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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-07-08
OUR VIENNA CORRESPONDENCE.
NUMBER TEN.
NlENNA, Anstria, May y, 1873.

VIENNA, Austria, May y, 1873.
I like the Italians; | delight in their
quaint old cities; ! love to dream
among their ancient ruins; ! revel
among their works Of art rejoice in
their bright skies and balmy broezes;
admire their picturesque costumes
| acknowledge the beauty of their men
and women; their language is music
to. my ears, and nowhere do linger
longer and no place do | visit more
often than the Italian department OF
the Welt Austcllun2.
/ felt when we left Italy that a beal'-
tiful dream had faded away, never
to return; chat the varied visions OF
loyliness we had behold in chat land
of art would have existence for us no
more, except in memory. How thank
ful then, do we feel to Italy for send
inm to 1g here so much that Is lovely,
so many things that seem tous like old
friends, and recall to our minds walk
through tvs Merceria at Venice, Il
sunny morning upon the Ponte Wee
chic. at Florence, or that never-to-be-
forgotten visit to the artists studios Mt
Rome.
Walking down the main building 70
ward the rotunda, you would need no
ono to tell you when you had passed
into Italy. The circle OF marble fig
ues, though silent, speak loudly, and
tell of the land of CaTara marble-the
home of poetic thought, where the
glowing visions of the moment are inn
,nortalizcd on canvas, and mortal
beauty is reproduced in deathless stone.
| have been surprised to see that SO
many of these statues are from Milan,
and comparatively few from Florence
M Rome. 1t is difficult 10 select lldl-
vidual objects for consideration where
all are so fine, but it will not do TO pass
them all by in silence.
The first that attracted my attention
was the figure of n little boy in night
dress, saying his prayers under com
pulsion. His hands are folded and hi'
ewes closed, and his lips are endeavor
inc TO form the usual Words. but 1t i
hard work; they will quivcr, and i
requires all the force Of the little vii
to keep back tie tears.
| Another very pleasing group repre-
sents Il boy sitting on fence, BLOWN!
soap bubbles. He has just blown
splendid one, which seems on the poin
of rising and floating off in the air. ;
little girl, standing on tiptoe, street.-the
out eager hands toward the fragiletrea
sure. which the boy tantalizingly hold
lust beyond her reach, and laughs a
her cagerness.
During our visits to artists studios il
Rome, we saw in the studio of Mr.. n
monds, an English sculptor, a statu
of n youth in dress of Eye olden time,
holding on his wrist falcon just read
to take its fight. Acopy of this statu
has been set up in Central Park, anotl
err one ordered for Paris, and here /
the Welt Austellung we meet il agail
Aside from its merit as work of ar
| 1t Is of great interest to us, for
brings to mind that bright March da.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-07-08
THE MARKETS.

NEW ORLEANS, July Flour dun ;
treble SG07 5O family, SSla9 50. Oats
at lOG4lc. Corn, mixed, $50 llc; yell
low, 60c; white, Csc; scarce. Bran
dull at G5GG7c. Hay dull; primo, SIS
@2l. Pork quiet but firm; mess, iIjC9
l7Jc. Dry salt meats scarce; holders
ask 73c. Bacon scarce; in demand at
sac, lOIc, 10lc Hams at l5@ l54c,
Lard scarce and firm; ticrce, SIG Reg,
Toe. Sugar dull; low to fully fair Mt
Sl@9lc; prime, Zoe, Molasses, no
movement. Whisky dull; Louisiana,
O3c: Cincinnati, 0Gc. Coffee, lSta2oc,
Sterling 2G, sight 4 premium. Gold,
1l5. Cotton quiet; sales, LOO bales
good ordinary, l53c; low middIings,
IKE; middlings, 1890; middling Or
leans, 1899; receipts, l,25l bales eN-
ports-Great Britain 1881 bales, coast,
wise 2,970 bales; stock, l6,O32 bales.
New YORK, July Money easier
at 4G5, closing with liberal supply of
capital at better rates. Exchange was
strong at 9lGl0 $40, Gold was heavy at
l5Imi53. Loans per cent for carrying.
Governments dull, but closed firm,
States quiet. Cotton Net receipts to-
day $50 bales; gross receipts S,622 bales;
sales for future $500; market closed as
follows. July 20l, August 2dsCh2O h-t6'
September IS 1916 DecemheLl75.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-07-08

