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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
FOR GOVERNOR.
THE LAW OF 17se.

The Philadelphia Bulletin says that the
Press, in an article upon this subject,
enormously attributes the authorship Of
the provision which incapacitates MI.
Stewart from holding the office of Secre
tary of the Treasury to Alexander Hamil.
ton, and the New York Herald, of the 9th
instant, falls into the same blunder. An
examination, however, Of the parliamentary
history of the act shows concusively that
the real author of the provision which has
caused the Cabinet i" hitch " at Washing
Ton was Edanus Burke, a representative
from South Carolina in the first Congress
under tie Constitution. On the Goth OF
June, 17S9, while the House of Represen
tatives had under consideration the bill es.
tablshing the Treasury Department, Mr..
Burke gave notice that he meant to bring
in clause to be added to the bill, to pre-
vent any person appoi to the office of
Secretary of the Treasury from being di@
rectly or indirectly concerned in commerce,
or in speculatng in the public funds, under
high penalty, and being deemed guilty of
a high misdcmeahor. This intention Mr..
Burke carried into effect on the next day,
(June 30,) when he introduced his addi
tional clause as an amendment, which after
some alteration and addition proposed by
Mr.. Fitzsimmons, of Pennsylvania, and
Others, was adopted and made part of the
bill. Edanus Burke was born in Galway,
Ireland, and can e to America at the begin
ming Of the revolution. In ITS he was
appointed Judge of the Supreme Court Of
South Carolina, and was Representative
in Congress from that State from 1886 to
179l. Thus it happens, funnily enough,
that the Irishman of 80 killed the Irish
man of '69. OF Edanus Burke it may be
empbatically said at the present time that
being dead he yet speaketh."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
Tile Population Of the Globe.


There are on the globe about 1888,
OO0,OO0 of souls, of which
$50 900 900 are Of the Caucasian race
$4,000 600 are of the Mongrcl race.
190,O00,000 are of the Ethiopian race
10000 ,000.a of the Malay race.
1,000,0 600 are of the Indo. American
race.
There are 3642 languages spoken, and
1000 different religions.
The yearly mortality of the globe i.
333 1888, 1888 persons. This If at the rate
of 1854 per day, $3.50 per hour, 60 pei
minute. So each pulsatiop of our heart
marks the decease of some human crea
ture.
The average of human life is 33 years
Ore fourth of the population dies at OF
before the age of I years.
One half at or before II years.
Among 10000 persons one arrives at
the age Ct 100 years, one in 500 attains
the age OF 80, ana one in 100 persons lives
to the age of 60.
Married men live longer than single
ones. In 1000 persons 65 marry, and
more marriages occur III JuGe anu Decem'
Der than 10 any other months or the year.
One eighth, of the whole population is
military
Professions exercise great influence on
longelivlty In 1000 individuals who
arrive at the age o. 20 years, AZ are
priests, orators, or public speakers; 40
are agriculturists, 33 are workmen, 81
soldiers or military employees, 20 aGvo-
Gates or engineer p professors and "a
doctors. Those who devote their lives
to the prolongaton of that of others die
the soonest.
There arc $4,000 900 Christians.
There arc 100000 Israelites.
There are G0,000,000 Asatic religions,
There are lG0,000,000 Mobammedaus.
There are 200, 100000 Pagans.
In the Christian Churches
17O,0O0,O00 profess the Roman
Catholic.
75,000,000 profess the Greek faith.
S0,000,0OO profess the Protestant.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

No SECRET" l notice" said Franklin
" mechanic among number of others
at work on houSe-eree'ing bat little way
from my office, who always appeared to be
in merry humor who had kind and
cheerful smile for every oue he met Let
the day be ever so cold, gloomy or sunless
a happy smile danced like sunbeam in
his cheerful countenance. Meeting him
one morning | asked him to tell me the
secret of his constant flow of happy
spirits"
4" No secret, Doctor" he replied, 81
have go: one of the best wives, and when
| go TO work she has kind word Of en-.
eouragment; and when l go home she
meets me with smile and kiss and then
tea is sure to be ready, and she has done SO
many little things to please me that | can.
not find it in my heart to speak al unkind
word 10 anybody"
What influence has a woman over the
heart OF man to soften aud make it the
foundation oS good aud pure emotions
Speak gently, then kind greeting after
the tolls Of the day are over, costs nothing
and goes far towards making home happy
and peaceful, Young wives, aud girls,
candidates for wives, experience may have
already taught them this important lesson.
Anc what we say to wives We say also to
husbands. A loving word and kiss 60
far with woman.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
The Two Apprentices.


