fragments Of rem and scat
tered bodies. Some of their guns were
literally covered with the shattered re.
mains of the poor victims who had
persisted in handling them.
Amid the sitting stencil of human
gore. the survivors stood, some hud.
died in little groups, dumb with fer.
ror; some upright, facing us in cool
defiance; others, blackened by smoke.
b~areheaded, half naked, were on their
knees in prayer.
And this is war!
1t was AZ years ago. Yet / instinc.
lively listen, imagining l must stiu
hear the oar of that conflict. or q,
least its echo-but no, the MIDDAY
bears no cadence ave the silklike muir,
muir of the zephyr Whispering
Peace.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25
What sublime ouietness!

What sublime quietness!
Can it be possible that here-are
these memories, boundless deep, which
sweep across mi like a surging food
merely the torturing dreams Of
f~ever-racked brain?
But no. All around me are abun.
dant proofs. The outline of the old
fort is still visible, and in fact / won
der that time has wrought so little
change. l now recognize many IA
miliar objects. The then solitary tree
is still standing, but a wound made
in its trunk by a vicious shell has
healed, and is now fastening its
decay.
YOnder, half way down the slope,
nearly buried in earth, l also discern
a huge, shapeless mass of iron. Dumb
witness of a bloody past, it is all that
remains of a monster gun whose voice
made the trees tremble. In the last
hour of horror, overworked, triple.
charged, it exploded, hurting a score
of men into eternity.
This memory, then, is no mere
dream. This panorama Of peace be-
fore me has a dark background OF
graves.
Through yonder field of waving
corn, from the mile-distant wood, with
pick and shovel, by ditch and trench,
inch by inch, we worked our tedious,
%tortuous way. Day and night we were
logged by the messengers of death.
zach Ctan Uoc 0atnod Of tho nrtna -
some brave life. Yet the work was
pushed steadily on. We were there to
do, to dare, to endure, but not to fall.
ter. In a nations redemption strug-
gle men can afford to die, but cannot
afford to be found wanting. When
a comrade fell wounded, we cared for
him with such kindness as the circum-
stances permitted; If he was Killed,
wrapped in his blanket we buried him,
while with the rough sleeve of a
soldiers coat we wiped the tears away
and pushed ever onward.
AS I gaze s%pellbound, I wonder-I
can never cease to wonder-that we
did not fail. 1t required men with
nerves of steel and hearts of oak, re-
enforced by the inspiration that back
of us was our country, and above was
God. 1t required these, and all these,
to make victory possible.
For there, in the fort before us,
were Americans, and none but Ameri-
a n could have taken it. Our foes
were never tired, their vigilance never
relaxed, their courage was sublime.
And while we believed them entirely
and eternally wrong. they fought as
1t is only possible for men to fight
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25
DEBT OWED GRAND ARMY.
Highest Principles of Patriotism and
Citizenship Inculcated by
the Order.

The old soldier, veteran of the civil
war, is a living epiStle, known and
read of all men," His presence among
us is a reminder of the war, an in
spiration to duty, a living exponent
and illustration Of patriotism.
The Grand Army Of the Republic is
made up of the honorably discharged
union soldiers. None others are ELI
gible to membership In it. 1t is a
nonsectarian and nonpartisan, politi.
cally, organization, and yet it's funda-
mental principle is loyalty to the gov
eminent. 1t is a bulwark against trea-
son, and everything else that men.
aces the welfare, prosperity and safety
Of the nation.
To the children and young people
the old soldier is ever an object Of in
terest, and his relation Of his expert
ence in the struggle for the preserva-
tion Of the union and the government
is more interesting and impressive
than the printed page.
The creation of an intelligent citi.
zenship and the establishment of in.
situations necessary to the preserva-
ton and perpetuation of our repub.
lican form of government lie in the
development and extension of our pub
lie schools.
Social order, exalted views of life
and appreciation of u privileges, and
the promise Of our future as a nation,
are secured by an intelligent and care
full use of our opportunities.
These things the Grand Army of the
Republic seeks to secure and foster.
No greater service can be rendered to
our country than to promote ana estab.
lish her interests in the welfare, in.
telligance and high moral quality OF
her people. The veterans of the civil
war see all this, and for them they
stand-Rev. J. J. Woolley.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25

who believe they are entirely and eter-
nally right.
At last the point was reached where
the work must be completed by an act
of extreme desperation-we must
charge the fort.
Between the trench in which we
were concealed and the coveted prize
was a space of about 500 feet, filled
with every sort of obstruction which
cunning, desperate men could devise.
In part this consisted of stout stakes
driven firmly into the ground at an
angle pointing towards us, and sharp
ened. These were so thick and close
that we could not pass between them,
and were too strong to be easily
broken. If there was a spot anywhere
affording the least protection from the
leaden storm, it was planted thick
with torpedoes. 1t was through and
over such Instructions that we must
force our way while the guns Of the
fort would be flashing on us floods of
death.
The signal was to be three guns
fired from a battery near the center
of our line, at an interval of half a
minute each. To deceive the enemy,
precisely the same signsi had been
fired at noon for three preceding days.
A moment, when the word was re-
ceived, to hastily scribble upon the
scrap Of pocket diary the last word
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-25
PEOPLE IN PRINT.

John l. Snyder, a Seneca Indian, has
received permission to take the New
York state bar examination.
Paul ]. Rainey, a wealthy New
Yorker, Is having a wireless system of
telegraphy installed on his yacht, An
ona, which will be the first American
steam yacht thus equipped.
District Attorney Jerome, OF New
York. who is at present in the lime
light, pleads guilty to three weak
~nesses-candy eating, cooking strange
dishes, and making furniture.
Chaplain Rev. Francis Doherty, OF
the Seventeenth United States in
fantry. stationed ct Fort Mcpherson.
edits a little paper called THE Haver-
soldiers, and Is frequently copied.
George Griffith, the English globe
trotter, who has seven times encircle1
the earth, says he means to travel 10
more, but will build a home on the
Isle of Man and settle down to novel;
writing as a nefghbor of Hall CaiDs.
Thomas Lewis, the son of an African
king who is studying medicine at the
Syracuse university, has devised char
acters TO express the language Of his
tribe. He proposes to translate the
Bible and to introduce the Christian
religion among the natives. His home
Is in Liberia, and upon the completion
OF his curse he expects to become q
medical missionary to his people.
]. P. Webster holds the unique dis
tinction of being the only mayor Wau-
coma, Ia, has ever had, though the
place has been incorporated % years.
He was selected as the first mayor in
1883. and has continued to serve ever
since. He has Just been elected for
two years more, which will make bis
record, as mayor a quarter OF a cen
fury. He Is 80 years old. and the old
est mayor In the state. He is hale and
hearty.