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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31
An Old Story RetOId.

If any one believes that all the stories
of the glorious old times of jackson and
Clay campaigns have been used up, he
will find how easy it is to be mistaken.
Witness the following, which comes to
us from Old Kentucky, by the way of
Louisiana. Our entertaining friend be-
gins:
"You must know" (but we did not
know that around and about the beau
tiful city of Lexington, in the State of
Kentucky for distance of twelve or fif-
teen miles, there lives-or did live, twen-
ty years ago-a great number of small
farmers, who find in that city ready
market for the surplus produces of their
farms, and there they carry it to sell, and
buy tinerv and nicl1-nacks for their fami-
lies. One of these farmers, o poor but
industrious and fearless man, had pork
er, few bushels of meal, potatoes,
beans, ETC., which he wished to dispose
of; and, borrowing horse and wagon
he packed up his things, and, just at
dusk, set off for town. Arrived at one
or two o'clock in the morning, he enter
ed the market-house, and selecting stall
he split the dressed pig into halves, and
hung them on the stout hooks, and with
bag of meal for pillow lay down to
sleep till morning. He slept soundly
and late, and when he awoke the market
people were crowding in; and, 10! one
half of his pig had been unlocked, and
hooked. 1t was clean gone! He made
known his loss, and, raving and swear
ing, he drew the whole crowd about
him. AS he grew warm with his wrath
he said
"I know the sort of man that stole
that pork-I dop
"Well, why not let it out, if you
know, and we will help find him for you !
they cried out, in reply.
ayes, know what sort of man he
was; he was Clay mani!
GAS old Harry Clay lived within q
mile of the market, and every man here
was ready to go to the death for him,
this was bold speech, to accuse a Clay
man of stealing half o pig in lexington
and they closed on him to give him q
sound thrashing; when one demanded Of
him what made him think so.
"Why, nobody but Clay man would
have done it; eff he had been a jackson
man he would have gone the whole hog !!
"This turned the tables. The hume,
of the robbed farmer was irresistible
The Lexingtonians carried him off to 6
coffee-house to hot breakfast and 6
morning spree; and after drinking tC
the health of Henry Clay, they made uI
his loss, and sent him home rejoicing"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31
Chinese Arithmetic.

The Chinese have a most ingenious
mode of reckoning by the aid of the fing
ers, performing all the operations OF ad-
dition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division, with numbers from one up to a
hundred thousand. Every finger of the
left hand represents nine figures, as fol-
lows: The little finger represents units,
the ring finger tens, the middle finger
hundreds, tho forefnger thousands, the
thumb, tens of thousands. When the
three joints of each finger are touched
from the palm toward the hip,they count
one, two, and three of each of the denom-
nations as above named. Four, five, and
six are counted on the back of the finger
joints in the same way; seven, eight, and
nine are counted on the right side of the
joints, from the palm to the tip. The
forefnger of the right hand is used as
pointer. Thus, one thousand two hun
dred and thirty -four would be indicated
by first touching the joint of the fore
finger; next the hand on the inside; (;
next the middle joint of the middle fing-
er on the inside; next the end joint of
the ring finger on the inside, and finally
the joint of the little finger next the hand
on the outside. The reader will be able
to make further examples for himself.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31

DEATH BY FRE.-One, of the most
dreadful and appalling deaths is by fire;
and hence the autos da fe of the Inquisi-
ton still shine with baleful glare amid
the numberless atrocities of the middle
ages. Still the destruction OF human
life by burning is far less terrible in fact
than it is to the fancy, and condemna-
ton to the stake is rhetorical horror
not answered by careful examination.
Excruciating and lingering as such
death seems, it is really brief, and COM
paratively exempt from bodily anguish.
He who is exposed to fire necessarily in
hales the flame, putting an end to sensi-
bility and the principle of vitality at
once. Persons rescued from burning
buildings have been found lifeless,
though their bodies had barely been
singed proving that the slow consuming
of flesh, which appears to us so awful
and so agonizing, takes place too late to
produce pain. The victim we imagine
to be writhing in untold torture, is at
that moment beyond the reach of physi-
cal harm, beyond the capacity to suffer
further.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31

