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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
This stranger who came so

| dWakeHeu Ill the lalIcr q rO-
mantle interest. He question:
ed Low der, learned that he was
poor and alone in the world,
and took hlm with him to his
hotel. Believing that the sim
ilarity of features Indicated a
similarity of tastes and natures,
he engaged Lowder as his trav.
cling companion, and the past
year they had spent together
more like brot hers than like
employer and employed.
"This storm is a regular Le-
vant," said Lowder clinging
with both hands to the bull
warks. "Do you think the
craft will stand it, TressiIian ?"
"Oh, yes" answered young
Tressilian, wiping tho salt spray
from his face. "The Captain
knows the Sicilian coast per.
fectly. In two hours or less,
we shall be in the Bay of Paler.
mo. In three hours We shall be
domiciled in the best rooms of
the hotel TIinacrla, with the
best supper which Messer Ra'
gusa can furnish. And to-
morrow, at noon," he added,
eve shall embark for Marsellles
in a Messageries steamer"
"And from MarSeilles you
will proceed to England and to
I'ressilian Court" said Lowder,
with some bitterness. "And 1
what is to become of me.
have had a year of unalloyed
happiness, and now come S back
the drudgery, the hopeless toll
the anxieties of the wretched
old life. You picked me up al
Baden, a poor ad0enturer seek
ing to gain a living by teach
ing English, and the same des
, tiny is open to me now"
} Tressilian turned his hand
some face upon his companion
r in surprise and affectionate re
proach.
"Jasper!" he exclaimed, ayol
: talk strangely. DO you sup
5 pose have called you frient
and brother so long, and loved
, you so well, to lose you now
r | meant to have written to mJ
. father concerningycu and you
future, Jasper, but his suddel
recall, received yesterday
causes me to return home with
! out writing. / shall telegraph
from Marseilles that you will
come home with me. And yol
will, will you nots You vii
not abandon me, my friend?
will charge myself with you
, future. | will see that you oh
tain the position to which you
j., talents entitle you. You hav,
, no ties to keep you on this con
tinent!"
A strange expression crep
over Jasper Lowder's face.
"No, | have no ties" he sale
huskily.
-, "And you will 60 home Will
me~
"What will your father sa,
to my comingW demanded
Lowder. He will think you
generosity Quixotic. He wal
dismiss from his house the hire,
companion who dareS to re
semble his SON"
A sudden lurch of the littl,
vessel, a wave sweeping owe
: the deck, interrupted the sen
tence.
"You wrong my father" salt
Tressilian, .his blue eyes kind
p ling when the vessel had right
ed. "He is the noblest maj
in the world. He will welcome
my friends as his own. You
will love him, Jasper, as l do
when you know him"
Gle doesn't seem very affec
tionate," remarked Lowder
"You have been away from
t your home for five years, and
he has but just recalled your
Young Tressllian's cheeks
fuchad ac JoyAar eau, IN tb q
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
TRESSILIAN COURT;
OR
The BarOnet's Son.
DE NIRS ADHIIMn Il UnnrIn
BY MRS. HARRIET LEWIS.
AUTHOR OF ''THs DOUBLE LIFk," "THR
BAILIFF's SCHEME, "THE sUNDRR-
ED HEARTS" "THE LADY OF
KILDARE" "a LIFE AT
STAKE" "THE HOUsEoP
SECRETS" ETC.
CHAPTER |.
A FATEFUL CATASTROPHE.