Rice, hurley, Grits Italian Maccorini, Yer
micelli, etc Choice Louisiana Brown and
White Clarified sugars crashed, cut, granu.
lated and powdered Sugars; the choicest
Louisiana Golden syrup and Molnsses, Go
shcn Butter, Cream, Holland ind English
Chetlder Cheese; Family Leaf Lard, In kegs
and tiorces; the best brands OF Surar-curod
Hams and Breakfast Bacon; Imperial, Gun
powder, Oolong, English breakfast and Ja-
pan tons; Sccdlcss and London Layer Rails
lns, Citrons, Currants, STUFFED spanish and
Seville Oranges, ground and whole spices,
aud tie choicest variety of Pickles In this
market. The finest llrnndies, Whiskies,
Sherrics and Port Wines, Champagne, spark
ling Hook and Sparkling Mosclle. los
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

DoN'T Box Your CHILDREN's
EAR's.-Ne call the attention ol par
ents, teachers and all those having
charge of children to the fact that a
physiological journal condems the prac.
tice of boxing children ears. We had
supposed, in this advanced age Of civi.
lization, that such barb arous punish.
ments we're Only remembered as relics Of
the darker ages. But it appears that
the practice is sufficiently common in
some sections of the country to call
forth decided remonstrance Besides
being brutal method of punishment, ii
is dangerous. The passage OF the ear is
closed by thin membrane, especially
adapted to be Influenced by every i'm.
pulse Of the air to support it internally,
If any one designed to break or over
strain the membrane, he could scarcely
devise a more effective means than to
bring the hand suddenly and forcibly
down upon the passage of the ear, no
possibility for its escape but by the men,
braue giving away. Many children are
made deaf in this way.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

A New CAUSE OF FIRE.--This is
from New York paper, aud shows that
there are otker causes for fires than the
incendiary, defective fues and maIshes,
In Auburn toilet bottle full OF water,
of white glass with bulsiHg base sat on
the table. The morning sun shone into
the room Of which an invalid was the
only occupant. She soon snuffed an
odor as Of burning woolen snd queried
what it could bc. Turning her face to-
ward the table she discovered w0oen
mat on which the toilet bottle stood, on
fire in several places. In few mo
ments the table and room would have
been involved had she not speedily ex-
tinCuishcd it. The ooncave surface of
the bottle had converged the warm rays
of the sun upon the woolen and set it
on fire. Several experiments made
since have resulted similarly, but the
bottle emptied OF its contents did not
prod uce the same effect,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

VALUBLE LEAD.-It is said that a
load of bullion came through from the
Colorado Silver Regions as lead on to
Philadelphia At Wetmore siding on
the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad the
car that this metal was loaded on got
jammed and the netal was buried
ip the snow. Another Car was procured,
and the metal reloaded and sent east
ward. Shortly after, peremptory order
came from the President that seven
bars of lead was missing and they must
be got. After considerable digging in
the snow, five of the pigs were recov-
cred and sent on. Then another order
came, "the other two bars lnust be
found" and found they were after much
delay and hard work. The men WON
dered why they were SO particular about
few pigs of lead. But they found out
shortly after that they were not lead,
but silver, valued at $4,000 a bar, being
sent to the Philadelphia mint for coinage
aud we're carried in this way, SO as to
misead thieves along the road, who
undoubtedly would have pilferred the
car to some extent had they known the
value of its cargo:-[Corry Telegraph.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
Salutatorv.

