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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-08

PUBLIC GAMING IN New ORLEANs-For the
first time, in many years. gambling, sanctioned by
legal authority, was last evening to be seen in New
Orleans; for at SO st. Charles street, was then
thrown open to the public the first licensed gamb'
ling saloon, provided for in recent enactment by
the State Legislature.
Approaching the spot last evening we saw quite
number of people standing on the adjoining side
walk, down upon which shone the light Of q bright
lamp, Illuminating the figures 49," The BY
ISLANDERS and passers.by now and then pushedopen
the green baize doors, to peer in at the great
crowd which had gathered within. Entering, one
saw motley assembage, most Of them playing,
many only looking on. The room is not large.
The walls are handsomely papered, handsome chan
deers are pendant from the ceiling, and along a
portion of one side of the room BAR with its gilt
tering array of many hued glasses and ornaments,
attracts the visitors attention. There are courte
GUS colored men in waiting. And the crowd
what heterogeneous gathering it was-men with
mugs Scared by vicissitudes and conflicts innumer
able; men with quiet, gentlemanly mien; respect
able men and rogues; men who dread glance
from the police; men who can look anybody in the
eye-all we're there, some betting some wondering
whether they should bet or not, and some firmly
resolved not to bet at all There is rondo table
nearest the door. 1t is as large as billiard table
and around it alone were crowded THO or three
score of players Then there is q. roulette table,
faro table and two or three other tables, all inter
estng evidently to the players, who swarm about
them, making locomotion about the apartment
anything but easy. Everything was quiet and or.
derly, however, although no policemen were visi.
bic. Other Institutions ofa similar character, are
to be shortly opened, we learn.-M o. Crescent
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-08

STRANGE NUPTIAIs.-Some time since well
known young gentleman appeared at one Of our
metropolitan churches with very beautiful young
lady, and, invoking the services Of the minister,
was immediately united to her in marriage. The
lady appeared deeply agitated, and there was
stern determination visible on the countenance Of
the youth-a pale angry face-evincing anything
but joy in the nuptials As soon as the ceremony
was concluded the man turned to the lady with the
remark II have kept my promise now-you are
married to me but I will never look on your face
again.
There was frantic appeal in the girls actions
and tears she begged, implored him to recall his
his words-nromised some wild things better left
imprinted and then sank fainting to the floor.
The man turned on his heel and quilted the apart
ment What did it mean?
The simple relation Of facts look like the coloring
of romance yet are they true in every particular.
When it is further stated that the parties are of
high social position, have numerous relations, and
that they were utterly unattended, the mystery
will appear more strange. Their friends have tried
vainly to reconcile the matter An obstinate silence
greets every appeal in behalf Of the lady, and she,
if indeed she can, refuses any explanation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-08

SHE1K SAADr AND TIE CAMEIA-Ihe following
story is related by Persans intending to show the
smartness of their favorite poet, Shsik Sasdi
Saadi was taking his evening stroll toward the
gardens outside Of Shiras, when his attention was
drawn to plot of clover, which had been eaten all
round the edges and the ceetre left. Seeing by
the footprints that it had been camel grazing, he
commenced thinking why it had not eaten into the
centre He at last came to the conclusion that the
camel must have been blind of one eye.
On going round to the corner Of the plot, he
found it had there been unloaded Noticing where
the animal had kneeled while bis load was remov-
ed, he saw on one side lot of ''maggus," large
flies, and on the other lot of smaller ones pa
sha." After thinking for some time what could
be the cause Of these two sorts Of flies socumula-
ting, he concluded that one side of the load had
been meat and the other side sugar. Seeing near
the spot the imprints of woman's shoes, and also
seeing the marks of her hands, he concluded that
she had been stout woman, and had put her
hands on the ground to assist her in rising With
this he moved on. Presently he was overtaken by
g man, who inquired if he had seen camel.
Had it only one eye,?" asked Saadi. -,
"By the beard of the prophet, you are right, "
answered the man. -.... ... ........
"And was it loaded part meat and part sugar?'
"As am your sacrifice, you are right"
"And had it stout woman with it p -.-
"By the holy Kebla, it had"
"Well," said Saadi, II have, seen nothing Of
your camel .....-
At which the fellow got in passion and beat
Saadi with stick, asking him how it was possible
to describe the camel and its appurtenauces 80
correctly if he had not seen it. Ever after this,
Shek Saadi advised his friends not to prevaricate,
as they might get thrashed for their pains. 1t is
also standing saying, used in the following man
ner: If person wishes another to keep secret
he asks him, Have you seen my camelp' 1.-THE
person intends to say nothing about what he knows,
he answers, II have not seen its footmarks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-08

