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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23
sroNINGroN.

Mrs.. FredlE. Sawyer is visiting her son
Arthur in Portland.
Fred A. Torrey and wife are spending q
vacation in Bluehill.
Miss Pauline Page. OF Hallowell, is vis-
iting her aunt, Mrs. George Silver.
Miss Amanda Warren, OF Portland, is
visiting her brother, Frank 8. Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Judkins are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth Of .
son.
E. J. Carter, OF Augusta, fire COM
missioner, is in town this week on BUSH
ness.
Capt. John Robinson and wife have
offered their house for sale, and will move
from town.
Thomas F. Barbour and Alfred Olsen,
who have been laying 100 feet OF concrete
sidewalk on Main street, have completed a
good job.
Ernest and Albert Thurlow have their
new thirty six-foot motor. boat "ThurIow
Brothers" in commission. She was built
by James Thompson, of.Sunshine.
Another mysterious fire called out the
fire company Friday night about II
O'Clock. rhexhouse was owned by Mrs.
Simpson, who had moved to Rockland
several weeks ago, and was badly
damaged.
The body OF Miss Frances Sweetser, q
former resident here, but for many years
living in Rockland, was brought to West
Stonington for burial Saturday. Miss
Sweetser was q daughter OF Avery and
Cordelia Bray Sweetser. She leaves sis
ter, Mrs. Marston, Of Rockland, and two
brothers, Joshua, lof Hotel Stonington, and
Capt. W. A. Sweetser, Of Portland.
Aug. q. NIHIL'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23
Train Your Dog to Wipe HI. Feet.

A puppy can easily be taught to wipe
its feet on the doormat when entering
a house. and the habit once formed Is
seldom broken. The modus operandi is
simple. Every time the dog is brought
to the door the command Is given.
"Wipe your feet" The trainer then
lifts each paw in succession and pulls
It twice across the mat In few days
the dog Will be wfping his own feet
Good Housekeeping.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23

An interesting electrical experiment
Illustrating the fact that sound &C.
companies the passage Of electricity
through the body can be shown in the
following manner: Let two persons
zach hold an electrode from small
magnetic or shocking coil. Let one per-
son with his free hand touch the other
person behind and Just below the ear.
A buzzing sound, otherwise irmudible,
can be beard The tone Of the sound
depends upon the number OF interrupt
tons Of the current-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23
Aneisnt War Autemebiie,.

Among some interesting documents
IN the old Bohemian city. Saaz. on the
Eyer river. is a picture showing an at
tack on the fortress Glatz, in Silesia.
in which war automobiles were used
The mechanically driven cars were fat
vehicles. protected by huge shields tn
front In which the soldiers turned
large cranks. the rotary motion Of
which was transferred to cog wheels
ed that these fifteenth century ."chauf-
feurs' got speed Of four miles an
hour out Of the armored cars.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23

the Village Improvement associate,
the fund for the dam and brid0. ~. W
the cove. Pictures, china dishes ,.s. '
novelties too numerous to mention ~.
ready sale bringing in go. A consa'a
will be given at Masonic hall on wsas '
day evening, Aug. % by the V. /.
Aug. q. snn
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23
NORTH SULLIVAN.


Miss Annie Paul is guest al +. T. has
kell's.
Miss Evelyn Staples is visiting III
Brooksville.
Mrs. James Davis has gone to oriana
for q short visit.
The new piece of State road N the ny
per end OF the town has been completed
Sidney Havey and wife and ESete"
Jellison, wife and two children spent NV
weekend in East brook.
Miss Cora Gordon, who has been VIZ.
her sister, Mrs. Clara Haskell, se'siA
weeks, returned to Boston Friday
Mrs. May Davis, OF walthsm' Mas
and her daughter, Mrs. Helen ra'H'
worth, of Bar Harbor, were recent su''"
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dockham'
Aug. q.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23
BIRCH HARBOR.