THE LIoN's VoICE.-One of the most
striking things connected with the hon
is his voice, which is extremely grand
and peculiarly striking. 1t consists at
times of low, deep moaning, repeated
five or six times, ending in family aud
ible sighs; at other times he startles the
forest with loud, deep-toned, solemn
roars, repeated five or six times in quick
succession, each increasing in loudness to
the third or fourth, when his voice dies
away in five or six low, mufled sounds,
very much resembling distant thunder.
At times, and not unfrequently, troop
may be heard roaring in concert, one
assuming the lead, and two, three, or four
more regularly taking up their parts,
like persons singing catch. Like our
Scottish stays at the rutting season, they
roar loudest in cold, frosty nights; but
on no occasions are their voices to be
heard in such perfection, or so intensely
powerful, as when two or three strange
troops of lions approach fountain to
drink at the same time. When this oc-
ours, every member of each troop sounds
bold roar of defiance at the opposite
parties; and when one roars, all roar
together, and each seems to vie with his
comrades in the intensity and power OF
his voice.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31
NO. 35.
The Superstitions of Sailors.

On that eventful night when the five
hundred men composing the ships COM
pany of the ill-fated steamer Central
america were struggling for life with
darkness and the pillows, an old-time
superstition of the sea turned toward
them the prov of the Norwegian bark
Ellen, whose brave crew succeeded in res
cuing the survivors of those despairing
swimmers. The circumstances of the
rescue are too fresh in the public mind
to need recital at our hands. We will
simply quote the words of the Norwegian
Captain, as to the cause of his so FORUM
ate presence upon the scene of disaster
and death:
"Some time before l saw or heard you
$50 he spoke to one of the rescued), the
wind hauled and altered my course u
little thus standing away from the then
unknown scene of wreck. Immediately
after altering my course, small bird
flew across the ship twice, and then dart
ed at my face I took little notice OF the
circumstance Again the bird flew
around the ship, and again it darted in
my face. This time began to regard it
as something extraordinary, and while
pondering upon the matter, and hesita-
ting whether to pay attention to the
feathered monitor, it appeared for the
third time and repeated its extraordinary
actions. L Immediately put the ships
head back to the course we had been Or
iginally steering. and shortly after we
heard noises i'll the water about us"
which proved to be the shouts of the
shipwrecked.
The vessel was in their midst. Had she
been continued upon her altered course,
it is certain that the cries of the swim
mers would have failed to reach the bark,
and they would have been in all proba-
bility lost.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31
POETR Y.
THE ELEVENTH HOUR.

whist, sir Would ye PLACE to speak aisy
And sit yc down there by the dure
she sleeps, sir, so light and so restless,
She hears every step on the flure.
What ails herr God knows She's been weakly
For months, and the heat dhrives her wild;
The summer has wasted and worn her
Till she's only the ghost of a child.
All have Yes. she is, and God help me
I'd three little darlints beside,
As purity as liver ye see, sir,
But wan by wan dhroopcd like, and died.
What was it that TUX them ye're askingP
Why poverty, sure, and no doubt
They perished for food and fresh air, sir,
Like flowers ohricd up in drought.
1t was dreadful to lose thcmP All, was it
1t seemed like my heart strings would break,
But there's days when wild want and wild sorrow
I'm thankful they're gone-for their sake
Their fatherP Well, sir, saints forgive me
It's a foul tongue that lowers its own
But what wild the sthrikes and the liquor,
I'd betthor be sthrugglin' alone
Do want to kape this wan The darlint,
The last and dearest of all
shure you're niver a father yourself, sir,
0ryou wouldn't be askin' at all
What is thatr Milk and food tor the baby
docthor and medicine free
. You're huntin' out all the sick children,
An poor toilin' mothers, like me
God bless you an thin that have sent you
A new life you've given me, so.
Shure, sir, won't you look in the cradle
AT the colleen you've saved, fore yougop
mother O. mercies +! have pity
o darlint why couldn't you wait
Dead dead an the help in the dureyay
Too late o my baby Too late
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31

WHAT HE WANTED.-An exchange
tells very interesting story of little
boy. He was climbing an apple tree,
and when upon the topmost limb he
slipped and fell to the ground. He was
picked up and carried to the house in an
insensible condition. After watching by
his bedside through many weary hours,
his mother perceived signs of returning
consciousness. Leaning over him she
asked if there was anything she could do
for him, now that he began to feel bet
ter? Should she bathe his forehead, or
change his pillow, or fan him? Was
there anything he wanted? Opening his
eyes languidly, and looking at her, the
little sufferer said: "Yes; 1 want a pair
of pants with pocket behind" He got
them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31
A Novel Duel,