|, The BUFFALoEs' LUxURY.-The bufaloes
found in the telegraph poles Of the overland line
new source of delight on the treeless prairie-the
novelty of having something to scratch against.
But it WAS expensive scratching for the telegraph
company; and there, indeed, was the rub, for the
bisons shook down miles Of wire daily. A bright
idea struck somebody to send to St. Louis and
Chicago for all the brad-awls that could be pur-
chased and these were driven into the poles, with
. view to wound the animals, and check their rub
bing propensity. Never was greater mistake.
The buffaloes were delighted For the first time
they came to the scratch, sure Of sensation in
their thick hides that thrilled them from horn to
tail. They would go fifteen miles to find brad
awl. They fought huge battles around the poles
containing them, and the victor would proudly
climb the mountainous heap Of rump and hump
of the fallen and scratch himself into bliss until
the brad.awl broke or pole came down. There has
been no demand for brad-awls from the Kansas
region since the first invoice
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-08

REMARKABLE MARRIAGE. The Americas (Ga)
Courier relates the particulars Of q case in that
couuss in which the bride was betrothed to three
broshers and married to two Of them, which ID
rather remarkable:
On the 9Th ofAugust, 1866, . young man came
to Americus and procured license to marry an esti-
mable young lady, residing several miles from this
city, went home, and was married in,ths aftnnoon
of that day. He was attacked by 4 coDgestive
chill, which termisated in his death the following
Saturday, the stricken bride following bis remains
Ito their last resting place, clothed in the same suit
in which her heart had been made glad by becom-
ing bis bride.
On the following August (lss7,) the second
brother Of the same family came to Amerieus for
the same purpose which had brought the deceased
one year previous. On his way home, rejoicing in
happy anticipation Of making the worthy widow
of his lost brother his own bride, he was caught in
heavy rain, and arrived at home with his cloth
ing thoroughly saturated, from which he was tax
en- with congestive chill the same evening and
died the evening previous to the marriage, which
was to have taken place the following Sabbath.
Again, instead of listening to the merry ringing Of
the marriage bells, the death kneI was heard and
funeral procession took the place of the marriage
feast. Some time during last month the third
brother of the deceased procured license and was
happily married to the twice-bereaved lady.
A SHARP DocroR.-Doctor Walcott, the cele-
brated Peter Pndar, was an eccentric character,
and had great many queer notions Of his own
oood stbrv ia told bv one of his cotemporaries
|of the manner in which be tricked his publisher.
The latter, wishing to buy the copyright Of bis
works, offered him by letter life annuity of s200
The Doctor, learning that the publisher was very
anxious to purchase, demanded s300. In reply,
the latter appointed day on which he would call
on the Doctor and talk the matter over. At the
day assigned the Doctor received him in entire dis
habile, even to the nightcap; and having aggra-
waited the sicky look Of naturally cadaverous face
by purposely abstainng from the use Of razor for
some days, he had all the appearance Of candidate
for quick consumption. Added to this, the crafty
author assumed hollow and most supulchral
cough, such as would excite the pity Of even
sheriff officer. The publisher, however, refused
giving more than e2O0 till suddenly the Doctor
broke out into violent fit Of coughing which pro-
duced an offer of f250. This the Doctor peremp-
torily refused, and was seized, almost instantly,
with another even more fnghtful and longer pro-
tracted attack, that nearly sufocated him; when
the publisher, thinking it impossible that such
man could live long, raised his offer, and closed
with him at e3O0. The old Doctor lived twenty
FIVE or thirty years afterwards
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26
NEWS ITEMS.

