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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08
The Progress Of Germany.

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The present year will long b. remcm-
bered in history as marking a now era
in the annals of humanity, in the rise of
Germany to the Arst place among the
powers Of the world.
The Decline and Fall Of France bids
fair to become as suggestive theme for
the historian as was the Decline and
Fall Of Rome. Though time may be
required to comprehend the extent of
the vicissitudes which have overtaken a
great nation like France, the palpable
fact Of the preponderance of Germany
must be admitted, and must commend
itself to the conscience and Judgment of
mankind, however much the sympa-
thies Of generous hearts may be extend
ed to the misfortunes of France. The
military triumph of Germany could
never have been gained, unaided by the
intelligence ard honesty..which pervade
all branches of her public service and
oil classes of her people. There has
been scarcely blunder committed any
where since the beginning Of the war.
The wonderful precision and perfection
Ct the military as we'll as the civil
branches of the German Government
can ouly be accounted for upon the
ground of immense preliminary iabors
expended in bringing the standard OF
intelligence and integrity to the degree
Of excellence which now challenges the
admiration of the world.
1t is scarcely just to assume that the
victory Of the house Of Hohenzollerl
has been achieved only in the inteIes
of monarchy and military oligarchies
The German people, now conscious 0
their power, are not likely to crouch for
ever at the foot Of the throne, Or remain
the vassals Of feudal barcns. The Ger
mans will belle all the traditions Of thei
history aud of their reformstory tenden
cies, if they do mot soon make use 0
their opportunity to overthrow .he re
mains Of monarchy and aristocrac
among them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08
An Important Railroad Case.

The Court of Common Pleas of Leb. |
anon County was occupied two days ct
last week 10 the trial OF the case OF Juo.
M. Flower and wife against the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, which re-
suited in verdict in favor of tho de-
fendant.
Phares Flower, a minor son OF John
Nj. Flower, about ten years of age, was
killed at Lancaster, on May 2, 1858, in
the following manner: 4 local freight
train going east that morning, on its ar
rival at Lancaster, stopped to put off
car bound to that place. While doing
this, the engine moved down a few hun
dred feet to the water station to get wa
ter. The boy Phares Flower was stand
ing on the platform OF the water station,
and the plaintiff showed that the person
in charge Of the engine asked him to
turn the water out at the station, and
put the hose in the engine. While iu
the act OF getting on the engine to do
so, three OF the freight cars of the train
which had been started above, Iun down
against the engine, causing conclusion
which threw the boy Of the engine, and
lie was Killed by the fall. The action
was brought, on the part of the father
Of the lad. to recover damages for loss
of services.-it being claimed that there
was negligence of the railroad company's
employees. which caused the accident.
The defence was: That there was no
negligence on the port Of the
railroad company. but that there was
negl. geuce Oh the part OF the father, in
letting his son run at large; ami also
that the boy had DO right on the engine,
even if invited there by the enginee, or
fireman, because it was outside of their
authority that he was, in fact, tres
passer. At all events, that he stood in
no better shoes than the engineer OF
fireman, neither of whom could recover
for an accident happening through the
negligence Of another employee on the
train.
| The case was contested closely. Dick
ey and Reinoehl of Lancaster, and Bib
ighaus, Of Lebanon, we're counsel for hi
palutltfs, and Louis W. Hall, of Har
risburg, and Brenpemeu and North, o
Lancaster. for the defendants.
The suit was brought in Lancaste
county in 1868, and certified to Leba
nou county in 1869, at the instance o
the railroad company. The case wa
decided against the plaintiffs, on tn
ground of the want of authority in tn
engineer or fireman to bind the compa
, ny outside the lioe o! their employmen,
without reaching a conclusion as to an
= Of the other points made by the de!elct
? Altoona San
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08
RELIGIOUS DEpAaI i =. EN-.
REV. @. X. HEARD, EDITOR.
An Alarm Cl9ck.