Lloyd Winslow, Of Fitchburg, Mass,
is spending his vacation here.
A. h. Winslow has been having Inn
provsments made about his home.
J. 81. Handy and bride, OF WATERFOWL,
Mass, have been visiting his brother
Corydon.
G. b. Prebie. Of Sullivan, with party
which included Mrs. George T. Noyes and
children, Of Presque Isle. was here Sum-
day.
Aug. a. c.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23
connubial Contempt.

Con your husband drive a carr
asked one feminine suburbanite Of an
other
Drive q carr repeated the better
half. with fine scorn. why. that man
can't even drive nail"-Baltimore
American.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23
saiegrard Your ChiId

irritable and fretful you should attend 10
this coudition at once ~ the chances are
your little one IL suffering from worms
get. This well-known remedy in lorense
form IL pleasant to take and expeis the woYns
ut once, the cause Of your child's suffering.
Only 25c. At all druggists.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23
Miaht Have other eIemishes.

MabelEDo you know anything about
Tom Higsby? Arthur-Why. Higsby
Is my first cousin! Mabel know that.
but is he all right otherwise?-Boston
Globe
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23

No man or boy is ever the slightest
good In this world unless he has ambi-
hon---TIord Stanley.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-23

Sorrow 10 a school of virtue. Il cor
reefs levity and interrupts the conf
dence Of sinning.-Atterbury.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
WHAT SHALL We CAMPAIGN FOR ?

The circulation of the national
call for Nominations" renewed ac-
tivities on the part of the various
state committees and the steady
march of time toward the forthcoming
political season, should bring pointed
ly to mind the question, "For what
shall we campaign"
There seems no very great occasion
to whip the devil around the stump
and for my part | prefer frankly to
confess to the party membership at
this time that If we are to conduct
campaign for mere votes, for the pc.
litical offices; If we are to trim our
sails to the trade winds of so-called
practical politics, then I want no part
in it. | have frankly to confess that
wise DISTINGUISHED worker join with
us industrially and politically than
that we have the vote of a citizen
not so united with us in organized eff
fort, Scoring to dissemble and pre-
ferring to sail under true colors,
most freely state that | would have
greater Joy in witnessing perfected
union along revolutionary lines be-
tween the working class of Canada
and that of the United States and the
total demolition of international boun
daries in our movement at least, than
that we should elect a president, a
senator or a governor.
1t is shallow delusion to suppose
that the winning of political offices
under present conditions can mean
the acquisition of political power. Po-
litical power with us does NOT lie with
legislatures, courts or chancelaries.
Holding first place in political power
with us, and markedly increasing it's
strength in a universal campaign for
military preparedness, is the war
overlapping into all political faiths,
even to the Socialist school in notable
individual instances. Holding second
rank in political power and obedient
to the will of the war party come the
newspapers and pulpits, but superior
! by far to the office-holders who be-
come merely the dancing men for the
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
BY BRUCE ROGERS

superior orders, and 1t makes little
difference il they are Socialists or
not
TO a revolutionlst the conduct of
Socialists elected to important politi-
cal office is disappointing in the ex-
IRENE, with us as IN France before
and in the war, in Germany and else
where. Some sooner, some later, gen
orally by gradual steps, but invariably
they crawl over into the side opposing
the social revolution 1t is unavoid
ably So They must first of all take
Il solemn and binding oath to support
and maintain the fundamental law of
capitalism. One self-stultifying step
and the rest come easy. They must
play ball. They become capitalist
functionaries. They must, for If they
do not they will be put out of office
and weaned from the remunerative
perquisites which have raised them
for the time, together with the mer-
cenaries and hangers-on about their
political good fortune, to a condition
of comfort. And so they become may.
ors, etc, not for the working class
but for "all the people" which phrase
| inescapably means the strongest peo.
pie" Again, it is unavoidably so. I'm
der the conditions, to elect good
lrCbel to political office means to dis
embowel him Of his rebel insides, and
to elect a poor one who neither blows
hot nor cold is to disavow our Social
list purpose at the outset to indict
ourselves as hypocrites and to end
our usefulness to the social revolu-
ton.
TO revert to the political power of
the war party let us know that with
us the military is potentially supreme
/ and readily may be so actually, upon
any occasion which the supreme po-
! litical power may deem sufficiently
great. 1t is on his military side, that
of communicating of the army
and navy that the president is abso.
lutte. In time of peace he sends an
army to this part of the border or
that, navy to seize the custom house
at Vera Cruz by simply having his
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
THE CLAIM OF SOCIALISM