Amongst the "reminiscences told of the
Franco-Prussian war is the account OF a
curious duel between two subordinate
officers of the French army.
"You intend to fight duel, ell I" asked
the commandant.
Eyes, Colonel. Words have passed
which can only be wiped out with blood,
We don't want to pass for towards"
Every well, you shall fight, but it
must be in this way: Take your car
bines, place yourselves on line facing
the mansion where the enemy is. You
will march upon their garrison with
equal step. When sufficiently near their
post you will fire upon them. The
Prussians will reply. You continue to
advance and fire. When one falls the
other may turn upon his heels. and his
retreat shall be covered by one of my
companies. In this way" concluded the
commandant, Z" the blood you both de-
mand will be spilled with profit and
glory, and he who comes back will do SC
without regret, without the remorse Of
having killed or wounded, with his OWL
hands, a Frenchman, at time wher
France needs all her defenders and al
her children. If you both fall, who shal
say that you are towards? l may alsC
add that l thus give you an excellen
opportunity for putting couple of Ger
mans out of the way-a service that will
procure for you a good recommendation
for reward and promotion"
The matter was arranged as the com
mandant had dictated. At twenty pace
from the walls of Malmaison, one of tn
adversaries was wounded, staggered anC
fell. The other ran to him, raised hin
up, and carried him away on his shoul
ders amid a regular hailstorm of balls
both were thenceforth entitled to tn
greatest honor and respect from tn
whole regiment.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31

APPLE CoBBLER. - Pare, core, and
slice twelve large tart apples. Add to
them the juice of two lemons and the
grated peel of one; sweeten to taste !;
stew very slowly for two hours turn
into mould. When cold, serve with
cream.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31

From the proceedings in the Belfast
Police Court, it appears tkat about 1000
occupants of houses were compelled to
change their residences during the late
riots.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-31

Systematize your business, and keep
an eye on little expenses. Small leaks
sink great ships.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17
God and the Constitution.

A pack of Yankee fanatics and
hypocrites, claiming to be preachers,
assembled in Cincinnati q few days
ago for the purpose OF discussing and
passing resolution to the effect that
the Constitution of the United States
should be so amended as to make a
distinct recognition of the existence
of God. Abiding to this gathering
the New York Herald very properly
says that "of all the lorlorn crusades
this last presents most points wherein
the comedy of nose twanged cant
sings its flippant familiarity with all
we revere. Do those white-chokered
enthusiasts think that planting the
name of the Most High on every
fence in the land in flaming letters,
six feet high, between the latest mig
ger minstrels, burlesque announce
ments and the newest opera 6ouGe,
would conduce to piety any more
than hanging 1t In the constitution
between negro suffrage and woman's
rights? Back to your pulpits, then
ye mild parsons, aud read again the
works of st. Paul that the "letteI
killeth.n IL you wish to make this
land in reality what it is in name--a
great christian country-look to the
souls of those around you and waste
not your short lives in airing white
chokers and sectarian special plead
ing at Conventions where all is van
ity and self-conceit, not to speak oI
their danger TO the freest government
i'm the world.n
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17

SWEET PoTAToEs.-A writer In
the Carolina Farmer says: "As am
now housing my sweet potatoes. i
will give you my notion about rails
ing them. The first thing to be done
in order TO raise good potatoes, rs In
all other crops, Is TO drain the land
thoroughly. The better the land l.
drained the better the potatoes VIII
be to eat, the better they will yield,
AM the better they will keep. The
great secret, or luck as IT Is often
termed, in keeping potatoes, Is In
having the land on which they are
raised, dry-made 50 by draining
whenever 1t Is necessary. II they are
raised on such land there Is no ditil-
Guilty in keeping them"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17

