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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24
Reynard on the Watch.

Nature has made the fox sly, adroit
and cunning, giving him those qualities
to secure food where she has given
others brute strength. He has thus be-
come in all lands type of malice and
cunning, and is the great character in
the fables of every nation.
The fox appears to be the same crafty
animal in all countries, there being
quite as many American tales of vulpine
sagacity as we can find in England.
There are so many stories OF this nature,
that it is impossible to give even hasty
account of them. We therefore select
one of the shortest:
On the banks of the Kentucky River
rise huge rocky bluffs, several feet in
height. A fox that lived near this river
was constantly hunted, and as regularly
lost over the bluff. Now, nothing short
of wings would have enabled the animal
to escape with its life down perpendic-
ular cliff. At last, hunter, being de-
termined to discover the means by which
the animal baffled them, concealed him
self near the bluff.
Accordingly, in good time the fox
came to the top of the cliff, and looked
over. He then let himself down the face
of the cliff by a movement between a
leap and slide, and landed on a shelf,
not quite foot in width, about ten feet
down the cliff The fox then disappeared
into hole above the shelf. On exami-
nation, the shelf turned out to be the
mouth of wide fl sure in the rock, into
which the fox always escaped. But how
was he to get out again! He might
slide down ten feet, but he could never
leap ten feet from ten-inch shelf up
the face of a perpendicular rock. This
impossibility struck the hunters mind,
so he instituted a search, and at length
discovered an easier entrance into the
cave from the level ground.
The fox was too wise to use that en-
trance when the hounds were behind
him, so he was accustomed to cut short
the scent by dropping down the rock
and then when all the dogs were at the
edge of the cliff, he walked out at his
leisure by the other entrance.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24
An Alarming Fact.

An ever-lncreaslng craving for stlmu-
lants is among the crying evils of the
times. In addition to the large quantity
of liquor consumed yearly in the United
States, opium eating is becoming popu-
lar with a large class of people, so much
so that if the practice be not checked,
we shall have more than one "John
Jasper" in our midst. In Kentucky, the
opium evil must have assumed alarming
proportions, for the legislature of that
State has just passed bill providing
that, on the affidavit of two respectable
citizens, any person who, through the
excessive use of opium, arsenic, has
heesh, or any other drug, has become
incompetent to manage his estate, may
be confined in any asylum and placed
under any guardianship, as in the case
of habitual drunkards or lunatics. The
act says nothing about snuff-dipping,
tobaeco-chewing, or smoking. And
while on the subject of narcotics, it may
be well to add that the medical journals
of the country complain of the alarming
increase in the consumption of hydrate
Of chloral. Indeed, one periodical al
leges that it is being used in the most
reckless manner. 1t is said that even in
Europe it is superseding absinthe, opium,
and alcoholic stlmulants, while its man
ufacture has increased enormously. Lie
bin says that single establishment i'll
Germany produces half ton per week,
while i'll England, according to Lon
don paper, taking chloral is the new
aud popular vice, particularly among
women, and is doing at least as much
harm as alcohol. The drug is said to
be kept in thousands of English dress
ing cases, and those who begin to use il
often grow so addicted to it that they
pass their lives i'll sort of contented
stupefaction.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24
Intemperance.

In late number of the Contemporary
ReOie,o, Herbert Spencer combats the
idea that inebriety is on the increase.
He describes the time when men took
drugs to increase their desire for wine /;
when glasses were SO shaped that they
had to be held until emptied; when a
man was reckoned as a two-bottle
man." "three- bottle man." &c. and
when (Mr. Spencer might have added)
one of the first of Scottish mobiles en-
ployed domestic whose sole duty it was
to sit under the table and loosen the
neckcloths of the guests as they fell from
their chairs, in order that they might
not suffocate in their drunken sleep. In
toxication used to be a mark of honor.
1t is now disgrace. Education has
driven the evil from one class after an
other. 1t is now almost exclusively con-
fined to the lowest. AS Mr.. Spencer
says, the remedy for it in England is
not " Maine-law," but the introduction
of the education that has banned it else
where.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24