A wild storm was raging up
on the Mediterranean!Sea, near
the close of a dreary Novem.
Der day, and sky and tempest
were black with the gloom
of the sudden and furious TEN.
pest, before which a small sail.
ing vessel was scudding under
bare poles. Her build and
rigging proclaimed her Sardin.
ian. She was The GWU, Cap.
tain Varino master, on her
way from Cagliar to Palermo.
She had on board two sea.
men, and two passengers.
These passengers were En-.
glishmen, who had procured
passage on Tile Gull TO Paler.
mo, whence they intended to
embark by steamer to Mar.
seilles, the following day.
While the Captain and his
assistants were attending 10
their duties and expressing ap.
prehensions as to their safety,
The two Englishmen stood
apart, leaning against the low
bulwarks, and surveying the
wild scene around them.
These men were both young,
apparently Of the same age,
about three and twenty, but ev
identity they were not OF the
same station in life.
One, the more striking OF
the two, was aristocratN in his
bearing, tall, slender and hand
some, with a frank, smiling
mouth, a pair ot fearless blue
eyes, set under a wide and mas
>sive forehead, and tawny hair
Blowing back froaa his face.
Noble, generous and kind
hearted, he had an adventur-
Gus disposition and a dauntless
courage.
He was Guy Tressilian, the
only son and heir of Sir Arthur
Tressilian, Baronet, of Tressii
an Court, England.
His companion presented a
remarkable resemblanceto him.
being also tail and slender and
fair, with aawny hair and mus,
tache, but he had not the frank
smile, the bright, fearless look.
or the joyous spirit that char,
acterized young Tressilian
Young as he was, he had seen
much of the dark side of life
and his experiences had been
such as to develop in him some
of the worst qualities of his ma
ture.
He was Jasper Lowder, Guy
Tressilian's hired travelling
companion and bosom friend
The meeting and connection
of the two had a touch of 70.
nance. Young Tressilian had
spent four years in Germ an
university, whence he had been
graduated with honor. On
leaving the university, in ODE
dience to his fathers written
command, he had undertaken
a tour Of countries inclosing the
Mediterranean Sea, in company
with one.ot his late tutors. This
gentleman being Unexpectedly
promoted to a professorship
abandoned Tressilian at Baden
leaving him to find another
travelling companion.
On the evening of the very
day after this desertion, as Guy
Iressllian was tering
through the streets of Baden,
he had been assaulted by a
trio of his own countrymen, all
more or less intoxicated. II
was apparent that theytook him
for another, apd sintended to
wreak vengeance upon him.
Without allowing him to speak,
they forced him to defend him .
self. Guy was getting the
worst of the conflict, when. a
stranger came running to his
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
DIURETIC AND ALTERlTIVE ELIXIR.

1t is by far more potent ana efectual Alter
alive and Blood Purifier than Sarsaparilla, and
free from all objections that may be made
against the latter, and its usual adjuncts,
Iodide Of Potassium, or some preparations Of
Mercury.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

To those suffering from diseases OF the Kid
neys and Bladder, and the consequent train
of distressing ailments, this remedy is conf
IDENTIFY recommended as relief, and needs but
trial to prove its great value in the cure OF
the above mentioned diseases. As an Altera-
tive, this Elixir will be found much more
beneficial than the preparations Of sarsapa-
rilla SO popular, land we might say of ques-
toned medicinal value), and where q Blood
Purifier is needed, there is no question but
that the G. u
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
Diuretic and Alternative Elixir

win accomplish all that is desired. Those
living in malarious districts, West and South,
as general thing need, on the approach OF
warm weather, such remedy one that will
remove languor, and restore tone and vigor to
the system. No preparation will more effect
ually accomplish this than the
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
Z. HELMBOLD'S
fluid estratt uf gaeh1
IMPROVED ROSE WASH

viii radically exterminate from the system
diseases arising from habits of dissipation,
at little expense, little or no change In diet,
no Inconvenience or exposure; completely
remedies, copaiva and Mercury, IN al these
diseasea.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
A Man Blows Himself up with Keg of
GnnpOMder.