An alarm clock not only tells the
time of day, but it can also awaken
people in the morning. have such Il
clock in my chamber. Every morning
about 5 clock it sets up such wblz
z,ug and ringing, that it wakes me up.
What nice way to be reused up
some of my little readers will say. Yes,
it is a very good way, i / aI,coys get
up phen IL eoukes me. But las. summer,
Que morning, instead of getting up when
my clock aroused me, | lay still little,
and then went to sleep again The next
morning did the same thing; and IN
the course Of few days the clock,
though it made as loud noise as ever,
would not wake me. Why? how
strsnge!" you will say. Strange or not,
Jet it is true; my alarm would not wake
me any longer; it would not Go so-be-
cause did not at once get out Of bed
those two or three mornings.
l have often thought that my alarm
clock is very much like ones consci-
euce. Every person who knows Gods
will has such clock in his own breast;
so that whenever he is going to DO
wrong, it gives au alarm, saying, That
ls not right; you must not do that; God
sees YOU" How important it is to have
conscience that always tells US when
we do wrong, a, that checks US when
we are III danger Of doing SO
But We must hear conscience when il
speaks. II We always stop wheu it says
stop" if We always do what it tells u;
to do, then We shall always hear it. Bu
if We get in the habit OF not doing wha
it tells us, after awhile we shall not hea
1t at all; our conscience will becomt
hardened, and We shall be ready to cou!
mi, any sin, however great.
In the town in which formerly lived
5 there was boy put i'll Jail for breaking
into shop. at night, and stealing mon
ey. This boy once went to Sabbat
school, and had.as faithful conscience
! perhaps, as any boy who reads this page
But he commenced doing wrong in Iii
tie things. His conscience used to sa
to him, Robert, that is wrong; 20
5 ought not to do that" But he Gid nC
obey the warning. voice. He went @
! from bad to worse, until, as l said, h
b was sent to Jail for. stealing money.
Remember, whenever your conscient
tells you to CO, anything, DO ii; an
whenever it tells you to stop, stop.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08
Wha. a Boy Can Do.

About 26O years ago, poor lad of II
was seen travelling on foot in the south
OF England. He carried over his sLoul-
der, at the end of stick, all the cloth
ing he had in the world, ani had in his
pocket an old purse, with few pieces
of money given him by his mother
when, with tblobbiug,. .prayeriul heart
she took her leave Of him on the road
shor, distance from their own cottage.
Aud who was John? for that was his
name. He was the son of poor but hon
est and pious people, and had q broth
ers and 5 sisters, all OF whom had to la
Dor hard for living. He vas a godly
lad, aud at IA was disappointed in get
ting a place rs parish clerk, and with
his parents consent set out to get EN-
ployment
At the city Of Exeter, where he FIRST
went, he met with DO success; but as he
looked On the beautiful cathedral, and
in the booksellers windows, stroug de-
sire sprung up in his mind to become a
scholar, and at once he set out for the
university at Oxford, some 200 miles off,
walking the whole way. At night he
sometimes slept in barns, or on the shel,
tered side OF haystack, and often met
with strange companions. He lived
chiefly on bread and water, with occs
sionally draught of milk as luxury
Arrived in the splendid city of Ok
lord, his clothing nearly worn out ant
very dusty, his feet sore, aud his spir'
ito depressed, he knew not what to do
He had heard of Exeter College iu Ok
ford, and thither he went, and to hi
great delight was engaged to carry Goa
into the kitchen, to clean pans aud ket
ties, and that kind Of work.
Here, while securing his pans, h
: might be often seen reading 4 booi
: His studious habits soon attracted tt
= attention of the authorities, who admi
ted him into the college as a poor schc
ar, providing for all his wants. f
y studied hard, and was soon at the hea
n Of bis elsss. He rose to great eminen'
q as scholar, was very useful as mini
n ter of Christ, aud many years before h
l. death, which took place when he v
re "; he visited his father and motht
Is who were delighted to STE their son u
e only great scholar" but pious bis
: op. Such was the history OF DR. Jol
q Prideaux, who used to say: wf I hi
y been parish clerk Of Ugborough,
., should never have been a bishop
ii Worcester" He left many volumino
10 works as fruits of his industry and lei
ming - YoV' . Kes'rrstor.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08

VIM. P. Furey, editor of the Maach
Chunk Times has been sued by one Il.
L. Foster for libel, and at preliminary
examination was held in $4,000 bail
ior his appearance to Court. The pop
ularity Of Mr.. f, and his newspaper
will increase in ten-fold proportion in
consequence Of this action on the part
d Mr.. Foster.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08

PAINFUL ACCIDENT,-On Tuesday
last, says the Sharon Herald, a man
named Stephen Woodbury., employed
in the planning mill of Messrs. Wilson
and Robinson met with a painful aeci-
dent by being caught in the cogs of the
planer, which resulted in the serious
mangkpg of one of his feet, involving
the loss Of two of his toes. His over
alls were quite wide in the legs, and in
going about bis duties, were quickly
caught in the cogs and drew his foot in-
to the machinery. The accident will
prevent him from working for some
time TO come.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08
RAILROADS.
pHILAD LPHIA g. ERIE RAILROAD.
WINTER TINE TABLE.