In the Rhode Island House recently
the woman suffrage proposition was re-
jected, 16 to 3S.
"A man in Michigan has been fined
So and costs for calling his neighbor a
+" liar" The " costs amounted to go.
1t is stated several boxes of guineas
of the coinage of George the Third have
been recovered from the wreck of the
British frigate Hussar, sunk in East river
in 11S4'
The South Carolina legislature, on
the llth inst, passed resolution ratify-
ing the constitutional amendment. The
Georgia House passed IA similar resolution
by a vote of "A to SO.
Thomas Dutton, Of Aston, Delaware
county, celebrated the one hundredth an
University of his birth on the 2nd inst, in
which his posterity and relatives, to the
number of 250, participated.
The State of Virginia is in a bad
way financially. The total debt of the
State is S42,455,S ,S93 81, to which sum
is to be added the outstanding two per
cent. on the interest paying debt which
is unpaid and unlunded.
"A St. George, Utah, dispatch says
that a large body of Navajo Indians are
on the south side of the Colorado river,
said to be aided by white renegades, well
supplied with arms and provisions. They
have whipped several small bands south of
the Colorado, ard now threaten the settle.
ments of Southern Utah.
1t is understood that Mr.. Hooper,
the delegate from Utah, intends at an early
day, to have that polygamous community
received as State in the Union. A draft
of a bill for the purpose has been drawn,
in which it is provided that the laws of the
United States shall be enforced in the new
state, " except where obediance is rendered
impossible by local customs.
Snug fortunes have been made by en-.
terprising Northerners during the past two
years from the culture of oranges in
Florida. Two brothers from New England,
without funds, who rented grove on
'hares, have realized $1,000 during the
past season above all expenses. This is a
branch of trade which will be largely de-
veloped during the coming few years, and
furnish employment to many Yankee water
craft. "A
The Pensacola & Georgia Railroad
and the Talehasse Railroad were sold on
Saturday at public sale. The first was
knocked down at one million two hundred
and twenty thousand dollars, and the last
one hundred and ninety five thousand
dollars, to Dibble & Associates sixty
thousand dollars to be paid on taking pos.
session, and the balance as called for by
the Trustees of the Internal Improvement
fund.
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Horace Greeley's Manuscript,

Horace Greeley's manuscript is notori.
ously bad land it is said to require printer
of no ordinary skill to set up his copy if he
happens to write it in huwy. The recent
newspaper anecdote of an article headed
" VIM. II. Seward" which Mr.. Greeley
had returned to him set up Richard
Ill" is fresh in the minds of all but an
occurrence still more funny is related which
happened in the Tribune office, some years
since.
A compositor had made so many errors
in setting the philosophers copy, that
it irritated him to such a degree that he
wrote the typo letter, discharging him
from further duty. The compostor, being
unable to decipher the contents of the note
on receiving it, took it to the foreman, who
explained to him that it expressed that he
was I" not careful man, and Mr.. Greeley
dispensed with his services" The man
laid down his stick, put on his coat and
lett. The next day he applied for situa
tion as assistant foreman in a large
printing office in the same street. The
proprietor inquired if be coulI bring a
recommendation from his last employer.
"All 1 have is this letter from Mr..
Greeley" said the young man, boldly pro-
ducing the document.
The worthy job printer scanned it some
moments with perploxed air. H-m
.-m-careful. man -services-signed, H.
Greeley-yes, that will do; We viii, en-.
gage yon." And he did, and never
learned till two years afterwards that the
" letter from Mr.. Greeley was one of dis
credi., instead of commentator, as he had
supposed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26
Made up Liquors.

One Is impressed to seek reason for the
number of murders and sudden death which
are now so frequently reported, and in do.
in g SO there is one friehttul source to which
to trace the cause of the evil, and that is
the amount of made up and poisoned
liquors now sold TO the public as beverage.
In a very large majority of the cases of
murder reported, the murderer has been
found to be ,aboring under a species of in.
sanity, produced by the fiery poison Of a
made up stuff called liquors. At any cor
uer you may find compounder of poisous,
and it is too tempting a business to be
easily prevented. =, Ten cents worth of
strychnine or oth& poisonous drugs will
impart to barrel of beer double the
strength of that value of hops, and with
the present skill in chemical preparations,
hardly gallon of pure liquor is necessary
to produce thousands of gallons. The city
is flooded with these poisons, called by all
sorts of names. The best brands Of
champagne are wholly produced in this
country N such perfect limitations, that
the genuine connot be detected it pcrchante
a bottle should be mixed with it. The
California wines offered for sale are very
large, but the made up manufacture Of
certain establishments in this city. So
with other wines and liquors. Nor are
these exaggerated statements +; they can
be verified any day by the assessors of in>
ternal revenue, and the examination of the
liquor. But can nothing be done to stop
this wholesale poisoning of the community
Must every man who takes glass of wine
become a possible murderer, an insane
homicide The evil is one which cannot
be overlooked Y Commonwealth,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26