The town of Norwalk was aroused
Thursday morning at 6 o'clock by loud
explosion on the premises of Mr.. William
j. Mills, on James street, near the Silver
Mine road, and occupied by Horatio T.
Cook. On proceeding thither most
horrible sight presented itself. The
house was literally rent in twain, its
east end blown out, the roof lifted, win
dows gone. ceiling demolished, and all
on fire. But the most sickening sight
was the blackened and disfgured corpse
OF poor Cook, which lay thrown back,
buried in the burning debris. Mrs.
Cook was also found seriously injured
and in a most pitiable condition.
Crazed by the conclusion, she was fran
tically throwing herself about in her
night clothes screaming for aid. The
first effort was to extinguish the flames,
which was soon done, when Mrs. Cook
was removed to the house of neighbor.
She furnishes the following account of
the circumstances preceding the affair :
Mr.. Cook belongs to family predispos-
ed to insanity, and Horatio, when a lad,
was kicked in the head by horse, from
which he has no doubt specially suffered.
He was in the insane asylum OF Hart
ford two years some five or six years ago.
During the last few weeks he has been
i'll from intermittent fever and conges-
ton of the brain. In consequence of
this illness he had occupied the largest
of two adjoining bedrooms, and Mrs.
Cook the smaller one. just before day
light he, having a chill, called his wife
up and desired her to lay down beside
him. This she did, and, falling asleep,
he quietly arose and went into her room,
where, at the foot of the bed, there had
been stored keg about half full of
blasting powder, which he used in his
business as a rock blaster. 1t would
seem from the position of the remains
that he moved the keg from the bed,
laid himself over it, and touched it off
Previous to exploding the powder he
had carefully gathered up all Mrs Cooks
clothing in the upper part Of the house
and thrown it down into the cellar,
with view of preservation, thus show
ing entire deliberation in planning his
own destruction. To the fact that the
house was very slightly built, the win
dows up, and the bedroom doors open,
may be attributed the almost marvellous
escape of Mrs. Cook-the only other oc-
cupant of the house at the time. The
remains are shockingly blackened and
burned, but not so badly mutilated as
would be supposed but nothing SO hor-
rible and sickening to behold has ever
transpired in this community since the
shocking drawbridge accident at South
Norwalk in May, lS53.-HarJ0rd COur-
ant, SeDtenaber %.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
The Patagonians and Their Infants.

Their superstition makes them regard
as divinities all phenomenal children,
prin cipally such as are born with a
larger number of fingers or toes than is
natural to them. According to their be-
lief it is presage of great happiness to
their family. As to those that are alto
gether deformed-such cases are very
rare-or whose constitutionsdoes not ap-
pear to fit them for the kind of life they
would have to lead, they make away
with them, either by breaking their
limbs or smothering them; they then
carry them to distance and abandon
them, without burial, to the wild dogs
and birds of prey. If the innocent little
creature is considered worthy to live, it
becomes from that instant the object of
the whole love of its parents, who, if ne
cessary, will submit themselves to the
greatest privations to satisfy its least
wants or exactions. They place their
newborn on small ladder, which serves
it instead of cradle. The upper por-
ton of its little body rests on the cross
pieces or rounds ranged close together,
and covered with sheep-skin, while the
lower part is encased in sort of hollow
formed by the other cross-pieees below
the uprights. The child is held in this
position by soft cords wound above the
skins which serve it instead of linen
Three Years of Slapery among the Patdgo-
mans.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
Exercise and Rest.

Exercise can kill as we'll as cure. To
be taken advantageously, it should be
done with Judgment. Sometimes par
ticular part of the body needs exercise,
but the whole body is too weak to give
it. In such cases only the part needing
it should have it. But there is one rule
which is applicable to all-never go
against the instincts. Many persons
have hurried themselves into the grave
by endeavoring to keep up when they
ought to be in bed and they do keep
up, too, for so long time thai when
they take to their beds their strength is
so completely exhausted that the system
has no power to rise, and they fall into
a typhoid condition and all is lost
When anything serious is the matter
with domestic animals they court quie-
tude and perfect rest. Sometimes We
feel indisposed to exercise from sheer
laziness in all loose conditions of the
bowels, debility, an instructive desire to
sit down and stay there, is universal.
In most of such cases quietude is cure.
But there is one safe cure for all under
all circumstances ifevery step you take
is with an effort, do not take another
go to bed if you feel the better for a
walk, then walk, but stop short of great
fatigue.-Dr. W. W. Hall.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
Who are Benefited by Sea Air.