81 have looked at this claim by the
light of history and my own con,
science, and it seems to me so looked
at to be a most just claim, and that
resistance to it means nothing short
of denial of the hope of civilization
"This then is the claim:
at is right and necessary that all
men should have work to do which
shall be worth doing, and be Of itself
pleasant to do; and which should be
done under such conditions as would
MAKE ii neither over wearisome nor
ever anxious.
Turn the claim about as | may,
think of it as long as | can, | cannot
find that it is an exorbitant claim;
yet if society would or could admit
it, the face of the world would be
changed; discomfort and strife and
dishonesty would be ended. To feel
that We are doing work useful to
Others and pleasant to ourselves, ard
that such work and it's due reward
COULD not fail us. What serious
ba:ln could happen to us them And
the price to be paid for so making
the world happy is revolution. -
William Morris.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
G.. v. COLE:
EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE
Office Phones, Both 314
Res. Phone Ind. 1o8oY

evolved into ever higher perfection,
thus in the further course of develop
ment of bourgeois society the mod
ern proletariat attains to cIass-con-
seriousness and also strives for hiaher
development and a social position
worthy of mankind, toward a new
form of society which will be founded
because it is inextricabIy involved in
the natural evolution of society; Just
as little as feudaI society was capable
of checking bourgeois society can the
latter check the advent of the Socialist
society. Although the bourgeois So
cial order may be the best and most
complete of all former orders of So
ciety yet it is not the best conceiv-
able nor the last evolutionary stage
of humanity Behind the bourgeois
social order stands a new social order
in the process of brth-the Socialist
order.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
WORKERS AWAKENING
BY Geo. r. Kirkpatrick
(Author of "War-What For?"

(Author of "War-What For?D
A sword is a three-foot razor with
which the working class obligingly
and stupidity cuts it's own throat in
war
War is FOOLS festival in which the
working class crucifies itself in the
service of capitalism in the name of
patriotism.
Patriotism is perfect and glorious
in proportion as the starved slave is
willing to fight for fat master.
Patriotism (of this sort) is a brain
less, binding fever that employers
and bankers, bishops and politicians
eloquently recommend for others, but
cunningly never catch themselves-at
present under capitalism.
Capitalism, strutting and stagger-
ing under the insane burdens of mill
tarism-capitalism the present in
dustrial despotism, is motived by rob-
berry, breads discussion, seduces cul-
LultB lIdtICIp tllC lOOllplJ HCcuS INC
sword, glorifies force, sneers at tears,
pretends peace, fattens on war, and
teaches patriotism to slaves.
For half a hundred centuries this
hate-laden madness called patriotism
has paralyzed and blinded each new
generation of the working class, rem
dering them the easy, self-slaughter-
ing dupes of crafty ruling class.
Thus have the workers been duped
and stung till now
Till now.
Light breaks - now. This is the
sun-flooded morning of a new era
for the working class.
Slaves see -n now. And, therefore,
this hooking farce, this hideous trag
edy, called war, grows clear in the
brain of the working class.
The slave is studying capitalism,
and therefore he sees the meaning of
capitalist patriotism and as the slave
understands capitalism and its neces-
s9ry patriotism, he understands war
And as the wage-slave understands
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
A SOUTHERN SNAKE