To OUR PATRoNs.-With this issue
TIE ADVOCATE again takes "new de-
parture," Mr.. Pattison retiring from
the editorial chair. When changes like
this occur in newspapers,it has long been
the custom for the incoming occupant
of the chair editorial to present to the
readers of the paper his views, together
with promises Of the great things that
he will do in the future, etc. However,
it is not necessary for us to do either o
these things, for eur readers are not al
together unacquainted with US, and in
the year and half of our previous &C.
3uantance, the views. of the paper ere
well known, and the object Of the Pub
Usher fully stated, yet we we'll know
that the paper needs the free and full
support of its friends, aud without their
support and good wishes the most un-
firing industry Of the publisher, will
be useless.
The principles Of the ADVOCATE. will
be strictly Republican, yet while endeav
or to make it an organ of this party, we
will only do SO by calm, considerate,
presentation of our views, on all topics
that may interest our readers, avoiding
al bitter personalities and unjust crit-
csm. We intend rather to issue sheet
that will support Republicanism, and
OF the same time be Of such nature
that our Democratic friends will take it
because we try to present our views il
the light Of principle and not OF ridcuIe,
/ gam, We shall eudeavor to make the
ADVOCATE the local paper of the county,
and id order to carry out our design in
this direction we ask from our friends
u different parts OF the county, commu-
nications that may seem to be Of local
interests, even if the communications
are not in readiness for the press, so the
fact. are stated we will arrange them,
and any of our friends who will send US
items Of local interest will PLACE US uu-
der obligations to them for so doing.
In conclusion, we rest the matter with
our friends, feeling thai the ADVOCATE
can be made one OF the best local papers
in the country, aud be established on
firm basis, besides helping to develope
the vast resources of our county. We
ask your support and good wishes, anl
in return it shall be our highest aim to
publish paper that will receive
welcome in every household in the
county, Truly yours,
HENRY A. Parsons, JR.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

REFORMS AT WASHINGTON. The
present session Of Congless promises to
be a fruitful one in reforms. IDde-
pendent Of the abolition Of The franking
privilege there is now fair prospect
that singing rebuke will be admins
tered to two OF the worst practices Of
the nineteenth century; viz: the pur-
chase Of Senatorial seats and the sale of
Congressional and Senatorial votes.
Last week, it will be recollected,
that the Caldwell Investigating Com
mittee reported that that worthy was
not duly elected a Senator by the
Kansas Legislature. The Inference is
that money has been used The duty
Of the Senate, therefore, is clear. That
Dody has suffered in popular estimation
from the prevalence of a belief that
come of its members owe their seats to
corrupt influences, rather than to a leg
islative appreciation of their virtues and
talents, and it is source OF some con-
ISOLATION for honest men that corruption
cannot, in all instances, be omnipotent.
The action of the Credit Mobilier Com
mittee, will have reached but lame aud
impotent conclusions if in the pro-
tracted investigation, something more
than a rebuke is not administered to the
many members of the National Lesis-
lature who have been shown to have
etching palms" Bat, be this as it
may, something at least will be gained
if Congress pronounees an emphatic
protest against system that has de-
moralized many representatives, and
cost our people millions Of treasure
[Erie Gazette.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

The PHRENoLeGLCAL JOURNAL for
March contaius a good portrait and
sketch of William f. Havemeyer,
Mayor Of New York City; The Prob
lem Of Life; Driven to Death; Indian
Relics, and our Indian Policy, a we'll il
lustrated aud sensible article; A Penal
Colony for Criminals; Mrs. Mary Somer-
vile, the Scientist, with portrait; What
Shall our Boys Do? Dreams and their
Causes; Longevity in the Professions;
II Cannot Quite 1t" or the lncbriatc's
Plea; A Good Memory, how to acquire
and retain it; The Celt; The Red Deer;
of America; Hugh Stowell Brown on
Americans, etc. Price 30 cts. A
years Subscription, with a, taking"
Chrome, $500. Address S. II. Wells,
390 Broadway, N. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
Mr.. Perkins and the Ho:se.