Sea air often exercises most beneficial
effects, where sea bathing would be
equally injurious. That residence at
the sea side is generally healthy cannot
be doubted, from the fact that, even
during the most sultry heat of summer,
the air is constantly in motion. 1t is,
moreover, free from fogs and vapor, and
the particles of salt with which the air
is impregnated greatly tend to lend tone
to the system. 1t is particularly bene-
fetal in cases of disposition to consump-
ton and scrofula, intense nervous sus-
ceptibility evinced by hysteria, and such
like nervous affections, disarrangement
of the bronchial organs, dyspepsia, and
like complaints, which are more rare on
the sea coast than in the inland parts of
the country. The exhilerating influence
of the sea air is proved by the fact that
those who indulge in extra quantities of
wine and spirits for the purpose of main
tanning q comfortable condition of con-
stitutional force for the discharge of
business, dispense with the same when
at the sea side-the excitement produced
by fermented liquors being compensated
by increased appetite, induced by the
extra amount of air and exercise taken.
The rosy, healthy appearance of the face
after sea sojurn is greatly attributable
to particles of salt adhering to the skin,
and exciting to action capillary blood
vessels and cutaneous nerves. In a
word, feebleness of the constitution and
impaired state of health are generally
indicated by pallol and habbiness. upon
which condition the action of the salt
water exercises more influence than even
change of temperature, as it acts pow
erfully on the muscular fibre.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
Breaches of Promise in Japan.

The curious hold superstition has on
the mind of the Japanese is well illus
trated by the proceedings taken by a
Japanese damsel when her lover proves
false to his vows. When the world is at
rest, at two o'clock in the morning, the
woman generally rises. She dons a
white robe and high sandlans or clogs.
Her Golf is metal tripod, in which are
thrust three lighted candles; around
her neck she hangs mirror, which falls
upon her bosom; in her left hand she
carries a small straw figure-the effigy
of her faithless lover; and in her right
she grasps hammer and nails, with
which she fastens it to one of the sacred
trees that surround the shrine. Then
she prays for the death of the traitor,
vowing that if her petition be heard she
will herself pull out the nails which
now offend the god by wounding the
mystic tree. Night after night she
comes to the shrine, and each night she
strikes in two or more nails, believing
that every nail will shorten her lovers
life; for the god, to save his tree, will
surely strike him dead.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
Black Mahommedans In Brazil. (

An interesting contribution to modern
travels is furnished by little work by
Abdurrahman Efendi, called "Jour-
ney to Brazil" and written in Arabic
A few years ago, before the existence
of the Suez Canal, the Turkish govern
ment had occasion to despatch man.
of-war to Bassra, which thus had to
make the long journey through the Med
itterranean and the Atlantic, around the
cape, through the Indian Ocean and the
Persian Gulf. The vessel was forced by
stress of weather to run in for shelter at
Rio Janeiro. There, to the intense sur
prise of the author, q number of Mahom-
medans were found among the black
population of the capital. Their Islam
ism had indeed suffered greatly by the
length of time and the distance from
their co-religionists. Thus, they no
longer tasted in the month Ramadhan,
but in the month Shaban they knew
nothing as to the times of prayer; none
of them knew Arabic their marriages
and their funerals were consecrsted by
Catholic priests, by whom, also, their
children were baptized. Strangely
enough, these priests did not seem to
care for anything further. Thus in their
place of worship they had Jew from
Tangiers to oficiate for them, who wore
a high turban, and therefore called him
self an Imaum. This man also served
as interpreter between his flock and Alb
durrahman, to whom he told without
any ceremony that from what he had
seen in his youth at Morocco, he felt full
lx, 40 oarua T,,,o,,p,
I. Nor was the astonishment all on the
side of the new comers. The black Ma
hommedans were not little surprised
to see any faithful of white complex
ion. According to their experince, all
the white people were Christians, while
all the Mahommedans were black.
With the permission of his authorities
Sbiek Abdurrahman now left his vessel,
and sojourned for some years at Rio de
Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco, in or
der to instruct his co-religionists there
in the elements of their common faith,
and to educate some of them sufficiently
tn enable them to read the Koran in the
original, and to serve as teachers and
Imaums to their black countrymen. He
further made them give up pork and
wine, and their wives had to veil them
selves before strangers. .a s-l.l
There is good deal of information
also of the Munchausen type to be found
in the little volume written by the mis-
sionary at his return, but he only tells
what he has been told bimself He also
proves learnedly that witchcraft is wick
ed, and opposed to the laws of Islam
but the inhabitants of those regions are,
in spite of all his efforts, yet very much
given to that practice, as we'll as to pro-
phecy. The number Of these black Mus
sulmen at Rio he estimates at no less
than 10000; but we fear, in anything
approaching to numbers or exact scien.
tiic information, our author is not ex.
actly the best guide imaginable.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
.gMIE ALIaws4
peddler the day before, and that we
w;sbad IN settle with him .a.n... 3D.