MuLTUM IN PARvo.-The follow
ing twelve paragraphs from an old
Horticultural publication, are worthy
of place amongst the most valued
rules that should govern q well regu-
lated home:
FRUIT TREES. When fruit trees
occupy the gre md, nothing, else
shOuld-except very short grass.
2. Frultfulness and growth of the
tree cannot be expected the same
year.
3. There is no plum that the curculio
will not take, though any kind may
sometimes escape for one year in one
place.
4. Peach borers will not do much
damage when stiff clay Is heaped up
round the tree foot high.
s. Pear blight still puzzles the great
est men. The best remedy known Is
to plant two for every one that dies.
8. II you don't know how to pruno,
don't hire man from the other side
of the sea, who knows less than you
do.
7. Don't cut uff lower limbs unless
you are renter ana DON'T care WHAT
becomes of the tree when your time
is out.
8. A tree with the limbs coming
out near the ground Is worth two trees
trimmed up i've feet, and is worth
four trees trimmed up ten feet, and so
on until they are not worth anything.
o. Trim down, not up.
10. Shorten In, not lengthen up.
IL. II you had your arm cut Off,
you would feel IL at your heart-a tree
will not feel, but rot TO the heart.
II. When anybody tells you Of a
gardener that understands all about
horticulture and agriculture, and that
can be hired, don't believe a word OF
/ 1t, for there are none such to be hired.
Such man can make more than you
eau afford 10 give him, aud II he has
sense enough 10 understand the bust
ness, he will also have enough ia
know this.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17

NEW YORK, February GA special
London dispatch, says the Times of
yesterday, used the following langu-
age: "fhe treaty of Washington
has become imperative for reason
that it is not based on perfect under
standing between the signatory par
ties. It's with the utmost reluctance
that we contemplate the possibility
that the reference of this question to
the arbitration court will come to
nothing; that there will remain
nothing of the expectation thus rails
ed, of a successful issue of the case.
A satisfactory answer from Washing
ton excluding the American claim
for indirect damages, cannot be ant.ci-
pated. The misunderstanding which
will thus be definitely established be-
tween the United States, can have no
sequel but the abandonment Of the
reference for arbitration.
WAsHINGwoN, Feb. 6.-Senator
Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, was
taken suddenly i'll yesterday morning
after breakfast, and now lies In very
critical condition at his residence on
Indiana avenue. His illness, 1t Is
thought, is caused by protracted men,
tai labor. together with the grief
which he recently experienced at the
loss of a step-daughter, to whom he
was much attached. DR.. VIM. p.
Johnston, his attending physician,
has some hopes Of his recovery,
though his whole system seems to be
affected.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17
WHOLE NO. s,is9.
MISCELLANEOUS.


He whose face gives no light shall
never become star.
Satire Is only as sharp as q needle
when truth gives 1t point.
Adversely willingly undergone is
the greatest virtue.
Old Erasmus said, II feel better
man for reading Cicero"
Have no friend who Is inferior tn
yourself.
Coleridge defines poetry rs "the
best words In their best places"
Contention Is contagious, 1t spreads
almost insensibily.
1t is appointed unto man once to
die, and after death, the judgment.
The empire of death is universal.
What man is il that lives and shall
not see death?
However widely the paths Of men
may diverge in life, they lead to a
common end-the grave.
low spirits cannot exist in the at
rhosphere of bodily and mental nc
tivity,
He who has no opinion of his own,
but depends upon the opinion and
taste of another, Is a slave.
Temperance, indeed, is bride OF
gold ; and he who uses 1t rightly, Is
more like d god than man.
! 1t is better to accomplish perfectly
very small amount, than to half do
ten times much.
The loneliest Of all mortals are
those who are in advance Of their
age.
Herder, when dying, said, "glvt
the little thought, that l may con-
cole myself.
Horoaster, the great law-giver, put
the planting OF tree among the
meritorious acts.
Emerson says, ITO succeed, one
must enter into the game, and whirl
with the whirling world"
! The world Is all up hill when we
would do; all down hill when we suf
fer.
Be in earnest, but hot presumptu-
Gus. Whatsoever your hands find tC
do, do 1t with all your might.
The man who never alters his opin.
ION Is like standing water, and breed:
reptiles OF the mind.
Title and ancestry render a good
man more illustrations, but an Ill one
more contemplate.
Vice Is infamous, though IL q
prince, and virtue honorable, though
in peasant.
A wise man will never rust out
AS long as he can move or breathe ht
will do something for himself, for hi.
neighbor, or for posterity.
A wise man will desire no NOR,
than what he may get Justly, use Sc
curely, distribute cheerfully, ant
live contededly.
J, Such Is the force Of Imagination
that we continue to fear long after
the cause which produced the fea
has ceased to exist.
There Is kind of magic IN trutl
which forcibly carries the mind alonf
with 1t. Men readily embrace the
dictates OF sincere reason.
: Dean swift said at Is useless {,
, attempt TO argue man out of a thinl
he was never reasoned into"
We should be careful to deserve
good reputation, by doing WE'LL an,
when tina. care Is once taken, not b.
over anxious about the success.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17

