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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-07
Romantic Marriages In New Hampshire.

OF the preliminaries of marriage
about to be celebrated in Exeter, N. H.,
correspondent of the Boston IraceZler
gossips thus:
"Some months ego gentleman re-
siding in Illinois, wrote to an official in
the youngest city of New England, stat
ing that he was desirous of procuring q
good wife; that he had heard 80 much
of the excellence of the daughters of the
Bay State, he was fully persuaded they
would make the best of wives, and he
requested the names of few Haverhill
ladies. The official, satisfied of the good
standing of his correspondent, promptly
forwarded to him the names of few la.
dies, to each of whom the would-be
Benedict despatched letter, requesting
an answer, with view to further cor
respondence if mutually agreeable. One
of the answers he received was from a
native and resident of this town, who at
that time was in Haverhill, teaching the
young idea how to shoot. Hers was a
well-worded, straightforward epistle, and
the recipient was at once impressed with
the intelligence and good sense mani
tested by the writer. A correspondence
ensued, which as it progressed served to
strengthen the favorable opinion each
had formed of the other photographs
were exchanged, and, to make a long
story short, an engagement of marriage
was entered into, and the gentleman is
expected here shortly, when he will re-
turn to his Western home with his sin
gularly won bride. The lady is we'll
educated, of spotless reputation, and pos
sesses the necessary qualifications to
make happy the home OF her husband,
who is gentleman of integrity, culture
and wealth, and we'll provided with the
goods of this world. He is largely en-
gagged in mercantile pursuits.
But this is not solitary instance OF
an Exeter lady contracting marriage
under such romantic circumstances. A
few years ago one of our factory opera
tives was recommended to gentleman
residing in San Francisco as person
likely to make him good wife, by a
mutual friend. He wrote to her, a COR
respondence was opened, cartes de visite
were exchanged, and in a short time
they were betrothed. Being unable
conveniently to leave his business to
come on here, the gentleman sent his
fancee a check for $500, with which she
procured a bridal outfit, and started
alone for San Francisco. to marry the
man she had never yet seen. Their nup-
tials were celebrated soon after her arri-
val, and the union has proved most fe-
| licitous one"
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New York Markets.

FLOUR AND MEAL-Western and State flours were
active, and common extras showed some further
and the views Of holders more freely met South.
sn r1 flour in good demaHd Nd and very firm Rye flour
z Dbl, s5.lo $40; extra x State, $50 s6 extra
shipping extras IS Is 40; Southern trade and fam.
ily brands, se75 $50. Rye Hour, fine and super
CoTroN-The market was frmer, but closed weak
low middlins I'D For fatuIe delivery S prices @ We're va
riable; business large; closing at isSo. for Sep.
1Sk lSkc. for the later months.
PRovIsIoNs-Pork was fairly active and steady,
spot and sl3.6ih for September and October deliv.
cry sl2 80 for thin mess, and sll 2S for prime mess
Reef dull at ~ GA for mess and Sl6 80 for primo
mess Bacon lower; sales ice-cured city at a SKc.
Cut meats dull small parcel of clear bellies sold
No. to prime city, and sh a exc. for new and old
Western steam also prime new steam, December
mostly at 0k a 6Ac. Butter in steady demand at u
20c. for Western, and IS sc. for State and Or
mand, % % iSs g.; Jaw With choice factories, i0sC. '
GRAINmWheat was IN 9, active ct 2 export demand at
sc; o advsnce is sales les at Sss for No No spring
ter, 81 4s 81 so for amber winter, and sla si5s
for prime to choice white Oats were fairly active,
80 cents for white, a ACC. for mi xed and AZ 44c.
for black winter. Corn shade tirmer, but only
mixed and zoe. for yellow. Rye barley and barley
malt still unsettledand nominal. '''
GRoCERIES-Coffee very firm but quiet; Rio IA n
l7c. and Java 10 23c., gold, duty paid. Rice and
mOlasses very quiet, but firm at late prices Sugars
9k sAc:; sales at sk llAc. Boxes more active
sales of clarified at sl0s1A p 100 lbs. Refined firm
hards. 13c. soft white, 1215 a 12Sc.
SUNDREs-Rosn was very firm at s. for strained.
Spirits turpentine tobbing at IS a SOC. Petroleum
a l3&c: Tallow ranges from 81 to sSc. according
to quality. Hops and hides dun. Whiskey lower
erately active; wheat to Liverpool by steam, on
q 9Sd.
LIVE STOCK MARKEr-The market for beeves was
weak and somewhat unsettled at 0 q IL Nc. y NJ for
poor to prime lots of native CATTLE with few seec-
lions taken at IN q Iac and fair Texas and Cher.
okee cattle were sold at fraction under &c. y 10.
Poor to common Texans are quoted at Q Sc.
Sheep were in active demand at 5k 6hc. y D..
for ordinary to prime lots, and some of the best
were sold at6% a7o. Lambs were steady at 81 a
a&p. " fb,
Veal Calves were unchanged at IN 1ohc, y n.
for poor 10 prime, while grassers We're of poorer
quality and dull at SC. y tb., and Sc ss per head.
Hogs were dull at 6S a7Ac. " ib.dressed weight.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-07
A TALE OF THE SEA.