Mr.. Silver, who owned horse, went
away one day aud asked Perkins to look
after it. Perkins did so. After feed
ing him he thought it the correct thing
to take him out and exercise him, He
tells the result:
He exercised me before he gotthrough
with it, He went around few times in
a circle, then he stopped suddeply spread
out bis fore legs and looked at me.
Then he leaned forward little and
boisted both his hind legs, and threw
about two coal hods Of mud over line
full of clothes Mrs. Perkins had JUST
hung out.
Thrt excellent lacy had taken a posi-
tion ut the window, and whenever the
evolutions of the awful beast permitted,
| caught a glance at her features. She
appeared to be very much interested in
the proceedings, but the instant the mud
flew she disappeared from the window,
and a moment later she appeared on the
stoop with a long poker in her hand,
and fire enough in her eye to heat it
red hot.
Just then Stiver's horse stood up on
his hind legs, and tried to hug me with
the others. This scared me. a horse
never shows his strength to such on ad-
vantage as when he is coming down on
you like a frantic pile driver. | instant
ly lodged and the cold sweat fairly
boiled out of me. 1t frightened Mrs.
Perkins dreadiuIly.
"Why, you old FOOL" said she, "why
don't you get rid of him?"
"How can II" said in desperation
"Why, there's thousand ways"
said she.
This is just like a woman; how diff
ereutly statesman would have an
swered
Bnt l could think of only two ways
to dispose Of the beast. | could either
swallow him where he stood, aud then
set down on hir,, or could crawl IN
side of him aud kick him to death.
But | was saved either of these ex-
pedients by his coming toward NE so
abruptly that dropped the rope in
terror. and then he turned about and
kicked me full of mud, shot for the
gates ripping the clothes lines in two
and went off down the street at q horri-
BILE gallop with two of Mrs. Perkins
garments, which he hastily snatched
from the line, floating over his neck in
very picturesque manner
So [ was afterwards told, as | was too
full of mud to see the way into the
house.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

HEAT OF Rooms The purchase of a
thermometer will make paying returns
in health. The great tendency iu win
ter is to keep rooms too warm. The
foundation of pheumonis, pleurisy and
pulmonary consumption is frequently
laid in over-heated, ill.ventiated apart
mcnts. The inmates become accustom-
ed to breathe hot, close air the system
is toned down and relaxed, and slight
exposure to cold and wet results in
serious illness.
"Some years since" says medical
writer, 1--WE called, one winter evening,
on friend, whom we found in cosy
sitting room, with a large fire, low
ceiling and the heat ranging about the
eighties. She was suffering with Sc
we're cold, but could give no account oil
how she took it. A month later she
was prostrated with pneumonia, and
she and her sister died within week of
each other, aud were buried in the same
grave The intelligent use of ther-
moneter would doubtless have saved
both OF those valuable lives"
The mercury in the tube should never
be permitted to stand above seventy.
If that temperature is not sufficient to
give warmth it is an indication that the
person does not take sufficient exercise,
and the cure fer it is more miles aud
more flannel. In the coolest weather,
when the ground is like stone under the
feet, when there is no drip from the
caves, and when snow lies on the roofs,
rooms should be ventilated.
Pure air should be admitted through
the open doors and windows, so that the
oxygen consumed by fame and respira-
ton may be replaced, and the effete and
poisonous matter thrown OF by the body
thoroughly driven away. AS one of
our best writers on household science
remarks, ventilation is question of
money.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

How TO VoTE.-Thc Constitutional
Convention has determined to prevent
fraud at elections and has adopted to
that end, the following method:
"All elections of the citizens shall be
by ballot; every ballot voted shall be
numbered in :he order in which it is re
deiyed, and the number recorded by the
election officer opposite the name of the
elector who presents the ballot. Each
elector shall endorse his name upon his
ballot or cause it to be indorsed thereon,
Or attested by another 'elect9r of the dis
rict who shall not be an election officer
and the oath prescribed for the election
officers shall require secrecy as to the
contents of every ballot cast at the cleo
ton.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

Coal in Great Britain brings from
ten to fifteen dollars ton at various
points and the production Of iron is
checked for want of fuel. The exporta-
.tiou of coal has reached fourteen million
tons annually, and it is thought that not
ton can be spared Tor expectation in
. 1878. Brazil has been taking well up
to half million tons annually, aud the
London Times advises Brazil to come
to the United States 10. her supply.
Broad Top and Cumberland Goals will
find this to be good thing, and instead
Of from forty to sixty cents ton at their
mines, which has been the ruling figure
in former years, s1'4O, Sl.75, $500, and
as high as $3.50, is already quoted,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

Ii. W. BEEcHBR gives some brief ad
vice 20 those who write letters to busy
people:
|. Don't write at all
IL. When you cant help it, be sharp,
short, and lcgible.
Ill. When you write Oh yorr own
business, pay for the answer.
~. When you want money, don't
begin with piety an6 fla.tery. Beg first
and be pious afterwards.
V. Don't beg of any one win whom
you are not personally acquainted, Die,
but don't beg.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

