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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-02-12
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21
Ereak-Neck Performers

While our lawmakers tactily encourage
break-neck performers, the rage Tor the ex-
hbitions given by those poor fools increases.
An exchange says:
ga wonderful horse. which rides through
flames from the stage TO the flies, with a
young woman on its back, is to be forth
coming attraction at one of the London
theatres"
This new feature will of course create a
sensation in London, and of course be duly
exported to America. In the newspaper
1.-THE New Y ork ExPREss) in which we find
the above announcement, the annexed is pub
lished:
"a circus performer in Illinois broke his
back while practicing the other day. and the
strange scene ensued of q clergyman perform
ing the last Offices of religion by the side of
dying man in tights and spangles, stretch
ed on the saw-dust of the ring"
Here we have another accident to break
neck performer: What they call q 'profes-
sional velocipedest" in San Francisco adver-
tised to ride velocipede over tight-rope
stretched across a lake. On the first attempt
velocipede and rider rolled off into the water.
The man was not drowned, but swan ashore,
again mounted the velccipede and rope, and
accomplished the feat amidst the cheers oi
the people. While the newspapers daily
publish accounts of like accidents. the au
thorites by their silence give encouragement
to foolish men and women, not only to risk
their own lives, but to put in peril those Of
mere children hired for the purpose. o.
course, the rage increases, and will increase
until stopped by the law. No fatal accident
nor any number of fatal accidents will end
it.
Almost daily such accidents are reported
and still the authorities are silent.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21

had ever taken | am now satisfied from the
manner in which he came there, under az as
sumed name, more vulgarly speaking, with a
lie in his mouth, and with the purpose
which subsequent events have shown, that he
what was promised him, l.. E., the spirit
nearest in sympathy with himself In regard
to my conversation with him, can only say
that have never, under any circumstances
guaranteed to any one that spirit would ap-
pear. As to my refusal to entertain propo-
sitions from the sell-appointed committee of
photographers who appeared in my rooms
since my arrest, and who desire, as l am in
formed by Mr.. Quay, to make me take pic
lures for them, whether | would or not. /
have only to say that since my arrest have
placed myself entirely in the hands of my
counsel, and have been guided by his advice;
and l am pleased to say that one of the first
cautions he gave me was to refrain, during
the examination, from being led into any
trap of that kind. Having been charged
with q crime which, Temporarily at least
places me before the public in the same cate
CORY with gamblers and men of that like, L
have been deprived of the privilege Of having
my utensils seized at the time of my arrest.
Judge Bowling here interrupted the pris-
oner by saying: twas applied to have your
tools and apparatus seized but l refused to
make any such order, because L disapproved
of the proceeding under the circumstances. -
l recollect that when Mr.. Gurney's establish
ment was seized, during the war, the act was
regarded as an arbitrary one. | disapproved
ofthat act, then, and l disapproved Of any
similar one, when applied to your case. -
The prisoner then proceeded
If had been engaged in such nefarious
practices as | am charged with, the impe-
ments themselves would have been strongest
evidence against me. They we're not touch
ed; they have stood ever since in the posi-
tion they have always occupied in my gallery;
and for the safety of others, who may here
after be called to occupy my place in a court
of Justice, l sincerely hope that such pro-
| ceedings may cease.
At the close of the argument, Judge Dow
ling said: CATER careful and thorough an
| alysis of this interesting, and l may say, ex-
traordinary case, l have come to the conclu-
sion that the prisoner should be discharged.
l will state that however l may be morally
convinced there may have been trick and de-
| ception practiced by the prisoner, yet as
sit as magistrate to determine from the ev-
idence given by the witnesses, according to
| law, | All compelled to decide that | would
not be justified in sending this complaint to
the grand jury, as in my opinion the prosecu.
| tion have failed to make out their complaint
therefore dismiss the complaint and order
he discharge of the prisoner
4
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trembling like reed shaken by the wind
And there, all eyes turned on him, this brave
and noble little fellow, this poor waif whom
society owned not, and whose own step-fath-
er could not care for hlm-there he knelt
with clasped hands and eyes turned toward
heaven, while he repeated audibly, the Lords
Prayer and prayed the dear Lord Jesus to
take him to heaven.
Our informant adds that there then occur.
red scene as of Pentecost. Sobs broke
from strong, hard hearts, as the mate sprang
forward to the boy and clasped him TO his
bosom, aud kissed him, and told him how he
sincerely believed his story, and how glad he
was that he had been brave enough to face
death and be willing 20 sacrifice his life for
the truth of his own word.-[N. Y. Sun.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21