The South has a new snake. 1t
calls itself "The Southern Christian
Socialist" It's coat is the color of
Socialism, but it's fang is filled with
the same poison which the Christian
Socialists of Europe have long car
ried into the campaign against the
Socialist and labor movement of that
continent. 1t claims to stand for
progress, "the universal law of ma
ture," and for Socialism, ''the evolu-
ton of capitalism" but it fights the
Socialist party with the christian"
excuse that it hopes ''to receive some
reward for the energies put forth and
will receive them more rapidly
through the Democratic party"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

secretary of war write a note. BY
simple twist of the wrist and a pro-
clamation of martial law the congress
could be squashed like a fly under the
numb OF giant. 1t is improbable
only because the occasion is improb.
able. What would be such an occa-
sion? Some political faux mas which
turned up a congress not obedient to
the supreme political power, precisely
what happens with successive dumas
IN Russia, propagation by the Gar.
only it so happens with us that our
free press and our conscientious
pulplts see to IL that there occurs no
such misadventure in balloting.
Naturally the supreme political pow
err with us which is merely the pre-
ponderance of economic factors CON
centrated and alert in a militaristic
program is not anxious to disturb the
democratic Illusions the people hug so
lovingly and will not do so until there
Is threatening rebellion, such as
genuine Socialist victory at the polls
would mean, then We should find that
even the constitution is but a scrap
of paper If inadequate to the needs
of that power. But Socialist cam
paigning, trimming and compromising
in the accustomed way of capitalist
politics will serve still further to de-
Jude the workers and we would be
but falling in with the sham and rot
tenness of the whole dirty game.
1t is to be hoped that on the con-
trary we shall seize the political sea-
son for the execution of at least a
part of our historic mission to edu-
cate and to organize a worldwide
class for it's emancipation, that our
candidates for political office who do
public speaking shall consider their
selection as but the opportunity for
doing the educational work so much
needed, to campaign against war to
campaign for solidarity of action to
resist directly and at first hand that
militarism which upon every hand
threatens the engulfment and sub
! jugation of the workers for still an
other thousand years.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
BOURGEOIS SOCIETY
BY August BebeI

The capitalistic economic order is
the soil in which Socialism must
naturally grow just as ar a certain
stage of the evolution of feudal So
ciety there grew up the bourgeois So
ciety which undermined and de-
stroyed the old feudal social order
in part by peaceful and legal and in
part by violent means, and called into
being the present bourgeois order of
society in all it's manifold phe-
nomena Hence, as the present bour-
geois society is first the product of a
course of development that began
within the old feudal society and
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
SLAVERY NECESSARY
TO CULTURE

'The fact is, that civilization re-
quires slaves. The Greeks were quite
right there. Unless there are slaves
to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting
work, culture and contemplation be-
come almost impossible Human
slavery is wrong, insecure and demon
alizing. On mechanical slavery, on
the slavery of the machine, the future
of the world depends The Soul of
Man Under Socialism,"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

The w0Jkingman who falls for this
talk about the glory of dying for ones
country is a fool. Ever since the dawn
of history the ignorant have given up
their lives for their country, never
knowing why, nor for what purpose.
We ought to be getting intelligent
enough to know that it is much bet
ter to live for our country.-Press-
man.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
war he understands that
Capitalists WANT wars

war he understands that
Capitalists WANT wars,
Politicians DECLARE wars, and
Workingmen FIGHT the wars.
In all parts of the world the work
ing class are accepting this new def
milton of war:
WAR IS WHOLESALE, SCIEN-
TIFIC SUICIDE FOR THE WORK
ING CLASS IN DEFENSE OF THE
ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF THE
RULING CLASS.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

When the Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers was first organized the average
rate of wage was So per day and the
average work day ten hours. Today
the average wage is 81 per day and
the average work day is eight hours,
with Saturday half-holiday in all the
large cities.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

They tell you America was not pre-.
pared for war in 1916. Nevertheless
she was able to sail in and rob Mexico
of half her territory-the sole object
of the war being to perpetuate the
slave aristocracy of the South by add
ing new territory below the Mason
and Dixon line.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Miss Eva Booth, commander Of the
American branch of the Salvation
Army, says that the nations at war
in Europe have forgotten God There
is only one god worshiped by the
capitalist nations of the earth-the
god of profts-and this god they have
not forgotten.-Ex.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