A mariner by tempest crost '
Lay struggling with the wave;
His one sole hope-all else was lost
His boarded gold to save.
Slung from his neck-a weary weight
His precious charge he bore;
His falling strength, at war with fate,
Could bear no feather more.
But not against his life alone
Uprose the breakers wild:
A woman, on the billows thrown,
Held up her drowning child.
"Save her |" she cried, Tin mercy save !"
AS through the surf she rolled;
He heard and cast beneath the wave
His prize of Indian gold.
Fearless he breasts the tropic storm
With limbs by love new strung,
While round his neck, all soft and warm,
Two infant arms are flung.
He halls the land-the blessed land
He drinks its spicy air;
He strains to reach its coral strand,
He greets it with prayer.
Vainly the angry tempest raved,
His feet have touched the goal;
And, with his living burden saved,
He stands--a rescued soul
The child has lived, bloomcd, loved, and died,
Alone the old man lies:
Another sea, of stiller tide,
Steals DER his closing eyes.
CLOVIS now for him no tropic light,
But where life's waters freeze,
The glory of the Polar night
The calm of Arctic seas
His hartl-earned gold beneath the deep
Lies deep but where is she,
His God-gift, whom the star-world keep,
His daughter of the sea?
Where cloud-waves foam the rippled skies
Touched by the golden day,
A beauteous form in angel guise
Floats up the liquid way.
He follows, hushed in rapt delight,
OF dread and death beguiled,
She, swimming slow with pinions bright,
He, clinging like child.
The dross of earth is cast away;
She leads him by the hand,
Through heavens blue sea her white wings
play;
He nears the happy land.
She parts the wave that beats him back;
He breasts life's surge no more:
His feet, upon an angels track,
Have touched the immortal shore!
Household Words.
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LITERARY NOTICES.

The September number of "Ohver
Optics Magazine" as usual has host of good
things. "Bivouac and Battle" Oliver Optics
story has four chapters in continuation. Elijah
Kellogg's story, 1.-THE Sophomores of Rad
cliffe," is continued as is also Sophie Mays
story, "The Doctors Daughter" Besides
this, there are stories by B. p. Shillaber, We're
De We're, and other popular writers; contin-
uation of "Vacation in Petrolia;" two dia-
logues, a defamation, and several capital
poems. The Headwork Pigeon-hole Papers,
and Letter-Bag, are interesting as usual. IL
lustrations and full-page pictures are given in
profusion. We do not know of better mag
azine for young folks than this. Lee & Shep-
ard, 140 Washington Street, Boston, are the
publishers. Terms, S2 50 per annum.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-07

FAMINE HAS FOLLOWED ON THE TRACK
OF WAR in the fsirest land of Europe,
but neither war nor famine is as de-
structive as neglected or msltreated dis
ease. Essential as food to the starving.
is DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs to
all who suffer dyspepsia, congestion or
torpidity of the liver, constipation or
intermittent fevers. To treat these COM
plants with mineral poisons and acrid
alksloids, while this mild and certain
remedy is within the reach of all, is lit
tie better than moonstruck madness.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-07

