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BOSTON,.
The Oity's Matrimonial ALI
ances---A Grand Coup.
Athletic Sports The National Game
Tho Boys and the
Common.
f,ornoral Punishment in 6choola'.-The
Bazaar Of All Nations-.Tho
Liquor Law.


Liquor Law.
..... ou. o,,, forr.,nond>a,
1''"' WV DoaroN. April n, 1879.
o,+ho varton, tonfcs At nrosont agitating this |
tho mont prominent aoema to be |
s,,stat
'N"' ANNEXATION.
o,u.,.,a and ,nor,l o1d Puritan CITY ia aovolop-
~ T., thoao ]ator dava. q nseson for matrimonial
,rortv NJ Henrv tho Eighth. And yot
49, counari.ou IL hardly fair one for the |
wv, Srey,;ah nl,cbsa,1 was accustomed to got
- .h,, fo;r meana or foul-of his old spouse |
-. .,r1ro . nav ono: wloroas our citya |
~. far M rt ia m rnora embar- |
~lu1nssp ,' .,,-,1,tv ~ .r;voa tbnn sn1tan or
4a"sou sS, ~ 1i,1ar. nnl c,n,, nnw1v.raddod bride
J. = mo1moA - ~ e., snrt ~ uh.nnv family" with
sekea nos p'aeo ~ o-.1 Io,~. a;rc, RoI.
her predecessors II ID 0eFuia4 yoa,o no n.
bury and Dorchester wore "sealoa 70 boaton;
and now tho latter opens its arms to take in
cnan1rsrowy AND pnooK11Nr,
,o,t,.. casting loving evo on several attractive
0oslao5 caa1nl6 4ons 1,.,s W - 49,, .~.t;o -,
rural notghnors: hlils ~, sn0 ,ua'. AuAoAa,ou "
CharleBtovn and brookltne haTe boen uhuof as-
. t,o.n ,,l1a Ii c,mo n in IN. senato on Friday, nud
suoeo o ~ ~ - n,,, -,4., n...
ehat Tor tho union o1 b1ooA4'ao ~ Will ooe.oA
passed by large minority. Tho bill tn relation
to met %o,ton pn too
Brouno 1na' 'ei' no" "aAue snue loA4oa ~ ~
would havo larger REPRESENTATION IN inc Ivy .a
Government than they ought However,, this
objection was met by amendments reducing the
,o,,ro.ont.tton and lin nm waa tbon ordered to
- of' LII =. sn,ox +1,o r,,r,, ~
% engrobaeo' plAA ~ anao@ 1no .o"u VI
Brighton Was ordered to F" tnlro Foaolng Will
title opposition.
' '''~ noIn,n ap1nrTa
-. DohotA efnst.o'
who aro Impatient OF tho old methou OF aoa'ln8
with these questions in detail. That Rome was
hos M hear;ne M the ehni1d;no of Bonton. SONS
t;.s,. 1.nt n;eto,. .1,o+, orse+oa 1ooa Ian, ~
LIMO 4aHs "lnso1, lucy cfe@.oo eooo oaal W
amusement by introducing into the Legislature
teon or twouty Of tho citios and towns lying
s~o,,na po.to,,, ,t1o idon ba;,r Thai Whit IL ~
ntouuu oossou,no la'A Ds'us .uas "las ,,s - 49,
present eohgorles OF comnaunl'es, "noso u
tsrests hro largely In common, would DO bone
6ted by uniting tlom in one, and placing them
,,,aor oro oovornr,cnt md avatam of tsrat;on.
Meo. M. so 49,. -. go -ooo,w.a III,
ine psopo11'ioA "Aa nos ~ nav 4oeol,ou WI =.
much aertousnesa, oven NJ nome, anu aoroad "
excited general laugh. Ono profnne paper
down in NIaine aureeusod Tint the terms OF
49, ,,o,.at 1,o r., .,,,en7.d ,g 4, out1or,vo tho
Nuo plo1oeS ~ ~ 49,. N'AoA ~ .,....t.. ~
enne1aslon OF ING etato Oh AiasSacnuso!|a u
Boston! But tho idea seems to havo improved
Rennte Gommittee on Towns roportod o resolve
euthos1z'ns tno appoln1mon1 ol eommls1lon ,,l ~
oonsidor the e1podloncy' on oommoreia', 'naus-
ing With Boston tho Citios Of Cambridge oharloB.
town. Choleon. and somorvil1e. mud tho Towns Of
~, tu"n' one1eo''' o". e0ao' s..e' ,I.a,"s
nA1y 49, IrffT U.
, 1873-04-26