YoUrH.-Wbo wastes his youth, beg
gars himself for life. Youth is the time to
store the intellect with knowledge, aud
whosoever fails to lay the foundation for
scientific and literary attainments then, if
he has the opportunity, is never likely to
do so or, should he attempt it, he never
can make up the loss from early negligence.
Youth is time to form vrtuous character.
The mind is then open the heart is then
receptive; all the affections are in a plastic
state to be moulded by the influence of
heaven and earth, given by divine provi-
dencG to elevate and save and whosoever
does not then lay up the rewards I"
through which God may be present in the
inmost Of man, is not likely to do so AFTER
ward, Or attempting it must come far short
Of what it was his privilege to become.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26
Sperial s1utires.
S. d. HOWE,
Sole Proprietor, n. Y.
my2'G8-ly.

NEW REMEDY IN CoNsUMPT oS.-A
Physician who had Consumption for seve, al
years, with f.equCnt bleedings of the lungs,
cured himself with medicine unknown to
the profession, when his case appeared hope
ess. He is the only physician who has used
it in his own person. or who has any knowledge
of its virtues; he can ascribe the degree
of health he now enjoys to nothing but tn /.
use of his medicine; and nothing but utter
despair and entire extinction of all hope of
recovery, together with want of confidence
in all others induced him to hazard the exper-
iment. To those suffering with any disease
of the lungs he prOtfers treatment he con-
fdently believes will eradicate the disease.
Price Sl.5O per bottle, or $8a half Dozen
sent by express. Send fer circular or cali
on DR.. L. BoYLsToN JACKSON, No. go, North
Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Tmay30 GS-ly
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A LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN JUST

A LECTURE TO YOUNG MEN JUST
IA published in a sealed envelope
A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment and
Radical cure of Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal
Weakness, lnyoluntary Emissions. Sexual De
bility, and Lmpediments TO marriage general.
Nervousness, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits:
Mental and Physical Incapacity, resulting
from Self-Abuse, &C., by Robert j. Culver
well, NJ. D., author of the "Green Book"
etc. Price in sealed envelope, only six
cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
essay, clearly demonstrates fsom a thirty
years .succersful practice, that the alarming
consequences of self abuse may be radically
cured without the use of internal medicine.
or the application of the knife, pointing out
a mode. of cure at once simple, certain and
effectual, by means of which every sufferer,
no matter what his condition may be. NAV
cure himself cheaply, privately, and radi
cally.
Bss.This Lecture should be in the hands of
every youth and every man in the land
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any
address, postpaid, on receipt of six cents.
or two post stamps. Also, DR.. Culyerwen' 3
" Marriage Guide," price 25 cents. Address
the Publishers.
(1AS. j. c. KLINE CO.,
l27 Bowery, New York. P. o. Boz 45SG.
jaRl6lsG7
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26
The NEW POSTAGE. STAMPS.

Preparations are now being made for
the introduction of the new series of post
agesta mps. The one'cent stamp is, headed
with the vignette of Franklin, the first
Postmaster General under the Colonial sys-
tenn, as we'll as the first Under the con-
federation preparatory to the Federal Union.
In the two, three and twelve. cent stamps
there is an illustration Of the improve
ments 10 mail transportation, from the pri-
mitive rider on horseback, to tie railroad
train for the land service and the steam
ships for the ocean service. The remain
ing six stamps OF the set form series of
their own, beginning in the six, cent stamp
with an accurate copy Of the face of Wash
ington, as shown in Stuait's picture at the
Executive Manshion, aud ending in ninety
cent stamp, with the head of Lincoln, as
significant of a new era of universal frees
dom. Two others of this national series,
fifteen and nty-four- cent, respectively,
have miniature copies Of the Landing of
Columbus and of the Declaration Of In.
dependence, in the rotunda of the Capitol.
In the ten cent stamps the American eagle
appears resting upon the American shield,
and in the thirty-cent stamps are compris-
ed in one group all the national embens of
the eagle, the shield and the flag aud pre-
senting, also, the national colors, red, white
and blue.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26