Two boys were apprenticed in carpen-
ter's shop. One determined to make him
sell thorough workman the other
V didn't care" One read and studied,
aud got books that would help him to un~
derstand the principles of his trade. He
spent bis evenings at home reading The
other ked fun best. He often went with
the other boys to have I" good game"
" Come" he often said to his shopmate,
4" leave your old books come with US.
Wha. is the use of all this reading"
II l waste these golden moments"
answered the boy, shall lose what
shall never make up"
While the boys were still apprentices an
offer of two thousand dollars appeared in
the newspapers for the best plan for a
State house to be built in one OF the East
crn States. The studious boy saw the ad
vertsement, and determined to try for it.
After careful study he drew out bis plans,
and sent them to the committee. We sup
pose he did not really expect to gain the
prize, but still he thought, there is
nothing like trying"
In about week afterwards, gentle'
man arrived at the carpenters shop, and
inquired if an architect by tie name of
Washington Wilberforce lived there.
" No." said the carpenter, no archis
tect but I've got an apprentice by that
name"
Let's see him." said the gentleman.
The young man was summoned, and in,
formed that his plan was accepted, and
that the two thousand dollars were his
The gentleman then said that the boy must
put up TIE building and his employer
was SO proud of his success that he willing
ly gave him his time and let him 20
The studious young carpenter became
one of the first architects in the country
lie made fortune, and stands high ia the
estimation Of everybody while his fellow
apprentice can hardly earn food for him,
self and family by his daily labor
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
Chesterfield in a Composing Ioom.

Printers are strange fellows-those on
morning papers l mean, OF course --and
the 7riJune's are stranger that the average.
The night foreman is famous for his indus.
try and energy, no less than bis irrever
ence and bad manners. He is known
about the Office as Chesterfield the typos
with their characteristic irony, having SC
christened him from his total d;ssimilarity
to Stabhope.
Some weeks since, Greedy had written
an article headed Randall aid his
Timcs," on the subject of the Postmaster.
ter General and the Postal Department
Coming in one evening lie sent the rnessen.
ger of the editorial room to the composing
room for a proof of the article The mes
senger went to the foreman, and said
:" Mr.. Greeley wants Randall Of the Times
right away"
Il don't know any such man. He
isn't about here," answered Chesterfield,
curtly.
Down went the messenger with the re-
port, to which II &. rejons 4" 1t is up
there, l say. Go back, and tell the fore
man | sent it up four hours ago."
The messenger returns with the words
MIR. Greeley says Randall is up here
that he sent him up four hours ago, and
that he must see him"
Well, by Cd breaks out Chester.
field, " he isn't. l don't keep the Times
men loafng round this shanty. If o.d
Greeley must see Randall, of the T,,ces
let him go over there and find him
Cd DIN him :"
On another occasion Schuyler Colax
visited the Tribune composing room. The
foreman, the same fellow, had rush OF
copy, was very busy, and did not notice
Coltax at all. lie was cutting up some
copy ard distributing the takes Some Of
the printers failed to understand how the
copy was to be set. Chesterfield waxcd
wrotL, dnd swore like pirate. As he
came to the last take of long report
Coliax was standing near him, and, with,
out looking round, the foreman thrust the
take into the Vice. Presidents hand, say
ing, "solid nonpareil, Cd DIN you
You're not such DIN fool as not to know
what that is, a:e you?" At this juncturc
the managing eGitor introduced Coliax tc
Chesterfield, who simply replied, al
thought you were one Of our d-m shoe
MAKERS aud went on with his work
ChtcGyo Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