A VERY OLD MAN DIED. AT his residence
in Sandusky, Cattaragus County, April 5th,
Daniel Frederick Beakman, aged 100 years
and six months Some particulars of his
life may be of interest. He was born in
Albany County, n. Y, and served in the
Revolutionary war as minute man and team
ster under Capt. Vanarnum.
He was of Dutch descent and on account
mo doubt of defect in spelling his name
he did not obtain pension, until voted on
by Congress a short time since, of $780,
yearly, in semi-annual installments.
At the age of about twenty-five years he
was married to a Miss Susan Brewer, she
being two years senior. They lived together
eighty-one years. She died September, 1868,
aged l05 years, eight months and eight days
After a residence of a few years in Albany
County, they moved to Herkimer County,
near the Mohawk river, where they lived
forty-two years, thence to Catarraugus
County, where they both died. Mr.. Beak-
man was very patriotic, was the first man to
fire salute on the Fourth of July-some-
times starting out at / o'clock A. NJ, and
continuing firing $ gun ia piece he used in
the army until d~ylight-never having fail
ed his yearly salute until three or four years
past. His habits were always regular.
There was five generatians at his funeral.
His oldest son died in Michigan at the age
of eighty years-the next younger at San
dusky, aged seventy-nine years.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21
sad Accident,

The Russian papers record a distressing
accident which recently took place near Dor
pat Wolves had appeared in unusual num-
bers. A hunter determined to kill some of
them, hoping to frighten away the band
A horse died during the day. He purchased
the body and placed in on the edge of the
woods, to draw the wolves The night was
dark. Armed with several rifles, he took
his stand under the covert soon after night
fall. He had not long been al his post when
he saw something black moving rapidly on
the horses carcass. Sure it was q wolt he
aimed and fred. Instantly he heard n de-
spairing shrek, evidently from human be-
ing; which gave him the greatest uneasiness.
He went up and found poor woman NOR
tally wounded and in deaths agony. She
told him she was the mother of three children
dying of hunger; she had observed the car
cass during the day but was ashamed to be
seen taking portion of it, so she had waited
till nightfall to cut piece oft for her starry
ing children. She had kitchen knife, and
lying by her was stew-pan which she had
brought to receive the meat. Her story was
Investigated and found to be true in every
particular. The investigation led moreover
to the discovery Of the existence of great dis
tress among the peasents of the neighbor-
hood. The neighboring authorities at once
took measures for the support of the three
orphans. One Of them was given to the
hunter, the involuntary cause of their moth
er's death. He undertook to bring it up and
launch it well in life. The village undertook
the care of another. The authorities order
ed the head OF the village to take charge of
the third, 'because he should have ascer.
tanned the distress of the victim and her fam.
lily; and have prevented her, by his charity,
from being driven to the cruel extremity
which crused her death.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21

"a mere type setter'-still man
The world, perchance, may we'll ievere;
Unknown, unnoted, one who can
Have nought to hope and nought to fear;
Yet, where's the kingly sceptered hand,
The brow that wears princly gem,
That wields so well wide command
Whose "sTIcK' may match diadem.
ga mere type setter' Let us see:
Who gave the glorious stripes to air,
That mark the banner of the free,
And bound the stars that glimmer there?
Who turned the bolt of heaven aside,
And conquered its ethereal fire?
Who bade the lightning harmless glide
Along its magic wand of wire?
"A mere type setter!' Search the past,
The records of each battlefield:
Who nailed our colors to the mast,
An died because they void not yield?
Who taught our band to strike the blow,
Through toll. and danger, and distress,
That severed England's chain of woe
Who but the masters of the Press?
ga mere type setter" Name of fear,
To bid the slave to freedom wake
That tyranny should quake to hear,
And old expressions empire shake!
Is FRANKLIN a forgotten name,
That men no longer may revere?
Has Prentice lost his soul of fame.
Or GREELY dropped his pen, of fear.
IA mere type setter" Honored name,
That ages yet unborn may bless,
When empires crumble, and their fame
Has sunk in worse than nothingncss.
Show me tho thing whose jeers deride
The ''mere type settlers humble school,
And I'll show you an ape of pride,
As brainless as the DANDY FOOL!
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21
The Power of n Word.