The Genuine qeyaer Spring Water
u draTu BY Buck h Ra1us<. At both storsa.
, 1873-04-26

IotM. ,o5b,v6
Tho amount asked for last year was 81 $50 ,s5a
But for the North Branch business, ordered b
tho Council, tho amount asked for this yea
would haye beon only 1850, ,9G5.
Tile Board also submitted the following est
mnto for
, 1873-04-26


DosroN, April ~, 1871
OF tho yartous topics At prosont agitatinE th1e
community, the mont prominent aoema to DO
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
A Railway Nuisance.

The English Railway system has at least
one advantage over ours-the traveller is
not pestered, every five minutes during
his tourney, by vendors of small wares.
There, in each station, the handsome and
well-supplied book-stall gives the traveller
an opportunity to furnish himself with
the books or papers he may desire; and
then, once seated in the railway carriage,
he is secured from interruption. But here
the railway companies sell the privileges
of the cars to vender, and deliberately
subject passengers to systematized an
noyance, that, with proverbial American
meekness, is submitted to without mur-
mur. Scarcely has the train left the sta.
ton, ere boy appears with an armful of
papers. He is not content to walk through
the train, quietly affording those who wish
to purchase an opportunity to do so but
he thrusts his wares into everybedy's lap,
and then Immediately proceeds to gather
them up. No sooner is the car canvassed
for the newspapers, than the vender re-
appears with a supply of candy-parcels,
and these are similarly forced upon every
ones attention; then comes popcorn,
gum-drops, comic newspapers, almanacs,
pamphlets of all sorts, doughnuts and
sandwiches, prize~parcels in which the
lucky purchaser will find ring-the list
is almost interminable, the industry o.
the small boy worthy of better cause
and the tax upon the travellers patience
and endurance rendered almost intolera
able.-AppLeton.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
Cottonwood Sugar.

Evorv ono in tha East hv this fine
tpows tbot ! sngsr Is ohtsined from the
smear mamie Tbis tree ohonnds in the
Eastarn States Ae soon as the san he
Gins to move, in the snrino holes are
6nred 6d into tba trees wooodnn sn;onts in
Serted and thn sen tlows ont into the If
flo b,,cknts nrovidaG far tha nurnose
This SAP is then subjected to evaporation.
and Nd tha saIiment hecomes manle smear,
any IN Ut tTn Wnsr t6o ooc oom,non Silver nanla
of onr E.stern c;ties hos hean eynari-
,,,o,'tad @ n-;tb ond = r,1d 70 ,,ieId q toiera-
n hiv Good Tarf articIe "l another mamie % the box
eid3eSS or neonndo aS If is caIied, also
Yields cnns;d rahie As these two manies
srnw TOW yerT ran;dIv thew are often nlanted
sS much for r"py en- uaya,,.making nurndses as
for tho tinober fhev Weld dr the shelter
from the keen nrairie winds which thev
aanrd . '--' A00N p ~ "''
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
Divorce Laws.

We are glad to observe that the State of
Indiana shows signs of reform in regard
to her divorce laws. 1t has hitherto had
the unenviable reputation, and that, too,
not without reason, of running great
divorce mill, attractive to all customers
who want this sort of grist ground at the
shortest notice. The Legislature has just
passed bill reducing the number of le-
gal causes for divorce, requiring that pc
TONERS shall have continuous residence
in the State for at least two years before
they shall be entitled to commence pro-
ceedings in divorce suit, and also pro-
viding that where the petition has been
granted without adequate notice, the case
may be re-opened and the decree set
aside. The purpose of the bill is to
make the law more stringent, and there
by lessen the facility with which divorces
can be procured. The direct effect will
be decrease in the number of such suits,
and an increasing public sense of the sane
tity and perpetuity of the marriage cove
nant. Indiana will be less likely here
after to invite the temporary residence of
persons who want to find the shortest
way to break the legal bonds of unhap-
py marriages. If all the States would
adopt a uniform divorce code, and then
each State would recognize the validity
of divorce decree in every other State,
our American jurisprudence in respect to
this subject would be very materially i'm
proved. There is no good reason why
such should not be the fact. 1t would
correct many of the evils which grow
out of the present diversity of legal prac
tice.-N. y. Independent.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
The "Three- Bottle" Times.