IUNsHIoN ON NIAGARA On my wsy
from Buffalo to Toronto, caught the first
sight of that wonGcrous vision which is
worth pilgrimage from England to see.
[ have since had an opportunity Of making
tia study, and my conviction is, that if
there is anything in the world which defies
at once description and analysis, and which
excites in the bebolder by turns, ideas Of
grandeur, beauty, terror, power. sublmity,
it is expressed in that one word 4" Niagala'
| have seen it in most of its summer
aspects. have eazed upon the marvellous
panorama from the rapids above to the
" Whirlpool" three miles below. l have
looked up TO it from the river, and down
upon it from Terrapin Tower. l have
bathed in its light, and been drenched in
its spray. l have dreamed over it through
the hot afternoon, and heard it thunder in
the watches of the night. On all the
headlauGs,.. and on AL the islands, l have
stood entranced and wondering while the
mist has shrouded, aud while the sun has
broke it into rainbows. | have seen it
fleecy as the snow fake deepening into
the brightest emerald, dark and leaden as
the e,angriest November sky-but in all its
moods there is instruction, solcmnity, de-
light. Stable in its perpetual instability /;
changclesS in its everlasting change a
thing to be "pondered in the heart" like
the Revelation by the meek Virgin Of
old with no pride 10 the brilliant hues
VIII ich ore woven in its eternal loom; wit
no haste in the majectic roll of its waters
with no weariness in its endless psalm
re mains through the eventiul years an en-.
bodiment of the unconscious powers a
lively inspiration OF thought, and poetry,
and worship-a magnificent apocalypse of
God.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

A CARD TO THE kADIES.-Dr. Dupou-
N cos GOLDEN PERIODICAL PILLS
Ion females. InfRllible in correcting irrez.
ularities, Removing DISTINCTIONS Of the
Monthly Turn', from whatever eaase, aud
always successful as preventive. One Pill is
dose. Females peculiarly situated, or sAose
supposIng themselves so, are cautioned against
using these Pills while in that condition,
lest they invite miscarriage, after which ad-
monitOn the Proprietor assnmes no re-
spOnsibility, although their mildness would
prevent any mischief to health; otherwise
the Pills are recommen ded as Most Inyalu
able Remedy for the alleviation of those
suffering from any Irregularities whatever,
as well as prevent an increase of family
when health will not permit it; quieting the
nerves and bringing back the rosy color of
health to the cheek of the most delicate
Full and explicit directions accompany
each box. Price 81 per box boxes, SIS.
Sold in Ridgway, Pa, by G, G. Messenger,
Druggist, sole agent for Ridgway. Ladies, by
sending him 81 to the Ridgway p. o.. can
have the Pills sent (confdeatially) by mail to
any part of the country, lree of postage
Sold also by Swayne Il Reynolds, st. Nary s,
and by one Druggist in every village in tho
Union.
8. d. HOWE,
my2GS-ly. Sole Proprietor, N. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

Our PILGRIMAGE.-We are passing to,
Ward final rest ourselves Do not regret il
if the eyes grow dim. You will see better
by and by. If the ear is growing heavy,
do not be sorry. If your youth is passing,
and your beauty fading, do not mourn If
your hand trembles, and your foot is un-
steady, with age, be not depressed in
spirit, With every impedimenr, with
every sign of the taking down of this tab
ernacle, remember that is the striking the
tent that the march may begin, and that
when next you pitch your tabernacle it
shall be on au uDdisturbed shore, and that
there, with eyes unwet with tears, through
an atmosphere undimmed by clouds, and
bcfo!e God unveiled and never to be
wrapped in darkness any more-that there,
looking back upon this world of ignorance
and suffering and trouble, and upon the
hardships of the way you will with full
aud discerning reason, lift up your voice
and give thanks to God and say "There
was not one sorrow too piercin ng." And
you will thank God, in that laud, for the
very things that wiring tears from your
eyes in this. Look then, to that better
land, out of all the trouble of the way,
sigh fol it, pray for it, and enter into it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
NEWS ITEMS.