peQQler tne Jay DeIOre, anu budt We
wished to settle with him. iFeass sI
"Got cheated, 1 warrant" said the
bluff old landlord; "but no such man
came to this house yesterday. I do
recollect now that Joe, my ostler, said
he saw fellow with big black box or
bundle come up the bank from the creek
Just after the stage passed but 1 didn't
pay any attention tc him." dg.
My father gave up all hope at once !;
but could not believe my fortune was
gone. He tried to comfort me, saying /
was Just IS we'll off as before, and had a
new dress into the bargain. How l
hated the thought of my beautiful
merino
Well, it is of no use to prolong my
story, or tell you of all the efforts made
to catch the adroit thief. He was no
peddler, but clerk in that very law
Office from which the letter was sent tell
ing us of the diamonds. He managed
to delay the letter to my father for a
post or two hastened away himself, and
obtained my pin.
We never found him; we never heard
of him. He must have got off some
where over the sea with his prize. My
poor, toiling father, always gentle, did
not reproach me; but ever to this day
the regret lies heavily on my mind for
what might not have done for him and
the dear children with all that money?
And the lady who had given me the
pin did not know until she was dying
the value it was of ; and that caused the
stir All me it was one of those chances
in life that perhaps we all miss on occa-
sion "the tide in the affairs of men
that taken at the flood leads on to for
tune" And about my crimson dress =?
For long while, shabby though was,
1 could not look at it or let it be made
up. But time smoothes troubles. And
/ must say that it made charming
gown and one who was an artist saw
me in it and made me his wife. So per-
haps it all happened for the best.
But I'm sure hope that wicked ped
dler-who made believe to speak like a
foreigner the better to take me in
came to be hanged.-The Argosy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05

1t is asserted as a positive fact that
recently an exuberant bridegroom ac-
tually applied to one of the officers of
the New Orleans militia artillery regi
ment, to fire salute in celebration OF
his nuptials. The officer declined the
proposition until the "frst-born Z" shall
have been elected President OF the Unit
ed States.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05

A girl of seventeen located farm in
Kansas some three years ago. The land
was perfectly wild, and she employed no
male help, but her success has been such
that, on Tuesday of last week, she was
offered for her farm ten times the amount
she paid for it. She refused the offer,
and says that in five years more she will
retire to the East and live on the inter-
est of her property.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-10-05
THE BoNNy HANDS THAT MAKE GOOD
BREAD.
DY JOHN sN. ArTcHEso.

I own the charms OF rounded arms,
OF eyes that loves soft lust,e shed, frFH
OF raven hair, and {. esses fair,
0f cheeks that coy with white and red;
OF pUuting lips where Cupid dips
The arrows that to hearts are sped;
Yet, none OF these my fancy please
Like the bonny hands that make good bread.
Some hands have art tn move the heart,
BY waking music's sweet appeal .
some borrow d es from p rfect skies,
Aud, through the canvass, make us teel;
Some make the dress fair forms caress
10 win the heart and turn the head
For me, more rare beyond compare
Are the bonny hsnds that make good bread.
Gay ma den, vain the rustlng train,
Those jeweled hands so idly crossed,
That id1 mind can pleasure find - .....
In every hour ignobly losti
Your Jewel, shine, YOUR looks are fine,
But I'll not seek, wheneer We'd
For jewelled bands, or gold and lands,
But for bonny hands that make good bread.