REMEDY FOR SCRATCHEs.-Th Thomas ].
Graves writes to the Western Rural that
he has treated hundreds of cases of
grease-heel or scratches as follows, and
never failed to cure if treated before the
foot commenced to come off: "Wash
the parts affected thoroughly with soap
suds in order % take off all the grease,
dirt, sc. Wipe dry; then take the
grease off the fire while boiling and
throw it on Immediately. Apply this
way about every other day, for three or
four times, sometimes oftener; be your
own judge as to how often from the ap-
pearance. Keep out of dews and mud
as much as possible. Do not keep
stabbed or tied up, and allow the animal
as much exercise as will be taken of its
own accord. 1 give this of my own per-
sonal knowledge and experience"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24

Never get angry. 1t does no good /;
and those who indulge in it feel no bet
ter for it. 1t is really torment; and
when the storm of passion has cleared
away, it leaves one to see that he has
been extremely silly, and has made him
self silly in the eyes of others too.
Who thinks well of an il-natured, chur-
lish man, who has to be approached IN
the most guarded way? Will bad
temper draw customers, pay debts, and
make creditors better natured? An an
CRY man adds nothing to the welfare OF
society. Since, then, anger is useless,
needless, disgraceful, without the least
apology, and found only in the bosom
of fools, why should it be indulged at
all {?
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24
POETRY Y.
Original.
REST.
NJ MISS J. J. OWEN.

Though the earth be bright and gay,
There are souls that ever say,
Give us peace, o give us rest;
This it is that seemeth bestl
Though the idly floating air,
And the gilded sunlight fair,
Scented ferns beneath the shade,
Violets within the glade,
Twining moses bathed IN mist,
Flowers blooming amethyst,
whispering pines, that dreamily
Murmur legends of the sea,
Fleecy clouds with golden edges,
Tinkling rills among the sedges,
Sunset fading from the sky,
Twilight softly drawing nigh,
Fill the soul with sweet relief,
flushing its impassion'd grief
Still it quickly wakes again
To its conflicts, strife, and pain,
For though nature breathes of calm,
Soothes as kindly with her balm,
Yet tie spirit doth protest
That tits quietness and rest
That alone can satisfy
Its uDceasing, earnest cry.
Wearily it waits to know
If this rest will come below;
And it hears an angel voice,
Bidding waiting hearts rejoice;.
For they yet sweet rest shall find,
When they leave the storms behind.
When they from earth's shadows go,
H. 4
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24

A lady about to marry, was warned
that her intended, although good man,
was very eccentric. Well, she said, if he
is very unlike other men, he is more like
ly to be good husband.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-24

A printer recently made "Be ye there
fore steadfast," the text of minister's
sermon, BE ye there for breakfast"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30
Gnuerni COriina.

It was stated day or two since IN tie
Associated Press dispatches that General
Cortina had been indicted by a grand jury
at Brownsville, Texas The EaschcrO of
the seventeenth lnst.ut SAYS i'll reference to
COrjIna 5 cattle stealing:
We nate TO give nUtgrietv 70 an obscure
sheet published IN A!atalnoras II the inter
est Of Genera COrtina. Yet IN article has
appeared III It's number of Tia. sixth instant,
" Inch we do not like tt pass over in silence
for one reason onl y-silcnCe might be con
strued as appreciation. For once, then,
will we give puf 10 the paper in question.
We have no inclination TO argue points.
when You have a II. .ttonhead before YOU.
there is no use OF quoting the classics"
We shall, then, merely point out the gno-
rance manifested by the chief cook and
bottle washer" of the fro,,teri-0. When
We produce facts. positive facts, implicat-
inr General Cortina il the cattle depretia-
tons. the i!luStrious editor of the Ft0,t9,i-1
wards it OF by saying that the General cs
LoD,bre f,,uy patl'iotic0. When We give sta
tistics OF the cattle stealing carried on the
wise and knowing Fionte'i-0 proclaims
that at that rate, no cattle would be left IN
Texas The NJ. II. does not know that
there are three or four millions OF cattle IN
Texas and hundred thousand brave men
10 guard them, even II the iroilfief IS Cs-
tenso,r.s We know General Curflna ; ca
,acity, we believe, if he honesti. ned, lie
couiG carry of half million q year. Yet
10 deplete all of Texas # cattle and horses
would be task bringing him III contact
with men whose rifles never fail" The
affair is too sickening, however, to be no.
tied ANY further. We are even sorry that
We .iave taken the trouble - n0ti"e Cor
| tina s advocate.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30

No Escape from Justice.