Gold closed in New York, Saturday
at 1919 @ 1911.
Tile Wisconsin Legislature has ad'
journed, sine die.
The Illinois Legislature takes rcccs:
unit! April II.
Mrs. Ladd, aged one hundred and
eight years, died in Hartford on the llth
inst
Miss Abbott, the protege Of Miss
Kellogg, is studying music in New York
The Catholic Bishop of Baltimore
adds his protest to that OF Bishop Coke
against autenatal nfauticIde.
Rev. II. w. Beecher's wife makes
$1,000 a year pin money by editing
IioFhcr at Ugn,s,
Lc steamship Desota, from Havana,
las arrived in New York, bringing NJ.
Roberts, the Spanish Minister, en- route to
Washington.
Thomas G., Gerrish, city Treasurer OF
Lowell, Massachusetts, coutesses to ems
oczzling $50, 900 or more of city funds
Ale had been speculatiug:
There was terrific snow in Quebec,
March 14th. Three men were found dead
in the snow drifts near that city. They
tired to travel on foot.
An avalanche of snow fell from the
cliffs at Point Levi, Canada on house con.
tanning about fifteen persons, four Of whom
were crushed to death.
Mexican adv:ces state that the situa
tion of uarcz is critical, his available force
limited and no money in the treasury. Out
RACES continue and the perpetrators go un
punished.
The lessecs of the Memphis penitcn
tiary have notified the State government
that unless they are paid by the lst Of
April they will abandon IT.
1t is understood that a memorial is to
be presented by the residents of Montreal to
the American Government, expressing
satisfaction at General AveriIls conduct,
and praying that he be continued as Aaeri-
can Consul General for Canada.
-Advices from Manzanilla, Cuba, of
the 7th, are to the effect that the royal
troops attacked the insurgents in their in
trenchments near Macaca, and dlslodged
and routed them. Nine of the insurgents
were killed.
There are eight feet of level. snow on
the railroad tracks for stretch of twenty
four miles in some parts Of Canada Trains
over the Arthabaska branch Of railway have
discontinued running till April.
In 1913 gentleman who was about
to leave Worcester, Mass, wanted to sell
his farm at the South part of the city. He
was offered 1900, but he demanded ST.
500. 1t was left with agents for sale, and
they have RENTED him 100000, an d
have bali of the farm still on hand.
The steamer Mount Vernon has ar
rived at Kingston, Tomaica, with General
lambert and party of Dominican revolu'
tionists. They Will fit out an expedition
against Salnave, in support of the revOlu'
tionary President, Domingues.
The New York Herald considers the
Cabinet nomin atoms satisfactory, aud as a
bid to Sumner to repeal The tenure'ot'
Office law. The Times says the Cabinet
is more satisfactory than the first nominated
The Tribune says it is strong and safe
Cabinet. The World is not pleased with
u - In eommeDds it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

Mr.. DEECHER ON WORTHLESS MEN.-
| think the most piteous thing in this
world is never written. [ have read many
poem, and novel, and tale, that made me
cry-and whether they were true or not it
Was all the same but of all affecting
poems and novels ane tales, think life it.
self; the most affecting common life, Just
as it turns out of the world. And when
| go out to measure men, | say to myself,
as one aftet another they pass before
" Suppose that man should drop out of
life, what would become of him" 1t pains
me to see how worthless men are-to see
how men stand in life, and what they are
[ am sometimes called to perform the
burial service ever men of whom | could
no. say word, and Of whom ifI expressed
what felt, should have said, q bless
God that he is gone" The world is bet
ter of for his having been taken out of it..
Look at human life, break through all the
sentimental ways Of society, weigh men as
you weigh gold, unmiyed with dirt or
quartz, or any other substance, take men
up and see how much there is Of them
that really answer the end Of the lite to
come, and how many there are that, dying.
would not he missed. How few there are
that, dying, would make the community
feel poor. How few there are that, be
ing dead would yet speak.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

a PALINDRoME.-The palindrome is "a
line that reads just the same either for,
ward or backward One of the best is
Adams first observation TO Eve /:
A" Madam, I'm Adam Another is the
story that Napoleon, when at ST. Helena,
being asked by an Englshman if he could
have sacked London, replied sable vas
| ere saw Elba" The latter is the best
palindrome, probable, in the language
The following reads precisely the same
backward as forward Snug & raw was
! ere | saw var 4 guns" Another still,
and perhaps an unintended one, ornaments
the front of bakeshop in Yreka, Cali.
tornia: Yreka Bakery"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

THE Church Union, of New York, has
the following. which will strike all who
read it as being true.
Editing paper is pleasant business.
If it contains too much reading matter
people won't take it.
If the type is 100 . large it don't contain
enough reading matter.
II the type is to small, people won't
read it.
If we publish telegraph reports, people
say they are all lies.
If We omit them, they say we are fossils.
If we publish original matter, they con
lemn US ior not giving selections.
1t we publish selections, they say we
arc lazy for not writing more, and giving
them what they have rot read in some
other papers.
If we give man a complimentary
notice, then we are censured as being par
tial.
If VIC remain in the office and attend to
business, folks say we are too proud to
miugle with other fellows.
If We do not, they say we never attend
to business.
If We publish poetry, we effect sent;men-
talism.
If we d. not we have no literary polish
or taste
If we do not pay bills promptly, folks
say we are not to be trusted.
If we pay promptly. they say we stole
the money.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