INLAND after MONDAY, DEC. 9th, 1870.
" the trains on the Philadelphia d
Erie Railroad will run as follows:
WESTWARD.
Mail Train leaves Philaelpdhia.. 9.i0 p. m.
I" Ridgway"".. l.66 y. IN.
d" . arrive at Erie."-... 7.4O p. m.
Erie Exp leaves Philadelphi.,-l2.40 p. M.
" d" Ridgway..." z 20 u. IN.
I" arrive at Erie...... ..a.7 Az u. IN.
Accommodation, leaves Renova, -. l5 q. IN.
e a kidgwNy,. Ol p. III.
u err at kane...... 800 y. Il.
EASTWARD.
Mail Train leaves Erie......."- 300 a. IN.
Ridgway..... 800 p. III.
Il" arrive ct Philada... 600 a. IN.
Erie Express leaves Biie....." 9.o0 p IN
" Ridgway... 40 II. m.
4" arrat Philadelphia. o 30 p. M.
Accommodation, leaves Kane......7,3O "a. m.
d" Ridgway...l0.49 a. IN.
ayr at St. Marys l2CO m.
leaves st. Marys 1.l6 o: m.
Emporium 9.35 IN.
I" arr at Renovo...... sop. IN.
Express, Mail aud Accomm odation, east
and west, connect at Cory and all west
bound trains and Mail accommodation east
at Irvinton with the Oil Greek aud Ale
gheny River Rail Road.
WM. A. BALDWIN.
Gen'l Supt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08

Have Oh hand, splendid assortment
of all seasonable Goods adapted te the
wants OF the people of Elk and
adjoining counties, which they are
selling at prices that defy competit ion.
They would sinpystate here, that being
very large dealers, their facilities for
purchasing are unequalled by any
establishment in the county. They
buy directly from manufaoturers and
on the
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08

Another advantage. You can al
ways get what you want at their store,
hence you will save time by going
directly to them--and TIME Is
MONEY. We have no space here to
euumerato all the advantages you will
have in patronizing their establishment.
But call and see, and reap the ad-
vantages for yourselves. Amc og
their Goods you will end
DRY GOODS in en- iless varieties,
GROCERIES choice aud fresh
CLOTHING Of best material su-
perlor cus and finish.
BOOTS & SHOES of the best
stock aud make,
CROCKERY for newly mar
ried, middle aged aud elderly.
DRIED FRUIT.
BITTER, EGGS,
PORK, HAMS,
LARD, FLO UF
CORN MEAL.
i AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
r Nearly all kinds Il cOuatry pl
). dGce akeH at the msrks, value.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08
PREMIUMS.
TIE MERCHANTS JOURNAL

NEW YORK 4 PHILADELPHIA PRIcA CURRENT.
EVERY WEDNESDAY III s. per annum.
The Journal is the cheapest Commercial
paper published 1t gives the latest COM
mercial aud financial reports and latest
news, business items and articles Of inter.
est and value to the Merchant, Farmer and
family. 1t give a full and reliable price
list, which every merchant shoull have
subscription agents wanted. A liberal com :
mission paid Address
WAPs'lN & CO., Publishers. IA TIA
fose' ps;lsSsrhia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-12-08
ALsG,

Connected with the above establishment
have Boot aud Shoe Manufacturing Es.
tablishment where work Will be made to
order. Repairing done on short notice and
/ on rea sonable terms.
The pup'ic al to give me a call.
al If GEORGE WALKER.
T0HN G. HALL, Attorney at law, Ridg.
sJ way, Elk county Pa. [mar.22'66l
! JOHN q. HALL.."--..".......... X. p. HALL
Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03
SATURDAY