Since September, 1869, when he defrauded
his father OF $50, 900, at Marion, Ohio, John
Sidle has been running fast and tar, but
never has escaped from himself. his closest
and grimest pursuer. First to New 10rk-
there tleeced in four days of all but 500 by
sharper rogues than he; thence to San n,
Francisco, where he worked III lulnoei
yard: then to Arizona. digging in the mines
then to Mexico, driving cattle; then to Fort Fort
Gill; next to Fort Scott, in Kansas "a anu u
then to Des Moines Iowa, worki n g;1 as a
aoain. where he sunk in gold mine some
plea Of INT sga rsndsr an5
about t tss n Sa sSssons his guard
s thraugh 'l New \ Mexico to Panama at last
and to New York by steamer, only to be DC
detected and secured while employed las az
conductor on Second avenue horse car
Gwen all this. Required to find the
amount of happiness derived from the
$50. 900, for which he forged-his own fet
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30

DIRECTORS:
Hon. John A. Dix, New York.
John J. Crane President Bank Of Republic.
William NJ vermilye. Banker, Wall street (Ver'
mlye Coz.
Charles g. lockwood, Cashier Newark Banking
Company,
Hon George Opdyke, e1 Mayor Of New York.
Minot c. Morgan, Banker.
Thomas Rignev firm Thomas Riguey Co.
BENJAMIN g. Sherman, Treasurer New York Steam
Sugar Refining Company.
Aaron Arnold firm Arnold, Constable co.
Richard H. Browne, OF Wetnore ( Browne, lawyers
E. v Haughvont, firm V. Halghwont Co.
William Wikens firm W Wi.keua < Co
julius H. Pratt, Merchant.
y William T. Wright, Merchant.
Charles J. Starr Merchant.
William Allen, Merchant.
George ". Cuy,er, Banker, Palmyra New York
George T. Hope, President Continental Fire In
surance Com pany.
John II. Sherwood Park Place,
Walton II. Peckham, corner Fifth avenue a0c
Twenty-third street New York.
William T. Hooker, Wall street.
| Edward H. Wright, Newark New Jersey
| George W. Far.ee Lawyer.
| ". L. Cogswel Merchant.
| JOSEPH MAGNER,
Manaxsr for Louisiana and Texas, No. l58 Common
street New Orleans. fel3 ~
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30
Saws the New York World:

The Louisiana wing is sharp thorn IN
the side of the Republican party at large
Not to sneak of the furious interneclne CON
tests of the Warmothites and the Caseyites'
or Grant men, we have colOred Republican
of some prominence urging those OF his
race. particularly in Louisiana, and gen
orally throughout the United States: to form
themselves into what he calls 1.-The negro
citizens Republican party. The great ar
gument adduced in favor of this Is that the
white Republicans have cheated the black,
or as the fellow puts it in his manifesto to
his race:
"You have had about nine years freedoV
and voting as citizens in our State sonre
three. had men legislating three years, and
what have YOU gained You are about as
YOU were when the national government
freed you.
This same general idea that the negroes
have been cheated and must have party
| of their own has found favor in South Car
| lima and Mississippi, which, with Louisiana
are the only States the negro vote can carry
| and it thus looks as if there were other
rocks than Liberal Republieanism ahead fol
Grant.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30