An exchange tells us that the great
est beer-drinker at the Heidelberg Uni
versity last year was young man from
Kentucky" Kentuckians do nothing
by halves. That young man set out to
drink beer, and he drinks it, and of
course drinks more than anybody else.
1t would be the same with him in every
other laudable undertaking. If, for in
stance, he were to make craftsmanship
instead of lager beer his speciality, a
yoke of oxen couldn't hold him away
from the White House.-LouiSUiLle Cour-
ier-JOufndL.
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will, after some years, enrich the soil to
such q depth as to enable our grasses
better to Withstand the droughts that
are now so injurious to them. Anything
that will cause roots to descend deep
into the soil will do immense good by
deepening the surface soil through
the eventual decay of these roots.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-07

Edward Bayer, Esq, Horton, Kings
Co., N. s., writes that an astonishing
cnre has been effected on his daughter,
by the use of Johnsoa's Anodyne Lini-
ment. The whole spine became diseased,
she lost the use of her limbs, and her
back was rounded up like bow, in con-
sequence of taking cold after having
been inoculated for the kline peck. She
is now we'll.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-07

We pledge our reputation on the as
sertion that any educated physician, at
ter careful examination of the recipe,
will say that Parsons Purgatioe Pills pos
sess more merit than any other pill now
offered for sale. lI..'.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-09-07

At Heidelberg, in Germany, there is
not a language, ancient or modern, with
out its competent professor to teach it
to all comers. A Japanese student, un-
able to speak word of German, found
there on his arrival, teacher able to
converse with him and give him lessons
through the medium of his own Ian
guage.
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FTNRICKS and TRAPS of America-Keep posted
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three months for only ten centS-1t is paper.
Established lS63 and guarantees satisfaction to ev.
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subscribers. Address BANNER, Hinsdale, N. II.
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The attention of parents and students
is directed to the advertisements in this
paper of several excellent schools and
colleges. ...l
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ECLECTIC MEDICAL COLLEGE. of Pennsyl.
" yania. Lectures commence October 2, 1871.
Fees for the course, 800 No other expenses Send
for announcement JOSEPH SITES, NJ. D., Dean,
5l4 Pine street. Philadelphia.
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ADVERTISER EhTs.

Thoroughly eradicates every kind of humor, and
restores the entire system to healthy condition.
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yiucanr Dittcrs ore not vile Fancy Drink
Made of Poor Rum, Whisley, Proof Spirits
md Refuse Liquors doctored. spced and sweet
oaed to please the taste, called "Tonics," "Appc
TIERS" "Restorers" &c. that lead the tippler on to
drunkenness and ruin, but ore true Medicine, made
from the Native Roots and Herbs of California,
free from oil Alcoholic Stimulnnts. They are
the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A
LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, perfect Reno
vator and Invgorator of the System carrying of ali
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to ahcal
condition. No person can take these Bitters accord
ing to directions and remain long unwel, provided
their bones arc not destroyed by mineral poison OF
other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond Tho
point ofrcpair.
Thcy nrc Gentle Purgntivc rs well ns
Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of ctinR
apowcrful agent In relieving Con gcston ornlani
nation ofthc Liver, and all the Visceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether IN
young or old, married or single, at the dawn Of wo
manhood or at the turn of life, these Tonic Dittcrs
have equal
For In0amnatory and Chronic Rheumn.
tism and Gou;, Dyspepsia or Indigostioni
Bilious, Rcmittcnt and intermittent Few.
crs, Diseases ofthc Blood, Liver, Kidneys.
and Bladder, these Bittcrs have been most sue
ccssful. such Diseases arc caused by VitlRted
Blood, which is generally produced by dcrangc
mcnt ofthc Digestive Organs.
ASPEPSlA OR ORINDIGEST1ON,llc ,llcadacle
Pain In the Shoulders, Coughs, Tighness ofthe Chest
Dizziness, Sour Eructations ofhe Stomach Bad taste
in the Mocth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the
Heart Inflammation of the Lungs Pain in the regions
of the Kidneys, and hundred other painful synp
toms, are the otTsprngs of Dyspepsia.
They nvigorate the Stomach and stimulate the tor
pd liver and bowels, which render them of unequal
led efficacy in cleansing tho blood of all impurities
and imparting life and vigor to the whole system
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter
Salt hcum Blotches, Spots Pimples Pustules. Dolls
Carbuncles, Rng-worms, scald.Iead, Sore Eyes,
Eryspelas, Itch, Scurfs Dscoloratlons of tho Skin
IIumors and Diseases of the Skin, Of whatever
or nature literally dug up and carried out of the
system in short timc by the of these Bttcrs One
bottle in such will convince the most ncredu-
Ious of their curative effect,
Cleanse the vitatcd Blood whenever you nns itA
Impurities bursting through the skin In Pimples,
Eruptions Sores, cleanse 1t when you find it oh
structed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse 1t When
Keep the blood pure and the health of the system
will follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking a
the system OF SO many thousands are ctiectually de
stroyed and removed. For full directions, read care
fully the circular around each bottle printed In ou,
languages-English, German, French ana Spanish
]. WALKER, Proprietor. II. II. MCDONALD Co.
Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cal.
and 80 and 81 Commerce Street, New York
sH-SoLD DY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
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RRAINERD INSTITUTE, Cranbnry, N. ). Ad:
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& CO., Publishers Scten.
american, 81 Park Row, N Y,
EaVE 4lu RloDtain patents everywhere. Is
-<>n<ye years experience. Everything
confidential. Send for Patent laws md Guide to
Inventors.
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sULTANA's OINTMENT.