THE world moves. Europe has now
five republics. The three leading ones
are Switzerland, France and Spain.
Then, there is San Marino, in Italy, q
little Republic Of less than 10000
inhabitants, and yet one of the most
ancient States in the world. The fifth
is Andorra, on the southern slope of the
Pyrenees, of even smaller population,
but dating its existence from the early
centuries of the Christian era. And
now Portugal gives signs OF presently
swinging into fine "Forward" is the
command Of the Universe.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
THE NATION.
IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN

IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN
Nothing like it. Strikes everybody as
just the book they need 1t is an Encyclo-
pedia of the Government. Single pages
in it. are of themselves worth the price of
the book oOer 500 pages and only $3.50.
lCH HARVEST, for Canvassers-
ladies and gentlemen-farmers, teachers
and students. One agent took IS orders in a
fe10 days, Nth circular alone, before The book
PPpeared. $50 A DAY can be cleared in
far territory. Write at once for circular
and information. NEW WORLD PUB
LISTING co., Cor. 7th and Market Streets,
Philadelphia. vln37yl.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

AN Indiana man was bitten to death
by calf last week in Elkhart county,
and the village authorities now require
all calves to be mazzled, except those
stuffed With bran or sawdust.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

1t is said that the final hearing in the
Stokes case, before the Court of Ap-
peals, may not be reached Tor two years,
Such is the spytness Of New York
justice.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

MR. PLANK, of De Kalb county, Ill.,
last week carted a load of oats to Chicago,
a distance of iifty-eight miles, AMI savea
S13 over the railroad tariffs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

A man in Kentucky has been married
four times, each time having been mar
ried by the same minister; in the same
house, to four sisters of the same family.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

1t is estimated that the Penn a.
Railroad Company owns property valued
at $3.50, ,000, 900 the reads under its
control being worth $3.50, ,00O,OO0 alone.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

WILD CATS are so plenty at West
Hickory, Pa, that young lady who
has not full set of "catamonnt" iurs is
ashamed to 60 to church.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

EVERY family should have a prepara-
tion Of faxseed oil, chalk and vinegar
about the consistency of thick paint,
constantly on hand for burns and scalds
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
AGENTS WANT
FOR
Tins ECTS AT HOME. :"

A GENTS. $40 to 800 PER DAY
ACQUAINTED. Specimens and full
particulars free. Address WOODS LITER.
AIRY AND ART AGENCH.
Newburgh, N. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
New Advertisements.

DUFUS LUCORE, Attorney at Law,
III Rdgway, Elk Co., Pa. Office in
Halls new Brick Building. Claims for
collection promptly attended to.
v3n11y.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-09

The communication Of "a Voter in
Yesterdays HERALD is well-tined and
worthy of attention. The writer justly
says the present is the best election
law we have ever had. The registra-
ton law is itstwin sister, plain, simple
and easily understood and carried out.
But plain as it is, 1t seems that some
person, or persons, as well as officers,
have misunderstood some Of its provis-
ions. The chieftrouble in this county
has grown out of the fact that the en-
tire county registration, in all the sew
enteen precincts, was not effected on
the same FIVE days as the law contem-
plates, but one precinct at time, COW
ering more than two months, from
which the county court would not
meet rs q board of revision on the
second Monday after the commence
ment Of registration, as the law ex-
pressly requires. These defects, how
ever, will be remedied in consequence
of the second or additional registra-
tration lately had. The county court
will meet to revise the entire list on
the twelfth day before the election,
Sundays excepted, which will be on
Tuesday, November 8th.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-09

Ar an English thcater the other
evening, IN actor playing King Henry
V. struggled braycly half through the
play with evidently severe indisposi-
lion. At last the poor fellow gave up
the battle, and, white as death ANA al
most breathless, came to the 'front.' OF
the stage, and in nearly inaudlble
whisper said that he "felt M If his Lust
hour had come.' He chad struggled
for three weeks, and suffered God only
knew what, in his endeavor to keep
that engagement. He had come on
the stage that night, knowing that 1t
was ut the risk Of his life. He was no
craven, but he was now entirely de-
reated, and could not proceed. lie
asked for their sympathy as Christian
men, And he had 1t, for, us ne was
carried iainting from the stage, his au-
dience gave him the hearty evidence
of sincere alarm and interest