In those days Scotland would have
been rich field for Father Matthew's la
bors. Habits of drunkenness were COM
mon alike to rich and poor. They were
associated with goodfellowship, and were
tenderly dealt with, even by the church.
The orgies of Osbaldistone Hall, graphi-
cally described in Rob Roy, found their
counterpart in many Scottish manor.
The old bacchanalian rhyme,
"IIe who goes to bed goes to bed sober,
Falls as the leaves do, and dies In October;
But he that goes to bed, goes to bed mellow,
Lives long, jolly life, and dies an honest fell
low, -
was quoted, half in earnest, as apology
for the excesses which wealthy and re-
spectacle hosts, under the guise of hospi-
tality, literally forced upon their guests,
when the cloth was drawn and the ladies
had abandoned the dinner-table to their
riotous lords and masters.
Ihave heard my father, more than once,
relate what happened ON such an occasion,
when he was one of the actors. He had
been dining, with party of eight or ten
gentlemen and few ladies, at the luxu-
rious country-seat of q friend who had
shown him much kindness. When the
ladies withdrew, the host, having caused
the butler to set out on the table two doz-
en- bottles of port, sherry, and claret,
locked the door, put the key in his pocket,
and said to his guests, Gentlemen, no
shirking tonight! Not man leaves this
room till these bottles, are emptied."
No remark was made in reply, and the
wine passed round. My father drank
three glasses-the Utmost limit to which
have ever known him to go, though he hab-
itually took glass or two of sherry after
dinner. At the fourth round he passed
the bottles without filling. His host re-
monstrated, at first in jest, then in a half
angry tone, when the recusant persisted.
Thereupon my father, approaching a
front window which opened on the lawn,
only few feet below it, threw up the
sash, and leaped out, followed by three or
four other guests.
this enfaged their host. As the fugi-
tives looked back, they saw him upset the
dinner. table with violent kick, smashing
bottles and glasses, and declaring, with
an oath, that, if they didn't choose to
drink that wine, nobody else should.
The deserters Joined the ladies in the
drawing-room, but the host did not reap
pear and my father, as leading conspira
tor, lost and never regained, his friend
ship.-Robert Dale O,oen IN atlantic fol
| March,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
Proportion of Cream.

Few persons are aware, probably, OF the
extent to which the percentage of cream
is influenced by the conditions of the COW.
1t is curious fact that any excitement to
which the animal Is subjected causes a
very large loss of cream on the milk. AT
the Barre meeting of the Mass. State
Board, DR.. Sturtevant of South Framing
ham, said "Under the same feed, and un-
der the same circumstances, the same COW
gave, one day nine and half per cent. of
cream and another day eighteen per cent.
of cream" Thereupon, Mr.. Lewis, an old
experienced dairyman said 81 can tell
bigger story than that. 1 have taken a
good deal of pains to test the value OF my
milk that have worked into cheese. |
have graduated glasses for the purpose,
and have found cow whose uniform
percentage of cream was eighteen per
cent. reduced to six, in twelve hours
not from any change of food, but from a
little excitement. You gentlemen who
make butter, be careful to adopt my ad-
vice and always treat your COW kindly and
gently: never get her excited, because
every ounce of excitement will take from
her milk one per cent. of cream. l have
| known COW abused by a furious, brutal
milker, and the percentage Of her cream
went down one-half. 1t is astonishing
what an effect excitement has on the per-
centage of cream in the milk that COW
produces. You will be astonished if you
will make the test, and make it carefully.
| have known a COW, excited from natural
causes, to drop her percentage of cream in
her milk from fourteen to six per cent. in
twelve hours. So | would again repeat
whoever abuses his COW knocks out of his
milk a large percentage of the cream"
1t will readily be seen how important
it is to keep the COW quiet and from frGh
and all excitement. The worry by dogs
tue hurrying and halloing of boys, wheI
driving the cows home from pasture, thu
kicking and pounding of an angry mixer
or any similar cause of excitement will b'
sure to reduce the quality of the milk t.
the extent of several per cent. of cream
This fact is too well attested by many
careful and experienced dairymen to ad
nit of doubt, and the first object of con
Germ with the butter dairyman, especially
should be to see that his cows are treate'
with the utmost gentleness all the time
: The boys who drive the cows home will
make note of this, and when the sprin.
comes and COWS go out; just mark wha
we say.-Mass. Ploughman.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
Romance of a Hair.