n CoRsY's HYGIENE BnrERs AND TAR PILLS CURE
" ALL DlsEAsES
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-05
LAURA FAIR.
A Graphic sketch Of the California
Murderess.


A Graphic sketch Of the California
Murderess.
From Don Piatt's paper, the Washington
Capital.I
The time is approaching very near for
the execution Of the sentence of death
mon Mrs. Laura D. Fair, and unless
the Executive pardon be interposed Cal
ifornia will witness for the first time
within its history the execution of a
woman by hanging. Well might the
victim eEelaim: Is it possible that a
woman oS my face and form can ever
he hung?" Itmust be confessed it looks
extremely like it; and it is safe to say,
should the sentence be carried out, that
she will not be the only one that will be
10 one who lived in that community
during the war and anterior to it, real
iz;ng the almost unlimited immunity
Guaranteed to female, especially to one
90, superlatively beautiful as was Mrs.
Eo;r. it seems incredible that jury
oonid be found that would convict her
o9u.u - ., n in the first degree. 1t possi-
III III ~ nnn " be accounted for because
~ .ha dasan /. attitude assumed by her
Oca- 81 tba doaJ a'ud her too openly mani
Sastad Z confidence in and presumption
"non mon that feeling o, tolerance toward
wpman no matter how eulpable she
might be, so strong in - soo
every Californian. Doubt. 80, =
strong argument with that jury ons,stsu lh,, c..
in the universal feeling Of sympal. y 'oa
the family of Crittenden. Mrs. Fair '. ]e
very beautiful in person, nor was her
mind deficient in those qualities that
add to personal charms. Without being |
educated, save as to music, in which she |
was most accomplished, she had viva
city of manner and sprightliness OF IN
tellect that invested her with more than |
passing interest. She possessed the |
faculty of entertaining many at once, !
and one seeing her amidst several gen
tlemen, and observing the facility with
which she could leap from subject to
subject, could not help but realize that,
while she did not possess the most COM
prehensive knowledge of the various
topics, she at least was very clever
woman. She was one Of those persons |
who desired TO interest gentlemen only. |
She cared nothing for the opinion of her
own sex, possessed many good traits OF I
character, and indeed was, because OF
such good qualities, enabled TO captivate |
such a man as Judge Crittenden.
Mrs. Fair, eight years ago, was in !
person remarkable. A blonde Of most |
exquisite complexion, the fairness Of her |
skin never gave room for a doubt that
art had aided in any way; she had fine
dark eyes with long, dropping laHhes
and a form Of perfect proportions.
Added 10 this she possessed great taste
In dress. inclining to the subdued cC'lors
for the promenade; in the evening" the
rich and elegant style CHARACTERISTIC Of
the wealthier and better elass-not that
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-05