CID thank you for another piece of
that mince pie" said Dubbius to his land
lady. Owing to the peculiar arrange
ment of programme no piece can be re.
peated at this entertainment" candy re.
piled the landlady.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
CENTREVILLE,

Have Oh hand, splendid assortnents Of
all seasonable Goods adapted to the wants
Of the people of Elk and adjoining
counties, which they are selling at prices
that defy competition. They weuld simply
state here, that being very large dealers,
their facilities for purchasing are uu-
equalled by any establishment ia the
county They buy directly from manu-
facturcs and on the
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
NEW ITEMS.

- Boston has had wedding at which
$4,000 worth of flowers were displayed
The are $50 American pupils at the
German Universities, and over 1000 more
at German boarding schools
Chicago shipped 7S bushels of wheat
in 1888, The amount shipped in 1868
was 40,000,0O0 bushels.
"A man in Alexandra, Va, recently
had the cap of bis knee broken by shoe :.
maker, who was removing tight boot.
Standardized Pratt is to have chair
made to accommodate him. lie is too much
for the present style OF Senatorial chairs.
Immense quantities of wheat are
still held by Minnesota farmers. They re-
iuse to sell at present prices.
Susan Medbury is the name of the
Connecticut prodigy four years old, who
accurately plays hundreds of pieces on the
piano.
"A man at Staunton, Va, has an in
valuable relic, consisting of brass button
cut ircm a swallow-tailed coat worn by
Thomas Jefferson.
The Austrian Ambassador at Rome
paid $500 for his servants liveries on
the occasion Of his recent presentation to
the Pope.
Part of the trial of pending libel
suit in New York, consists of reading the
whole Of the novel " Griffith Gauut" to
the jury.
The. death warrants of George S.
Twitchell, Jr., and Gearald Eaton have
been signed by Governor Geary. They are
to be executed on Thursday, the Sth Of
April.
Peppermint has become so popular a
crop in Wayne county, n Y. that is etti
mated that over fifty peppermint distilleries
will be built this spring.
In Chicago, husbands are said to be
so fearful OF divorce that they add to their
announcements of future movements the
letters " ". p" which mean " wife per-
mlttng"
London has 13 Mary Ann streets,
II james, 81 Edward, 46 Charles, "a
Friedrich, 81 Henry, 81 John, IS E!iza-
beth, 13 Jane, Emma, and 7 Emily
streets. There are 81 New Streets.
The bathing police Of Dieppe,
France, have been warned not to catch
drowning ladies by the hair, according to
previous instructions, as the present
fashions render such a proceeding very
uncertain.
The Rev. Mrs. BufTum, of Chicago,
announces herself as the President of the
NCrth American Church," which is
regularly formed and DOW contains three
nuudred members. the new church is a
"Woman's Rights" church. The Deity
IS addressed as the /" Divine Family y-Lord
The Mother, God the Father, Christ the
Son and Soul the Daughter"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

A STORY is told of an exhilarated gen.
tleman who was found, in one of the small
hours, standing stock still under a pouring
rain in the middle of public square hold,
ing out his night key as he earnestly
peered into the enshroud.ng darkness.
What do you mean standing out here
in such storm ?" queried the puzzled
watchman.
Why, don't you see" hiccoughcd the
bewildered expectant, " that the square is
revolving about US ? l an waiting for
my door to come round"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
On EguMD EE0uRs

Another advantage. you can always
get whst you want as rheir stores, h.nee
you will save tiase by going directly to-
them-and TIME Is MONEY. We
have no space here to enumerats all the aj-
vantages you will have in patrouzng these
establishments. But call and see, and
reap the the advantages for yourselves.
Among their Goods you will find
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

The oldest royolyer-The Earth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19
ROOFING AND SPCUTiNG,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
TOYS, BIRD CAGES,
>PUMf s, PIPRING

Nov. l3, 1868, vlnltf.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

DRY GOODS in en- Hess varieties,
GROCERIES choice aud fresh
CLOTHING Of best material superior
Gu: and finish,
BOOTS & SHOES of the best
stoc6 and make,
CROCkERY for newly married.
niddle aged aud elderly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-19

26 inch shaved shingles taken for goods,
at the market price, at both stores.
Also most other kinds of country pro.
duce taken at the market value.
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