TO hear French woman glorify France
and vilify its enemies is to feel your own
blood tingle. heard, only the other day,
of an incident quite apropos to this. \
French lady, who married a German bar
on some fifteen years ago, and who lives
at Berlin in style befitting her wealth
and rank, had at dinner not long ago some
fifteen or twenty Prussians seated around
her table. Notwithstanding her marriage
she had remained French at heart. In the
course of conversation the PrussianS be-
gan to bewail Paris, poor Paris, which
was no longer Paris, and to predict that
in ten years Berlin would be the capital of
the world. She listened angrily, until no
longer being able to withhold her indig-
nation she freed her mind to the effect
that Paris was Paris yet, would always
be Paris, the most brilliant, most attract
i've, most civilized and artistic city in the
world. Moreover, she would lay wager
that her Prussian friends might select the
most ugly and the most insignificant thing
they might find and Paris would make of
it an object of beauty, such as Berlin
would not dare to attempt. The wager
was accepted, and the next day the. lady
received small box, which upon op ming
she found to contain single white hair.
What could be made of one white hair?
She did not know; but, concealing her
embarrassment, she sent the hair to Paris
accompanied by letter giving an account
of the wager, the circumstances, &c. In
due course of time she received the box
back from Paris And what think you
Paris had made of the white hair? Ithad
been enclosed in an open trench OF gold,
which crossed medallion surrounded
with brilliants. AT the top of the medal
lion the Prussian eagle in black enamel,
with wings extended, held the white hair
in its claws. Then suspended from the
hair was little escutcheon in white en-
aslel bearing this inscription: "Alsace
and Lorraine. You hold them only by a
hair" 1t is not very probable that the
Prussians were eager for another bet
| Pnris Cor, N Y. World.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
MADAME DUFOUR.

81 WONDER who she is !" said Walter
Drummond, looking back as he left the
churchyard.
'Who ?" asked Kate Hyslop with dis
plea ed air.
'That lady in the blue and gold shawl,
who sat opposite to us in church," he an
swered.
''Oh! that red-headed woman ?" indf-
ferently. "Why she was stranger, OF
course; what else should she be ?''O
"But wonder who she is, and where
she comes FROM" repeated Walter with
insistenee.
"Really, Walter, you are very odd
What concern can it be of yours, and why
should you wonder about her at all ?" re-
turned Kate with iciest manner; and her
betrothed, taking the hint, let the matter
drop.
Hinton, where they all lived, was just
q dull English village without a history.
and Walters curiosity was only natural,
under the circumstances.
Soon the whole place was astir with the
news that Madame Dufour, the pretty
woman who had sat on Sunday in
the chancel just opposite the vicarage
pew, had taken Elm Cottage where old
Miss Donne had lived; and that she was
busy furnishing it in manner so costly
The stranger came regularly to church,
which counted for something in her favor;
and she was reported kind to the poor,
and charitable beyond the common run
of even generous folks. Not that Hin
ton quite endorsed this last trait. 1t had
its own ideas about excesses of any kind (;
and excess of virtue Jared no better at
its hands than if it had been vice. Lit
tie by little, however, her pleasant smile
and genial manner broke down some OF
the sitter predjudices which her stranger
hood and unlikeness to Hinton laws of
life had created; and after a sufficient
time had elapsed to forbid the appearance
OF injudicious haste, the Vicar and his
wife called on her-rather solemnly, it
must be confessed, but with a good mean
ing at bottom.
The next step was TO ask her to tea.
Kate Hyslop was by no means well
pleased when she heard of this arrange
ment; and in general, Kate Hyslop's
wishes ruled the vicarage. But MIR.
Drummond had certain notions on priest
ly duties which not even his heiress-ward
could touch and this was one of them.
So now Madame Dufour was marked with
the right brand, and the whole parish
gathered round her and bleated her a
welcome to their pastures. From having
Deen klIlu ol eAlle among tnem, she be-
came the most popular plaything of the
day; Kate Hyslop alone refusing to bleat
with the rest, or to burn incense at her
shrine.
From the first there was a distinct an
tagonism between these two women
and from the first Kate hated Madame
Dufour, and Madame Dufour feared Kate
''She fatigues me with her vivacity
she sickens me with her theatrical senti.
ment, and her affectation of grace is toe
transparent for anything but contempt,
Kate said scornfully, when asked If Mad
anne Dufour was not charming.
While she on her side said, with pret'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06
A Newspaper Office on Exhibition.