1t is predicted that at the end of
this war Europe will be in a state of
anarchy. That will be quite an i'm
provement oyer present conditions
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
Congressional Traitors

Mr.. Congressman, the beginning of
preparedness" is the beginning of
the end of the republic. You who vote
for it are traitors to your country and
violators of your oath of office
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

A big army and navy on the part of
Uncle Sam would be departure from
the American ideal, and coming just
at the time when Europe is almost
wrecked through her armies and her
navies, it would be a challenge to the
world. 1t means conquest, not pro-
lection.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

After all, British or German land
lords and capitalists would be no
worse than Am hrican plutocrats. Let
them conquer US if they will only GUST
Morgan and Rockefeller.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
LITTLE ID RICK
M EAT Market
1909 HEWITT AVENUE
Phone Ind. CITY

! know that just before me or some
where about me there is a generation
of men who will think less of being
saved, and more of being worth say
ing, less of dogma, and more of duty,
less of law and more of love-. G,
Holland.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

We imagine that Yuan Shi Kai is
that big majority in Chica which is
in favor of a Observation-Disclosures
Inquirer.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Home owners were never beaten
though they never had an army. Rent
ers are made to support armies in
order to keep themselves in subjec
ton to the spoilers.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Spend half billion dollars in get.
ting land and preparing homes for
workers on easy terms and you would
do ten fold more for the protection of
America than you would in becom.
ing belligerent
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

1t was the Pirate Drake who defeat.
ed Spain and so established Eng
land as ruler of the seas. 1t is a de-
scendant of the English pirate, Nor.
gan, who now proposes to make him.
self, as plutocrat, ruler of the world
through use of American prepared.
ness"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Justice uses the scale to weigh the
bride offered"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
BY Lincoln Phifer

Persia prepared tremendous army
to conquer Greece, and Nerves lost
his all
Spain prepared an "invincible ar.
NADIA" to conquer England, and it
proved her undoing.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

republic and did thrice refuse a
kingly crown" yet, because he estab-
lished militarism in Rome, he is re-
garded as the first Roman Emperor.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

julius Caesar was president of a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-04-25
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES

Wilbur Lambrecht accepted a posi-
tiOn in the office of the Mohr Lumber
Co., last Wednesday.
Miss Irma Carlstrom left for her
home in Mellen last Friday. She be-
gan her duties as Stenographer for
the Patterson Lumber Co. of Fifield,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hahn were
business callers last Monday.
A melodrama entitled "Dot, the
Miners Daughter" was given last
V Wednesday evening for the students
and their friends. The cast was com
posed of students of the college as
sisted by the Misses Alice Torson and
Florence Peterson. A great deal of
credit is due Miss Ammo Young for
the able manner in which she trained
the actors in their respective parts.
Other features of The evenings
entertainment were piano solos by
Miss Louise Christianson and recita-
tion by Mr.. COWee. We regret that
our limited seating capacity would
not allow us to admit the general
public.
S. B. Tobey and Col. Pier were
business callers last Tuesday.
Reinhold Finger is working for the
Curtis 81 Yale Co., of this city.
Miss Anna Sailer has been visiting
at her home in Amigo, for the past
week.
l. D. Wood and D. O'Hern, repre-
sentatives for the Remington Type
writer Co., of Milwaukee, were callers
at the Office last Thursday. Mr.
Wood was formerly the proprietor of
the Antigo Business College and
while here, renewed his acquaintance
with a number of our students from
Amigo.
Miss Katherine Ripczinske has
finished her studies and is now assist
ing her father with his Office work.
A number of our students went to
their homes to spend Easter. Conse-
iquently,~ our attendance was small
last Friday and Monday.
Lester Griffin of Viola, called at
| the Office last Saturday.