At public "Tea Party" recently
held i'm one of our country towns,
where Sentiments" were in order, q
timid bachelor was bold enough to re-
mind the ladies that leap year was
uponthem, by offering the following
Three long dreary years have waited FOL
this.
Now il you'li pop the question, I'll surely
say yes.
To which the lady promptly re-
sponded as follows:
The man without courage 10 do his own
wOoing,
May do his own washing, and baking, and
sewing.
The bachelor looked despair.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17

A man from one of the rural dis.
tricts.recently went to Washington to
see the sights. A member of the
House, whose constituent he was,
said; Come up tomorrow, and j
will give you a seat on the floor OF
the House." mo you don'tl" re-
piled Jonathan 81 always manage
TO have cheer TO sit on at home,
and hain't come to Wash'n'ton to
sit on the fioorv'
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 4706 of the
Code declares that If any person
charged with the safe keeping, col.
lection, transfer or disbursement of
money or property belonging to the
State or county, use any part of IL by
loan, investment or otherwise, with
out authority Of law, or In anywise
appropriate any part to his own use,
he is guilty of embezzlement, and
upon conviction shall be imprisoned
In the penitentiary not less than five
nor more than twenty years, and be
fined.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17

FEELING FOR IT.--A soldier was
seen in the trenches holding his hand
above the earthwork. His captain
asked, "What are you doing that for,
Pat ?n He replied with grin and n
working his fingers, "Im feeling foT
n Through, sure" Just then rifle
ball struck his arm below the wrist.
Slowly drawing II down, and grasp
ing IL with the other hand TO restrain
the blood, queer expression passed
over his face as he exclaimed, IAN
faith its u discharge, -
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-02-17
THE CHRONICLE.
TERMS. sa 90 I'm ADVANCE.
VERY CHOICE sTANzAs.

1fudon, Put his h, your husbands ratcA case.
Speak kindly. gently to thy wife,
She knows enough OF sorrow;
Oh, seek not from each petty Ill,
An angry word to borrow.
For In her heart there's treasured lovej
Oh, prize its golden WORTH;
One gentle word, one smile OF thine,
Can ever call l; forth.
When thou art harsh, and stern and cold
And from thine own dear home
The sunshine of domestic love
In sorrow seeks 10 roam,
Upon her heart thy cold words fall
And chill LIES tender life;
Then, oh, amidst thy trials all,
Speak kindly TO thy wife.
Speak softly, kindly 10 thy wife;
She may have left home
OF cherished love, an1 10 thine own
But scarce as far have come,
Though 1--WE or ten have told the time,
And thou hast shared Its strife
Whenever thy footsteps homeward turn,
Speak kindly to thy wife.
Speak kindly, gently to thy wife,
She may be growing old.
And soon We both may garnered lie
In shadows of the mould.
Sir, put this IN your U'Ue's mfrrro.
Have faith In thy husband, confide in his
VOW,
Should he speak unlsindly, be true to him
now,
Though cen In thine anguish thy brigh,
hopes are dim,
Whatever awaits thee, be faithful to him
Have faith in thy husband, nor seek from
A balm for thy sorrow which sometime
may come,
Mid all thy detection trust not in another
But let us ave faith and be kind to eacl
other.
Have faith in thy husband, and when he i
tried
By trials and crosses, come stand by hi
| side,
And try with affection to tighten his heart
There, cen II thou fullest, It's acting til!
part.
Have faith in thy husband, thy own hom
| within,
whate'er be his GOODNESS, true kindnes
may win;
Though e'cn in thy sorrow thy fond hope
I are dim,
Yet still he may love thee-be faithful I,
! him.