There are some things too sacred for
public display, and among them may be
classed the art and mystery of ''getting
up" newspaper. 1t is announced, how
ever, in letter from Vienna, that at the
International Exhibition now being Or
ganized in that city one of the great
sights is to be the interior of newspaper
Office, with editor, writers, reporters.
printers and publishers at work, just as
in ordinary life. The INDUSTRIOUS journal
lists are to be shown in huge glass build
ing, like bees in transparent hive. The
editor will be seen giving out subjects,
revising articles, and exemplifying, with
waste-paper basket at hand the we'll
known rule in respect to rejected commu-
nicatiens. Writers will be on view at
work of the most varied kind-some at
leaders, others at reviews and few even
(if the character of Austrian journalism is
TO be vigorously maintained) at the incu-
batien of canards. 10 complete the pic
ture, certain number of important visit
ors, anxious to obtain Favorable notices"
or to reply to just but unpalatable criti-
cisms, should be allowed to appear. 1t is
to be hoped that the literary performers
will he well up in their parts, that the edi-
tors will wear becomingly grave aspect,
and that the writers will not be seen paus-
ing for lack of inspiration or refreshing
their memories too frequently by turning
to books of reference. Cobbett once ex-
pressed desire to bring all the journal
lists of London together on Remington
Common, that newspaper readers might
see by what sort of men they allowed
themselves to be influenced. The writers
of the Neue Freie Presse had probably
never heard of Corbett's amusing but not
very intelligent sneer. They, at all
events, are the heroic gentlemen who
with love of publicity which proves thai
their hearts are in their profession, pro
pose during the forthcoming Vienna Ex-
hibition to do their literary and Journals
ands of sight-seers as can be got togethel
from all parts of the WORLDLY. Y. bsde
| pendent.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

THERE is no outward sign of politeness
which has not deep mo al reason. True
education teaches both the sign and the
reason. Behavior is a mirror in which
every one shows his own image. There
is politeness of the heart akin to love.
from which springs the easiest politeness
of outward behavior.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-06

WE may as well throw our money into
the gutter, or go fighting wind-mills, as
to try to make our fellow-creatures better
while we neglect their physical condi.
tions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-05

receive our supply of water, and for sub
stantial public reasons it is desirable that the
conduits for that purpose should be laid in
soil over which the city government has legal
and peremptory jurisdiction. Of course,
many other considerations might be urged in
support Of merging Westchester county into
this city and county, and, now that the
question of consolidation has been practically
brought before the people by the action of
prominent citizens in the case of the city of
Brooklyn, the opportunity occurs for the
people Of Westchester to move in the matter of
arraying themselves under the municipal @gis
of the metropolis. With the city of Brooklyn
on the south and the county of Westminster on
the north, to say nothing of the towns on
Staten Island, Jersey City, Hoboken and other
adjacent cities and towns in the 'Jarsies'-
all of which will in time gravitate toward the
grand central local government on Manhattan
Island-New York city will become in reality
what Daniel Webster once fancifully painted
her, ''the Imperial City of the American Con-
tinent" and the second city, in point Of popu-
lation, in the world.