The New York Commercial 1drert,Ser
advises its readers that las a4eneral thing
attempting to fog editors is an unprohtaoie
business Shoveling Off snow or driving
charcoal wagon for living pays better in
the long run. hostile visitor to an edl.
torial sanctum usually finds that the best
side of the building for him to be on is the
outside. We have heard of individuals
eauipping themselves and approaching an
editors for the purpose of cleaning him
out, but they have always gone away with
the conviction that they We're born tor
some less active pursuit. Thus discour-
aged, such intruders are daily diminishing
in numbers"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30

WRITE OF AND N OBEDIENCE TO an
Is order of salA rendered March Is, 1872 And
to me directed by the honorable the Second Distre,
Court for the parish OF Orleans, III the above emit
fled matter viii proceed to sell at pubic auction
~ the Merchants and AuciiOneers' Exchange
Peal street between Canal and CustomhOls-
s,raats in fne Second District of this city Or
SATrRDAY Nav 1, 1872. at twelve o'clock NJ for
account OF sad succession the FOL owins described
CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with
all tLe buildings and Improvements thereon ana
all the rights ways, privileges aiid appurtelances
thereuntO belonging or III any wise aplertanins
situated in the First district OF THIS city, in the
snuare bounded by Canal, Claiborne, Gasquer and
D.rbin,y streets and designated as lot number
thirteen OF the square numbered twenty, on plan
drawn by Joseph Pile, late surveyor under date
of the first day of May, l3iO, and deposited for
reference in the off1ce OF DaVid l.. McCay' late a
notary public inths city: which said lot measures
in English measure, twenty-five rttt front On Canal
street by one hundred and SIX feet seven inches
in depth between parallel iines. beng the same
propertv which was acquired by said deceased by
nu,chsse from Mrs. Anna Clara Meyers. the widow
IF siIoIe small deceased. per act thereof passed
before Andrew Hero, Jr, notary pusllc III this city
on the third OF Dec-uber, 1863
2. FORTY SHARES of one hundreDdolars each
(vhereou fifty dollars on each have been paid in
the capital stock of the Louisiana Land COMPANY
and Loan and Savings Bank.
3 And FIVE CERTIFICATES numbered 1896 1857
lo}3 1893 a.d 1870 of five dollars each, ISSUED by
fine Turn Gemeinde" of New Orleans tor MONEYS
| subscribed for the erection of its hall
| T.rms-For the real estate, three thousand five
hundred dollars cash and the balance at one years
credit IL the notes of the purchaser, divided into
counoas il required by the Administrative said
NOTES IN bear interest at eight per cent per a1nGm
from date until paid; and for the stock, cash on the
| spot o s,rr-,yr
| rraa2G anl0 mat Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30

pY =. GJINAULT, ACCTIoSEER-otM'.
ID corner Of Exchange al!ev and BienvliIe street
SATURDAY. April .. 1872 will De offered 10Y sl'
at twelve O'Clock NJ, at the Merchants and Az
tiOneers' Exchange, Royal street, between "a.
and Customhouse streets, by virtue OF az Nv.
from the honorable the Second District C0uI' y
the parish OF Orleans dated February %, 1871 u
following described property. TO wit
/. A TRACT OF LAND, containing 5oli SUP
cial arpents, in the PAL ssh of Latourche, comfvs
of two lots. numbered five and SIX, as per pldu ~
exhibited al the auctioreers Office, mtasuti1t. "
gether go arpeuts ON "A line adjoining tracts W. W.
and 4, 80 arpents "a the line adj joining tract ="
and bounded on the ether sides by Bayou Bon, ~
Lake Bout. If said land Is not sold II oIots ,
will be sold by lots. as per plan TO be txlloie-s.
the sale; said lois measuring. each, from '7V w
superficial arpents. . IL
:. A TRIANGULAR LOT OF GROt NJ II E,r !,
Fourth District ot New Orleans bounded oY .s ~
st. Mary and Jew Camp streets, measuring a"'
80 feet base by 6o feet height. ~
3. A CORNER LOT. III the square, bouneeu ,
Louisiana avenue, Prytania .DeiGchaiSe ard oIe g,
streets, in the sixth District of NJ y Orleans, -
lot measuring 81 feet front OH Deiachaist s..s. .
and ia feet front on Coliseum street otI""
parallel lines. II
Terms-For the properties firstly ana seeVn 's
described, siX-Sevenths cash: and OF the rehaI,
one-seventh. one-thi;d cash and the baalts
SIX and twelve months For the property 'n a. 4
described, one third cash. and the balance d. =
and twelve months. .a
The credit portion of the price of the tAte9 9o \.
pertles to be represented by purchaser +S
bearing per cent interest. secured ~ llo.'1f
and vendors privilege, with eventual as'V'"'
fees OF per cent, etc.
Acts OF sale before TheodUie Buisson. nofa3S
lie, at purchasers EXPENSE including tri'tut =.
stamps. Purchasers OF the land i'll LdcuIcAt T H
themselves II possession III CONFORMITY " = ,r6
rlan. mh3 Is ~ -
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30
Jnderwriter,' is.oriati0n Of New Or.
LEAFS.
The St. Louis Times S