TRADE AT HoME.-Every mans inter,
est is consulted by encouraging his home
trade. Supposing he can as we'll supply
his own wants in his own city. county, or
State, as elsewhere, he wrongs himself
when he goes elsewhere to spend his
money. When it is known that this rs his
rule of action every fair dealer will aim to
trade with him SO as to enable him to real
ize the worth of his money 1t is an in
jury to the place in which you live, to use
your spare money for the benefit of a
place elsewhere, and thus create a rival.
Build up your own home interests, thereby
you increase the value of your own prop"
erty. You will share in the profits if you
want TO sell and remove at any time. A
lively, thriving town, invites new settlers,
enterprise and capital, which are but ad,
ditions to the aggregate wealth of our
home. If one is to enjoy life, and is fit
for it, he must desire to see those around
him prosper. His law is live and let
live"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26

OLD BREAD. "A curious discovery was
just made at Pompeii. In house in
course of excavation an oven was found,
closed with an iron door, on opening which
a batch of eighty-one loaves, put in nearly
eighteed hundred years ago, and now some
what over done, was discovered and even
the large iron shovel with which they had
been neatly laid in rows. The loaves we're
but slightly over baked by the lava heat,
having been protected by quantity Of
ashes covering the door. There is no ba-
ker's mark on the loaves ; they are circu
lar about nine inches in diamater, rather
fiat, and indented evidently with the ba.
ker's elbow in the centre, and are slightly
raised at the sides, and divided by deep
lines radiating from the centre into eight
segments. Thew are now of deep
brown color, and hard, but very light In
the same shop were found SCI bronze and
52 silver coins A mill, with great quan-
tty of corn in excellent preservation, has
also been discovered.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26

Sour GROWING ON TREEs.-Soup 5er-
rics are to be found in immense quantities
throughout Alaska. The grow on a bush
about the same in appearance as whortle-
berries When ripe they are red of a
juicy and quinine taste, and general bien,
nial. One quart taken and placed in a tub
the size of bushel, when stirred, will
completely fill the tub with froth, and the
more it is stirred with the naked hand and
ann the sitter it becomes, until you can
cut it with knife. 1t is eaten with horn
or wooden spoons, all the family sitting
around the tubs. 1t is undoubtedly an ac-
quired taste, but the commodity is much
sought for. The iroth is of beautiful
pink color. Green berries will make nearly
the same amount of froth, but is of white
color and is not SO highlp favored
Foreigners stir it with port or sherry wines,
and add sugar, in which case it is a deli.
cious luxury, Large quantities are dried,
by being placed in tub with their leaves,
orming a cake, which is placed on wicker
tables, with lighted fires under and the sun
overhead When dried they will keep in
a dry place for some years. The dried bcr-
ries are black and look dirty. A piece two
inches square, beaten in water pool, will
fill it full of froth of dark pink color.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-03-26

A WESTERN engineer tells the following
story about himself: One night the train
stopped to wood and water at small station
in Indiana While the operation was going
on, observed two green looking country
men in " homespun," curiously inspecting
the locomotive and occasionally giving vent
to expressions of astonishmet Finally
one of them looked up at me and said :
" Stranger, are this locomotive ? b"
Certainly Didn't you ever see one be-
fore 2" {" No, haven't never saw one
afore. Men Bill come down to the station
tonight purpose to see one. Them's the
biller, amt it?" Z" Yes, certainly"
".What yer cali that you're in? A" We
call this the cab" 4" And this big wheel"
That's the driving wheel" "That big
thing on the top is the chimbly, l sup
pose ," Precisely" +" Be you the
engineer whot runs the machioe 2" al
am the engineer" BILL" said the fellow
to his mate, after cycling me few minutes,
" 1t don't take much of man to be an
engineer, 90 it 2" All aboard !"