A mother on the green hills of Vermont,
was holding by the right hand a son sixteen
years old, mad with the love of the sea-
AS she stood by the garden gate one morning
she said:
Edward, they tell me, for never saw
the ocean, that the great temptation of a
seaman's life is drink. Promise me, before
you quit your mothers hand, that you will
never drink"
''And, said he (for he told me the story,)
81 gave her the promise, and went the globe
over, Calcutta, and Mediterranean, San
Francisco, the Cape of Good Hope, the
North and South Poles l saw them all in
forty years, and 1 never saw glass filled
with sparkling liquor, that my mothers form
by the gate did not rise mp before me, and
to-day am innocent Of the taste of liquor"
Was not shat sweat evidence of the pow
er OF single word? Yet that was not half
''For,' said he, yesterday there came into
my counting room, man of forty years,
and asked me:
"No"
"Well," said he, 81 was once brought
into you presence, on ship-board, drunk;
you were passenger; the captain kicked me
aside, you took me to your berth, and kept
me there till slept off my intoxication; you
then asked me if l had mother | said
had never known word from her lips. You
told me of your promise at the garden gate,
and to day L am master of one of the finest
packets in New York; and L came to ask you
to come and see me-"
How far that little candle throws its
beams That mothers word on the green
hill of Vermont! o, God be thanked for
mighty power of a single wordl
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21

A youngish man, who had seen better
days, asked gentleman for ''triffe, which
would be most "wecome" to assist him on
his return to his native place. He was told
that the Strangers Friend Society would
help him to passage to Ireland. "Och,
sir, he exclaimed, I'm not an lrishman at
all, at all! It's quite mistake your honors
making" The gentleman persisted in his
persuasion that he was an Irishman, aud ap-
pealed to his brogue. "Ha!" the man re-
Joined, 81 was in large mercantile con-
sarn in London for many years, where they
did dale of business with Irelan: and as I
was correspondent clark, may be caught the
brogue that way
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21

SUSPICIOUS IRIsHMAN.-A raw Irishman,
Just over, went into a restaurant and was
asked by the waiter what he would have.
why, somethin' to ate, av coorse, was
the reply.
A plate of hash was placed before him.
'Fot's that?' demanded he.
That's wittles, was the answer.
He eyed the compound suspiciously for
some time, and finally exclaimed:
BE jabers, the man that chewed that can
jist ate itp
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-21
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AGENTS WANTED FOR THE

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BY J. i. BATES.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-02-18

NorIcI.-We have the best Warehouse in the
State. it being absolutely fre-proof, and are now
prepared to receive limited amount of Mercband-
Use. Floor or Barley on storage At reasonable
rates. AL goods delivered in ~ good order a.
when received. MASON / HcST.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-02-18
Dissolution of Partnership,

JOSEPH HEBERT AND MARCELLE DORE
81 have this day dissolved partnership BY mutual
consent. and the firm will now exist under the
name Of CARDINAL 4 HEBERT in the business
Of Saloon Keeping on Carson street, Carson City,
Nevada.
December Is lSeS. d2o-lm
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-02-18
SPECIAL notice.:

WE ARE CLOSING UP OUR BUSINESS
w for Dissolution Of partnership, and shall
z i've no credit after this date.
All parties Undecided to us will please make
immediate settlement, and thereby save coats.
MASON 4 HUFF.
Carson City. February 6. 1869. feSf
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-02-18
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Patients resdin. in part of the State. how
ever distant. who may desire medical advice on
their respective cases, and who think proper I" sub
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SEMINAL WEAKNESS.

The Young man who experiences that growing
weakness in his muscular and mental Organization
should stop to consider whence it arises. He will
find in the weakness of the. hack trembling of the
limbs, dis5rdered digestion. nnaccouutable failing
of the powers of the mind dstste for society dread
of impending trouble, foreboding5 Of evil, sleep
;,.suess troubled and lacivious dreams, accompan-
led by growing deafness, loss of muscular payer,
and humorous other symptoms OF disorganlZa bon,
the positye traces Of that most terribie and des-
Lructiye of all diseases, Seminal Misunderstanding
away his powers, destroying his hope of life and
manhood, and dragging him along the broken
path Of his existence, toward premature aud
i,athsome grave. To him who find. his life drib-
ling ont in the discharge Of the vital principle of
existence, in nocturnal and diurnal emissions the
u,er. cessation of the causes of its appearance
brings no assurance OF relief.
Marriage, that holy office, the safe guard and
hose of manhood, brings to such a one no hope of
,,re but adds to his misery in the knowledge of
the one who looks to him for SO much of her hap
riues. is victim of his evil, and an innocent COLL
plniou Of his punishment He adds to his misery
and disorder until hope leaves him. There is no
rescue except in proper and skilful treatment
C.usu!t then, at once physician whom long prac-
Ice and careful research has made him thoroughly
couyersant with every phase of the disease. hose
who have become the victims of seiitcry vices tn It
,,readful fascinating and destructabl- habit which
nils thousands of sick rooms with para ytics and
conservatives and hundreds of untmeiy gray es
with its misguided victims, should consult without
3, moment delay one who will simpathize with
heir sutf,rings I, such the Doctor would especial
~ Recommend him. elf, giving to each and all,
,aarrantees of Perfect and Permanent Cure,
without Hindrance from business, Change OF Diet,
o. Fear of Exposure
d., not forget the address. See below.