The average in New York is three
murders per day.
There are now one hundred and fifteen
lodges of Good Templars in Georgia.
Haquequaquonunk is the front name
of Passaic, New Jersey.
Mrs. Ebenezer Wilson, who died in
Hoboken last week aged ninety, was a
sister of General Wool.
Why should young ladies set good ex-
amples? Because young men are so
apt to follow them.
Won Moltke, in recent letter, says
the German victory over France is the
result of circumstances.
A concert is to be soen given in Bowl
ing Green for the benefit of the Gene.
raj Morgan monument fund.
Florence Nightingale has been rather
busy of late. She has taken only two
weeks holiday for eighteen years.
A pumpkin FIVE feet in circumference
was opened in Jacksonville, Florida, and
green growing vines found inside.
The capital invested in boats on the
Mississippi river, and in the cargoes
they are constantly carrying, is esti-
mated at 81 ,50O0 100000.
In portions Of Louisiana white labor
ers are said to be culutivating cotton and
sugar with no sickness beyond the aver
age among the negroes. l
The planting of rice in Louisiana has
fallen off so that the crop of $4,000 bar
rels, or 100000 pounds, is considered
an outside estimate. t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-05
MILLER'S MUSE.
The California Poet who is Making
n Sensation i'm England.

The California Poet who is Making
n Sensation i'm England.
Boston Correspondence of the New York
Evening Post.l
Joaquin Miller, the suddenly risen
California poet, who, unknown and
alone" grimly hugging his manuscripts
made ready for the press, crossed the
continent, posted through New York
city, set his back asainst Boston and
sailed for England, where, in London,
at his own expense, and without the aid
of publisher, he brought out an edition
of five hundred copies of collection OF
original poems, which at once created a
sensation in the great metropolis, and
won long columns of praise from the
leading London critics-this but day
or two ago unknown Joaquin Miller is
Just now talked about and asked about
here with as much curiosity and interest
as was Bret Harte while ago and the
recent number of the Evening Post,
containing extracts from the London
Reviews, and the Reviews them
selves which Immediately followed, have
been sought and eagerly read by
the critics of the town, and efforts have
been made to ascertain what and who
the new poet is. Letters from London,
received to-day, have a good deal to say
about him. In some comprehensive
way, they state, Miller got at once, after
his arrival, into the very midst Of the
Rosetti and Swinburne cliques of Lon
don, and thenceforth became lion
among the iterdteurs. He is said to be
an unadulterated American of the West,
a rough, unvarnished" Californian, an
original forty-niner and a genius. be
has lived a good part Of his days in
Mexico and California, and has roughed
it at the mines and led a life as unlike
that of q poets as one can imagine.
His admirers in London call him the
Byron of America, and one Of them, Ro-
setti, / believe, has presented him with
a copy of volume of Watt Whitman,s
>, >ems, inscribed something after this
Poh pPsh, IN: "This volume of the works of
t tIo - = American poet" II is said
.Le. NJ. E-or,'a, the historian, is preparing
: o"1S oorof,i : am eulogistic review of the
- : ,,oat's noe MS for Frayzers, Swim
burne uu FOR for the For mighty Review, and
Rnsett; Cor some ot,s ser periodical, and
Jean Ingelow and Wilfam Morrls are
talking enthusiastically to everybody
about them. He has chosen, 1t seems,
the Messrs. Roberts Brothers, OF TINS
city. as his American publishers, having
in the meantime, with clear eye 70 the
main chance, procured for himself the
American copyright. American edi-
tions NAV. therefore, soon be looked tor,
and then comparisons may be made
with the poems of Bret Harte, John
Hay and the Michigan Carleton.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-05
Ginx's BABY in a New Phase.
From the London Daily News.


A case of singular embarrassment
touching the religion Of foundlings, oc-
Cured at Coleraine, in Ireland, the other
day. An infant of no acknowledged
paternity or maternity had been LETT at
the work-house, and entered in the regis
try as "Eveline Percy" an Episcopalian
by profession. The Roman Catholic
Chaplain formally demurred to this,
protesting that he was unable to under
stand by what process the faith of the
child had been determined His own
suggestion on the point was unique, and
was put in the following terms: " | have
this day made suggestion to the Poor
Law Commissioners, that in the case
of Eveline Percy, or in any other
case for which the law does not pro
vide, the religious registry should
be determined by the chaplains
drawing lots" The question was
referred to the Poor Law Board in Dub
lin, and the Commissioners wrote to say
that as there was no longer State religion
in Ireland, the guardians could do as
they wished; bearing in mind that the
proposal to let the finder of foundling
child determine the religious registration
was entertained by Parliament, and that
provision to that effect passed the
House of Commons, but was rejected by
the House of Lords" The child was
ultimately lodged, by the decision Of the
Board, in the Presbyterian Commission
on the grounds that the woman who
brought it was of that persuasion, and
that the majority of the population in
the district we're attached to the same
creed.