Now, Mr.. Wooley, what branch of
the business do you think you would like
best 2"
TO tell the truth, colonel" said Woo
ley, 4 never did days work in my life,
and | don't think I'd like any of your
cussed trades. I'll tell you how We can
fix it, I'll clerk for you just for the name
of the thing, and we'll live jollily togcth-
er till the years up"
The warden saw he had character to
deal with, and concluded that man who
would go into prison on his own accord, /,
would not run away, and acquiesced. Woo
lev stayed his year accordingly; nominal
clerk or companion by day, and gambler
in jackson by night. lie kept the ward
room supplied with Havanas, and sly
nook in the office always contained the
best of liquors.
His year up, he left unregretting but
regretted, for at heart he was a good
fellow, and made the warden a good com
panion.
Such was justice in Mississippi forty
years ago, but such an incident as this
could have hardly occurred elsewhere.
Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03
The influence OF Fiction ON the Mind.

| am not about to enter crusade a
gainst the pcrusal of works of fiction. l
should be sorry to debar the child from
Robinson Crusoe" or the " Pilgrims
Progress" But do protest against that
constant and indiseriminate perusal of ro--
mances in which so many indulge. In
the use of such stimulants am not an ad-
vocate of totat abstinence, but of temper.
dncc principles. | am not afraid of am
occasional glass of fiction, provided per-
sons be not constantly slipping it, and pro-
vidcd they be taking solid food in far lar
ger measure. For every novel devoured,
let there be eaten and digested several
books of history or of biography, seweral
books of voyages and travels, several books
of good theology, and at least book or
two on science. If you examine some.
of ourcirculating libraries you will find
very different proportion-far more works
of fiction than works of truth. Those who
consume this garbage will soon take its
hue, as the worm takes the color of the
herbagc ON which it feeds; and the fur
nishing of their mind becomes excessively
like the circulating libraries to which |
have referred; a strange medley, in which
the vain and fictitious occupies far larger
place than the real and the solid. Nor let
it be urged by the novel reader that he
does not believe the tale when he re&ds it,
so no evil can possibly arise from the pc
rusal of it; for the mischief may be pro-
dueed altogether Independent of his belief
or his disbelief 1t arises from the in-
pressions produced, unconsciously abiding
and unconsciously operating. Like the
poison caught from visiting an infected
district, it is drawn into the system with
out ones being aware of the precise spot
from which it comes, or even of its exis-
tence.
Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03
GAS WELLS OF ERIE N. Y.

The Canal mills of Oliver & Bacon, of
Ere, N. Y, are now run entirely by gas
from well sunk on their premises the
since they erected their derrick and started
to drill They penetrated the rock 493
feet, and the entire cost foots up, drilling,
casing, pipe, etc. about 81 800. Their
mill contains four run of stones, with a
capacity of ten barrels per hour. To OBJ
tain power for this they have two boilers
of forty-horse power each, which are en-
tirely heated by the gas from the we'll,
and they estimate they have enough in ad-
dition to produce power for two additional
run of stones. On Monday morning last.
when the water and boilers were entirely
cold, they turned on the gas by stop
cock, touched it with match, and in
forty minutes the mill was running. This
is getting up steam with u cclerity truly
astonishing.
AS to the saving, the mere statement
of the cost of coal for the month of June
will exhibit it in a more striking light than
any word of ours. Their bill for coal,
then, for fifteen hours per day running,
for that month, was $400. Now they
have constant supply of fuel the entire
twenty y-fours hours capablo of producing
power to run six run of stones Instead of
four, at permanent outlay of 81 500.
A slight mathematical calculation will
show that if the proprietors of these mills
only wish to keep them at the present ca
pacity, and run them in the same number
of hours, they make a saving of about
5000 per year, to say nothing of the
wages of fireman and other labor which
machinery run by coal entails. But if
they should wish to add the other two
run of stones, or add to the number of
hours with their present capacity, the a.
mount will show still larger. But the in
quiring reader will ask, will this supply
of fuel last! We can only judge what
will be by what has been
The Aloff well, in the southern part of
the city, put down eight or ten years ago,
is still producing gas as strongly as when
first sunk Its volume is as large, if not
larger, than this one Immediately under
consideration. The wells put down on
Ninth street, and also near the corner of
Holland and Seventh streets, from which
the fuel is furnished to carry on the Pc,
trolcum brass foundry of Jarecki & Co.
and Brevillicr's soap works, still hold
out, with no perceptible diminution. From
these facts we can answer that experience
and time, the only criterion, all show that
this source of fuel is permanent and re-
liable, SO well convinced of this are all
those who have investigated the subject
that very many of our manufacturers are
preparing to avail themselves of the ad-
vantagcs which this hitherto neglected
source of wealth furnishes in the produc-
ton of fuel for their mills and factoriess
even for dwcllings.-Eric Republican,
Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03
THE AMERICAN
Buttonhole, Overseaming;
SEWING MACHINE.
Has the following advantages ovel
most all other Sewing Machines
in the market:

IL has tension which prevents cutting of
thread or dropping of stitches.
1t has the most powerful construction, which
will insure good work for a quarter of a century
3 1t sews the lightest cambric and the usual
shoe leather without any strain whatever.
1t has feed bar which can be lowered or
raised at will, thus adapting it to all kinds of
material.
1t is impossible to get the machine out of or
der unless by rust, dust or taking apart. 1t will
never get out of order by working.
1t has the highest attainable speed, making
1900 stitches per minute by foot, and 1900 by
steam.
1t is the lightest running shuttle machine.
1t makes the most beautiful lock stitch
1t has the handsomest appearance.
10 1t has the strongest, most convenient, hand
somely polished, braccd table, with drawer, and
board to prevent soiling the dress.
II Its cover is polished, fitting and locked as a
little trunk. There is nothing better than this to
preserve the machine.
IL 1t has straight needle.
l3 Four bobbins hold a spool of cotton.
ID 1t has the best hemmer.
Is 1t has the moSt complete attachment, the
k-oi-all-trades, hens, fels, binds, bast ties,
tucks, braids and ruflles.
l6 1t is as simple as any machine in the mar
ket.
II 1t needs but little time to learn its opera
ton.
Is 1t has the best embroidering attachment.
10 1t sews on straight piece while putting
another at the same time without basting, at
tachment Or after work
These advantages combine the best qualities of
a sewing machine for the family who want to
use it steadily in all kinds of work Nothing
equal can he found in the way of combining the
advantages of all the sewing machines now
known, while obyiating all their faults.
Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03

NoxIous INSECTS. This is the season
for the largest portion of our winged in
sects to deposit their eggs. If people
would hang bottles one-third full of sweet
ened water among their fruit and shade
trees, they would be astonished at the inn
mense destruction of pcstiferous insect life,
and our fruit, as well as man and the do
mestic animals, would be benefited. The
bottles can be hung by wire shaped like
hook, or tied by a string, the wire be-
ing best, as most readily removed for emp
tying Let everyone try it and be sur
prsed at the numberless strange looking
insects they will destroy
Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03
GNit and 4umor.

A LOVE SToRY WITH A MoRAL.-Therc
is good joke going the rounds, of young
lady and gentleman at fashionable party
in Nashville, Tenn. Il few evenings since
The young man was happy, the young
lady arrayed in all the exquisite taste Of
lavender and rose, etc. with gold powder
ed hair flowing over her swan-like neck
Finding the heat of the room too much
for them. they sought the cool shade of
an arbor where they listened to the foun-
tain's fall. The music rose and fell, time
flew on silver pinions, and after an abb
sence of three hours, our friends entered
the brilliantly Illuminated parlors. The
young lady passed on in the dance, but
the young man was slightly taken aback
by his next neighbor informing him that
round his neck was the unmistaken print
of two arms, all in chalk and diamond
dust, on one shoulder a large pile of yell
low powder, and on his upper lip and
cheek damon dust, bloom of youth and
yellow powder, mixed up generally. The
young lady's hair was observed to be
several shades palcr. Moral: Carry a
dusting-brush in your pocket.
Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03

Aunt Chloe, do you think you are a
Christian ?" said temperance and anti
tobacco lecturer to an old negro woman in
Georgia, who was great smoker.
Yes brudder, spect is"
"Do you believe in the bible, auntic ~
Yes brudder."
"Do you know there is a passage in
the Scriptures which declares that moth
ing unclcan shall inherit the kingdom of
heaven?"
Yes, I've heard of it."
DO you believe it?''
eyes"
"Well, Chloe, you cannot enter the
kingdom of heaven; because there is moth
ing SO unclean as the breath of smoker
What do you say to that?'
=" Why, | spects to leave my breff be-
hind me when go to heaven, honey,
surc?"
Middletown transcript., 1870-09-03

A raw, suspicious Irishman, just over,
went into restaurant, and was asked by
the waiter what he would have.
Why, something to cat, av coorsc," "
was the reply.
A plate of hash was placed before him.
Wot'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 just ate it,