We understand from a gentleman just
from New Orleans that charter has been
granted by the Legislature of Louisiana to
the companies composing the Board OF Tn
derwriters Of New Orleans with the above
title. and it now only awaits the return OF
the Governor for his signature. One object
Of this great concentration Of capital, as
represented by the association, is to furnish
the large cities of the United States with an
additional amount Of insurance capital.
The association will have the right to com
mence business with sl,O0)0O0. but 1t is
more than likely they will commence with
$4,000. 900. with the privilege Of increasing
it to Sl0,000.O00.
As st. Louis is so intimately connected
with the South, and so many of her prOmi-
nert business men are 80 familiar with the
individual responsibility of the New. Or.
leans companies, noted tor their liberal and
prompt settlement of their losses, this new
conner will, it is to be hoped, be warmly
welcomed and meet with the success Its
capital and responsibility entities it to.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30

by 0. yALET0>. ArcTIoSsER-oFE!Ci
d nos. IS ana 8 Magazine street corner
Natchtz.-SATURDAI. Apr: 20, 1872, al twelve
Auction Exchange. on 81. Charles street, 5ass
ueut of the So. Charles Hotel, by virtue and L
pursuance OF an order from the Hon Louis Ddvs
reaui: Judge of the Second District oUrt for tie
Darisa of Orleans dated March T. 1872, No. SAN
of the docket of said court. the following deserted
property. viz 5000 80
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PIECE OF
GROUND situated in the First District o: this Cit
III the square bounded h. GravieT. Union, 81
Charles and CarOudelrt streets, designated as @
So2 Said lot measures y feet inches f'Ontm
side next TO lot No. / and $50 feet inches in dept
on the line next to lot No 8, and Is feet ineh
front on Union street, English measure, to-etAr
with al the Improvements thereon, CONSISTING
Offices fronting On tIravler street. and warehouse
fronting on Union street; the whole being on
partially improved, are renting to the amount
$3.50 per anuum. This IS one " the best .0eaLle'
tor business. -,
Terms and Conditions-OHe-th:rdO fthe adiudea
ton price. cash and balance Oh credit Of one sN
two years. the purchaser to give his notes III eV
pous az the option CT the administrator seculel
bv mortgage and vendors privilege on the prop
erty sa notes TO bear interest at the rate OF es
per cent per anuum from date Of sale UNI. PAD
and the building to be kept insured aud pole7
transferred to the ad,ninistrato or with the f~Da
clause OF five per cent attorney, fees II the even
OF suit the taxes for the year 1872 70 oe assume
by purchaser. .J
Act of sale tCcetteg with United States IntefA
revenue stamps, at the expense OF tlt purchase
before ". J. Casteil, notary public
mhl1 81 ap6 Is ~
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Eegular advertisers, who advertise largely, VIII
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All business notices Of advertisements TO De
Charged twenty cents per line each insertion.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-30
By o. Valetcn.

CHOICE PROPERTY OE GRAvIER STREET
FRONTING THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL AND
RUNNING THROUGH UNION STREET.
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